Chapter 5 Strokes of Fate, part 1

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MARI VAN HELSING ADOPTS THE CREATURE

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Although the order was clear, Ruby did not heed it, and at that very moment, she declares to everyone that she disowns the pack.

Although her body is much smaller, and her fangs are not as sharp as those of the other members, Ruby in her lupine form did not hesitate to throw herself on top of the lycanthrope that was biting her sister.

"Run away! Save the child," she said, positioning herself in an attack position to defend her older sister.

"What do you think you're doing!?" growled the wolf as he rose from the ground and shook his body to shake off the excess snow.

"I won't let you kill my velut luna! You'll have to beat me first!" she spoke firmly, in his eyes you could see the fervor of his words, the loyalty to his velut luna and most of all to his sister.

"She is no longer the Velut Luna, she is a traitor! And Traitors deserve no pity, forgiveness, nothing!" growled the beta positioning himself in front of the others taking the place of the leader of that attack against the cymex luna in front of him.

"She is my velut luna! My sister!" she growled in response, making everyone even more enraged.

"Forgive me... Please," Esmeralda whispered with her eyes bathed in tears as she got up from the ground and, placing the baby on her chest, ran into the forest lit only by the light of the full moon. Her heart bled, she knew what would happen to her sister. The icy wind carried her plea to the youngest one's eardrums.

A half-moon of wolves formed in front of Ruby, her whole body trembled, she had never been exposed to such dominance, and it hurt especially her psychological, she wanted by instinct to lower her head, but she stood firm and with her head held high. For the first time, she opposed those who for her entire life had repressed her, mistreated her, despised her, played her for bait. For the first time in the history of the lunas cimexs, she is standing up for something she loves. And this was being recorded, in the dark corner of the forest, in the top of one of the trees, the enemy was lurking, just watching with her blushing eyes.

"Kill the deserter!" the beta orders and everyone jumps on top of Ruby, who tries to defend herself with her small claws and round fangs, unfortunately, she had neither strength nor skills, it didn't take her a minute to be defeated.

A last howl was uttered by Ruby asking for the goddess's protection for her sister and her helpless little cub, her lifeless body returned to human form, her spirit returned to the great moon. The wolves were not satisfied with just killing her, they trampled her until she was completely deformed and unrecognizable.

The night sky began to drizzle, fine drops fell from the sky, the goddess wept for the cruel death of one of her beloved daughters.

"Let's go after the traitor," declared the beta after approving the work in which he left Ruby shattered.

The wolves returned to their hunt, the wind carries with it the traces of the traitor. The enemy intrigued by the baby jumped from the tree where she recorded the entire murder scene, with her long range vision, and her extremely sensitive sense of smell for blood, she knew exactly where Esmeralda was.

The former velut luna can no longer run, her leg had broken in a sharp fall at the root of a tree, the drizzle did not help her to steady herself. If she could transform, she could quickly heal herself, but she can't, she needs to take care of the baby, but her situation is too drastic, her fear of letting go of the baby is too great.

Her ears detect the sound of someone approaching from above the trees, her heart palpitates and all her senses become more sensitive.

"Please moon goddess, don't let anything bad happen to this one..." Esmeralda trusted the goddess, she was one of the few who still adored the goddess as an absolute being in her life, but her request was interrupted.

"Don't you think it's useless to ask her for protection?" the red eyes and the black chorus costume, there was no doubt for Esmeralda. It was the enemy, it was the dreaded Mari Van Helsing who stood before her.

"No, she is ours..."

Her speech was interrupted by the menacing howls of the wolves hunting her, her whole being felt dread. In spite of her dominance losing only to her mate, she is weak, and it is many against one. The female is vulnerable, her male should defend her, but he wants her dead and this makes her even weaker.

"They are close to here, you scent is everywhere, it's a matter of seconds before they show up."

Mari saw the terror in the green eyes of the weak and powerless woman sitting inside the root of a large and twisted tree.

"Please... Please" Esmeralda's lips trembled, not with cold, not with fear, but with sadness, she knew the destiny she was going to have, she knew she couldn't protect her child, but she wanted him to live, if he was born this way, it was with a purpose, she believed in that, the goddess never fails "Please... Save this child, he has never committed any sin... Please."

Mari looked deep into Esmeralda's eyes, she knew she was a desperate mother. Mari also knew that this situation is not normal. A newborn, in human form, was something impossible in the beasts. He had to be a wolf and only show signs of humanization after six months of life. Mari knew that this baby was something abnormal.

"I beg you, please don't let them kill my cub, he..."

Mari didn't say a word, she just stretched out her arms and held the child. Esmeralda smiled, even if she died in that place, her little boy's life was preserved and that was enough for her to die in peace.

"His name is Rodolfo, the mighty wolf," Esmeralda's voice came out low, but Mari could hear perfectly.

She didn't think the name was appropriate, for it was clear that this child looked nothing like a wolf, nothing that resembled one belonging to those terrible cruel beasts.

The sound of footsteps came closer, Esmeralda took one last look at her little one's face, recording in her memory every detail of his tiny face, but Mari didn't extend her farewell, she soon turned her back and went back to the top of the tree, jumping from branch to branch until she was at a great distance, but not too great, she wanted to continue to record what would happen to the mother of the child who was naked in her arms, without any cloth to protect her from the cold and the fine drizzle, the umbilical cord cut badly. The smell of dried blood on the child's small and weak body.

"Thank you my goddess, I have always trusted you..." Esmeralda could not finish her last thanks to her creator.

The beta grabbed the female's head and ripped it from her body without any difficulty, the whole floor was bathed in her blood. And the fine drizzle turned into a great storm, grazinos fell violently on the earth, thunder cut through the dark in the sky. The wolves ran back to their dens inside the castle.

Mari jumped from tree to tree to the nearest base. All the way there she took care that no ice rock hit the little child.

"Welcome back ma'am," the guard who opened the gate greeted Mari, who only gave a slight nod of her head in reply.

"Whose baby is this?" Margaret questioned as soon as Mari entered the base.

Margaret was adopted by Mari five years ago, her parents were killed and devoured in front of her by werewolves. Mari managed to save her from the same fate and since then has been raising and training the girl with long red hair and honey brown eyes.

"He is now part of our family."