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panic, her mind wasn’t that far behind. It continued to replay scenes of her life before her. Didn’t that happen to people right before they died? Was she on the brink of death?
    All she could do was let the movie play in her head while her body reacted in defense to escape her stalking beast. Images of her childhood scrolled at the back of her eyes. Yes, there was Mother standing behind her while she blew her eight candles on her birthday party cake. She was there at her graduation, cheering her on while she accepted her diploma.
    The scene changed to college and her first love, Eric. They thought their love would last forever. A second later, it jumped to her living in her first apartment with Martha and then on to meeting Gary.
    Weren’t only the good memories supposed to come to her and the bad ones forgotten at this time? Even that couldn’t go right for her tonight.
    What on earth was happening to her now? Why the hell did a beast chase her? Her eyes must have been playing tricks on her. With the heavy rain and meager lighting, she must have imagined the man turned into a beast. She was about to turn around to see if he followed her when she heard a growl. Oh, my God. Was that the beast or a wolf? Were their wolves in this forest?
    Heaven help her, but she didn’t know which way to turn. When the growl became louder, she realized that it was coming from behind. She turned her head to look over her shoulder and saw the beast about twenty yards away. No, her eyes hadn’t been playing tricks on her on the road. The man had transformed into the beast that chased her now. From the animal sounds he made, she knew he had gotten much closer than a few moments ago.
    All she could do was run as fast as she could and hope she would find somewhere to hide. She stared up ahead and, with the aid of the moonlight’s illumination, thought she could see a clearing. Maybe a cabin lay there.
    Just as she pushed her fatigued body to run faster, she heard a wolf’s howl. It sounded farther away, and she realized she was in greater danger than she originally thought.
    The wolf beast behind her wasn’t alone. Wolves hunted in packs, didn’t they? Soon other wolves would join it in its chase. She didn’t have an ounce of a chance of escaping now unless God decided to bless her with a miracle. All the good and kind deeds she had performed throughout her life must mean something. Didn’t she deserve a miracle once in her life? Like right now?
    As she passed the last of the evergreens, she came upon the clearing she had seen from afar. Unfortunately, no cabin in sight. Damn!
    She ran across the clearing and jumped into the other side of the woods again. Just as she re-entered the forest on that side, clouds covered the moon’s light and she could barely see anything in front of her. Good, if she couldn’t see much, then the beast couldn’t either. She could find someplace to hide here before the cloud covering the moon moved away.
    But as she ran forward, her left foot hit a patch of muddy ground. She lost her balance, and her ankle twisted into a painful position. She heard a cracking sound and searing pain traveled through her foot and leg. Crying out loud, she fell forward, her head hitting the soft muddy ground.
    She pushed herself up and tried to stand, but the moment she put her foot on the ground, sharp, agonizing pain shot up her foot and leg. She fell on her butt as she heard the beast’s steps getting closer. She turned to see red, evil eyes appear and the huge deformed body of a creature she couldn’t have even imagined before. It made the werewolf in the new The Wolfman movie look like a pup.
    It jumped into the air, opening its jaws wide, its sharp fangs extending ready to sink into her. He landed behind her, and his jaw clamped on to her shoulder. Pain and heat burned where he bit her. Before she could register anything else beyond the unbearable pain, she heard a loud growl, and two dark shadows jumped on the