II. The reunion with Uncle Martin

Uncle Martín had known the grandparents for a long time already, so I knew that his words were full of doubts and saturated with messages that were not entirely understandable to me at that moment.   

However, in my case, knowing him as well as I do despite the years we had already separated, first of all, I knew that in Lombardi his words carried a reason, just as his presence in our lives supposes.  

Although the truth thinking well the story of how the grandparents and he met is a bit like an action movie, it is even impossible for me not to tell it as it was made known to me by their people.    

One day the grandparents were prowling on the outskirts of the city in their animal form hiding in the fog and the low light that the craft provided, when in the distance while moving through the forest they came to observe how a pack of wolves chased a human boy who was fighting for his life in fear.   

Those after seeing such a disastrous event rushed to his aid thus managing to save him, the wounds that had been inflicted on his body were worrying, but despite this, that boy survived despite his terrible prognosis, and since then despite breaking the agreements the relationship between a human and wolves was formed.  

Surprisingly that was one of the last cases of sighting that was heard in Belcier, one of the last cases in which both wolves and humans ended up immersed in the same world before this strange era of peace between both species emerged.    

The most curious thing that makes me of that whole situation is to think that when he met them, the grandparents were already a little older, so I still don't avoid asking myself how old they were because it's something that I completely don't know.  

Martín, unlike those at that time, was only a young man of just maybe thirty years old, so hearing those words coming from his person gave a new meaning to such an object, filling it even more with importance.       

After listening to him I couldn't help but repeat in my head "How or why can this affect my future? "but I just couldn't understand him.   

For a long time the constant questions were going around in my head, so being surrounded by so many questioners it was difficult for me to believe that such a simple object would be the cause of such a future variation in my life.      

"Now more than ever I'm almost convinced that you know something, but I don't know what's stopping you, Uncle Martin, because you just don't say it. "     

"Because it's not time yet, only events will allow me to finally be able to express what I keep because more than anything I don't want to have to expose you to unnecessary evil. "  

Something strange was undoubtedly happening, something that to a large extent gave me a bad feeling, but, even if I wanted to find out something more about it, I knew that no matter how I insisted, not a single word more would come out of that man's mouth.     

For a good, while more we were both talking, remembering those old stories of the moments with which both he, Aunt Susan his wife, and grandparents filled the rest of my childhood, until, at the right moment, that reply.      

"Well, the last thing I have to say is that the job is yours. "     

"He means it. "      

"Of course you are, you are officially one more employee of the Great Atlantean. "    

With great emotion I stood up leaving that chair on the spot, while I was driven by the explosion of joy that took my being and guided by this same feeling, I did not hesitate either to approach that one after that desk with speed looking to get a new hug.   

"Man thank you a thousand, I needed it, I really will not disappoint you. "      

Such news was synonymous with excitement for me because, with all the commotion of my return, I was aware that there was little left of my savings since a good part of I had to invest in the plane ticket plus the transport that you have to take once you arrive in Venice to go to Belcier.  

And because this happens you will think, well simple, such a city is limited merely to a road that connects them because Belcier, unlike other localities, does not have any airport so it could be said that this seemed to have been paralyzed in time.  

Now, adding this to the advance payment that I had to provide Lina for my stay at the residence has made my economy fall significantly more than I came to think at some point, so receiving such approval provided me with a huge boost and caused an improvement in my evident and chaotic present.      

Thus, time passed and the right moment arrived in which finally both the uncle and I had to say goodbye after that, with the special emphasis I emphasize.      

"Tomorrow you must be here early preferably minutes before three o'clock is marked as a time when even the restaurant is not receiving diners so that they can give you your uniform and you will be informed of the tasks that you must perform, keep it well pending. "

"Perfect, I'll be here early. "      

Although full of acceptance his words were well directed towards me, I understood in the same way that they contained his touch of severity since I knew perfectly his character along with his hobbies, and knowing that what he tolerates the least is the impunctuality I understood perfectly that I had to comply with those indications for harmony to reign, above all.  

With a huge smile that almost completely occupied the corner of my lips after saying goodbye I left that office.   

It was about five-thirty in the afternoon and the night had already begun to fall little by little...  

Before admitting to anything I am very curious which almost always leads me to be involved in one problem or another therefore guided by such a feeling I decided that instead of taking a taxi to Vinchenzo I would walk quietly because I already knew the path I should take to return home.    

