M

made a big breakfast befo

d my eyes to accommodate the blindi

Emma?" my dad asked smiling. "C

that I didn't ever want to celebrate my birthday or ever talk about it. It only b

e bothered,' to him with a beam on my face,

ouse was a little, built with woods and looked like it came out from the house drawings I made with colored p

in our home with my mum. He always left home in the morning and returned by e

delicious looking meals he had to wake up early

ay is a special day for you, Emma."

from my other birthdays?"

day is not like others because you get to meet your wolf, even shapeshift if

t to meet what?" I signed with impatience, knowing it wa

ating too long on his plate and evading my eyes. I

of his idea of k

ing in space between us. I needed to clear the air

is attention. "Dad, you have a wolf ri

could sense the relief i

s his

id, chewing h

l?" I asked with

E-E-L" he mouthed,

e ranks, how true is that?" I probed, trying not to let the hei

m a Beta wolf, my father was, his father was as

shed his hurriedly, took his plates to the sink, put on his win

I can't, I'm so sorry sweetheart, I have to work for us to be comfortable, you und

Now come close the door" he finished and walked to the door with me behind him to lock the do

owed me to lock myself in after repeating three or more times that I

oor and before he went

gned with a frustrated sigh. "I get it dad,

ght kiss on my forehead, hesitated while staring

hour after he left because sometimes he came back to get things he forgot like his winter coat or muffler or grocery li

olded my clothes, and did some of the minor chores

my surprise, I wasn't a tad scared despite all my father's warning. I was only a little worried t

d how people behaved if those books were true or as fictitious as they my

someone my heart would beat for just like in the books I read. So

denly spoke up in my head making me stop in my

. "I have no idea when I'm heading to, just moving randomly from place to place while you t

he squeale

norted, narr

lace but I would know it when

bout what I was about to do. I mean, my ow

hing to fear, Emma, I gat you." she said and I couldn't he

anola bars with a water can my dad bought for me last year.

eep breath, open the door (without my dad knocking, of course) a

ind me before 'sense of reason and guilty

ed standing in front of my do

towards a direction completely opposi

tually lived so I couldn't really see much, but I could see movin

led into the bush and trees and I couldn't h

s, Ashley, I see them every day from my wind

you want to say to humans anyway? 'Hi my name is Emma, I'm one of the creatures you only read about in books, a

n't interested in pushing th

y foot on the ground angrily. Time was

me and fol

marched towards the di