Under The Blue Moon

Chapter 4. The Three Rogues

Hope POV

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"Hey Hope.... Chris and I are going to pop outside for a little bit. But we'll be back shortly", Sasha announced, grabbing Chris's hand. Before I could say anything, she had already dragged him away. Great, I am now left alone feeling heavily drunk at a party looking the way I do. What could go wrong? As I was deep in thought, I felt someone sit down next to me. I looked to the side of me and found a guy peering down at my cleavage. He looked like a drunken mess on a two-day bender.

"Why are you all alone? he asked with a smirk. I couldn't get the words that I wanted to say to come out of my mouth. I felt almost frozen.

"Ah... I.... I am waiting for someone" I replied, stuttering. I was slowly losing my mind as I took another sip of my drink.

"Oh... Who? he asked, leaning forward so as to close off some distance between us. My vision became blurry as I tried to respond.

What is happening? Surely I didn't drink all that much. I only had a few. My body began to feel numb and tingly.

"Come with me", he said, grabbing my hand. I didn't know what was happening, but I felt the need to follow him. Coming back too, I found myself being led to what looked like a bedroom. My mind was becoming even messier and my vision wasn't improving either. Was something slipped into my drink? No, I was holding onto my drink the entire time. No way someone could have the chance to do so.

Struggling to open my mouth to speak, he sat me down on the end of the bed that was in the middle of a dark room. "What... What are we doing in the bedroom? I managed to say, frantically looking around.

"Shh.... Your friends will be here shortly", he said, placing his finger on my lips. Did he mean Sasha and Chris? If he did, maybe he was trying to help me. The door suddenly opened and two figures walked in. I couldn't see properly so I couldn't make out who it was, my vision was still blurry and it was quite dark in the room.

"Sasha", I yelled out, but no one replied. Only the scuffling of feet walking closer was all I could hear. Suddenly I felt chills run down my spine, and I felt claustrophobic, something I'd never felt before. I became panicky and tried to stand up, but instead I was pushed back down onto the bed by a pair of strong hands.

"I promise, all you will feel is pleasure", he responded as he grabbed hold of my left breast, squeezing it tightly.

"STOP IT! I screamed, before I could get another scream out, a hand came over my mouth, squeezing it shut to muffle my screams. Tears began to pool up as I tried to fight them off, but I was weak against three of them. They must have slipped something into my drink, and this situation right now is turning ugly. I'm going to be r***d by three guys at a party I never wanted to attend, whilst dressed in this, that I never wanted to wear. I cried. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. My screams were muffled, but it didn't stop me from trying.

"Will you hurry up and get her clothes off" I heard one of them whispering to the other as they ripped at my dress, leaving my chest exposed. I kicked my legs and continued screaming, hoping someone would either hear me or notice that I was missing.

Suddenly, the door collapsed to the ground with a bang.

Josh POV

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I had won at pool twice now, but James wouldn't give up, he felt embarrassed because he had lost at his own game. "You giving up? I asked full of energy.

"Mate, you wish" James replied with enthusiasm. Suddenly, the smell of a rogue wolf nearby filled my nostrils. Not one but three of them. I stopped what I was doing and sniffed the air, trying to find out where they could be. The scent pointed me inside the house.

"Where are you going now!? Yelled out James as he threw his arms up.

"Wait there, I'll be back" I replied, waving my hand.

I continued to follow the rogue wolf's scent to inside the house. I stood at the entrance and looked around. Everyone was in amongst their own world, getting lost in the music. I caught the scent again leading me up the staircase. Why would there be rogues here? Surely my dominant smell would've cleared them off. So many doors in this house, I began to open them up one by one. As I walked down the hallway, I was caught by the sounds of muffled screams. My heart raced as the smell of rogue was becoming stronger. My inner wolf beast wanted to come out, but I forced it back down. I knew there were too many people that could possibly witness a werewolf attack, it'd be all over the news the very next day.

This was the last door down the hallway. I could hear whispering and muffled screams. I sniffed the air to confirm, but another scent was mingled within. It was that vanilla scent that girl earlier was drenched in. What was her name again? That's right, James said it was Hope. I closed my eyes and slowly breathed in. Keeping relatively calm, I opened the door as quietly as I could. There I witnessed three rogues on top of a very scared and half-naked Hope.

That was it. The scene I had just witnessed riled up my inner wolf too much that I could no longer control myself. Half transforming my wolf, I let out a loud growl as I jumped onto one of the rogues, ripping at his back with my sharp claws. The other two rogues that were previously on top of Hope reacted and jumped in immediately. As they clawed at my neck, my blood began to boil. I grabbed hold of the rogue's neck and squeezed as hard as I could, he started to struggle to breathe. The other rogue jumped onto my back and began to claw new marks into my skin, causing blood to rush out. I growled in pain as I let go of the rogue's neck, causing him to fall to the ground in a heap. Turning to face the others with a ready to kill aura, they grabbed their barely breathing friend off of the ground and staggered to the bedroom window. I let out a deep growl as a warning before watching them jump out of the window and disappearing into the woods outside.

"What the f#ck are rogues doing here? I asked myself, wiping the blood away from my bleeding lip. Rogues were not allowed to be around humans. That was a rule set by the government. Rogues are wolves that don't belong to a clan or anywhere in that matter of fact. They just roamed around in complete madness searching for their next prey.

Coming back to it, I spun around to find that hope had passed out during the whole ordeal. I grabbed the blanket that was underneath her and wrapped her half-naked body inside of it. She let out a painful moan as I carefully picked her up and placed her within my arms. I then continued my way out of the bedroom and down the stairs.

"I'm sorry, you must have been so scared", I whispered, looking down at her sleeping face.

I walked straight past everyone as they took no notice of the commotion that I had just caused upstairs. They were far too gone to notice what hope was about to go through all alone. I didn't know where her friends were, and I didn't know where she lived, so I thought it would be best to take her to my apartment, which was conveniently near James's house.