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Loud gasps followed, the buzzing murmur of whispers quickly filling the very tensed air, harshly silenced just as quick as they started by that same thundering, unmistakable voice,

“Silence!”

“Selene, what is the meaning of this?” Zeus then asked, my gaze though remaining trained on the abnormally large wolf-like creature still standing right in front of me, everything else seemingly forgotten as I simply stood there, watching how it kept menacingly snarling at the god of Underworld, fully intent on protecting me from anything and anyone.

“Rem...” I shakily whispered, taking a step closer, small tears prickling at the corners of my eyes as even though I still couldn’t understand exactly what happened and why did he turn into this beautiful creature, his actions touched me so deeply.

“My son, please...stop this,” Our mother’s gentle, pleading tone reached my ears, watching how the large wolf simply ignored her, its attention solely focused on the obvious threat.

“Yes, mutt, how about y