The Anvil (50 page)

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Authors: I Heaton

Tom
could
see
in
his
eyes
the
worry
and
pain
and
he
thought
Josh
'
s
potion
helped
him
.
Suddenly
his
eyes
went
blank
and
he
howled
long
and
loud
.
Tom
covered
his
ears
as
he
watched
him
strain
against
the
ropes
.

Tom
eventually
went
to
his
tent
and
slept
,
trusting
the
ones
on
watch
to
wake
him
if
anything
happened
.
The
next
morning
Tom
quickly
went
over
to
where
Caleb
lay
.
Caleb
'
s
shirt
and
pants
were
torn
and
the
ropes
holding
him
looked
like
he
had
tried
to
bite
through
.

Tom
untied
him
and
they
went
to
get
breakfast
.
The
next
two
nights
went
about
the
same
as
the
moon
stayed
full
.
Josh
tried
two
different
mixtures
neither
of
which
worked
.
They
reached
the
town
a
day
after
the
final
full
moon
.
The
morning
they
were
going
to
leave
the
town
they
sat
eating
breakfast
at
the
town
inn
,
a
dull
,
smoke
filled
,
unclean
place
,
but
it
had
good
food
.
The
day
before
they
had
talked
to
the
local
town
watch
and
militia
about
getting
the
kidnapped
ones
home
.

They
found
the
quickest
way
back
to
Pine
Grove
.
About
lunch
one
of
the
vampires
brought
up
the
subject
of
what
the
vampires
were
going
to
do
. “
We
could
go
back
to
robbing
,
but
I
doubt
you
would
like
us
to
do
that
.
We
usually
aren
'
t
very
well
accepted
in
towns
either
.”
one
said
,
they
discussed
it
for
a
while
until
they
decided
they
would
come
to
Pine
Grove
and
if
they
were
rejected
there
they
would
join
the
army
.
They
continued
and
Caleb
experimented
with
his
new
ability
.

That
night
Josh
explained
how
werewolves
were
created
and
how
they
changed
. “
A
werewolf
bite
contains
a
kind
of
magical
virus
.
When
it
goes
into
your
body
it
spreads
everywhere
and
when
the
moon
or
mind
triggers
a
change
it
will
change
the
size
and
shape
of
the
muscles
,
bones
,
and
all
the
other
things
.
It
is
somewhat
like
how
the
Dragon
Guardians
change
,
at
first
they
have
to
magically
add
and
take
away
various
parts
,
but
after
a
while
those
parts
will
only
have
to
be
triggered
by
the
mind
and
they
change
.
Tom
which
is
easier
changing
your
skin
or
getting
wings
?”
he
explained

Well
it
is
easier
to
get
wings
.”
Tom
answered

And
Caleb
how
easy
is
it
to
change
part
of
your
body
after
you
know
how
to
trigger
the
change
?”
Josh
asked

Once
I
know
how
it
is
very
easy
.”
Caleb
answered
,
the
next
morning
they
continued
to
Pine
Grove
,
Caleb
riding
with
Josh
on
Josh
'
s
pegasus
.

They
landed
outside
of
Pine
Grove
the
next
day
as
the
sun
set
.
Caleb
changed
fully
into
a
wolf
and
the
group
walked
into
town
.
As
you
can
expect
that
attracted
a
large
amount
of
stares
,
a
wolf
,
an
immortal
,
four
vampires
,
and
armed
teenager
.
They
went
to
Tom
'
s
and
Caleb
'
s
house
and
walked
in
,
they
walked
into
the
kitchen
where
their
mother
was
cooking
she
turned
around
and
jumped
throwing
the
bowl
of
water
she
was
carrying
.

She
started
to
grab
a
knife
but
Tom
stepped
forward
and
she
relaxed
.
She
walked
over
and
gave
him
a
hug
,
Caleb
walked
around
her
slowly
and
growled
.
She
looked
nervously
at
him
and
he
changed
into
a
human
and
laughed
. “
Caleb
!
What
happened
to
you
?
How
did
you
turn
into
a
wolf
?”
she
asked
quickly
,
Caleb
'
s
smile
faded
and
he
explained
how
he
had
been
walking
home
from
a
friend
'
s
house
when
suddenly
he
was
attacked
and
dragged
into
the
forest
,
then
described
his
capture
and
finally
he
said

So
during
the
fight
the
werewolves
'
leader
grabbed
me
and
bit
me
.
So
now
I
am
a
werewolf
.”
his
mother
began
crying
and
that
is
when
his
father
came
into
the
room
.

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