The Anvil (50 page)

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
.