Chapter 1 The Eighteenth Birthday

Izabelle's POV

I'm Izabelle. My friends call me Izzy. I'm waiting for something for many years. And that thing is my birthday. It's not just any birthday. It's my eighteenth birthday.

I'm excited because I know that this is the day

when I'm going to get my answers. There are a lot of questions that keep bugging my mind and no matter how many times I ask my parents, they never reply. They just ask me to wait for my eighteenth birthday. They say it will be easier for them to make me understand when I turn eighteen. I hate my parents when they behave so mysteriously. To be honest, my parents aren't the only thing in my life that is mysterious. There are a lot of things that are beyond mystery.

Let me start with my schools. I'm a normal girl

who wanted to live a normal life and could grow up playing with her friends.

But, it is just a dream for me. I don't know why but, my parents change city after every year and force me not to have contact with any of my friends. It sucks when I have to leave my friends behind and go to a strange city and start making friends all over again...

Let's come to the second part. It's my dream. I

kind of have nightmares every night. I see strange things in my dream, it's... it's horrible. Out of all the nightmares, one is very common that I see almost every night.

There is a big black wolf. Its eyes are fiery red and it is angry. It is growling in rage. And then there comes another wolf.

It is much smaller in comparison to the black one and its fur is golden in color. Its eyes are golden too. It's pretty beautiful but terrified like a kitten. At a moment, their eyes meet and the next moment, that black wolf starts running after the golden wolf. The golden wolf is scared. She runs for her life. She keeps running away but in the end, the black wolf grabs her with his sharp claws, and then... I wake up from my nightmares, sweating all over my body.

I don't know why but this dream scares the shit

out of me. I can't forget that fiery red eyes. I ask my parents why I see the same dream every night and why I feel the pain and fear that the golden wolf was going through but all that I get to hear from them is that I'll understand it once I turn eighteen.

" Come on, Izzy... What are you doing there

alone? It's your birthday tonight... Come, get on the dance floor, baby, "

Lydia, one of my new friends, called me while dancing with a guy she just met tonight,

I gave her a smile but I was not intended to go

there. I was not even interested to throw a birthday party but my parents have just shifted to this new city and I had to get back to my all-time hated job...

I mean, trying my best to make a few friends. I had only invited four girls but God knows how six girls and four boys appeared. My mom was angry. She didn't want me to go out tonight. She wanted me to stay at home. I don't know if she

wanted me to celebrate this day with family or.. she was looking a bit terrified at the thought of me leaving home tonight. Anyway, I couldn't miss any chance to make new friends by throwing a party, so, I coaxed her to let me go. But, it seems like it was a bad idea because these people weren't looking interested in me or my birthday party, they were more into free drinks and parties.

I checked my wristwatch. It's almost midnight. I

would soon turn eighteen. I was so excited. I checked on my friends, they were busy with their partners. No one was looking interested in wishing me or something. But, it's fine. It would be easier for me since my mother let me come only on one condition and the condition was that I'll be alone sharp at Twelve. I don't know why but she insisted on it. She made me promise her that no one should see me at that time. After I promised her, she hugged me and

said, " You will be surprised tonight. Your life is going to change, but don't worry, I'm always with you, "

" Mom, you remember your promise, right? You are going to tell me everything after I return, okay? " I asked,

She smiled before placing a soft kiss on my

forehead as she said in a gentle voice, " Yes, we remember it darling and after You come back, we will tell you everything that you need to know, "

My mom's voice was still moving in my head when I came out of the pub and walked into the woods. I thought it would be a better place to be alone. I guess I would be the only girl on the planet who is going to celebrate her eighteenth birthday in a dark wood. Anyway, I'm not a normal girl, am I?

I was staring at my watch and it shows the time

I was desperately waiting for. I was now eighteen years old. I closed my eyes to get to enjoy this feeling but then I don't know what happened, my heartbeat increased and I suddenly started feeling hot.

' What's happening to me? Why am I sweating all over my body? ' I thought,

It was becoming very hard for me to stay in the

woods now. Besides, I was already terrified of staying alone in the woods and now this sudden heart problem scared me to death.

The emotions and pain that I was feeling from

the inside were terrible. For a second, I thought my body was not mine anymore or I'm going to change into something else. I guess I might have drunk wine tonight that had left its effect on my body but, after some time, everything get back to normal. Nothing happened, neither did I get a heart attack nor my body changed into something.

I took a long breath and calm myself down. But

then, I heard something...

" Go back to your home, "

It was a soft female voice that sounded near my

ears, I immediately turned back, but there was no one standing behind me. I gulped and shook my head thinking that I misheard something but then the voice sounded again,

" Go back to your home, "

This time I was terrified. I was alone in the woods then where the hell was this voice coming from?

" Wh... Who is this? " I asked while holding my

chest,

" Go back to your home, RIGHT NOW.. "

The voice sounded again, freaking the shit out

of me. As if it was not enough that I was in a dark forest all alone that this scary voice started haunting me. The most terrifying thing was that I kind of felt that the voice was coming from inside me. I couldn't help freaking out.

Was I possessed by a spirit who was trying to control me?

I didn't know what was going on but I kind of

feel that something terrible was going to happen and I have to go back to my home. So, I trusted this voice coming from inside and ran.

It was just a matter of time before I was standing in front of my house. I rushed out of the car and walked up to my home. I was just going to ring the bell when I noticed that the door was already open. It surprised me a bit but the sight that I saw after entering my home almost stopped my heart from beating. Windows were broken, curtains, pillows, and other stuff were lying on the floor. There wasn't a spot left where the pieces of glass were not shattered. On top of that, the walls had stains of blood. It seemed like a sudden earthquake had hit my home.

" Where are Mom and Dad? "

This was the first thought that occurred to my

mind. I hold my heart in my palm as I called, " M.. Mom... D... Dad, where are you? "

I was running into my house like insane just to

see my parents. Electricity wasn't working for the moment and all I could see was darkness. I was just praying that my parents would be okay while looking for them.. and then.. my gaze fell on something through the curtains. At first sight, I thought it was a wild animal.

" Wh... Who is there..? M.. Mom? "

I knew that it couldn't be my mom as I saw that

thing standing on four feet. But, I was too worried for my mom that the word 'Mom' automatically came out of my mouth. No one replied while that thing was coming closer to me. I was already afraid and now seeing that someone is coming at me, I panicked. I turned on the flashlight of my phone with trembling hands and threw it forward,

As soon as the light fell on it and his image appeared before my eyes, I was lifeless. My eyes were wildly opened in shock and legs were trembling with terror. The person standing before my eyes was neither a human nor an animal. It was a wolf but with the senses of humans.

" Am I into my nightmares? "

This is the first thought that occurred to me as

I had seen such kinds of creatures in my nightmares quite a lot.

" This is a dream... This is just a dream. Don't

be afraid, Izzy, it's just a dream... " I muttered after immediately closing my eyes,

I might have continued standing up there like a

dummy and gotten myself killed if I hadn't heard that strange voice again,

" Run... Izzy RUN.. "

After listening to this voice, I opened my eyes

and turned back before running out as fast as I could,