The stranger in the woods

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Owen's P.O.V.

"How can this happen? After all that I've been through. This is the worst thing that can happen. This is the worst." I kept repeating mindlessly. I could not think straight, my head was all over the place. Tears won't stop coming out and I was out of breath because of the running. I fell to the ground and just kept crying. I don't want to cry, not because of that jerk but the tears won't stop.

"The mate is supposed to be the person who'd love me like crazy, my other half. He is the person I'd spend my whole life with; He should be the chosen one. Chose by The Lunar Goddess herself. How can the lunar Goddess do this?" I kept crying. I looked around with my teary eyes, I was in the middle of nowhere. There were only trees and it was so cramped that very little sunlight was coming through. It was almost dark. I sat there for a long time crying and I did not feel sane. Vlad was surprisingly quiet all this time.

I felt that it was getting dark because the air started getting chilly and the small amount of light that was coming through was fading. I wiped my eyes and tried to stand up, but my legs felt so weak and fell to the ground. I again tried to stand up gabbing the trunk of the nearby tree and got success.

I stood there grabbing the trunk for a while. When I heard the cracking sound of fallen leaves and twigs coming from the direction I was facing. Someone is walking over here. I sniff the air and he was not a werewolf. I took a stance and got ready to attack when a figure emerged from the bushes. I lung forward grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him to one of the trees. Thanks to our wolf characteristics we can see even in the dark.

I looked at his features he was a teen the same age around me, his hair was white with the hint of light light-green, they looked like the grass field after the first snow. His skin was peach color and his eyes were grey. He looked lean but he sure was not a werewolf. He had bruises all over his body and it looked like he was running from someone. He was shocked by my ambush and was trembling. So, it was not his intention to attack me.

"Who are you? And why are you here?" I growled at him.

"Please do not kill me. I do not want to die." He replied trembling.

"That's not the answer to my question. And you sure are not a werewolf. What are you and What are you doing on our territory?" I asked again.

"I'm Jess. I'm a wizard. I was running from the whisperer, he wiped out my entire town. Please don't kill me, I mean no harm." He said still trembling.

I let go of him but keep my eyes fixated on him. All I know is that this can all be a façade and he can attack at any moment. Yes, wizards and witches are real and so are all the other mythological creatures (that's what humans call us) like vampires, fairies, devils, angels, centaurs, giants, etc. but they all live discretely and do not mingle with each other unless if there's no life and death situation.

I fell to the ground and started crying historically. "He wiped my entire town, my family, my friends, my people they all are gone." I stood there and kept looking at him.

But his eyes changed suddenly and I could see the fire in them, "But I have to live, I have to live for them, I have to run for them." He stood up was about to run when I hold his hand. I felt bad for him he lost so much and I felt like helping him.

"You know you are on werewolf territory, right?" I was saying when he cut me off.

"Yes. And I'm just passing by I do not intend to stay, so please keep this to yourself." He spoke.

"Let me complete. If you are planning on hiding then I suggest you run in that direction" I said pointing my finger in the distance. "There is the Dark wood and no one goes in that area, there's nothing scary there but just through the middle of those wood passes the river that separates our territory from those of our neighboring packs. You can go there and try to hide with whatever magic you've got." I added.

He looked surprised. "You are not lying." He said what I thought was a question and was about to respond but then he added "I know you are not lying; you have been hurt today, right? The scar can never be healed with any medicine. The wound meant to remain unhealed for eternity."

The wizards and their undecipherable talks. But I knew what was he talking about. "I think You should start to run if you don't want to end up dead. Because my peck will smell you out at any instant and that would be the end of yours."

"Oh! I am not planning on staying here with you for long either but I don't like to be in debt to someone." He started to walk towards me and placed his hand on my chest. Suddenly his eyes turned green and green light started to come out from his hand that was on my chest. After a few seconds, he moved away. "I cannot heal that scar or change the course of the fate. You'll have to face your fate one day but this should help with the pain until you are ready to face your fate. I don't have to thank you now that we are even." With that, he waved and ran in the direction I pointed to.

What just happened? I was still shocked but somehow the tiredness I felt was gone. I decided to return home. I started running toward the town. In a few minutes, I reached there and started walking to my home. I went in the front door and my parents were already there with Hailey. They all gather around me like paparazzi and started shooting their question.

"Did you find your mate?" said mom

"Who is it?" asked dad.

"Is it a male or female?" asked mom again.

"Is she that hot chick living a block away?" asked Hailey.

"Were you with your mate till now?" asked mom.

"What were you guys doing." Added Hailey with a raised eyebrow and pout, imitating a kiss.

"Calm down everyone," I said raising my hands.

"I did not find my mate today." I lied. What was I supposed to say that my mate is the future lunatic alpha. The person who tormented me, the person who is always out for my neck, the very person who beat me up to the pup, the person who hates me the most, the person I hate the most in this entire world.

"Then what were you doing out so late?" my mom asked with a concerned look.

"I don't wanna talk about today. Can we please not do this." I said hopelessly and walked into my room and locked the door.

"Don't worry son, you'll find your mate someday. It is not the end of the world you just have to keep searching." My dad said from outside of the door.

'I've already found my mate dad and I hate him.' I said in my mind. I feel so tired today but even after all the events of today my mind feels at peace and I drift into sleep as soon as I lie on my bed.


Author's note:

Who is this Jess guy? 

What do you think is he someone important or a passing cloud?

And what did  he do to Owen?

Uh...Wizards I swear...

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