chapter 3

As the days went by, Jake struggled to keep his werewolf side at bay. He avoided people, locked himself

up in his home, and tried to resist the urge to run wild. But it was no use. The pull of the full moon was too

strong, and Jake found himself transforming again and again, against his will.

Jake had thought that his days as a werewolf were over. He had been cured of the curse, and had finally

been able to lead a normal life again. But lately, he had noticed something strange happening. He would

wake up in the morning feeling disoriented, his body aching all over. And then he would realize that he had

transformed into a werewolf again during the night, without even realizing it.

But one night, he had to go outside the house, and he immediately felt uneasy. Everything looked different

somehow, and he couldn't put his finger on why. Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness and stumbled to the

ground. The next thing he knew, he was waking up in a dark forest, with no idea how he had gotten there.

His head was pounding, and he felt disoriented and scared. As he tried to make sense of his surroundings,

he realized that he was completely alone in the middle of nowhere.

But as soon as he looked at his hands and clothes, he shuddered in fear. They were full of blood. And

slowly he began to remember what had happened that night. All of his actions came to light with his

memory. What he had always feared had come to reality....he became a werewolf again. But this time he

only hunted down the animals in the forrest. He quickly got up and with his heightened hearing ability he

found a stream nearby and washed himself in it to rinse away all the blood and walked back home.

Jake stumbled through the front door of his mansion, panting heavily. He was covered in blood, his clothes

torn and his hands shaking. As he walked into the foyer, he was met by his butler, who looked worriedly at

Jake's dishevelled appearance.

"Goodness, sir, what happened?" the butler asked, his eyes widening in alarm.

Jake knew he had to tell him something, but he couldn't bring himself to say the truth. "I was out jogging

and I fell," he lied, trying to sound convincing.

The butler didn't look convinced. "Sir, may I remind you that you haven't been jogging in months?"

Jake sighed, knowing there was no way to avoid the truth. "I became a werewolf again," he admitted,

hanging his head in shame.

Andrew's eyes widened in shock. "Again, sir? How long were you out?"

"I don't know," Jake replied. "It's all a blur."

Jake sighed. It was a long story, but he knew he had to tell someone. "I went out just for a second" he

began, "and I don't remember what happened but I transformed into my other side and... well, you can see

the result that I woke up in the woods covered in blood."

Andrew nodded slowly. "Very well, sir. Let's get you cleaned up and tended to. And we'll think about what

to do next alright."Jake still had his lips tightly shut as if he wanted to say something so finally Andrew asked him, "What can I

do to help, sir?"

Jake smiled weakly. "Just let me rest for a bit. And maybe get me some bandages... and a steak."

The butler nodded. As he left to get what Jake needed, Jake leaned back against the wall, his mind racing

with thoughts of how he was going to deal with this new development in his life.

He soon came back and helped Jake with all the bandages and got him a fresh change of new clothes.

"Well, let's get you cleaned up then, shall we? I'll draw you a bath."

Jake was grateful for the butler's understanding. He knew that not everyone would be so accepting of his

strange condition. As he followed the butler to the bathroom, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

He was tired of this curse, tired of constantly having to hide who he really was. But for now, all he could do

was try to keep his secret safe, and hope that someday he could find a way to break the curse for good.

Andrew always knew what to do to keep Jake's condition a secret and make sure no one got hurt.

Jake couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt and shame. He hated what he became during those full moon

nights, but he knew he couldn't fight it. All he could do was rely on Andrew's help and hope that one day,

he could find a cure.

He took a bath and finally went back to his room to have some rest. He couldn't figure out why he was

again transforming back to his old self when he had long gained complete control over it. He tried

contacting the people who once helped taming his inner beast but there was no response from them.

He scheduled himself to complete isolation until one day when he was bathing and laying in the tub, he

saw his reflection in the water. It wasn't his human self but the were wolf side. He could see the wolf's deep

eyes staring back at him from the water. He got scared for a second but soon he looked back in the wolf's

eyes as well. The wolf had fierce features but the way he was looking at Jake it seemed like he was

somewhat troubled...some what it felt like he wanted to say something more like he wanted to ask for

help.

At that very second Jake don't know what came over him as he closed his eyes and let the wolf

communicate with him. In his mind Jake stood in a complete dark place filled with void and slowly

something or rather someone walked out from the darkness. It was his wolf.....standing proudly as he

walked towards Jake slowly. For some reasons Jake felt the need to bow down to his knees in front of the

wolf and so he did.

