THE RUNAWAY BRIDE

CHAPTER 5

I looked at him baffled still holding my knife high and not letting my guard down "what are you talking about??and why are you following me??."He still looked at me with such admiration but I only looked at him with caution"I see you're still keeping your guard up."I only stared at him without moving an inch,he sighed"My name is Morgan Rosas,I'm known as the keeper.....I have looked after this place for thousands of years and I have never seen anyone make it out alive until ...recently. "I stared at him without saying a word although I wanted to ask questions but I kept myself steady, he must have seen the look of interest and wary in my eyes as he continued "This forest that you have just come out of is known as Alavara Forest named after the warrior goddess ,it was built around her hatred for human kind as well as magical creatures.Inside of it what any person who enteres sees is either their past,future ,desire or greed.It's shows you what your heart desires the most."I subconsciously put my knife down because I didn't sense any hostility."They have all been killed while being stuck in that illusion that they have created but you...you just got out with barely a scratch."I looked at him with surprise barely a scratch I was literally bleeding from my arms and legs and have scars all over my face."I guess I'm just lucky ....and it's great to know you but what I don't get is why are you following me???."He stared at me for a long time before he answered "Because you have freed me ,so now you are my master...".Whattt I thought I must have heard wrong ,who would want an old man following them around"uhm o..kay, see I'm glad I freed you from whatever it is that held you prisoner but I am no master to anybody.."I mean I don't even have a wolf ,imagine what kind of enemies I would have if someone referred to me as their master I would be doomed"But you are my master and I'll follow you to the ends of eternity."I just walked away

before he says more weird things"Wait, Master...wait for me!!!"He literally ran towards me, I tried picking up the pace but because of my injuries he eventually caught up"Please go find your own way and do whatever it you'd like to do.Just stop following me."He looked a bit sad"But I have nowhere else to go.Even if i did I'm bound to follow you!."I just let him be because I had no energy to argue with an old man ,he followed me quietly.We walked for a long time without any guidance, damn not having a wolf really sucks I can't even find the right sense of direction"Why aren't you using your wolf??"I stood for a while feeling that overwhelming sense I haven't felt in ages.Its been a while since someone asked me that question and it sounds way hurtful when somebody says it besides my conscience "I..I don't..have one yet"it felt even worse admitting it to somebody else "Ooh "suprisingly that's all he managed to say "I guess that's part of the reason my father never really liked me.."He suddenly tapped me to stop"But you do have a wolf"i looked at him surprised "Please don't try to make me feel better because it's not working"he looked at me indifferently"But you do ,I sensed it the moment you entered the forest and I must say it's a powerful one indeed."I looked at him with so much hope written on my face"Really??are you playing games with me now??."He looked a little stunned"No I'm not ,are you telling me you don't sense your wolf at all??"He looked at me with so much disbelief "No,I've never sensed it or even felt it."i have already reached the age of shifting but I haven't yet and that has always made me a laughingstock ,i remember when my birthday came in April I was so happy that finally i get to be like my family members i could use my wolf like they did,I could hunt with my siblings,run fast like the wind on every full moon and get to have wolf pack fighting but the day for me was so devastating.I stood infront of the whole pack like a fool all the girls in my age range were shifting left ,right and centre but not me.My father already didn't like me so when I didn't shift I think it made it worse,everyone stared at me like a complete stranger.Even my friends were no longer allowed to hang out with me,I cried and waited for days but nothing ever happened ,my mother tried to console me with'when the time is right my wolf would show'but here I am and still nothing.

Morgan looked at me as if he sensed my deepest pain "I could tell you a few things about it ....if you'd like to know."I excitedly stayed by his side with eyes wide and my ears opened"Well...go on.."The wind shifted a little too hard and that's when I looked up to the sky and noticed it was already starting to be nightfall"i will but first let's find a place to set camp for the night....this place is dangerous at night,especially for your kind.."what does he mean by my kind....

we walked for a lot more miles than I expected and in the end we found a vacant cave and we stayed there it was pretty dark but Morgan managed to gather some wood and light a fire as we both found our sitting spots and he started talking"Your wolf is there deep inside of you ,He's just ....asleep."I thought I didn't hear him quite right HE!!!"wait what do you mean HE!!!?? you must be mistaken"It's impossible for a female to have a male wolf everyone of us has the same gender wolf ,I was seriously starting to doubt what he said about me having a wolf "Well it's seems like you have a special kind of wolf,and I'm sure it's a he.He seems to be in some kind of slumber.."He said while staring intensively at me "But he seems to be blocked by something,a barrier of some kind that's making him sleep this soundly.."A barrier but why would I have a barrier"I don't seem to understand what you're saying.."."Someone blocked your wolf from coming out and it seems like it was done from the moment you were born.So you not shifting was not a coincidence."My heart felt like it was cut into a million pieces and I felt the air growing thinner in my lungs"So..someone..did this to me??on purpose but why??,why would someone be so cruel as to do something like this..Do they have any idea how it feels like to be a wolfless wolf??."I could feel my eyes getting teary as my heart couldn't take these news"Well i pretty much have the answer to that!!"I quickly shot my eyes up to meet his"You have ....a white wolf that's why.."I completely froze when he said a WHITE WOLF that's impossible I may have been born as an Alphas daughter but white wolves are the rarest of our kind.they haven't been seen in a thousand years"But that's impossible ,those kind of wolf haven't existed in a long time"."Exactly the reason why someone would try to lock them up.","But I've heard that white wolves are the most powerful of them all,I can't even heal ordinary wounds so it's impossible for me to be it."He looked at me sincerly"You can't heal your wounds properly because your wolf can't communicate with you but ,it subconsciously heals you when you're hurt which is why they always heal.like for example right now I don't see any wounds on you even though you were injured when we met."That's when I noticed I wasn't feeling any pain anymore and checked on my legs and wrists I was completely healed up only the blood remained"wait ,I really am healed"

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