Nielu [The Ultima Manhunt B1]

Chapter 5 - Melissa's Ex

"Who's your ex?" Aphmau asks.

She had no idea Melissa even had a boyfriend! Much less, one that Aaron or Derek and Rachel don't even know about.

"His name's Fenrir." Melissa whispers, again.

'Fenrir?'Aphmau thinks. To her, that name sounds familiar but she can't place it.

"You might know him from Werewolf Class, he was another werewolf that witnessed Aaron fight Balto." she explains.

Aphmau freezes. "That Fenrir?! I never got his name until Aaron told me. He told me that," she laughs, "werewolves breaking windows is normal." she rolls her eyes.

Melissa giggles. "Yeah. We werewolves are damn proud of that!" she shouts.

"Only some are." Aphmau remarks. "I'm not. Considering, I've never done that yet." she admits.

"Hehe, Aaron's done that many times. At first it startles humans but they get used to it if they know werewolves." Melissa says.

"There is something I never figured out." Aphmau says.

"Hmm?" Melissa hums, as the two start walking back into Starlight and towards the beach house.

"It's something that happened at the Werewolf Games." Aph whispers.

"Werewolf Games? I don't recall Phoenix Drop High ever doing that." Melissa questions aloud.

Aphmau sighs. In the short time of talking; the two have arrived at the beach house with the front door hanging widely opened. She looks back at Melissa, who shrugs and runs inside, past Aphmau.

She shakes her head and walks in behind her future sister-in-law. The minute she walks in, Aaron smiles at her from his spot on the couch, watching a trio of werewolves.

One is a female that has dark bluish purple hair and blue eyes with dark purple wolf ears and tail that have pink innards. The other two; both males, look considerably different from each other. The one that has a ball in his hand has green hair with wolf ears and tail the same color and dark blue eyes. Across from him is Rylan, a brown haired werewolf and reddish brown eyes with purple wolf ears and tail that fade to lilac on the inside.

"Rylan! Daniel! Dottie!" Aphmau shouts, as the trio jump to their feet.

"Alpha!" they say in unison while they hug her.

Aaron just smiles as he watches the events unfold in front of him. "Guys, let her go." he says, after five minutes of nonstop hugging.

The trio lets go. "Sorry, Alpha." Dottie, the female, apologizes.

"It's okay, Dottie." Aph tells her.

"Did you find Melissa?" Aaron asks Aph, remembering that she had gone after Melissa, who ran off earlier.

Aphmau nods. "Yeah, turns out she has a valid reason to run away." she says, catching Melissa's eye and winks.

"Thank you." Melissa mouths to her, as Aph closed her eyes with a nod and a smile.

"Okay?" Aaron questions.

"Is she back?" Derek asks.

He steps into the room and looks at both his children. Melissa stays in Lucinda's warm embrace while Aaron has his arm around Aphmau.

"Derek..." Rachel starts.

"Rachel, don't. Aphmau's pregnant, let's pray to Irene, it's not a boy. I don't need another Ultima in this world! It's already bad enough we have Aaron!" Derek yells.

This breaks any and all patience Aphmau has. "Hey! He may be an Ultima but you know what, he has done more good than anything! He helps people by allowing them to be his friends and trusting them to keep his secret. If you haven't noticed by now, nobody that knows Aaron's secret, hell, your family secret has exposed it!" Aphmau shouts back.

Aaron gives her a tiny smile. "Thanks, Aph." he thanks her.

She nods. "Anytime." she responds.

"Dad, Aphmau's right. So, Aaron may be an Ultima, that doesn't mean the world's gotta hate him. The world may know about the Ultima but they don't know about the new generation about to rise." Melissa says, defending her brother and the world she loves.

"Listen to them, dear." Rachel tells him, in agreement with her kids.

"Fine. But Aaron-so help me, if you two have a son...I won't hesitate to destroy the curse myself." Derek whispers sharply in Aaron and Aphmau's faces.

He storms off by walking angrily into the kitchen. Aaron hugs Aphmau tight, they both are in fear now. Fear for their son —should they have one— and what  Derek would do to him. Melissa frowns at her brother and Aph as she turns to her mother.

"Mom? H...how," Melissa gulps, "will Dad destroy the curse?" she asks, out of slight hesitation.

Rachel sighs. "I have no idea. He could, and probably would, kill your son." she says, looking at Aaron and Aph.

"Then we do our plan, Aaron." Aphmau says.

"What plan?" Rachel asks.

She is intrigued at what her son and his fiancée are planning.

"If we have a son, unfortunately we'll hide him from you and Dad, Mom, and only tell our friends and Melissa about his existence." Aaron admits.

"Good plan." Rachel comments. "Oh, Melissa?" she says.

"Yeah?" Melissa asks.

"Do you mind showing some werewolves around? They just arrived about an hour ago." Rachel asks.

"Sure, Mom." Melissa replies.

Rachel nods and leaves the room, dragging Derek upstairs to their room. Melissa lets go of Lucinda's embrace and stands up. She grands her phone and stuffs it into her dress pocket.

"Aph? Want to come with?" Melissa asks the petite werewolf. "Sister bonding time?" she adds, with a hopeful expression.

Aph nods. "Sure, it'll do some good to bond." she says and gets on her tippy toes to kiss Aaron's cheek.

"See you later guys!" Melissa shouts, as she stands by the door.

She holds it open until Aphmau catches up. The petite woman waves goodbye to her friends and fiancé before she follows Melissa out the door.

Melissa lets the door close by itself as the two woman slowly make their way to the docks. Sitting gracefully on the water is a small brown boat that has a group of werewolves standing in front of it. The lead werewolf has brown hair with black eyes and dull brown wolf ears and tail.

Melissa freezes. "Fenrir?" she gasps.

Fenrir turns from another werewolf to look at her. "Melissa?" he asks aloud.