CHAPTER 5
/ ZHASK /
My head hurt so bad it felt like it was going to explode. I could feel Greya trying to wake me up but I really needed to close my eyes for a while because the world seemed to be swirling around me.
“Fenrer… are you there?”
I called out to him but he was wailing in pain. He was suffering too.
“Fenrer, what’s happening?”
He didn’t answer though. His wails continued, as if he was in desperate need of help. But I had no idea what was going on. It felt like his voice were getting distant, as if he was moving far away. Then suddenly, I could no longer hear him. There was nothing at all.
“Fenrer, answer me! I’m losing you!”
But there was still no answer. Nothing. I could not feel his connection nor his bond. And I began to worry.
“No! Fenrer! Come back! Where are you?”
Still no answer. And for the first time in my life, I felt so alone. I was so used of hearing his voice in my head, his nags and his annoying opinions, but now that I could no longer hear him, it felt like something in my head shut down completely. And it felt… empty.
“H-hey …. You okay?”
I opened my eyes and saw Grey looking over to me with a worried looks on her face. I sat up on the bed and took deep breaths. My head didn’t hurt anymore but I felt devastated. What could have happened to Fenrer? Did he die? If he was gone, I didn’t think I would be able to shift. Well, this was the Mortal Realm after all, and I remembered how my dad told me we were powerless here. I doubt I could even shape shift here, but I didn’t expect I would lost my inner wolf’s connection. I wish he was fine. I missed him already. But I like to believe he would come back to me once we return to the kingdom.
“What happened?” Greya asked. She helped me sat up on the bed.
“I lost Fenrer,” I told her, almost in the verge of tears.
“Who’s Fenrer?” she asked, confused.
“He’s my wolf.”
“May he rest in peace,” she replied but I could still sense the sarcastic tone of her voice.
“He’s not dead, he’s just gone.”
“Oh, my apologies,” she said but I didn’t think she actually mean it. “Are you okay now? You need some medicine?”
“I’m fine,” I told her. I tried to get up, but the wounds in my back still hurt. It seemed like the pain levelled up after Fernrer was gone.
Greya gave me something to drink and handed me a tablet.
“Here. This will lessen the pain,” she said.
There was silence after I took the medicine she gave me. I was tired and worn-out and there was no energy left in my body anymore, so I tried to lean my head on her shoulder just like I always did back in the past when we were still living together. But to my surprise, she instantly moved away from me causing my body to fall back down on the bed. I guessed she didn’t like that anymore.
“Oh sorry,” she muttered, almost laughing at my poor situation. She stood up, ignoring me. Then she headed to the door, slightly opening it as she take a look outside.
“My parents are gonna be here for a while. I have to get back to my dorm but I can’t leave you here. Besides, you’re not strong enough yet,” she said, thinking.
I had no idea what she was going to do about me. But no matter what, I would not be leaving her side. I would keep her safe until the next full moon so we could go back to our home and live together again.
“I have to call my friend,” she went on. “I’m gonna need her help. Wait here.”
She went out of the room, leaving me alone again. For a moment, I thought she wasn’t going to come back but the door opened again and there she was…
“Guess what, I found a place for you to stay! Come, follow me!”
She led me outside and we sneaked away from her parents who were sitting in the living room.
“Mom! Dad! I’m going back to the dorm!” she shouted while we were approaching their driveway. I hopped after her, trying to distance myself just so they wouldn’t catch us together.
“Okay sweetheart! Bye!” her mom called back.
We cross the streets and walked at the side pavement, passing houses and shops. She led the way while I followed behind her. A few moments later, we stopped in front of a small, five story building.
A car was approaching towards us.
“Hide over there,” she told me, pointing at a tree in a distance. I went towards it and stood there as I watched the car pulled over. A lady, probably the same age as her, got out embraced her. Then the lady gave her something, like some sort of keys, before she got back inside the car.
When the car left, I went back to her side and we both stared at the building in front of us.
“This is my friend’s apartment. She doesn’t live her so it’s empty for now. She said I could crash her for free. Come on, your room will be in the rooftop.”
I followed her through a flight of stairs and once we get there, there was an open space in front of the room where I would be staying. And the view was beautiful. I could see the top of houses and their roofs and the streets from where I was standing. I was in awe.
“Do you like it?” she asked, looking at the view as well.
“I do.”
“Well, enough for the sight-seeing. Let’s get you some clothes to wear. And some groceries too. Follow me.”
