First shift
1018 Words
ESTELLE WINTERS
My chest heaved up and down as I glanced wearily at the sobbing teacher before me.
"I am so sorry" she cried but I glared at her.
"Sorry won't bring back Nyx, how could you be so careless!" I growled, feeling my body tremble as I thought about my lost daughter.
A tear rolled down my cheek and I spun around, heading towards the gate.
"Mam , where are you going to?" The head teacher asked and I glared at her.
"To find my daughter of course, or do I wait for you to find her for me?" I scoffed and she shook her head.
Once I was outside the school gate, I glanced around, feeling my heart drop when I couldn't see the familiar blonde hair.
I bit my lips.
Where could she be?
And how had she even snuck out of the school without her teacher knowing.
She was just 5 years old...and Blind!
So how!.
Just then my phone rang, I looked at the screen and my face changed.
It was my landlord
"Hello sir..."
"Mummy!"
My heart dropped when I heard the familiar voice.
"Nyx?"
"Mummy! I am at home"
I hurriedly flagged down a taxi, directing it towards the house.
A few minutes later, I alighted and hurried into the apartment, heaving a sigh of relief when i saw her toothy grin but then I frowned and pinched her lightly on her ears.
"Who gave you the idea to leave school?" I asked in a stern voice.
She pouted and tears welled up in her eyes.
"I am sorry mummy" she apologized in a remorseful tone.
I sighed and patted her hair, then I smiled at my landlord.
"Thank you sir for finding her"
He shook his head hurriedly "No, I wasn't the one that found her, she knocked on the door of my house and I let her in".
My mouth fell agape and I stared at Nyx suspiciously , then I smiled and thanked the man again before hoarding Nyx Into the house.
I looked at her happy face thoughtfully.
I would definitely have a talk with her this night, I needed to know how and why she left school.
"Let's bake your birthday cake together" I informed her and she cheered, her eyes bending into crescents.
That night, we had fun together, baking cake and assembling the cream and fondant ingredients.
Nyx had also insisted on making longevity noodles, something she had learnt from a Chinese friend in her kindergarten so I had no other choice but to fulfill her wishes.
"Good night mum"
My little angel kissed me on my cheeks and lay on the bed, I watched her doze off then I heaved a sigh of relief, walking out of the room.
Once I was inside my own room, I picked up my laptop and began to answer to mails.
Because of Nyx, I had started working from home and most of my jobs were done at night.
"I will revaluate the data and give you a feedback tomorrow morning"
I put down the phone, cracking my neck wearily as I took a sip of water from a nearby glass.
Looking at the Minnie mouse clock on the bedside cabinet, my eyes widened when I realized that it was 11:59 already.
"It will soon be 12:00, happy birthday My baby Nyx"
I stared at the clock hopefully, waiting for the 12o'clock alarm.
Just as the time changed.
There was a loud scream.
"Nyx!"
I hurried up from my head, not minding the clanging sound of my phone as it fell on the wooden floor.
Another scream, this time, it was louder and more painful followed by a crunching sound.
Ok instinct, I ran towards her bedroom, once I arrived, I flung the door open and rushed into the room.
My eyes widening at what I saw on the bed.
My daughter shifted!
My 5 years old... actually shifted already.
My mind was overwhelmed...was it fear?, I didn't know.
With trembling hands, I caressed the white fur of my darling child, a sob escaping my lips.
Her wolf, it reminded me so much of Astrid.... Adriano's wolf.
When I was younger, I would always watch through the window as he shifted into that huge magnificent white wolf.
An Alpha wolf.
I would wish and fantasize, thinking of what mine would be like.
The fact that I didn't awake earlier like my age mates didn't deter me at all, instead, I prayed and hoped for that day.
Even when Elaire shifted to hers, a magnificent blonde wolf, I was envious...still waiting for mine.
And that was until my 16th birthday.
The day I heard that word from my stepmother's mouth.
"Hybrid".
A chuckle escaped my lips.
That day, I had finally become aware of what I was.
A mistake between two species.
No one knew what my mother was, but they knew that she couldn't shift but she was capable of taming my father, a beta werewolf and that was how she became his mistress.
The little wolf cub on the bed whimpered, her nose nuzzling into my hands.
I smiled faintly, my eyes shining with tears.
"Can you shift back Nyx?" I asked my daughter.
She just whined then with wide eyes, I watched as her body crunched.
The same bone crunching sound I had heard earlier.
Bones and joints shifted, claws retracted and furs became invisible.
I heaved a sigh of relief when I saw her familiar face.
"Mummy" she stammered out, her hands raised, placed on my cheek, so accurately — unlike before.
"You are so beautiful" she whispered.
My eyes widened when I heard her statement.
I looked closer, heart beating fast, threatening to escape out of my ribcages, I looked at my daughter's childish face, then Into those familiar green eyes.
Before, though those gems were a shiny grin, they were actually dull, unfocused and looked like a thin white film was covering them but now —.
"Nyx ..." I cried in disbelief.
"You can—"
Impossible!
How could it be!
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