In the morning, her parents were already at the dining table having lunch when Aniya arrived, yawning. She sat at the table and mumbled ‘good morning‘ while grabbing a piece of toast.
Dan Rossi frowned and asked, “You didn’t sleep? You went to your room rather early.”
“Yeah, but I was thinking about what happened yesterday, about my friend that is in that group, about what I have to do today… Too many things to worry about.”
While the others were whispering among themselves, the same man answered, “He did, but he also said that he couldn’t explain how he got that list, and that is kind of suspicious.” Aniya shrugged, “Well, it was me that got that list, but it’s better if I explain some things before because if I tell you right now how I got my hands on such a secret, you will panic.” “I can’t speak for the others, but I don’t panic that easily.”
The man in a grey dark suit took one step forward, unable to stop staring at Lisa, and he asked, “Miss Aniya… I think that if the general public knows about Werewolves living among them, they will panic, but maybe if they are told that Werewolves are not mindless beasts and they can keep their reasoning, they will accept that scary fact…” Aniya rolled her eyes, visibly annoyed. “Yes, because we all know what happens when different people walk down the street! No one looks at them, no one badmouths them behind their back, no one marginalises them. For the time being, or at least until we have a larger group, it is best to keep everything you saw here hidden. I also found out rec
Aniya frowned when she saw her assistant poking the man’s face to check if he was out or not and asked, “Since when did you have a taser in your purse, Anna?” “I have had this for years, Miss Aniya, but today was the first time I used it.” Two men got up after glancing at each other, and they reached for the holsters of their guns that they were carrying at their waists. Aniya took one gun from her purse and pointed it at one man, while Lisa was pointing her gun at the other. They stopped with the
Aniya got up and approached the man. She bent a little to sniff his head, and wondered, “For a moment, your question sounded kind of suspicious, but you smell like a Werewolf. You can’t tell that all of us have a similar smell?” “Well, I know everyone has… How do I say this… like a familiar smell? But until today, I never knew there were more people like me! I thought I was the only one cursed with this! It helps a lot in my line of work because I am stronger than my colleagues, and I can smell people inside a burning building, but… My parents never knew about anyone in our family that was like me!”
While Aniya was in her company talking with the big group that Anna Kent had invited, Nick was walking along a path in the woods with Adrian Gordon and three of his friends. The journey from the apartments to get there took them almost an hour, and while Adrian was talking with his friends during the voyage, Nick remained most of the time looking at the scenery and talking as little as he could. Not enough to disclose more than he wanted, but not too little to make the others suspect his silence. When Adrian turned left from the main road to a side str
Aniya gasped and assessed the situation with her usual quick thinking. Now everything made sense. The Hunters gathered such a huge list of suspects because they had not only spies everywhere, but they could also rely on a Werewolf working for them, someone that could sniff other Werewolves and serve as proof. She made a forced grin and said, “Internal Affairs special agents. Need to know basis, and you don’t need to know. What you need to tell me is why the Hunters let you join the first assault team, considering they are so against women doing fieldwork.” “Let’s just say I know someone in the High Council that took pity on me when my older brother suddenly changed into a mindl
Nick reacted the moment he saw Aniya’s blue eyes. Three shots to the heads of the men seated at the table with him took them down. Violet kicked the porch’s floor hard to increase the speed of her movement and turned to point her gun at Aniya’s back, only to get her hand sliced by the elbow by Lisa’s light-speed reflexes. As the assault rifle fell to the floor with Violet’s hand still holding it, Lisa stuck her sword on the wooden porch, covered Violet’s mouth with her hand, and dragged her inside at the same time the Werewolves outside attacked, follo
Nick faced Aniya and made a low growl, and she answered with a big smile. “Thanks for the help. They were way more than we expected and really hard to kill. What about their leader, that big grey Werewolf?” Nick made a weird smile and made the movement of his hands squashing Adrian’s head. Aniya nodded and asked, “What do you want to do with them?” Aniya bit her lower lip when she saw Nick slowly shaking his head. She understood what he meant. Then, the noise of a gun being clutched made her look
Aniya Rossi – A twenty-two-year-old spoiled blond with light blue eyes who loves to shop and party, and is only focused on her own life and friends. The first Werewolf with a conscience, instead of a mindless beast like the others. Her mother was once the lover of a Werewolf without knowing it when her marriage had problems. Nick Kerrisk – An Irish man and a nightmare Werewolf. The first time that Aniya met him, he was wearing a simple white shirt with some kind of drawing on the front, ripped jeans, and sneakers. He had dark eyebrows that contrasted with his dark green eyes. A chiselled chin, a beard two days old, a short haircut with a few tuffs over the left side of his fore
