Chapter 3 - The Big Bad Wolf

A cruise through the Caribbean Sea Piper really attended but instead of her high school sweetheart it was the parents who decided for a luxury family vacation and destroyed her plans for the summer. No matter how much she pleaded to stay on the solid land, she was forced to go to tighten the family bonds. Much rather she would be with her friends than parents and brother. She wanted to spend some quality time with her grandmother and Alex, the rest of summer time then with Polly and some other friends. A family cruise with a bunch of strangers being isolated on a vessel in the middle of waters was lame. It sounded cool, but in reality it sucked.


Another high school year passed and Piper's eighteen birthdays as well. She was an adult now and there was no way she would not visit her grandmother and Alex. She exchanged emails with the college student every week but it was different than being in person, browsing the woods, tending the garden, farm animals and leftovers selling on the market negotiating rates and chatting with the neighbours. The village life was a great change from the always busy city where nobody cared about anybody.

Bless her parents for giving her a car for her birthday, it was an old model, but in a good shape and it would get her to her destination without problems. Once the school bell rang for the last time that year, she said their goodbyes with her friends and rushed home to pack so she could leave early in the morning the very next day.

She parked the car on the empty driveway and called for her grandparent.

The lady came from the back garden with a basket full of tomatoes, different coloured peppers, cucumbers, zucchinis, even an eggplant. "Piper, dear, welcome. So good to see you." She placed the basket down and hugged her granddaughter warmly.

"Hey, Granny, I could not wait to see you." She reciprocated the embrace and squeezed gently. "How are you doing?"

"With the new knees I feel like I am twenty again."

"That's great, how did it go?"

"Ah, painful, but Alex was there to help me with everything. If it wasn't for her I would not even go for the surgery. Eh, she takes better care of me than my own son."

"I remember Dad calling you a few times. He said you are doing great."

"Yeah and I had Alex to thank for."

"Where is she anyway?"

"Oh, she will be back next week, she needed to extend her studies a bit to finish work at the library."

"How are you managing the farm alone then?"

"It's only chickens these days; we butchered the last pig during fall. Oh but we have a cow and a cat. Well, I wanted to get a small dog, but Alex declined and a month later a kitten sat at our porch looking all hungry and cold. Alex tried to chase it away but it stayed anyway. And we have more vegetable plants and some herbs, Greg helped us with building two more greenhouses, he even installed automatic watering system, so no trouble for me, I just collect the produce."

"So, are they, you know," suddenly Piper could not say aloud her thoughts, it was weird. Well of course the college girl was dating, at least it was a logical idea, but they never talked about guys in Alex's life and suddenly it felt weird to talk about that topic with a lady two generations older.

"Oh no, that girl does not want to settle down, so I can just hope she would come to her senses once she finishes studies. What about you, my dear? Any suitor around?"

"Nothing serious. I like getting dressed, watching a new movie and having nice dinner, but I am missing something, you know."

"You are too picky, young lady."

"Maybe, but I want to fall in love, like you and Grandpa."

"Ah, we had a rocky road for sure. Let me tell you how we met…"

Piper loved stories about previous ages and how people dealt with life at that time without internet and modern technology.

The fair-haired girl helped and learnt how to milk a cow, how to process the milk; make cheese, curd and cream. It was not even close to what was sold on a city market, the taste was different and nothing to do with the low fat products she could buy in a mall.

They collected the vegetable and the visitor was surprised that her grandmother decided to grow chilli peppers as well and practically dedicated half of the new greenhouse to them. The second new greenhouse was closed tight and humid. When the blonde asked about it, her grandparent only replied that Alex was growing some herbs there and since the ointments made from them worked, the lady did not want to disturb the plants with opening the door since it was not necesssary.

The week passed quickly and on Friday afternoon, the game of bridge was interrupted with the roaring sound of an old pick-up truck announcing its presence.

