2 Chapter 2

Rain

As I look intently into his eyes, I notice that they are truly human eyes- slightly bigger than mine but they are beautiful. Bright yellow with dark green on the edges- his pupils widen as he seems to study my eyes as well, my eyes are hazel, and my hair always seems to have it's own opinion- one day it's wavy and the other it's curly, some days it's just a mess.. I can't concentrate now that I notice how huge this werewolf's form is as I look straight ahead again- my vision is blocked by it's huge shoulder- and I realize that he's almost leaning down on his hands- or paws- in order to reach my height. I must say that I am not short- I stand at 1.71 cm- but this guy makes me feel like a dwarf, I'm curious what he looks like when he's in human form.

Suddenly his movement drags me out of my thoughts- I stiffen harder as I see him get lower on his hands and continues to sniff me- he sniffs my neck, my abdomen and then he reaches my private area- when he sniffs again I suddenly feel so awkward and embarrassed that my body suddenly acts on it's own- I jerk backwards and my hands flail in the air as I try to hit him while my eyes are closed- but then I stumble on a small rock and fall right on my ass. All the while my eyes are closed- when I hear nothing I slowly open my eyes again, I see the werewolf standing straight again but this time he isn't snarling or growling- I hear a huffing sound coming from his chest- "huff huff huff huff"… is he? Laughing at me??

At that moment I feel my body relax- for some reason I forget for a moment that I am sitting right there on my ass in front of a monster, because the way he's looking at me with now softer eyes and that huffing sound- is just adorable. Hell if there was a dog that would make these huffing sounds I would adopt him right away- except that a dog wouldn't be so huge and human like and dangerous.

I feel a smile forming on my face and I allow myself to laugh a little- I mean if I was gonna die anyway, at least I should have a laugh before I do. The werewolf stops huffing- he lowers himself to the ground so that he would be level with me, then he stares at me in the eyes as if trying to tell me something, I squint my eyes trying to read what he's trying to say- his hand reaches towards me, and when I see his claws I tense again, scared that they would slice me in half- but then he places it on the ground and pats it twice.. I look up at him again and the question slips out of my mouth in a squeaky voice "stay here?"  he nods at me and I huff a smile, astonished at my ability to understand what he is saying or trying to say.

Curiously I stay seated on the ground and I lay back on my arms to show him that I am not going anywhere, as if reading the message, he nods again and straightens back up- he then turns around and walks toward the trees vanishing behind them, I hear a faint sound of something like cracking bones, and it made my skin crawl, but then there is silence, I sit up in anticipation – and when I see him emerge again, my mouth falls open. This time he comes out in his human form- his huge body that was covered in grey fur is now completely human, his skin is pale , his muscles are hard and defined, his stance is the same as when he was in wolf form, when he starts walking towards me I notice his gaze, filled with determination and something else… that I can't put my finger on.

He stops in front of me, completely naked, and I am sitting down there chilling while trying so hard not to look at his dangling member right above my head, he is tall, but at least a normal human male height- still he is taller than me. He reaches his hand for me and I take it as he helps me stand up. He keeps hold of my hand as he looks down at me with intense gaze- and my God isn't he the most handsome guy that I have ever seen- he has high cheekbones, a strong jaw, a wide masculine neck, his nose is straight- his eyes are the same as in his wolf form- yellow with dark green on the edges, his hair is dark and disheveled- and his mouth is perfect, lips that aren't too full but aren't too thin at the same time- he screams muscularity, and then when I take another breath, I catch his smell, he smells like the woods after the morning rain, sandalwood and a faint smell of wild flowers. At this point I was pretty sure that I smell like sweat and stupidity, and I must be drooling.

I clear my throat and try to take a step back – he releases my hand but then he sneaks it around my waist and drags me forward -causing my hand to raise to his chest as I look at him shocked.

