glowed and her beautiful rose pink lips beckoned for one simple touch of mine.
Slowly the dream began to change. We walked along the densely wooded path to get a better view of the valley below. A branch snapped somewhere off in the distance. It was of no concern to me as I was only interested in watching the beautiful girl who had captured my heart so easily. She turned to me smiling and beckoned me to follow her further along the path.
A low growl came from in front of my beauty, she stopped where she stood, frozen solid as if she had become a beautiful marble statue. I wanted to keep walking hand in hand with her as the moon shone through the low branches of the mountain forest. She held me firmly in place, she turned slowly and placed a slender finger to her lips in a sign for me to be silent.
Another growl approached us. I could hear the animal now, it was much closer to us then I had liked. I pulled at her to come away from the approaching danger. She shook her head slightly, she was not going to leave. I heard heavy padded foot falls approaching just ahead of Willa. It was definitely time to run, and yet she refused to budge. I attempted to shout to her that we needed to leave right now, that danger was approaching.
The giant black wolf appeared from the low mist that covered the nettled floor of the forest. The beast stood half of my height. Its eyes glowed as brightly as the moon, a blue eyed wolf stood before us. Willa held her hand out for it. The frightening creature walked right to her and began to lick her palm. She released my hand and knelt before it. She laughed as the beast licked her face and she spoke to it in a loving way. The thing seemed to understand her foreign tongue.
Together as one they nodded and turned to me. Willa stood and released her hold on the wolf’s mane “Yes Ce Rau, It must be done, I agree I should have never come here and yes he must be destroyed. Had I known that he was one of The Order, I would have not allowed this to continue any further.” She walked slowly backwards not taking her eyes from mine and then she commanded the unimaginable happen “Kill him Ce Rau”. I woke up screaming just as the massive jaws of the wolf had clamped around my throat.
Not in my lifetime had I ever experienced a dream that seemed so real. I could literally feel the hot breath from the wolf breathing down my neck. I had to keep reminding myself that it was only a dream and it wasn’t real. Over and over again I told myself it had only been a very bad dream.
I looked over to the clock that sat on the bed side table, it was already seven. I was going to be late. I rushed into my private bathroom and showered. I decided I wanted to be as casual ass possible around Willa so I opted for a relaxed pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I was having a hard time shaking the after effects of the nightmare as I got ready for our first official date. I grabbed my jacket and made my way down the stairs to the garage. I noticed that my dad’s “guys” had come and picked up my Audi already so I took the jeep keys from the key hook and took off to pick up Willa.
9.
The night air was warm since it was still technically summer. Even this high up in mountains the weather was always warm in the summer months. I drove through the winding streets to the Eckles house to pick up Willa for our first date. This would be the first chance I had since we met to be completely alone with her. I looked forward to getting to know her better. I wanted to get to know everything about her. I wanted to know her likes her dislikes, what her home country was like and I especially wanted to know more about her brother and why he was angry with her for being here.
I parked the jeep next to the curb and went up to the door to knock, but before I could knock on the door it had opened. Willa stood before me wearing dark jeans knee high
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