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DAVID A FEW MONTHS AGO… ‘It’s so difficult to open my eyes and no longer see you. No longer smell you. No longer being able to touch you. Our pictures are scattered all around our apartment. Every corner of the house and its deadly silence speak to me about you, reminding me of you. As if I could forget you. But I can’t, and I won’t. I tried but I don’t want to… I’m trying to find you in my dreams, searching for you constantly. But when I see you, you are with your family. Far, far away, and happy. Wasn’t that what I wanted for you? To be happy? That’s why I let you go. Your happiness is all I care for. My sole wish is for you to come back someday; that you’ll choose me. I’d give everything for you to come back. Everything to have you again back in my life. Everything to see your unique and divine turquoise eyes again, staring back at me. For one more time…’ A new day. I opened my eyes to welcome the new day. Alone again. I will never adapt to that fucking reality, regard
JOHN Mamá said I’m not crazy. Mamá said she would explain. Mamá said it’s my wolf who’s talking to me. ‘I told you so…’ I heard the irritated voice again in my mind. ‘Shut up!’ I countered. ‘I told you to shut the fuck up!’ ‘Mom will scold you if she hears you bragging, dude!’ Came the voice again. No, I’m not crazy. No, I’m not hearing voices in my head. Everything is fine. Everything is wonderful. Mamá will explain everything and the annoying voice will eventually stop. ‘Ha. News flash, dude. Mom never said that I’d stop talking to you. Let’s quickly purchase these ingredients and go home. I want to eat that chocolate cake mom bakes. It’s delicious.’ He mumbled. ‘How do you know? You started talking a couple of days ago?’ ‘Yes, I woke up a few days ago, but I’ve been with you since… forever.’ The voice elaborated. ‘Why are you talking in English?’ I asked, intrigued that the voice kept blabbering in a foreign language. ‘Ha, I know Greek too. But I prefer English. That’s the
ARIADNE I was sitting next to my son, watching as his eyes turned from black to deep blue. He was having a conversation with his wolf, for sure. David’s eyes didn’t change that way when he was speaking with Zeus, but for some reason, I believed that this was happening. After a while, John was back. “Done talking?” I asked. “How do you know?” He inquired, intrigued. “Mother instincts.” I shrugged my shoulders. “Now go pack your stuff, and I’ll prepare the cake. Do you mind blowing out your candles today instead of tomorrow?” “No, ma. It’s the same for me.” “Ok, your father would be happy, and I’ll tell Annelise to come, too.” ~~~ It was late afternoon. We had our luggage ready and we would leave for the airport in a few hours. John went to say goodbye to his friends. Annelise would come in a little, and Theo had already returned from his job. We were sitting and drinking coffee, discussing. “Do you believe me now?” I couldn’t help but ask Theo. “I do. Seeing his eyes change co
ARIADNE «… και όλοι να λένε να ένας σοφός!» [Last words of the Happy Birthday song in Greek]. “Happy Birthday, John.” We all wished him well, kissing both of his cheeks. I started cutting the cake when Annelise couldn’t wait anymore and pushed again for answers. “So, now that the party is over, can I know the reason you are having a trip with John? If you could wait a few more days, I could join you as well. I still have two more lessons for the exams to finish, and I would be free.” Annelise, my daughter, suggested. “Unfortunately, you can’t join us on this trip,” I responded. “And why not?” She countered, offended. We had talked with Theo about that; when the time came and John had to learn about his real identity, his siblings had to learn the truth, too. Apart from two things: That John and his father were werewolves, and that David had kidnapped me. So, we would stick to the story Theo had told them back then, that I had left for an urgent job matter abroad, and then we wo
DAVID It was the middle of June. It was already hot. I took a bath after running and hitting the gym and headed to the office. It was Sunday, and I didn’t have to go to train the warriors or go to the city for work, but I had some e-mails to check. ‘Your guests are here!’ Beta Richard’s sing-song voice came into the mindlink. ‘I do not care!’ I countered back, annoyed. Zeus was also agitated. He told me he was sensing a powerful aura. Well, Richard told me about a Luna and an Alpha visiting, so… I had my answer. ‘Remind me to ask you in an hour if you care or not!’ He teased me. ‘Fuck off.’ Minutes later, I was deep in thought, reading an email Jonathan had sent me about a new deal. The most alluring scent in my life reached my nostrils, and I raised my head, sniffing the air. No, that couldn’t be. My essential oil was in my room, and that smell was nothing compared to what I was smelling right now. That was rich, addicting, and could be compared only to one scent! The
JOHN A huge guy took us from the airport. Mama seemed acquainted with him, and they engaged in conversation until we reached our destination. At some point, we exited the highway and entered a narrower way that expanded through a forest. “Oh, the road to the territory is sealed!” Mama exclaimed. “Yes, Luna. A lot has changed since you left.” The sir who was driving us, whose name was Jin, noted. Luna? Why was he calling her Luna? Wasn’t he aware that her name was Ariadne? Or maybe it was one of the things I needed to learn. Mama told me a lot yesterday, and I was confused by the amount of information that I asked her to stop. It was like entering a whole new world. She also told me that when we reached here, she would ask my father to give me my grandmother’s books. She had written down everything that I needed to know. I was so excited that I had a grandmother, and I couldn’t wait to meet her. My grandparents from Mama’s and Baba’s sides had died long ago, and I grew up not kno
JOHN “You … you gave him my parents’ names?” He asked my mother in astonishment tilting his head in her direction. Mama just shrugged her shoulders. “It just felt the right thing to do. Your mother was like a mother to me while I was here. Her name wasn’t so used in our country, so I gave him your father’s name, too.” Mama said. “Well, in Greece, we call him Yianni, but he was baptized as Ioannis. I used to call him Johnie as a child, now I call him John.” She elaborated following us in the office. “What name do you prefer, son?” He asked me, sitting next to me on the couch. “John is fine, Dad.” The word dad just slipped out of my mouth, but it felt so natural. “Did you just call me dad?” He asked me with his eyes widening in surprise. I nodded. Shouldn’t I? “Thank you.” He hugged me again. “And thank you, too, lo… Ariadne. This… Today… This was an unexpected gift. Never in my wildest imagination could I think of having a son. And you … you to be back. My prayers were heard. Thi
ARIADNEI was hovering in front of his door, bringing all the courage in me to knock on it and face him after so many years. I was afraid of what I’d encounter inside. Maybe he was with his new Luna…Beta Richard would inform me if that was the case, wouldn’t he?I raised my hand, fisting my fingers, ready to tap the door, when it suddenly burst open.And there he was…Standing right in front of me. Real in the flesh and charming, as always. His deep blue ocean eyes bore into mine, piercing right into my soul. It reminded me so much of our first encounter. Back then, when I felt that click, the moment our eyes locked for the first time. His bright smile illuminated my day.He wasn’t smiling now. His face was full of surprise and disbelief. His eyes blinked and he rubbed them with his hand as if he was looking at a vision in front of him.But I wasn’t either a vision or a hallucination, and he wasn’t a figure in my dreams seeing him while I was asleep. I was right before him, staring in