In the Moon's Light

Chapter 5: Safety

Kat's POV:

"Are you alright? We heard you scream, please come out you're safe now."

I stare at the beautiful man that just ran up towards me, before I regain my thoughts. It's the man that I thought was an angel, and my earlier look of him did not do him justice. He looks good enough to....no focus!

"I'm fine, I just want to go home now. Please let me just go home."

"Where is home Kat?"

Great, the bloody mind-reader is here too, just great. I can't help it when tears start to slide down my face. Over 150 years old and I still cry like I'm in my 20s. My leg is in pain again, and I just want to leave. If there is one mutant I am sure there are others as well and I don't want to be a monster. I thought I could live with that as an option but I can't, not really. I make my face remain blank as the tears continue to flow.

"Please just let me leave, it's not safe here for anyone."

"Hey, it's ok. I promise you are in a safe place. No one will hurt you here, remember I told you I was taking you to safe place. This is it, just stay for a few days while you heal and then you can go home."

If him telling me that he was taking me to a safe place was real then that means that his wings were probably real as well. Which of course means that he is a mutant as well, I gotta get out of here.

We could stay. Great to hear you again Crescent, but don't start anything right this moment. In case you failed to notice we re-broke our leg. I noticed, but who's the beautiful man? Not in the mood Crescent.

" I remember you, but you had wings. So, you're probably a mutant too. I can't stay here, I have to leave now."

"Wings? Haha, do you see wings now? If I had wings do you think that I could hide them so easily?"

I realize that he is right, as large as the wings were that I saw, they would be incredibly hard to hide. Maybe I imagined that part because he looks like he could be an angel, a sweet, incredibly sexy angel. I feel safe with him, but then I remember the mind-reader standing right behind him. Mind reader!?! Yeah fill yourself in on that info later, but for now focus Crescent, we gotta get out of here. I hear her snarl once at the mind reader before she becomes silent.

"It doesn't matter. This isn't a safe place, you brought me to a mind-reader. I have a worse past with mutants than anyone and you brought me to a mind-reading mutant?!"

"I promise Kat that I will never enter your mind or read it without your permission. I can be trusted as can everybody at this school. Sarah, why don't you and I go back inside and allow Michael and Kat to talk alone."

I see the woman nod and then watch as they both walk back inside the giant mansion, house, school, whatever the hell it really is. I look back at Michael, and finally get a good look at his face. His golden brownish hair has curls all in it, and his blue eyes seem to sparkle in the dark. I wouldn't mind talking to him I guess, even if he was a mutant. Death by his hand couldn't possibly be any worse than death by Tido and Jay. But I can't let my walls down for anyone, I must remember that.

"Why should I talk with you?"

"Why not? It might make you feel better about staying for a few days and to be honest I want to get to know you better. I find you extremely interesting. Can't you say the same thing about me?"

The hard stare I was giving him instantly melts away when he smiles at me. I can feel my heart begin to melt, a heart that has long since been frozen and locked away. I can't help but want to stay with him, not just for talking but forever. My inner wolf, at least the part that isn't wanting to drink him dry right now is squirming with happiness as it she is a puppy again.

What if is he is our link?  What?! I heard about linking with a human, but inter-species linking is rare, I don't think it's really possible Crescent. If he's our link then I could stay here forev--NO! No, we just need to focus. It's simply our emotions running away from us due to our lack of blood, sleep, and the full moon approaching. I will talk with him, that is it. I may even stay here for a few days, but then I will leave and never come back. We can have no link that is not a wolf Crescent.

"Ok, I will talk with you."

Michael's POV:

I watch as tears continue to stream down her face, wishing that I could comfort her, that she trusted me in that way. I wait in silence for her answer, whether she will talk with me and stay for a few days. I want her to stay forever, but maybe a few days is all I need to get her to develop the same feelings for me that I have for her.  I see emotions go through her eyes in a blur, while her face remains an image of stone, as I wait for her answer. I feel myself worrying that she will refuse to talk with me, and then she replies with the answer that surely makes the happiest man alive tonight.

 "Ok, I will talk with you."

And just like that, I am on cloud nine looking into her emerald green eyes, imagining myself getting lost in those eyes forever. Those eyes full of hurt and pain, will soon see all the kindness and love I can give her. I will make her happy if it's the last thing I do.