When Our Paths Collide

A Different Perspective

The pain slowly disappeared, but why am I so low to the ground when I get up? I ran deeper into the forest and reached a lake, I inched towards the water and the reflection made me jump a little bit. It must have been hours but the wind picked up a little and it felt really good. I closed my eyes and embraced its presence but it was disturbed by rustling just a little bit beyond the bushes. I howled and made my way back to the house but stopped as soon as I got out of the treeline back in my dad's backyard. I can't let them see me like this.

I walked towards the back porch, just enough to see who was still in the kitchen. Chris, Scott, and Amanda were the only ones left. I whined and pawed at the door, all three of them got up to see where the sound was coming from. I sat patiently by the door and as soon as Amanda opened it, I booked it to my room and hid under my bed.

"Where are you good doggy?" I heard Scott say as he entered my room. I whined just to let him know I'm inside the room. He knelt down beside the bed and looked under it and saw me. "There you are. Why don't you come out?" he tried to reach and I just crawled towards him. "Where did you come from, buddy?" he started to pet my head. I whined and nudged his hand.

"There you are." Chris said as he entered the room.

"Found a good doggo." Scott said. I whined and then ran downstairs to my dad's office.

He wasn't fazed at all seeing a large wolf in his office. I nudged his leg with my snout and he looked down and smiled.

"You look so majestic, just like your mom." He patted my head and howled. "It's going to be alright. It's up to you if you want to stay that way for now or phase back." I growled and whined. "Okay, okay. Let me get you a robe." He chuckled. I laid on the couch as he left his office. A few minutes later, he came back with my purple fluffy robe and Amanda in tow. "Sweetheart, it will hurt but I'm right here okay? Amanda's here too." he smiled. He then put the robe on top of me before putting his hand on my head. He whispered something and I felt my body temperature rising, there wasn't any pain at all and within minutes I was back in my human form.

"Welcome back, white wolf." Dad said as I got up and wrapped the robe around me.

"Did you know that I will be like mom?" I asked.

"I had my suspicions but I wasn't 100% sure." He walked over to his desk and wrote something. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Amanda said.

"Sorry guys, did you see a white fluffy dog?" Scott asked.

"No. We don't have a dog." Dad smiled and winked at me.

"Oh, Sage. You're back. Chris is worried." Scott smiled faintly at me.

"I'll be up in a sec." I smiled and he left, closing the door behind him. "Please let me tell Chris on my own." I looked at Amanda then at my dad.

"Of course. Now go before he runs out to the woods to find you." Dad walked over to me and hugged me. I jogged out of the office and up to my room.

"Sage, you're back." Chris said as he got up from the bed and hugged me. I winced a little but I didn't let him notice.

"Please don't go." I said as I looked up at him.

"I won't. I managed to get your dad to send someone else. I'm sorry." He hugged again and I winced. "Are you okay?" he asked as he helped me sit on the bed. All I could do was nod. "Let me draw up a bath for you." he smiled. I didn't even notice that I was covered in dirt. He came back out and led me to the bathroom. "I'll get your clothes ready then I'll be just outside." he smiled and closed the door behind him.

I washed my body, rinsed and jumped into the tub. The hot water feels really good on my skin. I laid back and rested my head on the edge. I thought that everything about vampires and werewolves were just in movies but I guess there are really things in this world that we can't explain. And here I am embracing these changes. What am I really?

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Follow Sage and Christopher's adventures in Moonlit Path. Thank you for reading. Book two will be out soon.