POV Vincent185Please respect copyright.PENANAtO7Io3DyyN
~ Why is she still crying ~ whispered my wolf. ~ I have the impression that it's all that she is doing! Besides, it's just a ball of fur, well, a kind of wolf cub, rather strange, but that's all, there's nothing to make a fuss about! ~ he added in exasperation.
~ You're right, Sasha, but try to put yourself in her place for at least a second. A stranger comes out of nowhere and tells her that her parents don't want to wait another day and want her to go home that very night, abandoning by the same occasion people who love her and who have raised her for almost 5 years, who have been there for her every Christmas, every birthday... It's a lot to take in a very short time. Plus she doesn't even know why she has to go back. She only knows what I told her and that is that her parents want her home now. She doesn't even know the real reason of her return... ~ I said to Sasha
~ Yes, but still, it's not a reason to cry that much ~ he grumbled.
I closed the link that my wolf had opened to be able to talk to me, and I refocused on the road. After a few minutes, I turned slightly to the girl sitting next to me who was still looking at the "thing" in the box and asked her if everything was okay or if she wanted us to take a break to eat.185Please respect copyright.PENANAzgl7Ez4T8H
We were already very late and Shadow, our alpha, was making me feel that he was in a very bad mood through the bond that united us. But I had to put his well being before mine. Isn't that what good betas are supposed to do after all? And one minute more or less wouldn't change my situation or even my future problem.185Please respect copyright.PENANACZV21Whs5k
She fixed me for a few minutes that seemed to last for hours, she went back to her little protégé then replied to my question.185Please respect copyright.PENANAq5jAIEhG7H
In the state she was in, I thought she hadn't even heard my answer, or even if she had, I thought she wouldn't even have wanted to stop, but I was quite surprised when she accepted my proposal without even grumbling for once.
~ She's maybe bipolar or something? She surely has two personalities? ~ my wolf put forward
~ You know, Sasha, sometimes I wonder why I have to deal with an idiot like you, ~ I said, imagining myself banging my head against the steering wheel.
~ Why are you saying that? I'm a super beta! I don't know what you're blaming me for. ~ He said to me offended.
~ By the Moon goddess, why me? ~ I said, sighing in despair.
~ It's natural for us werewolf to have two personality, you idiot. And you are, unfortunately, mine. ~ I added desperately to see that I have such a stupid wolf.
~ Ooh yeah, you're right. I hadn't noticed. But that means that you are bipolar, no, that I'm bipolar, or rather that we are bipolar because you take on my personality and I take on your personality, which means that we take on the personality of...~
~ Shut up Sasha, my goddess, please have mercy on me I can't take it anymore I swear if that wolf keeps talking I'll jump off a bridge! ~
~ You know you won't die so it won't do you much good, ~ he said, while laughing.
Without warning, I braked in the middle of the road. It was lucky for us that there were no cars at this time of the day. I got out of the car and headed towards the forest.185Please respect copyright.PENANAVoMcFHlMIO
The poor Neilliana did not understand anything to what was happening but didn't have the time to explain to her. I continued my road until I heard very clearly the noise of a river. I heard Neil's footsteps just behind me who was desperately trying to follow me to know what I was up to. As for my wolf, he kept talking and asking me all kinds of questions. Gods I can't stand him anymore. This wolf is a real nuisance. Even though I love him because he is my wolf, sometimes I really can't with him. He fights perfectly, behaves like a perfect beta, is a very good strategist but as soon as there is no beta duty and no one else connected to us, it's a whole day of hearing him talk without thinking for a second to stop except when hes hungry. Even though I lock the door, and that I add an impassable armored door to it, Sasha always finds a way to open it or worse to open it wide!
Here we are, and Sasha was still chattering away like a parrot in my head. I stopped just in front of the river and observed the surroundings to make sure that there were no humans around despite the late hour. The stream was pretty strong but nothing I couldn't overcome. Then looking away I called Sasha who of course when he is concentrated on a "conversation" that he manages to hold by himself did not listen to me. I called him a little louder and when I was sure that I had his full attention, I jumped up, took my wolf appearance and landed in the icy water of one of the hundreds of lakes in Montana.
