I opened the door of the house and the cold air hit my warm skin, and at once I slipped my hands into the pockets of my long black coat as I sped towards my car parked outside, my brown hair flying over my face, I was not yet accustomed to the cold Moscow climate.
I got into the car while rubbing my cold hands hard with steam coming out of my mouth. I remembered the temperate weather in New Jersey in America when I was studying there, and despite the cold weather, I did not deny my happiness to be here after waiting for a long time to finish my school years and join my father's center for biological research, To be appointed as the youngest trainee in it.
I left towards the bus station, which is located in the center of the big city. It did not take long until I was in front of the parking lot. I parked my car in its designated place and continued on my feet to where the rest of the employees were waiting for the bus to come. One of the conditions of our work was for all employees to come in a bus belonging to the center. .
"Hey Eileen," said a voice behind me, and turned to the big blond young man who was smiling at me as he adjusted his glasses to his eyes.
"Hi Andrei," I replied
Andre was a new apprentice like myself who had recently been assigned to the centre, and he showed extraordinary interest and effort when he stayed up late at night to work hard, which impressed the officials there and was given many tasks.
"I know you've been assigned the new case," he said, getting ready to sit next to me on the bus.
"Really?" I said surprised
"Didn't your father tell you?" he said
"No, I haven't seen my father in a week," I said, embarrassed, and turned to the window that was on my side.
In fact, I did not lie about it. I rarely met my father on the pretext that he was busy all the time with research and studies, and he would not have taken care of leaving me alone at home, and this is not something new for me, I have remembered his absence since my childhood.
His frequent absence had caused him many quarrels in the past with my mother, who had recently preferred to remain silent in exchange for getting money from him every time he was late to return home.
Andrei interrupted my thoughts and looked at me, "He's ranked 109th, but he's actually Alexei...you have to deal with him carefully," he said in a low voice.
"Why? Is he sick?" I said
"I don't know anything about his health, he was downstairs," he said
Andrei stopped talking to me and I saw him take out his phone and start making a call. He did not seem ready to go into much of the matter, for I had once heard, through side conversations among the employees, of other cases in the center but I had not met any of them.
While I was watching outside, I repeated on my lips repeatedly...Case 109 Alexei...Time passed slowly until we reached the Biological Research Center, which was located in a quiet place away from crowds.
I was excited about what Andrei had just told me about my new assignment and when I got to my private office, I found Roman in charge waiting for me.
"Hello Eileen, I wanted to inform you that we have assigned you to follow up on changes in status 109, and this is important work for us, but you should not come close to him, we do not yet know the effects of the drugs on him" he said.
He pointed to the side of the corridor, "The room from here, follow me." He said to me and I walked behind him, while my heart was beating fast, I wondered what kind of person Alexei was and why he was brought here alone?
His room was surrounded on the outside by glass through which he could be watched. Roman opened the door to the room and slowly entered the room. The first thing I saw was that young man sitting on the floor, he seemed to be in his mid-twenties, his hands and feet tied in long chains to the wall.
He looked up at us, then stood up quickly and backed away, I contemplated him a little, he was only wearing short pants, while the muscles of his body were drawn in a perfect way with the jaw of his sculpted face, which added a cruel and masculine character to his features.
"Be careful of him...just sit back and continue to record your notes on him. If something happens, call me immediately," he said.
I nodded to him and left the room leaving me alone. I brushed my hair out of my face while I was looking at a report in which he wrote notes on Case 109: A mentally ill and out of his mind, selected for some experiments.
The report that was written about his condition was ambiguous and I doubted its authenticity. It does not appear as it was mentioned in the report. How can a sick man who has lost his mind have a strong and athletic body? Something inside me tells me that he was an important person before I brought him here
I sat on the chair watching him while he just stared at me, the moments passed by boredom, there is nothing to write in the follow-up report about him. I saw him come back to sit on the ground and tried to communicate with him,
"Okay, my name is Eileen," I said and smiled at him.
He looked at me but he didn't answer, I got up from the chair and walked towards him, I know that I go against Doctor Roman's recommendations not to approach him, but I was curious about him, I wanted to know more about him.
"You're Alexei, aren't you?" I said, staring into his dark green eyes.
He lowered his head, and turned to the other side. I saw a deep cut and a fresh bruise on his shoulder, and I wondered if he had been beaten here. I walked towards the medicine table and brought gauze and a bottle of sterilizer to clean his wounds, and as I got closer to him he turned quickly towards me and grinned at his long fangs with a weak snarl.
