Life is taken for granted.We all believe that it will be there until we grow old and choose to die, yet we forget that it was given to us, it was never ours to keep.A fact of nature so cruel, we never come to term with it.In a matter of a few minutes so much had happened I couldn’t process it. I stood in my place with no emotion. Not that I was a stone being, just that I didn’t know what to feel. Shock?Sadness?Anger?Depression?Sorrow?Despondency?Despair?I felt nothing, not in that moment. I stood in my place with my white stained red fur coat, just absently staring at the dead bodies in front of me. I wonder how long I stood there for? I wasn’t sure but I felt so numb that I couldn’t muster up any energy to move. I felt dead, I felt like I was falling in some strange distant dark place. “Daddy?” The voice of a little girl brought me back and I turned my head to see Nena sitting by dad’s side and attempting to wake him up, “Daddy don sweep here.”“Nena…” I try calling out t
>>Maya (Present time) Every time I had nightmares I woke up with a jump even though I would forget everything when I opened my eyes. But, unlike all those times, this time I woke up normally. My eyelids opened slowly and I remembered everything. Every single detail of that day from seven years ago that was supposed to be special yet turned into the most horrific day of my life. I sat up slowly and slumped against the back of the bed, took a soft deep breath and then gave myself a painful smile. I placed my hand on my chest. It hurt remembering all that, the pain was exactly the same as how it was on that day, maybe because for me, it was a fresh memory or maybe it will always hurt like this. Tears slipped down my cheeks but I didn’t make a sound. I always hated wolves for what they did but now I hate werewolves more. If it was just wolves one could say it was because it was an animal so the incident or accident happened, but they were were’s. Perfectly capable of thinking and pla
>>RUDA“She left two days ago?” I asked Yohan while I sat on the couch in his living room, “Why didn’t you ever tell me you both were living together? I know we’re not close but she’s my best friend!”“She didn’t want me either…” Yohan lay on the couch against mine. He looked tired but not weak and was just lazily staring at the ceiling.“You’re telling me the whole story now? You probably wouldn’t have said anything if I didn’t come to visit you, right?”He sighed, “Probably…” He turned his head to me, “Is she coming to college?”“No…” I said, “I was wondering why she was skipping so I came to you. I couldn’t think of any other reason and Wallah! I discover so many things in one go.” Yohan had told me everything from start to beginning and to be very honest, it was shocking.There were so many things I just didn’t expect and were hard to believe.“She must have gone back to her guardian.” He said in a rather hurt tone.“Who knows, if she left you because you're a wolf, would she go
>>MayaI watched Ruda place his things on the table and move around the room.“You want something to eat?” He asked.“No” I said while I sat on his bed. He paused as he looked at me, then turned his head towards the cabinets.“I’m guessing you ate everything in there.” He was so unamused that I couldn’t help but grin. He sighed and took out some notes from his bag, “We have an assignment due next week.”I took the notes but kept my eyes on him while he pretended to ignore my gaze.“Don’t you have anything to tell me?” I asked.“I don’t think so.” He didn’t even look at me as he took his seat on his study chair, “Do you want to hear something?”I bit my lower lip in frustration. Knowing Ruda he’ll never tell me anything unless I say it myself! He’s doing this to piss me off! This brat!“You went to visit your brother today. Anything happened?”“Hmmm?” He rested his palm under his chin, “No, nothing happened.” He smirked at me and I lost it .I picked up the pillow on his bed and threw i
>>Yohan“Don’t lie to me.” Roxy said while she stood in the lounge of my house, “I know she isn’t here. I can’t smell her at all.” She glared at me, “Meaning she hasn’t been home for days.”“...” I looked away while I sat on the couch next to the window. I couldn’t argue with her, of course her scent is completely gone from the house. To be fair, she’s human and humans don’t leave much of their scent behind since they don’t have pheromones like us.“Yohan!” She called my name, “Look at me you fool!” I didn’t, “The full moon is right around the corner! Your rut will start then, if you don’t have a partner it’ll be painful for you!”“...” I sighed, “I know…” I turned my head to face her, “But what do you expect me to do? I’ve already met my mate, my wolf won’t allow me to sleep with anyone else.”“Yohan…” She sighed, “When you’re in rut your partner wouldn’t matter, you’re not mated. You know that, that period is only for what the body wants.”I turned my head away again, “We’ll see whe
>>YohanCalm down.Calm down.Calm the fuck down!!Goddamnit!!!I had my eyes closed as I tried to bring my brain to a normal temperature since it was heating up. I could feel the heat leave through my ears.“Yohan?” Maya’s voice was close. Very close!I opened my eyes and found her standing in front of me. Her hands clenching the lower part of her shirt. She was nervous.“Maya.” I gulped as I clenched my fists, “It’s too sudden.”“Why?” She spoke softly, “You don’t want me?”“No!!” I answered immediately, “There would never be a time where I wouldn’t want you but-” I looked at her and noticed her lightly blushed cheeks which were getting dyed by the orange hue of the setting sun, “I- You don’t have to do this. I feel like you said that on impulse.”“No.” She clenched her shirt tighter, “I came here with that in mind.” She looked down embarrassed and for some reason I couldn’t believe my ears. Was this really happening?It was too good to be true but more than that I didn’t want to h
>>YohanThe constant sound of the phone ringing woke me up in the morning. Who the fuck is constantly calling me so early in the morning?I lazily opened my eyes and looked at the side table where my phone was supposed to be yet there was nothing there. Nonetheless the ringing sound continued. I followed the sound and it led my gaze to the ground, my phone was ringing on the bed-side floor.Why is it there?I had no idea but I picked it up anyway. Ruiz’s name was on display so I answered it without thinking twice.“Yes?”“Aren’t you coming to work?”“Work?” I rubbed one of my eyes as I looked towards the curtains. There was a lot of light beyond it but since they were navy blue and thick the room was dark.“Yes, work. You’re late, is everything alright?” He asked.I’m late? I removed the phone from my ear and looked at the time. It was 10 am.10 am?10 am!?? Why?!Just as I asked myself that, I remembered the reason.Oh!I looked to my right and saw Maya still sound asleep between
>>MayaThe violent ringing of my phone woke me up and I sat up on the bed in a daze. I looked around not quite sure where I was but at the moment I had to shut the annoying sound of the phone so I looked at the side tables but it wasn’t on either of them.Huh? Where is it?The ringing didn’t stop so I followed the sound and found the phone on the ground.Why the hell is it on the bed side floor?The caller ID showed it was Ruda so I picked it up without a second thought.“Hello?” I answered in a sleepy voice.“We had our midterm exam today! Where were you!?” He inquired without even greeting me but wait!! What did he say!! Exam!?!! What exam!!? Suddenly it clicked in my head.Oh shit…I had a midterm exam today...“Ah-um….” How do I tell him I slept in because I had sex the night before? “I slept in…”“Why?! How could you?”“Um…” This is so embarrassing, “I don’t know, maybe because I was suddenly relaxed after making up with Yohan?” I’m technically not lying. I did come back because