CHAPTER 5/ ABBY /The room that my friend, Shade, lent me was a small one, but this would be enough for one person. Besides, the view was spectacular.I opened the closet in the bedroom and found some extra clothes so I took some out and looked for my wolfie friend. I found him standing by the window, watering an almost dead cactus on a nearby shelf.“Hey wolfie, wear these on. We’re going to go shopping,” I told him and threw him the clothes. I called him wolfie because I kind of forget what his name was.He caught the clothes with one hand and was about to strip off his clothes in that area but I stopped him.“There’s a bathroom right at the corner. Please get change over there,” I said.“I can do it right here,” he answered, not really getting my point.“Oh come on! You can’t just get naked in front of me anytime you want!”“Why not? You’ve seen all of me before,” he answered as if it was no big deal.I felt my cheeks blushing.“What do you mean?” I asked, even though deep inside
CHAPTER 7/ ABBY /I looked at Wolfie as if I had seen a ghost."Hello, my love," he greeted me with a bow.Genebeth beamed with laughter and started teasing me. She looked at him from head to toe."So you finally got yourself a hottie boyfriend huh?" She said, smiling widely at me."He's not my boyfriend," I told her straight away."Oh it's okay to be shy about it. What's your name, by the way?" "I am Zhask Magesblood Zaffiro. Pleasure to meet you," he said in a very respectable manner and extended a hand. "Cool name," Genebeth said, shaking his hand before whispering in my ear, "Where did you find this guy?"I wanted to tell her I found him in the woods but I'm sure she wouldn't even believe me anyway. "Let's talk," I told Wolfie and dragged him further along the hallway. "How did you find me?" I asked him, feeling furious. "I followed your scent.""I told you to wait there!""I can't. I won't."I felt so stressed out, so I wiped my forehead with my hands even though I knew the
CHAPTER 8/ ABBY /Wolfie, or should I call him by his name now since I already remembered it?Okay, Zhask took the phrase 'look after me' to a whole new level when he punched that guy who tried to make a move on me. The guy had a deep cut on his face and they had to take him out to the hospital because he was bleeding too much. The security guards kicked us both out and I tried so hard to apologize to everyone for making such a scene. I was just glad we didn't have to pay for the damage we had done.When we were out, I gave Zhask a scolding in the parking lot. "You can't just hurt anyone like that!" I yelled at him, pacing back and forth while trying to calm myself down."So would you rather let me watch while he's trying to sleep with you?" He answered, still feeling furious. I could tell how disgusted he was, how angry, how the calmness and the warmth I had seen hours ago vanished from his face."It's a club! People are always trying to sleep with anyone! What did you expect?"
/ ZHASK /Abby left me at the parking lot outside the club and told me not to follow her. I realized she needed a moment for herself after that intense fight. She had raised her voice at me and was on the verge of panic. I was used to that side of her. The Greya I knew would always argue with me. In fact, the first time we met we were arguing and at that moment, we both never expected we were each other's mates. Greya was loud and reckless, a fighter with a free spirit who didn't need my protection. She was stronger than me and sometimes, I always thought she was the one who was protecting me all those times after we mated. And this is probably why I fell so hard for her because I lost my mum when I was young, I didn't know what a mother's warmth was. But when I had Greya, she gave me that kind of warmth that made me feel safe and at peace Anyway, I watched Abby cross the street. I waited until she was safe in a cab before I headed to the apartment myself. I had gotten used to this t
/ ABBY / I wasn't asleep. I just pretended to be so he could go to the bedroom and sleep himself. But instead, he waited on the couch. I closed my eyes but a moment later, I could feel him moving towards me. Then, suddenly he was lifting me off the couch. I never dared to open my eyes and just let him do as he wanted. I breathed in his musky scent and it was warm and felt like home. I could also hear his heart beating in his chest and the warmth of his body as our skin touched. It was electrifying and felt safe at the same time.Then, I felt him place me on the bed. Still, I didn't open my eyes. For a second, I thought he was gonna sleep beside me, but he didn't. He took a warm blanket and covered me with it. I pretended to get cozy on the bed, stretching my arms and turning to the side, then I heard the sound of the door closing. I waited a few minutes before I opened my eyes and saw that he was gone.What he did was just heart-warming. I gotta admit, he was rather kind of sweet. He
/ ABBY /We went to the groceries afterwards and this time, he was calm again. I bought him some meat to eat because he said it was his favourite and we always ran out of those in the fridge. Then I also bought Zhask a phone so he could contact me anytime or if there’s an emergency.He took it and studied it as if he didn’t know what is was.“You don’t have that thing from where you came from?” I asked him.“No,” he said, flipping it over.“Well, you can call me using that. Here, let me save my number,” I told him, getting the phone back. I save my number on it then I save his number on mine, named it “Wolfie” because I liked that name better than his real one, then I gave it back to him.“Try giving me a call,” I said and gave him instructions on what keys to press.He learned fast so I didn’t have to elaborate it any further.“You can use that phone to call me, okay? I’ll be working tonight so I’ll be coming home late. You don’t have to worry. If I’m in danger, I’m gonna call you to
/ ABBY /I looked around the apartment for Zhask and even called his name over and over again. But there was no answer at all."Come on, you think this is funny?!" I shouted in the air, hoping I would get an answer, but all I ever heard was silence.Where the hell could he be? He wouldn't just leave without saying goodbye, right? This was so unlike him, considering he was the one who didn't want to be apart from me.I tried to call his phone. "Please pick up…." I whispered after hearing it ring.But then, I realized that his phone was ringing inside the apartment because it was sitting on top of the table in the living room.So I gave up and just sat on the couch, trying to think. He didn't leave me a note, he didn't say goodbye, he just vanished into thin air. It was past midnight already. Did he follow me to the convenience store? But that was impossible because I would have noticed. So what could have happened? Did his sanity come back? Did he finally realise he was a madman who es
/ ZHASK / A few hours earlier….I stood on the rooftop and waved my hand as I watched Greya leave for her part-time job. She made it clear that she didn't want me to follow after so I stayed and went inside. I felt alone. I kept trying to reconnect with Fenrer and did everything just to hear his voice again, but I still got no answer. I started getting worried about my situation. It's been days since I left my kingdom, I wonder what's already happening there. Did Beta Caden become Alpha already?The council must have been looking all over for me. I assumed by now, they would be raiding my chambers and asking for my presence. I just hoped the Blue Moon Pack could provide a good explanation or a convincing excuse. My position was in grave danger. Once they found out I was gone, I could be replaced anytime soon. This was the risk the Seer told me about. But like I said, Greya was worth risking everything for. I had it under control. I would take Greya back during the next full moon, it