A few moments later the front door opened and a tall brunette entered. "Hey Granny, did you renew your driving licence while I was gone?" she joked.

The visitor looked up and was stunned. Well, she was aware that Alex had been always beautiful; nevertheless this time there was something different… other than a tattoo above her right wrist.

"Oh no darling, that would be Piper's car," smiled the elder lady and stood up from the table to set the kettle on. "A cup of coffee?"

"Yes, please," then the newcomer turned to the youngest of them. "Hi Pipes," she smiled and went to wrapped the blonde in an one arm hug as there was a duffle bag over the other shoulder.

Oh-uh, there were tingles under Piper's skin and her heart rate doubled. "Hey," she managed to say quietly as she was breathing the familiar shampoo scent of mint and wildness. She felt the room temperature rising as if someone set the house on fire. She untangled from the hug and massaged her nape. "Erm, I will let you settle in and… erm, take the cow to the barn, yeah, I will do just that." She excused herself and dashed away. She rushed to a meadow where the cow was grazing the grass. She did not realise she was running until she was out of breath. She stopped and placed her hands on her knees breathing heavily. What the heck has just happened?

Oh yeah, the college student came home and Piper lost her senses. They emailed each other regularly; they kept in touch during the last two years they had not seen each other, so why did her world turn upside down? Alex was always pretty and confident, yet there was something more which the blonde could not put her finger on.

She took the cow and slowly returned back to the house. She dared look at the other young woman who just raised her left eyebrow, however it was Granny who asked, "Are you alright, dear?"

"Yeah, too much coffee I guess, I needed to burn the energy."

"I know the feeling," nodded the brunette smiling. "So, what's new with you?"

"Nothing really, same old Piper, only now I am officially adult."

"Congrats."

"Oh, Alex, Greg wants to see you once you are back," said the oldest of them, "he was quite secretive about the matter, maybe he plans to propose."

The tall girl just rolled her eyes. "I really hope not."

"Oh come on, darling, when I was your age –"

"I know, Granny, I know." Alex threw her hands in the air theatrically which made the visitor chuckle.

"You youngsters are just waiting and waiting, you should go for the good boys while they are still on the market."

"No, thank you," muttered the ward still grinning conspiratorially at the blonde while the lady kept ranting.

"What are you waiting for anyway? A prince or a knight in shining armour?"

"Love?" suggested the teenager. "It's a spark of life, it's beauty."

"It's pain," replied both Alex and Granny.

"You are such wet blankets, both of you," pouted the youngest of them while the other two laughed.


Piper's nerves finally calmed down around Alex and she felt fifteen and free again. They browsed the forest, played hide and seek, which the brunette won every time no matter how great cover the city girl found. They cooled in the creek and enjoyed the warm sunny weather. Also it turned out climbing a tree was easier than getting down. The fair haired woman was stuck searching for the safest way to the solid land.

The older of the pair was already on the ground looking up with arms crossed on her chest. "Just jump, I will catch you."

"No, I don't want to hurt you. I dare say I am skinny but gravity is a bitch and I could break you or something."

"No, you couldn't."

"Did you switch your major to Medicine?"

"Piper, just jump."

"No," refused the blonde and indeed she saw a branch which she could use as a support to get down. Her foot was sliding down slowly, once it was safely placed, she let go of the upper branch shifting her weight. All seemed well; the branch did not break so she proceeded with moving the other foot too. Unfortunately her sneaker slipped and Piper felt the merciless power of gravity, she closed her eyes expecting a hard impact, instead she fell into something strong yet soft. She looked up and saw the light blue eyes and grinning face.

The taller woman chuckled. "Was it really that hard to let go?" she teased.

The proximity was magnetic and again Piper's mind dulled, all she could note was the familiar scent. Her heart was beating fast, their faces only a few inches apart. The grin disappeared and Alex wetted her lips with her tongue, it was a movement which the other girl hypnotically followed.

