Blood moon

Chapter 52. Why are their eyes red?

Andrea wanted to understand them better, but she could not. It was surprising the way Hunter was behaving now, as if he was a good wolf, keeping calm in spite of the tense situation, in her there was a doubt about the color of his eyes, because if both brothers shared the idea that they were alphas, then there was a part of the story that she didn't understand.

—Why are their eyes red? Is it an alpha thing?— the way she asked it made both men share a look because they didn't want to go into details about what it meant. It was known that werewolves in their purest state of alphas, when they were connected with their wolves had those changes, he never thought it would be Hunter who would be able to do it, plus it was about those who did, they had the ability to lead more than a pack, but their own pack, they were the kind that hunted deer and humans.

—I'm better connected with my alpha side, that's all— tried to explain the younger werewolf without giving him more suggestive indications but this was useless, when it was about his girl.

—Aha, and the truth is what? provoking them.

—When the pack was at risk, one of the alpha wolves was blessed by the Goddess. According to our traditions...the color of the eyes shows the feelings that we harbor in our soul, in moments of anguish where to protect the loved one it is necessary to kill, the eyes can transform, then depending on the strength that is in the heart of the wolf, so strong will be the color of his eyes— they all remained mute, Harley had memorized the passages of the ancient stories because it was his duty as the next successor.

—Did you feel the need to kill, did something happen, now all the attention was on the youngest of the alphas?

—I...I told you that we were fighting against the enemy pack, the one you were all once part of, now we have different interests, they decided to invade our territory, as alphas and sons of the pack leader, we can't wait for things to sort themselves out, we need to protect the women, their children and interests, the need to protect is very strong when you are part of the community.

—The werewolf with the red eyes will be the one in charge of protecting the pack, he is the one chosen by the goddess to put an end to the disputes between the werewolves, he will be able to unite both families, if he considers it so or he will have the power to eliminate his enemies...— I tried to explain the first born to her.

—The way those words came out of his mouth, made Hunter's heart have little stabs, he felt a lot of pain in his heart, he did not understand where so much sadness came from, maybe it was because he did not want her to feel disappointed in him.

—Peace? it's difficult after what happened, I don't think they particularly want me after the warning I sent them— that made the girl's face decline —I had no options Andrea, you will think my actions are cruel, but they were there to kill us and they would do it without hesitation, I could not allow people like that to be near the town, and affect my community, especially you- the last part was a whisper.

—What are you saying, you killed them— the expression of astonishment was quickly replaced by one of fear, —Are you a f*****g murderer? You're here trying to make me understand why I shouldn't be afraid of you and you tell me that you killed who knows how many people because you "believed" they would harm your community, I can't accept that.

—You don't understand...—Harley tried to intervene.

—Shut up— she sentenced him —I want an explanation about what is going on.

—You don't know them, you don't know what they are capable of doing, we have rules, they grow up as savages, they fight until they almost kill each other and when they fail they are tortured, they do it since they are children, they call it "being men", they play with your mind to believe that you are a soldier as strong as any brick in a house, as indispensable as anyone, they would give their lives for the cause— he took a long breath —I had a life or death decision in my hands, I took the one I thought would benefit everyone.

The human kept silent for what seemed like an eternity, without a doubt he was not the kind of man she was used to looking at, this man could hurt her a lot if he wanted to, but Andrea knew he wouldn't, because he had shown her, he omitted things from his life, but he was also the first one to offer to tell her the truth, he was being as open as he could about his life, he couldn't blame her for his life.

—No one should have an opinion about anyone's life, especially when we are not of the same species, there are things I don't know and I don't pretend to be a moral compass about your actions, if what you say is true those men needed a punishment, from what I understand in your case it would be you because you violated their territory, then I can understand why you did what you did.

—But you don't agree at all—Hunter finished for her.

—I'm not someone to tell you what's right or wrong, but I don't think I can be okay with that, people died— he emphasized the last part. Hunter stood up, his eyes had changed to their previous color, the red in them had almost completely disappeared, he was internalizing the human inside him and not the wolf.

—I feel connected to my wolf, we are two separate entities living together in the same body, we both have different instincts, and sometimes the same. When I see another man kiss you, my rational side wants to look for a diplomatic way out, the wolf in me wants to tear his throat out and watch him bleed to death on the floor— he pointed to his older brother —All of us wolves feel that instinct when we are angry, you can ask anyone you want and whoever denies it is lying.

—It's true, the killer instinct is there, for everything, if we are upset, jealous or want revenge, especially those feelings that feed on pain, they enhance the violence in our body, our second skin wants to come out and our wolf form looks for the way to express itself.

—I understand why they do it, we all have imagined a misfortune happening to someone who is hurting us a lot, but...it is not enough reason to commit the act— Andrea could not believe that she was trying to explain to them why homicide was not necessarily a good thing.

—I won't lie to you, I won't pretend, it was horrible and you would vomit if you saw what happened, but I did it to send a message, I didn't want anyone to even think that we are weak, I don't regret it and I would do it again because I am willing to protect you all with my life— He was ready to leave through the door and when he was about to cross it, he turned around to give her one last look —I don't know, if what he did is the right thing, but what you did hurts more, I knew what would happen when I killed you, but you must have known that I was playing with my feelings, I know Harley is a son of a b***h, but from you, Andrea, I didn't think you could do that to me— then he went out.

The werewolf started to cry walking away, as much as he thought he could forgive her for what happened and only blame his brother, he couldn't now with the feelings he had, he feels very overwhelmed, before her he had had other loves, at the time he loved them very much, but this time he felt his soul was being pierced, telling her the truth was so he could close the cycle without having to worry so much about what happened.

They both stood in the room looking at each other. The human was no longer afraid that he would transform into a wolf in front of her, the way things turned out now her biggest concern would be the future, she had destroyed the heart of a man who was worth it for a moment of passion with her boss, she didn't understand how she thought this would go well, surely her body had let herself go by hormones because there was no way this would go well.

—I'll talk to him, I can tell his feelings for you are genuine— The CEO of the company is a little fragile at this moment— If that's what you really want, you seem so convinced that what he did is unthinkable, but for our herd he is a hero, he even gave up fighting to be the next leader of the herd, because he is convinced that he will be happy by your side, I know what he did is despicable and that I was the one who incited all this to get out of control, but.... he deserves to be happy—controversial words came out of his mouth, considering his actions.