We traveled for about 30 minutes before we arrived at the Witch's house. Jacob carefully placed me on the ground."Is that the house?" I asked him while looking at the small house in front of us. "Yeah," Jacob answered. I studied it. The house was made of pure wood. It was small but it looks sturdy. Behind the house was a huge rock covered with thick moss. Around the house was a small river and the blue water was sparkling and flowing fast. The small river just goes around the house without any direct source of water. There's no doubt that this was a house of a Witch.I cleared my throat. "H-Hello?" I said in a rather loud voice. I heard the laughter of Jacob and Sebastian. I looked at them in confusion. What? Am I doing it wrong? "Lauren, you wouldn't see a Witch if you call them out outside their house's. You need to knock on their door," Jacob explained with a slight laugh. Oh, so that's how it is. "Sorry, I didn't know." "It's fine because you kept on entertaining us," he sai
I slowly opened my eyes when I felt thirsty. I stared at the ceiling for a long time and wondered if the ceiling in my bedroom was this color. When I realized that it wasn't , I jumped out of bed. "Shit," I mumbled and rubbed my temple because of the dizziness I felt from my sudden movements. I looked up at the table nearby and quickly picked up the glass and a pitcher of water to quench my thirst.I looked around the room. A combination of gray and white color. The room was very elegant with only few things, it was also clean. The bed I was in was big and spacious, the sheets and bedsheets were also white. Only then did I notice that I was wearing different clothes. I was wearing a loose white dress with the SpongeBob logo on the front while I was wearing short walking shorts underneath. I took a deep breath and calmed myself down to the foreign things I was seeing. I now remembered where I was and why I was lying here. Jacob must be nuts! He's gone crazy! What should I do now? Sho
Jacob left me alone in the car. He said he would try to find a slipper that will fit my feet. My eyes landed to the baseball cup on the dashboard. I picked it up and put it on my head. I'm sure it's Jacob's because it smells like vanilla. I pulled down the visor a bit to cover my face. I licked my bottom lip then looked up. Even though I was a little nervous, I couldn't help but look around. If the buildings in the Centro look like Spanish, the buildings here were European inspired and made of black bricks. The equipments here were also old. "Vegetables, everyone! They're cheap and freshly harvested!" My gaze flew to where that loud voice came from. It came from an old man with a white towel wrapped on his head. In front of him were different kinds of vegetables. I leaned against the door and folded my arms. One of the characteristics that I noticed in the people here was their tall stature. I thought that Jacob's height was just a coincidence but I'm all wrong because being tall i
Jacob spoke after the long silence. "Do you know the word 'mates' and how important that thing is to us?" he began. Mates.."They are your lifetime partners, right? Like soulmates?" I said and Jacob nodded slowly. "Something like that but there's more to that. Supposedly, Leon should find his mate last year but the whole year had passed without any single trace from his mate." Maybe that's the reason why Leon's like that. "Most of the population of wolves finds their mate at a young age. The lowest is age fifteen but most of the time it is between the age of eighteen to twenty and no one goes past that when you are a normal wolf." I frowned at what he said. He said earlier that Leon should have found his partner last year. Jacob mentioned that Leon's already 24 now so he was 23 at that time. "So, Leon is not a normal wolf?" I turned to Jacob who was a bit confused. I wonder what was their basis for being normal and not normal. "I thought he wouldn't get affected because we are j
Am I being selfish again? While I was talking to Jacob earlier, I made a decision. I'll stay here in Magnuth since I'm already here. I can't risk going back in Asthad without an answer or cure because there is no certainty if I can come back here again, especially since I am wanted by the Rogues. I can come back but I can't be sure if I will be lucky the second time I come here. I will lose contact with Jacob once I return to Asthad. More than that, I don't want to bother him anymore because it looks like I'm really bothering him. He was supposed to be patrolling around as Leon said earlier but here he is, taking care of me. So I can't go back. I will only go home when there is medicine for my father's illness. "Dad, I promise. This will be the last time. After this, I won't leave again. Just.. just this once." My father on the other line was quite and I knew he was upset with me even if he didn't say it. I shook my head and looked down at the town below. Up until now, all I've bee
"Let's go? We have to go back downstairs. I'm starving too," said Jacob. I nodded. I can still see his discomfort when he helped me stand up. My back really needs to get healed. I don't want Jacob to always take care of me like a child. And because of what happened earlier, I started to feel awkward whenever he's close. I simply looked at him as I fastened my seat belt. He was very quiet but I noticed that his neck and ears were red. I just didn't pay attention to that and just kept quiet. I took his baseball cap again and put it back on even without his permission. The car started and we started and no one dared to speak for a long time. The tension between us grew and the air around us was suffocating.I couldn't stop myself and let out a violent breath. I looked away when Jacob turned to me. I focused my eyes to the view on my side. I don't want to admit it but I feel annoyed with Jacob because of what happened earlier and it worsen even more when he apologized. Why would he apo
"Where is your house here?" "My house? We've already passed it," he answered simply."What?" I turned to him. "Then where are we going?" Jacob quickly glanced at me, his eyes looking hesitant. He was probably anticipating my reaction if he told us where we going. "In the pavilion. We will have lunch there." Pavilion... "Why there? Can't we just go to your house?" I said a little nervous. "They've prepared food there. And we often eat in the pavilion.""Are we going to eat with someone?" I added a question. Jacob sighed. "Yes, Lauren," he answered without looking at me. I shut my mouth and didn't say anything. I'm getting the same concern again. I don't want to speak anymore because Jacob will probably repeat his words again. I know that I'm like a broken plate with my repeated fears and maybe if I do it again, Jacob will be completely annoyed with me. I will not only face simple wolves but his family members, the highest clan here in Magnuth. What are they going to tell me? Th
I adjusted my seat and looked at Sir Isac. His face is just normal as if his son's disrespectful response as if he is used to that kind of speech. The others were still eating just like nothing happened. They didn't even give him a single glance."Where are you going?" a woman asked Leon but he didn't answer. He walks with a chair in his hand. "What the heck Leon?!" Jacob exclaimed when Leon pushed the chair between us and sat there. Leon is facing the sharp edge of the long table. "Hand over the plate, Dad," he said. "What are you doing there?" Jacob asked again, frowning. "I'm going to sit and eat here. Is there a problem?" "Why there? There's so much space there!" Jacob said while pointing to George where he came from earlier."Hey, this is what I want. If you don't want to be next to me then leave there and go there yourself," he said to Jacob. I saw how Jacob's fists were clenched because of Leon's reply to him. "Dad where's my plate! I'm hungry!" "Go and get it yourself.