Moment of truth

A few hours had passed into the nighttime, the rain had stopped and the moon had come out now. The cabin bedroom being dimly illuminated from the moonlight as the two lovers lay in the arms of each other, the both of them wide awake, but not a sound was heard except the one from their breaths, it was a peaceful moment, a moment Lucas wanted to savor. 

Ava’s eyes wandered in his direction of her lover in whose arms she laid in, kissing him in between intervals. At the next moment, her eyes caught something behind him on the beside table near the lamp. It was night and one could hardly see anything in the room, but this was not a problem for a wolf as they were known to have good night vision. She focused her gaze and got a clearer view of the picture behind him. It was the picture of a young black-haired woman, probably in her early twenties, and a young boy who had a striking resemblance to Lucas. She’d seen this picture that first morning she escaped f