Karma, Bitch! -bxb-

Chapter 36

I know I said I was gonna be absent for a month but I got stressed on studying and this 'not updating weekly'  thing has given me a bit of anxiety so I'm updating this mid-exams lmao. 

Also, thanks to everyone who wished me luck! Gonna need it judging by my increasing procrastination. I'm telling myself this isn't just cuz I want to procrastinate but I'm 'taking a break' from studying :3

I am legit too emotionally attached to this story

*4 1/2 years ago*

Danny's POV

"Make sure you don't travel too far off alright?" Argus frowned. I rolled my eyes, "For the tenth time within the last hour, I won't." 

We had recently moved to a town much closer to my pact's area. Significantly closer; as in we were literally separated by only a large shrubbery known commonly as a forest. It made me anxious to be this close to home but at the same time, something inside me was happy to be able to stay as close as I was to my parents and friends. 

"Be back before dawn and come straight home after your run." he added on. I smiled and nodded. 

I turned into my wolf, overjoyed to finally do a run after two years of staying human.  I looked back one last time at my family before running off into the woods, the wind brushing my fur almost like needles. 

I could feel my dulled instincts returning to me. The nose that had previously only smelled waste from the city finally smelled the dewy grass and fresh night air. The eyes that could see only smoke and the blazing hot sunlight saw a million small things hidden deep in the forests' ground and up above the tall trees despite the darkness. 

The first thought I had was how much I wanted to share this with Algus. If only he would transform. But he said that transforming was too much of a risk for him, since he had trained so much to repress his natural instincts. Every waking moment he was terrified of the possibility that he would leave Clara alone. 

'How nice it'd be if I had someone like that'

You do

I shook off my wolf's thoughts. He'd been quiet ever since I left, but being so close to home had probably reawakened him. Being so close to...him.  

But I was determined to get over it. What I had with him was not the same as Argus and Clara. What I had with him was pure attraction. Something out of our control. Not something either of us chose. 

Being with Clara and Argus had healed me in many ways. But at the same time, it had confirmed some of my hurt and fear. Since I now knew that it was possible to go against your fate. The fact that I didn't want to be like the girl that Argus left behind for Clara to Ben, is probably just my selfishness surfacing. 

Before I had realised it, I was at the brink of my pack's borders. My body must've moved on instincts. I sighed, glad that I caught myself. 

I turned around, going to head back home when I heard a small whine near the forest. Curiosity getting the best of me, I headed to the direction of the sound. I approached a small mountain, two shadows in the distance. One was small like a newborn, the other an adult wolf. 

I lurked behind a tree, close enough just to see and hear their conversations clearly. 

"M-mama...I'm scared." the cub cried as it backed away from its mother. The mother wolf's body was visibly shivery as she approached her cub. "Me too baby. But mommy's gonna be with you all the way ok? We'll be together in this. And then maybe daddy will come back to us." she trembled in a suspicious way. 

"N-No mama, no daddy no-"

As the cub backed up closer and closer to the cliff, its mother showed no signs of slowing down. As the cub tripped over a rock, kicking it to the cliff, I panicked and rushed out of my hiding. "Hey! What the hell are you doing?" 

The wolf got caught off guard and looked at me. Our eyes met and I saw desperation rather than fear in her eyes. I heard her click her tongue before she ran off, leaving her child that was dangling off of the cliff. "Hey-" 

I was about to chase after her when the cub cried again, "M-mama!"

I growled out in frustration before running off to the cub, hoisting it up with my mouth. As I placed it in a safe ground, away from the cliff, I noticed it shivering and crying for its mom. Out of pity, I pulled it closer to my chest, wrapping my head around its small body. "It's ok, you're safe now." 

"Where mama going?" it cried. 

I didn't have the courage to answer.

When I say I think this story will be getting additional arcs, I mean it lmao. At this point, I can't see this story ending before chapter 100 (not really lmao) since I still haven't even touched Robin and Derek's backstories and problems much which are the original main problems I had in mind even before Danny's one but the problem is Danny and Ben's arc needs to finish first before I can start with theirs since the timeline is like this. I originally was planning it to end at most in chapter 40 since idk if anyone would still invest in it if it's too long. But I wanna write more goddammit so I'll take the risk.

Anyways, I'll update again on the third week of December!