Leo_Squal

Lucky Rival is the only beast hunter of cryptids in his home town of Darteret. The week begins with the capture of a werewolf but with a camera man on the job, questions are asked about how he is able to obtain such interesting shots. The camera man doesn't reveal his secrets, he keeps them to himself along with the idea that he knows Lucky from somewhere but can't seem place where he knows him from.
Beast hunter Lucky Rival, his sister Candace, and their little brother Max meet to attend a vigil but are quickly turned around because of a fighting pack of werewolves. They soon realize that going to law enforcement doesn't help in this instance because the law seems to be on the side of the werewolves rather than that of the humans.
The Rivals eventually split up after there is a chase by a werewolf but their sibling closeness brings them back together almost in a way that duplicates their childhood when they are confronted by a werewolf again. Through the luck of having a weapon, Lucky Rival is able to chase the werewolf into the forest and later, he receives some interesting news.

NEAR MORTAL

The newspaper story was clear and so were the photo inserts that went along with it. The next days paper was best because it contained everything delectable about high profile news, made on the same day. After that, the follow ups, although interesting without being a let down, never matched up to the beginning.


Damien rested his hands on Jan's desk. The newspaper was folded under his arm. He stared at her. On the phone, she was unaware of his presence.


Less than a week on the job as company photographer, he used this moment to get a good look at the photos on the wall behind her. Jan hung up the phone and went to jotting the notes of the call.


Jan grabbed her chest and inhaled deeply. Startled, she quickly sat up and glared at the photographer, who was equally shocked by her reaction to his casual greeting.


"You know, maybe working in a cryptozoologist's office isn't for you." He said, adjusting the newspaper beneath his arm.


"It's not that I'm afraid." Said Jan, regaining her composure. "I have tunnel vision. I didn't hear you come in."


"Oh," Damien began. "You can't see from the sides?" He asked.


"Yeah." She answered, warming to her co-worker's recognized presence.


Jan grinned at his concern, taking his comment flirtatiously.


"Well, I bought you. Didn't I?"  She smiled.


He smiled back. "I'd like to think being qualified got me the job. If that's ok with you."


"It works." Jan said, leaning forward, the cleavage of her breasts dragging Damien's eyes in. "Let's get out tonight." She stated softly to him.


Damien lost her gaze and returned to the frames on the wall behind her.


"Lucky's family?" He asked, nodding to the pictures.


"They're familiar to me. I've seen them somewhere. Why have the family on the wall and not your credentials? Cryptozoolgy is no joke." 


"He'll  redecorate when he's ready. Right now we take mostly phone calls. Nobody gets to see that stuff." Jan said, pointing behind herself at the wall with the ink pen in her hand.


Damien returned to her eyes. "The night of the full moon wasn't just a phone call." Damien reminds her by tapping the newspaper under his arm. He smiled at her. She smiled at him. "Immediately after work." He agrees.


"Deal." Jan said, smiling brighter than before now that Damien has put her in front of the 35 mm hanging around his neck. Jan posed carelessly at the desk in a fun way. As thrilled as she was, the frames on the wall behind her fit the viewfinder better.


Chapter 8 Photo Op