"You can emerge, Melnyk, it is safe now, my dear son," his father called out. With the environment calm, Melnyk jumped out from his hiding spot in the barn behind the horses. Seeing the coast was clear, he ran toward his beloved parents. Melnyk could still see the humans riding away from his village. He turned and hurried to his mother and father. Melnyk's mother embraced him and lifted him up. "You know you are always safe when we are around, so do not worry, young one," she reassured Melnyk. He could see the agony written across her beautiful face. Her slender frame caused her to drop Melnyk as he was growing rapidly. "Phew, you are heavy, Melnyk," she sighed. The inquisitive Melnyk had many questions weighing on his mind, frustrated as to why he always had to hide whenever the humans visited. "Why must I run every time the humans come? Why are we afraid of them?" he mustered the courage to ask his father. His average-looking werewolf father's gaze was fixed on his food, his fa
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