The Legend of the Chosen

CHAPTER 5: WEREWOLF LAND– Alexa’s POV

As soon as we were out of the hospital, I looked around and saw a beautiful town with lots of people roaming the streets. There were a lot of small shops and boutiques all nicely taken care of, a butcher, a bakery, a tailor’s shop, etc. I was so impressed with how fresh and colorful everything looked that I didn’t notice that most of the people were staring at me. Not really talking to anyone in particular I murmured: “So pretty…”

To that Mr. Blue Eyes answered: “Surprised? Were you expecting something more obscure and dirty looking?” before I could answer him he added: “ I have to take care of something very quick in here (pointing at the tailor’s shop I had noticed earlier), do you prefer to come in or stay here on the bench?”

The bench was placed just under the tailor’s window-shop, so I answered with “I’ll wait here and breath some fresh air”.

I was still looking around when I felt something soft on my leg, I looked down and to my surprise saw an orange/brown color puppy sitting between my legs staring at me.

“Oh! And who are you? You’re so cute!” I said, picking him up. He was indeed very cuddly, his fur was soft and I started stroking him on his back while he kept looking at me. At some point he flopped down in my arms and rested his head on my chest and I swear he started to purr.

I was interrupted by a very loud growl and looked up to see a very big orange/brown color super angry wolf. Realizing only in that moment, that I was probably holding a werewolf child and that the angry wolf was his mother, I gently put him back down on the ground, but the puppy didn’t move. The mother growled louder and the puppy ran to her, between her legs, she was about to come closer to me, but she changed her mind seeing Mr. Blue Eyes exiting the shop and left.

“What did you do now?” He asked me shocked looking down at me.

“Nothing! A puppy came near me, so I picked him up and the his angry mother arrived” I answered annoyed.

To that he said: “You’re not supposed to pick up someone else’s child! You could be a kidnapper for all she knows!”

“I’m sorry ok? I didn’t realize he was a child; he was so small so I though he was someone’s dog…”  He started laughing loudly and said: “Seriously? You didn’t think that he could be a werewolf on werewolf territory?”

I rolled my eyes “Whatever.”

“C**p! I forgot my wallet inside, don’t pick up anything else while I’m in ok?” he said smirking at me. I didn’t reply or answer him, I simply sat back down on the bench. The same puppy came back with another grey one and sat in front of me wagging their tail.  I couldn’t believe it and said: “I’m sorry boys, I can’t play with you without you mother’s permeation.” They didn’t budge and kept staring at me, I looked around for their mother but didn’t see her.

I didn’t know what to do. To avoid any further problems, I decided to go in the tailor’s shop and stood up only to be slammed back down to the ground. On top of me was I huge grey wolf, growling loudly at me, he had one paw on my chest and I couldn’t breathe. My vision started to blur before I saw Mr. Blue Eyes yank the wolf off me and I started coughing really hard. I looked up and saw Mr. Blue Eyes shouting at the grey wolf “If you don’t want them to wonder around, educate them, now go home!”

I sat up still coughing and looked at Mr. Blue Eyes who looked at me very annoyed and said: “Seriously?! I was in there for 40 seconds! And you were able to create trouble!”

“I didn’t (breath in) even touch (breath out) them!” I said still regaining my breath.

“I can’t understand if you’re a trouble maker or just very unlucky” he said analyzing me.

I stood up and simply replied: “I need sugar”.

He wasn’t expecting this kind of answer and asked confused: “What?”

“I need sugar like chocolate, ice-cream, something sweet”.

He looked at me astonished and sighed “Fine, there’s an ice-cream shop not far from here, let’s go.”

We arrived at the ice-cream shop and sat outside where a couple on tables were placed nicely. “What would you like?” he asked me.

“I would like Chocolate and Chocolate chip cookie, anything with chocolate really and an iced tea, please. Thank you.”

He nodded and went inside to order at the counter, I didn’t understand why he didn’t simply wait for the waitress, but I didn’t really care. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the fresh breeze that the evening was bringing and started to tune a song I had in mind. 

 was interrupted by a “hmm” that made me open my eyes and smile. Mr. Blue Eyes had bought me exactly what I had asked for, I looked at him and smiled at him widely “Thank you so much, that looks amazing!” I said sounding probably like a 5-year-old. He chuckled and sat down in the chair in front of me with his ice-cream that looked like chocolate mint.