"what's your name?" – his voice is deep and it makes me close my eyes as I feel my head swim, but then I open them again to see him staring at me, waiting for my answer. "Rain" -I say my name and then I realize how hoarse my voice is. He closes his eyes and tilts his head back as he takes a deep breath..why is he doing this strange thing? Suddenly I feel uncomfortable and I step out of his hold- his eyes fly open and he looks at me again- "Rain…your name is beautiful- just like you.." I feel my cheeks blush, I hate it when I blush because I look just like a tomato, but then he chuckles, it sounds adorable, so I meet his gaze again and I ask him "and what's your name?" he keeps his white toothed smile- I notice his canines are long even in his human form- he answers me with a nod "I'm Zevrus". 

"Zevrus" I repeat- and I didn't mean to sound so breathless- but it caught his attention and his smile faded back into a serious face. We stand there awkwardly staring at each other, then I wake up from my haze and stand back, he straightens his back and tilts his head "why are you scared?" , his question came out as if he isn't a big bad wolf. Yet I push my shoulders back and tip my chin at him "I am not scared"

"ok, then why are you stepping back from my hold?"

"well, first of all you shouldn't be holding me at all since you and I are complete strangers and we don't know each other- second of all this is called sexual harassment"

He raised his eyebrows and let out a small laugh- it was deep and hot, it made me wobble on my feet.

"well if it is sexual harassment then you are as guilty as I am- I don't recall you not touching me here" he pointed a finger towards his chest where I put my hand earlier "and here" he pointed another one on the other side of his chest, and then he said something that made my face burn "and you are ogling my body even as I speak to you right now- hey, eyes are up here" he snapped his fingers in front of my face- which made me cut my stares from his body back to his face.

"well I suppose you are right- well you did touch me here" I mimicked his movement by pointing at my hand "and here" I pointed at my waist, "and you sniffed my neck, my tummy and my.." I stopped right then because I realized I was babbling away and I had to shut up before I put myself into another embarrassing situation- but he gave me a wolfish grin and licked his lips "go on" he ushered with his hand "where else did I sniff?", I turned even redder and took another step back- I had to change the subject, why the hell was I standing in the middle of  the park having this conversation with a handsome stranger while no one else is around, suddenly I realized that I am actually all alone, if anything happens to me no one would know- if I scream no one would hear me. Slowly I felt myself panic and I started to take another step back then another- he looked at me surprised "what's wrong?" I thought that he would come close but he stood still watching me with those eyes "I should go home" my voice came out with a shiver and just as I turned around to walk away I heard another growl, this time it came from another direction- I froze and my eyes started to dart around the darkness around me, in a flash Zevrus was in front of me in his wolf form, another werewolf emerged from trees, this one was all black and if it weren't for his bright yellow eyes he would be invisible in the darkness. The werewolf came closer and stood in front of Zevrus, he stared at him and then his gaze turned to me, I swear I felt my heart was going to beat right out of my chest- I took a step toward Zevrus, right now he was the only protection I have, because for some reason this wolf did not look as friendly as Zevrus.

As they stood there staring at each other in silence, I noticed that they looked like they were telepating, every once in a while one of them would make a noise like a grunt or a growl and they moved their ears back and forth as if expressing disagreement. Finally they broke the silence, the black wolf barked and I jumped and moved further toward Zevrus, at this point I don't care if I had to even climb over him just to be safe because suddenly there were more werewolves surrounding us, I stared around at them with wide eyes- some of them were huge, larger than Zevrus, they looked at Zevrus and the black wolf  who were staring at each other again as if continuing their silent talk- suddenly a growl erupted from Zevrus and I gasped as he reached his huge arm and yanked me in front of him- I stood in front of the black wolf who towered above me, I had to raise my head to look at his face, he stared down at me and growled- Zevrus started to growl again    and the others joined- but now they all had their glowing eyes on me, I started to shrink under their gazes, especially the one in front of me that obviously seemed to be their alpha- this time he barked again and in a blink of an eye all werewolves charged at my direction.