Chapter 2 dark forest

Chapter 2

I lost consciousness. His hold around my neck was so tight that I couldn't breathe I almost thought that was the end of my life. But I was still lucky to wake up...

In the middle of this dark and scary forest.

How... did I end up here?

Did I run away without me knowing or... did they throw me away? Without me knowing? I gulped. I looked around the very dark surrounding. I can't see anything. It was so dark. It was as if I'm back in that cold and dark room my family used to lock me in.

It was traumatizing. Remembering all of it was scarier than this dark forest.

Is this the end of my worthless life? Is this my destiny? To be choked by a stranger and thrown in the forest? How funny.

My eyes went blurry because of the threatening tears. I shouldn't cry, right? I mean, this is good. My suffering would end already. I should be happy instead.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. My heart is beating fast as well as my breath. It was as if my heart was going to come out of my chest due to the strength and speed of its beating. My breath trembled.

I whimpered when I felt the pain on my neck. I touched it and it stung. I can already picture the look of my neck. I'm pretty sure it was bruised badly.

What should I do in this forest? Should I stay or just walk to nowhere? I don't know what to do anymore.

I groped in the dark. Trying to find some wood I can lean on. When I was able to hold a large tree, I immediately brought my trembling body there and leaned.

I closed my eyes tightly and my tears started to flow.

It's crazy to think that I'm going to die at a very young age. I'm still 21. I'm not part of this world yet.

But if my fate is over, there is nothing I can do.

I closed my eyes and waited for my death to happen.

I only woke up when I heard the crushing of dry leaves. The quiet surroundings became quieter after that. But after a while the leaves made noise again. It's like... someone stepped on them and they were crushed. I became alert to my surroundings.

Maybe it's a wild animal? Or the unusual things?

Then after a while, I heard a low growl... from an animal.

It's definitely an animal. I can't be wrong.

Then it howled loudly. It echoed in the forest making the sleeping birds fly away and make noises that hurt my ears.

I can't see anything but I can feel its eyes on me. My hair stood on end. The leaf rustling started again. It was a sign that the animal in front of me was approaching me.

I can't believe it! An animal will be the cause of my death tonight!

"Oh!" I shouted loudly when the animal bit my foot and pulled me away from the tree. I tried to reach the tree and hold on to it but I failed miserably! I tried holding the grass but it didn't work.

The animal growled louder. It was still pulling me when a wood accidentally cut my left thigh making me scream louder. My shout echoed through the forest. I was released by an animal that I thought was a wolf.

I cried so hard. I can feel how deep the wound was. A sharp piece of wood pierced me as the wolf pulled me.

"Oh!" I screamed louder when I tried getting rid of the wood but it hurts so much! I can't do it. All I did was scream and cry.

The wolf howled again and I can feel it trying to attack me again. I expected to kill me there when another sound of an animal came in the scene.

I heard one of them whimper. It seems that it was hurt. A wolf has come! And when these two fight over me! I retreated with my hands away from the two fighting wolves.

I need to get out of here! I realized that I don't want to die right now!

I keep pulling myself back when I bump into something. And damn, it was alive because I heard it breathing! Another wolf... I'm so disappointed.

Why is it dark around us! Where is the moon! I looked up and realized that the moon was covered with clouds that's why it can't produce light.

I screamed out loud when I accidentally hit the wood that was still on my thigh! I literally jumped when the wolf beside me howled and whimpered so loud as if it had hurt two. I can also hear the other wolf do it too.

And I don't know how the animal to do it but I found myself behind it's furry back. It was carrying me and taking me away from the dark forest. And I can also hear the other one following us.

I buried my face on the wolf's back while whimpering because of the slight pain I'm feeling. I can feel blood dripping down my thigh while we're running away.

I don't even know where this wolf will take me. I also don't want to fidget because I know that if I fall I will just get hurt again. I held its fur so tightly that I felt it hurt.

It stopped running. I opened my eyes because it stopped. Now the surroundings are clear. It's not as dark as before.

The wolf dropped me down on its back. The wood just hit the ground because it sank deeper into my thigh!

"Oh!" I let out a loud scream because of the pain that spread throughout my body. I writhed in pain and saw that it had really sunk in too much. I only see a little wood.

I'm used to pain but this is different from what I'm used to! I've been stung but with something this big!

I fell face down on the grass as I felt the pain. I heard the other wolf growl angrily to the one who carried me earlier. They were staring at each other. As if they have the ability to communicate through their eyes. It's like they are going to eat each other any moment.

I can clearly see their appearances because of the light coming from the moon.

They have the same color of fur, both of them are black. But their eyes stood out the most, the first one has gold while the second has blue. It's... amazing. And this is the first time I have seen wolves this huge! From the looks of the two, it's obvious that these are not ordinary wolves that are seen or shown on TV sometimes.

These are not normal sized balloons. Both are so big that I think their heads are equal to my neck.

The one with golden eyes howled. While the blue one looked at me. His ears bent down while the other looked at me angrily.

What now?

The one with golden eyes walked away and hid behind a tree. The other one just followed his gaze but eventually followed the other as well. Only then did I notice that a cloth was tied around one's leg. What is that?

