Chapter 5 Together

The days go by, when it is time to go back home, Dario must arm himself with all his patience and self-control in order not to be aggressive with his wife, since his rudeness frightened the young mother, during the day the young man was all that Selene could sound attentive, affectionate, kind, However, as night fell, he not only changed his physique, but also his mentality, becoming impulsive, violent, furious and his aggressiveness increased as the moon was filling up, the little discipline he had acquired in his years of training was going down the drain.

The first month of life of little Celeste passed, and in that full moon the baby changed to a wolf, with the pretext of her change of mood he left the house with the girl in his arms so that his wife would not find out about his secret, Selene came out behind him to stop him, he turned around without thinking about it, he gave her a strong blow leaving her unconscious, he saw her on the floor, his fury disappeared, he took her home, made sure she was well, he left the house he was hungry and wanted to eat, especially his favorite food, meat, He waits for his baby to change into a wolf to follow him, taking him to his side, he arrives in the city to see the people walking around, he loses all trace of humanity, losing all reasoning, his first victim being a woman of the gallant life, he destroyed her face, bit her legs, ate her entrails, satiated his hunger, continued his way leaving behind him a river of red fluid, the more he ate the more he wanted to continue eating and so he continued the rest of the night. The moon leaves the celestial vault the wolf walks in four, his teeth fall almost at the same time as his body skin making him writhe from the immense pain a strong and terrifying howl becomes a scream, he walks a few awkward steps to fall to his knees giving the appearance of being drugged to finally fall to the ground. The rays of the sun are the ones that wake him up completely, he sits down and can see the vestiges of his wolf, curious he sees the remains left by his daughter, he takes her skin in his hands he studies it and compares it with his, he realizes that being the daughter of a human has its differences, her skin is more delicate and her texture is finer than his, he thinks it is because she is a baby and a woman, he would study her in depth, he looks up and stands up to erase all traces of the two of them, he finishes his task and falls on the floor contemplating the day sky, He runs his tongue over his lips, gasps with pleasure as he feels traces of the flavor of the meat, he is in his own thing but some noises scare him, he pays attention when he hears the murmur of people, he takes his daughter in his arms to hide, he covers her mouth so as not to be discovered, however the voices never reach him, that makes him feel relieved, He remembers what happened with his daughter without caring about anything, he sets off, for his good luck Selene was still unconscious, the baby was asleep, he places her next to her mother, he goes to clean himself, the fresh water runs over his well worked body. When he returns to his wife she was already at her housework and he focuses on his work as a farmer. Spending the rest of the day as normal as any young married couple, although secretly Dario prepared a potion for his wife to make her sleep through the night without the need to hit her ever again.

With the passing of the months and with his uncontrolled thirst for blood, he did not stop killing, feeding, the city began to be considered cursed, every dawn after a moonlit night was a cause of terror and terror among the citizens, the mutilated bodies at first were men or adult women and then children where most of the time only their heads were found, nobody went out to the streets, not even the soldiers. The rumor that the dog of Hades escaped from the underworld had been just that a rumor, but gave way to reality, survivors of the attacks of Dario came to tell him how huge he was, his bright amber yellow eyes, the muzzle full of blood, told how many made the attempt to kill him without succeeding. Undoubtedly Cerberus was on the loose and his master did not stop him.

Years went by and his daughter was half wolf but a very skillful girl, strong, she transformed herself but her conscience was intact, she remembered perfectly what they both did at night and those nights with her daughter were her most precious treasures because for the first time she shared the secret without fear, exactly when he was six years old, one moonlit night his brothers arrived as wolves, the youngest of the Greeks could not hide his happiness when he recognized the scent of his older brothers, in the act he gave a little howl and changed into a man, he made his daughter change too, the oldest of the Greeks apologized to his sister-in-law and left the house with clothes in hand for the youngest, he is surprised to see the little girl identical to her mother with the darker hair inherited from her father, as soon as he gets dressed the youngest hugs his older brother, without wasting time he introduces them to his daughter, the little girl hides between her father's legs, this is funny to the eldest even so he places himself at her height, he calls her, Elian stands up with her in his arms, he congratulates his brother, the three of them enter the house, Ciro was helping with the housework, this time it was the girl who throws herself into her uncle's arms, Ciro congratulates his brother for his beautiful family. Once inside, the youngest questions them about the rest of the family.

