The Beast's Shadow

Description

It wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a legend, a myth. It should've been a fable that was there to scare the townsfolk into being good, honest people.

Sadly, though, they'd been wrong. They'd only ever thought that it was a story told to children before bed to frighten them. It wasn't real. It shouldn't be real, but it was true. And twelve unsuspecting boys suffered the consequences.

It was out of the ordinary, though. Twelve? That was certainly never supposed to happen. There should've only been five at the absolute maximum. Something had gone wrong. Something that shouldn't have happened did happen.

And the new wolf pack around the area had begun to garner interest. And there was a certain someone who became enthralled with them.

Foreword

Extract:

So this is it, Jimin thought, closing her eyes.

She tried not to breathe, she tried not to swallow, or let her pulse show what she was really feeling or her heart's rapid pace. She couldn't see, but she could hear. She could hear the low rumble from the animals throat that was emmitted from its bared teeth.

She could smell the musky scent of the animal's fur, the dirt stuck in the crevices of the animal's paws, the piny scent of the animal. But its reeking breath was the most striking feature about the animal.

Its breath had a clear animalistic stench. Jimin briefly remarked that it was like a dog's - if only her father heard her say that phrase! However, its resemblance to a domestic dog wasn't what concerned her at the moment, it was the smell of blood on his breath that concerned her the most.

The animal let out a deep guttural growl, its teeth brushing softly against her exposed jugular. The beast let out a brief bark before it settled its teeth either side of , squeezing ever so gently, drawing pin pricks of blood. It was almost as if it were testing the water and seeing how Jimin would react to its actions.

Jimin forgot about trying to keep calm and her heart completely took off. Her mind had gone completely blank. Her pregnant mother, her father and her step-father instantly sprang to mind. A tear slowly rolled down her mud-caked cheek as she thought of the people she loved the most, leaving a clean path in its wake.

Her last thoughts were of her family and how they reacted, before the animal's fangs tightened and she sank into a world of oblivion.

 


Note: In this fic, I'll refer to most of EXO by their real names and not their stage names.

Luhan = Xi Luhan (I know his real name is Lu Han, but this makes it easier for me.)

 

Trailer made by azn_angel232 at x

 

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Review by chewyloveschachi (Chapters 1 - 4)

Review by kiki420 (Chapters 1 - 5)

Oh, and you should know something about my writing: my chapter titles make no sense. Subscriptions and comments are really appreciated! That's all, I guess :)

Credits to bg and poster to Bestfriend18 at x

Credits for the bg and poster to:  Lillylemon  at x

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minxdahye94
#1
Chapter 9: I'm on Jongdae team for romance... Jongdae is my ultimate bias and after him, Chanyeol oppa... So, I call dibs on Jongdae to have Jimin... Jongdae in this story is totally cool... He seems badass and would do anything to protect their Alpha... Poor Jimin to have such wolves obsessed dad... His father is too obsessed with the creature until he forgot his own family feelings... *Sighs*... Great story you have here... For the first time, I stumbled into a story that have the girl character hate wolves or anything related to it... Update soon... ^^
pinio91
#2
Chapter 1: Aah sorry just one question, is jongdae beta wolf or tester wolf?? Or zitao the tester wolf?? Is channie the diffuser?? Haha..hope it seems like 'one' question only ;P
pinio91
#3
Chapter 9: Hi, a new reader here~
I guess I've done a reallly good job for giving this story a chance to read, seriously at first, I'm not sure weather I should read this or not even if its my favourite genre..but then I try one chapter and cant stop it ^_^

Basically this story hooked me up and I really love the setting and characters..And one more thing that hook3d me up here is that the poster obviously got Jongdae and chanyeol as main characters but in the few early chapters, i was wondering are they really the main, and how the hell would you find connection between chan and chen since they seems to have difference personality, and they are also 10 other wolves! Sorry if you get confused, i'm really bad at wording n i didn't even know what I'm saying here -_-

Well I especially likes Jongdae character the most hehee..sorry, just my bias heart ^__^

And I feel dissapointed reaching this chapter since I WANT TO READ MOOORE ^0^

Another update pleeese..this is getting more interesting ^_^
PurpleRos3
#4
Chapter 9: This story is really good! I love how well it's written and your choice of words is just fabulous!
angel41195 #5
Chapter 9: I love this story!!! The wait is killing me for the next chapter, but I bet it'll be worth the wait :) good luck with your writing!
Mynthe151 #6
Chapter 9: Congratulations and looking forward to the next update :D