Beths new moons rising

The longing

“But father! Why? Is there something wrong with him?” I pleaded and wanted to cry. I didn’t understand what the problem was and I really didn’t understand why i cared so much.

“ our problems between our families goes back multiple generations and I will not speak of it any further!”

I started taking my things inside without another word. My father has rarely ever raised voice when speaking to me. Whatever happened between our families had to have been huge. I laid down for bed and tried to push the whole day out of my mind but I couldn’t help but think about Caleb. Everything about him made my heart ooze.

Eventually I drifted off to sleep but was woken up in a sweat from a nightmare about Victor. I’ve had frequent nightmares ever since I left him and I don’t sleep well anymore. After calming myself down and realizing that I’m not in danger, I fell back asleep.

The next morning I woke up exhausted from my broken sleep the night before and got dressed and headed downstairs to the food hall for breakfast. The whole pack was already lining the tables and gobbling down their food before I made it down there. I made a small plate and sat down next to my mother.

“Good morning! How did you sleep?” She asked cheerfully.

“Great!” I said, even though I was lying.

“What are your plans for today?” My mother asked.

“I was thinking of going for a run and burning some frustration off”

“Well after you do that, I was thinking of going into the city to do some shopping, would you like to go with me?”

“Sure, I’d love to” I told her, even though going into the city was the last on my list of things I wanted to do.

I finished my breakfast and headed out into the woods. I set my bag down next to a tree and prepared to start shifting. It had been ages since I had shifted so I knew it was going to be brutal. I stripped my clothes off and got down on my hands and knees and started focusing. After a few minutes my bones started to crack and my fingers started turning to claws. I screamed in agony for a moment before I finished shifting.

Now that I’m in wolf form I don’t feel anymore pain and actually feel free. Free from my human problems but my mind is still stuck on Caleb, and the feelings are even a little more intense now. I tried to shrug everything off by running through the trees and along the pond but eventually I was out of breathe and tired.

I trotted back to the tree I left my stuff at and shifted back. Once back in human form I got dressed and went to sit back by the pond to try to relax for a bit before returning to the lodge to head to the city with my mother.

As I sat there my phone suddenly buzzed. It was strange, because it hadn’t buzzed since before I even got here. I looked at it and saw that I had a text from an unknown number that said “I can’t stop thinking about you…”

Without even realizing it, I texted back “who’s this?” A few minutes had passed before my phone buzzed again. “Your knight in shining armor”. “could it be Caleb?” I thought to myself, instantly feeling butterflies in my stomach.

“Caleb?” I responded. “You guessed it”. The response came almost immediately this time.

“I thought we weren’t allowed to speak?” I replied. After a little while with no response I decided to head back to the lodge. I was greeted by my mother and father and my father opened the car door for my mother and I. We squeezed in and said our goodbyes and off down the driveway we went. My mother went on for ages about all the things I had missed while I was in the city with Victor. I was growing bored when my phone finally buzzed again. My excitement got the best of me and I jumped to check it.

“ I know what I said, but I can’t help but feel this intense pull towards you. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t stop thinking about you. “ my heart could’ve jumped out of my chest in that moment. I hadn’t felt like this in as long as I can remember. My relationship with Victor seemed to have fizzled out shortly after our wedding once he became controlling.

“It sounds crazy, but I feel it too. I haven’t been able to think about anything else.” I replied. By then we had arrived in the city and the shopping began.

After what seemed like hours and a hundred stores later, we were finally back in the car heading home. “Did you have fun sweetie? You didn’t say much.” My mother said, sounding a little worried.

“Yes I had a great time being out with you today. We haven’t done that in what feels like forever.” I said.

In that moment my phone buzzed again with a message that read “can I see you? Meet me by the gate tonight at midnight.” My heart dropped and my stomach turned to millions of butterflies. I’m not sure what trouble I’m going to get into, but at this moment, I don’t even care.