Hours later
Cleotilde had to leave with her son, because the results of Ariana's tests were not back yet, but they had talked about admitting the child soon for the transplant, since, if there was a chance to perform the surgery soon, they would do it.On the other hand, Helmut walked from one side to the other ordering several betas to take care of this place and, as a possessive libo, he demanded that, under no circumstances, they should allow Joel to enter. Something that made Aitana, who was sleeping her daughter in her arms, refuse.Just when she tried to get up, Helmut came in and immediately took the girl from her arms and then laid her down on the bed."Don't you think you're overreacting?" asks Aitana and Helmut denies."Of course not. It's not normal as a child to think about such things. So, logically he's not a trustworthy guy" says Helmut covering his little daughter who transforms into a wolf, wagging her tail."But, look how happy ArianaThe hours passed and Helmut did not return. He had gone out to entertain his mind preparing everything for the move and had even gone to confront an old enemy who had only said a few bad remarks lately. But, it was reason enough to vent his anger.With violence, he opened the door of his old enemy's office and with a murderous look, he spotted him at his desk. Blas, a minister of the country, watched in astonishment at the man who with a few steps came so close to him that he had him by the throat."What have you been saying about me?" asks Helmut in a cold voice.Aitana's situation, would unsettle him. She had placed him between a sharp sword loaded with poison and a wall with rusty nails. It was like no matter what he did, he would get cruelly hurt."Helmut, I think you should calm down. I have people here who could take you down without much trouble and I doubt you want to leave your family orphaned" says Blas.Leave his family orphaned. A phrase that was disturbin
Fear invaded Helmut when he heard the howls that were muffled by the sound of the rain. He knew whose it was, he had heard Aitana howl very few times and because of that, he understood that something bad had happened.Without thinking about it just a little more, he began to run aimlessly, wishing to find Aitana. The anger he felt for what she had asked him to accept, now, he only cared about finding her and so, the team that had made a protective circle with their bodies, sighed in relief as they saw the murderous look of their boss, dissipate."Look for my wife quickly" says Helmut in his werewolf language and all his men separate worried, for what might happen.Helmut runs without stopping, while Aitana whimpers not knowing which way to walk. She didn't know what was going on, let alone, where there was at least a little light. For, the rain was so heavy that it was not possible to see anything more than a meter away.'I can't do anything else, the best
The night came to an end and the man paced back and forth while Aitana was being checked at the town hospital. He was worried, because he didn't know if it was a good idea to send her to one of the big hospitals in the nearest town or to leave her there.The rain had destroyed any method of telephone communication, so calling for an ambulance was impossible. So, if they were going to move her, it would have to be by air. Since the streets were a mess to be able to mobilize."What do you suggest we do, sir?" asks one of his men."Have you been able to find him? I need her family to be the ones to choose what is going to happen to her." Says the man and his subordinate denies"We haven't been able to find him yet, sir. The forest is big and although there are many werewolf tracks, they go in so many directions that we don't know which one is the real one.>> Especially since we only found parts of the tracks that were deformed by the rain. Which prevents
Aitana, wanting to know more about Helmut's case, listens to her psychologist while Helmut showers. There, he listens to all the relevant things he had discovered about Helmut, allowing Aitana to understand a little more about Helmut's complex mind.When they meet again, it is he who tells her about the things that the psychologist, for the patient's privacy, did not say. So, during the long and complex journey, Helmut talked to her about what he had experienced when he had not seen her all those years."I was an idiot. One who only knew how to hurt you, because I only knew how to hurt others and kill them. I felt that, if I didn't give up on you, you would die and so, I gave up living happily so that you would be happy. But, now I want to be ambitious.>> Now that there is no curse that can kill you, I am ready to give everything for our children and for us. So, I will stay by your side at all times and not even the tumor you have, is going to stop me from walk
The atmosphere cooled with Joel's words and so, when he left, the three of them stared at each other. They knew they had to clear things up with the little boy who had misunderstood their situation."I must talk to him, so that he doesn't say things that are not" says Aitana."But, first tell me if you have reconciled with Mr. Baumann" says Albert crossing his arms, while remembering that it is not only his sister's love life he has to worry about."We're not doing what you think, you dark-minded child" says Aitana."Thinking my parents are having sex, that's not dark-minded. I just figure they've connected enough to get to that intimate point. Now, if they haven't reconciled, why do they come holding hands?" asks Albert and immediately, Aitana releases the grip she had forgotten to separate.Embarrassed, she pretends to look everywhere, except at her too observant son, who folds his arms and looks towards the couple who are unable to say anything.
