Destined To A Rejected One
Chapter 5

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MARI VAN HELSING ADOPTS THE CREATURE

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Although the order was clear, Ruby did not obey it, and at that very moment, she declares to everyone that she repudiates the herd.

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 pounce on the lycanthrope that was biting her sister.

– Run away! Save the child – she said, putting herself in attack position to defend her older sister.

– What do you think you’re doing? – growled the wolf who got up from the ground and shook his body to remove the excess snow.

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

– She is no longer Velut Luna, she is a traitor. Traitors deserve no pity, no forgiveness, no nothing. – growled the beta positioning himself in front of the others taking the place of leader attacking against the cimex moon in front of him.

– It’s my velut luna! My sister! – he growled in response making everyone even more enraged.

– Forgive me… Please – whispered Esmeralda with her eyes bathed in tears as she got up from the ground and supporting the baby on her chest, she ran towards the forest illuminated only by the light of the full moon. Her heart was bleeding, she knew what was going to happen to her sister. The icy wind carried her plea to the eardrums of the youngest.

A crescent of wolves formed in front of Ruby, her whole body trembled, she had never been exposed to such dominance, and it hurt her most of all psychologically, she instinctively wanted to lower her head, but she stood firm and held her head high. For the first time she opposed those who all her life had repressed her, mistreated her, despised her and used her as bait. For the first time in the history of cimex moons, she stood up for something she liked. And this was being recorded, in the dark corner of the forest, high up in one of the trees, the enemy was lurking, just watching with her blushing eyes.

– Kill the deserter! – the beta orders and everyone jumps on Rubi, who tries to defend herself with her small claws and round fangs, unfortunately, she had no strength or skills, it didn’t take her a minute to be defeated.

A last howl was left by Ruby asking for the protection of the goddess for her sister and her little defenseless cub, her lifeless body returned to human form, her spirit returned to the big moon. The wolves were not content to just kill 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 get the traitor – declared beta after approving the work in which she left Rubi pampered.

The wolves returned to their hunt, the seer carrying with him the traces of the traitor. The enemy intrigued by the baby jumped out of the tree where she recorded the whole murder scene, with her long range vision, and her extremely sensitive sense for the smell of b***d, she knew exactly where Esmeralda was.

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

Her ears detect the sound of someone approaching over the trees, her heart pounds and all her senses become more sensitive.

– Please, moon goddess, don’t let anything bad happen to this…. – Esmeralda trusted the goddess, she was u

one of the few who still worshiped 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 clothes, there was no doubt left to 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 chasing her, her whole being felt dread. Although her dominance only loses to her mate, she is weak, and they are many against one. The female is vulnerable, her male should defend her, but he wants her dead and that makes her even weaker.

– They are close by, their scent is everywhere, it’s a matter of seconds before they appear.

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

– Please… Please – Esmeralda’s lips were trembling, not from cold, not from fear, but from sadness, she knew the fate she was going to have, she knew she could not protect her little one, but she wanted him to live, if he had been born like this, it was for 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 beasts. It 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 puppy, 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 him to die in peace.

– His name is Rodolfo, the mighty wolf,” Esmeralda’s voice came out low, but Mari could hear it perfectly.

She did not think the name was appropriate, for it was clear that this child was nothing like a wolf, nothing like his belonging to those terrible cruel beasts.

The sound of footsteps approached, Esmeralda took one last look at her little boy’s face, recording in her memory every detail of his tiny face, but Mari did not lengthen her farewell, she soon turned her back on him and returned to the top of the tree, jumping from branch to branch until she was a great distance away, but not too far, she wanted to continue recording what would happen to the child’s mother who lay naked in her arms, with no cloth to protect her from the cold and the fine drizzle, the umbilical cord badly cut. The smell of dried b***d on the small, weak body of the child.

– Thank you my goddess, I have always trusted…. – Esmeralda couldn’t finish the last thank you to her creator.

The beta grabbed the female’s head and tore it from her body without any difficulty, the whole ground was bathed in her b***d. And the fine drizzle turned into a great storm, the squawks fell violently on the ground, thunder cut through the darkness of 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 she was careful that no ice stones hit the little one.

– Welcome, madam,” the guard who opened the door greeted Mari, who only nodded slightly.

– Whose baby is this? – asked Margaret as soon as Mari entered the base.

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

– She is now part of our family.