Not everyone is born the same. Some are born smart, others creative, but this story is about a family born with something completely different for everyone else.
The alfson family was one of a few family's born with something no else had.
They were...
The next morning charmaine woke to the sun shining in her room. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the birds were out of charmaine felt hope in her heart. She know what she had to do that day.
She got up and put on her favourite red dress lined with exotic bear fur. His father had gotten her the dress after a raid. It was custom-made for her. She loves it. She put on her red cloak and her fur boots and started down the stairs. Her father and brothers were sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Hi, daddy. Hi Alec, Marcus." She give all of them a little side hug and then took her seat to the left of her father.
"Good morning little one." All three said good morning to charmaine. They noticed she was unusually happy today.
"What's got you so happy," Alec asked his little sister that was sitting across from him.
"Oh, nothing. Daddy, I wanted to talk to you." She looked up at her brothers "Alone please."
Both brothers put up their hands and turn to walk to the door.
"Don't mind us," Alec said
"Yea. We were never here." Marcus laughed at his own joke with his brother. Being 23, he and alec had a free run over lundar. Together they walked out of the main hall, pushing and joking with each other.
Charmaine turned towards her father and smiled gently.
"Daddy before you say anything, I won't want to apologize for what I said yesterday. I shouldn't have said it and it was only in anger." Charmaine looked at her father hoping he would forgive her for want had happened the day before.
"It alright my little cub. I know you were just angry with me and I had no right to speak to you the way I had." Maddox was sorry for anything he said. It was in the moment and didn't mean it.
They stood and embraced. They took a step away from each other and lowered their heads. touching foreheads was a way to say sorry and let each other know they loved one another. It was a code that had ruled their family for years.
"Aww that was so cute," Marcus and alec finally came out of hiding from behind the doors.
"That was beautiful little sister. Almost brought tears to my eyes." Charmaine lightly hit murcus on the arm and smiled.
"You know I was so surprised you were so happy today, giving the fix about the arrangement," Alec said gently to his sister, knowing it would upset her.
Maddox hit his son over the head and give him a look to be quiet. Alec took this sign and closed his mouth before he said something else he wasn't supposed to.
"Wait? What arrangement?" Charmaine was confused. No one had told her about any arrangement.
"Charmaine, I think this is something you have to talk to rune about." Maddox couldn't tell his daughter what the arrangement was about because it wasn't his place.
"What does rune have to do with this? I don't understand." Charmaine was starting to get mad. Why was no one telling her what was going on?
Charmaine turned on her heels and marched out of the room to go find a rune. He better tell her what was happening are heads were going to roll.
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Charmaine barged into runes house expecting to see him at the table eating, only to find it empty.
"Rune! Rune, where are you? Show yourself you coward. When were you going to tell me huh? WHEN RUNE!!" Charmaine was furious. On the walk over she had figured out what the "arrangement" was.
It was a married arrangement. It had to be. They were no other things it could be.
Rune slowed walked out of his room off the right of the table.
"Charmaine, it's not what you think."
"Not what I think! What is it then rune? Tell me!" She yelled at him with all her might.
Her crush, the only person she loved other than her family, was leaving her. She thought he love her. He acted as he did. But that was it.
It was all an act. It must have been for him to do this to her.
"Please charmaine I had no choice. My father planned this year in advance. I don't want this. I swear! You have to believe me." Rune was pleading at this point. He loved charmaine. He loved her more than he should have but he couldn't help himself.
"Lies. All of it is lies."
Rune tried walking over to charmaine. "Please charmaine, listen to me! I promise, I never meant it."
"NO, don't touch me. This is your fault. All of it!!" Charmaine was beyond angry. Her body started to shake. she could feel the change happening.
"Who is IT!," her voice changed to her wolf way thro talking. Her wolf wanted out. It wanted to hurt rune as bad as he had hurt them.
He was rejecting them. Why!? All they ever were was sweet and kind to him and he goes to do this.
"Charmaine"
Rune couldn't finish his sentence.
"WHO IS IT? WHAT HER FUCKING NAME RUNE! TELL ME!," she was losing control. his eyes were changing back and forth to blood red. Charmaine was trying all she could to hold to change, but it was becoming too strong.
"It's Toria. Toria Audhild." Rune know there was no point hiding it from charmaine. She would find out soon anyway.
Charmaine growled.
"Charmaine wants wrong." He was worried. She was shaking and making weird noises. He didn't understand what was happening.
Fur started to sprout out of her pores. Her nose started to in-long. She turned away from him. Gudrun was trying everything she could do to get out.
"NOTHING! I HAVE TO GO!" In the next second, she was gone. It's like she was never there.
"Charmaine. Charmaine." Rune ran to the door. The wind was blowing furiously now. It must have changed when they were arguing.
"CHARMAINE." He yelled for her but never heard anything back.
Off in the forest, charmaine was running as far away as she could get. Her bones started to creak and reform. Short pure white fur burst out of her pores. Her nose is long gated into a muzzle filled with sharp long teeth. She fell to all fours only to the land of four paws. She didn't stop running.
Back in the village twin brothers were sitting around a fire, joking with each other. They were joking when they heard a howl. It was a normal howl. This one was full of pain and sadness. She was hurt. They know right away who it was. There little sister. She was in pain. More pain than ever before.
They stood up for the fire. The warriors followed.
"No, stay we will handle this. It sounds alone." Alec was the voice of reason. Marcus was already running to the main hall. Maddox was already at the door.
Together the three grabbed their swords and took off into the forest to find their little one.
