Fractured

Chapter 41: The Wolves Within

Everyone has a beast waiting within. From the killers who let the beast loose to the innocent that keep the beast locked up within. No one is free from their beast. No one can live without it. The question is what are really afraid of? The beast or yourself?

"Awakening? Didn't Muraco mention something about that?" Vesper questioned with intrigue.

Leora rubbed her chin upon hearing the term having already had some knowledge from her parents. "Awakening, I remember hearing a bit about this from my mother. It's the process in which Lupi go through to become Lunam correct?"

Agnello thought to himself for a moment remembering his father when he fought against Basira and her followers. Remembering his shining fur, his burning eyes and his unyielding power. "Lunam. I think I saw my father enter that state back when he took Basira... Before he was taken."

Ayla, Badar, Hagorn and Kuro's eyes all widened hearing Agnello's words.

"Are you sure he went Lunam? What did he look like?" Ayla questioned with immense intrigue.

"Covered in glowing white fur, hair was wild and glowing also glowing, burning eyes, immense strength." Agnello said confused as to why they seemed so shocked.

"That wasn't it." Badar said shutting Agnello down. "If anything that was simply a tamed primal state."

"Similar to the form I took on the Hunter port base." Kuro mentioned reminding them of the time he entered such a state and demolished the head of the elephant guard.

"HAHAAAA! That was a truly fearsome sight!" Hagorn slapped his hand on Kuro's shoulder to his irritation. Going to remove it.

"Please take your hand off me."

Rufus was quick to cut in still thinking about what Ayla said before. "We just gonna ignore that she just said we gotta go "through hell"?"

"I mean it does make sense. Achieving such a powerful state was never gonna be easy." Agnello responded.

"I know but haven't we been through enough already?" Rufus protested.

"He has a point there." Vesper agreed.

"Would be nice to have a little more time to relax. Especially if this "Awakening" is going to be so gruelling." Leora added.

Ayla and the others looked amongst themselves. Before each of them coming to a form of silent agreement. "I guess you're right on that part and we did promise we'd go clean up. We'll begin the process at midnight, for now go chill."

Agnello and the lot all sighed with relief.

"I guess we should go clean up fast so we got more chill time." Agnello said already heading back with the others following behind him.

Ayla and the others watched as they walked off. Ayla, Hagorn and Badar all had warm smiles while Kuro's stayed the same blank expression.

"Those are some good kids." Badar noted.

Ayla turned her head to the moon as he sighed thinking about what was to come. "Yeah, if only they didn't have the world against them."

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Leora and Vesper were in the kitchen section of the main hut while Agnello and Rufus were at the main table. Vesper had opened up a two small portals so that Agnello and Rufus simply had to place the fish's through the portal for them to collect. Creating a fast and efficient pipeline for them to get their task done.

"Sometimes I forget how useful those portals of yours are." Leora commented as she placed a plate on the rack.

"Being a cross-breed does come with some benefits. If you forget about the discrimination it's actually pretty cool." Vesper responded causing Leora to chuckle.