Chapter 3: Searching for her

Omnipresent narrator

Helmut smiles as he watches the she-wolf leave for the forest and it is at that moment that he pushes the women away and orders the music turned up louder, so that Aitana can hear them celebrate having humiliated her, though she really resents the loud music.

"Sir, I already delivered the message." Wolf informs his boss, when he first arrives.

"Good thing, because I was worried there was another crazy woman dressed as a bride in that castle." Helmut says in a mocking tone, as he grabs a bottle of wine.

"Have you seen her?" asks the wolf with obvious concern and that's when Helmut turns off the music, as he watches the women he has kissed, begin to pale.

"She ran off into the woods" replies Helmut downplaying something that would make any husband angry.

"And he let her go?" asks the beta wolf clearly concerned and surprised to see how it had all ended.

"She's a beta, she should know how to defend herself. Oh, right, she was raised to be an ornament of a wife." Helmut says in a mocking tone and his subordinate doesn't know what to do at his arrogant attitude.

"But, sir, she is your wife. You must protect her, if she doesn't know how to defend herself on her own."

"That's her problem. If she lets a bear kill her, it's not my fault. She's not a baby. Moreover, it saves me from killing her with my own hands" says Helmut smiling mischievously, while his battle buddies, deny sadly to see his attitude.

"Can I go get her?" Asks the boy worried about the end of the last wife of his boss.

"No, no one can do it. Let it be understood as I can. Dying in the forest is better than dying because of my curse" Helmut says seriously and his companions look at each other, worried.

No one dares to speak up to convince him. Because he knew what his boss and the moon was like tonight. Although they did not think it right that he did not go to look for his wife. No one dared for fear of being cruelly killed after being transformed into the uncontrollable beast that only knows how to kill.

On the other hand, Aitana ran with all her might, while thinking of all the stories that now seemed too unbelievable to be true. Her heart ached with strength and her accumulated tears prevented her from looking where she was going, so when she tried to close her eyes for a brief second, she collided with a rather hard and hairy body.

The two of them fell several meters away, spinning on the ground in such a way that they both became human as they felt how they had been hit hard by the fall. Groans were not long in coming, as Aitana picked herself up off the ground.

"God, what was that?" says Aitana touching her head as she hit her head hard.

"Find him and don't let him survive!" says one of the wolves mentally, alerting Eugene.

"Damn." says the boy trying to get up, but, Aitana moves quickly and stands on top of the boy, placing her hand on the chest of the man who looks at her confused.

"Why did you come, did my now husband's beast send you to kill me?" she asks annoyed and alert for any attack from Helmut.

"What? What are you talking about, you crazy woman?" says Eugene confused, while trying to get away from Aitana.

"I'm not going to let them hurt me. I'm not going to get trampled while it causes him satisfaction. So, if you come to kill me, I'll do it first, you bastard. I'm not going to let him have it easy" assures Aitana hitting hard the man's chest.

Eugene, worried about being caught when he heard the footsteps nearby, took a desperate measure and so, he grabbed her by the neck and placing two of his fingers in her mouth, pretended to kiss her, while she continued hitting him in the chest.

The wolves chasing Eugene, ran towards the woman being hugged by her partner, who, from his place, looked like he was actually kissing her. So, embarrassed, they ran trying to get Eugene's trail.

The wolves leave and Eugene's bracelet, thickens as does the magnetic field that prevents his scent or his appearance, from being seen as it normally is. When they leave, Eugene stops pretending to kiss Aitana who watches the man dumbfounded.

The smeared makeup, the dirty, wedding dress, told Eugene what had happened, so, he sighed deeply, knowing he had complicated Aitana's already complicated evening

"What did you just do to me, pervert?" asks Aitana annoyed.

"It's called kissing and from what I saw, you're not an expert with it, maybe that's why, your husband left you as soon as they got married" says Eugene getting up from the floor, at the exact moment that Aitana starts crying.

"You are a wretch. Men are miserable and I have the bad luck to meet the most miserable of all" says Aitana crying disconsolately.

"I'm sorry, it was a joke a bad joke that evidently, you didn't understand. But, don't worry, I put my fingers in between our lips, so, they didn't touch directly. We didn't kiss. If you haven't kissed someone, you still have your first kiss intact." Eugene says wishing she wouldn't make a drama out of what happened.

"Get away from me, you bully." Says Aitana terrified.

"Hey, I didn't kiss you, I just pretended to. Don't be sensitive like that." Eugene says trying to get closer to her, but, immediately, Aitana backs away.

"That's abuse if I didn't give you my permission, even if it was just pretend." says Aitana crying.

"Okay, you're right about that. I'm sorry. But please calm down. I don't want those bad people to come back and hurt us" says Eugene. 

"Don't tell me things you don't mean. I'm tired of being cheated on. Besides, there are no bad men around. So, stop lying so blatantly." 

"Girl, I have an important matter now, so, I can't show my apology formally, but, I promise to come back to see you to show you that I am ashamed, just, don't tell anyone that you saw me, okay?" asks Eugene and as he is about to approach her, he hears someone approaching at high speed.

"You..."

"See you later" says Eugene running away from the place, before Aitana says anything.

At that moment, Helmut appears showing a completely black fur and red eyes. Seeing the woman dressed as a bride, he snorts in annoyance and transforms into a human. Showing that he has not come because he wished to.

"I told you you shouldn't leave your castle" Helmut says looking angrily at the woman with wet cheeks.

Aitana looks at the man she had fallen in love with through pictures and with whom she had dreamed of a perfect world by his side. The threatening tone, makes her smile devoid of grace as her now husband, glares hatefully at the woman in front of him.

"Why did you come for me? From what I saw, you don't care what I feel or what happens to me" Aitana says coldly.

"Clearly I don't care, but, I made a promise to my father that I would give you the security that you yourself cannot provide." Helmut says emphasizing that he does not do so because he cares about his wife's fate.

"Uncle is dead and with him, all the promises you might have had with him" says Aitana getting up from the mud." So, don't bother doing unnecessary things like this. 

At that moment, the rain that had barely stopped in the morning, begins to fall with more force, while Aitana smiles bitterly. 

"This day couldn't get any worse" whispers Aitana and at that moment, Helmut moves fast as he catches a faint scent of a man. So, he grabs her arm, looking at her with his eyes injected with anger.

"Who were you with?" asks Helmut annoyed.