SOPHIA'S POVIt was 7 o'clock when I heard mom's car pulled into the driveway. I was sitting on the living room couch in my blue short shorts and a oversized white shirt with my double R graffiti art on with my hair out and wild drawing and chilling with Josh. Mom walked in her Chief uniform, handbag on her left shoulder and her raven bck hair in a ponytail. "Good night guys,"she greeted with a warm smile. "Buenos noches mom," I replied before Josh offered his greeting. "Bake chicken is in the oven, pumpkin rice and pasta is on the stove.""Why thank you oh sweet daughter of mine," said mom in a mocking old dy tone."I helped too Aunty Terry," interrupted Josh watching Top Gear on the big ft screen tv. "Wow I didn't know you could cook Josh. If it's good I might have to hire you at the restaurant." I rolled my eyes looking at the grin on his face before going back to my drawing on my drawing tablet."I can't take all the credit, I just did whatever Sophia said. My cooking skills for now are limited to microwave food," he ughed. Joshua was always like this: pyful, jovial and easy going. "Anyway a promised Paul I'd help him with something so good night to you lovely dies," We did our secret handshake before walking out of our massive living room heading to the door.Mom sat down next to me changing the channel the cooking channel. "So how was school, anything interesting on the first day of Sophomore year?""Kinda, there is this new guy Michael. He seems chill, handsome too,""How handsome. On a scale of 1-10?""Mom..........come on seriously," I replied trying to hold back my ughter."Oh come on, I know you graded him on site," she looked over at me smiling like a teenager."Ok fine, 7 based on what I can see. Nice hair, defined cheekbones for a fifteen year old with a toned body. The cheerleaders are going to eat him alive," I said smiling at the dreamy look of my mother."My, my, my he sounds like a threat. Only if a were a few years younger.....""Mother............ behave yourself. Next thing you know people might thing you're a cougar," I ughed almost falling to the floor."So what if they think that, cougars are hot. Besides your father is the only one that can handle me.""Oh God please don't tell me how I was conceived. I need my ears for stuff.""Ok fine but want to talk to you about something else," mom now in a calm tone. " It's about wanting a tattoo. Why do you want one, you never showed any interest in tattoos apart from designing some for people. You even said that you wouldn't get any. So why want one now?"asked mom. Curiousness in her voice.I looked at her putting down my tablet then sighed. "It's because of what happened six years ago." At this my mom had a pained look on her. The same look she has whenever "that day" is mentioned. "That and my birthday coming up. I've been thinking about for a month now and looking back at where I was four years ago and where I am now plus the fact that in a couple weeks I'll technically become an adult just adds to it. The word tattoo means to leave a mark, a mark that means something. Four years ago you couldn't get me within a feet of a man. I was terrified of Josh, Cole, Paul and even dad touching me, I couldn't even stand the sound of their voices. And although even now it makes my skin crawl to have a guy other than them touching me, at least a can be around men. I no longer feel uncomfortable in my own skin and I've stop trying to kill myself. Those are the reasons why I want a tattoo mom, to say that I'm still here, that they didn't break me."Mom at this point had tears running down her face as she looked at me. "Can I see your tattoo design?" I picked up my tablet showing her the design. "Roses, why roses?""It's because of us and everyone on your side of the family plus roses are beautiful but needed to be handled with care," I smiled at her before hugging her.JOSHUA'S POVI stepped outside Sophia's taking in the cool night breeze looking at the tall trees surrounding the reservation before setting out east to meet with Paul, Cole and Sarah. Running through the forest dodging and jumping over fallen trees always seem to clear my head after a long day at school. Picking up Paul's scent I then turned right coming into a small clearing about two miles away from the falls. The reservation was about a fifteen minutes drive from town. Our ancestors after settling down in the western side cimed it as theirs which means everything after crossing the western bridge going right back the border of Crescent Valley belongs to us. Standing in the clearing was Paul, Sarah and Cole talking to an injured girl. She was tall, toned brown skinned with short bck hair stopping at her shoulder. She was leaning on Cole holding the left side of her stomach which was bleeding."Sorry I'm te I was at Sophia's," I said looking at the girl. "What happened?""Samantha was attacked by something an hour ago," Sarah said, concern all over her face."Some...thing..... big, fast, powerful and...scary,"coughs up blood. "With shape cws.""An hour ago and you haven't healed yet?"Samantha nodded to me before Cole easied her on the ground. "I should take her back quickly, the healers can help her," said Cole before lifting her in his hands then ran