The Wolf Among Us

"Alice, wait! Please wait!" Juan's voice echoed as she ran after her twin sister. "Alice, please wait a minute. I can explain!" she added as she blocked Alice from walking away. "Seriously, Juan!? What do you want to explain? You want to explain that you've been hiding a beast under our roof?" Alice paused, her annoyance evident in her voice. "Actually, Alice, that's not what matters right now," Juan replied. "What matters then?!" Alice reacted angrily, continuing to walk away, leaving Juan behind. "What matters is that he saved your life! They could have killed you!" She shouted after her, but Alice kept walking away in silence. "Where do you think you're going? You still need to be protected because they are still coming after you!" She added as she ran after her. "I don't want his protection! Just because of a minor case, that beast murdered them all!" Alice angrily yelled at her, pointing her finger towards the forest. "For killing those innocent souls, I don't want his protection!" She added with tears in her eyes. "But it wasn't intentional! He was trying to protect you!" Juan replied, shaking her head. "Damn his protection!" She yelled out. "Alice, I thought I was helping! Listen to me, what matters is that..." Juan was still speaking, but she cut her off. "What really matters is that he killed people! innocent people! And what matters is that you have been hiding a monster! How could you!?" She interrupted, pointing seriously at Juan. "You could have been dead by now. You should be grateful that we have someone like him!" Juan responded with hard voice. "I should be grateful?! That he killed people...? Is that so? I hate you! I regret ever being your sister! I..." She couldn't finish her statement, and Juan interrupted. "Stop it, just stop it!" She shouted, almost in tears at her sister's words. Though her tears still didn't stop her from completing her statement. "I hate you, and from today, learn to keep your distance from me! And know that the guy you have been hiding, I will personally expose him to the hunters! Aaron is a monster and should be treated like one!" She thundered, her voice moving like a heavy wind. "Please, I'm begging you, you must not do that! Why would you..." Juan was still speaking, but she interrupted her. "Because he is a murderer, he killed five... only in my presence!" She replied. "Alice, can't you understand? Why are you trying to be ungrateful? He was fighting to protect you, for God's sake!" Juan responded with a broken heart. "And what about those he killed at school? What about them?" She asked, and Juan remained silent. She was left with no words. "Why so silent? Was he still fighting to protect me?" She asked repeatedly. "How could you have been so wicked and heartless, hiding someone who has been terrorizing the community, killing innocent people?" She added. "And you knew about this all this time, and you kept quiet!" She said as Juan went down in tears. "I should have known that you are a monster, and I'm sure that's why you chose the monster over the lives of people!" She continued pressing as more tears drops down from Juan's eyes. "I'm disappointed at you, but you heard me. I'm exposing him to the hunters," She said and walked away. Juan was traumatized by those statements from Alice. Although she didn't run after her, she headed towards the woods to look for Aaron. • • • The woods were very quiet, with only the hushed sounds of animals, and Aaron was sitting quietly on the root of a big tree. "Aaron! Where are you? Aaron!" Juan's voice kept calling out to him, but he remained quiet until she finally spotted him. She reached out to him with tears in her eyes, and the bodies of the armed men he had killed were lying on the ground. These men were dressed in black suits with pistols in their hands. "Aaron, I'm so sorry about the way my sister reacted. She doesn't know what you have done for her," she said, but Aaron remained silent, pretending she wasn't talking to him. "Trust me, I will make sure she doesn't expose your identity," She added, but he still kept quiet. "Say something," She said. "What do you want me to say...? You force me to do whatever you want," He responded without looking at her. "Aaron, are you blaming me for my sister's action?" she asked. "And isn't that your fault!?" he yelled at her with widened eyes. "And why should all the blame be on me?" Juan replied with a low voice, tears flowing down from her eyes. "Because it is all your fault! You know your sister never liked me!" Aaron responded aggressively. "Oh yes, I knew that right from the start," she replied as she nodded her head. "Then you insisted that I must help her? I told you she's never going to keep it a secret, knowing my true identity! But you kept insisting that I must help her, and now my life is at risk!" he yelled and stood to his feet. "I warned you about this! I warned you..." Aaron said, frustration evident in his voice. "Aaron, you helped me, not her. She is my only sister. I can't let her die," she replied, guilt evident in her voice. "Who else am I supposed to run to in the middle of the woods? You are the only one who can answer my call from anywhere," she added as she swallowed her saliva. "No matter what, I can't let her die!" She added, while Aaron was left looking at her silently. He came to think of it; she is right. There is no one she can run to for help in the forest but rather call on him. "Listen to me, Aaron," she said as she approached him and held his two hands, looking into his eyes. "Do you think that I will ever think of doing what will hurt you? I have no choice but to pressure you to do what you did, and I'm still thankful," she said to him with a soft voice. "Then why is your sister making things difficult for us all?" Aaron asked. "That's what I'm trying to let you know that I will still make her understand. She's still annoyed at me for keeping such a secret from her," she said as Aaron kept on trying so hard to calm down. "Don't worry about your identity, it's safe with us," she assured him, touching his hand. "Are you sure about that?" he asked. "Yes, very, very sure. You know what, forget about all this, just come on, let's go home. Alice might not be safe now," Juan said to him. "You mean I should go fight for her again? You can't be serious!!" he said upon hearing her statement and angrily pushed her aside. "Don't take it that way..." Juan said. But he silently walks away from her. "Alright, I'm sorry! Can we just go home" Juan shouted at Aaron. "It's obvious that you don't care about me but your sister. You only care about using me to protect your family as a whole!" He said, walking away angrily. "I care very much for you. You can't lie to yourself about that," she responded. Aaron paused, stared at her. "Aaron, I'm still the only reason you are alive," she added. "And I'm not the reason why you are still alive?" he asked, shrugging his shoulders. "I know, that's why we need each other," she responded. Aaron continued walking away silently. "That's not our way home," she said as he was heading in the wrong direction. "You ever think that I will follow you back to your home?" he replied to her. "You mean our home?" Juan retorted. "Whose home? Where you make use of my sense anyhow you like? And yet keep pretending that you like me? You are a viper!!" Aaron said, and Juan was shocked by that statement. "Go and be with your sister and let me be!" He added with a deep voice as she moves backward, as Aaron's eyes are already getting reddish. He transformed into a werewolf and leaped away.