Lina sometime after one of our outings had been in charge of doing it with my full knowledge, which I thank her for, so, I started my journey that calculating the distance and estimated that it would take me no more than twenty minutes maximum, of course, taking the shortcut.      

So, I started walking taking in the first instance the main street that goes around the whole round to that city and I began to distinguish those details that make such a view unique in the world.      

His figure and form in detailing it could come to compare even with old Transylvania.  

As such Belcier lies surrounded by old castles created since God knows what century, huge mountains, thick forests, and houses of unusual appearances surrounded in their maximum expression by a dark and gloomy feeling where mysterious stories abound of disappearances of people carried out by beings the most similar to giant dogs.  

Although Belcier, unlike Transylvania, is a lot more colorful, and noisy, contrasts very opposite, of course without reducing the beauty nor one nor the other was thanks to this that led me to deduce in the middle of words, something that until now I had not thought about.     

"Well then, where are they? "     

That question resonated strongly in my head, it was the one that I had probably asked myself the most in my life, which for sure was repeated over and over again after realizing that during the days I had already been in such a city I had not felt the slightest animal presence.    

Come on, no wolf essence had been detected by me in the air, which was impossible because to be so huge, more than one of us must have already discovered it because we are like a plague inhabiting the world.     

Immersed in such a dilemma I walked, completely immersed in my ideas extremely concentrated to the point that even the time seemed to have passed quickly since without being aware of it I arrived just at the area to which I was heading.  

Excited knowing that I was probably about to reach my independence, I approached the shortcut area thinking that there was simply no danger, although I was aware that Lina had warned me that I should not cross that corridor alone between the buildings that make up the shortcut because the risk of colliding with something to be afraid of and what I could not defend myself was latent.    

"If I take a long way it will be very tedious and if I cross him in a little less than five minutes I will be in front of Vinchenzo. "    

I replied thinking hard, so I just questioned myself trying to make which decision, debating between one or the other option trying, in the same way, to convince myself that the truth was nothing would happen to me, being more than anything confident until finally inside my head I murmur.   

"Lina, I'm afraid that I will disobey you today. "     

The truth was not going to take too long for me to regret such a decision because life itself would later claim me for my recklessness.     

When I was already approaching the corridor, I accepted to a great extent with my little distrust that I would travel safely because according to me there was nothing to fear.      

Serenely making what subtle steps I was, when not very well reaching almost the middle of that corridor a feeling of tension, first of all, took over my being, for a moment I stopped in my tracks taken by fear and worry after observing to one side on one of the walls a name that shook me completely.     

The words Grohbiet manda in red ink were perfectly written on that white wall.   

More than words one represents a name and not just anyone, but the name of one of the bloodiest herds that live in the limits.  

That could not be and I refused to accept that I was contemplating it because, although for others who observed it could go unnoticed, it had a rather frightening meaning and value for me.    

"How the hell did this get here? "   

I questioned myself again and again while an uncomfortable feeling of fear ran through me because on more than one occasion I had made a journey through that place, but that had never been seen by my eyes.   

Such a feeling made me turn my head around desperate and above all distrustful because I was afraid that someone might have seen me and tried to hurt me, for the same reason I was afraid and even imagined that probably whoever it was would find themselves perhaps watching me with malice.  

But no, on top of the fact that I didn't get to feel or see anyone nearby or hidden in that alley, the justest thing that made me was to get out because I wasn't going to stay to wait for some event to come to life, so after mastering my impulses I started walking again and quickly got away from that place.      

"What the fuck have I gotten myself into? "  

I kept replying, in every possible way I was looking for some logical reason, but so far it was completely uncertain for me, and to which I did not see meaning since such a herd was usually in the most remote part of the forest, cities were never an option for them so I did not see the reason for such a name there.     

So it was that without having any other option I left, running in a hurry looking to get away from all that; so much was my discomfort that I even lost control before my exaltation.    

I ran as much as I could until I reached the bed where I hunched almost immediately after placing my hands at the level of my knees looking for a way to rest from such agony.  

So already relieved to finally find myself surrounded by people I took a deep breath while the eyes of those passersby were nailed making an obvious judgment against my person.     

The shock that this caused in me was enormous, so much so that it didn't even give me time to reason, at least to make sure before finally crossing that road and so before my recklessness I was almost about to be run over.