_ Where is Lucrecia, Estrella?

_ Star in Macedonia, unfortunately I had to kill Lucrecia.

_ When? Why? How did she get by?

_ Just the day you left, she wanted to cut her throat by order of your grandfather...

_How did he find her? By Zeus she may have lost them and I walked away.

_ But it didn't happen like that and thanks to you leaving we got closer together, and look at you, you have a nice family.

_ Thank you Ciro.

_ I can not believe it.

_ What else happened?

_I had to kill Parenthesis, Maximo and Heliodoro.

_ I don't know who they are.

_ Dario, they were our older brothers- it is Elian who speaks-

_ Brothers of Dario. Who is Dario?

_ Sorry Selene, Dario is my real name. I pretended to be a Spartan to be able to join the army – she explains to his brothers – I met her in the cells, she was one of the slaves in charge of caring for them.

_ She is no longer your wife, a free woman. Dear, I introduce myself appropriately, I am Elian, a pleasure - she hugs her and kisses her on the forehead-

_ I am Ciro, the middle brother - she hugs him and kisses him on the forehead- the three of us can take care of you and your daughter if you don't allow it.

_ Nice to meet you. You and I will talk later, Celeste with me - seeing Dario ugly-

_ Go small - winks complicitly at her daughter, she smiles mischievously-

_She _ she is cute. I still don't know anyone worth it.

They take advantage of the woman being gone and talk about what has happened since they separated, the changes the three have undergone, the newcomers are amazed by what Dario tells them of his military training, as well as his self-control, and how to change shape almost at pleasure regardless of whether the moon is full or not no doubt it was something the other two want to try he tells them that he met Daedalus and they that they met Cy and Ramses.

_ They are powerful, it will be better to have them on our side.

_ Daedalus and I are good friends, on that side you must be calm. It makes me more uneasy knowing that our grandfather wants us dead.

_That is why we move from one place to another.

_ Elian, that is not the solution.

_ And what do you want Dario to do, to get to the palace and kill him?

Why not? After all we have an advantage against him.

_Can you tell me what that genius advantage is.

_Easy Ciro, he doesn't know how we are, but we do know how he is.

_ You have your point Elian, think a little about your grandfather and ordered us to kill, it was thanks to the fact that you are good at ranged attacks that you were able to kill our brothers.

_ Good heavens! and me living my life away from you.

_ Don't worry, it's part of life itself, don't feel bad about it. And what do you propose, Ciro?

_ Please, brothers, follow my madness for a moment. Dario has a family, he has to protect it.

_ But before the world I am Eleuter, I am a farmer.

_ You chose your father's name - surprised the eldest-

_ There's nothing wrong.

_Shut up both of you, be serious and listen, let's suppose that one of these days an emissary from your grandfather arrives.

_ But Dario already said it, he doesn't know how we are.

_ However, our aroma gives us away, unfortunately we still smell like Arcadia.

_ - The older and the younger remain thoughtful- And what do you propose? Go home and kill your grandfather?

_ And why not? think! It's the only way we can finally be at peace.

_- Elian remains thoughtful- Give me a few months to gain physical condition and plan something - Dario lets go- and I propose the same to both of them- tilts his head- Elian has a belly and so do you Ciro, not to mention that your hair is falling out .

_ Hey! -and the two hit him causing him to fall from the chair, they all laugh-

_ Perfect! Now you say that you pretended to be a Spartan.

_ Yes, well, I said I was an orphan, Artemis was the name I took, I enlisted in the army – see the two of them – I could hold the shield, the sword, I proved to be a worthy Spartan by being good at war.

_And her? -Elian points to the kitchen-

_ There I met her, I don't care that she was a slave, she took good care of us, of me. I think she liked me from the first day she saw me.

_ She is pretty, although she is a girl. How old is she?

_ Already twenty.

