After seeing Lucian the previous day, Cabello wasn’t happy about it.
He picked up a silver knife and leaves to Denise’s room while she was sleeping, it was better to kill her than let her turn into something he could not accept.
He moved closer to her when she opened her eyes sensing his presence,
“Uncle, what are you doing?” She asked as he hid the knife behind him before she could see it.
“It’s all gonna be okay” he said.
“What do you mean?” She asked confused as he moved closer to her.
“The last words your mother told me before she died was to protect you and not let you turn into one of those things but things have gotten out of hand and you have turned into one of them” he said.
Denise couldn’t understand what was going on in his mind as she just stared at him puzzled.
“I have to keep the promise I made to my sister, I cannot let her daughter run wild” he said.
“You know it is not my fault that I am a wolf, I was changed to save my life” she said to him.
“I know that and that is why I have waited this long” he said. After Cabello had taken her out of the pack, he searched for a way a wolf could be turned back into an ordinary human after being bitten but he couldn’t find anything useful and it all said that she would be stuck being a wolf all her life. He couldn’t accept that, that was not the life he wanted her to leave. He couldn’t accept himself being a wolf how much more her, his dear niece who he cherished so much.
“Waited for what?” She asked.
“To find a solution to get you back to yourself” he said.
“We both know there is no cure to the bite and I would be this way forever” she reminded him that she was now a wolf and there was no way she could change that rather she was now being grateful for the things she had.
“That is what I cannot allow, I cannot let your mother down” he said.
“I am pretty sure mother would be okay because she knows it is not my fault, the same way it wasn’t your fault that you turned too” she let out signifying that he was also a wolf like her.
“Everyday I get nightmares of your mother begging me, I cannot go on with this Denise. I am so sorry” he said as he was inches close to her.
“Sorry for what?” She asked wondering if he was going to send her away like last time.
“For this” he said aiming to slice her neck when she blocked it with her hand.
“What the hell?” Denise yelled shocked that he would try to harm her as she stared at the big cut on her hand.
“You have to die than be a wolf” he said and stabbed her shoulders. Denise cried out in pain as she tried to get away from him.
He stabbed her in the back and the pain was unbearable, being stabbed with silver was quite an enormous amount of pain she never knew she could feel.
“Please stop” she pleaded with him with tears in her eyes.
“I’m sorry but it is better this way” he aimed for her head but she blocked it with her hand and he stabbed her right through her hand.
Denise watched in horror the knife so close to her eyes, she could see that Cabello was determined to kill her. She jumped through the window breaking the glass and crashing on the floor.
“Denise” he yelled as she jumped out. He quickly ran out of the house to get to her but she was gone. He searched around and he saw her running through the woods further away from the house.
“You need to stop fighting this, you will be reunited with your family again” he said to her but she wouldn’t listen to him as she kept running. She hid behind a tree holding her breath for a while, when she looked around he was no where to be found.
She sighed in relief losing him when she turned only to be stabbed so close to the heart by him.
“I cannot let you turn into a wolf” he said.
Denise fell to the ground soaked in her own blood, she pulled out the knife close to her heart and threw it to the ground.
“Why are you doing this to me?” She asked him. She had trusted him with her life that he would never harm her.
“To end our misery, trust me, I will kill myself too so that our family can be reunited together” he said with regret in his eyes.
“But I don’t want to die” she let out.
“You want to remain a wolf despite your mother’s warning” he asked.
“If that is what it takes then yes, I don’t want to die yet” she cried out knowing there were a lot of things she wanted to do.
“I cannot let that happen” he said picking up the knife to stab her directly in the heart when she pushed him with all the strength she had towards a tree.
She got back on her feet again running but she wasn’t that fast because of how weak her body was, she remembered where Lucian claimed he lived and she was heading there for his help.
“Denise stop making this hard” Cabello voice rang as he woke up immediately, he picked up the knife drained in blood while he kept searching for her. He believed he was doing this for his family. He had despised wolves right from the moment they murdered his family and turned him into one. After finding out that his neice was turned into a wolf, he couldn’t lay still and let her be one of those things that killed her family. He searched for ways to get a cure and there was none. All that was left was for them to end their lives since there was no cure.
He intended on killing her and then kill himself too but not after Killing Lucian who is the reason why she was a wolf.
“Denise” he yelled following the blood tracks on the floor.
Denise had carried herself all the way to the next pack’s border to find Lucian, she saw a house just a distance away as he had directed her. She could finally see a glimpse of hope but instead she fell to the ground weak. She looked back and she could see Cabello moving faster towards her, with her weak body she struggled to stand up again but her movements were quite slow compared to Cabello’s.
“Lucian” she called out getting closer.
“Lucian please help me” she pleaded wishing he could hear her and come to his aid.
Lucian was reading a book when he heard his name, he thought he was just hallucinating about Denise’s voice until his wolf told him that she was in danger. He ran out of the house towards the woods when he saw her drained in blood in a distance and too weak to move.
Once she saw him, she crashed to the ground.
“Please help me” she pleaded with him as he stood there staring at her in shock.
He looked behind her and he could see Cabello so close to her with a knife in his hand.
He instantly froze, he thought it was just one of his nightmares where Cabello was going to kill Denise, he felt it wasn’t real or perhaps he didn’t want it to be real but it all felt too real to him.
He pinched himself to be sure and he was certain that it was real. Cabello was now behind Denise as he stood.
The dream was finally coming true and he was about to kill her.
“No” he yelled running towards her to her and save her from him.