The girls immediately backed down and I ran away from them. Just when I was about to exit and run pass the man, his hard palm held my hand and pulled me towards him. It was at that closer look that I recognized him. The face of the man I had crush on for more than a year. The first ever person my heart fell for. Ethan.
Ethan calmed down seeing me, his pupils were turning back to its natural color, but then again his eyes fell upon my scarred face and my disheveled clothes. My brassieres were clearly visible and the claw marks on my chest looked deep as blood stains were still fresh. Those thirsty golden eyes appeared again and I knew what they wanted.
“Ethan. I am fine,” I touched his face with my palms and made those eyes focus my eyes and nothing else.
Ethan was someone who hated fights, who hated blood and who hated killings. He was someone who preferred being locked and chained than being involved in violence. I did not want him to be the monster he loathed so much. Being the son of an alpha, he knew he’d one day have to be the leader and lead the pack. He always told me that, when he becomes the leader, he’d always protect his people and would never let them be involved in any wars.
Besides his looks and the care he showed towards me, it was his thoughts like those that pulled me towards him and that made my heart beat faster.
He looked back at me and gently touched the scars on my face.
“It’s fine. It’s not painful.” I lied.
He immediately took off his shirt and wrapped them around me. He then lifted me and carried me in his arms. The touch with his bare body indeed made me forget the pain I was in.
“I am not done with you all,” he said with a threatening voice and all the girls hid behind Nory.
If Nory was angry before, she was definitely losing her calm even more with every second passing by seeing Ethan stand up for me.
He turned and in not even a minute, I was brought back to my dorm room. It was the first time I hated the werewolves’ ability to walk fast.
Parting from the warmth that his body gave me was unbearably cold.
“I am sorry, the project-”
I could not finish speaking when his lips touched mine.
I was numbed. I did not know what was happening until after a long pause, I also moved my lips to match with his. His lips tasted beautiful. I don’t know what it was, but it was to my taste.
His kiss was sweet and soft. The kiss told me what he had never told me himself, it told me that he cared for me and that I was important in his life.
“Did they torture you a lot?” he asked breaking the kiss.
I denied moved my head sideways.
“I am sorry I arrived late.”
“No, you came just in time.”
“They don’t deserve to be happy anymore,” rage was back in his eyes.
“No, everything is fair in love and war, and the reason why Nory did that is because she loves you. You can’t punish a person for loving you right.”
“But punishment is the only option for the person who forgets their boundary and hurts others.”
“And we are not to decide that Ethan. God will.”
He laughed.
“If god really cared then he wouldn’t create half of the humans as normal ones and make the other half, monsters like us.”
Monsters. He used that word quite often to describe our kind.
He stood up saying that and made his walk to the door.
I wanted to go after him and hug him from behind, thank him for saving me today and love him for caring about me. But I couldn’t.
He left the room and I laid back on the bed. Sleep came soon.
I woke up feeling piercing pain on my face.
“Is it very painful?” I heard Ethan’s voice and opened my eyes.
“He was putting medicine on my wounds.
“It’s bearable.” I lied.
He blew on the wound and finished putting the medicine on my face. Then his hands and eyes both stopped.
I followed his gaze and immediately pulled the blanket to cover my chest.
“I am sure you can put this medicine on the rest of your body where there are wounds,” he kept the medicine bottle on the bedside table and stood and left the room again.
I was glad for his gentleness but also sad that he left me alone in that room.
After that day, both of us never brought up the topic of our first kiss. Of my first kiss.
I was thinking and expecting that maybe Nory finally gave up and that was the reason why she was so silent and didn’t pull any more tricks on me. But never could I ever imagine, she was not the only one I had to protect myself from, that it was the calm before the storm. It happened during our winter vacation and god knows how I’d do anything to erase that night from my life.
We all went to the nearby jungle for the night out and the whole day we divided works and set tents, brought woods for fire and cooked foods. Everything was fine and I was happy. Even by that time I’d not realized that happiness was not for me. Because that night out of all the other nights, was a full moon night.
