Chapter 19 – Winter’s Solstice.
https://s19.postimg.cc/3uc6xi23n/Screenshot-31.jpg
A few months had passed since Michael had seen Jagger, Michael continued to develop his Werewolf life, every full moon his transformation would manifest and take over his body with ease, he had no painful memories of the changes anymore, if anything he embraced it and loved the feel of the eruptive release it gave him. He started to allow his new supernatural formation to guide and make him grow. His howl grew to a strength that would make the ground shake around him, all his senses became sharper, he felt it running through his veins, he felt more at home with being a wolf, like it has always been a part of him, all his life, yet he knew it hasn’t.
https://s19.postimg.cc/x9hv6j1ib/Screenshot-141.jpg
As a human his senses had enhanced to their peak, he could see much brighter in the night as in the day, he could hear heart beats from afar. His sense of smell had was strong and certain smells would lead him closer to his prey, he also became better at hunting. Michael sensed vampires, far greater than any warm blooded creature, he could hear their heart beats from a mile away. As a wolf his desire for raw meat and produce enhanced, cooked meals were not as satisfying as a raw feed, allowing his body to fuel up much faster, his own fetish for blood craved through his body.
https://s19.postimg.cc/ccln1wds3/Screenshot-148.jpg
During his journey as a wolf, he could tell the difference between species, including traits and emotions. He sensed fear, anger, bravery, all emotions. He could smell specific smells on different creatures; he even could smell if a vampire was in need of a blood feed or just had one. He continued to not only embrace, but master his new abilities.
https://s19.postimg.cc/hb95gkmrn/Screenshot-472.jpg
Michael became a part of Cyd’s Pack, he leaned that Cyd had the largest and strongest pack formation, then any other wolf packs with many loyal members, one of the wolf members Leo Wolff was a strong ‘Beta’ wolf and one of Cyd’s closest and most loyal allies. Leo embraced Michael in the pack, during their many times together Michael had become very close with Leo, there was a humble feeling Michael got from him.
https://s19.postimg.cc/bn2upiann/Screenshot-137.jpg
As their friendship grew Michael discovered he Leo had a lot in common. When Cyd wasn’t around, Leo would keep Michael company. Leo opened up to Michael and often they spoke about relationships with the same gender, Michael came to learn that Leo had an attraction for Cyd and it didn’t take him long to work out that they were actually couple as he and Jagger were.
https://s19.postimg.cc/e4elwrf4j/Screenshot-121.jpg
During his wolf fights no one stood a chance with Michael, he would beat them every time. Students would faint or wet themselves at the very sound of Michael’s howl, even vampires to his amusement. Michael enjoyed terrorizing students, he enjoyed the powerful rush he would get from this, yet he could also see some had a respect towards wolves that he never seen before. On many occasions there would be the aloof students, mostly non supernaturals who would attack him verbally, just as he had seen Jagger be attacked many times before. Michael enjoyed the games and got a rush from such verbal abuse. No one stood a chance; he would give them a ‘what for’ quickly and always ending on a high to his own ego.
https://s19.postimg.cc/us63z8ugj/Screenshot-54.jpg
Michael started to get the urge to bite, physically he felt the need for it but his mind wouldn’t allow him to release the desire, he knew people feared this. During his journey he learned from the wolves that it was an important role to spread the werewolf bite, to build allies. Caution was also needed to be taken and Michael knew he has a lot to learn in this area, yet his urges were growing strong as time was progressing, non the less he held back he didn’t want to spread it, in his mind it he didn’t feel it was right, he found threats were enough for now, keeping the biting for the professionals.
https://s19.postimg.cc/9v9vulz0j/Screenshot-97.jpg
Cyd and Leo taught him a lot more about the Wolfbane’s and how they live, expectations and more in depth wolf talk than he had with Jagger. Michael had also learned that vampires were true enemies of wolves and that Roman, his Emperor was on the hunt to destroy all vampires once and for all. Michael knew from talks with Jagger that his Emperor was no different. This left Michael very uneasy, he didn’t care that Jagger was a vampire he loved him, he had to do the one thing he hadn’t done in a long time and lock down his pains again.
Michael accepted his new life as a supernatural, but he wasn’t going to let anyone tell him who he could love. He knew deep inside he wanted to protect the one person who meant more to him than his own life. No matter what the costs are.
********************************************************************************