"Come on Eric don't be such a stick in the mud. Come with us."
"No. Just leave me alone Jamie!" Eric snapped, fed up with his older brother's constant teasing. Eric had no interest in spending an evening out celebrating his brother's twenty-first birthday. Everyone would be drinking and having a great time. Meanwhile he was still a year away from the legal age. His birthday wasn't until the fall.
"Look, if Eric doesn't want to go, he doesn't want to go. Besides, I recall you saying that if he did come he'd ruin everything. You have a nice night son. Stay out of trouble." Eric's father said, ushering Jamie and his wife out the front door. Eric waved half heartedly and retreated upstairs to his bedroom.
He didn't have anything better to do than school work. But as he sat there trying to write his ten page paper for his English 201 class, he could hear his neighbors partying to all hours. He seriously regretted not going to an out of town college. He lived in the middle of nowhere. It was a fairly rural town, the kind where everyone knows everyone and you can trace family trees back to the same brother and sister. Eric only stayed because it was cheaper going to a local college than an out of state one.
Frustrated and feeling very tense, Eric grabbed his coat and keys and left the house. He didn't have a destination in mind. He just wandered aimlessly up the road. Eric trudged up a hill, and sat on his usual thinking spot, atop a large boulder. The evening sky was clear and crisp, Eric laid back and stared at the stars. He watched clouds pass overhead and listened to the distant sound crickets. The sun was setting, and Eric decided to go back before it got too dark.
Then there was a sudden snap behind him, and Eric bolted up. He expected to see a squirrel or deer. Instead Eric was almost eye level with a massive form. Eric didn't want to believe what was standing in front of him was real. He had to be seeing things. Werewolves weren't real.
Yet here was this nine foot tall wolf creature, staring Eric down. He saw it was clearly female, from the soft curve of the hips to the ample breasts. Her fur was entirely black, though there were accents of silver. Her undercoat was a mix of silver and gray.