Chapter 19

I slowly rolled over so that I was on my back, my hands propped out behind me holding myself up as I stared at the black wolf that was now standing a few feet away from me. It snapped its jaws and growled lowly as the fur on the back of its neck stood to attention. I cautiously began to crawl away, my eyes never leaving the wild animal in front of me. Its unforgiving brown eyes watched my every movement like a hawk. The wolf in front of me was a predator, a natural born killer. I could see in the way its ears twitched that its sensitive hearing was designed to pick up any sort of prey no matter how big or small; right now I could tell that it was listening to my heart beat. Its nose twitched as it no doubt smelled my fear and its powerful jaws snapped revealing a set of large, white canines that could easily pierce the tender flesh of any animal. Its body was lean and lined with muscles making it powerful and fast. I was being hunted. The way it stalked toward