A Hasty Escape: Scarlet and Wolf
by Down Iris
Chapter 2: Secrets
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"It all started forty years ago," Scarlet's grandmother said. "I piloted a diplomatic mission to Luna, where I met a man named Logan Tanner and fell in love. Unfortunately, I had to return to Earth a couple of weeks later, but I soon learned that I was pregnant with his child."
Scarlet gasped. "Does that mean that Dad is…half Lunar?"
"Yes, and you are a quarter Lunar." This news shocked Scarlet further. "Luckily, neither you nor your father had the Lunar gift. That would have been difficult to hide. But thirteen years ago, Logan showed up at my farm with a little girl, who was half dead. I hid her in a secret room under the hangar for eight years."
"Is she still there now?"
"No, she's with someone else now."
"Who?" Scarlet asked.
Her grandmother turned to the man in the back, who was paying close attention to her words. "I'm not going to say in front of you. I still don't trust you. This could all be an attempt to gain my trust so I'll tell you."
"Fine," the man said emotionlessly.
"What's your name, anyway?" Scarlet asked him.
"Just call me…Wolf. It'd be better if you don't know my real name."
"Hmmph. And you expect me to trust you when you won't even say your real name?" her grandmother asked.
"You don't have to trust me. I just want to keep you safe. I hate Levana. I never wanted to be a soldier. I was forced to undergo physical and genetic modifications when I was twelve to become a soldier, and I've had to train for the last eleven years. It was brutal, which you can probably tell from my scars." Wolf sounded bitter.
"So what do we do now? Are you going to warn Selene?" Scarlet asked her grandmother.
"If I can figure out a safe way to do so." Her grandmother cast another glance at Wolf.