The next morning I woke to the sound of Ryan whispering my name.

"Overrated, wake up!" He nudged my side softly with his paw. "I caught a hare for you. If you don't move in ten seconds, I'm eating it because I don't want to waist it!"

I didn't want to wake up now, but my stomach thought elswise. It growled hungrily, and I noticed I haven't ate in a long time.

I shot open an eye, seeing Ryan, towering over me. He was wagging his tail happily and smiling, hopeful that I'd wake up.

"Hi.." I said coldly, narrowing my eyes in a joking manner. Maybe.

"You seem mad. What's the matter?" He asked, not noticing I'm kind of mad because he woke me up.

"You. Woke. Me. Up." I said stiffly, my voice monotone.

"Uh, yeah. Is there a problem?" He rooster his head and the smile slowly drifted away from his face.

"I haven't gotten a lot of sleep lately, I hope you know that. And when I don't get enough sleep, I get really grumpy. Enjoy." I said sarcasticly as a twisted smile curved on my lips.

"Okay...I guess.." He shrugged off the thought and continued, "Anyway, I brought you a fresh kill. I thought you'd be hungry. And apparently you are, because your stomach was roaring the whole time you slept. I thought it was going to explode!" He chuckled and dragged the hare over to me.

When I smelled the fresh blood oozing out where Ryan had bit it, I shot up quickly and starting tearing at it like a wild animal. As I ate it, if felt as if the meat was like iron in my stomach. I could feel is ooze down my throat and drop into my belly. When I was done, which was in about ten seconds, I looked up at Ryan. He eyes were wide with shock that I'd aten the hare so fast. It was a rather fat one, too.

"Hey, hold up, I'm going to try and catch another. You seem like you need more food in your system." He smiled.

"Okay. But don't take to long! Being alone bothers me.." I whined and got up onto my feet to nuzzle his cheek with mine. I still thought it was strange acting this way around him, but it also felt.. right.

"Sure thing," He smiled, "I'll come back right away." He nuzzled me back and slowly stepped away. "See you in a bit."

I looked into his dark amber eyes for a few seconds, and watched him, silently, as he turned around and crept into the shadows of the forbidden forest. It felt as if this may be the last time I will ever see him, but I just ignored it. A tiny vioce in my head was screaming at me: Follow him! Now! Or he'll never come back! GO! I bit my lip and stepped back a few steps. He won't die. He's to brave. For goodness sake, he killed my father..