A tall man stood at home. My father lay dead on the ground. His heart was crushed next to him on the floor. My mom stood still in tears.
"Marc, run," she said when she saw me.
"Mom? Dad?" I looked at the man and launched at him, turning to my true form.
The man simply moved aside and grabbed me by my arm. "Calm down, or your mom is next," he warned. I wasn't going to let him touch my mother, let alone hurt her. I revolted and tried to hit him again. It was the first time I was against someone so strong. I threw some powerless punches at me and launched failed attacks to bite, but all in vain. He threw me against the wall. I crashed into the lamp and fell to the ground.
"Who would have thought my daughter would fall in love with you, son?" He said it with a smirk on his face.
My mom and I looked at each other. She was already in her wolf form. We attacked him together. Mom held him in place, and I ran towards him with all the strength in me. He flipped Mom over his shoulders and kicked me again; I crashed into the glass shelf on the wall this time. We were out of our wits. He was out of our league.
"Marc. "If something happens to me, you know what to do."
"And what would that be? Enlighten me, you bitch." The man was walking towards my mom now.
I remember meeting a friend of hers when I was younger. She only visited us briefly, but mom told me that she trusted this lady the most in the world. If something were to ever happen to her, Tia and I should go to her.
Veronica, you'll take care of them, won't you?
"With my life." Her friend had said
It wasn't the time to think about any of it. I had to end this man. It was obvious that he was Erica's father. No matter where I was going,
Before I could think or react, I heard a cry, and then there was silence. Mom's lifeless body fell to the ground, and the man slammed her heart against the wall like it meant nothing.
"The name is Tobias." He said. "Now listen to me, you scum. I don't know what it is my daughter saw in a weekling like. You. But whatever it may be, her wish is my command. You will clean yourself up and move into the apartment I am going to set up for you. You will join my firm, and I will see if I can turn you into a partner for her. And," he said, walking towards me, "I want you to remember this day, if you dared to ever cross me. I am going to make you regret the day you were born."
He walked away from me now, stepping out of the house. I felt a rage build up in me, and then I stopped. Tia, I thought. This man would not stop if he found out about her. I couldn't lose her either. I stood there in silence for a very long time until a few of Tobias' men came to the house to take care of things.