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coming to an end. One of those wind-down songs was playing, and the people who weren’t gawping at her and Jed were gathering up their things.
    “Hey, I think it might be home time,” she said to Jed.
    ‘Huh?” he replied into her neck. She laughed.
    “Hey! I said it’s time to go.” Jed pulled back and looked at her, his gaze a little unfocused. He looked around the room, and embarrassment flickered in his eyes. Lifting his wrist and checking the time, his eyebrows rose.
    “Wow. I think I got a little carried away there. I’m sorry,” he said. Isabel grinned at him.
    ‘Don’t be,” she replied.
    “Hey, lovebirds! Kara yelled to them. She walked over, with Dan in tow. “Wooh, well I won’t need to get my porn fix for a while, that’s for sure!”
    “Kara, shut up!” Isabel hissed, and couldn’t bring herself to check Jed’s expression.
    “What’s the plan now?” Kara said.
    “I need to get home as I’ve got an early shift tomorrow.” Jed said. “Maybe we could share a taxi if – ”
    He didn’t get to finish his sentence. At that moment, something large and black burst into the hall and smashed into Jed. Attacking him from the back, he was taken unawares, and went down hard, with the something landing on top of him. Isabel and Kara screamed, Isabel covering her mouth with her hands. Jed had a man on top of him, dark-haired and dressed in motorcycle leathers. Jed’s arm went out to the side and he landed a punch in the man’s head. The man’s head snapped back, and Jed took the opportunity to lever himself up and flip the man over so he was now on top. As the man was turned, his face came into view.
    “Peter?” Isabel screamed. “What the hell are you doing?” Peter didn’t seem to have heard her. He was busy doing his best to punch Jed, while Jed was trying his hardest to fend off the blows and hold him down.
    “That’s Peter?” Kara said in a tone of wonder.
    “Unfortunately,” Isabel shouted, running towards the two men. She was trying to get close, so she could get them to stop, but their flying fists were dangerous. They seemed to be evenly matched in strength; both powerful men. Isabel flinched at every blow, her emotions boiling over. Now, Jed had Peter by the collar.
    “We’re taking this outside!” he bellowed. Peter seemed to agree, as they got off the floor together, moving as one body, a strange, violent creature with thrashing limbs. As they dragged each other towards an emergency exit door at the rear of the room, Isabel got a good look at the face of each and shuddered at the wildness in their eyes. It was a look she’d seen in Peter’s eyes several times, and she’d seen a hint of it in Jed’s earlier that night. The remaining people in the place were staring at the retreating figures, their faces frozen in shock. Isabel and Kara followed Peter and Jed out of the door, but they were disappearing fast, into an area of brush. And they were gone. Isabel ran to the brush and peered through. It was dense, and she couldn’t see anything at all.
    “Where the fuck are they?” Kara joined her and they both peered into the darkness. “They’re fighting in the bushes. Amazing!” Kara said, half sarcastic, half excited.
    There was silence, until a loud howl pierced the night. It was followed by another one, and then a low, rumbling growl that seemed to make the earth shake. It was answered by a second growl, and a series of wild snarls.
    “What the hell?” Isabel said, her voice rising in panic.
    “Sounds like a pair of wolves are going at it, along with your suitors!” Kara replied. The growling and snarling continued for some minutes, and then stopped. As the night became silent again, Isabel strained to hear any signs of the two men, but there was nothing. More minutes went past. She wrapped her arms around herself, as a whisper of breeze chilled her flesh. She was afraid for both of them.
    “What do we do now?” she said.
    “I don’t think the horny