Chapter 3

Sophia's pov

What does he mean by Mate?

I stared into the glowing red eyes of this beast before me.

The once terrified eyes no longer sent fear within me, but ... Peace.

I hovered my eyes around the face of this human like wolf on me. It seems to be doing the same, cause I noticed how its eyes moved around me.

What is happening?

I should be feeling scared but I no longer have fear for this beast. Why is this so?

I remained still on the ground. I didn't even feel like leaving where I was.

My eyes remained on the creature. It suddenly lowered its face down at me like earlier. But this time _instead of sniffing into my hair_ its face began caressing mine.

I felt a sudden spark and a strange feeling towards this creature. It's not as dangerous as I thought it was. It's harmless.

It kept caressing me and I couldn't help but feel so drawn to this creature.

I found my hand moving to its face, caressing it back with so much feeling within me.

It lifted its head, giving me the chance to caress it further.

When its eyes fell on me again, I felt my heart beating. Not in fear, but... But...

BANG! The sound of gunshot cane in, interrupting the moment between this creature and I.

I felt my heart skip, cause the gunshot came right at the beast.

I got scared when I saw this, but was a bit relieved because the creature had avoided the impact by getting off of me and moving to the side.

Who shot at it?

"Stay away from my daughter!" I heard my mothers voice.

Fear took over me as I lifted myself off the ground to look back.

"Mom? "

There she was, coming closer to me with a rifle in hand, getting ready to fire at the beats again.

I gasped and turned back to look at the creature. It stood firmly, glaring at my mother with so much rage in his eyes.

"Come near her and I'll end you! " She yelled at it from behind.

My eyes were still on the creature. It soon dropped its eyes on me, giving a sad expression.

What is happening?

This is a creature that got everyone running and almost killed me. But it suddenly changed and... Why am I feeling so worried?

Hearing the sound of my mother's rifle corking...

"Go! " I ordered the creature.

Without hesitating, it dashed off into the forest with speed.

"Damn it! " Mother cursed.

I turned back and saw her coming closer to me. She immediately grabbed me up to my feet and began helping me back home.

The moment we arrived home...

"How dare you Sophia?!" Mom yelled at me in anger.

"You snuck out of the house and went into the forest?! Why did you do this? Where did you learn this nonsense?! What... What were you doing in the forest in the first place? " She questioned me, grabbing me by the arm roughly and pushing me to the bed.

I fell on my bed, groaning at my injured ankle.

"Why did you sneak out?!"

"Nothing Mom, " I lied to her.

"Nothing?" She raised her voice, grabbing me by the arm again.

"Don't tell me it's nothing Sophia. I met Clara and the others while looking for you. They told me you were with them at their stupid party, before you were all attacked, and you're lying to me? "

"I just wanted to have some fun, that's all. "

"Be quiet! " She pushed me again.

I felt so scared seeing Mom so mad. It's the first time she'll go all rampage at me.

Why won't she? I snuck out of the house without her knowledge. She's bound to get mad.

"You are lucky that I came on time to save you. That werewolf would have eaten you. "

"Werewolf?" I uttered, looking surprised.

So that's what it's called?

"Those creatures are dangerous. This is why I kept you indoors all these years. But you feel I am making things up and trying to trap you indoors!"

"But Mom, that creature... It's not dangerous."

"What? " She lifted her brow at me in astonishment.

Her facial expression got me contemplating if I should go on or not, but I did.

"Yes, that creature isn't dangerous. At first it was going to, but it stopped."

"What rubbish are you saying Sophia?"

"Mate," I recorded the word the werewolf had called me when it sniffed into my hair.

Facing Mom, I noticed how her eyes came large at me.

"What did you say? " She asked, still with that expression.

Does she know something?

"Mom, what is Mate? "

"Where did you hear that from? " She questioned.

"That creature... It called me Mate. What does it mean?"

"That creature said nothing. You must have been hearing things when it tried to kill you " She claimed.

But I still stood my ground.

"I know what I heard wasn't my mind Mom. It referred to me as Mate and then... It caressed me," I said, touching my cheek, remembering how beautiful it felt with the werewolf.

But i'm drawn out of my fantasy by my mother. She kept saying I'm hearing things and don't know what I'm saying.

"First you left this house without my knowledge, joined those naughty people at a forest party , got into trouble with a werewolf and you're lying that it called you some mate?!" She raised her voice at me.

"But I'm not lying Mom. I know what I heard. "

"Are you challenging me? "

"I'm not Mom. I'm only..."

"Enough! " She shunned me.

"I won't take this bad behavior and disrespect from you. From now on you're grounded."

"What?!" I exclaimed at Mom's decision towards me.

"You heard me. You are grounded for two months. You will no longer step out of the house with me. And if you dare sneak out, consider yourself grounded for two years, " She glared at me, walking out of the room.

This is the first time Mom will ever ground me. For two months I won't be able to step outside.

My chance of exploring the outside world has been taken away from me.

"But I wasn't lying," I said thinking of the werewolf.

"It did say something. It called me Mate. But why is Mom getting so mad over it?" I wondered to myself.

Is there something she knows but doesn't want to tell me?