He was not human! I swallowed my throat, "A gift, please... I won't hurt you," I said and moved closer to him.
He was looking at me cautiously and did not take his eyes away from my face, I put gauze on his wound and gently wiped it with my trembling hand, this was the first time I dealt with a werewolf! Suddenly I felt his calm, after I thought for a moment that he was going to bite me.
I had previously learned about the presence of werewolves in Russia, after doing a lengthy study project about them, and I learned that the werewolf was living alongside humans naturally many years ago, but with the increase in the huge number of humans, the werewolves retreated towards remote areas and fell Agreements with humans not to expose one to the other, I really loved the way werewolves lived and interconnected, and one of my wishes was to meet one of them and get to know them closely.
I put a bandage on his wound, "I'm done," I said
I returned to sitting in my place worried because of the thoughts in my head, I was wondering in myself why my father was bringing a werewolf to a human research center? This was not legal! ?
Suddenly I got up to leave the room quietly and shut the door without turning back, I caught Andrei standing near the room and I hurried towards him, without thinking of me I grabbed him by the arm and took him to the corner of the wall
"Andrei...there's a werewolf in the room, do you know that?" I whispered
He looked me in the eye and then watched the place around us, "Do you mean you don't know that?" he said in a low voice.
"No...I don't know, and if I did, I wouldn't accept working here," I said
He kept looking at me cautiously for a while, but I didn't pay attention to his looks and continued, "I found a cut and bruise on his shoulder, he must have been beaten too, I can't believe my father is doing his biological experiments on werewolves," I said nervously.
He looked down, "Unfortunately it is... This is a center for experiments and research on werewolves only," he said
My eyes widened, "You knew then...Are you OK with this?" I said
He remained silent and when I did not answer I left the place and left him standing there, then I heard his footsteps as he followed me. I was angry with everyone here. I could not bear the idea of my work in this suspicious center, especially since my father is the one who runs the place. I thought of going to his office and objecting to what he was doing.
"Eileen, wait." Andrei said behind me. I didn't listen to him and walked until I got to my father's office. There were two guards standing at the door and they prevented me from entering.
"Get out of my way. I'm the daughter of Albert Lars and I want to meet him now," I said out loud as I tried to get to the door.
One of the guards pulled me by the arm, "We'll put you in custody, if you continue like this," he said
Suddenly the door opened from the inside, "What's going on here?" That was my father's voice
My father gestured with his hand to the guards, "It's okay, let her in," he saidI sighed deeply and entered his office, which I had visited for the first time since I came here. I saw him standing holding some papers in his hand, wearing a white medical coat, and he seemed quite busy as usual and did not bother to ask about me while I was standing in front of him now.I watched him walk towards his huge library and then he pulled out a large file from it to put the papers inside it and then finally turned to look at me"What brings you here, Elaine? Don't you see that I'm busy, I told you many times before to call if you need money and so..." he said.I interrupted him, "But I don't want the money," I saidHe took off his glasses and put them on the desk, then threw the file from his hand on the table, "So what do you want from me?" he said."You . . . conduct . . your experiments on werewolves while telling everyone that you are doing therapeutic research on human patients?" I said
Alexei apovIdon't remember how and when I came here, part of my memory was completely erased, I asked many times who am I? And who am I? All I remembered were the cries of pain in that rotting basement before being taken into this room. My life was empty of everything, I don't know how long I've been here, but on that day everything changed.I saw her come into my room and she was looking at me, she was different from all of them, she treated me kindly as if she had known me before, and she called me Alexi and I don't really know if that was my name, but I loved it when she called me by itShe smiled, "I understand what you think, I didn't put anything in it... Look I'll share it with you," she said while nibbling on a little apple and then handing it to me.She stared into her hazel eyes and carefully took the apple. I ate a few of them while smiling charmingly and sat down to watch me, I saw her wandering with her eyes on my hands, which were long chained to the wall.She was tryin
I was terrified to hear the sirens sounding inside the center, and I think they discovered that Doctor Roman had been injured and Alexei had escaped from his room.He was clasping his fists and breathing in anger, I can't understand what he's thinking, he turned to the door, sure they're about to arrive now "Alexi please, go" I begged himMy anger was cut short when someone surprised me by holding my arm and pulling me back with full force. My steps stumbled and I turned to see him.They took me to my father's office, while I was thinking of justifying my behavior to him in front of his reaction, which I don't know how it would be.I went into his office, and saw him standing at the end of the room by the big window and watching the outside through it,"Leave now," he said, pointing with his hand to the guards without looking at us.I was handcuffed and could not get up and felt the pain in my head. I was shocked by the cruelty of my father and this was the first time he hit me."Do y
