Chapter 5: Chapter 5

I am not stupid not to know what monster is this, it's a werewolf.

I couldn't take my eyes from the werewolf in front of us. It has grayish hair and its size... is twice my father's body. Dad has a huge masculine body; he is bulky. But this werewolf was terrifyingly giant.

I refuse to believe that it was my father. However, even in this form, I could see the blood dripping from its stomach. It actually worsens.

My brother took a step behind, unable to believe what we witnessed tonight.

"D... dad..?" His voice was filled with confusion and disbelief. The right side of his lip was even trembling and his body was shaking.

The werewolf, which we have never seen before, turned his gaze into my brother. Before landing into my brother, our gazes met. The eyes... It was definitely dad. The body that we are seeing right now... its hair... is indeed different from dad but its eyes tell otherwise.

I heard some gasps. I almost forgot that we are being cornered by men in our village.

"You fucking monster!"

"This family is really cursed!"

"He killed all my sheep! He shouldn't be spared!"

The anger coming from them becomes more fueled. Behind us, I could hear the clanging of metals... the one that I heard while we were running earlier. Only this time, it was more loud and evident.

"You ruin our village! We are not wrong for condemning you!"

Dad, the werewolf growled. It was loud... and terrifying which made me shiver in fear once again... this time, fear of my own father. His sharp teeth showed and by looking at it, I could say that it could actually kill humans or animals. Did he really slaughter those domestic animals? But why did he always assure us that we haven't done anything wrong?

The clanging of metals becomes more disturbing. The anger from the people cornering us also becomes more unbearable. I could see the resentment in their eyes. Instead of fearing my father's appearance, it only ignited the resentment within them.

"Kill him!" I heard one of them shout.

That made me stand up from my bent knees. However, just when I was about to run towards Dad. I heard a loud thud... that is when I saw a man hitting my father from his behind.

"Don't!" I exclaimed when I saw other men coming after him and aiming to hit Dad with pipes on their hands.

Tears fell from my eyes when my father whined from pain. As a defense, he uses his sharp teeth to stop them. I then saw a man's flesh being bitten by my father and blood splattered everywhere.

That action of my father only made them even angrier. More of them advanced to my father with sharp objects in their hands.

I ran in front of my father... extending my arms in the air hoping that this would be enough for them to stop. "P-please... don't hurt him. He's a g-good man..." I begged in between my sobs.

But the resentment and rage in their eyes didn't budge even a bit. They were full of resentment, ready to take us down.

Instead of stopping, they continued stabbing and hitting my father. I cried and cried... unable to do anything but stand in front of him.

In terms of size, my father is definitely on an advantage. However, with these numerous men and with their weapons attacking all at once, he couldn't defend himself from everyone... and I could see that he was also restraining himself from hurting the people which made me cry even more.

How could Dad be so kind despite what the people have done to him?

It was at that moment that my father fell down from his knees. Blood filled his fur and it broke my heart as anger filled my soul.

While they were attacking him, some hands took me away from Dad. I struggled to try to get away from these men's hands but I am weak to do so.

"He is already dead!" One of them announced those words, with a smirk on his face.

"N-No! That can't be..." I said in disbelief as I cried.

Dad can't leave us like that... I refuse to believe those words despite the truth being presented before my eyes. His eyes were closed and there were no signs of breathing... There is just blood everywhere on his body.

I clenched my hands in madness, people slaughtered him like an animal.

"Take her as a sacrifice... It is the only way the deity will favor us once again," said one of the men who attacked my father earlier.

I couldn't move my body to fight them... or to get away from these hands holding me firmly.

"What about this boy?"

It was only then I realized that I was also with my brother. When I looked around to find him, I found him being captured by other men. He was directly looking at the werewolf in front of us... at our father. Tears filled his eyes but he dared not to say anything. I knew that my brother's heart was definitely as shattered as mine. How could we ever recover from this?

"Zonen." I called him once.

He did not dare to look at me. His eyes were now empty as he was silent, but I could see the anger in between those eyes.

"Kill him... or he'll soon turn into a monster, like his father." One of them stated mercilessly.

My heart goes wild upon hearing those words. "No! Don't! He's just a kid!" I screamed my lungs out.

"Kill me," Zonen said with no emotion evident on his face.

"No, Zonen! Don't be like that!" I exclaimed in fear, damn, I lost my father but I cannot lose my brother too.

"Quiet!" The man holding me shouted. To my surprise, he threw a punch into my stomach that made me groan out of pain.

Not being satisfied, he threw a punch once again. Only this time, it was a lot more heavy and painful. Suddenly, I felt someone stabbed me from behind which was very unexpected. I gasped from pain and I felt like losing air.

"Maive!" I heard Zonen's voice but I was too weak to respond as I fell on my knees once again.

"Take her to the Ghost Cave." I heard a voice say from behind.

The pain was more than I could bear that I passed out after that.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself being carried towards the feared, terrifying cave. Rumors say that a howling of a wolf was always heard from this cave... others said that wolves live here.

"Z-Zonen..." I whispered when the man who was carrying me threw me inside the cave.

My back fell hard on the ground and I groaned in pain from the wound at my back. All I could feel were fatigue and pain from the wounds that have gotten over me.

"Probably dead by now." Answered by the man who carried me before he closed the cave through a big stone and left me alone inside this dark cave.

I was scared but I don't mind it now when his words had gotten into my head.

'Probably dead by now.'

I tried standing up despite the pain on my back and the blood dripping out of me. Tears kept flowing from my eyes, "No... No... Zonen, he's alive... he's not dead..." I cried loudly with all the pain... everything is just too much to bear.

Still mourning for my family, killed by the people of my village. I went towards the entrance and started punching the doorway, but the stone is so big and heavy that I couldn't open it especially that I am weakening every second. "Get me out of here! Please..." I kept yelling but no one must have surely heard me from the outside.

I looked around but saw nothing except darkness, as if I am blind. My body is weak as I was badly beaten physically and emotionally. It was as if I am so tired of everything... of my life.

I took steps towards the depth of the cave, hoping that there was an exit. But my feet seemed to have been so heavy that I fell to the ground, my eyes were also heavy, wanting to put me to sleep. I must have lost a lot of blood that I don't have strength to move on.

My breathing was faint as a tear once again escaped my eyes thinking of what had just happened.

However, I don't understand why I am feeling that I'm not alone, as if someone is watching me. Maybe there were also creatures inside this cave that I just don't see because of the darkness.

I was lying on the ground, feeling so tired but suddenly, I felt a warm hand caressing my cheek. I must probably be hallucinating.

"Mine," I was surprised to hear that deep masculine voice but I was too weak to even move a finger.

All of a sudden, I gasped when I felt a sting on my neck... and that's when darkness consumed me.