I AM A WEREWOLF

"What?" Adira was dumbfounded.

"We need to get out of here firs-"

"Are you guys okay……?" The driver of the minivan walked over, to satisfy his curiosity about the people he had almost killed.

There was now a large crowd of people staring at them, some were filming the miracle that had just happened with their phones. Other cars had stopped as well, wondering what was going on.

"Come on, we have to go now…" The man grabbed Adira's wrist, and dragged her away from the crowd over to a quiet alley far from the crowd. Half way through the alley, "Stop!" She pulled her hand away from him. "I will not go any further with you, unless you tell me who you are?" 

"Fine…" He sighed. "I am Theodore, and what might I call you?" 

"Adira…"

"Adira, you my friend, is a person of interest as of right now. So you need to come with me." He took a few steps closer. 

"Stay back!" She exclaimed, gesturing with both hands in the air. "What do you mean a person of interest?"

"Last night, I was supposed to see my Luna." 

"So wasn't it just a dream? That was real…?"

"I'm afraid, it was very much real!"

"But how's that even possible? You in my dream?" 

"Long story, but the short version is, I was not supposed to see you, Adira. That's why I came into this human town, to find the girl I had seen, and to know why I saw her instead of my chosen Luna."

"What even is a Luna?" 

"You will understand everything if you come with me. I cannot explain everything here in this human town." 

"What are you? And don't lie, because I know for certain that no human could have stopped that car with their bare hands." 

"I am a werewolf…"

"What?" She gasped.

"I am not going to hurt you.." He assured her. 

That was not what she was worried about, the werewolves were the mortal enemies of the vampires, and this town was vampire territory. "What? Werewolf, you can not be in town…"

"What do you mean?"

"Nevermind!" She forced a smile on her face. She couldn't tell him this was vampire territory, not without her telling him about being associated with the vampires. Then he would instantly take her as an enemy. That was the last thing she wanted. 

"So you've found me. What do you think was the reason you appeared in my dream?"

"I don't know, I'd have to take you back to the pack. There we can figure out why it happened, together." 

"Back to the pack?" If she agreed, that would mean missing her bus and getting dragged into the life of yet another supernatural. 

"Yes, my pack. It's located deep in the forest. If we start going now, we'll make it there before sunset." He stretched forth his hand to her. 

"I'm sorry, but I cannot go with you!" She steps back, leaving Theodore's hand hanging. 

Theodore's face quickly darkened, all his excitement gone. It was as if he had faced a heart break, even though she was a total stranger to him. 

"I see, I guess I can't force you…" The sadness in his voice could be heard. "I really do thank you for saving me, but Goodbye Theodore!" She turned around, and ran out from the alley, back into the street. 

Swiftly she walked back to the bus station, it seemed the bus was just arriving. The passengers were still walking in, she joined them and was about to walk onto the bus, when someone grabbed her and pulled her back down. 

"Who's that…?" She aggressively turned back to see who it was, only to find Aurora with a devilish smile. "Aurora, what are you doing here?" Her voice shavering. 

"No…" Aurora took a step closer, glaring down at her. "The question should be, what are YOU doing here?" Her eyes moved to the bus ticket on Adira's hand, and she dragged it from her. "Bus tickets, so you were planning on leaving town?"

Adira knew the consequences of trying to leave the conclave was death, and Aurora would not doubt for one second to hand her in. "Are you going or not?" The bus driver cut in, pulling both their attention. They were the only two people left standing at the bus station. 

"I…" Adira wanted to say something, but was cut short by Aurora with a big smile on her face. "Oh no, don't mind my little sister, I just came to stop her from making the biggest mistake of her life, by running away from her family."

"Okay then… Take care.." The bus driver closed the doors, slowly the bus drove away, along with all of Adira's hope at a happy life. "What an interesting thing it would be if I took you home, caught trying to run away from the conclave."

"How did you find me?" Adira frowned. 

"I followed you…." 

Adira gasped in fear.

"That's right, through your little secret passage from the library, past the forest and even right to your little conversation with your werewolf boyfriend. That's treason, by the way, but I'm sure you already know that."

"He is not my boyfriend! I don't even know him.." 

"Yes, I'd like to hear you explain that to King Alaric. How you were talking with our mortal enemy, about how you saw him in your dream and also planned to run away, despite everything he's done for you!"

"Everything he's done for me? I was literally kept like a prisoner in the mansion, so forgive me if I wanted to escape to live my life!"

"You are such an ungrateful b*tch! So many people would kill for your position! Well, I have already called and told Dominic, he will join us soon and your fate will be pretty much sealed."

"Not if I can help it!" She abruptly kicked Aurora on the stomach, knocking Aurora to the floor. She made a run for it towards the forest, before Aurora could stand up.

"Stupid!" Aurora grunts, stood up from the floor and dusted her clothes. "Run all you like, but you know you can't escape me." She started aggressively walking after Adira into the forest.

Adira was spanting hard as she ran through the forest. It would be considered a bad idea, running into the forest away from the humans, which would have prevented Aurora from using her vampiric powers. 

But she was hoping to run into Theodore, and once again he would save her from Aurora. Tired, after endlessly running for an hour, she stopped and hid behind a big tree, to catch her breath. 

"Adira….?" The scary voice of Aurora came echoing from deep in the woods behind her. She was instantly gripped by fear. It was as if she had not been running from Aurora for the past hour. 

"Come out, come out, wherever you are. You know you can't outrun me, a daywalker vampire. I am ten times faster than you! I have covered the distance you have been running in a few minutes, it's useless to try to escape me." 

"We'll see about that!" She muttered underneath her breath and continued running forward, till she ended up on a big cliff, almost falling from it. At the bottom of the cliff, there was a raging river filled with rocks.

She turned back to run into the forest, but in front of her stood Aurora, slowly walking out of the forest. Her eyes were glowing red, with sharp fangs plunging out of her mouth. "I told you, you can't escape me!" 

"Fine, you caught me, take me back to the conclave for my punishment. That's the worst you can do, like the lackey that you are!"

"Take you back…." She chuckled. "If I take you back, you may be forgiven by King Alaric, who seems to have a soft spot for you."

"So what are you going to do, kill me? Come-on, we both know King Alaric would have your head for that."

"Who said anything about killing you? I will torture you. Make you wish for death, but you will never get it. For all the pain you've caused the conclave, the favoritism you enjoyed while we suffered."  

Adira, who had been scared, burst into laughter. 

"What's so funny?!" 

"You sick b*tch!" Adira exclaimed, staring directly back at her scary red eyes. "So that's what this is all about, you're jealous because King Alaric knows my value and cares about me. Or is it the fact that Dominic will never see you as special as I am?" 

Aurora gritted her teeth, her anger skyrocketed. It could be seen in her red glowing eyes. "Shut up Adira… You don't know what you are saying." 

"Oh yes I do, I know you've always loved Dominic. You know what the sad part is, he will never love you. Dominic will always see you as the lackey that you are!"

"I said shut up!" Aurora angrily kicked her off the cliff, down into the raging river. "Oh no, what have I done?" She bent down on the cliff staring down into the river with her eyes wild open.