The Phoenix girl

I had to quickly assimilate that my friends are werewolves for the good of everyone, although I am a little senile from the news, it is not every day that you find out that everything you read and see in movies is real, but I love them too much to reject them. I will always be there for them as I know they will be there for me.

Fer brought me home, my dear Aldo, who is supposed to be my personal driver by order of my mother; he was going to see his girlfriend, I preferred not to say anything, since his face lit up when he received a message from Dinora I could not ask him to take me and Karla's mother called her because she had to get ready for the night.

So I had no other option when Fer offered to take me, I had not been alone with Fer for a while, but it was not at all uncomfortable. Everything between us is now clear, but, his look, the way he held my hand is the same as when we went out, I am afraid that he will get false hopes.

How do I tell him that I only see him as my friend? Nothing more than that, no other intentions.

At home I go straight to the kitchen to say hello to mom, she is very beautiful, for her age she looks very young, sometimes they confuse us and say that we are sisters, the only difference is that mom is black-haired and I am a redhead, I think I got that from dad, he is a handsome redhead according to mom, although I only get his hair color, every time I ask mom about dad she only tells me that he had to leave for our good, she always speaks well of him, she tells us that she loves the three of us, that he will return, I don't know if I should believe her, she has been a father and mother to us, she takes care of us while working in a bakery throughout my seventeen years, I saw mom work as much as she could to not be far from my brother and me, I love her very much and I will always remember her sacrifices.

—Your favorite daughter has arrived! —I give her a big hug.

Making her scared, but when she sees it's me she relaxes.

—You know I have another son that I also love —she smiles—. And speaking of him, take him out of the cave for dinner —she points up at me, it'll be my turn to go in now, I hope the same thing that happened last night doesn't happen to me.

—Sure, mom —I agree so as not to bother her anymore.

She has a strict number of jokes that we can do a day, I know, my mother is great, at least until she gets angry when that happens everything shakes, I head towards my brother's cave, since it's his sacred place, being the youngest he has his man's den, although here there are more things of mine than of his, the good thing about being united and almost not fighting, the key is almost in him.

—Carrot head, eat now —nice nickname, he hates it.

—He's down —he doesn't take his eyes off the screen—. And by the way, torch head, today there is revenge —the son of my holy mother knows that I hate that nickname, the boy came out vengeful.

—No thanks if I play with you, we will surely not get out of here until tomorrow —he laughs because he knows it is the truth.

I adore my younger brother, unfortunately he is taller, trying to command as an older sister is difficult if I look like a minion next to him.

—Well, but you and I have a pending game —he passes me, side by side in a challenging way. He has guts, the boy will still lose.

At dinner we were sharing some family time, at this time we can talk about everything that happened to us that day obviously, I had to omit the thing about my canine friends. We laughed at the story that mom told us, apparently another man approached her to ask her for a date and ended up rejected; as the others know that they do not have a chance, he tries anyway with the hope that mom will give in, I who know her know that she will never accept another man who is not dad.

Someday I would like to meet him and find out if he is worthy of the love that Mom guards so jealously. She smiles, but I know she misses him. Whenever this happens I prefer to change the subject and what better than something that I know she will surely have forgotten.

—Mom, today is Aldo's party —she smiled when she saw Mom's confused face and even more when she blushed when she noticed that I knew she had forgotten.

—Yes, honey, just let me wash the dishes and take you —I remember that Aldo told me that the party is going to be at his house, but the one of the pack; and then they don't want me to compare them to animals if they call the place where they live a pack.

—No, don't worry ma Fer said he would take me —he looks at me, as if he expected me to keep talking, that's a little scary

—Fer, Fernando, your ex-boyfriend, the one who broke up with you and left that Fer, you're talking to me —I tell her everything that's happening to me, that has its advantages and disadvantages, like right now she's frowning and knowing her she's planning a way to do something to Fer.

—Yes mom my ex, the one I told you we stayed friends with —I try not to roll my eyes because if I do I'll end up with some lost flip-flop on my head.

—Eli you're one of the few girls I know who becomes friends with her ex —my handsome and very annoying brother bothers me.

—Of course bro, I'm unique and unmatched —I put on the best diva pose I can, in this family you never get bored.

—Okay, but don't be so late tomorrow —a, but the lady does remember that the day Aldo came to ask for permission he told her that after the party we would have a sleepover. I think my mother has selective memory.

—Yes mom —I hurry to eat and help pick up the dishes, since today it's Bastián's turn to wash and mom didn't remember what I said, she has selective memory, when I reminded her I ended up with a broccoli on my head.

I finished getting ready, I put on a loose royal blue dress, I'm not much of a dress person, I don't think they suit me well, but because it's a special day for my friend, I'll do it.

While I was looking at myself in the mirror trying to find some mistake in what I put on, I heard the doorbell and my brother shout that he was opening the door. As soon as I heard that, I grabbed my things and ran out the door. I didn't want my brother or mom to talk to Fer and blame him for something.

"Hello!" I say, agitated. I think I should exercise. "And goodbye!" I shout to my mom who is standing behind me with my brother.

Halfway across the yard of my house, I turn around to hug them.

"I love you," for some reason I felt like I had to tell them. It's like a lump in your throat that doesn't go away until you tell them.

"And we love you," Mom answers. She smiles at them, places a small kiss on their cheeks, and runs out to Fer's car without saying anything, since that lump in my throat is forming again.

On the way to Aldo's house, I realized that the entrance to his pack is in the forest. I never noticed this. Before, I used to get carried away by being absent-minded. The forest at night is a little scary, of course. Now I know that mythological beings exist, I'm afraid to know what I could find in the depths of this place.