I was surprised when I saw Alexei standing in front of me and I couldn't explain my feelings, which were floundering between joy and fear, and I asked myself how he managed to get here and what he wanted? I opened the balcony door for him"Alexei, how did you get here?" I asked in a low voiceHis green eyes were shining in the dark, and he remained silent as usual, only wearing those shorts. I felt sorry for him. I don't know how he could handle the cold weather all day."Okay...you can come in." I saidAlexy walked in cautiously and before I locked the balcony door I watched outside, maybe someone had followed him here, but everything was completely calm.After I locked the balcony door, I turned to Alexei, who came up to me to stand in front of me, then raised his trembling hand to my cheek and began to run his cold hand over the bruise, and a shiver passed through my body. I don't know why his hand was shaking, but I smiled at him and tried to calm him down"It's okay...it's just
We walked together until we ended up standing in the big garden, and Alexei stood by the trees in the middle of the garden. It seems that his nature as a werewolf makes him attracted to stay where nature and forests."Alexei, can you talk then?" I saidHe was looking around in the garden, "Yes, I don't need to be silent anymore, because I trust you," he said and then turned to me.I felt joy in my heart. It was wonderful that he trusted me. I wanted to do anything for him that would forgive my father's mistakes with him and with other werewolves, and to trust humans again, this is a great achievement for me.Then he continued, "I don't remember anything about the past, as well as my name. All I remember is that I woke up in that room...and a few things scattered.""Is that why you couldn"t go home?" I saidHe didn't answer and he remained silent, I decided not to ask him again, maybe he had his own reasons... and while we were standing I shivered from the cold. He looked at me like he
I turned the doorknob and ran downstairs. I saw Caroline making coffee, "Good morning, Caroline... have you seen Alexei?" I said hesitantly.She turned to me, "Good morning... Do you want coffee?" She said, pointing to the cup of coffee.I nodded, I was about to ask Alexei again, "Do you..." she cut me off as she put a cup of coffee in front of me"I saw your friend leaving the house early in the morning," she saidI was surprised when she said and remained silent thinking, I was wondering where he had gone so early? While I was lost in mind, my phone flashed with a message and I got it from Andre:...I'll wait for you at Café Med...I drank a little coffee in front of me "I'm going to meet Andre" I saidShe freaked me out when she put her cup firmly on the table, "When are you going to call Evan?" she saidI didn't answer her and rolled my eyes, she was now interfering with my own business which made me feel uncomfortable so I left the kitchen and left her sitting there to put on my
I got off the bike and sped towards one of the big trees and sat under it to calm myself down. I saw Alexy follow me, then leaned towards me, "Are you okay?"I raised my eyes to him without talking to him, I was angry at him, he deliberately frightened me when he made those crazy moves while he was riding a bike, he sighed away from me"So... how was your meeting with your fiancé?" he saidmy fiance ! Who did he mean? Andre or Ivan I felt weird how he knew I was connected, only my family knew, no doubt... It was Caroline who told him, I wanted to make it clear to him and I totally refused to let someone else talk about things about me to others."It's not my fiancé, Caroline's just overdoing it and then I didn't meet Evan there, it was Andre" I said while holding my hand in front of me.He looked down and then turned his back to me "So many men" he said9I felt strange in his behavior with anger, when everyone would discuss things about me, surely he was trying to distract me from wh
We laid her on the sofa, her face was pale and motionless. The news of my father's arrest was a shock to her, while she thought he was on a business trip as usual. The minutes passed with difficulty until the ambulance arrived to take my mother to the hospital."Are you okay?" Larve asked the doctor"She is now in a coma and her heartbeat is weak, she will need to stay in the hospital to monitor her," the doctor saidI was horrified when I heard the doctor's diagnosis of my mother's condition, and Larve hugged me, I couldn't bear the thought of her staying in a coma and away from us.While Caroline sat with her head in her hands, we were sorry for not telling my mother what our father had done, it would be the least shocking for her."Larve, Caroline, you can go to your business, I'll stay here by her side," I said"We'll be in touch on the phone if anything comes up," said Larve, then kissed my forehead and leftAnd Caroline also hugged me, "See you later," she saidI nodded to her,