Suddenly the brunette straightened and looked up, gently placing her friend on the ground. "We should go, Granny is looking for us."

"Yeah, right," agreed the younger girl blinking a few times and taking slow deep breaths. So much for calming her nerves, her adoptive cousin never stopped being intimidating, and the shorter of them needed to find her way back when she managed to lessen the intimidation.

When they returned back to the house, there was a visitor. A very handsome young man about Alex's age, sandy hair and a figure like from a gym covered with a tight sky blue t-shirt, he was a sight for sore eyes. At first Piper did not recognise him as the guy matured nicely over the last two years, then it rang a bell. "Hi Greg," she smiled sweetly. "How is it going?"

"Piper, hey," he replied with honest smile a bit surprised. "Wow, you look great, adulthood suits you," he winked.

"To you too."

Before she could engaged in more conversation, he looked up and his smile broadened, his eyes darkened and for a moment the blonde though he would start drooling. "Alex, finally," he greeted and wrapped his arm around the object of his interest. "What took you so long? I know this is a remote area, but the signal is still good here, I tried calling you several times."

The raven haired woman sighed and shifted her glasses up. "I must have left the phone in the house while we went out. What's up?"

He tilted his head and frowned. "You, me and our peers after college night out with pool and alcohol."

"Oh yeah, sorry I must have forgotten," apologised the female student to the young man; however it sounded only half heartily. "I can't go, it would be rude, Piper is here and I cannot just disappear tonight."

Celeste came closer and petted her ward's arm, "Go, you deserve a break," she encouraged, "but don't drink too much."

"And Piper is more than welcome to join us," offered Greg.

"Oh no," Granny opposed immediately. "She may be an adult now, but still not allowed drinking alcohol. You two have fun though."

Alex shook her head. "No, really, sorry, but not tonight, I will make it up to you," she promised with a wink and accompanied him out. "Let me walk you to the car."

The city girl peeked from the window. It was time like this when she realised she was just a visitor and not a part of the village life. She could not hear what they were talking about; however she was curious what was going on between them. They chatted a little more, then Alex kissed his cheek and shut the driver's door. She came back with a sigh closing the door.

"Men, huh?" noted the teenager.

"Yeah, don't even mention it," she agreed and looked around. "Jenga?" she offered a game and Piper nodded vigorously, happy that her friend stayed in.


Greg visited about a week later again in the morning with some tools to fix the back greenhouse, so he and Alex disappeared at the back of the garden while Piper helped Granny cook soup. They also prepared sandwiches and the youngest of them went to fetch for the pair.

The girl saw them from the distance, it seemed the work was done as the guy leant his back against the upper side of the greenhouse, shirt off, sweaty skin glistening in the sun, his arms spread out along the top rim, however instead of leisure, it could be seen his big muscles on his back were contracting in tension. His partner stood by his side whispering in his ear.

Piper could only infer what was happening there although she would rather not as the thought of them being intimate made her angry and her chest squeezed so much that it was hard to breathe. "Hey, you two! Meal is ready!" she practically barked at them, interrupting whatever was going on and crossed her arms on her chest glaring at them strictly.

The older girl just smiled and rolled along the shorter side of the greenhouse away from him. He squatted down to hide behind the small house and when he appeared again; he faced the newcomer and smiled awkwardly putting on the t-shirt.

"Thanks, but I should go," he said blushing deeply, he collected his tools and almost ran with them to his truck where he placed all equipment quickly on the board. "I'll call you later. Bye." With that he departed like a bank robber.

The brunette just waved at him a quick goodbye and went to the barn to turn on the water and clean her hands. Her friend stood in the doorframe with arms still crossed on her chest. "Alex, what the hell?"

"What?!" she asked forcefully.

The shorter of them threw her hands in the air. "Like really? Fucking him at the back of Granny's garden?!"

"I was not fucking him."

