The Alpha's Rejected Mate novel Chapter 7

Scarlett came to a stop in front of the trees. Where could he have gone? She thought. She turned her head in all directions, but all she could see was the shadows. She took a step forward before turning around and walking backward, telling herself it would be foolish to follow that boy inside.

The part of her that was in love wanted to follow him to find out what he was up to, but another part of her warned her against even attempting to do so.

After waiting outside for a while, Scarlett exclaimed, "Fuck it." She had to go inside to look for the boy because he hadn't come out. She turned on the light on her phone before entering the woods, but all she could hear were the sounds of crickets.

Following that, she stepped on something that made a noise, which startled her; however, when she flashed her light in its direction, she saw that it was nothing more than a thong of dry leaves. She moved forward and kept looking, but she couldn't find anything. "Where did he go?" She asked herself, but her query went unanswered.

She dreaded having to go alone into the pitch-black woods. If anyone had wandered into the woods after dark, they would have been terrified as well. Scarlett felt a strong breeze suddenly blow over her, making her feel chilly. As she went on walking, she circled her in her arms. Will it rain? she questioned.

The clouds began to cover the moon, making the scene as dark as possible. Scarlett continued to move forward while holding her breath in the hopes that nothing would come out of the undergrowth to harm her.

She noticed a sign board as she kept walking. She turned her flashlight toward it since she couldn't avoid it. "Stay away. Danger." It reads on the sign.

Scarlett came to a halt and whirled around. She moved more quickly. "This is a bad idea." She said. "He is not worth it." She kept moving forward toward where she had begun her journey, but it appeared that she had become lost.

Scarlett sighed and looked around, trying to recall where she had come from when she heard a leaf rattling. "Is that you?" Scarlett shouted, but nobody responded. She shook her head as she tried to find her way back to Tucker's house, but she heard a growl this time. And immediately, her phone dropped to the ground. Her breathing grew increasingly rapid.

She trembled as she knelt to pick up her phone, and when she finally stood to her feet, Scarlett turned to look behind her when she became aware of a presence and noticed the bright red eyes staring at her in the darkness. She didn't know what it was, but it was a werewolf. To Scarlett, it was a strange beast due to how huge it looked.

The cloud that had been blocking the moon's view began to dissipate, and the bright, full, white moon began to turn red.

The sniffing became more frequent, the rattling persisted, and then a growl could be heard once more.

The wolf hiding in the leaves could see her from a distance. It could see everything clearly and could hear the loud crunching sound of her feet on the leaves as she walked backwards and the quickening of her heartbeat.

The wolf sounded furious. It emerged from the leaves looking very irate before finally revealing itself to her.

Now that she could see it clearly. It was big and black, but the only thing that caught her eye was the brightness of its eyes. Red.  It appeared as though he was prepared to kill his next human victim mercilessly.

Slowly approaching her, the wolf growled. It has always despised humans and will continue to do so. The girl in front of it wouldn't be its first or last victims.

It knew there were still hunters around because it had already killed one of them. As a result, the wolf would keep killing people until it could draw the hunters from their hiding places.

It growled and accelerated, trying to keep up with Scarlett.

It enjoys it when humans beg. It always enjoys it whenever they do and becomes more eager to eat them as a result.

As it drew nearer to her, Scarlett gasped. It appeared as though she had only recently realized what was about to happen. Her eyes widened. Turning around, she began to run as fast as her legs would carry her, but the beast was faster and stronger, and she soon found herself on the ground writhing in agony.

It had used its side body to push her off to the other side of the woods, and she struck the side of her back on the ground.

She groaned. "What the fuck was that?" she asked as she fought to stand. "Did it possibly eat the boy she was looking for in the woods?" She had a bruise on her left arm and a sting at the side of her stomach. Her phone was over where the beast was standing when she raised her head to look at it, and it was staring at her. She was in pain. She had never felt this kind of pain before, not even during the death of her father.