"Selene, how are you sweety?"aunt Fiona smiled at me

"I'm ok, when did you arrived?" I said lifelessly and sat on the couch.

"Ahm, just 30 minutes before you. And, what's that blood stain in your skirt young lady?"she asked worriedly.

"Huh?"

"Come here, where did the blood came from?"

I stood up and sat beside her on the other couch.

She analyzed my knee.

"Stay here, I'll get the medicine kit"

I smiled genuinely at her before she stood to get the kit. Normally, it's just a scratch, but I low-key like the concern.

I wish that she can stay here inside the house for a long time.

...

"Where in the hell did you go? Where did you got these?"

"I just tripped outside"I said not giving her much information.

*phone rings*

Aunt pick up the phone immediately.

I smiled at her sweetly.

"Yes? What! OK...OK...I'll be right there in a minute."

She stared at me and gave me a bitter smile.

"Why?"

"I will leave for about week honey."

My smile slowly turned into disappointment.

She stood up quickly and started to pack up things.

"Again? but why?"

I thought I just have a nice guardian to stay by my side.

"It's hard to explain dear, but I will tell you at the right time....is that OK?"

I stood up not listening to any words she said. It can only hurt me, I took the small staircase, headed to my room and locked it immediately.

"Selene, I hope you understand the situation."

Tears fell in silence.

I clench my jaw and close my fist in anger.

My left arm started to feel pain again. It's like something was cutting my skin and was trying to carve figures.

I looked at it. And it's now starting to glow again, but this time, it's not red anymore, but Gold.
Gold drawings of roses in my arms.

*phone rings*I looked at the screen

*Jerico calling*I hardly close my eyes when I saw his name.

Life is full of tough choices.

"Selene, I left money on my room. Buy anything you want. Eat regularly, don't let yourself starved or hurt. Please, it's important and urgent. I gotta go sweety, goodbye."

I answered the phone.

"What?"I said

"Mr. Craig wants to see you tonight, show your self or he will hunt and kill you."

"OK"I said in a calm and cold tone.

"...OK? what the fuck Phyra...what do you mean huh? Take it seriously."

Wtf! I'm serious. And I bet he's really concerned about me.

"..."

"I am warning you, Phyra. Gun helped you rose. In the end, gun will take you down."

That codename I hate.
They call me Phyra in the mob.

I ended the call after what he said.

I stared again at my arm, the light is slowly fading.

I rested and close my eyes.
I don't know what's happening to me.
I wish that when I open my eyes, all my problems will vanish.But it can't change the truth like how we wish fairytales are true when we're just kids.

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I am walking alone, in the haven of the cold air in the woods, it's so dark and the full moon is beaming in contrast.
I ended up walking into the dark castle. I am hearing the soft running water falls.
I look at the castle, and then I saw a pair of golden eyes looking at me through the window.
I felt the pain again on my left arm. And the golden light coming from my skin insist to form a figure.
I turned my eyes into the man, he walk slowly through the window and his body was lit by the bright moon, revealing his body, and the half of his face was obscured by his hair and the darkness.
Our eyes met again.
We stared at each other, under the bright full moon and howling cold breeze.
Then I heard a noise at my back.
I turned to it. It's the half naked red eyed man. And he's now wearing my necklace.
Our eyes met but he's looking at me furiously. He's now turning into a monster. A werewolf.
I can't move, I'm so numb
I tightly close my eyes after I saw him about to launch at me.

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*phone rings*

I immediately opened my eyes before a few confused blinks.
God it's only a nightmare.
I can't remember their faces, it just vanish into distortion.
I think I'm in trauma right now.

I glanced at the screen.

*Mr. Craig calling*

There's no sense to pick it up and talk through the phone, so I reject it. I know it's an awful decision not to answer the bosses call but luckily it's not the real goddess, luckily not Mr. Genovese, the real head of the mafia. Mr. Craig was just one of a hundred right hands of Mr. Genovese.

But who am I to the mafias real boss, Mr. Genovese.

It will be better if I will just ignore him before I can say anything wrong that can make my lifespan shorter. I looked at the wall clock, it's already 10 pm.
I quickly stood up and got to my aunt's room, then I grabbed the money.
I turned my direction back to my room, I suited my self with a black jeans, simple vneck white shirt and I covered it with black leather jacket and a big gray rubber shoes and I pull up my black wavy hair in a bun.

I drove my bicycle in the cold lonely road of the province. No one passes by but only me and those little crawlers of the night.

