DiegoWhen Alpha Kael, our father, exclaimed to start our fight, I circled the ground just like Droco was doing. I raised my fists, my eyes terrorizing him, and preparing an attack stance.I lurched forward with my speed to jab him with my fist, but he immediately dodged my hit. He went to my feet by grabbing my left foot and knocked me to the ground. Everyone cheered at what he did, but I did not let him win, though.When I was on the ground, almost lying down, I grabbed his nape and locked him with my both hands. I pulled him down, making his head hit the ground hard. The werewolves groaned while I was smirking and standing up.I heard Droco muttering curses as he glared at me from the ground. That’s what you get for being a self-entitled and conceited asshole. He stood up and did not waste time, now attacking me with a high kick that almost hit my jaw. My reflexes were fast, though.I slapped his foot with my strength, dodged another kick downward, and blocked his last high kick. I
Elizabeth I had a good time with the princes, and neither of them were being mean to me. They even brought me to the palace after they visited me to the house. We have been the closest since the days passed by. “The villagers are very respectable to the kingdom, Your Highness,” I said to Prince Ronald beside me. “They are all working hard to serve their families as well as the royal family.” I watched the oldest prince smiling while his hands are behind him. He nodded and the angular volume of his face stretched into a charming appearance that made me blush. He is the most handsome among the princes, I thought. “Yes. You are right. I even thought that I should improve the kingdom when I succeed my father king,” he shared and sighed, now his eyes on the village outside the palace. “But I am still scared if that day comes. What if it does not work out?” “What does not work out?” I curiously asked him. He then turned to me. “What if I do not become a better king?” he said. I smiled
Elizabeth The darkness surrounded me as I turned around. I could not see anything. But when I lifted my palms from my hips, I was… ominously… glowing? “Where am I?” I asked myself, but it was from my mind. I didn’t even open my mouth! I wandered around, trying to find some light, but I could not find anything. Suddenly, I got goosebumps when a soft wind passed through my skin behind me. Whatever gut made me turn around was scary and engendered anxiety in my mind. “Hello, dear.” I gaped at a lady behind me. She was wearing a black cloak, making her half-face only seen. Her voice was sweet yet sent chills through my skin, making me step back. “W-Who are you?” I asked tremblingly. The sides of her red lips rose, but the set of her teeth was still hidden. “I am no one,” she said, “but you are someone you will need to recognize.” Somehow, her voice was soothing me. Her presence and the darkness around us dreaded my system, but her voice and words were comforting rather than fearsom
ElizabethMy adrenaline rush almost killed my mind to think and I could almost have a heart attack anytime. I inhaled deeply as everything went fast. A while ago, I saw myself falling from the mouth of the well, the darkness was before my eyes from below, and assumed the water that my body would hit if my fall would continue.I just heard Nikita screaming my name and the kids crying out. Suddenly, I felt a strong grip on my wrist. The pain of its hold made me squirm and my heartbeat stopped for a minute.“Ah!” I exclaimed.When I opened my eyes to look at who held me, I saw the face of the man who was accompanying Nikita. My lips parted as I saw darkness in his eyes. It was an unusual blackness. It felt like the color of his eyes… was not real.Before I know it, he was pulling me up from falling. I also helped him by patting my feet on the rocks from the well. I could hear his breathing against my ear when he lifted my body and I hugged his nape to completely remove myself from the mo
Diego I woke up with a cloudy mind. The sun rays from the hut I was lying in penetrated through the wooden small holes in the ceiling. I was on the wooden bed rather than the floor just has always been happening throughout the years. After I become my werewolf’s skin, I would see myself waking up on the floor and don’t remember anything that transpired. But now, I even remember what happened last night. I was walking through the Dark Forest, being able to watch the beautiful full moon and not killing anyone. I could not even taste anything that I could have eaten from the forest. It only means that I did not hunt. My head turned to where I have been --- the pasture where I saw Elizabeth lying on the ground. I would have helped her, but then, I remembered the numerous steps of someone else who was nearing and calling her name out. And then… now… I am waking up remembering the beautiful night! Everyone said that I was a cursed werewolf. My father was the primary source of what every
“I know. For me, it is even impossible to comprehend. But last night, it changed my mind.” I gazed at him hard. “Nothing is impossible,” I said slowly and inhaled, as if grasping some air before I revealed that, “and the curse suddenly stopped.” I could still remember everything going dark during my transformation after my preliminary battle with my brother. The pain took over my body before I growled like a devilish creature. The second I remember is when I slowly opened my eyes and immediately saw Elizabeth’s face. She was lying on the ground, unconscious and hurt. I touched her face and head, and she flinched after that. I don’t know what I did, but then, I realized that I was back from my human transformation when it was still full moon. My eyes alternately looked at the moon and my naked body. And then Elizabeth who I concluded was the one who made me transform again. Though I don’t know how she did it, I think my animal skin went to her. Thank goodness I did not kill her! I
Elizabeth“Oh, really? I can use this cocktail dress, Nikita?”Nikita giggled and gave me a casual thumbs up. “Of course! Come on! Wear it!” she urged me.Because she was encouraging me to wear the dress she makes me borrow, I ran enthusiastically to the privy beside her room.“I’ll wait here!” she said from her room when I went inside the privy.Currently, after doing the house chores, I went to her house just like we talked about when I was picking up water from the well. She is making me raid her wardrobe to get dresses I could borrow for the fiesta and bonfire show tonight.Whatever is going inside my head, it is the fire dance a masked female dancer will be doing. It is the most awaited event in our village since it is the day the village was baptized as where the first queen was born in this world. And it was believed that the queen had the power of fire.When the cocktail fit, I went outside of the privy while pulling the upper part of the cocktail that had beautiful intricate
Elizabeth“A-Ahh,” I mumbled and smiled fakely. “Okay.”I just averted my gaze from him and continued walking even though he is just beside me. The horse’s hooves only engulfed the whole shortcut we are taking at the moment. I kept clearing my throat, while he is just being silent.It's not that I want to talk to him, okay? It’s just that I don’t understand why he is following me. It’s his responsibility? Where is the logic on that?“Ummm, the sun is already setting. Why don’t you go home?” I said and looked up at him.He looked down at me. “Then don’t you think you should ride with me so we can get home faster?” he asked me.“Uh, no, thanks. I prefer walking alone,” I said.Doesn’t he think that he should be the one offering me?“Ride with me, Elizabeth,” he said, his voice raspy.The sound he made while saying my name went to my stomach, flattering me. I don’t even know why. It just sounds different. It is unusual. Oh, no. Not that it is not usual, but it is surreal.He sighed and d