"Yeah right," doubted the younger woman. "'Cos it definitely looked like you were reading poems to each other." She made a few steps toward the taller girl. "You shouldn't be intimate with him if you don't love him, especially at Granny's garden of all places."

"Oh, come on, Pipes, you are an adult, you know that you needn't to be in love to enjoy sex. And that greenhouse is my part of the garden."

"He is in love with you, you know that but you are just leading him on."

"He has his pleasure out of it and I have mine." She looked up into a distance and bobbed her head. "Well, different kind of pleasure."

"It's not fair," opposed the teenager. "And I do believe that love is the key."

"Attraction is the key. Well, for a hand-job it doesn't really matter, but anyway."

"What are you talking about?"

Alex looked straight into the stormy eyes. "As long as you are attracted to each other, you can have a great sex."

"I doubt it."

"Fine, let me prove it to you," the taller woman invaded Piper's personal space, their faces mere inches apart. "Are you attracted to me?" she asked.

What the what now? wondered the younger of them, but replied too quickly, "No."

"Liar," she chuckled and the stormy eyes were forced to look elsewhere with blushing cheeks.

"Why did you ask me if you knew?" asked the young adult embarrassed caught lying.

"I didn't know, I've just heard your lie."

The blonde looked back with hardened expression. "Okay, yes, I guess I am but who isn't, you are hot."

The next movement was faster than a blink of an eye. Their lips connected and it took a few seconds for Piper to realise what was happening – the girl to whom she admitted to be attracted, was kissing her like tomorrow should never come. She wanted to pull back, but the brunette followed her head not letting their lips separate. Therefore Piper placed her hands on the other woman's chest and pushed but it was like pushing a rock.

Alex took each of her wrists, moved the pushing hands aside and practically pinned the smaller of them between herself and the wooden wall, still kissing her vigorously.

The subconscious betrayed the teenager again and she felt herself submitting to her opponent and reciprocating the action. She eased her resistance and eventually tangled her fingers in the black mane deepening the kiss.

The brunette squatted a little and took her partner under her butt, who wrapped her legs around the toned waist and let herself being carry away and placed onto a stack of hay.

The older of them moved her kisses along the sharp jaw, down to the pulsing artery on the fair neck, gently sucking but not leaving any marks; then she continued the way down through the collar bone and to the centre, unbuttoning the plaid red shirt as she was teasing the valley between the breasts. The shirt was wide open and the kisses turned into nuzzling and licking the soft skin on the abdomen, while the hands found their way under the bra to each nipple.

Piper was breathing heavily with small moans as the pleasure intensified on certain places. Her mind was unable to process anything else than extraction of endorphins due to the excitement.

The thrill increased even more as the skirt was pulled up in a swift motion and she got to know touches like never before. Nobody had ever kissed her the way like the intimidating woman was doing at that moment, with passion and hunger but no force.

Her sighs changed into moans as she was swinging on the ways of pleasure and she was at the edge of drowning. After an especially huge wave hit her, she saw stars behind her eyelids, her muscles cramped and she stopped breathing for a while. When the release came, she was breathing like she ran a marathon and her body turned into a jelly.

She looked between her legs where she saw Alex's wolfish grin. "I told you."

"Fuck you," swore the younger of them upset to lose another quarrel, but damn it was worth it this time more than ever. Nonetheless she did not want to let it show. Pity the nature of the quarrel started with an upsetting fact of her adopted cousin serving a guy. The thought made her angry again.

The brunette only smiled and raised her eyebrow suggestively at the offence, hoping to turn it into action.

"Girls, where are you? The soup is getting cold," the elder lady called out for them from the kitchen window. Fortunately they were in the far end of the barn and they could not be seen.

"Well, not that I am hungry anymore," noted the ward. "The big bad wolf just ate the Little Red Riding Hood," she commented and gestured to the plaid red shirt which was just being buttoned up. "I like your top."

"Sod off," murmured the blonde, collecting all her strength to make herself presentable and she left the barn without looking back.


