Chapter 17: Birthday

" Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Roseanne! Happy birthday to you..." Another week went by quickly and today was Roseanne's birthday. I thought she was going to celebrate it in the elixir house with only Arina, Olivia and Zik but no I was wrong. It seems the werewolves like her a lot as everyone is here in the pack house singing for her. Is it something to do with being an angel, has that helped the pack in some way. I'm curious because I don't know much about angels or what they can do. Anyway I'm only here because of the cake cause it looks really good.

She blew the twenty one candles on the cake meaning she's one year older than me. She was wearing a white v neck dress that made her look pure and her hair was braided beautifully. Vale and most of the pack members are leaving tomorrow, I have made enough potions that'll help them when facing the monsters and I guess It's the reason why there's no alcohol and craziness in this party. " Sigh I wonder how you will survive without me, Arina might strangle you in your sleep" said Zik and I rolled my eyes, everyone was now aware of the tension between me and Arina. We weren't talking to each other, I did my work and she did whatever she does and that's how it was supposed to be from the very beginning. I'm just happy that I'm no longer visited by that man with glowing red eyes. The bracelet was doing a great job keeping him away and I hope it stays that way.

" She can try but it's impossible for her to kill me" he laughed, probably because of how serious I looked when saying that" yeah cause you know more than her, right?", "no I don't. I only said that to annoy her. I just know some things she doesn't know about" he nodded in understanding. We didn't say anything for a couple of seconds just looking at everyone and their relaxed expression. His eyes lit up like he just had realized something" Wait when is your birthday?" I laughed at 'his' serious face and went to receive a slice of cake that was too small for my liking. Well there are too many of us so...

'Era'

I stopped what I was doing as I suddenly heard a voice in my head, a voice that wasn't mine.

'Era I'm waiting in the forest'

It was Vale! H-How is he in my head and he is waiting in the forest? For who?

'Era can you here me'

"I...yes I can hear you, can you?"

I heard him chuckled so that must be a yes.

'you don't have to answer out loud. Use your inner voice'

I nodded then remembered he can't see me and this is just so weird having someone speak in my head. Hearing HIS voice in my head.

'Come to the forest'

'okay!' I tried to answer and quickly left the pack house, I'm curious why he wants me in the forest. Does he have something to say or show me? Somehow I'm aware that he won't do anything to hurt me. It's probably because he needs me for potions. I didn't dare leave the cake behind though and I won't share it with him.

"Vale?" I shouted his name as I walked deeper into the forest, I hope he comes out quickly before I run to his ex. " Vale!" I shouted again, sounding a bit annoyed this time. I dropped my cake when seeing a large silver werewolf a little further ahead, it was bigger than Maya and the light from the moon made it look more beautiful.

'turn away for a minute'

Huh why? How can you call me here and then tell me turn away. My eyes widened when I saw him begin to shift back to his human form. Seeing his strong manly shaped back made me turn away quickly. After a few seconds of waiting I heard him say " I'm done".

He was now wearing pants and didn't have anything to cover his upper body. I can see why a very attractive girl like Maya is still in love with him, well I'm only talking about his outer appearance.

"Done staring?" Nope, it's kind of impossible when you're not wearing any of your usual shirts. " I'm here curious to know why you called me here" I lost interest the moment he opened his mouth. I hated the confident and demanding tone of his voice, it's probably what made Arina such a loyal servant of his but it won't work on me. I'm bearing this because I value my life, all I gotta do is be patient and I will get out of this place unscathed.

"It's that look you always have I think it's one of the reasons 'he' has taken interest in you. You're different. Someone...or should I say something I've never encountered before" I rolled my eyes as this was a waste of my time, I can't believe seeing him made me drop my cake. " Is this why you wanted me here, I thought maybe you had something important to tell or show me", " I do actually, we're leaving tomorrow and Roseanne is included. She always joins us and just like you she once wanted to get out of here. I made her join us with the intentions of showing her how dangerous it is for a young girl like her. I wanted to show her that I was doing her a favour for letting her stay here but she did something unexpected and from then on she always assists us and that's why the werewolves respect her and I would like you to also come with us tomorrow. Who knows? You might have a change of heart. You might surprise us or choose not to cause you're a secretive person and with you there you can make more potions Incase we run out"

I stared at him in shock about everything he has said and what I noticed back at the pack house now made sense. The werewolves respect her? I'm very curious about the reason they do and I guess I have to tag along to find out.