KLAY ROSE
"No...don't..." I hugged myself as I crawled backward. "Don't come near me..." I couldn't hear my own voice as I begged Klaus not to come near me.
"No, don't..." I started crying in fear. A lot of things are running inside my mind right now thinking of George and the things that might happen to me right now.
"You are a werewolf..." I muttered, gulping the lump in my throat.
I felt the trunk of the tree at my back and my hands were already shaking, my whole body was wet from the cold and everything was so numb.
My heart was beating so fast but this time it wasn't because I like him, but because I am terrified.
"Stay...away..." I closed my eyes. "What did you do to George? Did you kill him?" My heart was bursting into pain, imagining the things that might happen to George out in the woods.
"Calm down. I am not going to hurt you, Klay." He said, trying to hold me. "Trust me. I was looking for George!"
"No! How could I trust you when you turn into a wild beast?" I yelled, my voice cracked. I felt the cold and it's making my whole body numb. "Werewolf..."
"I am much better than a werewolf," he told me. "I am a Lycan."
I scoffed, my immune system is getting weak now. "Well, isn't that means you are still a wild beast."
"Klay, this isn't the time for that. We can talk about this but you need to live first!"
I wasn't able to continue what I was about to say when different howls were heard around the place. I turned to the forest and the wind suddenly was moving towards us. There were footsteps that sounded like a beast and the raindrops were making noises I couldn't describe.
"Fuck!" I heard him whisper.
But, it wasn't that it caught my attention. It was the explosion. It was loud and clear that it created a blazing light in the sky like fireworks.
My world suddenly stopped, looking in the direction. Silence is all I could hear as I slowly stood up. Perhaps, it was the adrenaline rush that made me dashed back to the convent.
Rozen was surely shouting my name, trying to stop me, yet I kept moving and moving towards the convent.
No, the kids are there. Sisters are there. They cannot die! I need to save them.
The rain was washing away my tears as I ran but it could never wash away the pain inside. It was empty now, like a hollow.
I tripped on my way. "Damn!" I cursed but couldn't even hear my own voice. I tried to stand but could not so I started crawling praying to all the Gods to save them.
Why is this happening? What did I do to deserve this? These images started to flash inside my mind, making my head spinned like crazy. Everything is making me insane.
I didn't know what to do until someone grabbed me from misery.
"Klay! Klay!" He slapped my face. "Come to your senses! Klay!" Rozen is shouting.
I want to open my eyes yet I am drowsy. I slowly fell into a deep sleep hoping that everything is just a dream.
I woke up screaming, panting, and sweating. My head was spinning crazy as I caught my breath. When I looked around, Sister Mary was rushing towards me.
I felt her warm hands on my back. Somehow, I felt relieved seeing her.
"It's a dream, right?" I said, looking at her. She slowly loosen her grip on my back as she sat at the end of my bed, caressing my cheeks.
"I am glad you are safe, dear." She hugged me.
"What..." I blinked, realizing that I was not in my room. The whole place was unfamiliar to me. "Is it real?" I am still in denial. "Then..."
"We are all safe, Klay." She smiled at me. "But..."
"George! Where is George? Did you find him?"
Sister Mary smiled sadly. "I guess he is where he is supposed to be now as the Lord wants him to."
My tears started to fall. It all sank in, the things that happened last night.
"Where are we?" I panicked. "Rozen! He is--"
I was cut off when Rozen went inside. The image of him turning into a werewolf flashed into my mind.
"We are in the New City. Rozen's men helped us escape the convent before the fire broke and he also saved you." Sister Rizza explained, standing behind Rozen.
"No, saved us?" I creased my brow. "Do you know what he is..." I paused. Telling them about what I know might put them in danger.
"We need to go now!" I stood up and almost fell. "Let's leave this place." I pulled Sister Mary, but she stopped me.
"Calm down, Klay. What is happening to you? Rozen allowed us to stay here for a while since they are investigating the case and we have no where---"
"We can find some place to go, but not here."
"Klay, what is this attitude? Should you be thanking Rozen for saving us?"
