Hiding Atlantis

Chapter 5

Five years ago...

"When I meet my mate I'm planning to marry him on that same day and have many, many pups." My friend, Elaine, said as she's trying to balance the third layer of the rock she's trying to balance. We're here at the shore, trying to balance rocks like we always do. This is our pastime. Our bonding time whenever we get tired of studying.

The Atlantic Ocean surrounding our pack keeps us away from the other packs, so I didn't know anyone from there except one.

"We're just thirteen and you're already thinking about your mate?" I ask her.

She rolled her eyes at me playfully.

"Oh come on Lili. That's rich coming from someone who kept on suggesting to Moon Goddess to pair her with Atlas."

She said back, causing my cheeks to turn red.

"You know that Moon Goddess knows what's best for us right? So we don't really have a say on who we're going to be paired with." She continued before shouting frustratedly when the hard waves destroyed the layered rocks she's working on for more than half an hour now.

I laughed at her reaction.

"I know but it's not bad to suggest, right?" I said, earning a refreshing chuckle from her.

She was about to say something when I saw Atlas and Alas running their way towards the ocean. Probably to have a dip before the sun sets completely. I turn my head towards my friend when I feel my cheeks burning upon seeing him shirtless. I know he's 16 and it's pretty normal for werewolves to have such a nice body at a young age but my mind still can't get over that fact.

"You look like you're gonna cum just by looking at him shirtless." Elaine commented, making my eyes wide open as I tried to process her burglar words.

"Earth to Liliana." Said the voice in my face causing my mind to travel back to the present. I looked at my dear friend Elaine as she's looking at my face intently.

"You said you're okay but you still seem off." She said after a while of studying my expression.

I took a deep breath. After days of staying in my room in fear of seeing Atlas and Liliani, I finally decided to go out of our house to visit Elaine.

My friend sight and I can't help but feel guilty. Instead of spending time with her, my mind kept on thinking about what Liliani and Atlas might be doing together right now.

I look at my best friend's face. I let her see the sadness in my eyes. I let her see my pain. I let her see my vulnerable side that I never show to anyone.

She looked at me with pity and pulled me into a hug. I snapped and let rich tears flow in my eyes as I cried loudly and openly in her arms.

"Atlas plans on making Liliani his Luna." I said between sobs and I felt that she was taken aback from my confession before hugging me tightly now that she knows what I'm going through.

"Hush. Everything will be alright." She comforts me.

I let go of the hug and tried to wipe my tears.

"I don't like what I'm feeling, Elaine. I always feel this cold, shattering feeling in my heart everytime I see them together. Even my wolf is in pain every time they are near." I confessed.

Her eyes were teary as well as she looked at me. She knows my pain. She understands it. If there's anyone who knows how much I love Atlas ever since we were a kid that would be her. My feelings for him grew with me. Grew with us. I can't even remember when I started liking him, all I know is that I've been in love with him for so long.

"What are you going to do now? Are you going to unlove him?" She asked.

I shake my head. "I honestly don't know what to do right now, Elaine. I hope I could just throw away this feeling in the Atlantic Ocean so it can disappear with the waves, but I can't. I loved him even before the word love entered my vocabulary. What I felt for him isn't shallow." I told her.

She sight, "Just always remember that I'm always here for you. It will be helpful if you stay away from him. It's not hard right? You're used to just admiring him from afar." She said and I nodded my head.