Chapter 12

Five minutes into the snowy path, Lily began to regret her life choices when she heard a long series of wolves' howls that made her shiver.

"What the hell was that?"

Rhye furrowed his brow, knowing exactly what the human had been asking as he adjusted their flashlight. His five guardians had been howling half a mile behind them. So he told them to stop.

"What are you talking about?"

"Those howls... those are fucking wolves, right? Jesus, I don't want to be eaten alive."

"They are not harmless, Lily, they are the guardians of this mountain."

"Guardian? Are you kidding me? That only happened in the fucking movie, and trust me, they aren't like Jacob, who had a great, amazing body and eyes to die for. I'm not going to risk being a fresh meal for those wolves."

Rhye wondered and asked his five guardians if they knew anything about the Jacob she was talking about and all of them didn't have any idea.

"Who is this Jacob?" Rhye halted on his walk an