We were connected.591Please respect copyright.PENANANDClZE54Jf
As weird as it seemed, I shared a bond with my new lycanthropy teacher, Mr Grayson, from the moment I met him.591Please respect copyright.PENANAETzDkO1UBf
"I've been waiting for you for many years, Weslyn." I stared up at him, a strange blend of curiosity and confusion filling me. "The last time I saw you, you were barely 9 years old."591Please respect copyright.PENANAcorbpDjj2n
9 years old. The start of my memories. For years I tried mindlessly to remember my childhood before that age, only to be attacked by pain, that burst at the sides of my head. It was almost unreal; impossible. 591Please respect copyright.PENANAonypGs5SIc
When I started to question it, my mother told me of the hit and run accident that killed my father and gave me amnesia. The explanation made perfect sense. It even justified the long scar that ran along my back; almost as if I had been slashed open with a blade.591Please respect copyright.PENANA8PsaN6EBxZ
But after finding out my mother had went through so much caution to hide my birth place from me, I had no way in believing what she said.591Please respect copyright.PENANAJMyKnUJdWa
There was only one way to find out the truth. It was, after all, the reason I had come to Gray Valley in the first place.591Please respect copyright.PENANAsaKG5Ijkix
"By Luna, you know me?" I asked, not particularly surprised. 591Please respect copyright.PENANAnA3AnoLf2g
After arriving in the town, I had so many strange experiences, I doubted I would be astonished by anything.591Please respect copyright.PENANAOJRQGHSTZ3
"You could say that."591Please respect copyright.PENANARvkGWq9TOj
"What can you tell me about my father and mother?" I demanded. He raised an eyebrow scornfully.591Please respect copyright.PENANAZJAWpuflg7
"What makes you think I'll tell you anything?"591Please respect copyright.PENANAPBUT81Qkes
My mind spun, as I realised he was right. What did I have that could possibly make me get him spill what he knew? I had no way of leverage on him or anyone. Gritting my teeth, I looked down and saw his hand gripping my wrist. And then, it clicked.591Please respect copyright.PENANA7KhON7pEce
"You're touching your student," I replied. "I can get you fired for that." 591Please respect copyright.PENANAPNb2UOpx8a
His eyes met mine and to my astonished, he recoiled. I guess I was wrong. Some things would never fail to surprise me. He released my arm from his hold.591Please respect copyright.PENANAiZuFshR2D5
"You're father and mother were Wesley and Lianna Grayson," he started. "They were both born and brought up in Gray Valley. So was I... and you."591Please respect copyright.PENANAWjA0wwHU2s
"Me?" Once again, this confused me. "I was brought up here?"591Please respect copyright.PENANAIy2bQbLhu0
"But of course," his smirk returned. "You wouldn't remember, would you?" I stared at him. What was he going on about? "So tell me, what was the pathetic cover story your mother gave you for moving states away from your birth place. Not to mention, of course, your significant memory loss..."591Please respect copyright.PENANAlNzqACyawO
"It was no cover story," I bit out. "My father died in a hit and run accident that injured my mother and I. I had amnesia from the crushing my skull onto the car door and the glass shards slashed my back, which is why I have-"591Please respect copyright.PENANAE75wchhiiR
"Clever," he interrupted. "That was extremely clever of her. The fact that she justified the scar made it a whole lot more believable, didn't it Weslyn?" 591Please respect copyright.PENANAUg60Q9hMm1
I furrowed my eyebrows, as I recalled the time she told me of the accident. She had added my back being slashed several minutes afterwards; almost like an afterthought. Back then, it made sense that she was reluctant to speak of it but now that the doubt was planted, there was no way I could trust her completely.591Please respect copyright.PENANA0O5T4Td8A2
"It did," I admitted. "I could believe her more when she explained the scar... but if she was really lying..." Who can I put my faith in? 591Please respect copyright.PENANAlHItIAy2CD
"You don't know who to trust anymore," he finished. My lips parted at his statement. How did he know exactly what I was thinking. "You can believe me." 591Please respect copyright.PENANAMOBF4Upn9h
I carefully studied at the man before me. His stormy, gray eyes fixed with unfathomable intensity; deafeningly black hair, darker than the night sky; smooth ivory skin shone with determination. Nothing about him made me feel I couldn't trust him but at the same time, I didn't feel I could either.591Please respect copyright.PENANA4bsTBSWq4s
So I asked him.591Please respect copyright.PENANA1pS3fgPI40
"Why should I trust you?"591Please respect copyright.PENANAdoNZUlnp85
"I want to protect you, Weslyn; save you. I'm not going to let anyone else hurt you." 591Please respect copyright.PENANA0qmURq6BdQ
Again, it didn't make sense. I didn't even know him, yet he claimed to want to defend me from danger. Who was he? What did he know of my past? But most of all what was there for me to be protected from?591Please respect copyright.PENANAN4ZxYs5Si9
"But, why?" I repeated. "Why defend me?"591Please respect copyright.PENANA6ow121jswc
This time, he smiled. Not smirk, but a genuine smile.591Please respect copyright.PENANAAcGFPH9qzJ
"I thought you would have figured it out by now, Weslyn. Surely I wasn't the only one who felt the bond. Even if you are missing memories... surely, you can't have forgotten your family."591Please respect copyright.PENANAzNTuawfctE
"W-what?" I stuttered. family. Just the word itself made hope flutter in my stomach. "W-who are y-you?"591Please respect copyright.PENANARObFOVPXJ8
Family. There was something in the way he uttered the words... Almost knowing.591Please respect copyright.PENANA3MJPP40sO7
Maybe, I wasn't lost. Maybe I was exactly where I needed to be.591Please respect copyright.PENANAztVeCVbh4L
"I may not seem it, but I've missed you, my little sister."
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