For the rest of the day, Piper was unusually quiet and tried to avoid her current roommate as much as possible. And not just for the day but the next day as well, even the day after.

When the grandmother went to the garden and left the girls to deal with the dishes, the dark-haired young woman approached her. "Come on, Pipes. You cannot avoid me for too long, this space is small."

"Watch me."

"Do you maybe want to talk about it? Would it make you feel better?" she offered.

The youngster suddenly turned around and faced her opponent. "You fucked me!" she accused her.

"'Ate you out' would be the exact term," she corrected her friend. "Anyway you enjoyed it."

"Fuck you."

"No problem."

Piper really wanted to slap her, her hands tensed and she was ready to charge, instead she hit a wall and stormed out upset.

In the evening, Alex went to her room and the other girl watched some old movie with her grandmother. What the movie was about she had no idea as her mind was elsewhere. The brunette was right, she enjoyed the time in the barn. She had never felt so live, yet it took her by surprise. They were friends not lovers, adoptive cousins and Celeste's ward and grandchild.

She looked at the elder lady slumbering in the recliner. She covered her with a blanket and went to Alex's room. Knocking gently, she slowly opened the door. The brunette was sitting behind the desk, the laptop was turned on and the screen showed rows of text. Who knew about what the article was.

"Piper?" the occupant of the room asked a bit surprised and stood up. "So, you wanna talk?"

The younger woman shook her head. "Not much to talk about. I cannot get it out of my head, I cannot get you out of my head," she kept staring into the clear blue eyes hidden behind the rimmed glasses. "No, I don't want to talk, I want to feel."

The other girl smiled gently and carefully moving her hand along the blonde's right cheek to the side of her neck, she bent closer slowly until their lips met, this time in much gentler make out session.

When the shorter of them confirmed the intention and deepened the kiss, Alex maneuverer then to the bed getting rid of both of their clothes on the way before laying the blonde on the bed. She hovered over and looked into the stormy eyes seeking any form of hesitation.

Instead Piper sneaked her hand to the back of the black mane and pulled her down into a passionate lip to lip contact, including tongues and nibs. Alas it was not enough, she wanted to feel more, she needed to feel the skin as well and practically overpowered the other woman, pulling her down on her and rolled them over. The blonde had never kissed a girl before yet since the time in the barn she could not stop thinking about it and dreaming about more.

The hands wandered all over the smooth body of each other, alas it was Alex who dared cross the intimate line again, letting her fingers explore the sacred area.

The blonde's breath hitched and she closed her eyes and rolled on her back with her companion following her movement and started placing kisses on the thin skin along the artery. The younger woman slowly took some air for her lungs but could not deny the pleasure, tensing and relaxing of her muscles. She was more than ready when her body desired a profound touch. She offered herself to the skilled fingers and two digits obeyed her wishes. It was both painful and arousing at the same time until the pain dominated and she dug her nails into the alabaster back and her teeth bit a shoulder. Her whole body tensed and all movements stopped.

"Piper?" questioned the other woman gently just above a whispers.

Once the pain was easing up, the blonde released the shoulder and shook her head. "Shut up and make it worth it," she commanded.

Alex kissed her gently, not demanding anything, just being there at the moment. After a little while, her fingers started moving slowly, oh so slowly.

The younger girl pulled away from the kiss, holding the dark haired head above her to look into the clear blue eyes. "Al, what is done is done, too late to overthink it. Just take me now, take me with the same passion you have begun."

The other woman nodded and dived into teasing the sensitive skin of the neck. The more Piper's body relaxed into the touch, the more daring the moves became. Especially when the kisses travelled south to her chest area, climbing the moulds just like the blonde felt climbing a mountain of pleasure. She was gasping for air, her muscles tensed yet required more.

Once she reached the top, she was hit with such a powerful light which sent her to the land of no gravity, levitating in ecstasy while her brain was secreting waves of endorphin.