The next day The businessmen, Helmut and Albert, paced back and forth, worried that the time for surgery was getting closer and closer. Aitana had slept perfectly that night, because she didn't really know who she was. But, when she woke up, she knew who she was and because of that, anguish invaded her. The same anguish that had made her lose her memory twice and suffer from dizziness and headache all morning. "You look weird, mother," Ariana says as she sees her pale mother. "I'm just excited because my princess is going to stop being in pain" says Aitana trying hard not to show pain in front of her daughter. Her head hurt and she wanted to throw up, but, she struggled to stand to see her daughter, while begging not to lose her memory now that she wants to portray every tiny detail of her daughter. "Yes, that makes me very happy. I will finally be playing with my dolls without getting tired and I will be in school learning many things. Without a doubt, my brother is now smarter
The situation did not look good for Aitana. The doctors had to rush her for in-depth studies, which made them talk for long hours about what to do. In addition, there was Ariana's surgery, one they had not yet reported on.But, there were only several nurses running from one side to the other for blood and several other things that only meant one thing; things are not good in there. The two alphas, paced back and forth in the OR waiting room, worried about the two women in their family."Are you sure my mother and sister are being treated by a good doctor?" asks Albert with obvious concern."Yes, I'm sure. Eugene was also looking for the best surgeon. If we have taken so long it is because we wanted to confirm that everything was okay with the person we chose for this" says Helmut."It's true, if it's taking so long looking for this person, it's because he's someone very busy with so many patients who live all over the world and they just go looking for him, beca
Albert looked at the two men who were watching him anxiously. They were desperate, that was the definition of them if they were waiting for a coin to tell them what to do. So, he took a deep breath and in one swift movement, which no one noticed, he changed the result on the coin to show it to the two men in front of him."She must be operated on" Albert murmurs and they both sigh with a nod."Operate on her, doctor. But please do whatever it takes to keep her in the five percent of cases that survive this surgery." Helmut asks, and Eugene nods."I will prepare right now for the surgery, but, I don't have my equipment here. I thought about bringing it later because the surgery would not be performed for now, but, things have gotten complicated and I don't know if I can work with the same agility, not knowing the equipment." Says the doctor and the two physically similar men, look at Eugene."Give me the names and where to find them, I assure you, you will have th
Fifteen years laterThe world continued its course, my pack had been consolidated thanks to Ariana's contributions. Albert, today he was returning home after fourteen years studying at the academy. Although he always saw for special dates or the anniversary of his mother's death, this time his return was different, because he saw to stay.Ariana gave orders to her people, while I had become a gardener who kept the garden where Aitana rests beautiful. Although to be honest there is little I have to do, because the islanders take turns every few hours to take care of the flowers and bring new ones in honor of the woman who fought to the end.So, I am almost all the time exercising, answering Ariana's tough questions so my brain doesn't rust and going to medical checkups at the insistence of my children.But, today, I would not be the boring man in his monotonous routine, today I would see my son. That one who had succeeded in that academy that now had t
Everyone on the island begins to show their respect for Aitana, while I watch as everything we experience here passes like a few seconds in a trailer. Remembering how I despised her and she wanted to leave here, throwing herself out of a window, makes me realize how much we have changed.Because it is in this place where she wanted to escape from, where she now wants to be forever. One by one they leave, leaving only Cleotilde's family and my closest men, those who knew our story.The night arrives and the castles are illuminated, at Aitana's request, we enter the one that was my castle, where the memories of my mistakes slap me so hard that I find it complicated to continue, however, a warm hand is placed on my hand and invites me to continue."Collect all the pain in here, I want to take it with me." Aitana says and I swallow hard."Aitana...""I am an expert in bearing pain, let me pick up all that pain clinging to those memories, I will take them with me
Six months laterWe had spent the time the doctors had given Aitana and although I wish that was the sign that they had made a mistake with the diagnosis, that was not the case. She had gotten much worse. So much that it hurt.There were times when she didn't remember who she was, others, where she didn't know how to move and at some, she would become so violent as she screamed for them to end her life. She would vomit, many times she would soil herself because she couldn't even warn them.Other times, she would wake up not knowing how to talk and with each step, her brain cancer would take over so much that we had to put the videos and photos we had taken on each walk, because many times she was suspicious even of the children.Today, for example, she did not speak, she did not move, it seemed that she was in a vegetable state, but, it was because her brain was barely functioning, being invaded by a tumor that looked like something full of spikes that were even
We had to let go and I was glad that even remembering all that we had lived and not remembering how well we had spent these months traveling, she decided to move forward. I couldn't say that I decided without knowing what I was doing, because Aitana knew it and I was glad she didn't hold a grudge."I want to leave here. I want us to resume our family trip today" Aitana says and I try to process what's going on."I understand, we will be leaving today" I say trying to get up."Although I don't remember what happened these past few months, there are pictures that give me an idea of it. Also, a few days ago, I had started to write down my thoughts of what I had experienced and although I left a general idea of what I had experienced, I know that I have enjoyed it. That we have been happy" says Aitana and I nod."We really have been. Even though we have measured time, we've spent time being happy the four of us." I murmur and she holds out her hand, which I take.