At first, Sasha didn't even react, then after a few seconds, he started to scream that the water was cold and tried to get out of the water but I stopped him, then he tried to transform himself again so that I could take his place but I blocked the transformation. I was dying of laughter, for once my wolf was not talking for nothing and finally had something to talk about. Seeing that he was starting to shiver despite his dense coat, I took the initiative to get us out of the lake. By arriving at the shore, I met a Neilliana who looked at us with a bewildered look. Pretending not to have seen her hilarious expression, I continued my way to the car and reversed the transformation so that I could get dressed and warm up. After this "delicious" midnight bath, Sasha became very, very quiet. I was happy with myself, and I hope that that will teach him to talk for nothing in my head. After this pleasurable moment, I climbed in the car, started the engine and the heating while waiting that Neilliana climbs in as well. After a few minutes of driving, she asked me why I jumped into the lake when it was almost winter. I answered her honestly and told her that it was because of my wolf because he talks too much. She looked at me and then burst out laughing which surprised me a lot. She had a very nice laugh. It reminded me of all the good times spent with my family before...
"Vincent," called me Neilliana
"Yes princess?" I answered him.
She made a weird face when I called her princess but didn't make any comment.
"I... I wanted to apologize for this morning, maybe I misjudged you." She started.
I smiled at her but said nothing and let her continue without interrupting.
"In fact, as you can probably imagine, I haven't seen a werewolf in four years and seeing one on my territory made me a little angry and sad. Because you have abandoned us. Especially my so-called parents. In short, all this to tell you that I apologize for my behavior," added she more gently.
I looked at her sideways and then refocused on the road before telling her.
"You know princess you should give a chance to your pare..."
A growl cut me off and I stopped myself instantly so as not to lose the little trust she had in me.
"Can we change the subject?!" she added slightly tense.
I turned slightly to look at her angelic face then looked at the road again and asked her what was the thing in my car without making any comment on what had just happened.185Please respect copyright.PENANAIn1j16atFB
POV Neilliana185Please respect copyright.PENANA5owxSHKn7c
Hearing his question about my companion, I relaxed and started to caress Sky. I was grateful that he didn't pursue the subject.185Please respect copyright.PENANA3V2yozE8mX
Sky is the name I decided to give him. An exceptional being like him deserves an exceptional name.185Please respect copyright.PENANA6CrVfvzW8h
Still caressing my little 4 legged friend, I took a few minutes to answer him, at least I tried to choose my words well so that he wouldn't reject him like everyone in this stupid pack. After a few more minutes I started.
"To begin with, this thing as you say is called Sky and it's a hybrid."
At the time I really thought he was going to brake the car and throw him out. But quite frankly his attitude was quite different from what I expected.185Please respect copyright.PENANAXP3fOkThmS
When I told him what Sky really was, he didn't speak. He just frowned as if he had misheard or as if he didn't understand what I was saying.185Please respect copyright.PENANAg2OvGHU6uw
You have to know that since the beginning of time, hybrids are not really well view. Some consider them as less than nothing or as slaves and others consider them as equal or even superior to them because they have different powers.
Nowadays, it is very rare to meet hybrids and even less hybrids of wild animals in nature or in laboratories.185Please respect copyright.PENANA04Cr6jyhGj
They are supposed to be forbidden because they are unmanageable and blablabla and blablabla. Yeah my a*s! This ball of fur is cute and very nice. I feel like I'm related to her. I can't explain it but it was like she and I were one. I feel all her emotions. Right now, Sky is feeling good. I was still thinking about the wickedness of humanity when Vincent spoke up.
"Sooo..." he began, "this thing, sorry I mean Sky," he corrected himself in front of my black eyes, "is a hybrid. It's... fascinating. It's the first time I've seen one up close and quite frankly I didn't think it looked like that. I thought they were hideous monsters that often moved at night and that their bodies had trouble reconciling the DNA of their parents! But what I see is absolutely different from what I always thought or heard!
"Ok um... What more can I say except that you have a very developed imagination..."
He started to laugh, and I couldn't help but smile in turn.
"You have a very nice smile" he said.
I think that I was not supposed to hear his reflection because he started to blush while realizing that he had spoken aloud.185Please respect copyright.PENANAmArTNE32dh
As for me, I didn't know what to answer him. I didn't expect him to give me a compliment when a few hours earlier we were like cat and dog!185Please respect copyright.PENANApfPebrD306
So instead of answering him of course, I blushed really hard as if I wasn't already uncomfortable enough. And this idiot laughed again when he saw that I looked like a tomato. I replied to his laughter by pulling my tongue like a kid and turning around to look through the window.