"How did you know he really saved us? What if he was the reason why George was missing? Do you trust him?" Sister Rizza looked at me in disbelief. I know that she's confused by my sudden indifference towards Rozen when I always told them about him.
Indeed, I like Rozen, but after this...I wasn't sure anymore.
"Sisters, the kids are looking for you. I will talk to Klay and follow you in the dining hall."
Sisters nodded and left me in the care of Rozen who seriously looked at me.
"Are you okay now? Do you feel any pain?"
"Where is George?" I directly asked.
"We are still looking at him." He said.
"Looking at him? Seriously? The Old Town is not that big for you to find him, but you couldn't? Why not tell me then that you ate him alive?"
"I am not a monster, Klay." He seriously looked at me, his eyes begging to believe in me. "We know where George could be but as of the moment, we cannot just go there and--"
"Oh, am I a fool to believe that?" I cut him off. "If you want to save him, you will!"
"They are coming for you, Klay." He quickly said.
"Huh?" I scoffed, something crawled up in my skin. "What are you talking about? Who is coming for me?"
"The Illegitimate Lycan King."
I faked a laugh.
"Say I believe you, why would he come for me when I don't even know him? What would he get from me?"
"Klay, you are my mate."
KLAY ROSE"You are my mate."Rozen looked at me, waiting for me to say something. Perhaps, he is expecting that I would rejoice by the fact that I am sent by the moon goddess to be the only woman he would love for the rest of his life."Wow." I blinked. "If this is another situation, I would probably be the luckiest woman on earth, but Rozen, you are terrifying me!" I felt goosebumps all over my body.Yes, I like him. But, I like the human Rozen. How am I supposed to deal with a lycan Rozen? I didn't even know werewolves were real. They were supposed to be legends. "Are you telling me that I am your mate? How am I supposed to believe that when I am a human being. The last time I checked, I don't change into a wolf form during the full moon and don't have heightened senses like yours." I sighed, looking frustrated. "Can you just tell the moon goddess to cut our ties or perhaps you should reject me so we never have to be mates.""It seems like you know a lot of things about werewolves.
KLAY ROSE"If you want to get revenge, we can help you with that."Rozen interrupted our talk as he appeared from behind. There were men standing behind him that I didn't recognize."I know you have so many questions and we will clarify that, just please stay." Rozen begged like his life was on the line.It would be such a sweet phrase to me, only that I don't know what to do anymore, including to stay away from him or not."The only question I have right now is where is George," I clarified to him. He's still a stranger to me even though my heart continued to race for him. "Unless you got me him, there's no talking.""Klay, that's rude." Sister Mary warned me. "Rozen saved our lives.""Sister, we are not sure of it. George's missing. And, what if staying here will make them go missing one by one." I said, trying to control my emotions."Aren't you just putting them in danger?" Rozen said again.I did not answer him. "Sister, do you know another convent where we can stay?"Sister Riz
KLAY ROSE"What happened to George, Sister Klay?" Rose, one of the kids, asked me as we headed to the convent.It's almost a 7-hour drive through the bus to get there. We are expected to arrive there in the evening. Thankfully, they still have rooms for a few children so they accepted us.Inside the bus, the kids are already comfortable with their seats, except for Missy who's still sleeping. I hope she will forget about it when she wakes up."George is okay." I lied. "We will be seeing him in the new convent." I hugged her and caressed her arms. "You don't need to worry about him.""Well, are you sure about it? Isn't he dead?" Rose blinked her eyes, looking seriously at me."Of course not. Where did you know that?" I looked at her, assuring her. "He's not yet dead, okay? We are going to see him."She smiled at me, not believing in me. Well, even I couldn’t believe my words now."Why did the convent burn? Is that because of our sin? Does God not love us anymore?" Rose pouted, and tear
