A Love In Dark Times

-Paola, your father sent me to fetch you, he wants us to come and have you serve as his interpreter and be his presence ¢ the interrogation.

Ym delighted that my father is assigning you as my bodyguard, I wish you could keep you in it.

“We're running and talking, but first I must tell you something, something that I've been thinking about like a tick, like an orphan flea, I don't know how to tell you, I've thought about it a thousand times so I'm going to tell you and I don't know how it will come out, the situation is this, I like you very much, you make my blood boil with your beautiful smell, I know the alpha will agree that I can ask for your paw in union, I know I will convince him that it is the best for the herd. -Estrello, I would like it to be simple, simple, I don't want to give you false illusions, what happens is?

“What's the matter Paola, did you just give me illusions, are you just a nest warmer?

-No Estrello the truth, I really like you, you're my ideal male, it's just...

tell me, it's because of your curse, I don’t care about that.

-it's partly because of that, although I don't consider myself to be cursed, I just have other qualities, I can live in both worlds, since I can totally turn into a human, you can only turn into a four legged wolf and a powerful wolf that walks on hind legs and can attack with its front legs, its like a halfway point in the transition to human, or a combination, it has th strength and intelligence of both.

50 that's it, you want to continue being a bitch with humans.

No, Estrello, that stage is over, it's my turn to leave that, it's just...

Paola, tell me, please, is it because I'm an orphan and your father adopted me?

“No, it's not that, the truth is, it's very complicated.

~You have to bark it out in a while, here it's greetings to these things.

they're not things

“Well, they're not wolves.

Yes, and although they look like humans, they don’t smell like them, one told me that most of them once were, only now they identify with darkness, though not so much with demons.

-Paola smells, those three in the cage, those are human, and one of them is the one I couldn't capture.

My father the alpha sent me to dialogue with them, to try to reassure them that none of these beings will harm them," s: Paola to the prisoners as she transformed into a woman.

“What do you want from us," asked the mother, Mery, “nothing from you.

“We only need the young and beautiful one, if any of these beings want to F**k you, I won't risk my skin for you,

-But why are they looking for me" asked Luisa.

-I heard that it's because of some of your blood, they say you have the power to transform the beasts, to improve them o to create more, the ones that came before who were like you were the creators of the first dragons, they called themselve gods, only they died in a war against their creations.

“That can't be, their father was a normal man,” shouted Mery.

-1 don't know how to answer your barking, it's just what Mother Mountain said, and sometimes our fathers are not what they seem, if I know.

“Stop, who gave you permission to talk to those dams, I don't care if you're the alpha male's fiancée, jai.

Watch your words werewolf, since you don't count on the full moon to transform you.

-Don't think I can’t fight in this form.

- know, you just can't handle my fangs and if you can, Jai, my fiancé will skin you alive, go away and I might not tell him. 50 that's why you won't accept me Paola, you're engaged to one of those men who were cursed with the mark of the wolves on the full moon.

Ym 50 sorry Estrello, it wasn't me, it was my father, he wanted that, to unite the clans and he supposes that I fit more wit them than with you, don’t worry, 1 will always carry you in my nose, I will always love you, when I see the moon, I will remember you, your beautiful smell and texture.

“Wait, what if you drink this girl's blood so that you won't change again?

-Estrello, I love you, but I'm tired of not fitting in anywhere, they are changeable like me, maybe they do understand me. -1 don't know why you think that, you've grown up with us, we're your pack, to them you're just an outsider, there's no la of us that says differences matter.

-But differences do matter, can you marry an oak tree?

“Well, if 1 loved him I'd do it no matter if they criticized me.

-1 can't believe you care now, when I was begging you before, you made yourself strong.

-1 didn't think it was true, I thought you were joking.

I'm serious, I always am, like now, I propose that we get out of here, far away and make a life together.

-Paola I don't know, that would hurt the alpha and he adopted me, he saved me from the hunter who killed my parents. “You see Estrello, you lack the capacity to take advantage of opportunities, take a chance, opportunities are bald, you hay to grab them head on because when they happen they slip, you can't live regretting, you haven't done it, please let's go. “Wait, humanoid wolves or whatever you are,” said Luisa extending her arms, “I can help you, I can take away that curse. “How can you help us,” questioned Paola, “How do you understand what the big wolf says, I don't believe you.

Free us and I swear I will help you," said Luisa, trying to trick them.

“We can try and if you fail us I will devour every member of your pack,” Paola replied and a shadow shot a spear at her. -Beware, Princess Paola,” said Estrello, stepping between a spear and his beloved.

“No, damn you! cried Paola in despair, who in an instant transformed into a beast running towards a murderous shadow, discovering that it was the werewolf she had confronted, who tried to treacherously pierce her with that spear and would have succeeded had it not been for Estrello’s sacrifice; she dodged his clumsy attacks and split him with her claws, leavin the pieces lying around for the hungry bat-people to devour, she looked for Estrello who in agony was trying to pull that weapon out of his body.

Calm down Paola, at least I died saving you.

-Don't say that, I love you, you can't die," Paola consented, “girl, please cure him and I swear I will help you to free them. -Luisa was scared, because of the scene and even more because she was going to be discovered, she didn’t know what to do, if only she had studied something when she was with the teachers instead of fantasizing about Luis, time was runnin; like a gazelle and for Estrello it was coming to an end.