A silence settled between us. But not the kind of silence in which you feel some kind of tension, no. This silence was kinda nice.185Please respect copyright.PENANALgnSKwNMvG
We had been on the road for almost two hours when Vincent turned left and drove deeper into the forest. After a few minutes, I felt like I was being watched, I looked through the window but I couldn't see anything. Then a movement drew my attention, and I saw that we were being followed by a pack of silver wolves. I didn't know them but they were surely part of Vincent's pack because when I told him that we were followed by wolves he just smiled at me without answering.
I focused back on the forest and saw that it had never been as beautiful as it was now. I remembered all those times when I was younger, I was walking, playing, climbing with my little sister or when I was training with Shadow in a small clearing. All these memories, that I had deeply buried in me and that came out of their trunks made me suffer a lot. I had tears in my eyes, but I recovered quickly when I saw that we arrived near a very large house all in wood. It looked like a cottage for giants. But it was nothing else than the house of the alphas and thus my house by proxy. Vincent was parking in front of the building when the door opened on a beautiful woman and an equally beautiful man who was none other than my mother and my father-in-law.
When I saw them coming out on the stoop, I put on a mask of indifference so that they wouldn't know the pain I felt since my arrival. Nev was really on edge. I had no way to calm her down until Sky started purring. That relaxed her a little more and then we had to get out of the car. I was already heading to the trunk to get my stuff, but Vincent said he would take care of it later so I did nothing but lean on the car and pet my little wolf to keep him purring. Then I saw Vincent heading towards the house, so I followed him, dragging my feet. If it were up to me, I would stay leaning on the car until this woman who claims to be my mother stopped watching me.
When Vincent arrived in front of Shadow and my mother he said hello to them as only a beta can do, that is to say a kiss on the cheek to the alpha female and a cut to forever show his allegiance to the Alpha male. Meanwhile, I was looking at the forest of my childhood with a bored look.185Please respect copyright.PENANAIiUvr71IKP
Of course I knew that my tranquility wouldn't last long. My mother stood in front of me but still looking at the forest I pretended not to have seen her even though I felt her presence in every fiber of my body.
I felt an intense pain that tore my heart in pieces, but I still didn't let it show. Leyla called me gently by my name but I did not react and continued to caress Sky who felt my pain. He began to purr louder to try to soothe me.185Please respect copyright.PENANAMGNIVa5iQS
I could feel Vincent and Shadow's eyes on me, wondering how I would react.185Please respect copyright.PENANAAHs0Dat52a
My mother called me again and even touched my arm. This was too much for Nev and me. We growled in unison, showing this woman who had agreed to take us away from her without checking on us that we did not want to have any physical contact with her.
Hearing us growl, her husband came closer to her and started to growl in return. As for her, she looked at me with eyes full of sadness and pain.185Please respect copyright.PENANAuREPEU0Vmt
Shadow and I were still growling when Vincent came up to me and told my parents that he would show me my room. He pulled me inside the house to a huge staircase. Vincent was already starting to climb the stairs when I stopped dead in my tracks at the first step, my gaze riveted on the very last step of the staircase where a little boy of about 3 to 4 years old was standing with beautiful forest green eyes.185Please respect copyright.PENANAbzmx7WPpAu
I looked back at Vincent who had followed my gaze and was slightly tense.185Please respect copyright.PENANAsZt8yoXsSX
I turned around because I knew they had followed me and asked them the same question.
"Who is it?" I asked quietly.
My mother and Vincent seemed really uncomfortable, but I didn't care. I wanted to know who this little one was and by the goddess, he looked very much like my mother but with Shadow's eyes.
"WHO is this?" I repeated a bit louder.
This startled my mother and made Vincent even more uncomfortable.185Please respect copyright.PENANARMDzKuKEUr
Shadow didn't seem to be affected by my question. On the contrary, he was the first to enlighten me.185Please respect copyright.PENANAW4eto9yRPJ
Of course, my shouting had attracted some people, including my sister who was standing next to the young man. Looking at them, one could see that there was a resemblance, but I refused to admit it. I refused to believe that they had hidden the fact that I had...that I had a...
"That's my son Samuel," he said in a tone full of masculine pride.
"It's your brother," he added.
After this news, I didn't feel well. Nev wanted to take control of my body to force us to leave this unscrupulous family of ours. She was desperately trying to take control, and I started to shake and sweat. My eyes changed color every time Nev tried to control me. I had to close my eyes for a moment to regain my composure when I heard my father-in-law calling Samuel to introduce me to him. I didn't want to meet him and just as I was about to say so, Samuel stumbled down the stairs.185Please respect copyright.PENANAUaEwggWMfG