CHAPTER 18


    She finally turned around and howled, stomping towards the woods. It doesn’t mean she has epted


    them but it also doesn’t mean she rejected or intimidated by them. The other 3 howl delighted and


    followed her to the woods.


    Her palmspletely embrace the mother earth with each step, her eye looked forward in full


    confidence, ignoring the other wolfs around her that kept gazing at her. She loved mother nature, her


    blow of wind through her fur, the soft cushion of forest floor and the scent of grass mix dirt, the cool


    temperature of the night, the full moon and the scattered stars on pitch ck canvas and the sound of


    nature around her. The trio practically wasn’t looking at where they are heading, they blindly followed


    the silver wolf. She headed straight up a mountain deep in the forest. A small body of water, pooled in


    the middle of rocky mountain, like arge hole and rain water formed narrow streams that eventually


    filled up the hole. She must have been very familiar with the mountain since she head straight to the


    waterbody and dipped herself in it. The trios slowed to stop andy down, snouts on their palms,


    mesmerized at Selena when wolf are actually supposed to be admiring the moon on full moon night like


    tonight. She swam happily in the water, dipping her head down from time to time. After a while she


    came out and shook her body to dry herself, away from the others. She than started climbing the rocks


    up and rested herself on a t surface about 100 meters above the others. She looked up at the moon


    with great admiration. From down, the moon shine through her, reflecting at her silver coat. Orion


    cooed like a puppy at the view of a magnificent wolf while Grandpa Kai and Zaden didn’t take their


    eyes off her. The shiny ball on the sky made her happy, happy like you just found your hidden


    Christmas present. She let out a howl. Zaden blinked a few times, when he finally remembered the full


    moon and joined her, followed by the other 2.


    They stayed the same for hours before Selena stood up, jumping from rock to rock and strolling away


    from them. They stood up as well and followed her from distance. She never paid attention to the 3 this


    whole time nor protest against their presence as well. She walked gracefully towards an empty field


    where she took pleasure rolling over grass, chasing after frogs and fire-flies. The field lead to anThis belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    opening and Selena’s house backyard is visible. The silver wolf continued walking, eventually stopping


    to y with something or brushing the grass with her palm and then back again on its track. It took a


    leap and reached the roof of ground floor. Another leap to enter the window of Selena’s room. Zaden,


    Orion and Grandpa Kai shifted to human form and ran to Selena’s room, naked. They slowly opened


    the door and saw a human figure in the dark room, on Selena’s bed, with her arms tucked under her


    head as pillow and body coiled into fetal position, her favorite sleeping position to Zaden’s knowledge.


    Her skin wasn’t visible but from how smooth the curves are, it is clear that she is also naked. So, this is


    what her routine has been all these years!!! She must have been able to contain or zone out or control


    the mind of her own wolf to never manifest but when it’s full moon, her body reacts to it causing a panic


    attack like symptom and she consumes pills to fall asleep. Once she is asleep and loose grip of her


    wolf, shees out to y.


    They shut the door slowly and turned around to see Leonardo and Aaron, frozen at the staircase.


    “Is she here?” Leonardo


    “Is she safe?” Aaron, both asking in chorus. The 3 exchanged look and decided to exin to them


    through their mind link, an ability werewolves in pack poses, a way ofmunication.


    Soon, they got dressed and sat down with a cup of coffee. It was 5 am in the morning. They exined


    the core of Selena’s issue, that she is a werewolf and that she is an active gene after 5 generation or


    more of inactive gene, and that her mother suspected so and also about the moon birth mark. Aaron


    and Leonardo was still in a frozen state when all 3 had fallen asleep on the couch itself. They had a


    long sleep after a beautiful full moon night., so did Selena. They didn’t wake up again until it was 5pm


    that day. Once Selena is awake, they showed her the video proof Aaron took yesterday night and


    exined to her with much excitement and amusement of where they went through and what she did


    yesterday, turning to question each other once in a while


    “Did you see how her fur radiated the moon shine?” Orion to Grandpa Kai. Zaden was exceptionally


    quite due to the internal battle he was facing. Selena closed her mouth with her palm as she reyed


    the video again and again and again. After a while, she ced down the handphone. From the corner


    of her eye, she can partially see Zaden staring coldly at her, waiting for her logical exnation. She


    didn’t have any and she was embarrassed. She stood up, walked past him, avoiding any contact at all


    and went to Daisy’s room. She stayed there till it turned dark.


    Aaron wasn’t home ever since they woke up and Leonardo is sitting on the swing silently, with his


    thought drifting to few years back. Zaden saw him but he didn’t know exactly what to say, he was


    hoping Selena woulde to fix the situation but she didn’t as well. Finally, he got fed up with waiting


    for her and went to Daisy’s room. He gently knocked on the door but there was no response. He


    opened the door with cautious and when he saw a big lump on the bed, he smiled and walked in more


    comfortably.


    “Are you asleep?” he sat next to the lump on the edge of bed. A small portion of the thick duvet moved


    up and down, indicating yes. He grinned wide at her childish act.