KLAY ROSE"Sister, what is happening?"The kids started to panic as they saw the church burning before our eyes. There's a lot of police and ambulances ahead of us. People are also outside, looking, and perhaps trying to investigate what had happened."Kids, calm down." Sister Rizza ordered the kids to gather at the back of the bus and pulled the curtain so as not to see what's outside."Are we going to die?" Rose asked, then Miss started crying."It's them! They are following us!" Miss was shouting."No, of course not, kids." I said, putting a blanket on each of them. "I'll go check it and you stay here, okay?""No! Don't go down!" Missy stopped me. "They are here." She looked around, covering her face and ears like she could hear something we don't.It gave me goosebumps but I need to be strong."Missy, nothing will happen, okay? Sister will just check the scene and make sure the kids are okay? Then, you can play with them.""Sister, they're coming." She said again, panicking.Siste
KLAY ROSE"Rozen..." I whispered. "Can you hear me? Please...help us. Save us."I kept on whispering those words hoping he could come. Yet I need to take action now or we will all die. My hands were trembling as I picked up my bow and arrow."Sister Rizza, drive fast and don't ever stop!" I told her as I stood up waiting for that thing on top of us to show its face."It's getting heavy!" Sister Rizza said while she continued driving. The roads were getting dark, too, like it wasn't the path we took a while ago."Oh, shit!" I cursed under my breath when claws started to scratch the roof of the bus. I pointed my arrow up waiting for it. Until it got quiet...slowly...and then glass shattered."Sister! The kids!" I said as I started shooting the wolf attached to the bus as we moved. "Get out of this! What do you want?" I shouted."We want you!" The human-like wolf said in a distinct voice. "Come with us or you will die." It's not one, but two...or more than that.Fuck! I closed my eyes.
KLAY ROSE"What did I miss?"I approached Micah as soon as I saw her walking to the main gate. I looked down, but it was too late as a lot of students already saw me."No, what did I miss?" She repeated the questions. "What happened to you? You were gone for a week. And, what about the kids?" She continued asking, almost panicking. "We thought you were all dead after that incident. You weren't answering your phone!""Calm down, Micah." I held her. "You are getting too much attention, okay? I'm sorry. A lot of things happened and I lost my phone so..." I sighed. "It's hard to explain.""What do you mean it's hard to explain? You will just tell me what happened? Who is the suspect? Why did it burn? Is it true that it's an accident or is it about the wild creatures?"I raised my brow upon hearing that. "What do you mean about the wild creatures?""Well, you know about the missing kids and teenages in the other town? My father told me that they appeared out of nowhere.""And?" I moved my
KLAY ROSE"That's a nice pendant you have, Ms. Klay Rose Green." He smiled, looking at my pendant. "Thanks." I said, keeping a slight smile as his presence is somehow building a different sensation in my body. My bite marks, which were supposed to be healed, seem like it's hurting again. I felt like vomiting and I don't know why. Is this because of the power he holds as the lycan king? "It's nice to meet you." I bowed down, controlling my heartbeat because I am sure he can hear it. "Uhm, thank you for letting us stay here." "It's my pleasure, Ms. Green." He meaningfully said, like Green wasn't what he was supposed to call me. "I need to go and check the kids." I quickly ran away from the scene, catching my breath as I reached the hall where the kids were playing. As I watched them, they seemed to be okay yet deep inside I know that they are thinking, especially Missy whom we never got to talk to after what happened. She was sitting quietly in the corner. Philip was trying to t
KLAY ROSE"Marry me."I blinked. I looked into his eyes, trying to see if he's just joking or not. All I can see is sincerity."Are you saying that because you are my mate?" I raised my brow. "Let's skip that part, Rozen. We are not the same.""I am saying this because I love you."I stopped. That sounded so romantic and sweet, I wanted to cling on his neck and kiss him, only that I wasn't sure of its consequences."You love me because I am your mate." I said again, trying to reject everything he proposed just because I am scared of what lies ahead."Oh, I love you because you are you. And, I don't know how I am supposed to make you believe, but trust me..." He held my hand and kissed the back of my palm. "Klay, marry me.""Marry you and then what?" I said, jumping into conclusion. "I am considering what will happen after marrying you. Look, I am a human...and out there is your half-brother wanting to kill me because I am your mate. That is why I am telling you that you should reject