I could not understand what was going on. The woman who had been hostile when I asked her to come back, was now kissing me. I didn't understand what was going on and although I wanted to kiss her, I pulled away feeling that I was taking advantage of her confusion."Is something wrong?" asks Aitana and I stick closer to the back of my seat, to be away from her."I don't want you because of your mental confusion to feel like I'm taking advantage of you by kissing you" I say and she smiles."I'm the one who started the kiss.""But, I have my memories and I know you didn't agree to come back with me before the surgery or after you didn't have all your memories of the past like you do now." I murmur and she smiles."You are so cautious now. You don't look like the man who kissed me on our wedding day, just because I had another man's scent near me" she murmurs.I immediately, blush for having been so bold knowing I had a curse that could have killed he
The following dayWe had not been able to leave Amsterdam as we had planned, because Aitana was still not awake. Fortunately, the doctors said it was exhaustion that had her sleeping and not something serious.Exhausted from almost no sleep, thinking that she would wake up, I go out to have some coffee and with the computer working on the door of her room, I wait for the hours to pass. However, I have barely managed to sit up in the chair, when I hear a groan.Fearing that something bad has happened in my absence, I open the door to the room, which makes my legs weaken. The woman, who had not woken up, moans slightly as she tries to get up."I'll help you" I say running to her.Gingerly, I help her to sit up and I stand watching her, waiting for a scolding for allowing her to fall, an apology for scaring us or anything. I don't care if it's an insult, what matters to me, is that she speaks.That she tells my mind that she's alive. Because just seeing he
After the words he had said, the boys tried to be strong, but, again they walked away and in front of the pulpit they cried begging for strength to face this, I felt the same way.In silence I cried and when we ran out of energy, we looked at each other and I felt it, the connection of father and sons had been formed, there was no way for anyone in the world to deny or doubt that they were my sons, because this calamity, had consolidated the attempts of connection that in the past had been tried to be made.Something good had happened among so much suffering, but, I did not like the way it had happened. It was painful, we were united, but, it was painful to see my children suffer and me not being able to do something to be able to alleviate their pain."What should we do now?" asks Albert"Show strength to their mother. She suffers a lot, but, she keeps it quiet because she doesn't want you to realize what is happening. But, she didn't want to do that
The hours pass and we are finally allowed to see Aitana after several tests were done and confirmed that she was out of danger. Relief overcomes us and the boys thank God audibly as they wait to see their mother.Happy that my children are not violent like me, we advance to the room where the woman is still not awake. The doctor watches me and I understand that the time to know everything is now.So, I nod for the doctor to come to us and help me to tell what is happening with Aitana. Because I know that alone I can't and I can't disturb more Aitana who tries to look strong, although she suffers a lot."Guys..." I say calling their attention, after they both take their mother's hand, to then kiss this or her forehead."Is something wrong?" asks Albert when he sees that the doctor doesn't leave."I want you to hear your mother's health report. But, before that, I want you to tell me something, are you guys tough guys?" I ask and they look at each other"
I felt that the hourglass that showed me that I had little time left with Aitana, had run out of time from one moment to the next and it was all someone's fault. So, I run towards the people trying to run away from me.Seeing how they run, the desire to hunt takes over me and I run transforming myself into the wolf that never loses a prey. The beast that appeared when the curse caused me to only see my prey to kill it.I run after my prey and many people present scream when they see me turn into an animal, but, I don't care about that. My wife had been hurt and they had to pay for it. Without any fear that the man would die on the spot. I throw myself at him and he falls down with his face looking up at me."S-sir, please. Don't hurt me" the man says in a whisper, while in his gaze there is a fear I can't describe, the only thing that surprises me is that he didn't wet his pants because of the fear he feels.He knew how to do it. Just one bite, one scratch and hi