    “You saw the video, right?” It moved again, up and down.


    “And where is your logical or scientific or psychological ormon sense or…” he said in a calm voice,


    stretching each word, surely mocking her. She pulled down her duvet in a lightning speed as she sat


    up.


    “OK FINE… I give up, there is no exnation on my part, yet” she pointed her finger at him and started


    talking fast without caring about her messy hair, falling to cloud her face. Zaden stretched out his hand,


    gentlybing the hair off her face with his fingers while she kept on going.


    “Not yet. How am I supposed toe up with an exnation within hours after finding out that I AM a


    werewolf. But I have a theory. You see, the dodo bird, dinosaurs are all creatures that are now extinct


    but proven to have lived. There are also other creatures like megalodon, the giant kraken squid and


    even mermaids are still under controversy and… and… and… who knows, maybe they are still alive in


    depth of ocean. Werewolf must have been one of this creatures and…and…” by this time Zaden had


    already cleared her face andbed through her hair length. He then ced his hand on hisp


    supporting his chin, listening to Selena with a twinkle in his eye.


    “and… you guys are thought” he cut off Selena’s word


    “WE are thought” he corrected her. She threw a piercing nce at him


    “WE are thought to be mythical when you… I mean we…technically you, because I wasn’t hiding. I was


    living like how every human should. But you, you and your vige, hiding in the middle of..”


    “You know your rambling, right?” Zaden cut her off again. She froze for a moment while her eye


    flickered at the ground, thinking is this considered rambling.


    “And you know what I do to rambling woman, right?” her eyes snapped to him


    “Choose one” he demanded while he pointed 2 fingers in front of her. She recalled the options, either a


    tight p or a kiss, and she didn’t want either. She bite down her lips as she tucked a strand of hair


    behind her ears and swallowed her saliva.


    “ Good girl” He retrieved his finger with a gentleman smile


    “Now, you had warning from us days ago that you are a werewolf and still, you are shocked and


    apparently, losing your mind. Can you imagine how your father and brother would be right now?” she


    dropped her head down while fiddling with the duvet.


    “Exactly, you have no idea. Who do you think canfort and coax them, me? Orion? Or Grandpa


    Kai?” he asked her with now a serious expression and a frown. It made Selena feel a burn in the mid of


    her chest. He then stood up, pulled away her duvet, grabbed her wrist and pulled her behind him till


    they reached front door. He came to a stop, pulling Selena forward, past him, making her stop exactly


    behind the door. She looked back at Zaden for assurance and he smiled at her. She peeped her head


    out of the door frame, with a wide eye filled with fear. Leonardo noticed and turned to look at her. There


    was a moment of silence


    “Dad…do you hate me?...” deep inside, she had the fear of rejection. All of a sudden, another head


    peeped above hers. It was Zaden and he mouthed ‘Please’ to Leonardo. Leonardo stretched his hand


    towards her and wiggled his fingers, signaling her toe. She walked slowly towards him. He pulled


    her arms to sit on hisp. He sighed out low


    “Daisy and I meet when we were working at an ice factory and fell in love, instantly clicking. I believe


    she told you this…but what she didn’t tell you, is that I was a school dropout, a gangster and a bad


    tempered man. She changed me in all ways possible but my temper persisted. Until, one day, in a


    hospital room, she handed me a little thing, wrapped in yellow towel. It was a baby girl, hands soft as


    peeled and roasted potato, skin so fair that it turned red when you cried and the eye that could bring


    the whole world to their knees.” Heughed while ying with Selena’s fingers.


    “Who am I? A poor, 6 foot man who grew up in orphanage. I kneeled in front of you, not once but


    almost every day when you stretch your hands up, demanding to be picked up. You had pooped,


    peeped and threw up on me. You have even hit me with a stone from roadside because I refused to by


    ice-cream.” Now, even Zaden wasughing behind the door. Selenaughed as well but a drop of tear


    collected on the corner of her eye.


    “Such a naughty brat you were. I had no choice other than to submit to you, I had never lost my temper


    anymore. Due to that, my boss promoted me to work with customers, we saved a lot of money. That


    wasn’t enough, I wanted my baby Bambi to be treated like a princess, so I went to your mother and told


    her I wanted to start a business. She asked what I can do? Filthy mouth, I had to answered ‘ I can


    make coffee’. She opened a café with breakfast and lunch. The 2 woman in my life, steered me to what


    I am now, I consider myself to be very lucky” he went silent for a minute


    “Selena, I am not filthy rich or highly educated yet I am the king of the world because of you two. So, I


    don’t care if you are a wolf or a Bambi, all I want is for you to be happy. If I can endure you working in


    that zoo and return home stinking shit, I can endure this too” Selena punched his chest before resting


    her head on his chest. Thosest world shot arrows to Zaden’s heart.


    “So, I am basically worthless, unwanted, ident, and so on?” Aaron walked from the yard towards


    them. He had been waiting by the corner for them to finish.


    “Hey there little fox!!!” he teased Selena as he ruffled her hair, earning a tongue out from her. Zaden


    walked away from there