Caleb is a Werewolf?

Life is all about change. But is it really change? Or is it just uncertainties? If change is so good for us, then why our instinct is to fear change? Is change always good? Who said it is always good?

“Caleb!”, one of his friends called him. Caleb looked at me with questioning eyes. More like eyes filled with uncertainty! I nodded slowly and he finally let me go. A void! That is what I felt. With no arms holding me safely in their warm embrace, I felt scared. I felt being pulled into a dark void.

I watched his every move. I could feel the sweat drip down from the side of my face and pause at my chin for a second or two before falling and vanishing into oblivion. I was nervous. My eyes were focused on his face, trying to read his expressions and find the answer my selfish self was asking again and again. At this very moment, I realised, how selfish humans can be. There was a dead body found and my mind was still hoping, it shouldn’t be my friend to save me from all the guilt.

He looked at the body and his eyes were difficult to read. He looked at me and for a few seconds, we both just looked at each other. Then he asked one of his friends to pick the body and take it to his house. And that is the moment, it hit me that- Arya is dead!

I could feel the whole world crumble down as my body started moving on its own accord. In a few seconds, I was not only up but I ran into the forest. I couldn’t hear him call my name, I didn’t know if anyone was following me, I just kept running.

My mind wandered aimlessly just like my body. How could this happen? Just one night and everything changed? I attend a party, and my friend gets killed? What sort of bad luck is this?

Suddenly, owing to my clumsy self, I tripped on nothing and fell down.

“Are you okay?”, a very scared Caleb asked trying to catch his breath. I didn’t reply. I just sat there and burst into tears.

“Sh..sh…sh.”, Caleb held me close to him. I cried hugging him.

“It is my fault. Right?”, I asked between my crying.

“Why would you think that?”, he asked.

“She came to find me? She got lost and died? didn’t she?”, I asked sobbing.

“No! who said that? She came back to the mansion after looking for you. When Arya and Anna couldn’t find you that is when I left. It is not your fault.”, he answered.

I looked at him trying to decipher if his words were true or not. All I could see was honesty.

“But then what was she doing out here?”, I asked.

“We will try and find out about it.”, he said.

“We should call the cops.”, I suggested, and he shook his head without even considering my suggestion.

“But why? They are professionals and they will investigate.”, I defended my suggestion.

“No, we cannot contact them.”, he answered and now his arms were not around me anymore.

“But why?”, I stood up screaming at him. he looked at me but didn’t answer.

“Tell her to be Alpha. Why?”, a voice interrupted us.

I turned around and saw a man standing near the tree next to us. He was in just shorts and a plain white t-shirt. His face had a scar that run from his forehead, across his cheeks till his chin.

“Staring at people is a bad habit, Luna!”, he smirked making me look down.

“What are you doing here?”, Caleb asked pulling me behind him. I could see his face was tense and he was boiling with anger.

“What am I doing here? What are you doing here? Trespassing?”, he snickered.

Caleb looked around and his body became a little stiffer with all the tension in the air.

“We will send you a formal apology.”, Caleb said.

“You don’t tell me what I want as a form of apology. I will tell you. Your life is precious after all.”, the strange man said.

“What do you want?”, Caleb spat in anger.

The man looked around and stepped forward. He was looking around and then his eyes landed on me. I took a step back as his eyes checked me out.

“Don’t you dare!”, Caleb warned taking a step forward.

“Oh no! How can I? She is your mate. I know the laws and I am not that heartless.”, he answered. Mate? Laws? I couldn’t get a word of their conversation.

“I don’t have time. Tell me what you need?”, Caleb said.

“I want a reveal.”, he demanded.

“A reveal?”, Caleb asked all confused.

“I have heard your dear human mate doesn’t know about your little secret. What about a reveal?”, he snickered again making me shiver. What secret? The way he said human made me feel like the odd one out. We are all humans. Is he paranoid?

“You know how this wish will affect our relations. Don’t you?”, Caleb threatened.

“Is this what your dad taught you? First, enter the territory of another alpha and then not apologise!”, the man yelled making me flinch.

“Oh, dear! Did I scare you?”, the man asked noticing me flinching.

“Stay away!”, Caleb yelled and pulled me a little closer. The moment he raised his voice we were surrounded by at least a dozen wolves! What is wrong with these people? Why are they keeping wolves as pets? Where are all the dogs and cats?

“You know what will happen if you pull out an act like this?”, Caleb’s threats were getting less serious for me too.

“Can we not just call your pet wolves and then run?”, I whispered.

“Pet wolves?”, the man laughed. “She thinks they are pet wolves?”, he asked Caleb amused. I felt embarrassed but I had no idea about what?

I took a step back and stumbled upon a rock and fell. The moment I hit the ground two wolves pounced and kept their paws on my hands. I was scared. One of them hovered over my face and sniffed. But it was not the wolves that scared me, it was the fact that Caleb pulled the wolves off me with bare hands.

The moment the wolves landed near the tree far from me, we were attacked. I panicked and backed off into the tree behind me, staying away from all the mayhem.

I watched Caleb fight and the man smirked.

“That’s it!”, Caleb said and then removed his shirt. I watched him undress. What exactly is he doing? The wolves seemed as confused as me. No maybe a little less confused. I could see his fine defined abs and the muscles flexing as he removed his clothes. Our eyes met for a brief moment, and I expected him to smirk, but his eyes held fear. He was scared!

“You want to fight! I will fight!”, he screamed and ran and jumped on the wolves.

“What the hell!”, I said. I watched as Caleb turned into a wolf? A wolf! I watched as he fought eight wolves at once, tearing them and wounding them. he didn’t kill them, but they were hurt enough to not attack again.

“You see, they are no pets. This is my pack.”, the man stood by my side and spoke.

“W-what are they?”, I stuttered still not believing what I saw.

“Werewolves.”, he answered. That’s it! I stood up and without looking back ran in the direction we came from.

What exactly is wrong with my life? I just saw a mythical creature come alive. A werewolf? Caleb is a werewolf? Who else is a werewolf? Aiden? Ethan? Anna? Was Arya also a werewolf? Was she killed by one? As these questions haunted me, I kept running saving myself from getting sucked into all this supernatural chaos.