Loss and pain Chapter 4

the next day

Elinor POV

Kristen called and he said something happened but he couldn't get to you." Uncle Andrew walked up to Dad's office while I was sitting on the sofa doing some work for the herd that Dad had given me.

"I didn't notice. Give it to me," he said, pointing at the phone. He grabbed it to start talking to him, while Uncle Andrew sat next to me and smiled at me. I smiled at him too.

"I see, I'll check it out" Dad said on the phone before he got down and looked at Uncle Andrew

“So was it Rogers?” Uncle Andrew asked

"Are you talking about Robin the betta?" I asked them to look at me

"He must have wanted to convince himself."

" Understood "

I finished my work to get out of the center decided to walk in the woods again as usual to feel her next to me again

" How are you doing ?" A girl asked me who I don't know what she is

The first time I saw her I was 11 years old and she was younger than this, I saw her looking at me and I didn't know what, I ignored her but it went on for days I asked some kids at that time if they couldn't see her and everyone didn't see her just me

I thought it was someone I imagined and she also wasn't talking and I didn't think she was so I just ignored it

But in these last years she suddenly started talking to me and helping me sometimes, as in the case yesterday, she didn't tell me anything about her or even her name.

“Good, thanks for telling me where my brother is yesterday.” I told her

"It's okay, I'd love to help you," she replied

Suddenly I looked up to see where I had come, but I only found many trees I turned around to see my surroundings well Where am I?

I decided to walk a bit but all I could find was just a thicket of big and huge trees I started feeling a little nervous, I stopped in my place and put my hands around my face with my eyes closed trying to calm down and think

“Eleanor, what’s wrong?” My mother’s voice made me remove my hands from my face and open my eyes.

"Mom" I said as I looked around, I'm in my herd, what was that??

"What's the matter, what happened?" she asked, placing her hand on my face

  "No, nothing. I think I'm a little tired." I told her with a smile

"Let's go home then, it's good that I came across your scent here, otherwise I'll never know the way back," she said to me to start laughing.

“My dad was going to find you again, mom.” I told her as I grabbed her hand and started heading home

"Yes, that's a shame. I'm a werewolf in her late thirties, and she always gets lost, in addition to not being able to cook," she told me.

"Don't worry, I can't cook mom either." I told her to laugh together. My best friend is my mom. She makes me feel like she's really my age.

My mind is still thinking about what happened a while ago, what is that place I was in a while ago?? How did this happen?

Eleanor's POV

“Even if I am a lazy person, I will not lose easily.” Wilson spoke to my father as we ate breakfast

"We're not going to ask you to win, but please don't come last at least," my mother said to him

" Why ?"

"Because you are my son, don't you know that I am a warrior and my strength should be with you in addition to being the son of an alpha," replied my mother

"I know, well, I won't be last, and what about you, won't you say something?" Wilson asked me

"Me? Nothing. I trust my little brother no matter what the results are." I told him to smile

"We're just kidding with you. Whatever the results, we'll always be proud of you," Dad told him

"Yes, we are more than proud. I'm an adult now." Mom told him

“Wilson, we should go start the warm-up before the game.” I said standing up

“Okay, come on.” He stood up too, so we could wave to Mom and Dad before we go out

Today our flock will celebrate the people who have completed their transformation in the evening but in the afternoon there will be a match between them and a prize will be presented to the winner

We set out towards the courtyard of the hall far from the center of the herd. I stopped with Wilson to help him warm him up, and after a while everyone started to gather. This means that the time for the match has begun.

I headed next to my father and mother to stand with them. The match and the qualifiers began, and miraculously, Wilson managed to overcome his first opponent, at least avoiding the last place. The matches continued.

“This is unexpected,” my mother said

"It's our son, what do you expect other than that, my dear?" Dad replied

"I knew he was going to win, even though he showed you that he's a lazy person and doesn't care that he's a strong-willed person," I told them as we looked at Wilson, who won matches with his opponent in the fight and took the first position and now everyone applauds him

"Eleanor, let's help everyone with the party night preparations," my mom said to me

"Okay, let's go," I answered, to go into the hall, where a number of the women of our herd were getting ready. My mother went to help decorate, and I headed toward Camelia. She is in charge of the herd's house, a woman in her fifties, but she is very nice and doesn't like being called Aunt. She just wants to be called. Everyone is by her name 

“Camellia, how can I help?” I asked her to look and smile at me

"Let me see. I need a box with equipment. It's in the herd's kitchen. How about you bring it to me?" she said to me

" naturally "

“Thank you, it is on the table in the kitchen,” she explained to me

"I get it, I'll go," I answered, heading towards the herd's house, which was a little further from the center

I went into the kitchen in the herd's house and found the box there. I carried it and went out to go back to the hall. I was walking alone, and suddenly my entire surroundings changed, as it happened yesterday.

I paused, trying to comprehend again, what's going on or where I'm standing? I looked to find a different path than yesterday I followed the road trying to figure out where it leads

After a while I got out of the forest, and I found myself standing in front of a street with many houses, all of which differ from each other with strange shapes, but they are beautiful that their shape does not resemble our houses or the houses of humans, but they are beautiful

I saw some people walking down that street and decided to come closer I'll try to find out what this place is

I started walking again, but before I could reach anyone around me, I changed back to my first place on the path of my herd that leads to the hall.

I sighed at this before I continued walking what is happening to me these days???

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