Category : Stories

Sub Category : Horror

On the night when a wolf had the hunger, a single mother put her baby to sleep. She was exhausted from the constant care she provided and was glad her precious was silently dreaming.  Mother closed her eyes and basked in the silence. She could of just drifted off and hopefully not wake up in the morning. Mother laughed at the thought. She had a purpose to be here. She was a mother and her precious needed her. 

 Everything was beautiful in the silence. The mother looked upon the baby lying still. The only movement was the heaving of its chest as it subtlety breathed. Mother caught herself almost getting hypnotized by the rhythm. Such a small thing with so much life. It was a true wonder.  

 A cold breeze entered the room and chills ran through mother. The window in the room had been closed. Along with the room's door. Where that breeze had come from left questions in the back of mother's mind. However, those thoughts were pushed aside by a voice with a primal growl rumbling quietly underneath.

"Delicious, How delicious"
The voice chuckled.  

 Mother's chill turned up a notch and she had felt frozen. She could barely utter simple words. "Wha….wh..Who?" Mother breathed sharply. 

"Behind you." The voice said.  

 Mother turned slowly and caught a glimpse of huge thing of fur. She focused upon it as it stared through her. A wolf of monsterous size stood before her. The creature eyes seemed to burn with insatiable hunger. 

"I need my feast." The beast sneered. "You flesh shall do nicely." 

 "Please, surely you would prefer a steak or a hotdog." Mother trembled.

 "No, the flesh I seek needs to be alive and screaming." The beast declared.

 Mother's heart began to beat faster in her chest. This creature was beyond a normal wolf. The beast had to be supernatural. It's hunger was a thing of evil. Mother could not figure a way out this horror. The thought of being eaten alive down right terrorfied her. Then she had a terrible thought.

"What if I.." Mother took a deep breath, "Offered my baby instead."

 The wolf was noticibly stunned. Never before, in this creature endless lifespan, had he been made such an offer from a mother. He was careful, yet intrigued. 

"What kind of mother would give up her cub?" The beast question. 

"I wish for you to spare my life", Mother began to sob. 

"I will take your offer, but no tricks" The beast said.  

 Mother turned to the crib, reached inside and lifted her baby to her bossoms. She kissed it upon the top of its head. After a moment of rocking it, mother gently layed her baby before the beast. 

 Taking three steps forward, sniffing around the napping child, the beast was unsure. After one more look upon Mother's face, the beast bit into the baby with quick speed. Mother's precious had barely a second to scream before all life when out of it.  The scream reached a record breaking high tone as the beast tooth pull upon the vocal chords. The smacking sounds filled mother's mind. She was losing control.  The beast was picking at the bones of mother's precious, looking for any morsal of meat still clinging on. Blood was drenched in the beast's fur and paws. It's going to have a good night licking itself clean.  

 Mother's eyes fixed upon the gore, but the mind was vacant. On her knees, tears running down her cheek, just an empty shell. Mother's mind was forever lost.  The beast pondered eating mother as a mercy. However, it chose not too. The thought of leaving her in that hellish existence tickled the beast. The blood drenched lips and teeth formed a grin. The beast strides into the shadows and the chill leaves the room. 

 Beautiful silence fills the room once again and all that is left was the empty vessel that use to be mother.