Chapter 2 Home part 2

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THE FIRST LYCANTHROPE IS BORN

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"Don't let me down Máni" Poseidon shouts euphorically. It was he who taught Máni everything, but even he himself did not know how low his disciple would go to get what he wanted.

Again, silence reigned and Zeus continued:

"Let's go to the first part" Zeus walks standing facing the other gods and with his back to his brothers "As is the custom, the competitors will hunt for each other. They will go down to the human lands, and sacrifice two animals" he turns his gaze to the two behind him, "I wish you good hunting, you may go."

And so they went, Máni hunted a squirrel to present to his sister. A small and dirty rodent, for Máni was the perfect representation of her sister. Selene, on the other hand, went deep into the forest in search of the wolf, her heart pounding, she needed a lot of effort to accomplish such a task; it didn't take long to find him, he was eating. Her eyes widened when she saw the size of the animal, she had never seen such a large and beautiful creature in the human world, this is sureal, it is even a crime to kill such an animal, however, Selene was willing to commit this crime if that is what it took to live next to her great love.

Taking a deep breath, she lifted her bow and arrow aiming at the animal distracted by its prey. The sound of the animal's howl was so loud that even the gods could hear it from up on Olympus and were surprised to hear a grunt so loud that it had never been heard before.

When Selene returned to the hall, Máni was already there waiting for her with a macabre smile on her face. Selene was strong and despite the giant size of the black wolf, she managed to carry it on her shoulder. However, as she set the wounded beast on its chest on the ground, another squeal escapes her throat. The great black wolf gradually decreases in size, everyone watches dumbfounded by the scene. The big wolf shrinks into a human, tears flood Selene's eyes as she sees her beloved with the clasp clenched on his chest. Licaão looks at her, in his eyes there was only love, a love that was dying, Selene was killing him and it was tearing her apart inside.

Selene understood what her brother wanted, he never liked her, and he managed to hurt her in the lowest way possible. Selene had always admired wolves, always loved to hear the howls of the beautiful beasts to the full moon, but she agreed to kill one so she could keep her love, yet she was innocent, she never thought her brother would be capable of such an atrocity.

Selene falls to her knees on the ground, the hatred in her being grows to the point of being uncontrollable. Her eyes turn red, she decides to take revenge, and to do so she transforms herself into a great white she-wolf, all the gods rise from their seats and watch Selene run in the direction of her brother. Máni is taken by surprise, without having time to react or defend herself, she smashes her teeth into Máni's neck, and Máni tries to get free, clutching her transformed sister's jaw tightly, but she was always stronger, and today this evidence is forever recorded. She rips off her brother's head, in front of all the other gods, her snow-white fur now stained red. And still in wolf form, she returned to her beloved who was dying on the cold ground, she lay down beside her beloved and howled as loud as she could, everyone understood her pain.

Zeus with his immense power forces Selene back to normal and she hugs the human owner of her heart tightly. Zeus loves Selene, she is his youngest daughter, and seeing her suffer like that made him suffer too. The death of Máni was already something Zeus foresaw, but he let his choices dictate her future.

"You are now the goddess of the moon, cast an enchantment on him, and he will not die," he said softly, he just wanted her to bear the burden of not being able to love as best she could.

Selene knew what to do, she was now the moon goddess, she had her own powers. Closing her eyes and placing her hand on Licaão's head she spoke:

"You are now half man, half wolf, you will be a superhuman species, your years will be multiplied, you can live for up to a millennium. Your strength will be exuberant, all your senses will be a hundred times better than any human. It will be me who will dictate your destiny, the destiny of your children, and so it will be forever and ever, generation after generation. I will be your absolute goddess. And now you will be the first lycanthrope to exist on this earth. The first to be ruled by me, the first worshiper of the moon goddess."

When he finished his words, Licaão closed his eyes and the arrow disappeared from his chest. His body disappeared and he was no longer among the gods.

"Thank you for the gift, father" Selene thanks Zeus with a grateful smile and with a long-suffering smile, her body begins to disappear.

Night falls, Selene rises in her full moon form receiving Licaão's howls as if they were a beautiful song.

But as the years went by, she saw the sadness growing of loneliness in her beloved. Love was something sublime to Selene, and she decided to create the perfect mate for her lycanthrope, even if it would break their hearts. He would have someone to be his pillar, his helper, and they would be together for life and that not even death will separate them. One will not be able to live without the other as long as they are both alive.

And so, on a full moon night, Zeus granted her the power to create, a single creature. She created the first lycanthrope female, with black hair and blue eyes, her scent was sweet to Licaão, he would feel a desire for her that if he didn't have her would fall into madness, the goddess made the mates to be a genuine love.

But Lycaon, when he won his mate, he didn't treat her as he should, not even at mating time did he treat her well, and this made the moon goddess extremely sad, he stopped howling at her, his plans now were to just make his kind grow and take control of everything. Then, in an attempt to get him to change the sharing, Selene descends from the sky, and at the same instant the moon disappears, she goes to meet her beloved, who cries when he sees her.

"My love..."

"No" Selene interrupts him, speaking calmly and softly "Your love is inside your den, feeding your brood, you should be there too."

"I... I can't love her," Licaão's words make her sad. He created the female exclusively for him and he treats her this way.

The duty of the male is to take care of his female, this is what Selene wanted.