Heart of the Wolf Ch. 08

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Catie gripped her stomach and watched with half-lidded eyes as both Layla and Logan shifted. Layla started playfully barking and wagging her tail at him. She felt bile rising in her throat at the display. Almost too quickly, Logan brutally ran at Layla, knocked her onto her belly, and stood over top of her baring his teeth. Layla trembled underneath him and quickly submitted. He allowed her to stand up and started walking circles around her like she was prey. She shook, but held still occasionally flicking her tail some.

Logan went up behind Layla and jammed his nose into her vulva. Catie could hear slurping noises coming from them and it seemed like Layla moaned some. Logan then quickly mounted her and shoved his large cock deep inside of her. Layla howled and Catie saw her trying to readjust herself to take on his large size. He grabbed ahold of Layla's shoulder and bit down. Catie could see blood trickling off, but also noticed a bluish tinge mixed in as well.

"That...is the male's poison. Females of our kind can only get pregnant when a male releases that into our bloodstream during mating. It causes us to ovulate," Sage said disgusted.

Catie closed her eyes and nodded her head. She didn't need to see the rest to know what was going to happen. She felt woozy and shoved herself back against the tree. Something wasn't right. She opened her eyes to see that some of the moon's rays were on her bare chest. She felt heat radiate from her chest outward.

"Catie. Shit! Catie, look at me!" Sage yelled.

Catie's head felt like it weight more than it should, but she forced herself to look up at Sage. She had a look of concern on her face. Catie knew that the change was starting. She felt feverish and wanted to be laying down.

"What do I do?" Catie said whispering and straining.

Trust me. We will get through this.

"Catie, trust me this part sucks. You feel feverish and like your body weighs a ton. Your wolf is starting to learn how to switch and come out. It will pass and then the real challenge of shifting will come."

She wanted to nod her head in agreement, but she couldn't. She felt like gravity was much heavier now. It seemed like it was hard to breathe. All too quickly, pain radiated out from the point of wear the moonlight was touching her chest. She felt bones shifting and rearranging. Her limbs became more slender and her hands and feet became paws. She felt her nose and jaws elongate into a snout, her ears moved to the top of her head, and a tail sprouted. All of this took only about 30 seconds, but to Catie it felt like hours.

"Catie?"

She heard a voice but didn't completely comprehend who it was. She didn't like the fact that she was suspended by her feet and that her belly was exposed. She felt threatened. She went into survival mode and immediately growled.

Wait did I just growl?

She struggled to look down at herself. Why was this so hard to do? Finally, she realized what had happened. She had shifted.

The world was hazy at first. Her senses were overwhelmed with everything. There were new smells and sights. And she could hear so much better. The wolf longed to be on the ground and feel the Earth beneath her feet. She whimpered at the fact that it wasn't possible yet.

"Catie?"

She looked over towards the voice and saw a woman restrained to a tree similarly like she was. She knew this woman, but couldn't seem to remember her name.

"Madam Alpha, welcome! I know it's all new to you now, but welcome to the wolf world."

Before the female could say anything else, a large black wolf ran up to both of them. He then shifted before them. She knew him, but couldn't scent him. He didn't have one. She was confused and growled at him.

"You weren't supposed to shift yet, little wolf," he said chuckling at her. He grabbed onto the restraints and lowered them. She was now standing on the ground although she was still restrained to the tree. "I've never seen a white wolf before, but I expected no less from you. Simply beautiful," he said as he ran his hands down her right side.

She growled and shied away from his touch. When he tried to touch her again, she snapped at him. He smacked her muzzle. Instead of backing down, she snapped at him again and bared her teeth. He laughed at her and she felt her restraints being loosened some more. Then suddenly her back feet were freed. She shuffled her back legs some and got used to what it felt like to have four feet.

She then felt the restraints on her front legs slacken to the point of where she could pull them. She looked up at the other female who nodded at her and smiled slyly. As soon as she felt him let go, she sprinted off into the forest. She made a lot of noise with the shackles still on her legs and chains dragging behind her, but she reveled in her freedom.

Her happiness didn't last long as she heard a loud roar coming from behind her. She felt like she was now being chased and caught in the middle of a game of keep away. She kept running and didn't stop. She was a lot leaner than the male that was chasing her was, so she could quickly maneuver around trees and other obstacles.

Suddenly, she ran into another group of wolves. There were 5 of them. She got scents from all of them and started to realize that she knew them. However, she was scared and growled at all of them. One of the smaller wolves tried coming up to her and submitting and she quickly turned and ran in a different direction.

As she ran in this new direction, she felt even more afraid. Not only was she being chased by Logan, but now she was being chased by a group of wolves. One of her chains got caught on a rock and she tripped and flipped over herself. As she started to stand back up, she was quickly rammed in her left side by a large wolf. Logan had finally caught up to her.

She fought as much as she could but was quickly flipped onto her belly by him. She continued to flail and snap at her attacker until he finally took her neck into his jaws. As she started to submit, he was quickly thrown off of her by another wolf. Four wolves quickly encircled her as she laid on the ground exhausted. She felt a sort of calm wash over her from the four of them, so she stayed laying down.

She looked out into the woods and saw the two males squaring off. Both of them were black wolves. One of them had amber eyes and the other had blue eyes. Icy, blue eyes.

She quickly stood up and regretted it. She retched from the movement. She knew that male and she knew these wolves. Kaine. He had found her.