Crystal leaned against the counter staring out at the store and the lack of customers in it. It had been a slow day, one of those days that didn't invite many possibilities. However, Crystal was alright with that. Her mind drifted back to her brother, back to how much she wanted to be fucking him at that moment. She glanced down at her watch, there was only thirty minutes left before the store officially closed and the likelihood of someone walking in right before close was pretty small.
Crystal turned off the illuminated 'open' sign and started cleaning. She swept and mopped and reorganized the shelves. The stocking crew would be in early the next morning. Once she had cleaned up and felt everything was in good order, she turned off the back lights but left the front corner lights on and locked the door. As soon as she stepped out from the store and onto the sidewalk she felt a shiver of cold.
It wasn't a temperature drop, it couldn't be considering it was well over seventy degrees out. The street was usually lined with parked cars during the evening but it had just a few. There wasn't anyone out on the street or even at the small playground just across the street. A chilling wind blew down the walkway and it was on that wind she caught the scent of them.
Crystal sprinted to the car and lunged into the seat and turned it on and immediately drove away. She glanced back in the rear view mirror and saw them. Three dark four legged silhouettes in the street. The two on the outside were large but the middle one was nearly half a size bigger. All three figures bolted after her and Crystal added an additional ten miles an hour to her speed and even ran a yellow light.
She looked back in the mirror and despite going nearly forty five on a thirty, the figures were gaining on her. Crystal turned down a street and headed for the highway, but that was nearly two miles away. The three figures would be on her in less than half a mile at her current speed. As she glanced back again she noticed with horrific realization that they had picked up speed and were mere yards away.
She could see the blazing yellow and green shine of their eyes through the rear view mirror. She could see their ivory white teeth as they snarled and pressed forward to catch up. Crystal felt her panic set in like a ton of bricks and she debated speeding faster or slamming on the breaks. She looked back in the mirror again and the middle one was at her trunk and ready to tear into her car.
She glanced forward and screamed as a massive blur of black darted over her windshield and over the car. Crystal slammed on the breaks and the car screeched to a halt. She looked in the rear view mirror as a wolf, twice the size of the other three pounced on the middle wolf with crushing force. The large black wolf that was easily five feet tall and ten feet long snarled and barked at the outer two wolves who stayed just out of reach.
The middle wolf bared it's ivory fangs but the larger wolf didn't back away. It growled a fierce thunderous growl that shook the air. With lightning fast reflexes it jumped to the side and swiped a claw at the outer wolf, it was a feint. As soon as the middle wolf took the bait and rushed in, the larger wolf shifted, turned and clamped its massive jaws upon the rushed enemy.
Crystal shrieked as she watched the larger wolf take the middle wolf's neck in its jaws and bite down. She heard the loud pop and crack as bones broke and vertebrae were crushed. The middle wolf slumped and the larger wolf lifted its dead enemy up and tossed it away. The dead wolf slid on the asphalt for a few feet before coming to a bloody stop.
The two smaller wolves looked from the large wolf to their dead companion and then tuned and made a quick retreat. Crystal watched as the large wolf turned and in the mirror she could see its bright blue eyes. Shaking from fright and adrenaline she opened the door and slowly got out. Her head came just to the tip of the large wolf's chin as it hovered over her protectively.
She could smell the blood on his fur and see the bits of flesh that remained. Crystal looked into the eyes of the large wolf, her brother, and felt the pull of the conscious connection. His deep dark voice rumbled inside her head as his thoughts were spoken directly to her.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She replied though her hands were visibly shaking. "Olivia's wolves?"
"Yes. They are just scouts. There will be more and they will be on the offensive but I..." he craned his neck back in the direction of the wolf he had killed which had reverted back to human form; "...I will be taking measures to ensure they don't get far."
Crystal looked at her brother again and felt a wave of calm reassurance. However her adrenaline was wearing off and her hands and shoulders started shaking.
