"Are you saying it's someone else's scar that appears on her body?" Says Jason's father looking lost int thoughts, just like Jason always looks.

A shiver goes down my spine.

Jake speaks up, "Who could he belong to? It must be someone who is close to Cira."

It can't be my family or friends. They have never been in contact with a wolf.

Aiden now turns to me."Okay, this didn't happen naturally. Maybe we are thinking wrong. Cira do you remember something else. A letter you ever received, a weird person you met, a dream, a thought, a photo, just anything that might be weird."

I start thinking, going through all my memories. I would remember a person. I would have saved a letter. 

Jason looks at me. "Cira, you remember when you told me about your dream. When you explained why you are afraid of dogs."

I do, those dogs were big and ready to attack. I hated that dream, that was the first nightmare I head.

"That weren't dogs ... but wolves," I state. How haven't I thought of that before?

 Jason nods keeping his eyes on me. "Did they catch you in the dream?" 

'No, I woke up before they could." I feel everyone's eyes on us. 

Jack straightens his back and sits up, "Okay, maybe there were more things like that." 

I think again, looking at my clothes, just looking for something. I look down at my hands again and see my bag on the ground. I really feel like drawing now, just relaxing. My drawings are actually pretty weird. I always draw without knowing what it will be. Wolves in the forest chasing people. I open my bag and take out my sketch pad.

"My drawings," I say and give it to Jason. He looks up a slight frown on his face and opens the pad. While he looks at it, I tell the others what I'm trying to say.

"When I draw I never know what I'm drawing. It's like my subconscious tells me what to draw and I just see what it's supposed to be when it's done." Jason looks amazed at the drawing of the werewolves in the forest. He gives the sketch pad to his father. Everyone looks curiously at what is happening. 

Jason's father is browsing through the pages. "These aren't drawings, these images are from people's lives and not your life." He says.

Not my life but the life of the other Vinis. Jason's father holds the sketch pad so that everyone can see it. 

Then everything falls into place. I start talking out loud telling them everything that goes through my mind.

"The first Vini lived around 1550. She discovered she was a Vini when she was 10 years old. She saw a group of boys transform into werewolves. The pack tried to kill her, but it didn't work, because they couldn't hurt her. She escaped with one of the pack members. They were hiding in the woods, in a cave. When they found the girl, they had poisoned her and she died." I say and point at the drawing of the wolves in the forest. They all looked angry at the girl like they are gonna attack her, except for one of them. That one looked angry at the other wolves. The wolf was the one she escaped with.

 Everyone looks at me and listens carefully. 

"I think that was my dream.'' 

Jack keeps browsing through the pages. The one of the classrooms is shown now.

Jason looks back at me. ''That was her classroom and, the wolf she escaped with.''

I nod at him. ''And the one of the cave is where they were hiding,'' 

 Everyone looks at me from the drawings. 

I keep on going, saying everything outloud so I don't forget all the thoughts flying around.

"The second Vini lived around 1920. A woman who discovered at the age of 40 that she was a Vini. She saw a vampire burn alive. A werewolf has sorted everything out for her. From the moment she found out what she is, she was always chased and she always had to flee." I explain. 

"That's why the drawing of the house." Says Jason. 

Jake looks at me like I'm a hard question he is trying to solve. "You are connected to them in one way or another," he states whispering. Everyone nods and seems mindblown. 

The nerves are gone, now I know more. Jason's father closes the sketch pad and lets the others give it to me. I want to put it in my bag but to my surprise, I see another book. I put the sketch pad in my bag and look at the booklet. It is the diary from the library.

"Did you get it again?" Jason asks and looks at the book in my hands. 

''No, I haven't been in the library since that day we put it back. It wasn't in my bag when I last looked." I don't hide the surprise in my voice. I'm kind of happy I have it again. 

Everyone is watching us. "What is it?" Asks Valentina. 

"It is a diary with texts from the other Vinis. I found it in the library when it suddenly fell off a shelf. The longer I looked into it, the more text appeared." I look through the booklet and see that the text is still there. 

"We brought it back, I have no idea how it is suddenly in my bag again," I explain. 

"You absolutely must not bring it back." Jason's father says sternly. 

I look up at him. The booklet now goes around. 

"The book has found you, it's yours now. It apparently wants to tell you something."He explains. The diary is now in his hands. He looks through the pages. "only you," he adds. ''It is good, this gives you your information."

I'm so happy with what he says. It's mine, my guide.

 I get the book back and everyone talks a bit. 

I'm happy we know more now. I run my hand through my hair and lean back. I see Jason looking at me. He squeezes his eyes together and then leans towards me. He looks at my neck and then at my face. I see the frustration in his eyes.

"You have another one, on the side of your neck," he looks away again.