Davis parked the limousine in front of the company’s building and opened the door for Aniya. A path was open for her, granted by her security men, who were making sure she could enter the building without being disturbed by the crowd of reporters that kept on asking questions about why she called for a press conference and why she hadn’t made a public statement regarding the death of her father, the attack on her mother, and the deaths of her friends. Aniya fixed the position of her sunglasses, checked her knee-length white dress for wrinkles, and walked straight to the entrance, not even bothering to answer. The reporters she wanted to talk to were already inside, according to the message that Anna Kent sent her, meaning that the ones outside were
Aniya shone because her anger made her lose control, but she forced herself to calm down and continued after her light disappeared. “An amazing evolutionary leap that granted Werewolves the ability to control their bodies after so many years. An evolution that makes them almost impossible to kill, and even in their Human form, they are stronger and faster than normal Humans. A Werewolf firefighter can smell people trapped inside a burning building and reach them with mere strength and will. A police officer who won’t die even after being shot at close range by a criminal with a machine gun. Humans who heal fast from the most unimaginable wounds, immune to poisons and diseases,
Aniya was standing in front of the Hunters’ building on the opposite sidewalk. Dressed in tight dark leggings, a white t-shirt and sneakers, she was frowning, lost in deep thoughts. The day arrived, and she was nervous. Next to her, Nick was dressed in a dark blue tracksuit and dark sneakers. He glanced at her and said, “It seems everyone is ready. What do you think?” Aniya took a hairband from her wrist and tied her hair in a high ponytail. She looked left and right and saw the street cut off by
In the morning, Aniya was at the Church with Nick. They had to enter from the back door to avoid the reporters at the main entrance who were waiting for her. A huge group of police officers that arrived early had placed a safety line made of metallic fences at waist height, and they were making sure no reporter or curious person entered the Church to harass the family and friends of the deceased young girl. Inside the Church and on Aniya’s left side were Davis, Lisa, and her parents, and on her right, Anna Kent, together with her boyfriend, Jack Holland. The Flesh-Eating Werewolf
Aniya answered with a serious face. “He is a Werewolf, mother. He was infiltrated in that group of Werewolves that father and I fought yesterday. He even changed into a Werewolf to go after those Werewolves’ leader, and he saved a bunch of Hunters. Those dumbasses tried to kill him in the end, just because he was a Werewolf. He is also the man I love. I am his Luna and he is my Alpha. We are the leaders of our pack of Werewolves, and our numbers are increasing. Very soon, there will be so many of us that the Hunters won’t have a chance. I was going to leave them alone as long as they didn’t go after a Werewolf, but after what happened to Violet, to my father and you? I won’t stand still. I will kill them all.” “ The Flesh-Eating Werewolf
When they reached the Hospital, Mr. Sellas opened the door for Aniya and said, “I am going to tell my daughter to come here. She can stay with your mother while you rest for a while. I am sure her new boyfriend will also come. He looks mean and tough, but when he is near her, he is more like a kitten. They make a delightful couple, like you and your boyfriend.” He winked and went to his seat, driving away while Aniya was looking at the taxi leaving, absolutely speechless. She faced Nick and made an awkward smile. “I guess we should get in, right?” The Flesh-Eating Werewolf
Because of the shock they got from Aniya’s words, Louise asked with a trembling voice while squeezing the arm of her pale husband. “What… happened yesterday?” “According to what Violet said to me before she died, someone very high in the Hunters ordered her to kill me. While we were distracted, a Werewolf attacked us and killed her before she could kill me. I can only think of three certain members of the High Council, specifically Mister Blake, who didn’t seem to like one bit in our last meeting that a woman would join a Hunter Squad on the field instead of being an administrative.” The Flesh-Eating Werewolf
After a quick dinner at the Hospital cafeteria, Aniya left her mother in the Hospital with Davis and called her favourite taxi driver. He opened the door for her and asked, with a worried face, “Is everything alright, Miss?” “No, but there is not much I can do right now. What I could, I already did. I need to go get my friend Lisa at her house. Do you remember the address?” “Of course, Miss. We will be there in no time.” Chapter 38.1 – Meeting the mother – part 2
Chapter 38 – Meeting the mother – part 1
Chapter 37.1 – Violet’s parents – part 2
Chapter 37 – Violet’s parents – part 1