"I'll take the flowers." Without waiting for me to say a word, Aiden snatched the bouquet from my hands and took a sniff at them. "They were real." "Of course they were real." Penelope and I said in unison which even made it more obvious for both of us. Aiden even dragged his gaze at us, one by one, with long curve lines written on his forehead. "They were cast from magic spells, Aiden. Magic can make everything real." I explained. "Perhaps I can even make impossible things possible with magic but I just don't know how." Penelope and Aiden nodded in agreement. When we arrived at the venue, we could immediately see that Penelope had not been exaggerating. The place was decked out in beautiful decorations, with flowers filling every corner of the room. A live band was playing old music, and waiters were walking around with trays of hors d'oeuvres. Aiden and I looked at each other in amazement. We had never seen anything like this before. We walked around the ro
I immediately reached for my walkie-talkie and announced to everyone to close all the gates and ordered all the students to shut their doors. At the same time, I called Ezekiel and reported the incident I found in the parking lot. My werewolf instinct was pretty convinced that this was no longer a regular incident and that something evil had taken place. On top of that, my instincts were telling me that this was the work of a monster, and we must act fast if we wanted to protect the others. And for the monster not to be able to escape this time. So I chased the scent of the monster, following it as it led me down dark corridors and deserted classrooms. My heart was pounding in my chest as my eyes swept the surroundings, searching for any sign of the creature. Suddenly, I saw a movement in the corner of my eye, and I immediately turned in that direction. There, standing in front of me, was the monster- a ferocious-looking creature with sharp teeth and piercing red
Five hours later, Aiden and I went back to my dorm without anything new from the maintenance staff apart from two food packs we bought from the school canteen and freezing cans of beer. Despite our efforts combined, we did not get the chance to see the maintenance staff. Not even in their office. The rest of the staff don't have any idea about his whereabouts. Also, my wolf has been pretty swamped recently to the point that I even forgot to treat myself. Truth be told, it was Aiden's idea to buy cans of beer. He said that he wants to talk to me - just the two of us. And in order for that heart-to-heart talk to happen, he needs something to muster his courage. So I proposed beer and food snacks for both of us. Aiden was already of legal age right now. Denying or taking out that kind of privilege was not on my bucket list. I know Aiden and his friends have been drinking alcohol these days and as the big brother, though I hated the idea, we need this opportunity to ta
Mark and the Wendigo monster were both surprised about what just happened. And it worried me to the point that I can even have eye-to-eye contact with any of them. I mean, who could not be? My mouth casts continuous magic spells in front of Mark. There was no way he did not hear anything about it. He is a werewolf after all. Any werewolf abilities I have, Mark also had. "You're a-" Before the old man could say what was currently running through his mind, I cut him in by pinning him to the ground. My wolf already knew what he was about to say. So, before he could make things clear, I pinned him to the ground by force and covered his hands where I knotted him with chains made by magic. And I am now in the middle of deciding whether to kill him or not. My wolf cannot afford someone will unfold my secret. Not now. I know Mark better than anyone. He will do everything to drag me down. "Better shut your mouth if you don't want me to kill you." I closely whispered to
"What are you doing here? And how did you know where I live?" asks the old man, his voice sounding worried, especially when he was holding the kid's arms. Similar to me, the old man made a quick scan all over the place. And I can read what was running in his mind at the moment - to escape. My werewolf instinct kicked in and believed that escaping again was the only solution that comes to the old man's mind instead of daring to fight with us. "Don't worry, we are not here to hurt you, Mr. Cruz," Aiden said. "We know everything you did to those people. And we know that it was beyond normal." Aiden and Conrad were about to slide to Mr. Cruz and the kid but I stopped them before they could step forward. "Don't," I whispered. "We can't afford it if he shifts in front of the kid." "But what are we supposed to do?" Aiden whispered back. "There's no way this man would agree to our terms." "Let me talk to him first, okay?" Then I slide two more steps forward with a
"There's nothing we can do about it apart from running away." I highly suggested and lead the way, ignoring the fact that a monster was still lying on the ground. "What?" Aiden blurted but he followed me. "What about the monster? He's still alive!" Conrad exclaimed, he also followed behind us. "Shouldn't we bring him with us?" "There's no time," I said. "We cannot risk being captured by the cops. Not in our werewolf forms." The day air was thick with the smell of smoke and the sound of sirens blaring in the distance. All of us ran as fast as we could through the park, our werewolf forms allowing us to cover the ground at lightning speed. We had just defeated the Leviathan monster and now we were on the run from the cops. I knew that we could not risk being caught in our werewolf forms, so we headed deep into the woods where we could shift back into our human forms without being seen. Our hearts were pounding as we ran, adrenaline coursing through our vein
"My main goal in gathering these monsters is to make sure that the students are safe, Ethan. And you already know that." Ezekiel insisted. "We have students who come from different packs and as the head of this institution, I must protect my people. So, none of you like the idea, better stay out of my way." "But they were also your students, Ezekiel, have you forgotten that already?" Penelope mustered her courage this time. "Is that how you are supposed to uphold your vision to this school? Because if it does, I'm quitting." "What?" Ezekiel blurted, then he burst out laughing. "Are you kidding me right now, huh? Do you think Mr. and Mrs. Garcia would agree to that? Get out of this place, the three of you before I will change my mind!" The last thing I want to happen is to make things work, so I convinced Penelope and Aiden to step out of the laboratory and get some fresh air, feel the warmth of the morning sun on our faces. "I can't believe that old man could do it to us," I said,
"That was pretty close. I guess we almost got struck by a bolt of lightning." Aiden glanced at the corner of the road that was burning, shoved, and made a huge hole. If that lightning hits us, probably we could have been ashes by now. "Are you all right?" I asked Aiden when I could see blood coming out of his forehead. "You're bleeding." Aiden reached out to his forehead and wiped the blood on his forehead before he replied. "I'm a bit dizzy but I'd be fine. What about you? You're bleeding too." Both of us are fine apart from the car that got wrecked after getting bumped onto the trunk of the huge tree. Getting struck by a single bolt of lightning was one in a trillion phenomenon. And my werewolf instinct was telling me that a bit of bad luck has just befallen us. For that same reason, I started to wonder if getting us a new place to live under one roof was a bad idea. Then Aiden slid to the hole and took a glimpse. "What are we going to do now?" Aiden asked.