The boy jumped a couple of meters forward.
"W-who are you?" He stuttered "Stay away from me!" he raised a frightened tone.
"I'm not a threat," the figure said, their voice was stern but it seemed they were trying hard to make it soft, which made it sound raspy.
The full moon spilled its light on them, it was a young man's figure, like a young man in his early twenties, that was how his stature looked, he was blond with shoulder-length hair but his face wasn't clearly seen since he backed the moonlight. He wore a knee-length black trench coat with a matching turtle neck t-shirt, trousers, and shoes, all his outfit were black.....
"How would I know, everyone hates me, my stepdad, the damn president, my stepbrothers, they all beat me up every day, I can't trust you, you came to do the same" the boy rambled continuously amidst heavy breathing, distancing himself backward and away from the man with every step, his body tensed up, a few backward steps and he would disappear into the wood.
"Not so fast, kid," noticing his attempt, the man said, already appeared behind him, he was too fast, moving swiftly through the night, he placed his hands on the boy's shoulder making him tense up.
"Ok, my bad, you won," the boy said trying to sound composed, raising his left hand in surrender, his right hand still clutching the photo frame to his chest, but his body still shook slightly in fear.
"As long as you understand" the man heaved an exasperated sigh and replied removing his hands from the boy's shoulder. As if on cue, the boy jumped a couple of meters forward again and turned to the man.
"Aren't you a cunning kid?" The man said, a smile curled up the corner of his lips. "You are like a snake, the moment you see a lapse in your enemy's judgment, you take action, I like that" he chuckled darkly.
"So what do you want? I'm not running away this time since you said you aren't a threat but I still gotta be cautious right?!" The boy yelled breathlessly. Perhaps he had already realized he couldn't beat the man in speed. But he still stood with a stance that showed he might escape anytime.
"Your stepfather, the president of The Epic States of Pelagris, and your stepbrothers treat you like a rag" the man spoke while grinning darkly "Your stepdad married your mum so he could use her as a stepping stone to the presidency, your—
"Shut up!!" The boy yelled and cut him off" I won't allow you to insult my mum!"
"But you have talent, talent that I can help you amplify" the man continued.
"I said shut up! You clearly don't have anything good to say" the boy continued yelling at him.
"You will be able to trample your enemies with the power," the man said.
"M-my enemies?" The boy stuttered slowly and gasped, his eyes widened.
"I know you have potential, you were able to remain unnoticed in that library, and you ceased your breath till the eight Silver Mercenaries left, by doing this you unconsciously sealed off your body heat, if not you would have been found," the man said convincingly moving his hands in gesticulation. "In short, you conceal your presence"
"Wait, how do you know? Do you infiltrate the Green House?" The boy asked, a hint of confusion in his voice.
"No, I wouldn't dare, even for my rank, I would have trouble dealing with Eight Silver Mercenaries," the man said and laughed shortly, "I actually used my wolf eye"
Saying this, his eyes glowed blue for a moment in the shadow of the night.
The boy flinched and breathed heavily.
"What the hell was that?, Did your eye just glow blue? What the hell are you talking about? Rank and wolf eye" he said breathing heavily, his body tensed up, his heart pounding in fear. "My instinct tells me it is a bad idea talking to you" he blinked twice.
"I didn't mean to frighten you" the man tried to speak softly with his naturally stern voice, "you will soon know"
"So what do you say? I will give you power, together we shall avenge your dead mother," he said, smiling darkly. It was now obvious and more evil, as if he had been hiding his true nature all along. "You are lucky I came here tonight to get fresh air, I will grant your wish, together we shall crush the puny humans" he cackled evilly.
Amidst these, the boy still looked confused.
"What do you mean by fresh air? How do you get to this private island? It's heavily guarded!" Multiple questions flew out of his mouth.
"You will soon understand" the man replied and grinned darkly, with this, he appeared swiftly behind the boy, he held him tight, opening his own mouth to reveal a set of sharp fangs, two at both sides of his upper and lower jaw, he clinched them on the boy's shoulder immediately and released him.
The boy fell to the ground with a thud, he started gasping and groaning while breathing heavily.
The man laughed darkly, revealing the fangs, then at once, still laughing, the fang retracted back to normal teeth.
"I just bestowed you a gift, I hope your body accepts it, so that you may follow me to the path of victory," he said and continued his laughter.
At once a growl was heard as the boy stood up immediately, he rushed towards the man, but this time he was faster, almost like a blur and his movement was erratic, growling at the same time, he launched himself at the man, his finger and toe nails appeared clawlike, they were long and sharp, but the man sidestepped faster, dodging it like it was nothing, perhaps if he had got clawed it would have left a swordlike wound on his body, the boy who had launched himself pounced on the ground, he was now on all fours growling like some feral beast.
"I'm surprised, I don't expect the transformation to be this quick," he said with a hand on his chin, a hint of surprise in his voice "Perhaps it is because of the full moon?, I'm not sure," he said, clicking his tongue. "But you still lack control, you will go wild for a while.....