 Aiden slides forward to see, Nathan as well. I run my fingers over my neck. There is a mirror on the wall to my right. I get up and pull my hair back. I look in the mirror and see 3 thin lines running from my neck to my throat. They are still very unclear. If I wear my hair normally, I hardly see it. 

I sit down again and don't say anything. The feeling that was just gone comes back again. I'm trying to suppress it.

Aiden looks around at everyone's face and he decides to talk.

"Maybe this is all part of being a Vini. Maybe the second one also had it. She got the scars from the first. The scars suddenly come out of nowhere, maybe they go the same way, "says Aiden. 

Another silence falls. Nobody says anything, not even in their heads.

"I think the only thing we can do is wait. Maybe they will be gone again next week, "says the man at the end of the couch. 

Everyone nods except for Jason. He is probably still frustrated because we don't know everything yet.

I make every effort not to let all my thoughts and questions pass through my head. So that feeling doesn't come back. We have closed the subject, but everyone is still thinking. 

People come running down the hall. I think it are the 3 boys. 

Samuel is the first to run into the living room. He looks back laughing and has a large bouncing ball in his hand. Theo runs after him, he extends his hand to the bouncing ball and stumbles over a plinth. Justin responds immediately and catches him.

"Careful, Theo," says Atin. Mason follows his mother with a large box in his hands. When he sees that everyone is watching him, she keeps it up and shouts, "Brownies!"

Soft laughter fills the room, until the radio suddenly turns on.

"This morning, five severely damaged bodies were found near the red forest. It turned out to have been a group of teenagers who came from a party and headed home. That evening one of them had made a strange phone call to the police about a large monster that they wanted to go after. The police assumed that they had a lot to drink and started to hallucinate and make crazy statements." 

Not another one. They did see a monster, only a monster would do such a thing. 

"The police have no statement or suspects for this crime yet. Seven of these crimes have been committed in recent times that have not yet been solved, the police think it is the same person. Crimes have come much quicker lately and ... " 

"Come on, go outside. The weather is nice. "Jason's father says. He looks at the other men and nods his head to the right as if he tells them to come with him. Then he sees that Aiden and Nathan and Jason are watching him. 

"You too," he tells them. I get up and look at Valentina. 

"This happens quite often lately, and the red forest is not so far away from here." She says, sounding frightened. 

Jason's father waves everyone out. A few people get up, nobody looks enthusiastic. 

Valentina nods "Come on," she says and stands up. I get up to and follow everyone into the corridor. I take a few steps to the side so I can grab my crutches again. 

Someone behind stops my arm softly and says: 

"You can leave them." I turn and see it's Jason. "Shall I put them and your bag with your jacket?" He looks at my bag. 

Oh, my jacket. I don't remember taking it off.

"I don't know where I left my jacket." I say confused. Valentina is already walking outside.

He smiles at me, "When you were greeting everyone, you gave me your jacket." He says. 

I laugh, I don't remember that at all. 

He holds out his hand for my bag.

"Oh, I don't remember that,'' Did I just give him my jacked like, here you take care of it? That's nothing for me to do.

''Did I say thanks?''

He laughs now and shakes his head, still waiting for my stuff. I don't hand it to him before he answers.

He rolls his eyes when he notices that, ''No you didn't, but that fine.''

''No, that rude,'' I hand him my stuff now. ''Thank you,'' I say exaggerating the words.

He smiles and says, ''No problem,'' in the same tone and walks through the kitchen door. There is another corridor that probably also has the stairs.

We go outside to the others. Mason is handing out the brownies. I also take one, they are really tasty. I wonder if Liz made them.

Valentina is sitting on the bench next to the door. It's stretched out over the whole porch. I sit down next to her and look out over the field in front of the house. 

"Have you already chosen a dress?" 

She seems happy with the question because she smiles bright and turns to me.

"Yes, we chose the short one with the cute flowers." She looks very happy but a bit suspiciously happy.

"I'm really happy for you that she chose a dress that you like," I say and try to hide my surprise. 

Aiden sits down next to Valentina. Jason is standing next to me at the doorpost. He is looking at the field.

"So, what are you talking about?" Aiden asks and leans forward so that he can look at both of us.

Valentina turns to face him, "Your wedding," she says while her long braid almost slaps him. 

Aiden smiles so happy again. "Oh," he says and pulls something out of his pocket.

He holds the envelope to me, "Here you go," I take it from him.

"I would love for you, your mother, sister, and brother to come to the wedding," He smiles again when mentioning the wedding.

''Really?'' I look at the envelope again,t is made of beautiful old paper. 

''Thank you!"I try not to respond to happily. I will open the envelope at home. Valentina is now laughing and pokes Aiden in his side. He looks at Valentina and rolls his eyes.

