Fourteen

“Wait! You knew Trey as a boy?”, She asked with an incredulous look. It seemed like couldn’t really believe that he had said that barely seconds ago.

“Yeah. We basically grew up together”, Ryan confirmed.

“Wow. That must have been....well, fun.”

“ It was, at least for a while.”

“Was he a …you know.. a wolf then?”

“No. The arche werewolves turn at the age of sixteen.”

Hailey looked puzzled. “Arche? What does that mean?”

“it’s original in greek. Refers to those who descended from the werewolf bloodline”.

“Nice. What about those not from that bloodline?”

“They are called the gifted.”

“Why the gifted?”

Ryan smiled at the question. He remembered asking Father the same question years ago. He gave her the exact same answer he had gotten.

“The wolves believe that the bite is a blessing and that whoever is bitten has been gifted. Hence, the name”

Her mouth formed a huge ‘o’ at the end of his explanation. He wondered if he had that same look after Father Hugh explanation. He doubted that beca