I didn't know what had made my husband give in, but clearly I was happy to see that I didn't have to get on a device that was surely going to kill me and I felt calmer to be accompanied by the calmest version of my husband I have ever seen.We arrive at the yacht and when I am about to get on, one of his men extends his hand to me, to get on the yacht so I don't fall off by losing my balance. But. as I am about to take it, a grunt makes us both stop."I have not given you permission to touch my wife" says Helmut and the boy immediately, pushes his hand away in fear."I'm sorry, sir" says the boy, turning away from me."You were going to help me up.""Do you have a leg problem? Because you look pretty good to me, for you to have to get help getting on a simple yacht." Helmut says climbing up with his hands in his pockets and arrogance in his voice.I mentally wish that he would fall because he lost his balance, but that only remains wishes that unfortunately, are not going to come true
As if I were walking being dominated by someone else, I get off the yacht and get into one of the cars that is driven by a woman. Helmut's threats and what he has told me, reverberate in my mind with a warning signal, as the red flags wave violently.My mind short circuits as I process about dying accompanied and it is only when we reach my castle, that I react after seeing more than thirty women, standing facing each other, making a path for me."Welcome to the cold castle, Mrs. Baumann" they all greet in unison and the displeasure at hearing my last name being married to Helmut, is not long in coming."Call me Aitana, please" I plead, and they all look at each other uncomfortably.""Ma'am, we are forbidden to call you that. Mr. Baumann said we could only call you by your last name" says one of the girls who dares to speak up."My last name is not Baumann. My last name is...""She is now married to Mr. Baumann. His last name is Baumann, ma'am." Says another girl and I bite my bottom
I wanted to run, his murderous look was telling me to do it or I might die now, but, when I tried to take a step, my legs lost the battle and I fall to the ground in an ungraceful way.'Why must embarrassing things happen to me just when he's around?' I mentally ask myself."Get up, or do you just like being on the floor?" Helmut asks with annoyance, and I try to get up, but, my legs don't respond."Do you have anything else to say? Because if you're done, you can leave." I say coolly."You can't get up, can you?""I can get up.""Surely you haven't walked since you came in here and you were in the same sitting position the whole time. That and you not feeding well must have left you limp" Helmut says and I hate that I can't get up and laugh in his face telling him he is wrong."You go about your important business I'll take care of mine." I say finally. "I'm not leaving until I see you eating." "Why are you worrying about that?" he asks sneezing."Oh, that's another problem, how ca
Everyone is silent and he just moves a plate over to me. It was obvious what his request was, but I refuse to oblige and fold my arms. "Eat" Helmut orders coldly."I'm not hungry" I say, and he sighs deeply "It must be terrible to marry a girl, mustn't it?""If you think I'm going to feed you food in your mouth, begging you to eat, you're wrong." Helmut says coldly "Step forward, Cleotilde" Helmut orders and the girl who has accompanied me into the library, steps forward."Yes, sir." Cleo says "Tell your boss because I'm going to punish you" says Helmut transforming into a werewolf. "The boss is going to punish me because I didn't remind her to eat, I didn't convince her to go to sleep and now, she doesn't want breakfast" Cleo says in a whisper."Wait a minute. You can't punish her for something like that" I say immediately."That's a total of three mistakes, so, you'll get three scratches. If you lose your arm in the process, it's only the consequence of your incompetence" Helmut
Omnipresent narratorHelmut, who had entered Aitana's room having heard her vomiting, was shocked and worried when he saw her collapse. The last hope, for him to be a werewolf without a curse, was fading at the possibility of Aitana dying."Get a doctor now!" shouts Helmut, taking Aitana in his arms. The woman with a slender body frame, was lost in Helmut's tall, muscular body. Her body temperature, barely felt and being a werewolf woman, was worrisome to Helmut.'I have killed her. I have killed a girl for my curse' Helmut says mentally.One of the wolves runs and looks at Aitana, the first thing he does is confirm that she is alive and after that, he pulls her away from Helmut's arms, to treat her, while Helmut, is tormented by what has happened."She's not going to survive. She's not going to survive me" whispers Helmut bringing his hands to his head."Sir... What happened?" asks Dyder. "It's not her. She's not the woman who's going to free me from my curse. That's what's wrong"
Not knowing where she is, she gets up wishing that everything she had seen the last three days, was just a terrible nightmare from which she has barely woken up, but, as soon as she leaves the room, she confirms that it was not a nightmare and that, makes her sigh deeply."Ma'am, are you all right? You shouldn't be here alone" says one of the maids when she sees her."How is Cleo?" asks Aitana immediately and the girl lowers her gaze "Please tell me she's not dead" says Aitana pleadingly."No, she is alive. Only her arm won't be usable for a while, while she heals" informs the girl and Aitana sighs in relief."It's a good thing she didn't lose it." Aitana whispers and the girl nods.Immediately, anger with her husband appears and although she wants to go insult him and confront him for what he did, the threat he made to her if she misbehaves, makes her not even try to call him. She knew that might make everything worse.So, sighing deeply, she walked to her room, where she took a show
Three months laterAitana had spent a frustrating few month, not only had she had bodyguards even to go to the bathroom, but, at her husband's request, she had had to attend classes and take medical exams every two weeks.Although they did not show up in them, something strange, the fainting kept happening and that, worried Helmut, who, from a distance, did not know if the curse this time was playing with the sacrifice before taking him away or if Aitana was not dying yet because if it was the cure he was looking for."Keep looking for the cause. I need to know if it's just a coincidence or if it's the curse" says Helmut."Yes, sir" says the doctor before Helmut ends the call."Sir, there is nothing more to do here. We've wiped out all the thieves who were trying to take possession of this territory." Dyder reports."Let's look for something else, this country can't just be peace. There must be some country that requires my strength and bestiality to wipe out the rebels." Says Helmut
Aitana's heart was pounding. She wasn't used to male closeness and even if she wanted to deny it, Helmut was attractive enough to make her heartbeat fast without them being so close."W-what are you doing?" Aitana asks not knowing what to do."I want to know if you are able to ignore me, being this close" Helmut says staring into Aitana's eyes.The lust had completely disappeared from her gaze, to show the innocence that characterized her. So, Helmut pushed her away with annoyance. "Yes you are very bold. I am your husband and the alpha of the pack to which you now belong. I don't understand how you can be so brave and foolish to hang up on me" Helmut says coldly."I'm sorry. I got scared and reacted the wrong way" says Aitana nervously.Although she wanted to appear strong, she couldn't look at him and not remember what he had done to Cleo. So, although she wanted to confront him and call him rude for overhearing a conversation he wasn't invited to, she just apologized."I don't thi
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