"Yes, I have another question... "He looks at the ground with a smile."Would you like to be one of my bridesmaids?" I hear everyone has become quiet around us.

WOW

"Are you sure you want me to be?" 

Being a bridesmaid, that's something I've wanted to be since I was a little girl. But Aiden doesn't know me that well yet, he has seen me twice before.

"Yes, of course, it all seemed like a good idea to us. Julia, my fiance, came with the idea." Aiden explains. 

I smile "Yes, I would really like to be one of your bridesmaids, I feel honored." My voice comes out higher than I intended it to be.

"When is it?" I ask. I would know it I opened the envelope.

"Tomorrow," Aiden says.

I have to laugh still looking at the envelope. When they don't laugh with me I look up again.

 Aiden and Valentina look at each other.

"Ohw, you are serious." I hear a soft chuckling from behind me. It can only be Jason because he was closest.

"Yeah ..." says Valentina and bites her teeth. 

"But we already have everything for you! Your dress, your shoes, your flowers."She tries.

''Ohww so you already assumed that I would say yes." I laugh and they join me.

Valentina turns hyper towards me again, causing her braid to fly against Aiden's face. 

"We have the same dress for you, but then the green color that you liked. "

I remember that dress, "Really, that dress was really beautiful." We both laugh. "What time should I be here tomorrow?" Aiden moves forward so that he can answer. He holds his hand to his face so that Valentina's braid doesn't hit him again. 

"Well the wedding starts at 2 o'clock so if you can be here for 1 o'clock that's good," he says. Everyone looks at us during the conversation or just listen along, then Samuel comes with the brownies again.

Valentina looks like something very strange has been said. "No, Cira will have to do her hair and make-up and get dressed. One hour is not enough," she exclaimed.

Aiden holds up his hands. "She can come whenever she wants, I just wanted to say she didn't have to give up her whole day for this,"  he explains.

 I smile. "Okay what time should I be here?" I now ask Valentina 

"Uhm 11 am," she answers. 

"OK, I will be here.''

"At my house,'' She adds, pointing at the next house.

I nod, looking away again. I notice just now that Jason is gone.

Jake, Jason, Justin, and Joshua are standing on the field. Theo and Mason run towards them. They are laughing, Jake and Justin are pushing each other. We all look at the field, watching them. The three women come out and give us a drink. 

Jake, Joshua, and Justin are standing in a line with Jason standing before them. Mason and Theo are watching from the side, sitting on the grass. 

"What are they going to do?" I ask Valentina not looking away.

She looks at me and takes a sip. I think it's lemon lemonade. 

"A race, they do that often. They race against each other to see who is the fastest. They make a tour through the entire forest. They must change and run as quickly as possible, pushing each other to be faster." Valentina explains.

Jason explains something and the others listen. 

We hear another voice from behind the house. 'Wait! I'm in too." Nathan says and runs on to the field standing next to the others in the line.

When they're done, Jake says something to Jason. Joshua and Justin nod in agreement and laugh. Jason shakes his head in response while running his hand through his hair and laughs. Too bad we don't know what they are saying to make him react like that.

Valentina turns to Aiden. "Why don't you participate?" She asks.

Aiden stands up. "Yes, I will be the judge, so Jason can join in.'' He walks down to the field.

"Jason, I'm judging," Aiden shouts.

"That's not necessary, I don't mind being the judge," Jason says.

Aiden takes Jason's place. "Join in, and don't hold back," Aiden says again and gives him a pat on his shoulder.

Jason nods and laughs uncomfortably. He stands in line next to Jake.

Atin walks outside and looks at the field. "Look Jason is going to participate," she tells Liz.

I'm looking at Valentina again. "Doesn't Jason normally participate?"

She shakes her head. ''Jason is the fastest. He always wins, that's why he never wants to participate. He is usually judges or let the others win." She explains and stares ahead. "Now that Jason is taking part seriously, everyone wants to watch." 

I look around and see everyone standing on the porch with their eyes on the field.

Aiden stands on the side. While talking, Jake suddenly takes off his shirt and Nathan kicks off his shoes.

Uhm what's happening. 

My eyes shoot at Jason, who is now also taking off his shirt, revealing his muscular body and smoothe skin. 

My god, he looks good.

Immediately a piece of a song goes through my head. 

It's getting hot in here so take off all your clothes.

I don't want to look at Jason too obviously, but that will not work. I take a deep breath. He now kicks off his shoes. 

How can someone look so perfect. 

He rolls his eyes and smiles at Jake. They probably say something in their heads. 

I push my lips together to stop the smirk on my face while I'm totally checking him out.

Valentina noticed it and pokes me in my side. When we look at each other we both start laughing.