Chapter 7

Lucy rubbed her eyes aggressively with the back of her hands and soon opened them wide. She pressed her gaze on Marie at first but soon took a few steps forward to get closer to her. 

Marie immediately backed away and stretched her hand at her so she would stop walking. 

"What was that," Marie questioned, her chest lingering. 

"I don't know… you could see that I was rubbing my eyes a few seconds ago," She said with a high-pitched sound, flipping her hands in the air. 

"How is it, is it gone?" She asked with curiosity. 

"Yeah, it's gone," She responded after replying with a grunt. 

Lucy bowed her head and fell to her knees. She raised her hands slowly and widened them both, directing them to her face. She started for a while and soon scratched her hair. 

"What's happening to me, I felt a surge of energy running through my veins a while ago," She whispered, her lips partly apart. 

"Lucy, don't tell me you've been hiding your wolf from everyone,"

Lucy unhurriedly lifted her head in response to Marie's statement. 

"Do you think I'll be here if I already have it… do you think I would be caught and brought back to the pack after I escaped if I had my wolf then?" She debated. 

"I have no idea, it's all gone, I don't feel anything anymore," She concluded and sighed. 

Marie shrugged and knelt so she and Lucy were in the same position right at her front. 

"Lucy, look at me… I'm sorry for what happened, I didn't know her intentions in the first place," She said softly

Lucy blinked her eyes and looked away. "We're no longer together, we can never be together." She shut her eyes firmly and opened them back up with a deep sigh. 

Silent filled the entire field for some moment as they both were short of words to say to each other. Lucy still had some anger kindled toward Marie but already forgave her but then again, whenever she thinks about what happened and how Marie had featured in everything that happened between her and Leo. 

"Your anger must have triggered your wolf," She suggested. 

"What does that even mean… I don't understand, I thought I was never going to have my wolf," She claimed. 

"You don't have it, yet… Your wolf happens to show all because of a trigger… That means it's locked away," She paused, bitted her lips softly, and continued. 

"Have seen something like this, a very long time ago… That was before I had my life wolf and got here," Marie nodded her head as she tried to think back to her past. 

It was at the time before she became a slave to the Arcade pack. She wasn't the daughter of a Royal nor was she the daughter of a slave or an omega. In her case, her parents were well-known as her pack was not that many of a kind. There were just a few of them who happened to join forces together and became one. 

Her Parents were the ones to raise such an idea. They were scattered all across the forest and away from other packs who were more civilized. Marie's parents knew somehow that the bigger packs will eventually come for them in search of slaves as they have always done. 

Anyone caught at the time of their rais will be incapacitated and stripped of their freedom. They will be taken back to the pack that captured them to become a slave. Marie's Father had to travel all across the land and talked other werewolves into joining forces with him. 

They had no choice but to be well aware of what might befall them if they didn't agree to his request. A few of them joined while most didn't but then, they set up a camp and trained themselves ahead of what was bound to happen. 

There was a man, in his thirties amongst them, he had not his wolf but yet was skilled enough to mow down others who already had their wolves. Everyone was well aware of his inability to use his wolf but was respected for his skills and strength. 

It got to a time during a training session, The sat on the dusty ground underneath a tree with the sound of birds tweeting above his head. Water dropped down from the leaves onto his head. His eyes were closed and his legs crossed like he was meditating. Marie at that time was close by as she also took part in the training, though was young but her Father wouldn't allow her to play around with other kids, knowing she was going to need it. 

Marie picked up a stick right in front of a tree and began to swing it in the air like she was fighting with the tree. She did it for a while but then the stick flew from her hands, she watched as if got flung into the air and fixed her eyes on it until it dropped on the man's head. 

The Man opened his in response to the hit and sighted Marie who was standing only a few strides away from him. Marie shivered, judging by the expression on his face, he was greatly vexed. He got up from where he was and rushed to grab Marie. He yelled and that was the time his eyes shifted color. He was out of control and was about to smash Marie on the ground but her Father came to her rescue and calmed the Man. 

The Man apologized for having lost control of himself. He made known to the pack that it wasn't the first time his eyes were going to shift their color whenever he was angered. 

"My Mother got my wolf locked away, ... I've always lost control and she thought that with my wolf, I would be dangerous… I guess I'm better off without it," He answered, after being questioned by Marie's Father. 

"If that's the case, who could have done this to me," Lucy questioned, breathing heavily. 

She rubbed her fingers against her hair and looked up to face Marie. 

"Marie, what do you think happens… I lost my Father and I don't know my Mother," She stammered. 

"I'm never going to have my wolf… Why," She screamed and sobbed. 

"Don't say that… You still have someone, Katherine," She suggested and placed her hand on her shoulder. 

"You could just ask her… She was close to your Father before you lost him, She might have some answers," 

Lucy nodded her head and sniffed. 

"I hope so," She coughed. 

They both hurried back and picked up their spade when they noticed the guard who was overseeing them coming their way. 

"You both can go, you're relieved," The guard ordered and hurried away. 

They both glanced at themselves and looked away. 

"I'm sorry… 

"Enough of the apology… It's gone, you don't have to do that anymore and besides, I'm more concerned with finding the answers to my questions," She nodded her head and grinned with a deep sigh. 

She turned to take her leave. 

"Okay, Thank you," Marie smiled and watched as Lucy strolled away. 

"That look, she was still angry… She might do something inappropriate… I must follow her," She concluded and took her leave.