Kathrina POV"Kathrina," Rylan called again as I stared at him with obvious appalment."R…Ry…Rylan, is this you?" I asked, still in disbelief."Yeah. What you just saw…that's me. I'm actually a werewolf," he stated. I staggered back, shaking my head. I couldn't believe what I had just seen."Look, Kathrina, that's what I've been trying to tell you.""You…" I paused as I became aware that he was stark naked in front of me."Rylan, are…" I spun and saw a guy behind me. He stared at me a bit strangely."It's…you?" He asked, forcing me to squint.I darted my eyes down and saw his hands soaked in blood. My eyes grew bigger and I started running."Kathrina, wait!" I heard Rylan yell. Glancing back, I gasped as I looked ahead and saw the guy in front of me.What was that? How could he rush up to me in a blink of an eye."See you…""Don't!" I took a step back as he attempted to touch me. "Don't touch her Xander," Rylan said."Listen, Kathrina. It's dangerous here. He's going to take you back
Hayden POVI had left the meeting so as not to lose it and crash Rylan's head on the table.Flicking on the lights of the kitchen after I had walked in, I walked straight to my mini refrigerator.I grabbed a chilled carton of juice, gulped it down before taking out a packet of cigarettes from my jacket pocket. I took out a stick, lit it and took a puff to ease my mind.I brought out my phone and saw over ten missed calls from Skye. He had been trying to reach me some minutes after he had dropped me off but I was too upset to talk.I guess it's quite urgent, if not he wouldn't have been trying to reach out to me.Opening the mindlink, I puffed out a whirl of smoke."Hey, Hayden," Skye said when his side of the link opened up. "Yeah, what's wrong?" I asked, sensing the worryingness in his voice."Something happened here?""Huh? What happened over there?" I asked, dropping my cigarette on the ashtray on the countertop."After we left, some rogues attacked.""What?""Yes, some daring stu
Kathrina POV."Why didn't you return home last night?" My mom asked me first the very minute I walked into the house the next morning."Good morning mom," I greeted."Save your greetings. Just answer my question.""I wanted to sleep over Hayden's place," that was the lie I could easily come up with at the moment."And you lied to your dad that you were returning home? Why?""What's wrong mom? I had to sleep over Hayden's place and so? What's wrong with me spending the night over at my boyfriend's house?""Are you crazy?""No, but I think you're the one crazy.""What?" My mom's jaw dropped."Yes. You're always acting crazy to only me. I thought you would quit nagging and scolding me like I was a runaway school kid but I forget that yelling at me was your strong suite. And…""How dare you?!" My mom thundered."Madlyn!" I heard my dad groan, stopping mom from slapping me."Were you really going to slap me, huh?" I asked her and glanced back at my dad standing at the door."Kathrina," he
Kathrina POV"Answer me, Kathrina," my mom said softly, placing a hand on my shoulder."Um, actually," I paused, becoming speechless again. Maybe it would be better if she didn't know a thing about what I had encountered last night."No, mom. I didn't…see a wolf. Those werewolves reside there?" I asked her.Her shoulders dropped and I watched as she folded the hem of her clothes, shaking her head."I can't really say, but like I told you two months ago,your late grandmother told me that,years ago after the horrendous war that broke out between we, humans and werewolves, they signed a peace treaty and stayed in seclusion from the human territories," she paused and sighed. "Before she passed away, when she last visited, she said that there's a different city that road led to. It was a werewolves city and that's why that road is restricted. But, everyone just believes the road leads to an evil forest."I sighed and nodded."Please stay away from there. It's dangerous. Don't ever go ther
Kathrina POVHello," he said to Lita and returned his gaze to me."So, we meet again?" I asked a bit surprised."Hm. Like I said the other day," he said."What are you doing here?""Obviously, to see you," he said and chuckled."Why do you want to see me?""To talk to you," he said and I folded my arms, tilting my head. "And_" he stared at Lita "_in private, actually.""You want to talk to me in private?" He nodded. "If you don't mind…in my car. Let's talk there.""Okay." Taking a step forward, Lita grabbed my arm and pulled me back."Are you just going to speak to a stranger?" She asked in a whisper."Lita, he…""He may look nice but I don't trust him," she said and I glanced back at Xander who chuckled."Don't worry, he's not a bad guy and certainly not a stranger. I know him.""Hm. Okay. I thought otherwise," she said and let go of my arm.I walked behind Xander to his car and we both got in."So now, what do you want to say?" I asked, staring out through the windscreen."You…are
Rylan POVI can't believe Kathrina would still think so despicable of me. As I drove down the road, heading to the packhouse, Xander reached out to me through mindlink."What's it Xander?""Nothing…hey are you okay?" He asked, forcing me to groan. How could I really be okay now?"I'm not. I am really upset now and I feel like I would explode," I plainly said, taking a turn."What happened? Is about Kathrina?" He asked. I didn't say a word."Only she is able to put you in that mood, right…?""She thinks of me as a monster,can you believe that?!""Oh, man. Really?""I heard her talking to her friend_" chuckles and takes a turn "_She thinks Hayden is the world's best guy.""Maybe she didn't mean to hurt you by saying anything derogatory. Trust me. Yeah, I've just had a conversation with her twice but she doesn't seem like that sort of girl who would deliberately want to hurt someone with their words…""Wait…you've talked to her twice? How?""Well, I stopped by Grace Hood High this mornin
Kathrina POVI tried talking things out with Rylan for days but to no avail. He always ignores my calls and acts like I'm invisible whenever I show up in front of me.Couldn't celebrate our hundred days anniversary with Hayden because he said he was preoccupied that Saturday so we should move the celebration to another day next week. Like that wasn't much of a bad thing happening for me, I don't know why but I just had some sleepless nights, thinking how bad I must have hurt Rylan the previous week.Mom almost yelled at me again when I told her that Rylan and I aren't all that close again. I know she wants us to be since she's fond of Miranda.But that wasn't what made me decide to pay Rylan a visit the next day after school hours. I hadn't seen him in school that day so I decided to clear the air between us, hoping he would give me a listening ear this time."Hey, Kathrina," Aunt Miranda said with a broad smile when she saw me, stepping down the porch."Good afternoon, Aunt," I said
Hayden POV Rayana had woken me up from my nap this evening to talk gibberish and irk me because I spoke to mom on giving a restriction order so she doesn't get to leave the pack easily as she usually does. Hearing her mention Kathrina's name when she was about to step out from my house the very minute she opened the door, I rushed next to her to really see Kathrina. She stared at me with an expression I couldn't make out. I just hoped in my mind that she actually didn't hear a thing but her quietness said otherwise. "Hey, you're here?" I asked her and motioned to Rayana to leave. As Rayana left, I stepped out, closing the door behind. "Kathrina…what did you hear?" I asked her curiously. "I heard…everything. Everything," she said calmly. "Kathrina, I'm sorry," I said and attempted to touch her. "Don't touch me, RYLAN!" She bawled. "Kathrina." "You kept such a big thing a secret from me? For months?!" "I never intended to. Please hear me out. I'm sorry. I thought…it would be