Chapter 32: Old Habits


    ir gave a sigh looking up at the metal ceiling above her. She turned over and climbed out of the vent


    and into the hall. All was quiet at the moment. No one moving around. Granted no one was really left


    except Carlos and his wife. They hadn''te out in days and she figured that was best if they wanted


    to live.


    Gamma was still growing but with the suddenck of food she had slowed down. She always seemed


    to know when ir came out of hiding and would find her. It was no different today. Though she never


    led the others to her.


    Gamma was an easypanion. Content to look around and learn theyout of the house. There was


    an air of anticipation in her as more humans would soon be brought here. She could finally hunt


    herself. Beta it seemed had taken a keen interest in Gamma which the young hell hound didn''t seem to


    mind.


    ir felt the cool feeling sweep over her. It told her that the barriers were in ce for the arrival of the


    new people. Her only thought was to think how long she thought this group wouldst. She moved


    down stairs to see what kind of group they were bringing this time.


    She heard the ones in the kitchen. Good they had practically no food left. The house kept it fresh but


    couldn''t make more of it. The group being brought in she could hear was a tourist like thing again. Like


    she''d been brought in. she could smell the cooked food and so could Gamma. Right now she just


    looked like a ck Sheppard.


    ir went past the kitchen. She saw them moving in there. She ignored them and moved to the dining


    area. She heard someone call after her to stop but she didn''t. Fuck them she wasn''t going to indulge


    them by talking to them. Instead she went into the dining room. A group of seventeen were sitting there


    talking. How normal it looked, how foreign. Gamma could not enter the room and stopped in the hall


    sitting and watching her.


    "Oh are you are guide?"A woman asked.


    "No." ir said. She moved over and grabbed some food eating it. Carlos and Leanne showed up.


    They looked disheveled and dirty, and incredibly happy for the food.


    "Do you live here? Are you two sisters?"


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    "No." Leanne answered and she looked very withdrawn at the moment. Very hollow.


    "Then what are you doing?" A man asked.


    "They are eating. You won''t get a real meal again. I have eight minutes." Carlos and his wife grabbed


    food and ran from the room through the kitchen. It was clear they were not going to stick around for his


    time to be up. ir looked at him, grabbing a few more items while those around the table looked at


    Isaiah. It wasn''t sinking in with them yet. ir didn''t feel like exining anything.


    "I''d suggest you start running. He hasn''t fed in what five days?" ir noted that his eyes were more


    ck, but not the solid color. The hazel was gone. The rest weren''t noticing anything, but they were


    confused and a couple seemed uneasy now. She was counting the minutes in her head and so was he.


    "Something like that." The group looked between them. A few moved to the door the couple had gone


    out.


    "Several of them are perfect, wouldn''t you say?" Isaiah said to Alpha who looked fully hell hound.


    Everyone around the table jumped up. As always one went to try the outside door. Isaiah''s gaze was


    still on ir who moved to the kitchen. She was also not about to stick around, and his gaze felt glued


    to her.


    It had been six days since he''d seen herst and better than a week since he''d been able to touch her.


    It wed at him like a ravenous animal. He was more interested in getting his hands on her than the


    group. However his hunger was starting to outss that need.


    ir disappeared into the kitchen while the new group darted every which way. With the realization that


    they could not get out. Gamma paced toward Isaiah. She was extremely excited and he wanted to see


    how she would go after her prey. She was young and her technique would be different.


    "Two minutes." He said to them and all four hell hounds started to follow those that had run out of the


    room into the rest of the house. Isaiah took onest nce toward the kitchen and then moved off to


    take care of his hunger. First that, then ir so he didn''t do something by ident.


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    ir went into the kitchen and suddenly felt sick. The food she''d just eaten felt far too rich. She should


    have thought of that she was used to simple foods. At least that was what she was pretty sure it was.


    Not to mention the smell of a couple items was nauseating. She was sick in the sink. She''d remember


    this next time.


    She ran from the room, mentally trying to figure how much time she had left and then she found the


    vent she needed and went up. She grabbed her I-pod and put it in to ignore the screams that were


    going to being in a minute. Her stomach was still feeling upset and that made smells sharper to


    her. She just breathed even andid back to rx and just wait.


    It was some timeter when she needed to use the bathroom that she left. Putting her drawing items


    down and climbing out. Gamma rushed toward her looking very pleased with herself. She showed ir


    the human she managed to catch.


    ir felt kind of awkward not sure how to respond, but it was clear that she was proud of how she''d


    done it. ir noted that her method wasn''t nearly as messy but it was still brutal. She''d caught the man


    managing to paralyze him before starting to devour him. He''d been alive the whole time until he passed


    out and bled to death before she started on anything vital.


    "I can see you are a natural huntress." The praise made Gamma giddy, and she ran in a circle before


    bouncing alongside her to the bathroom. ir felt ashamed for giving praise at killing someone, but at


    the same time happy for the hell hound. This ce was definitely changing her, how could it not?


    ‘My master asked where my mastera was, of course I said nothing. I very much enjoy you as my


    mastera you give me freedoms.’ Gamma’s mental speak was always very precise.


    "You are wee and thank you. You are a loyal and most trusted pack mate." ir said hoping that


    was a good thing to say. She didn''t want Gamma to think she looked down on her.


    "However I will say that if you should betray me..."


    ‘Never.’ Was her response. ir smiled at that and left the bathroom.


    "I must go back, I''m sure that you have plenty to chase down. To try a different style of hunting." This


    piqued Gamma''s interest and she turned to run off and find another human. ir stood looking at the


    grate before her for a moment. She honestly didn’t feel like climbing in. She nced about and let out a


    sharp breath. How long could she keep living like this?