er head, she instinctively raised her h

he automatically lightened up. He even held my ar

ng, thinking deeply about what

ildered. “Maybe we should take them home. It’s not safe for them to be

is it u

our house. It should be your d

to do if we won’t take them in, then I looked at my friends who all looked very eager to have

s to bond more and have fun despite all the mess. All thirteen of us,

ing up, we decided it

that a party is not complete without alcoholic drinks, meanwhile,

ile cooking, until I decided this b

ing the water from the macaroni. “I’m gonna go ask them to ge

ing them around at first because I wasn’t comfortable hanging around new people after

ay that we’ve gotten better at it. However, we stopped practic

re and get some chips?” I shoute

that he heard me. I walked closer to h

d do when I realized that he was holdin

suddenly said, making me surprised. Ou

g straight at me. “It wasn’t easy being alone for two months. I didn’t have anyone, I didn’t have any feelings

onths here when I suddenly felt Matt wiping my cheek with the back

t and pulled me closer to him. “You’r

something more than that. I’m sure I feel something for him, I’m j

ll brought out the snacks

ying mini games as we all groove along to the music. After that, we decided it was time to ch

t we all agreed that we’re not tired yet so

ddenly spoke, earning various reactio

What are we, t

un!” I’m not surprised that Ryle defended h

make it more interesting, but no one responded. “It'll be

yways so this should be fun.” I was

hirteen of us, seven will be the seeker

g the seekers. We first counted up

iley yelled out loud. “We sho

ecided to turn back and go home to get a flashlight, but I realized that I had g

call her so I can have

footsteps approaching me. I saw a figure walking towards me. I stood there frozen,

screamed at Rafael when I

t. He started walking away so I quickly followed him, lowkey gratef

not in trouble,” I repli

f fear, you coward.” I punched him lightly on h

m. “Hey, look there,” I pointed over behind a huge tree when I saw a figure

n a playful tone as Rafael and I made our way over

t I saw something I wasn’t expecting. “Rafae

I was surprised to see that she was still conscious, but obvi

rock and threw it in the opposite direction, hoping it would lure

could run away, it jumped at me! I tried my bes

gunshots after gunshots, then the wolf fell on

ce by supporting me. “T-Thank you,” I said,

afe. Let’s go, there c

a piggyback ride because I

Hailey worriedly said as they all

to get off of R

e’s the only one who’s not

bad, she won’t make it.” Rafael answere

eft her!?” Hayden suddenly raised

d back. “Aren’t you supposed to be hiding together? You know it’s

. “Josette went with Wil,” she said and pointe

e wolf appeared out of nowhere. It caught up to her. She told me to just leave her so

t before running away like a cowar

outed at me. “We are all guilty here, so please just stop accusing.” Why

g emotional as I spoke, remembering what Jo looked like when we found her. “Wil was there when she wasn’t in a

d held me, about to take me inside but

could get inside the house. I thanked them both

tt with his first aid kit. “Your wound needs to be treated or it could

arcastically. He didn’t answer, he just

I said earlier. I wasn’t thinking clearly,

oing to my wound. I felt his warm hands on my leg

en he patted my leg, sign

me. “I was really worried about you when we all returned and you were

I’m being ridiculous when he looked guilty. “It’s fine. I can’t expect you to put your life in danger fo

und me too. I can feel his hot breath on my neck and a

when I thought that he would now leave, he surprised

intense happened because we both quickly pulled away

tight,

p soundly when my heart

—

e split into a group of three, so there’s a total of four g

dy — or even body parts. We went to the park where we decided to bury her.

was unrecognizable, covered with wounds, scratches, and dried blood. He also said her s

ime I met Josette, and how great of a friend she was. I started shivering wh

eld on to it, wrapping it around myself tighter and relished on the warmth an

He allowed me to rest my head on his sho

“I was in the bookstore earlier and I found this book,” she reached in her backpack to take out a thick

into wolves? Yeah, I’m not sure about that, Mi

ed her the date, it’s also a full moon,” she paused for a while before speaking again, “Werewolves are known to be cursed. Every

t sense. There’s a possibility that werewolves aren’t jus

me. “It’s been a while since I last did this. It’s been two months since Jo died

oid accidents. Knowing that they are humans when it’s not the full moon gives me the creeps. It means that they must’ve

ront of my door. “Hey, come here,” I patted the

g?” He asked and gave

e I have introduced him to you guys. This is my M

d what I said. “Who are y

m, they kept me sane for two months when I was all alon

s time to leave,” Ax

kingly rolled my eyes as I walked past Axel for ruinin

like a picnic. We wanted to make Joset

he ground, connecting them to ea

ecause we skipped breakfast and only had coffee. Laughters fille

leave flowers by Josette’s grave befo

hit the road,” we all went out of our own ro

not to mention its impeccable beauty since

today?” Avrey asked R

ville

en we arrived at our destination, I stretched my arms as I hopped out and felt the beam of sunlight combined with

sliding it on the holster attached to the waistband of his

mmediately pretended like noth

that, y

information to anyone,” he wasn’t surp

d. I haven’t seen anyone use weapons in months. We assumed that as

t, okay?” he whispered, mak

, but

el, Hayden, and I still do training and we also bring weapons on all our road trips. This wor

im but I was surprised when I saw he looked like he wasn’t

hat we were literally attacked by soldiers who wanted to kill us. They attacked for a reason, they have a mission and th

an tell that he doesn’t like Matt very

when the sun starts to set, so we’

he tents while the boys went fishing s

ng of leaves, which I took as a s

we—” I stopped myself from talking when I realized there was no one there.

e. Everything Axel and I talked about earlier

—