Her body was peppered with kisses and smoothed with gentle palm until she dared open her hooded eyes. She was smiling happily. She had never felt like that before, never so intense and relieved. What was she waiting for all the time when her friends had talked about having sex? Oh yeah, she was responsible and waited until she would be officially adult. But damn, this was awesome. Was it sex in general or the partner?

Seeing the silly expression Alex chuckled, "Pleased to please you," she grinned.

"The pleasure is all mine," the youngster laughed, she felt really good. "Gimme me a few and I will pay you back."

This time it was the giver who laughed and got up for a bottle of water. She offered it to her lover. "Don't worry about me now, just enjoy."

"I am a woman on a mission and I do want to do you too."

The brunette climbed back to the bed. "We have two more weeks, which is plenty of time to pay me back even with interests," she winked and reached for the blanket. "Relax now."

"Will you hold me?"

"You want to be my little spoon?"

"Just shut up and hug me," alas the young adult could not be mean as she felt so great and tired.


Later in the night, Piper was woken up with someone fidgeting next to her. She groggily opened her eyes and noticed her companion's hands in cramps. "Al?" she asked gently.

However the other girl just squirmed and huffed. She was rolling around and the blonde wanted to reach for her. Nevertheless Alex intentionally fell off the bed to the ground crying in pain. The younger of them peeked over the bed and… was it really hair growing from the pores all over the body?

The brunette was down on her knees and elbows hiding her head between her arms, she was breathing heavily with occasional cries of being hurt with something. Her hands started shaking and nails were turning into cloves.

Piper could not utter a word; her mouth was agape without a sound. She was having a nightmare. She tried to scream but not a sound was made. Well, not by her. It was Alex growling in pain as her ears started pointing and she was growing a tail. She raised her head and it was changing as well, prolonging. She bit the leg of the bed to silence her scream which was turning into some deeper sound.

The visitor was living a horror dream, she was sure of that because no matter how hard she tried to pinch herself, it did not hurt. The bed leg was torn off and the blonde jumped up and pressed herself to the nearby wall watching her partner turning into a monster.

The dark creature jerked aside and slammed her fist into the bookshelf causing it to fall down with a loud noise of about the same intensity as the cries which were changing into a howl, accompanied with a human yell.

The door burst open and the elder lady rushed in, "Alex! Piper!" she shouted quickly scanning the room. Not hesitating any more seconds than necessary, she marched to the window and opened it. She turned to the beast and pointed outside. "Go! Get out!" she shouted. Now more wolf than human, the monster listened to the command and jumped out of the window running away into the forest. The howling was getting quitter with the distance until it could not be heard anymore.

Granny made a few long rushed steps to her screaming granddaughter. "Piper, shut it!" she called for her, but nothing. "Piper!" The girl kept yelling so the elder woman grabbed her shoulders and slammed her against the wall just hard enough to stop her screams. "Calm down, Piper!"

"This is the worst nightmare ever!"

"Calm down."

"Slap me to wake me up." The girl demanded. She could not take it anymore, she needed to wake up. "Just slap me!"

Against her willingness, the lady did as she was told. The youngster shook her head to get rid of the images of Alex turning into a beast. Nevertheless looking around, the room was still a mess. There was a broken bed, a fallen bookshelf, books and CDs everywhere and window wings wiggling in the wind.

"Get dressed and let's have a cup of camomile tea," suggested the grandmother.

At that comment the girl looked at herself and noticed she was completely naked. She was not sure if to be ashamed or still frightened.

She put on a t-shirt and shorts and without a word she sat at the table.

Celeste placed a steaming mug in front of her, but the young adult did not look up, she kept staring at the leaves pattern on the table cloth. "What… the hell… happened?" She questioned, finally looking up. "That… that was the monster which attacked us before."

"No, it was not."

"It was the same wolf."

"It was not the same."

"What the fuck, Granny?"

"At that time it was not Alex. And mind your language."