We arrived at a gate where there were some men who looked like guards, but with little clothing and weapons, they stopped us. I got a little nervous, making my heart race. They looked at me a little strangely, I think because I'm human.

—Calm down, even the guards can hear your heart, it seems like you're going to have a heart attack —Fer tries to calm me down, a little scared for me.

—That's why the guards look at me strangely —I breathe a little better, I thought it was because I shouldn't be here or something worse.

—Yes, and because you're human, you don't always see a human in the pack, that and your beauty has them dumb —makes me blush—. You see what I say, even blushing, you look beautiful —his words are like that, it makes you feel so special and unique.

—Stop telling me that —I try to calm down a little from what he said.

—Why should I? Yes, I'm telling the truth —when we were together he was like that, he never stopped telling me nice things, things that made me fall in love, but now they just make me blush.

When we get to the party I see my friend dancing, she looks very pretty, it doesn't surprise me that some of the boys here stare at her in a daze and she knows it, that's why she just smiles and dances, when she sees me she throws herself at me.

—I thought you weren't coming —she starts pouting, which makes me laugh, she always takes advantage of being the youngest of the group.

—We got a little distracted on the way —Fer answers to which my friend puts on a perverted face, I don't know what's going on in that crazy head, but it's nothing good.

—Where did you guys go —sometimes I feel like killing her because I don't want Fer to get false hopes and her with her insinuations.

—You can't stop imagining things anywhere —I look at her, it must be the good thing that she quickly understood that I don't want her to confuse my friendship with Fer— and tell me, where is Aldo? —This time she denies it and makes a face of disgust.

—He's with the witch Dinora —she says it with so much contempt that sometimes it scares, I think that of the two Karla hates our friend's girlfriend more.

—Hey, if you tell her that Dinora is a witch it's because she is or because you don't like her —I want to get out of this doubt, she always refers to her with that name.

—Yes, she's a witch and I don't like her, I don't like her —I stay with my mouth open, as if I wasn't stunned by the existence of werewolves, now I know that there are witches; that tomorrow the mermaids will exist or something bigger, I stop my internal struggle when Karla drags me to the dance floor with her.

We spent the whole night dancing and we even managed to steal Aldo for a while to dance with him. I had time to dance with some of the boys from the pack, they were very cute, but Fer scared them away. I think I need to have a serious talk with him.

It got late, so late that it was five minutes to twelve. Everyone from the party went out and we made a circle. Of course, Karla, Fer and I were in front supporting our friend, although the hateful Dinora was there too, but we didn't pay attention to her. Aldo's parents were there too. As far as I understand, Mr. Darios is the Alpha and Aldo is the next Alpha.

When it was twelve o'clock we saw my friend writhing in pain on the floor; little by little hairs grew on his body, he grew some big paws, even bigger than Fer when he got up, we could see that he was a big wolf with black fur.

I saw him sniffing something or someone, it was surely his mate, I'm excited that my friend finds his life partner, even if he has to put up with me if it's Dinora.

What I didn't see coming was that I had my friend on top of me and what he said scared me more.

—Mine! —he shouted in the form of a human without clothes, he backed away scared, I followed his gaze and found a Dinora who instead of being sad was angry.

—Bu...t how is it possible if I'm not like you —I could barely hear my voice, I had Karla and Fer hugging me.

—No… I don't know… I don't know what's going on —Fer, I was sad and I was very confused, I need a lot of explanations.

I noticed how an already dressed Aldo and Dinora were coming towards where I was.

—Forgive me —said Aldo, something I didn't understand why he was forgiving.

—Don't even think about it! —I heard Fer shout with an almost terrifying voice and I don't know why.

—Don't you dare! —Karla tells him in the same tone. At that moment I understood everything, he's going to reject me, I don't know, but something inside me squeezed, I didn't think he would do this to me, I know I wouldn't force anyone to be with me, but this isn't supposed to be a gift from his Goddess.

I looked at Aldo and I didn't find my best friend in his eyes, something was different, I had seen him a long time ago, I don't know why, they haven't discovered it, they are supernatural and they know about this better than me.

—I Aldo Moon, future Alpha of the Blue Moon pack, reject you Elizabeth Finix as my mate and future Moon of this pack —Aldo's words came out so cold and robotic that I didn't recognize the boy I grew up with at that moment.

I was going to say something, I wouldn't keep quiet at this moment, but as if it were a bolt of lightning, a strong pain goes through my chest, knocking me to the floor leaving me almost unconscious. I feel like my chest is burning and it won't let me speak.

Omniscient

Everyone in the pack saw that scene of how their future Alpha rejected their mate, they wanted to intervene because they know that this girl is their future Luna, but they couldn't do or say anything, since they couldn't go against their Alpha, that was punishable by death.

The boys watched with helplessness and strangeness as to why their friend was on the floor crying in pain, she was supposed to be human, that their bond was strengthened by biting.

Karla couldn't stand to see her friend scream any longer and bent down so that she would accept the rejection, she had something clear that she would never speak to Aldo again, she loved him too much, but she would never forgive him for this.

Fer helped her up —Eli accepts the rejection — tears fell down her cheeks, she couldn't stand to see her best friend suffer like that.

—Come on, Eli say what he said, but in a way of accepting his rejection —Fer is holding back so as not to kill his cousin.

—I…—she struggles—I Elizabeth Finix accepted your rejection as mate and future Luna of the Blue Moon pack —as soon as she says this, Aldo falls to the floor crying in pain, Eli never imagined that this would happen, that one of the people she loves the most would hurt her so much.

She feels like running away because she couldn't stand being in that place, besides she felt that the forest is calling her, something inside that place told her that it calmed her, so she took advantage of the fact that her friends were distracted and with great difficulty getting up she ran out of that place.