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76 – Tortuous Paths

ผู้เขียน: Polyana Leão
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I slowly moved away from the crowd, letting the music and laughter dissolve behind me. The taste of victory was in my mouth, but it wasn’t mine. Not that time. I had come close to exposing Lancelot before Naomi, to finally make her see that he was nothing but an animal disguised as a man. The medium-sized wolves were a real problem. I had prepared every detail, picked every word. And it worked. I saw the wild glow light up in his eyes, I saw the skin tremble under the weight of change, and I saw Naomi freeze before what one day would still destroy her. Only that fucking Alpha appeared.

I walked through the darkest streets of town before leaving. There was no hurry. I knew that Naomi would now be trying to calm Lancelot. She was always like that, always believed in the best of people. It was what irritated me most and what attracted me from the beginning. I knew this naivety and knew exactly how to use it. Perhaps what was annoying me at the time was that she was more worried about an
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  • The Price of a Second Chance   105 – Distrust

    The next day began with a silence. Naomi was already standing when I woke up. I heard the triplets whispering in the room, whispering to each other, as if they even realized that something was wrong.I stood up slowly, trying to take away the memory of last night’s call. Willow’s voice still echoed in my mind, cold and clear. No matter how deep I breathed, I didn’t come out.Naomi was in the kitchen, stirring a pot with a distracted expression. The loose hair fell on her face, and she didn’t even notice when I approached. "Good morning," I took a chance.She looked up slowly. "You didn’t sleep well.""It is nothing.""You always say that," she replied, turning her attention to the food. "Except I’ve already learned to recognize when you’re hiding something."He wanted to answer, but the door of the room opened and Jared ran to us. He was holding a drawing in his hands."Look, Dad! It’s you with us in the park!"I picked up the sheet, feeling the tightness in my chest. The stroke was

  • The Price of a Second Chance   104 – More Threats

    I woke up to the soft sound of their breath. All three. Jared was curled up against the arm of the couch, Jimmy on the floor next to him with a makeshift blanket, and Jody clinging to the pillow that she probably brought from her room. Naomi’s house was never so quiet for me. I hadn't remembered a silence like that since before everything fell apart. Now, every little sound seemed louder, more definite.I stood up slowly, feeling the weight of my body complain, especially the cut on my forehead, still throbbing. I did not want to wake them. For a moment, I just stood there, watching my children sleeping. The truth was simple: I had lost years. Years in which I was not present, in which Naomi alone carried everything that we should have shared. Years in which they grew up without me.I took a deep breath. I couldn’t change the past, but I could decide what I would do from now on.Naomi appeared in the corridor, her hair stuck anyway, tired eyes. She looked at me without saying anything

  • The Price of a Second Chance   103 – Absence

    When the door slammed behind her, silence took over. A heavy, cruel silence, as if each wall had absorbed the farewell and now returned it to me in echo. I stood in the middle of the room, motionless, as if I could still feel her perfume stuck in the air.I knew it was the end. Likewise, I didn’t need her to say it in all caps. Her look had already told me. The way he held his backpack, how he avoided staring into my eyes for too long.Clenching my fists, I breathed deeply, but the air seemed not to reach. The wolf inside me moved, restless, as if seeking something to tear and destroy. It was easier to deal with blood than emptiness. Easier to face enemies than to face that, for her children, I was just that: a monster.I walked to the couch and collapsed there. The body still hurt from the transformation, but the physical pain was small compared to the rest. I closed my eyes and saw the faces of each one. Jared, looking at me as if I were a threat. Jimmy was trying to disguise the te

  • The Price of a Second Chance   102 – Homecoming

    The way back seemed endless. When Casper turned onto the street of my house, the triplets crouched in the back seat, as if they were sure that something bad could still happen. Jimmy kept his forehead glued to the glass, pretending to watch the street. Jared was not faking anything; he looked at me with glaring eyes, asking for an explanation that I did not have. Jody was still glued to my coat, the small body trembling.As soon as we parked, I stood still for a few seconds, as if I could not unlock my hands from the steering wheel. Casper was the first to move. He opened the door, turned around, and pulled Jared out. He didn’t ask permission. Likewise, he just did it. As if he were trying to make up for lost time."Come on," he said firmly, reaching out to Jimmy.Jared clung to his father without hesitation, his face still marked with tears. Jimmy, slower, eventually gave in but did not let go of Casper’s suspicious look until he got close. Jody was still with me, and I carried her t

  • The Price of a Second Chance   101 – Farewell

    When the car turned onto the street to Lancelot’s house, I felt my stomach turn. The children were silent in the back seat, each lost in their own fear, and I knew that bringing them here was not the best choice. But I needed to get my things.Since we left the shed, Casper had made no relevant comment about Lancelot, about me, or about anything. But I knew. He knew that silence. It was the preparation for the moment when he would say he was right from the beginning.Lancelot was beside me in the front seat. His body still trembled slightly, his makeshift clothes glued to dry blood. He did not look at me or the children. He kept his face turned to the window, fists clenched. I could feel the fight inside him, not against enemies now, but against his own shame.When the car stopped in front of the house, no one moved immediately. I took a deep breath, took off my belt, and turned to the triplets."I’ll just come in for a minute. You guys stay here with Daddy, okay?"Jared stared at me

  • The Price of a Second Chance   100 – They Don't Understand

    The car followed in silence at first. The engine made a hum but did not muffle the sound of children’s sobs in the back seat. I watched them through the mirror, and my heart broke a little more with each look.Jimmy was with his chin on his knees, staring out the window, as if the world outside were easier to face than us inside. Jared bit his lip, trying to be strong, but his red eyes betrayed him. Jody would not stop holding on to my coat, even with the belt."They’re not coming back, are they, Mama?" she whispered, her voice so low it barely reached me."No, my love," I replied, forcing firmness that I didn’t feel. "They stayed behind, but we are safe now."Before the silence came again, Casper spoke without taking his eyes from the road:"You are with me now. Nothing will happen."It was the tone of Alpha. Authority is built into even the simplest words. And somehow it seemed to work. Jimmy looked at him in the rearview mirror and nodded, as if that promise was more convincing tha

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