Page 4 of Hunting Savage
Chapter One
“Come on, Starla, youcan keep up with your big sister,” Aurora said, laughing at her younger sister.
Starla stretched her arms toward the ceiling, rolling her eyes.“Obviously, it’s not the issue, Aurora.I’m not in the mood to go running through the woods like you on a sunny Saturday afternoon when I could be hanging out with my friends at the mall.”
Aurora ignored her baby sister’s bratty attitude, knowing the cause.Hell, she could remember the first time she’d gone through the same thing.Goddess, it had been awful.She shuddered at the memory of feeling as if she’d burn alive with need, but she had a little girl who depended on her.
“Well, buck up, Biddy Bee.We’re going to run your booty off.You don’t want to go hang out at the mall with said friends, and all of a sudden, decide to attack one or ten of them for no apparent reason.”She didn’t want to say fuck any random guy like he was the last man on Earth, yet they both knew those words were exactly what could happen if Starla didn’t get her shit together.Most girls got their period, learned how to put a tampon in, and bought their first box of pads in their early teens.Not the Knight sisters.Nope, they had fucked up DNA thanks to their parents, Goddess rest their souls.
Her sister let out a very inhuman-like grunt and then growled.Aurora lifted a brow as she walked past, heading for the backyard.“I’m going to holler for Yukon.You keep sassing me, and I will make you hold his leash when we run.”
They both were aware of how much Starla hated running behind Yukon.The Grey Wolf-Alaskan Malamute mix loved Aurora but tolerated Starla.If they were out in the woods or anywhere he could stretch his paws, he’d show them who was alpha of their little pack, until Aurora let him see it was her.Poor Starla didn’t stand a chance at getting the big beast to listen to her unless Yukon decided it was in his best interest.
The treelined path wound through the woods.Leaves coated the path, silencing their footfalls as they ran behind Yukon.
“I need to take a break, Rory,” Starla gasped.
Aurora stopped.“Yukon, come.”
The big animal continued for a bit, then turned back to face Aurora.His ears perked up and twitched.She looked toward the clearing ahead, where he stood, and then down at Starla, who’d stopped near a large fallen tree.The sound of water made every muscle in her body tense.
“Do you need a drink?”She pulled her backpack off, thinking she’d get her water bottle out for her sister.
Starla waved her hand in the air.“No, I got my own.You and Yukon can continue.I’ll catch up.”
She watched her sister pull out her cell phone and begin typing into the damn thing, which made her grit her teeth.Instead of arguing with her, she walked ahead to see why Yukon hadn’t returned to her side.
“Yukon, come,” she said a little more sharply than before, sweeping her gaze from left to right when she didn’t see him immediately.“Dammit, where are you?Yukon,” she yelled and jogged forward a few feet, trying to see if he was in the clearing.Maybe he’d found some food another runner had left?
Her head jerked up as the sound of rustling came from off to her left.To her right, the unmistakable sound of a waterfall off in the distance caught her attention.She’d always kept away from certain areas, especially ones with water.The noise moving closer to her from the left wouldn’t have been heard by most, but her hearing wasn’t like an average human.She began moving backward, inching toward the path back to Starla without making any sudden moves.Fuck, she’d allowed them to get split up like a damn idiot.
As soon as she hit the path, she turned to run back the way she came, only to slam into a solid surface and bounce back.She flailed her arms, trying to stay upright.Another large body caught her from behind.
“What do we have here, boys?”
The deep baritone sent a shiver of fear down her spine.The scents of the men surrounding her reminded her of canine and man.She tried to break free, kicking back with her feet and using her head as a weapon.
“Motherfucking bitch.I think she broke my nose.”
She fell to the ground as the one holding her released her with a howl.Aurora jumped up, darted to the left, and made for the trees running parallel to the path.Dark chuckles came from the four men who’d surrounded her.
“Kill her.She’s not the one we want.She’s nothing but a human.I want the one who smells—”he inhaled“—like a female wolf in heat.She’s the answer to all our problems.We need to eliminate the other one, but make it look like an accident.”
