THE SECRET OF A CHARM BRACELET

FLIGHT

Camila kept running with the baby tightly clutched to her chest as she ran through the woods. she remembered her childhood friend who lived in the outskirts of Mehin... When she arrived, her friend was surprised to see her breathing so fast and with a child in her arms.

   "Camila?"
    "Yes, Grace it's me"
    "Oh my...you look tired...come in"
    "Thanks dear"

Grace carries the baby for her and ushers her a seat beside the fireplace then served her coffee cause she was shivering already. She also gave her a blanket to cover herself with; then she asked her what had happened.
          
         "What happened to you? When did you put to birth? Where is your husband?"
         "Grace...i don't even know how to start answering your questions...to be honest, I'm scared." Tears began to flow down her cheeks.
          "Why? What's wrong?"
          "Mav is a werewolf! and that's not the only thing. The thing is I've lived with him all these years and I never knew!"
          "Jeez! So how did you find out?"
      "He transformed just hours ago back at our house and he did that after a Lil fight we had...he began howling and destroying stuff" Camila explained, still shedding tears.
           "But he didn't harm you right?"
           "Yeah..."
           "You mean he didn't harm you in that state?! That's strange. Hollup I'm gonna check that out"
          Grace places her friend's baby in a beautiful cot with so much tenderness. She was also pregnant at the time and probably decided to start buying baby stuff ahead of time. After making sure the baby was nicely tucked in her tiny bed, she went to get her glasses and laptop. She began a quick search online about werewolves then, she came across a line. ELIXIRS... NOT YOUR REGULAR WOLVES. Sounded interesting, she clicked on it... And was amazed at what she saw.
        "Camila...come check this out(she moved closer with the laptop to her friend)you gotta see this."Camila looked into the laptop with her eyes almost out of it's sockets.
        "Mav is an ELIXIR!?"
                "Obviously...I mean look at all those abilities...and uhmm they match the details of what you told me about him. Also, look it's says that there's just one of them left and he's about four-hundred years but is hiding. Is your husband that old?" Camila asked trying a soothing laughter to calm the situation.
                "Well...like I said earlier, everything is just being revealed. I knew nothing about him being a werewolf before."she sighed.
            
                           "He definitely kept that from you as a secret."
                           "It's really hot in here." Camila wasn't sure if it was just the heat that was making her feel uncomfortable.
                           "Yeah, you've been close to the fireplace for long." Grace replied. Then she noticed the necklace on her friend's neck.
                           "What's wrong?"Camilla asked.

"The pendant of your necklace... look at it"

"Oh this, my husband have it to me after our engagement party. (She takes off the necklace and takes a closer look at the pendant. It's actually silver wood head. She gasped.)

"You see what I mean? Grace asked.

"Yeah it never crossed my mind until now."

"So what will you do now?"

"I really don't know"Camila responded indifferently.

Grace thinks about what they could possibly do for a while, then she snapped her fingers as she came up with an idea.

"Camil, we have to take your baby away."

"What do you mean!?

"You heard me right. You need to take this child away. It's creepy how you're husband would leave you to take responsibility of the baby alone when you don't even have a job."

"Look, I'll find a job anytime soon and I'll be able to raise her alone."

"You're not certain yet yunno...be honest with me, wasn't Mav the only backbone of the family? Now he's gone to who knows where, leaving you broke with a huge responsibility. Think about this, it's for your daughter's good. If you love her you won't let her go through this." Camila finally heeds to her friend's advice.