A moment had passed, and Elora’s grip on Caspian’s hand loosened. Caspian shuffled away, dragging his hand. After making sure Elora didn’t wake up, Caspian left her. He had to go to Kate to ask what really happened. He hopes Kate already awake.
Caspian half ran down the stairs to the infirmary on the ground floor. Caspian tried to hold back his strength as he opened the double doors of the infirmary, but failed. A loud thud resounded in the ward.
There was only Zed, and Kate lying on the bed closest to the ward door. This ward was once the hall used for the annual gathering of the werewolves. Since Caspian built a new building near his vineyard, he has converted this room into an infirmary.
There were several beds lined up, with white curtains now folded at the corners of the rails. The moonlight shone through the stained glass, casting a faint reflection of color on the pure white sheet.
“Settle down,” Zed scolded. Among the
Elora couldn’t understand how she ended up in Caspian’s room. When Elora opened her eyes, Elora felt pain all over her body. Her head was dizzy, as if a big and heavy object had hit her. Caspian’s room smelled of wood and stone. Elora groaned as she tried to sit up on the bed. The side of the bed next to Elora was empty. Elora thought Caspian had woken up and left, but apparently, that man was sleeping in a sitting position on the sofa. A black shadow covered Caspian’s face. His chest rose and fell steadily as he inhaled and exhaled. Caspian was wearing only dull black cloth pants, the hem of which was worn and torn, as if he had been used to running among the thorns. A cold air caressed Elora’s back, making her realize that her body was covered with nothing but a blanket. Again she ended up in Caspian’s room, naked. Elora tried to remember what
“I don’t understand why we’re fighting like this.” Caspian snorted in disbelief.Elora flashed an annoyed grin that had more or less the same meaning as Caspian’s current expression at her.“What I don’t understand is, why do you demand that I accept your existence, when you know I am afraid of men!”“Hey, can you guys continue the fight after we finish filming?” The director, who shouted through the megaphone and caught the attention of all the visitors who were waiting in line to bungy jumping, pissed Elora off.Elora wanted to grab that bright red megaphone and throw it into the swift current of the Kawarau River.“I don’t care which one of you wants to bungy! Whoever it is can still fit the scenario!” continued the director.Elora stomped like an angry child before walking towards the area where the elastic cord was attached.“El, I won’t all
If one of them thinks that this relationship is progressing, then that is a big mistake. Arriving at the bridge, Elora released her hand from Caspian’s grasp. Elora struggled to pull away, not because Caspian was holding her back, but because the screams of her inner voice seemed to have gone mad.Javier greeted Elora with a towel, then he helped Elora dry her hair. Caspian separated himself and went with an assistant to change his clothes.“Excellent, El!” said Madison. “We got a really excellent picture today!”Everyone clapped, but not Elora and Javier. Javier understood how restless Elora was now. What Javier didn’t know was that Elora wasn’t nervous because she wasn’t comfortable with Caspian. Quite the opposite.“Are you okay?” Javier asked, when everyone was no longer paying attention to Elora.Elora paused in one glance before nodding. “You should try it sometime.”
Two of the next three nights Elora spent anxiously. She hardly ever sleeps, there are hours in the night when she changes. For safety’s sake, Caspian took her into the middle of the woods whenever Elora felt strange in her body.Despite that, everything seemed fine. Elora lived a normal life during the day and suffered at night. Until the last day of shooting the commercial, which took place in Gibbston, Elora still had not found a way to escape her worries for her survival.“You just have to say yes, then I will be by your side every second.”“Precisely because you will be with me a full twenty-four hours every day, I gladly decline.”The two of them were shot on a bike path in the Gibbston Valley, over a small bridge to the canyon, pedaling their way through the meadow.The director freed them to talk about anything, and Elora had nothing else to think about other than werewolves. This new life really confiscates eve
They have completed the ad shoot. Elora started her leave a few days after the project closing meeting, making sure everything was in order before she left. Javier cried like a baby on Elora’s last day at work.“I’m not dead, Javi.” Elora rolled her eyes after saying that.Javier grabbed the tissue box on Elora’s desk. “I’ll miss your stinky body every time I do a commercial, El.”“Damn you.” Elora cursed, but her lips curled into a smirk. “We can see each other every time you want it. But tell me a few days earlier, so I won’t take a bath until I see you.”“That’s disgusting.” Javier’s tears immediately stopped.Elora didn’t say anything about moving to Caspian’s house, and until this moment Elora still hasn’t told Javier about her relationship with Caspian. Javier also seemed tired of pressing Elora and waiting for Elora to tell
Caspian led Elora to jump over the window that led into the forest.They were headed to a point that Elora had used to transform over the past few days. A small meadow surrounded by dense trees, far away in an untouched place. The forest around here was still included in Caspian’s private estate, so no one would pass through it. A place that is safe enough to do unusual activities.The vegetation in the meadow had died from the impact of Elora’s transformation. It still struck Elora with guilt every time she saw the trees there, blackened to charcoal, and the bushes dry from burning.“As you already know, changes don’t have to be made at night or when the moon appears. Transformation can be made at any time depending on our will. It’s just that the changes at night give you more power.” Caspian explained as the two of them walked deeper into the forest.“Do you know why when I shape-shifted in my apartment, I didn
It didn’t take long for Zed to dig up information about Elora. With the help of some of his friends in Auckland who hold key positions in the police and government, Zed returns to Queenstown with some news.Zed arrived at Caspian’s house at night, to find the Alpha sitting lazily in an iron chair on the veranda of his room, accompanied by a bottle of Pinot Noir 2010 wine. Caspian drank it straight from the bottle.“A tough day?” said Zed. Caspian just glanced at him without a smile. “I got a lot of information,” Zed continued.“Starting tomorrow, teach her self-defense.” Caspian ignored Zed’s words and said something else.“Self-defense?” Zed raised one eyebrow. “With me?”“She hates me,” Caspian said blandly. “My future wife hates me.”Zed knew this was inappropriate, but he wanted to laugh at seeing and hearing Caspian now. Caspian wore a
Caspian shouldn’t be able to casually tell Elora to do this and that. But what will Elora do if Caspian has the will? With a stony face, Caspian came to Elora’s room this morning. He entered through the connecting door (believe it or not; it didn’t have a lock so Caspian could enter whenever he wanted), and said that Elora’s training with Zed would start today.“Do you realize that Zed is a man?” Elora asked curtly.“It seems as long as that guy isn’t me, and he doesn’t get too close or touch you carelessly, you’ll be fine.”Elora opened her mouth and squinted. Had their conversation yesterday left a fresh wound on Caspian, that made him act and say icy cold now?“Are you still angry?” accused Elora.“Do I look like that?” challenged Caspian. “I am not angry. Why am I angry?”“Precisely because you said that you seem angry. Angry like