I just have a strange feeling when I look inside the woods, and the danger it cages, like there's someone chasing after me. I just sped up like I am trying to win a race.

But before I could blink my eyes, I felt out of control of the bicyle and my body fell with a strong impact and hit the cold road. Lucky with my helmet, my head is safe.

I tried to get up but I am stiff, there's a blood on my legs, my jeans ripped off. My jacket was ripped too so I removed it to my body and throw it away with my helmet. My eyes stopped and stare when I saw a pair of barefoot feet, it's legs was a little hairy and masculine.

It walked and stopped in front of me. I looked up to see who he is.

He looked familiar with his ash colored eyes that lustered the moonlight.

I just want to ask him what is he doing here, I just want to ask him how? I just wanted to run from him, 'cause every time I'm near him, my life is always in danger.

His eyes was now turning into a glowy red, and that causes not just my eyes to hurt, but my arm too.

I just want to tell him to stop what he's doing. But I felt my lips zipped.
My arms, the figures of roses started to glow in red.

He knelt down in front of me and stared at my eyes, his eyes are so igniting it can blind mine.

He put his hand behind my neck and the other one travels my cheeks, he touched my legs when he noticed the blood.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault."

But why? Are you spying on me? Why did you have to chase me?

"But I am more sorry to what will might happen starting tonight. It will change your life, and maybe you, I am sorry."

Then I just felt floating in the air when he carried me in a bridal way.

"Where are you trying to take me? Put me down. I can walk."

"Just shut up please."

He just continue to walk in to the woods. I tried to move my body to go against him but I am too weak in pain and he's too strong. I can't even make him blink. I have an appointment with the mob, I have no time for this! I don't wanna die!

I just let him do what he want hoping some another creature to help me after a long time struggling to escape. I noticed my necklace on his neck, the pendant was on his upper chest. That pendant can reach my lower breast but he wore it like he's a giant.

I am just about to snatch the necklace when he caught my hands, and that causes my lower body slant down pointing the soil by my feet.

"Don't you even try."

He stated coldly and carried me again.

What! That's mine. That's my necklace.

This place is a little bit familiar.

The moonlight shined and that helped me to see what I needed to see.

After a couple of minutes of his walking. We stopped in front of a big house, we enter the door and lock it when we're already inside. He carried me until we took the stairs and entered another room, he put me on the king size bed.

He stood in front of me.

"Don't even try to escape, I'm just gonna get you some clothes."

He said and got out of the room.

I don't know but I didn't planned to escape.

I look around the room, is this his bedroom? It is nice. From the dark walls to the things inside. It's a creepy vintage house.

I can't believe I had the time to compliment his bedroom. But due to my idiotic procrastination, I just let the time flew.

There's a few paintings in the wall, like the one just above the headboard.

It is a painting of a middle aged woman, her clothes was showing her shoulders. And that made me glimpsed of her tattoo in the middle of her chest. It was just like my necklace.

It was circle, but the objects wasn't in the right places.

The fire was on the top and was surrounded by the seven sun rays, next to it was the rose and in the bottom was the golden crown.

How the f*ck did this happen? Is this just a motherf*kin' coincidence?

I heard the door opened but it is another man. A brown haired boy with a pair of brown eyes, I think he's between 15-17.

He's holding some piece of clothes and it looked like he's in hurry.

"Get up faster and wear these!"

He threw me the clothes. I immediately wore it in front of him without any hesitation.
He's just a kid, Is it a red silk dress?

What?

Do I have to wear this?

"Faster!"

I don't know but my legs wasn't that painful now. The blood stopped flowing.Is this stage of healing too fast to be true?

"You done?"

I nodded.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror, my hair is messy and I looked like a student who's about to attend a prom but failed because someone kidnapped her and that made herself looked troubled. The red silk that just ends above my knees hugged my curves right.

"What? Are you just gonna stand there? Get out of here and escape. I'll handle Joaquin."

What?

"Really? A..are you sure?"

"Yeah, when did the f*ck I am not sure about my decisions?"

Damn, I don't know you. But I just smiled a bit for the little hope.

I walk out of the room and the boy closed the door behind me.

"Faster!"

He said when he noticed me staring at him.

I nodded quickly then strid down the stair, and headed to the woods. I almost get lost and tripped to the giant roots of trees because of my dress but with the help of the moonlight, I get out of the woods quickly. I'm lucky, I still remember the way we took.

But what is his plan if I didn't escape?