off. Samantha was one of the best warriors we have. Fearless, strong, confident a born leader. And to have something strong enough to injure her that badly and have her scared is concerning. Although I'm impressed that she hadn't past out from the blood lost."Ok Sam said her attacker jumped her across the falls so we'll pick up the scent from there and track him down. He does not attack one of our own, in our territory and get away with it," Paul excimed, an edge clear in his voice.Sarah and I nodded before following Paul. Across the falls? Thats about 2 miles from the clearing. She made it all the way there with a serious injury. Damn I wouldn't expect anything less for the granddaughter of an Alpha. As we continued making our way east the sound of the falls became more clear. We followed Paul upstream to the shallows to cross."Don't worry, Samantha is a tough girl. It will take more than those injuries to put her down," Sarah reassured me. A strong overwhelming scent suddenly hit causing me to lose my bance falling to the ground. "What the hell is that smell? By the Goddess that's strong." I got up with a hand over my nose staring at Paul and Sarah not phased by the scent or more concerned."Something isn't right here. Samantha said it was one attacker and we followed that scent here?. So why is does it smell like at least ten wolves passed through here," Sarah excimed with a worrying look on her face. Suddenly gust of wind passed us setting the hairs on my skin on edge. The scent started to come from the left then right, moving with the wind or was wind moving with it. We stood in the opening our backs to each other waiting for it to make a move."It's pying with us," growled Paul. I gnced over my shoulders to see Paul and Sarah with their cws and canines out with their irises now glowing in a golden, yellowish colour and their sclera's (the white part of the eye) bck. Without a second thought I concentrated on that other side of me, that wild primal side. I pictured a dark wooden door in the back of my mind with me slowly opening the door just enough to take hold of a little of that primal side. Suddenly my eyes became more focused, brighter and I could see further way. My finger nails began to elongate into css before I feel my canines getting longer.Sarah's POV"I don't like this babe we're sitting ducks here," I said sensing movement coming the south. It was heading for Joshua. It must have sensed his fear. "Josh watch your surroundings....." Just at that moment without thinking I pushed Joshua out the way, Paul must have sensed it too because at the same time dived to the right going into a barrel roll. I bent over in it's direction managing to dodge attack in time. As if in show motion I glimpsed a big hairy muscur hand going over my head. Rolling out the way I stood up to that sight of something out of a nightmare. It was a six foot pitch ck wolf humanoid beast. Something humans in the ninety's would had call a werewolf. But this was way worse. The mere sight of it shock me to my core. It moved. Nothing but wind, blending into night. Suddenly Josh and Paul were sent flying into a nearby tree hard. I blinked and was up in the air with a hand around my neck slowly choking me. As I stared into it's golden eyes gasping for air I only saw one thing. Rage.Paul's POVI got up a bit dizzy trying to gather my bearings before looking across the field to a sight that made my heart skip a beat. That beast was holding Sarah in it's hand choking her. At that my legs moved without thinking as a broke into a sprint. My instincts were taking over. Without realizing it, I found myself in midair going for it's back with my cws extended. I came down for the attack only with blinding speed to be met with a hand gripping firmly around my neck. Was it going to die here? Josh was out cold. Sarah was being choked all be slower than me. I tried to howled but remembered you needed air for that. As a looked at her I heard her voice in my mind but strained, "Baby..... we are going to be fine, try to calm down.....ok. Your heart is beating too fast, any faster and you'll start shifting....... Slow your heart so you won't.....use up the oxygen you have left."She was right I had to slow down my heart and besides I can't die here, I haven't married her yet. "Nice to see where your priorities are Paul." An other voice spoke to me. I slowly turned my head to see Thomas Redway and Carter Northover running in at breakneck speeds tackling the beast causing it to let us go. I hit the ground gasping trying to crawl to Sarah hearing loud growls around us. Cole helped me up taking me out of harm's way while a she wolf named Car Sarah's cousin helped her and Josh. We were taken to a tree at the far eastern end of the clearing looking at the sight of six adult werewolves staring down the abomination. It looked at them individually before turning around and vanished into the night. "Car, Cole get the others back home now, we'll chase him to give time to run." Mr. Redway, Joshua's dad and the others rushed off after it."Sarah, Paul, Josh are you alright?" Car asked warmly."No I'm not fucking alright, we almost died. I just have one question. What in Goddess Luna was that," I asked with rage in my voice.