Till midnight, everyone would shift to their wolf form, run around wild in the forest and enjoy their power. But I was afraid that even today, my wolf would not show up. She would abandon me, like always.
It was past 10 p.m. and by that time the whole tent area was empty. Just me and my loneliness. Everyone else had shifted to their wolf form and were enjoying their freedom. I told Hannah and Ethan to go ahead without me. One thing that I’d managed to share to them about me was the fact that my wolf seldom came out.
With a low heart I cursed my wolf and entered the tent. I knew sleep wouldn’t come easy but I still tried my luck with it. For sure I failed.
It was after around an hour I heard a lot of noises outside my tent. I thought they all came back but it was too soon for that. Curious I pulled down my tent’s chain and that is one thing I’d always regret doing.
They were a bunch of boys from different section, coming back to have the alcohol they’d managed to sneak in.
“Oh! Who do we have here,” the most muscular looking one approached my way seeing I’d witnessed their action.
I immediately chained the tent back up and crawled to the other end. I knew there was nowhere to run.
In only seconds the tent was ripped apart and my body shivered with fear.
“I swear I will tell no one that you guys brought alcohol,” I mustered up a little bit of courage to utter those words.
Ha-ha-ha
They all started laughing.
“Almost everyone here has sneaked in alcohol dear. We are least worried about it.”
I had nothing more to say. The muscular guy kept coming my way until he was only an inch away from me.
He inhaled really long against my neck, “you smell fantastic.”
His breathe that touched my bare neck paled my whole body. I was petrified.
“Boys, we have a meal for tonight. The menu? This girl.”
I was terrified hearing his words.“I am sorry for crossing your paths. I promise I will never do that,” I said, still shivering.“Oh baby! We are not at all disturbed by the fact that we met you. In fact we are glad,” he smirked and I felt disgusted.He picked me up and threw me on his shoulder like I was a sack of rice and immediately transported to an area I was stranger to. His other friends followed behind him.When he stopped, I immediately struggled. Trying to free away from him and started calling for help.“Help. Anyone please. Help me.”He started laughing. "No one’s around baby. No one ever comes anywhere near this place. It’s all booked for us.”He dropped me on the ground and I fell on my knees.“Please let me go. Please don’t hurt me. I am sorry,” it all felt like déjà vu. Two whole years have passed and I still had not escaped from hell. Before it was my adoptive father, now it was these bunch of a**h****.The muscular boy walked forward and jumped on top of me. The str
I was running. In the wild I was all alone. I could not see but I know I was being followed. I could hear voices, reaching near me, catching up to my pace.You will like it baby. *Endless laughter*I could not see the faces, not a single soul, but I was running on an infinite path like my life depended on it. I could feel my heart come up to my throat. I huffed, I was tired, but I did not stop.Those voices followed me no matter where I ran to, no matter which path I took, it lingered around until I tripped on a log of wood and fell.That’s when I woke up. I was still breathing hard, my heart still throbbing forcefully against my chest, my hands still shaking in fear. But I was all alone. Nothing that could possibly harm me was around, but that still wasn’t assuring, I was petrified.After a lot of debate, I walked out of the tent and went to sit near the fireplace. It was all silent. The other werewolves had still not come back.“You can’t sleep,” I jumped hearing the voice.“Oh! You
It had been three years since I came to this school and it had been three years since I first met Ethan.“I don’t know.”“What do you mean you don’t know? You guys are literally a couple only waiting to make it official. Everyone in the school knows it that you both are a perfect match.”“I am not sure.”“Are you still thinking? If I were you, I’d confess him the very day incidents with Nory happened.”“Hm.” Hannah was right. I shouldn’t have waited so long.“It’s the prom and his birthday after midnight. What better setting to express your love?”“I am not sure. What if I am not his mate?”“You surely are. The way you guys met, the way you guys care for each other and the way you both look into each other’s eyes, there’s no way in hell you guys aren’t meant for each other.”“Forget about me and Ethan and focus on your date tonight.” I order in an attempt to change the topic.“Whatever, I am not going.” She rolled on the other side of the bed along with Mr. Calm.“Hannah Scott.” I sta