_ You made her a very young mother. - somewhat annoying Elian-

_ At fifteen as promised.

_ Wait a minute, how old were they? Ciro asks.

_ When did I steal it? She was twelve, I was fifteen, but I gave her my word not to touch her until she was fifteen.

_ You surprise me.

_ I am a man not a ruffian and I have my word.

_ It's okay, it's okay, don't bother.

_It will be better to concentrate our energies on the attack, we are three against an army.

_ Do you think it is prudent to face our father and grandfather?

_ Of course it is not prudent - Elian gets up from his seat, crosses his arms - we are going to certain death.

_ I say we have an opportunity.

_ I also think so Dario. Two defenders and an attacker.

_ - Dario approaches Ciro staying at the same height- Who is going to attack the three of us?

_ The most prudent thing would be me.

_ At the long distance Elian, medium distance me.

_ Assuming that the distribution of the palace is the same - he begins to draw in the air - we can enter through the drain.

_ I'm sure those areas are better watched from above.

_ Unless you have giant birds, how do you expect us to enter from above?

_ Climbing of course.

_ - Elian arrives- Our room was on the west side, that window had a small balcony.

_ That's true.

_ I do not remember.

She _ She threw an arrow so that each one of us could climb quickly, hide there.

_ Why climb if we can jump. - The older ones see the younger one puzzled- tell me something, don't you transform into two-legged beasts?

_ As you say? Ciro asks.

_ I don't understand.

_ -Selene arrives with breakfast- At night I explain in detail -smiles triumphantly-

_ Very good guys to have breakfast. - without wasting time the three begin to eat-

After breakfast Selene asks her husband to accompany her out of the house, it was thanks to his wolf's ear that the two could hear how he claimed his big lie, the girl demands to know the truth, however Dario replies that for the moment it is better that things stay as they are, when the time comes he will tell her everything in detail.

The night came, Dario makes use of the plants, gives a powerful tea to his wife that makes her sleep almost immediately, the four leave the house, the moon is full affects his little daughter transforming her into a puppy that he can dominate, the adults remain as men, but with sensitive senses that allows them to see more than well in the dark, The youngest takes him through paths until he reaches a dense forest, the little girl passes from arms to arms because her youth did not allow her to be serious, on the contrary, she did not stop playing, and when the three of them were alone, they sniffed the air in search of humans and thanked the gods for being alone.

_This happened to me one night when I went to confront several lycanthropes.

_What?

The youngest closes his eyes inhales, exhales several times, his body begins to creak becomes a little taller, the snout comes out of nowhere howling fierce, the human skin is torn off giving way to a thin clump of gray hair, the eyes turn yellow his arms look like two big legs, his hands end in claws, panting is left by the transformation one where it remains humanoid, approaches the largest panting in his face, Ciro approaches to touch him.

_ Wolf on two legs. – says the middle one surprised-

_ It's incredible, Dario, can you understand my words? – the minor affirms-

_ We are not savages Elian. Elian, can you do that? - serious question Ciro-

_ - He shakes his head- But if he could, we could too, right?

_ Yeah!

_ If we go like this to face our grandfather we will win.

_ Let's hope that he can't transform like this.

_ Let us be confident that it is not so.

_ At last we will be free, we will live in peace, Elian, we will be able to have a family like Dario.

Each of the brothers tries to change to two legs without success, while the youngest returns to four legs to go hunting with his daughter leaving the brothers to their own, after killing some sheep they return to their brothers where Elian had already completed his transformation, but not Ciro. The youngest becomes a man with his tunic around his waist. That night only Elian can stand on two legs. Before the night is over the older ones go hunting, the day arrives, which passes uneventfully, the night arrives Dario prepares the tea for Selene however she doesn't drink it she pretends to sleep, she hears noises, she hears the little one laughing, how can she do to spy on them until she finds a slit she can see the four of them? her breathing began to shorten, her heart rate suddenly increases, her eyes open full of terror, she puts her hands to her mouth to keep from screaming...her husband as well as her brothers-in-law were the envoys of Hades, she falls unconscious to the floor.