The Werewolf

Chapter 5: The Werewolf

"I was out for some air, what are you doing up there, get down." He was not young enough for tree climbing, if he'd ever fall he'd break all his bones.

"I am not weak as you think," he murmured but I could see his hands shaking while climbing down the tree. "To the north, I saw one heading north." He whispered and I nodded, He'd been suspecting that there were residing there, we've been trying to find it over years. I was walking fast when he suddenly stopped, the turned to me and his eyes went to my hands. His eyes were on my gloves, I restrained myself not to shake or move and act as if, I was confused and innocent.

"You wear gloves," he concluded. His suspicious look burned my neck.

"I thought it was cool," what a lame excuse. When did I start losing my common sense? "Let's go, we're wasting time," I said in an attempt of saving mess. He did head-on and led the way. I was only following his step. Then we got into someplace, it was way darker than normal forest dark at night.

"Had we gone over that mountain?" He asked me, it was he who told me that beyond the wire was privately owned by a businessman.

"I don't know," I answered. And he tilted his head towards it. He covered his face so I did too. I followed him easily jump over the wire, his bones were quite well today. He was walking like a cat and I couldn't almost hear his steps. Until we hear some howling, after a few walks from the wire we already got some trace of the residing track. He eagerly headed toward the direction where we heard it.

Should I do this? If we'd ever see werewolves here, should I kill them? I am one of them, but Tasio would get disappointed with me, I knew no one of these werewolves and Tasio here was my family. I would not bring him down.

Until we saw it, there were numbers of wolves gathering around a platform, where two wolves were standing. It was him, my Mate, standing on the platform with another wolf. It took me a few minutes to realize what was going on.

It was too late for me to stop him cause I heard a harsh slit of the air and saw the arrow aiming at Dion. No.

I felt like a bucket of ice splashed on my spine looking at the arrow with wide eyes, while my chest tighten making me hard to breathe. But the other wolf jumps to catch the arrow. Everything went so fast after that, I only found myself running while a loud and angry howl filled my ears which reached my heart sending fright to every nerve of my body.

I glanced behind and saw several wolves angrily running after us. I could run faster but Tasio couldn't.

"Faster!" I yell but I knew he was running out of breath. 'What should I do?'

I came back to him so I could pull him to run faster but he stopped and positioned his bow. "I am old anyway, this is what I have been waiting for." He started shooting them down while his lips were stretched into an evil smile. His eyesight was still sharp, every release was head shoot.

I left with no choice but to start shooting too. I felt like was stabbed too while seeing them hit by my arrow, I have to protect myself. Every arrow someone would drop dead, my sight had gone better. My hunter reflexes were not letting me down. From my side vision, I could see him smashing a werewolf using his cane. He's a wise man indeed it was laced with silver too.

I got my knife and slit every neck of the wolves that attempted to bite my face. While the old man from my side has his hunter reflexes still. But we're running of arrows.

"You're doing great but you better run now." He whispered once we stood back to back. I pulled my last arrow, Tasio got one last too. Everyone stopped when we all heard a loud growl. That familiar growl, I knew it was him. They turned to where it was but I couldn't bring myself of turning my head to him. My mate.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I found you, Eric, how's my wife?" I turned to Tasio, he was eyeing the wolf next to him. He was snarling furiously while Tasio's arrow was aiming at him. He seemed to forget that we were in the middle of a pack of werewolves.

I turned to him, he was watching me. I saw him smell the air and I knew he could smell me.

We should submit but Tasio shoots the werewolf named Eric and everyone came to attack him. My instinct told me to growl loud and my hand fell to the ground when I saw blood coming from Tasio's knee. I bit the one who attacked him and scratched them. I tasted the metallic liquid in my mouth and I kept attacking everyone.

He was already lying on the ground and I bit his shirt and ran fast as I could. The image of the tree was blurry as I passed them, I couldn't even estimate my speed, all I know was that I need to escape. Until I heard nothing and I put him down.

After dropping him, he immediately crawled away from me, his wide eyes reflected how surprised he was. I transformed back into my human form and he looked up to me.

"Olive," he unbelievably whispered. His blood was continuously bleeding. I came to near but he crawled away from me. His face turned into anger which made me heartbroken.

"I don't know too," but he was eyeing me like I am not the Olive he raised. "Believe me, I just found out too. Yesterday, I was feeling tired but when the moon was out, I gained my strength back. I was planning to tell you." He held his bow and cane with his tightest grip. He seemed like didn't recognize me anymore, he saw me as a werewolf which was his enemy. That look in his eyes crashed me, my only family hated me already. I wished to hold his hands and beg but he was more furious now.

"I was living with a snake all along. Oh! my bad, a WEREWOLF."