The Unnatural

Thirty one

Ethan stiles

I gulp when I raise my gaze to meet Ares' golden eyes. The pain that flashes in them making me realize what I have just blurted out. I had not meant to say it out, it just slipped out before I could even think.

"What you live with." Ares nods, whispering in a low tone as he accepts it that almost snatches my heart out of my chest.

"No." I try to explain myself but I feel that the damage I have made can't be fixed now.
I stay silent and avert my gaze to the floor as I think about what I have said.

That was mean and rude.

"Seeing you in your human form made me forget that you can also turn into a wolf." My lips stretch in a small smile as I try to enlighten the heavy mood that surrounds us.

He looks at me and lets out a smile that feels too forced. "I can understand. I had forgotten your first encounter with Eric."

I furrow my eyebrows, not being able to recall the name. I don't remember meeting anyone named Eric.

"Who's Eric?"

Ares looks at me getting confused but he raises his eyebrows in realization. "Right. You don't know my wolf's name yet. He's Eric." He smiles innocently while I stand there completely baffled.

"Your wolves have names?" I ask too quickly which makes Ares let out a soft chuckle. The soft voice that falls all over my skin like a velvet brings tingles on my skin, making it tickle faintly.

"Of course. They are...I don't know someone different from us?" He seems to be questioning then explaining but I nod, understanding what he's trying to say.

"So, you mean that you are different from your wolf? He's you but not you?" I narrow my eyes and Ares nods. "Eric." He reminds me his name again and I just nod, brushing it off.

I have nothing to do with that nasty thing.

The memory of that creature hovering me, his teeth being inches away from me while his drool ran down his mouth and fell on my skin running through my head. The picture makes my body shudder, my skin crawling with disgust.

"And." Ares blurts out, grabbing my attention again. "We are different but not completely different. If we were to be different, I wouldn't have him. He would've abandoned me. As long as we both have same opinions, agree on everything, the bond between us will remain strong which will eventually make me stronger but if we end up not talking to each other or cutting each other off, I will slowly start to lose Eric, I will lose my power. I will not be able to heal like werewolves can." He explains as my mind starts to drift to the very first day Ares had seen me.

Right, it wasn't only Eric. It was Ares as well. He wanted what that wolf did to me.

"I read that in some book." I tell him and he goes silent with a gentle nod. He looks at my hair before his gaze falls down and lands somewhere near my nose. Then his eyes go left and right across my face before he looks back in my eyes.

"I'm scared Ethan." He breathes out in a gentle sigh. His eyes holding nothing but a hint of doubt and honesty. He looks as if it is hurting him to speak.

"I am scared to lose you." He adds taking a step in my direction as I stare at him. "I remember telling you that you were a coward but it was me who was a coward. I still am." His voice swells my heart, the pain in his words doing something to my heart.

I look at him as if nothing else matters right now.

In fact, nothing else matters right now except him. Except those golden eyes that are looking at me with so many emotions. Except the gentle voice that is soothing my soul while burning my heart with the wrenching memories.