Chapter 37: The Birth of a Guardian

POV ALFRED

At the appointed time, Amanayara knocked on the door. We would both be alone, because my mother would be in the village center with the other women, and when it was dawn, she would go for a walk with the other wolves.

She is one of the many single women in Skyfall. But I prefer to say, that they are free and obedient only to their own desires.

After she met my father and he died preventing the last white men from invading the city, she did not give her soul to anyone.

The body, yes, because he is alive and his wills do not always align with his heart. And it is trivial to hand it over, unlike the heart, where if you are deeply scarred, there is nothing that will wipe the mark left behind. Neither time nor the promise of a serene and safe life.

True love likes risks and cliff jumps, since it has wings, as old dad wanted to teach me.

Mine and Selena's will have to learn it in the midst of storms, and one of them is waiting for me to open the door...

"Amanayara..." I