As soon as I was out of sight of the road, I ran around a tree, yanked my pants down, and squatted.
Oh, my God, why did I have to buy the biggest iced coffee during my last pit stop? I knew I would have to pee. I just knew it.
But did that stop me? Noooo.
After what seemed like an eternity, I was finally done. I dug a couple of napkins out of my pocket and used them to clean up.
Thank goodness I’d grabbed some during that stop. And that I had hand sanitizer in the car.
I carefully got to my feet and pulled up my pants, stepping away from the tree.
I hoped Devil Springs wasn’t too much further. I’d likely have to pee again in another half hour or so. Damn iced coffee.
The navigation app I had on my phone wasn’t too helpful. It was giving me directions to Devil Springs but kept glitching on the time and distance. One minute it would say ten miles and twenty minutes until arrival. The next it would say three hundred miles and two minutes to arrival. I finally turned off the annoying voice that kept telling me that shit and just followed the directions. They seemed to be leading me to the right place because I’d just passed a sign that said Devil Springs-10 miles a few moments before I had to pull off the road.
I tried to wait. I really did. But my bladder wasn’t having it.
Just as I was about to head back toward my car, the sound of snapping twigs and something large moving through the trees distracted me.
Hm. I wondered what animal I was hearing. I took a few steps deeper into the woods, peeking around a huge tree, and froze when I saw a huge wolf. Bigger than any wolf I’d ever seen before.
Almost as big as a black bear.
Holy crap! I didn’t think wolves even lived in this region, much less that I’d run into one during a pee break.
Before I could take a step back and silently head back to my car, the wolf shook itself violently.
Then, the weirdest thing happened.
Its fur began to recede, and its body began to ripple and change. It was like watching a train wreck or childbirth, horrifying but something you couldn’t stop staring at.
A canine moan came from its mouth, morphing into a human groan of pain as it shifted from four legs to two.
In a few seconds, the giant wolf had become an equally giant man. A huge,nakedman.
I blinked rapidly, my brain trying to process what I was seeing.
This couldn’t be real. I must have finally managed to OD on caffeine. That was the only explanation—caffeine-induced hallucinations.
I took a tiny step back and, damn my shitty luck, my heel landed right on a twig.
Snap!
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. I froze. I’d read somewhere that human eyes tracked movement so maybe he wouldn’t see me if I stayed still.
He was too far away for me to see his eye color, but I knew the moment he caught sight of me.
His body tensed and I saw every bulky muscle swell. He swung toward me and—holy mother of God, his dick was just as big as the rest of him!
I didn’t hesitate after that.
I whirled around and sprinted through the trees back toward my car, yanking the keys from my pocket as I went and hitting the button for the remote start over and over until I heard the sound of a distant horn honking twice.
I could hear the man crashing through the trees behind me. He was already too close. I could tell.
Crap.
I poured on more speed, calling for every ounce I could wrench from my legs. I think this was the fastest I’d run since I won the 100-yard dash in my district in high school.