It didnt seemed like the wolf would attack Jake at any moment but none could be sure of it. But still the

wolf walked towards him and bowed a little as well. Jake couldn't understand but he was feeling

overwhelmed just by meeting his wolf.

"Hello Jake, we finally meet today." The wolf suddenly said but his mouth never moved it was as if they

communicated through telepathy. Jake was utterly shocked could a understanding statement but he looked

at the wolf and finally replied,

"you....can talk....so you were taking over me this whole time?".

"yes. But I wasn't only taking over you. I was protecting you this whole time." This statement shocked Jake

and he looked at the wolf again. He saw the determination and his eyes gleaming with truth. Jake couldn't

help himself asking, "protecting? From what? And how?"

The wolf sat down and moved its paw as to make space for Jake to sit down next to him which he did. He

sat next to the wolf and saw the wolf closing his eyes and the space around them started to shift. The room switched and they both went to the same forrest Jake first turned into a werewolf. It was his first

time turning so the present Jake could see and hear all the screeches and screams of his younger self as

the young Jake shifted into the werewolf. There has always been a small amount of Jake's memory that

just won't reconcile with his memory, a small part in which he just couldn't remember what had happened

back in the night. A small portion which he just couldn't remember doing or happening to him and tonight

Jake was finally visualizing all that happens back then. He saw his younger self transforming and turning

into a small young wolf.....a were wolf. He saw how the young wolf was calm and moved towards the

stream close to the place he transformed. He looked at his reflection and dipped his mouth to drink some

water but as soon as he dipped his mouth in the water there was an arrow shot right next to him. The

young wolf was still not prepared for this situation as another arrow shot straight towards him and pierced

straight into the flesh of his left leg. A painful scream came ripped out of the wolf's throat and that's when

he started to run back into the forrest. There were a bunch of hunters and wolves pack following him to the

forrest. The whole time the young wolf would run around the forrest to hide himself from the hunters. But

soon enough the hunters found him and the wolf had no other choice but to attack and so he did...he

attacked them and the pack of wolves and despite being heavily wounded and injured, the young wolf

defended himself. He later on somehow managed to escape from the hunters and escaped into the forrest

to the same location where Jake would always wake up after his transformation. The young wolf laid there

Jake was honestly shocked to see the events that unfolded in front of him. He looked sharply at the mature

wolf and asked, "when...when did this happen?....I don't remember this happening at all....".

The wolf looked at Jake and replied, "it was a long time ago my Friend....it wasn't the first time. You were

too deep in your own thoughts to realise you were being followed when these hunters were following you."

That was another shocking event for Jake tonight. "is....is this why I woke up covered in blood every

morning?"

"yes, I am afraid so..."

Jake looked at the wolf in front of him and analysed his body covered with scars. He touched those scars

with his hands and petted the wolf as a form of gratitude. Now he finally could relax thinking that the wolf

side of him was protecting him rather than just attacking others. He felt at ease now but there was still one

question in his mind.

" but why were they trying to harm me? Or rather harm us? And who were they?"

"my dear friend, this whole time you may not have known this but the body you possess is the main reason

they are after. You may not have realised it by now but your body contains self healing and muscle

regeneration. That is why in the morning your scars got completely healed up in the morning"

"my body? But....I never felt it that way...." Jake looked down on his lap thinking deeply.

" Jake your body only suffers from fatigue and pain in your body but that also healed up in a few days right?

Although you never would have known but no normal werewolf has that ability, if they ever got injured then

their human body would be injured too but you healed up quickly even from your childhood when you and I

were just kids, I could see you having those ability and when you were not aware, our enemies saw your

abilities and are now after your body"

"but what would they do with my body?", Jake asked the wolf when he saw the wolf lightly closing his eyes.

"they would perform a ritual on your and use your body as a sacrifice then extract out your powers and use

it for getting themselves a immortal body. I have been protecting you all this time but I was sealed away by

those priests, but when I sensed the same enemy again, I couldn't help but force myself out to help you".

Jake's eyes softened as he looked at the wolf and said, "I always hated you and detested you for turning

me in to a beast and always blamed you for those atrocious acts....but today I feel ashamed to think that

way...forgive me and thank you for always protecting me"

The wolf at this point had head lying on the ground as he said, " I never hated you Jake and never will but

you need to accept yourself so we can save our self and put an end to these hunters once and for all. Its

about time you need to go back....my power is weak due to the seal so I cannot keep you here for long so I

will send you back now.""wait.....tell me what is your name?!"

"its-----". Suddenly gasping Jake woke up in the bathtub and while panting he mouthed the name of his very

own new companion,

"Ethan...."