Chapter 12

[MAVERICK]

He enjoyed the company of the wolves through the night and even played with them until his phone rang, and it brought him once again to his reality. His dilemma - his pregnant girlfriend.

Will Don kill her? The thought flashed in his mind. His father was indeed capable of that. Did he want a child? What was he afraid of? He realised slowly that although he didn't want a child with Kate, although he wasn't ready for a child, the deed was done. And he suddenly wanted to keep it. What else could he do? Kill it? That sounded like what Charles, his brother, would do. He chuckled a bit.

But he could not take care of a child in this harsh world he lived. That was where the problem was.

His phone rang severally, and when he looked. It was Kate. Ken had texted him minutes ago that Kate was home safe. He slid it back into his pocket and patted one of the wolves sitting beside him.

"A kid, huh? What do you think about that?" He said to the wolf, which gave a soft growl in response. He stood up now, dusting his pants. He had spent almost thirty minutes or more. It was time to leave.

But just as he was about to leave, he heard the sudden scream of a woman. The scream was filled with fear and shock. Where did it come from?

Suddenly, he began to run swiftly, gracefully towards the sound of the scream, dodging the trees in his way and even climbing some of them rapidly, to end up jumping to a farther distance than his previous location.

"No, please." The voice again. It was suddenly getting closer.

A howl followed the scream. A howl that did not come from him. And a howl that didn't sound like a regular wolf. It sent a shiver of familiarity he had almost never felt before.

'Oh no. ' He thought. He needed to get to the human before it was too late.

He was close now. He leapt very high now, and his jump brought him to the exact scene that the screams were coming from.

It was definitely a werewolf taunting a girl, definitely playing with his meal. He knew this, though he didn't understand why he knew.

He immediately buried a whole foot in the chest of the standing wolf and slammed it to the floor. It gave a loud growl and stood immediately.

He could see the shock in the eyes of the wolf, as though saying, "Where did you get such strength? "

The wolf suddenly began to surge at him.

"Go! " He screamed at the poor girl who had scratches on her skin already. 'Better than a wolf bite, at least.' Maverick thought. His father had fished enough about his kind of creatures over the years. He knew how detrimental a wolf bite was.

The girl scrambled to her feet and ran through the bushes and out of sight.

Just as the wolf was about to jump at Maverick, he let his right arm go round the neck of the beast and immediately threw it down to the ground.

"Do not fight me!" He said aloud in an angry voice. He would have loved to transform into his wolf form, but he couldn't. It wouldn't form out of him. But his fingers were already carving out the sharp claws, and his glistening green eyes were brighter than ever. The best he could do right now were the claws.

The wolf suddenly gave a howl and began to transform. It was a she-wolf. A girl.

"Christ!" Maverick screamed. "You're a girl."

"A lady." The girl said. She had long flowing green hair and was stark naked. Maverick didn't turn away. Instead, he scrutinised her from head to toe.

"I have never seen a Werewoman in Grimden all my years here. Who are you? And where the fuck do you come from?"

The lady scoffed and wiped her mouth, leaving a wicked smile as she began to circle him boldly with her naked body. Maverick did not falter in his sights, as he watched her thin figure dance as her hips swayed from side to side.

"I'm Agatha. My pack lives in this city now. "

"Since when?" Mav scoffed.

"Since a few weeks back. Who are you?"

"Are you from Amoden?" Mav asked, recalling what Don had told him earlier.

"Maybe. Who are you?"

"I'm the one asking the questions. Why are you attempting to kill that poor girl?"

"Because I can." Agatha smirked, her clawing teeth still leaked out of her mouth as she smiled.

Immediately, fast as lightning, Maverick suddenly held her by the neck and pitched her against a tree.

"Listen carefully, you will go back to your pack, and act like nothing happened, and I will forgive this carelessness."

"We will come for you. "

"No, you won't. The very fact that you're alone out here already tells me that you snuck out. So, sneak back in, and don't ever try to hurt another human in this city or these woods ever again. If not, I will find you and every member of your pack and kill them all. " Maverick released her. His assurance in his own authority scared her.

He was definitely not a nobody.

"Who are you?"

"The Jade Killer. " He said in a low growl that seemed to agitate and arouse Agatha at the same time.

"What are you still doing here?" He asked, and she walked past him, growling as her eyes glistened red in against the black of night.

Red.

He looked at her bare ass as she walked by, but for now, he was not tempted.

He watched her turn back to her wolf form quickly and disappear into the night before he walked away.