(Myra's POV)
I was about to run when I saw the wolf lay down on its paws beside me. "oh, Lord! O,h, lord! This is it. I'm finally dead. Oh lord! But I don't want to die. I need to fall in love, get married, and bear children. Not to forget... Oh yes, grandkids." I kept on muttering nonsense to myself.
Just when I thought it would attack me, it nuzzled its head between my legs, like telling me to pet it or something." ohh so you want me to pet you? I asked, quite unsure if I should touch it. Who in their right mind would roam around in the woods at this particular time of the day, meet a wolf, and also pet it? me, but who cares?
I started petting it. He just kept growling lowly." you know what Mr wolf, my life has been a mess. I just woke up this morning with Jenna insulting my dead mom. On getting back, my dad broke the worst news to me. Do u know what?" I asked it stupidly. "Oh, sorry, I forgot you can't speak." He said I should marry Jenna's cousin. Distant cousin at that." I spoke. It immediately rose with force, looking ready to attack and continuously growling.
It groaned softly and went back to lying down. I continued petting it. After some time, I decided it was time to head home and deal with the situation at hand. I bid my goodbye to him and left. I arrived home just in time to meet the stranger, what was his name, was it James, Lu... Luke. yes, that's it. He bumped into me without even apologizing.
I just shrugged and went inside. I was met with an empty house. I decided to head to my room. Before that, I headed to the kitchen to grab a bite. After having the fried rice I guess they made for the guest, I headed to my room. I stripped and sat in the bathtub. The warm water soothed my sore muscles.
After about an hour in it, I came out and wrapped a towel around my body. I quickly changed into my favorite pink T-shirt and cotton shorts. I sat on my bed and decided to go through the old book again. I opened it and continued going through the strange language I had no idea about.
"Reincarnatio dea Lunae est unicus modus ut lupi-hominum genus conservetur. Homo, qui ortus est ac educatus in humanitate, erit reincarnatio eius. In collo eius adnotatio cresentis parvae apparebit. Solum quando destinatum suum recipit, nota omnibus apparebit. Omnia quae illi iniecta sunt tutabuntur, verum solum cum communitate tota illius subsidio."
At the far end of the page, written very small, was an address. But the most important thing was that it was our home address. The one we were staying at before my mom died. I saw my mom's name on it. I just kept reading again.
" Quod inter omnia maxime confidis, id tibi erit pernicies. Relatio in filo fatorum et destinorum iacet. Nam quod maxime amas, te dolor adduced." further down was the only word in this book written in English. Finally, yay!!
"That which you trust the most among all shall be your doom. Relationships lie on a thread of fate and destiny. For that which you love the most shall bring you pain." I don't know what it meant, but it looked to be something of trust and betrayal.
I just sighed quietly and closed the book. I made sure to keep it hidden from everyone, even my dad, and went to sleep. I was just envisioning the black wolf from earlier. Finally, I was able to sleep.
I had not even been asleep for that long when I heard murmurings outside the house. My room window was situated close to the main entrance, so I could easily hear or see anything happening outside. Curiosity got the better and more reasonable part of me.
I tiptoed outside my room and headed for the main entrance. I could see silhouettes of the people. A man and a woman probably. They were both talking in hush tones. "what do we do about her? She doesn't know about it or anything related to them. What if she comes to know, what becomes of us?" the man asked the woman.
"be quiet, I thought you said you could handle her. Why being such a pussy right now."The woman angrily reprimanded him. Hmm, her voice sounds familiar. Hold on a second; her voice sounds exactly like Jenna. Wait, is that not her asshole of a cousin, Luke." I'm just....." Luke was about to reply when, oops, I mistakenly stepped on dried leaves. "who is there. I said who is there. Go check Luke." Jenna instructed him.
I quickly ran to my room and lay on my bed. About 10 minutes later, I could hear footsteps. Jenna quietly opened my door with Luke beside her. She stared at me for some time. "she's asleep. I don't think she was the one." Luke told her. She glared at him and replied, "I can very much see that she's asleep, Luke. But I know that bitch; she's very good at poke-nosing and meddling in people's business. We will just have to keep an eye on her for the time being." she told him. They both quietly left my room.
Immediately, I stood up to check if they were still outside. I saw Luke driving away and heard the sound of a door shutting. Which means Jenna's gone to bed. I quickly shut my window and settled on my bed. What were they talking about that she wanted to keep a secret? What are they hiding?
Who is the person they are so scared of and want to get rid of? I decided not to dwell on it much. I yawned softly and decided to go to bed. Whatever the secret was, I will find out. I'm not called"Myra the detective "by my pairs during school days for no reason, I thought smugly. With that, I went to sleep thinking of ways to either get the truth out of them or find out Myra's style.