The Second Star (Book Three of the Star Series)

Going Hunting

I spend the rest of the night in my room. I'm so angry and I dont even know why. Yes I was starting to have feelings for Kaley. But we have known our whole lives that we will find our mates and they will complete us. So why am I taking the fact that Kaley found her mate so bad. I will find mine. I just have to wait. Another two and a half years. Goddess. Why do I feel this way.

•Two years later•

I have spent the last two years in a daze. I have a hole in my heart that wont go away no matter how I try to fill it. I have slept with countless shewolves that have thrown themselves at me. Yet still I feel incomplete. I feel unloved. I have become angry and I snap at everybody who tries to speak to me.

Except for when I'm sleeping with one of them. And even then its angry. I know that I'm probably alittle to rough with the girls who do give themselves to me. It all starts off fine. But then when I look down at them when I'm inside them I picture Kaleys face and I get angry. And I go harder than I should. I know I do. But I cant help it. When I see her face and I know it's not her underneath me I want to punish the girl that is in her place.

When I'm not messing around with the girls I am hunting. And I've gotten pretty good at it. I have moved on from deer to hunting things that could fight back. My favorites are mountain lions and bears. There is something exhilarating about taking something down that would kill anybody else. He gets my adrenaline going. And that is where I am heading now. I heard there is a grizzly that has roaming around about fifty miles north by the mountains.

I head down stairs and I see Siri and Bella. Those two have been on me for two years now and I do anything I can to avoid them. I move quickly and silently to try and get passed them without them noticing but I fail miserably. Right when I think I've gotten past Siri throws up a barrier and I run into it face first.

"Dammit Siri. Was that necessary?" I ask rubbing my nose. "Well when you have been avoiding us forever I would say yeah. It was." She said smirking and letting the barrier down. "Cameron and Kaley will be here soon. You should stay. You haven't seen them in years." Bella says. And that makes my mind up even more. "Sorry , but there is a grizzly with my name on it." I say and run out the door.

They just had to tell me she was coming again. Her and her mother have been coming around alot more this past year. At least once a month. And I dissapear everytime. How can I sit there and pretend everything is fine when my heart aches for her. She has a mate and there is nothing that could change that. So I run. I run fast and hard.

When I stop I am at the base of the mountains. I smell the air looking for a trace of the grizzlies scent. After a few minutes I find it and I follow it to a creek. At the edge is a grizzly that is fishing for it's own dinner. I watch the bear and size it up. I see that its hind leg looks injured so I decide that that's the way I'm going to come in. It will be nice and quick. Come in and quickly snap its head from behind.

I slowly and quickly sneak up behind it and right when I am positioned to pounce I hear Kayle yelling. "Arc? Where are you? We need to talk?" I spin around to see her emerging from the trees. "Watch out." She yells and before I have a chance to spin around I feel claws come across my side.

The bear smacked me to the ground and before I can get back up it clamps its powerful jaws onto my leg. I scream out and punch the bear in the head. It releases my leg put then swipes again with its claws and gets me right across the face. I fall back and then notice that Kaley is running towards the bear. The bear spins around towards Kaley and I get a spur of energy and leap up and jump on the grizzlies back.

I try to wrap by arms around its neck but it turns quickly and I loose my balance. My arms end up around the bears chest. And that is just as good. I squeeze as tight as I can. The bear stands straight up giving me a better stance and I squeeze harder. Just then the bear falls backwards to the ground and I'm underneath it. There is a sharp pain to my head and I start to feel faint. But I know I cant let go. If I let go Kaley is next and I will do whatever it takes to prevent that. So I hold on. I dont let go until I feel the bear go limp.

I push the heavy bear off of me and lay there looking at the sky. I'm breathing heavy and I cant catch my breath. My vision is starting to blur and I can feel myself starting to slip away. "Arc. Oh my goddess. Arc. Look at me." Kaley is screaming but I cant focus.

My eyes close and then I can taste the familiar metallic taste that I have grown to love. My teeth elongate and sink into the soft flesh that is at my lips. And I start sucking. The blood that is draining down my throat is the sweetest I've ever tasted. I dont know if I've ever tasted anything so good. And I dont know if I will ever get enough of it. Suddenly whatever it is I'm feeding on is removed from my lips and I open my eyes.

Sitting right in front of me is Kayle. I reach up and brush my finger across her cheek. "You sure are beautiful." I say right before my lips close again and I drift off.