"Alex… the wolf pet Alex? Really? She tried to kill us and now you have domesticated her? But the game keeper killed her. I saw a dead wolf with stuck tongue, dead, no life. Oh wait, is she a zombie human-wolf?"

"That is wild imagination."

"Then how come she is walking the earth and not the underworld?"

"Piper, listen to me, it was not Alex who Steve killed those years ago. However yes, even that wolf turned into a human by morning."

"What?!"

"Just drink your tea, be quiet and listen to me," she took a deep breath and started telling the follow up story of their horrible experience together. "When I and Steve returned back in the morning to take the corpse away, instead of an animal, there was a woman with the same shotgun wound. You know Steve, he was always a gentle soul, after a large amount of alcohol, he went to the police, took them to the woods to show them the dead person he admitted killing, explained what happened and was taken to the madhouse, I kept quiet not to follow him there. A new game keeper was assigned and huntsmen got rig of any predators here. After about two weeks I convinced myself I was having a vivid dream. It was until a girl knocked on my door, skinny like she had not eaten for days and sweaty. When I opened the door she smiled weakly and collapsed. I took her to the healer; she got poisoned with a Paris herb, so I took care of her for a few days. Then she disappeared when she was feeling better. A few days later, I had two dead hares on my porch with a note 'Gratitude'. It was quite a sick joke, but delicious meal. I went to the barn to skin them and I noticed the same girl lying on a hay stack. She looked up at me and smiled that innocent silly grin asking if I liked her gift as a thank you for helping her. I cleaned her and took her to the police station. We found out she was the daughter of the recently deceased woman and some wandering musician whom she didn't even know. The police tracked him down, but he refused to take any responsibility and was more than happy to leave her with social services. Alex wanted to spend one last night at my place. Well so far she had been such a sweet kid and I couldn't deny her one last wish. In the afternoon she showed me her favourite place where we could collect blueberries which turned out to be the Paris herbs, and mushrooms for dinner. When the basket was full she looked up at the sky and said 'Pain will come'. I did not think much about it, until she started changing and crying. I remembered the beast from the previous month and was wise enough not to run, so I dropped the basket and climbed the nearest accessible tree. I watched a horror scene happening in front of my eyes. Once the transformation was completed she looked up at me and waggled her tail. Yes, that shocked me too, but I did not dare climb down. On the other hand it was early afternoon and I could not spend the evening and night on the tree so I needed to get down eventually. Alex was running around the tree, barking softly and ducked in play like a puppy. I took the risk and I got down. She licked my hand and snuggled her head in to be scratched. And I started laughing," the lady chuckled at the memory. "She is not dangerous, just misunderstood."

"Aren't all crazy people 'just misunderstood'?"

"I took her in and she has never disappointed me. She takes better care of me than my own son."

"But she is a beast."

"Once in a month she howls at the moon, there are people having mood swings more often."

"They don't turn into monsters."

"Piper, she is no monster. She told me the pain was horrible that's why she was rather alone biting into something, but she would never harm me. That was why she liked spending the moon night in the forest alone, hence I am wondering what she was doing home instead of in the woods."

"We fell asleep," the blonde commented roughly her mind still not getting a proper hold on what happened. "Shit!" she cursed realising she had just had sex with a werewolf. "She should have told me, you should have told me."

"Would you believe us?"

"No, but at least I would not be creeped out if I had an idea about the possibility."

"Piper –"

"I cannot do this," she uttered and got up from the table. "I have to go." She closed her eyes, opened the door to the messy room, praying that everything would be in order. It was not. She packed her bag, kissed her grandparent's cheek. "Take care, Granny." She let the door slam behind her, jumped into the car and drove away. Before she reached the main road, she noticed a moving smear on her left. She slowed down and it turned out to be a big wolf with pitch black fur and clear blue sad eyes. Piper only shook her head and sped up. Back to civilization, back to normal.