After a few minutes of peaceful silence, he asked: “Feeling better?”

“Much, thank you” I answered smiling at him.

“Do you always eat ice-cream after someone tries to suffocate you?” he smirked.

I laughed, not much at what he said, but at the whole situation I was in. I shrugged and said: “When I’m stressed I usually eat and listening to music while dancing around on my terrace, so yeah, it’s a habit I guess”.

He looked at me with those perforating eyes of his and asked: “So I have to ask, and it’s going to seem strange, but have we met before? Have you ever been on this land before?”

I looked at him closely, studying his facial features and didn’t think I had ever seen him so I said: “I don’t think so, I’m not really good with faces but I think I would have definitely remembered you and those blue eyes of yours.” Did I really say that out loud? Was I flirting? Wow there is something wrong with me.

He grinned and said: “I think I would have remembered you too since you seem to generate trouble everywhere you go. It’s just that your scent is familiar to me, like I’ve smelled it before.”

This made me curious: “What do I smell like? And please don’t say something horrible like sweat.” He laughed at my comment and said: “Don’t worry, actually it’s chocolate and raspberries”.

“So, I smell like a brownie? No wonder the children before came near me, they probably wanted to eat me” I said laughing.

I finished my ice-cream and started looking for my bag, he looked at me confused and asked: “Are you searching for something?”.

“Yes, my bag, I keep doing that, keep searching for it. I wanted to pay but I obviously can’t…oh c**p…”: I said covering my face with both my hands.

“Don’t worry, I paid before, it’s no problem really, my treat” he reassured me caressing my arm.

“Thankyou” I said trying not show my sadness too much.

“Does it hurt?” he asked looking tense at the bruise on my arm, which had turned a weird yellow purple color.

“Not really. It did when he grabbed me but now it looks worse that it feels. At least physically...” I said thinking about that creep. 

“Anyways, at what time is the meeting?” I asked, remembering I was here for a reason.

“Your meeting was postponed to tomorrow morning” he said still looking at my bruised arm.

“Oh, ok, then I guess I need to ask you or your boss, I don’t know, to pay a hotel room, because I can’t go back home…” I said looking down at my hands ashamed to be asking for money.

“Don’t worry, you will be staying at the pack house tonight.” He said calmly.

“No, no, I can’t impose like that! No, a hotel is fine. Please.” I begged.

“It’s better this way, so we can protect you and others.” He stated and to that I asked shocked: “Wait, you’re afraid I will hurt someone?!”.

He sighed: “No, it’s so you don’t go wondering around and get into trouble, like before.”

I huffed and asked: “Fine, so who usually stays at this pack house?”

He chuckled and said: “The Alpha’s family and guards mostly.”

“You too? Because you’re a guard?” I asked, realizing I knew nothing of the man in front of me.

He answered with pride saying: “Yes, I see myself as chief guard.”

“So, the chief of guards is on babysitting duty today?” I teased him, grinning.

He answered with a grin: “I’m enjoying my day off.”

That made me smile at him. We smiled at each other looking in our eyes, it was getting intense because his hand was still caressing my arm.

However, we were interrupted by a woman, about our age or a few years younger that said: “Hi Eric! How are you doing? Haven’t seen you for a while. I was starting to miss you.”

She then placed both her hands on the table making her boobs show even more, out of her low-cut tank top while getting closer to his face. So, his name was Eric!

I looked at Miss. Big t**s and I didn’t particularly enjoy the way she was completely ignoring me, how rude.

Eric answered: “Hi Jessica, I’m fine thank you. Just helping out our guest (gesturing at me, but she kept looking at him). How is you father? Recovered?”

She jumped at the question and put a hand on his shoulder asking eagerly: “Oh yes! How sweet of you to ask! Do you want to come to my house for dinner so you can see for yourself?”

I nearly laughed at the pathetic attempt to seduce him. He smiled gently at her and said: “I’m sorry but I am already busy, maybe next time.”

She pouted like a 5-year-old and said with a sad tone “Ok, it’s a date” and left giggling without even looking at me.

“Charming” I said looking at him.

He shrugged and simply said: “Come on, let’s go to the pack house so we can get you settled in.” I nodded and got up.