Chapter 14 Hybrid

I stood there watching the clock while stirring my coffee. My mind and my thoughts were in a cloud while I was stirring the coffee as if it would magically brew into something.

I looked up, alot had happened since rescuing Maka.

Maka recovered faster than expected. At this point, the old lady and Maka were weary of Jia.

I figured out the stones and learned that the old lady was not old; she was cursed, and the yellow stone could remove that curse.

The old lady was waiting for us, and Jia and Maka spent more time together. School started the next day. I am not exactly sure how I feel about school. There was this specific stone that could transform me back to normal, thats the reason Maka left the pendant, my constant changes, I couldn't control it. Jia can control hers now that I can control it; as for Maria, she can shapeshift.

Maka and I have gotten close. We started getting to know eachother. As for my thirst, I needed it on a regular base. Maria had viles hanging in a cold storage room.

The dark clouds hovered over the moon as wolves came out of the tall shadows of the trees. They stood there looking up at the balance, and my teeth became razor sharp; my fur was thin. I clung to my frame like a windbreaker in a gale.

Even from several yards away, my ribs could be counted. My movements faltered as if each step pained me, and my head sunk low to the ground. Those hazel eyes that should be scanning for danger or opportunities to eat never rose from the baked summer mud.

Then yards away, I tumbled to the ground as if I meant to lie down but couldn't coordinate my limbs. Then with my great grey head on my paws, I closed my eyes. My fine animal instincts with no concept of death were ready.

Time had no value. I could hear every second ticking, as my instincts were one hundred times more sensitive. I felt - I felt alive.

Jia came into the room and sat beside me, not saying a word, "You're okay?" I broke the ice. She nodded.

Jia had shape-shifted back into her old self. Maria was obsessed with her new look. "I miss mom," said Jia as I looked over at her.

"Mom is watching over us."

Jia hasn't responded. She stood up and walked over to the window. The pack of wolves laid their paws in front of them, bowed their heads, looked up, and howled.

Dawn brings a sunlight crown, smiling upward at the black heavens, feeling how the passing night welcomes her more with each minute and hour.

During a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, it felt as if I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country.

At length, I found myself as the shades of the evening drew on. Given the melancholy, I prepared myself for school, unlike any other morning. Today felt different. It was the first day back at school since mom.

Jia sat quietly at the table.

This had become home to us, and she had dressed without me having to remind her, which I missed. It reminded me that age was little, and now it felt like she was an adult.

I sat quietly, watching the second hand on the clock. I can hear the antique clock when all else is still. It's the only kind of tock and tick that relaxes this heart.

I placed my hand flat on the table, looking up at the clock.

It was almost time to leave. Maka came down the staircase, dressed in a dress that showed the best of her and left a little to the imagination as a cocoon platforming for the inner butterfly.

Her hand was neatly tied in a bun. Jia looked up at her and faintly smiled, "are you going out?" I questioned.

"No, I have classes today."

"You in classes?" I repeated.

She nodded and walked over to the kitchen. There was a knock on the door.

Maria seemed to be still asleep. Maka removed her phone and typed, so I stood up and walked to the door. I looked out the window, and a young man was carrying a laptop bag with books. He had pitch-black hair, was light in complexion, and was slender built.

"That is Lei, and he is here for me."

A million thoughts were going through my mind, who is he to you?

Why is he here to fetch you? Why didn't you tell me about him? I was unsure if my facial expression had changed with every thought, but Jia looked up as if she could read my mind.

"Please let him in, Kai."

For a moment, I froze, my mind went blank, and I felt an unusual feeling in my stomach as if it was turning. I reached to open the door, and Maka turned around and smiled, "Good morning, Lei."

She was smiling.

She had a broad smile on her face. Why is she so happy to see him? I had never seen her smile; this was not how I imagined seeing her smile the first time.

He stood by the entrance, waiting to be invited in, which I would have expected Maka to do by now. She didn't invite him in.

Instead, she walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. Am I dreaming? Did Maka kiss this guy, pretending nothing ever happened between us?

She took him by the hand, "let's go. Bye, guys."

I wanted to scream, tear him apart, and wipe that smile off his face.

I felt anger within me, a rage of, of I paused, a rage of jealousy? Why am I feeling this way? Are we two opposites? Why would she love a dog? I mean, look at her and look at me.

I walked over to the sitting room. It was large and had a golden frame. I picked up the comb and brushed my hair to the back as if it was magically going to undo what had just happened.

I turned around and looked at Jia, "are you ready to leave?"

Jia nodded as she picked up her backpack, and we left the house. Locking the door, the street in which we lived was uphill.

It was slightly further away from school, so we had to leave earlier to make it in time. I dropped Jia off by the entrance, relieved her teacher wasn't there to make conversation because I was not in the mood for anything or anyone.

I wanted to get to school and get back home. I felt disappointed more than hurt. I just wish Maka had told me. When arriving at school, everyone was going about their business, and for that moment, I felt invisible.

The bell went off, and Jiang stopped wearing a navy blazer on my way to class. He looked over at me, and I could tell he wanted to show off again. Waiting for his remark, I anxiously waited for him. He just looked, chewed his gum, and closed his locker.

Why was he not saying anything? Did I want him to say something? We headed to geometry class. Jiang sat behind me, and I could hear their whispers.

They were talking about me being an orphan and having nowhere to go. I then heard them whispering something about my mom. "The guy who murdered her had known him, he stayed down in Wahl stress, and the cops were afraid of him because he ran a few businesses, including a strip club."

I had more control over my senses. Fidgeting and jittery, I managed to block out, this guy on Wahl street I was curious about.

A false rumor escalated that my mom owed him for my tuition, and he killed her. I felt anger boil with me, and thats when I heard a voice in my head, telling me to ignore them, "entertaining the weak makes you weak."

It was Jia communicating with me through her thoughts, thats something I never knew she was capable of, and as far as I know, only the hybrid could do that. Hybrid is crossed between Alpha wolves and vampires.

I clenched my fist and opened my hand when the teacher entered, "right class, takeout your textbooks, and let's revert to last Friday where we had left off."

I looked up. Where had you left off? I wasn't here for the whole week. I raised my hand as the teacher looked over, "Kai, welcome back. My condolence to you and your family."

Seriously? I thought in front of the class.

Why couldn't he say that discreetly? "The orphan is lost," Jiang whispered to his friend sitting beside him, "we should toughen this asshole up."

I turned and looked at Jiang as he looked over his shoulder to see if I was looking at him or someone behind him. He turned around and leaned forward, "asshole turn around.

I don't like seeing your ugly face unless you want me to rearrange your face?"

"Don't, Kai, breathe. You will be okay." Jia whispered.

I turned and confidently said, "thank you, but I would like to know where you have left off."