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Hope p.o.v
I still remember the feeling that we all have when we are children, that the world is a good place and things in life are not as complicated as adults think it is, I never understood very well why my family was so concerned with other people, before I thought it was because they wanted to be good and help others so they were always concerned for others, but it wasn't that, the truth is that they were afraid, afraid that humans would discover what we are , about our species, our existence.
For years we kept ourselves hidden without people knowing what we were, we could live among them, that was until I turned fifteen, when things started, I don't know how humans found out about us, I just remember fear, fear that I felt when I saw my home being invaded, my people dying, my friends starving, that's all the war brings, my parents, my uncles they all had to fight and every time they went out the door, for more that a feeling inside me waited for them to come back they never came back, one by one I watched my family die, and every time I buried their bodies It felt I was dying too.
Until I was seventeen with the war reaching such a great state only two years after it started, representatives of my species saw no other solution than summoning all the bigger wolves to fight, that's when I got to know the war, it was worse than everything imaginable when I close my eyes at night I can still see, smell the despair, every night I go back there and that’s what I want to escape from even though the war is over four years ago I can't stay here, I’m going to live among humans at least there I won’t dwell on things from my past.
"Oh please Hope, can't you be serious, live among humans?" - I rolled my eyes again at Penelope's comment, she was my best friend, in fact almost my sister, we fought together at war and she was stubborn as anyone, she doesn't like the idea that I'm going to live among humans .
"We already talked about this Penelope, I can't stay here and as my sister you have to understand me." - I know it's emotional blackmail but I don't care.
"This is emotional blackmail, but argh, it's okay if it's what you need to feel better, but I'm going to visit you every month and you're going to call me every day, and if you don't feel comfortable, you're going to tell me so I can do pick you up ok? " She said like she was making a deal that I couldn't deny.
"Okay, I promise now you have to let me go before I miss my plane." - we gave a very strong hug, it is difficult to leave the only family you have behind like this but it is for my own good I know that things are going to get better now, she kneads me for a few more minutes before she kisses me on the forehead and lets me go.
As soon as I get on the plane I take a deep breath, from now on things will get better, I know they will, it's time for a fresh start.
Landon p.o.v
Damn it.
I forgot to turn on the alarm again and it is with the strong sun hitting my face that I wake up, I jump out of bed when I see it is 9:47 am, and I need to be at work 10:00 am, I get into the first pair of clothes I find as I run to the bathroom as fast as I can dropping something or other along the way, as soon as I'm ready I grab a banana from the fridge and get out of my apartment as quickly as possible.
As soon as I get on the bus I relax a little and lean my head against the window, I never had much time to think about things after the war, it was just me and my mom and when she went to war I was sent to a temporary shelter until she returned, but it didn't happen, when they said she died it was like the worst thing in the world for me I was completely alone I had nowhere else to go.
I didn’t understand why people didn’t like wolves, why go to war with another species that never did anything to us, I refused to go to war, the government handed me a medal of honor, patted me on the shoulder and just shooed the streets out of the blue, I had to survive and do it in a country with economic problems and almost breaking down because of a war that itself caused made things even more difficult.
But I worked my way through crumbs and I often didn't have a place to sleep and bathe, but I saved every penny I could, that's why I managed to get myself an apartment, it was very simple, I only had my room one tiny bathroom and a room combined with the kitchen was in a simple and cheap building and the only probable problem is my bedroom window, it is facing, actually almost glued to the large dark glass window of the building next door, the people building probably rich considering on the outside, since inside I never saw, but thanks to any entity the apartment lived empty so it was not a problem.
I get out of my thoughts when I see the bus stop on my way down, I run in through the back door and quickly put on my uniform, I work in a big restaurant for rich people, one of the kind that I would only enter if I were to work, I am a kitchen helper but my dream was to be the chef, but obviously this is far from my reality.
"Damn Landon, you're late again, I'm tired of covering your bar" - I hear Sebastian complain when I enter the kitchen.
"Sorry my alarm clock didn't ring, I'm sorry" - I said already taking the orders with him to deliver to Mark.
"Again, look, you have to find a way, huh, there's a little more to get fired." - he said as if he were fighting but deep down I know he is worried Sebastian is one of my only friends.
"Okay it won't be repeated, now let's work because the service is too much ..." I said knowing that he was going to continue the sentence.
"And the money is low" - we laugh as we go back to work.
Hope p.o.v
Landing was so stressful, but on the one hand I was even impressed with humans they act strange but not so different from us, I took what they call a taxi, which is basically a person who takes us wherever we want for a price , as a prostitute, and stopped in front of my new home, I didn’t need help with my bags since I only brought the basics, since I would buy everything here, as soon as I entered my new apartment I already liked it large with a large living room, a well equipped kitchen, two bedrooms, one suite and a bathroom in the corridor I go straight to my room to take a shower and relax.
As I feel the water from the shower running down my body, I hear some sounds of things falling so loudly that it seems to be inside my house, wolves and our auditions, I choose to ignore this and ending my bath.
As soon as I get out of the shower I smell a strong and wonderful smell as if it flooded me and made me wet just by feeling it, it is when I hear a noise like a knock on a piece of furniture and a disgruntled "Agh" that I realize that everything is coming from my window.
When I open it I realize that it is in front of another open window next to the house that appears to be very simple, I wait until the owner of the voice and that smell appears, and when I see him for the first time it is as if my wolf tries to take care of me, my fangs grow as if they are asking me to bite him, to jump over that window and attack him, I can feel my wolf inside me growling and fighting like never wanting to leave and when he looks at me back it was like I knew I was completely fucked up from now on, but still like everything was fine.
"Uhg hello?