My eyes widened when I heard a bone that seemed to be broken! For a few seconds you also echoed in the forest where I live! My hair stood up because of the cracking of the bones. It came from where the two wolves went and hid! What is going on with the two of them there?

What shocked me the most was seeing a guy come out from behind the tree... wait... he's that guy from earlier. The one who... who choked me...

My eyes widened even more when it came closer to me again! How did he get here?! what is he doing Did he find me forever?

He's not wearing a top anymore and he's only wearing loose pants now. He didn't look like that before!

"What the fuck are you?!" This angry question while still pointing at me. It stared at me as I stayed on the grass.

"Stop it, Norman. That's not Ethel." He looked violently at the man whose name I remember was Theo.

"I already figured that out Theo but we don't have any idea who the fûck is this!"

The man turned to me and frowned.

"Maybe he's our mate?"

"Are you crazy? I can't even smell him!" It turned to me again.

"But we felt him, Norman. The pain, we felt it earlier that's why we went crazy." This is a weak promise to the man. The two are serious now while looking at me.

I looked back and forth between the two of them. Confused as to what is going on. Where are those two wolves that brought me here? What happened to them? And why did these two suddenly appear here?

"It's confusing, Norman. I didn't feel the pain when you choked it but when someone else caused the pain we both felt it."

"And it only means one thing, Norman. And I know you it." Norman glared at him.

"No, he's not. I won't be convinced because I haven't smelled him the first time we encountered him, Theo."

"Maybe you're forgetting, Norman, that this is what happened to your uncle before. This is exactly the same scene on how he met his mate."

"And don't you dare deny the bond we share with him, the one you felt the moment you touched and carried him."

I don't understand them both.

"Carry him, Theo." Norman promised Theo rudely and he walked away from us first. While Theo just shook his head and followed what he ordered.

"That's pretty deep," he said while looking at my wound. I also looked down and saw how the bleeding kept going. It didn't stop.

"Don't worry, that will disappear too. Let my wolf take care of that." He stared directly into my eyes, as if saying something else but couldn't say it to me either.

I swallowed when he suddenly lifted me from the grass and now I was in his arms. My cheeks warmed up when I realized that it was naked from the top and its shape was just like Norman's. The two were wearing no top and only pants.

"Wow, you're so light. Are you eating?" Even though I looked at him a few times, I did it anyway and nodded at him. I saw him smile a bit.

"You're kinda cute? Didn't know boys could be cute like this." I looked away because of what he said.

"That's the most disgusting line I've heard in my entire life, Theo." Said Norman who was ahead of us. I thought it was far away from us, but it was as if he deliberately slowed his pace so that Theo and I could keep up.

This is so embarrassing.

"Bet you're gonna say it too if you're close to him like this," I heard Norman grunted.

"Never,"

We walked in silence after he said this. Theo didn't speak either.

I was preoccupied because of his skin touching mine. I've never been this close to someone I didn't know. It's awkward for me. And I'm a boy and I was being carried like a girl. I closed my eyes because of embarrassment.

"That wolf earlier, did Theo die?" Norman broke the silence.

"Yeah, I cut off the head."

My hair stood up because of what he said and the way he said it was like it was normal for them. My heart beat faster again.

Norman stopped walking and looked at me angrily.

"Calm the fûck down. I can feel what you are feeling right now and it's creeping me out!"

I avoided looking at him and tried to calm myself down.

"I can't fûcking believe this! I can feel whatever he was feeling but I'm pretty he's not my mate, Theo. I won't freaking accept it."

"Stop it, Norman-"

"Maybe this is some kind of wîtchcraft? I'm gonna go and meet Wecca and ask her about this matter."

"And I should scold manang for not telling this guy not to roam around at midnight!"

"You're so noisy, Norman."

"We are being noisy while that boy in your arms is being mute!"

Theo bent down and looked at me.

"Yeah, right. He was quiet a while ago. He didn't even talk. You can talk, you know. Don't be shy. It's just us."

I was struck by the arrogance in his speech.

"I prefer him being mute," Norman whispered as I looked at him. Yeah, I'm definitely mute.

"You shouldn't have taken him to the jungle. I wish he had been locked up in the basement." Theo said which surprised me. They brought me to the jungle?

"I will do that later,"

We started walking again. Until I didn't realize that we were in front of their house. What time is it now? Maybe it's near morning. Theo still had me in his arms as we entered the house.

When he got to the living room, he slowly lowered me to the big sofa and made me sit there.

"Oh my goodness! What happened to this boy?!" The old man was shocked to see me bloody and dirty. I thought it was still sleeping.

"Please get a first aid kit, manang." Theo said. Norman left the living room and probably went to the kitchen. The old man left and Theo took a t-shirt that was ready on the living room table.

When the manang came back, I saw that he was carrying a white box and my... notebook and ballpoint pen! Thank you.

"Where did you go?! You're such a bad boy!" He handed me my notebook. I immediately opened it and started writing there.

'Just went out for a while and had an accident' I lied. I don't want to tell what happened because I know you won't believe me.

"And you even sympathized with our bosses! Shameful, Ethan!"

I wrote again in the notebook. I'm sorry. It won't happen again." It took me a little longer to write because my fingers were shaking. I showed it to him and he just stared.

I turned to Theo who was near the door and was standing there with a shocked face. While Norman was also looking at me seriously. To Be Continued...