The prom was as expected; beautiful people and more beautiful attires. Hannah also arrived with Liam and I swear I’d never seen him so happy ever before.Nory and her soldier minions were also undoubtedly there and they glared upon seeing me with Ethan but didn’t dare to do any more tricks on me.I was glad and proud with the fact that I had him to protect me. Trust me, I don’t support damsel in distress characters, but I also know the importance of having someone who looks after your wellbeing. Ethan was that person in my life.There was still time before the couple dance and so I walked into the restroom to re-touch up my makeup. I looked at my own reflection and breathed hard. I can do this.When I walked out to the hall and it was exactly midnight. I looked around for Ethan but he was nowhere in sight. I asked few people inside the room but no one had seen him. Almost ten minutes passed by but he was still not around. I did not know what to think or what to expect. I wanted to be
Ethan’s p.o.vZayla. That was her name. I met her for the first time today and I don’t know why I felt the want to be close with her. She had just transferred to our school and I never knew I could be so jealous. I wanted to have all of her for me, exclusively. No, I am not the maniac who craves for physical pleasure and that is not why I want her. It is like she was a strange castle of treasure and I was the knight who had to guard it.I still remember that one day, we were supposed to meet in the library for the group project, I was waiting for her but she didn’t come on time. She was always the early bird type; always before time and never late, but that day, she was late by several minutes. At first I was thinking of all the ways I could tease her for being late and committing a henious crime, but my heart wasn’t enjoying the wait. It was telling me that maybe, she is not late, that maybe she was in danger.I walked out of the library and called her but she didn’t pick up her phon
We went back to the tent area and Hannah approached us immediately at sight. I felt uneasy and embarrassed with her questions so I straightly walked to my tent to grab another pair of shirt for myself.While I was in the tent, I used the werewolf power and heard their conversation. I heard Zayla shout. She was never the one to shout. I again felt angry at those boys for pushing her to her limit and making her like this, but then again, I knew that at some point in her life, she had to learn to speak out loud.I laid back on my mattress and stared at the clear sky through the transparent ceiling. I don’t know how long it had been but then I heard her tent chain open. I wanted to rush out immediately, but stopped with the thought that maybe she was going to the bathroom. But as I waited for a long time, I did not hear her come back. Negative thoughts reappeared in my head and I rushed out but was immediately calmed down seeing her sitting alone by the fire.I noticed she was still weari
Almost half of the people in the party were drunk and the other half were chatting, mostly with their date. But here I was. All alone. I regretted not running after Zayla, but Bethany’s words swirled around my head. I did like it when she kissed me, or precisely, my wolf liked it when she kissed me. The pleasure was far above the one I had when I kissed Zayla, but that was not love. It was crave for pleasure, not love. I loved Zayla, and I don’t know about my wolf, but my heart wanted her. “Hey Ethan.” My dad approached me and for a second I was happy I got a distraction. “Congratulations once again. I just finished my talk with Bethany’s dad in my office. Her was very happy that you were her mate.” Or not. “Dad? I love someone else.” I told him the truth. His support was one thing that could cent percent help me fight this mate thing and go back to Zayla. “What?” “Yes. I know Bethany is my mate, but I don’t want her. I don’t love her.” “You will Ethan. Give her some time. You gu
The day of our graduation was the last time I spoke to him. Nothing more than a simple congratulations and best wishes for the future. He asked me about my future plans and I replied with a simple I have not decided yet answer.That was true to a point. I did not know what to do. But it was not completely true since Hannah and I had already decided that we’d moved to the city and live together. She had threatened Liam that he should never speak about anything related to me to Ethan that was not of importance, like my address after leaving high-school. I was glad she was looking out for me.She and Liam started dating one month after the prom and Liam turned eighteen the very next month. It turns out they were a couple in love and destined. Hannah and I shifted to the city and rented a small, cosy, affordable flat. It was a two BHK flat and we loved it. She refused to go back to her country and we both started looking for jobs till the time our results were out.I found a job as a rec