Chapter 11 – Past
Sera ran aimlessly with teary eyes. She heard voices calling her, but didn’t pay attention to them. After all, she just wanted to be alone.
Sera couldn’t see where she was going until she hit a wall that made her fall to the ground.
Looking forward, a door with a staircase to an unknown place opened.
With no more options to hide, she passed by, listening to it close behind her.NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.
Sera went down the stairs, the room was dark, lit only by pale blue lights. It was a kind of abandoned room, full of ancient runes.
She sat on the floor for a while, taking a deep breath, until her agitated breath calmed down. Sometimes she wished to be alone at home.
After calming down, Sera stood up and walked around, trying to find out more about him, until she saw something that surprised her.
A picture of her younger mother was on a table wrapped in candles. She smiled and wore the school uniform. However, something hindered her observation, a smell of something old and rotten.
Sera found it sinister. However, she decided to approach and observe more. There was a hair and hair of wolves, brown hair as well as those of his wolf.
Sera had no desire to touch the photo. She had no image of her mother’s face at home other than her memories.
But when she touched it, she heard a howl. The sound was melancholy and unhappy.
The environment changed to a forest, where a teenager, her mother, walked. She was cheerful and kind, as Sera should have been.
The young woman entered the forest, dressed in a red hood like hers, and Sera followed her. It didn’t look unusual. Until I passed the reflection of the lake and a sinister wolf shadow appeared.
Sera was frightened at that moment and swallowed dry, the shadow was very similar to the one that attacked her that day. What did your mother have to do with it?
Sera continued to follow and saw an old but well-kept house. Ada entered smiling, carrying candy, soon embraced by a dark-haired woman trapped in braids and brown skin.
“Ada, you shouldn’t go out alone, it’s dangerous in your case.”
“I’m fine, Mama. Don’t worry.”
The woman looked at her, worried, even so. There was something in the air, a bad feeling that Sera was feeling.
“But what if you… Ada, I think we’d better talk to your grandmother, what do you think? She should be here soon.”
Sera was curious to meet her great-grandmother. She smiled as she watched her mother more closely. How she and her grandmother had a good relationship.
At that moment, a third woman entered the room. She was a lady with long braids and a gentle smile, wearing a blue cloak and smiling at both of them.
They talked about something that Sera didn’t hear and didn’t seem to make Ada happy. Well, she stood up in anger, her eyes were yellow.
Ada’s mother tried to restrain her, but a force seized her and the woman was pushed away.
A shadow of a wolf was now behind her, and within seconds, there was only blood.
Sera saw nothing else, the vision passed and she was again in that room.
She gasped, frightened. Pressed the scarf tightly, remembering the scene.
“You must be wondering if your mother was the monster. Is she the killer who provoked you?”
Sera turned, frightened. Searching for the voice. She did not find it for a few seconds until she saw a figure transform into a tall blond man with heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one gray.
“What was it? You found my eyes strange? Your mother liked them.” – He smiled in a sinister smile.
His black overcoat dragged across the floor as he approached Sera, who was mesmerized by his different eyes.
His aura was identical and even more powerful than that lupine creature. When he pressed her against the wall, Sera couldn’t breathe.
“You look just like her. What a beautiful girl.” – He smiled, caressing her face in terror.
“You must be confused, of course you are. Your dear mother was a monster? Will you be too? So many questions in such a young head.”
And then he looked at the scarf and smiled.
“Do you know who gave this scarf to your mother, Sera? Certainly, his father was not.” – The man laughed. ” It was me, and she kept it until today with so much affection that I gave you.”
Sera didn’t know what to think with that information. There were too many messages to process at once.
The young woman did not move, she did not know how to respond.
“One day you will need me, Sera. Just like your mother did. I am the only one who will understand you.”
And then he kissed her. Sera got scared and didn’t know how to fight it. Something like this had never happened before.
When the man walked away, he said with a mischievous smile:
“Now you have something of mine and I have something of yours. Or who knows? Maybe I’m even your father. You’re not lucky at all? All of your family are monsters. Maybe you’re one too. Don’t you think, Sera?”
She did not sketch any reaction, still in shock.
“Remember my name, Kallias.”
And so, Kallias disappeared.
Sera fell to the ground, trembling. She tried to stand still trembling, thinking how weak she had been by letting someone use her again.
Going towards the exit, Sera did not know how she could walk, the tremor was so much that she had to lean on. The ladder seemed bigger and bigger, different from when she had entered.
When she opened the door, she could finally breathe fresh air and with it there was a buzz.
Several people were outside watching her state. Which simply made her look down, ashamed.
Until someone pulled her hand and hugged her hard. Sera recognized that smell and that voice that whispered in her ear.
“Hey, weird. What happened? Are you okay?”
And in a rush, Sera hugged him hard and wept.