A Chance to Live for Clara

#Dark Moon Pack

Clara enjoyed the snowy afternoon, sipping a glass of warm milk in the backyard.

She smiled at the lake not far away despite its frozen condition. However, the snowy season a week before Christmas brought back memories for Clara, especially of her ex-husband.

Suddenly, Clara felt so dizzy that she held her head. The glass of milk she was holding slipped and shattered. Clara clung to the edge of the chair as her vision began to whirl.

Several reenactments of events occurred in Clara's memory. It was like an absolute dream, a journey into her past. Strangely, she always saw everything vaguely, including the places and people in her memories.

"Argh!" Clara still winced in pain and seemed to faint.

Then, the dream image slowly appeared. Clara saw and heard the sound of a baby crying, breaking the chaotic night atmosphere and the people around her screaming in panic. Vaguely, Clara saw the growing flames and thick smoke that added to the dark atmosphere of the night.

Again, she didn't understand the tragedy. She only realized that the baby was her because Clara could feel what the baby felt, especially when a teenage boy suddenly took the baby's lap and gave it a warm hug.

"I always feel the warm embrace of that teenage boy to the baby. Who is he?" Clara muttered subconsciously.

The teenage boy was then seen hurriedly taking the baby and running to find a safe hiding place. He stopped at the riverbank and picked up an open crate.

The teenager washed the baby in the river. Clara always felt such a solid connection to the baby in her dreams.

Then Clara could feel him in her chest and hear the sound of the water rushing beneath him. the sound of the water rushing beneath him.

Suddenly, Clara heard the teenager scream again.

"No, don't shoot me. I'm just a kid who knows nothing!" Said the teenage boy, crying.

Two large men are the guards, holding rifles and pointing them at the boy. The two men didn't shoot but instead dragged and carried the boy somewhere.

The incident slowly faded from Clara's memory. Then she awoke from her stupor with a gasp.

"Oh, Goddes!" Clara said as she rubbed her hands over her face, trying to catch her breath. Her shoulders seemed to shake.

Then Clara looked up at the glass door beside her. Her eyes reddened again, and the wolf, Mia, appeared.

"Calm yourself, Clara. Breathe as best you can. I feel your pain and panic, too," Mia said, and Clara nodded.

Then, moments after Clara regained control, she looked at the clock on her phone screen.

"I was only unconscious for six minutes? But the past events in my memory seem so long ago, Mia." Clara said again.

Clara always looked at the clock when she felt dizzy like before because she knew what the end would be like. She just tried to remember the time interval of the events like before.

"It's always in the same time frame, the same events and over again. It is no coincidence, Clara. Don't you want to meet a seer?" Mia asked.

Then Clara replied, "Why? I'm not affected by magic, Mia."

"I mean, you're asking a seer to confirm that the events in your dreams and memories are a fact of your past, and maybe a seer can tell you who that teenage boy is!" Mia explained again.

When Clara was about to speak to Mia again, a sudden sound of footsteps entered the house. Clara turned around immediately, and it was Alpha Daniel and Sierra, who had just returned from the pack house.

"Hi, Daniel, Sierra!" Clara called the siblings.

Daniel smiled, then said, "What are you doing in the backyard, Clara? You're supposed to be inside in front of the fireplace where you're warm, and it's cosy for a pregnant woman, right? Instead of freezing outside!"

Sierra chuckled at Daniel's suggestion and said, "Never forbid what a pregnant woman wants; it might be what the fetus in her belly wants!"

Daniel narrowed his eyes at Sierra.

"I just want to make sure Clara and her baby are safe. Do you remember what the pack doctor said? We have to take care of Clara as best we can."

Sierra laughed again at Daniel's words.

"You're overthinking it, bro! Just relax. Look, Clara is fine too, right?" Sierra said as she turned to Clara.

Clara stood up and approached them, "There's no need to fight just because of me. Have you forgotten that I lived alone in Georgia for a few years? I'm not weak just because I'm pregnant and it's winter." She continued with a smile.

Then Daniel sighed, "Huh, okay. Here you go! Drink it regularly, twice a day," Daniel said as he handed her a bag containing several cartons of milk for pregnant women.

Clara rounded her eyes at the contents of the bag. "So much? Daniel, you do not need to sacrifice much for me. Being allowed to stay and be accepted here again is enough for me."

Sierra gently rubbed Clara's shoulder, "My brother would never let his loved ones suffer; he would do anything to make them safe and happy."

Daniel was disturbed by Sierra's words, which always hinted at her feelings for Clara, so he immediately redirected Sierra's conversation.

"Sierra, it looks like your favourite TV series is coming soon. Don't grumble because you missed an episode," said Alpha Daniel.

Sierra rolled her eyes. She knew that her brother wanted to keep her from telling Clara about his feelings.

Sierra herself was annoyed that Alpha Daniel had kept his feelings for too long. She thought that Daniel, as a man, was too weak and not gentle.

"Thanks for the information, huh!" Sierra replied to Daniel, snorting, annoyed at his cynical look and pursing her lips.

Clara just shook her head at their behaviour.

"You should also get some rest soon, Alpha Daniel. It seems to be quite a tiring agenda in the pack house today," Clara said to Daniel.

Daniel grinned at Clara and went to his room in disbelief.

Clara followed Sierra to the TV room. However, she stopped in front of a bedside table with frames of family photos on it.

Daniel's family photo was still there; Clara was in it.

"I miss you, Alpha Sam, Luna Lea!" Clara murmured, calling Daniel and Sierra's parents by name.

Clara was reminded of when they told her how she became part of the Dark Moon Pack.

Sam and Elea, Daniel and Sierra's parents, found Clara as a baby in a river not far from the Dark Moon pack. They rescued and cared for Clara, loving and treating her as their own.

Seven-year-old Daniel was happy to have a younger sibling even though his mother, Elea, was pregnant with Sierra at the same time.

Clara grew up in the loving care of the Dark Moon pack. Even though Sierra was born, Elea and Sam's affection remained fair.

Although she felt very accepted and loved, Clara sensed something was different. Daniel and Sierra's parents were also honest and open about Clara. They didn't hide the fact that Clara wasn't their biological daughter.

Daniel and Sierra also knew that Clara was not their sibling but a baby found washed up in the river. They didn't care. For them, Clara was like a sibling.

Daniel has had feelings for Clara since he was a teenager. He admires Clara as she grows into a beautiful, intelligent, and independent woman.

His decision to hold back isn't because he is not gentle, as his sister Sierra said, Daniel is afraid it will damage their family relationship.

Especially when Daniel finds out that Clara is close to another man, Clara used to tell Sierra how happy she was to meet the man she admired.

That's right, it was Alpha Robin.