Reborn- His Scarlett Moon

I stumbled out of Ryan’s grip, my knees buckling beneath me as I took in the devastation of the situation. The sand slide had ripped through the desert like a hungry monster, leaving destruction and debris in its wake. But somehow, miraculously, Ryan had managed to find me in the chaos.

However, now it is gone. Just like his first and claws had. We were back in his study, the boys staring and gaping at our site. And everything else seemed to be normal. But the hell was it?

My world had turned upside down. Nothing made sense.

“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice strained with concern.

I couldn’t speak. My throat felt like it was still coated in sand, and my eyes burned from the grit that had whipped around me. But even more than the physical discomfort, I was overwhelmed by fear.

Because I knew the truth about Ryan. I knew what he was. I was an eyewitness.

“Sherry, talk to me,” Ryan said, his hand on my arm as I stood there staring at him, blank, expressionless.

I pulled away from him, stumbling backwards until I hit the side of a wall. “How could you not tell me?” I demanded, my voice hoarse.

Ryan’s expression darkened, and he stepped closer to me. “Tell you what?”

“You’re a werewolf. This place is bewitched and that everything is abnormal,” I spat, the words tasting bitter on my tongue.

Ryan’s jaw tightened, and I could see the muscles in his arms tensing as he fought to control himself. “I didn’t think it was something you needed to know,” he said, his voice low.

I shook my head in disbelief. How could he be so cavalier about something so important? “How long have you been like this?”

I asked again, taking further steps back.

Ryan sighed heavily. “Ever since I am.”

I couldn’t even comprehend it.”And you just thought you’d keep that little detail to yourself?”

“I didn’t want to scare you off,” Ryan said, his tone pleading.” We walk, talk, eat and do everything in the same manner as humans except… ”

” We? ”

That ‘we’ took me a few more seconds to understand .

“Who are we? There are more like you? How many? ”

Ryan breathed and then pointed towards Beck and Josh.

They boys stripped in front of me as if showing me something really interesting. They shifted into wolves before my eyes, in that tiny space, hogging all the room and then within seconds, they were back to normal, on their two legs, pulling their pants up.

Normal? What was normal? I didn’t know anymore, I guess.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. I knew I was being irrational, but I couldn’t help the fear that was gnawing at my gut.

” Are there more like you all? What is your purpose? What do you do? Why do you keep your identity secret? Why do you live like this? Why didn’t you tell me anything about this before?”

I was hurling one mindless question after another at his direction.

Ryan hesitated before answering. “I didn’t want to put you in danger. There are people out there who wouldn’t hesitate to hurt me, and anyone I care about.”

I scoffed at his words. “And you think keeping secrets from me was the best way to keep me safe?

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Oh my gosh! I had been living with three werewolves in a house. Under one roof! Safety? Is this supposed to be a joke? “.

Ryan’s expression softened, and he stepped closer to me. “I’m sorry, Sherry. I should have told you. But I swear to you, I would never hurt you. None of my boys would. ”

I wanted to believe him, I really did. Like I said before, it wasn’t the fact that he was different, that he was something else that bothered me.

What was bothering me, that I couldn’t explain. Perhaps the unveiling of another world, a world very different from mine, all of a sudden.

Perhaps realizing that there was more to my existence.

The knowledge of what he was had shaken me but what shocked me to my core was the vision which now seemed so relevant and real. Yet , I couldn’t bring myself to talk about it. “I need some time to think. I need some time alone,” I said, stepping away from him.

“Of course,” Ryan said, his eyes following me as I stumbled towards the gate”Just… be careful, okay? Here”… He tossed a car key at me, “take the car. ” He said

I didn’t answer him. I didn’t trust myself to speak without breaking down completely. I got in the car, and as I drove away from Ryan and his house I couldn’t shake the feeling that my entire world had just been upended.

Yet, I was feeling this renewed sense of attraction and longing towards him. That sense where I felt like he and I had known each other from somewhere before.

They way he had first reacted when we had met flashed before my eyes.

I wanted to turn the car back for a moment and then when I looked at the traffic in front I sighed,

” Are these also normal humans? Or something else with human skins? ”

I couldn’t help but wonder aloud as utter confusion raged through my mind.

I parked the car to the side and took a cigarette out.

I had always been carrying them, but had not had the opportunity to use them recently. Keeping my father away had effectively cured me of my addiction.

But today was different.

I smoked a single one in one go and then went for the next.

When I burnt up the content that I had, my mind could only think of one person, who could possibly give my heart some solace.

Sarah! My guiding angel.

I turned the car and drove at full speed and did not stop till I reached her place.