We were connected.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanx1jxwQ8t
As weird as it seemed, I shared a bond with my new lycanthropy teacher, Mr Grayson, from the moment I met him.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GbrDTaBkB
"I've been waiting for you for many years, Weslyn." I stared up at him, a strange blend of curiosity and confusion filling me. "The last time I saw you, you were barely 9 years old."731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUHcVwlrIb
9 years old. The start of my memories. For years I tried mindlessly to remember my childhood before that age, only to be attacked by pain, that burst at the sides of my head. It was almost unreal; impossible. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts0uzeJYka
When I started to question it, my mother told me of the hit and run accident that killed my father and gave me amnesia. The explanation made perfect sense. It even justified the long scar that ran along my back; almost as if I had been slashed open with a blade.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22fwyg812N
But after finding out my mother had went through so much caution to hide my birth place from me, I had no way in believing what she said.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGS2TeBSZY
There was only one way to find out the truth. It was, after all, the reason I had come to Gray Valley in the first place.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulAevgeryl
"By Luna, you know me?" I asked, not particularly surprised. 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkewtL79Giv
After arriving in the town, I had so many strange experiences, I doubted I would be astonished by anything.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf67s5WRZIZ
"You could say that."731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcXc8pznTi
"What can you tell me about my father and mother?" I demanded. He raised an eyebrow scornfully.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1F4US1pPLN
"What makes you think I'll tell you anything?"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9jI4xkDBH
My mind spun, as I realised he was right. What did I have that could possibly make me get him spill what he knew? I had no way of leverage on him or anyone. Gritting my teeth, I looked down and saw his hand gripping my wrist. And then, it clicked.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraLIG6CVS9
"You're touching your student," I replied. "I can get you fired for that." 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzIkQkdRq7
His eyes met mine and to my astonished, he recoiled. I guess I was wrong. Some things would never fail to surprise me. He released my arm from his hold.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYObvbsIh1L
"You're father and mother were Wesley and Lianna Grayson," he started. "They were both born and brought up in Gray Valley. So was I... and you."731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53VPbHfMjD
"Me?" Once again, this confused me. "I was brought up here?"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr15AYAx7ES
"But of course," his smirk returned. "You wouldn't remember, would you?" I stared at him. What was he going on about? "So tell me, what was the pathetic cover story your mother gave you for moving states away from your birth place. Not to mention, of course, your significant memory loss..."731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kcf81vCub
"It was no cover story," I bit out. "My father died in a hit and run accident that injured my mother and I. I had amnesia from the crushing my skull onto the car door and the glass shards slashed my back, which is why I have-"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rWub9eq5I
"Clever," he interrupted. "That was extremely clever of her. The fact that she justified the scar made it a whole lot more believable, didn't it Weslyn?" 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHmreym3YY
I furrowed my eyebrows, as I recalled the time she told me of the accident. She had added my back being slashed several minutes afterwards; almost like an afterthought. Back then, it made sense that she was reluctant to speak of it but now that the doubt was planted, there was no way I could trust her completely.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5Pzj6j0zu
"It did," I admitted. "I could believe her more when she explained the scar... but if she was really lying..." Who can I put my faith in? 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4OjqFSn9M
"You don't know who to trust anymore," he finished. My lips parted at his statement. How did he know exactly what I was thinking. "You can believe me." 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN40mxJPuzW
I carefully studied at the man before me. His stormy, gray eyes fixed with unfathomable intensity; deafeningly black hair, darker than the night sky; smooth ivory skin shone with determination. Nothing about him made me feel I couldn't trust him but at the same time, I didn't feel I could either.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7LPHO8Mr3
So I asked him.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2RHHKcOTD
"Why should I trust you?"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zOYMm7Rvp
"I want to protect you, Weslyn; save you. I'm not going to let anyone else hurt you." 731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ0UHrWSvu
Again, it didn't make sense. I didn't even know him, yet he claimed to want to defend me from danger. Who was he? What did he know of my past? But most of all what was there for me to be protected from?731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSqt2amnCZ
"But, why?" I repeated. "Why defend me?"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0o9otLGhP
This time, he smiled. Not smirk, but a genuine smile.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IcTP3mZ4h
"I thought you would have figured it out by now, Weslyn. Surely I wasn't the only one who felt the bond. Even if you are missing memories... surely, you can't have forgotten your family."731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejczqmg0iO
"W-what?" I stuttered. family. Just the word itself made hope flutter in my stomach. "W-who are y-you?"731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSuOcZXejM
Family. There was something in the way he uttered the words... Almost knowing.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn145wSLjLl
Maybe, I wasn't lost. Maybe I was exactly where I needed to be.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHnV1LpKVo
"I may not seem it, but I've missed you, my little sister."
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