His words had caused the fear inside her to deepen. The Voice he used scared her and it shook her bones. She could feel her heart come out o her throat.

The last time she had heard this voice was in a movie when someone had been possessed by a demon which was not a good sign in this situation.

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She was going to die tonight. She was sure of it. They went deeper into the forest and her heart rate picked up more and more. The fear of being mauled to that my teeth and nails were going to come true. His hands were still placed on her shoulders as he walked her through the trees and uneven ground full of broken branches and leaves.

Why are you doing this?! She wanted to scream at his face but her mouth was sealed shut. No matter how much we try to open your mouth her jaw did not move. Even her tongue could not move. She was so familiar which this feeling when she no longer had control over her body.

As they moved deeper, the light reduced and now seemed so far. She wanted to reach out and run towards it, back to safety. The dark was full of the unknown.

"There you go," he cooed, "Try to listen." He said and she did. She was ready to do anything just to be safe at the moment. The boy seemed to be unhinged.

Soft turning against the ground could be heard. And she knew that these were not normal people that she was used to familiarising with. Nope, these completely different.

These were the ones with four paws and claws. Fur and not skin.

These were the dangerous animals that her friends had told each other that were extinct.

Now she could hear them growling and running.

He tightened his grip over her shoulders. "Now that we are so close I think it is time." He turned her around and looked into her eyes, once again compelling her, "how about we forget what happened fro

om where I asked you if you want to have an adventure? Hmm?" He smiled and she feared him more. "I want you to close your eyes and forget everything. Do it!" He commanded and she did.

She opened her eyes and saw her neighbour smiling while they stood . . .not on their backyards.

"What?" She muttered and looked around her. What happened and why in the world was she in a forest. "Where are we?!" She raised her voice but came to a hiss as he motioned with his hand to keep quiet.

"The adventure," he answered and frowned in her direction. "Don't you remember? you agreed to it?" He looked at her as if she was crazy-making her slightly think in his direction.

She tried to remember but her mind came up blank. She remembered nothing. The last time she remembered was eating her sandwich.

Has she eaten it all? She felt hungry again. But she never agreed to the adventure. It was more of a death wish and she had just escaped the clutches of it.

"What are you talking about?!" She whispered. "What adventure?!" What had she agreed to and why? She remembered denying it so what had happened in between?

He pointed in a certain direction and she shook her head. "No, I want to go back home!" She hissed at him.

"But," he rose a finger, "we are already here. What's the worst that could happen?"

She laughed sarcastically. "I know right. Out of a forest, a little tinker bell is the only thing I can think of which can be harmful." She chirped.

He sighed, "Just look and if it does not interest you even a little bit, we will go back."

She nodded and so she turned in the direction he had wanted her to. What was the worst that could happen?

Fascinating it was. So much so that she couldn't even take her eyes off of it. It was beautiful. It was unlike anything that she had seen before.

He grabbed her hand gently and pulled her forward to the gap in between the trees from where they watched the wolves.

All Adeline felt was fascination. They were beautiful. So beautiful. They were playing with each other, a few licking each other and the others just sat. It seemed to be surreal. They existed. They all existed and all the townsmen thought that they were dead.

"What's happening? Are they not going to hunt?" She asked him but did not turn to look at him as her eyes could not leave the site in front of her.

He tsked. "if you don't talk softly the next thing they would be hunting is us." He pulled her down. "Sit here. They would know if the wind blew. Otherwise, the charm will—Ahem." He cleared his throat.

"Charm?" She caught into hid slip immediately. Even though she was concentrating in front, she was still aware of what he did or at least said.

"Of tonight. The charming night of us going on an adventure." He grinned.

She immediately turned around and stared at his face with a cringe. "God, you are weird."

"I heard that." He grumbled.

"Maybe, that's why I spoke up loud." She turned to look at the that was surrounded by an open area. There were do many. It was no way that any of them could be near extinction. Hell, they all seemed to be rather prospering. So, how was it that no one ever knew about them? They couldn't have hidden their presence for so long without having anyone know?

"Have you ever wondered something weird happening around you?" He asked next to her making her goosebumps come up. "That something weird is going on and you had no idea what it is but you feel it in your bones."

She nodded glancing at him. She had always felt that something was different with the people of this town than the one she came from. There was a closed community and she was not allowed to enter except whenever she was with Xavier. But what was his point? She had always assumed that the people were not used to newcomers.

He continued as he watched the wolves without an expression. "I always feel like they don't let us enter a circle of protection that they have made around them. Do you feel that there is something weird with Xavier?"

Xavier? She frowned and immediately felt the need to protect him. "No, he is perfectly fine." She immediately defended him. Why was he asking her anything about him?

"Is he?" He repeated and she saw a mocking smile light up his face. "Have you ever felt that distances himself from you without any reason?"

He did, immediately came to her mind. Xavier had been distancing himself for a while now. It was as if they have been intimate for a moment and then he would pull apart as if he was a stranger and this is nothing but a one night stand but he still made her feel loved and get without having touch are sexual.

As if touching her sexually did not feel right to him. But why was he, out of all, pointing at that?

How did he know about all of this?

"With the frown that you have while thinking about it, I will assume that he is distancing himself without a reason." She heard him say.

She looked at him but didn't reply to him. He was right. Xavier did distance himself out of nowhere, for no reason.

She hated it whenever he did that and she never understood what contributed to it.

"Why are you asking?" She eyed him and muttered, "Should you not be concerned about yourself and not others relationships?"

He scoffed. "I'm just helping you."

"I didn't ask for help and everything is fine!" She snapped harshly, completely unlike her nature making her look away. She was not rude. What came over her?

He snapped his fingers and pointed at her. As if she had exactly reached where he wanted to. "Adeline, have you ever been protective of someone else other than your father?"

She blinked and looked away for a second thinking about it. It has been her father. Only for Jason Woods, she had been protective enough to not even listen to anything against him. But he was her father, the only living and loving family member she had left, so naturally, she would never hear a word against him.

"No," she shook her head, not understanding his point. "What are you talking about? He is my boyfriend and isn't it normal for me wanting to protect him?"

He shook his head and said, "No. You are more protective of him and it is because of the mate bond that you are not aware of." He winked. "Also, it's showing effects, so you might wanna quickly now."