The basketball competition final has finally begun, as has the last day we'll be here. Tomorrow we return to our city, our college... And with that, many doubts arise in my mind. But it's not time to think about that because the game is already in its last quarter.The score is tight, and the game is more difficult than the last. We're ahead by just two points - a single basket that could tie the score and change the course of the game... Especially since the last team to face us, the one that's competing for the championship title with us, is the college that Jasper used to study at.There wasn't a single moment when we could breathe a sigh of relief. Baskets, counterattacks, and missed shots... each one was a different emotion that left me with a scream stuck in my throat.Now, with three minutes to go... with three minutes to go before the big winner is declared... I feel like I'm on the edge of the cliff, overwhelmed with emotions that only subside when Jasper takes the ball for h
The American soccer field is really incredible. So different from ours, it seems bigger and more majestic... And even with several people scattered around, there's still a lot of space to fill, as we're only gathered in the first few yards. There's not much preparation, just a makeshift table with a ponche and a big fire burning under the light of the blood moon... This leads me to believe that the basketball competition's Closing Night Party isn't official.Here, there's so much noise mixed with the crackling of the fire that I feel out of place. People laugh and talk loudly... or maybe my senses are intensified by the anxiety of being in such a crowded and hectic place."Is everything all right?" Jasper's voice wakes me up, drawing my attention. And perhaps my mind is distant because it takes me a while to really understand his words, and he adds, "Are you okay?""Yes..." - I don't, but I force a smile on my face and nod to sound a little more convincing."Come on, let's get some pu
I didn't want to have to lie to Scarlett, but I can't allow her to be overwhelmed by strong emotions on a night like this, when there's a super blood moon in the sky. I had to make up an excuse, even though I felt extremely guilty about it.I've had enough of this girl.Alice's message didn't say much, but it was enough to set my nerves on edge.[Meet me after the bonfire if you don't want me to release the video of your little girlfriend. And if I were you, I'd think twice before ignoring it, after all, you don't want her to be publicly humiliated again, do you?]No, I don't — that's precisely why I made up a lame lie and headed towards the fire, looking around for Alice's blonde hair. There are so many faces around that I can't identify her. So I sharpen my senses, which are already sensitive from the big moon under my head. I'm doing my best to stay stable in the moonlight, so I can't linger. If it's difficult for me, imagine for Scarlett, who is completely unaware of her origins.
TRIGGER WARNING.— Violent behavior.ㅤJasper needs to see me…?I look at the messages a little strangely and look around, searching for your face in the crowd, but I don't find it. I look at the screen again, at his messages, which seem a little out of tune. The nickname is there, but he looks too serious, almost like something has happened… And that makes anxiety creep up inside me.I head in the direction of the south stands and, the further I get to the agreed location, the further away from other people I get. I'm slowly swallowed up by the darkness, since the light from the bonfire and the spotlights doesn't reach this far. I'm only accompanied by the moon, whose moonlight bathes me and embraces me like the breeze that chills my skin.I feel strange... a bad omen that makes me shudder. "Jasper?" I call out loudly, hugging my own body to relieve the sudden chill that comes over me. I look around, seeing the large stands and the shadows that surround it...Then my cell phone buzz
“My phone... I think I lost it.” I say to Bryan and then hold out my hand, “Let me see what she sent you.”Bryan hands me his phone without any hesitation, the text already open on the screen. Despite changing a few words, the tone and message are the same — come to the bonfire if you don't want a video of Scarlett published.There's something strange about these messages, it's almost like she wanted to gather us here.Thinking about it gives me a strange feeling, a bad feeling that sneaks up on me.I hand him the phone, thinking for a few moments, trying to fit the pieces together in my mind...“That's weird, she sent me a similar message-” My words suddenly fail me and I let out a painful grunt. A sudden lacerating pain hits my chest, to the point of making even my legs weak.“Hey? Are you okay...?” Bryan takes a step towards me, but hesitates when I let out an even louder grunt, which escapes from deep in my throat and reverberates around me.I pitch forward, staggering, digging my
“Easy, Reddy.” I say with a more provocative tone than she would probably like. Her reason isn't in place, but even her she-wolf doesn't seem to like my little joke that much, since she shows her teeth and approaches me with her red fur raised. And the more she shortens our distance, which I strive to maintain with backward steps, the better I notice how big her wolf really is.My muscles begin to relocate under my skin, with the blood bubbling through my veins, so fast, so hot, leaving me pure instinct... And I can no longer resist the influence the moon has on me... I give in completely to the wolf that resides inside me.Quickly, my skin gives way to a fur as black as a starless night, while I lean down, my hands becoming paws even bigger than Scarlett's. She continues to growl while she watches me shift. My nails are becoming claws that slam into the soccer field, digging into the earth.My spine marks the skin, but soon disappears behind the lon
I open my eyes, my eyelids heavy... No, actually my whole body is heavy, but it seems to sink into the warm, cozy water. Gradually, my vision gets used to it and blurs, and the scenery that has become familiar over the last week unfolds before me. I blink a few times, the light bothering me, then my eyes go down to my body submerged in the tub... and Jasper's hands rubbing my arms.I move my gaze to him, slowly, almost sleepily... my thoughts are still searching for order, I'm still trying to understand what's going on and, above all, when I got back to the hotel. So I open my strangely parched lips and try to say something, but my throat is dry, and my voice won't come out.“It's okay, Reddy...” Jasper brings his wet hand up to my face, rubbing his thumb over my cheek, as if wiping away a stain. “It's all right now.”I clear my throat, trying to swallow down the knot that's formed preventing me from expressing these doubts, and then I struggle to say, in a thin, flawed voice, “What..
I watch that scene with genuine surprise and awe. What I imagined I had seen at the beginning of our story is actually happening right before my eyes. The face of a wolf slowly begins to take shape, just as its muscles peel away, moving under the skin, just as I remember mine doing.Slowly, the tall, strong body leaning forward transforms, tearing even the pants it was wearing. His skin is covered in a black fur, so dark that it robs me of air. Before my eyes, Jasper transforms into a wolf so majestic and large that, inevitably, I shrink as far as I can into the bathtub, hugging my trembling body to the point where my chin quivers.Sitting on his hind legs, Jasper — or this wolf — stares at me with those bright yellow eyes. He doesn't move, not a single muscle... all I can notice is his chest rising and falling with his calm breathing.And I don't sense any hostility in him, in his gaze that seems almost... understandable?I'm still trembling while I slowly approach, resting my breast