THE UNIQUE LUNA

CHAPTER 7: AGREEMENT

CHAPTER 7 : AGREEMENT

(Two years ago)

“Freya, my friend…”

“Donna? Is that you? Where are you?”

*beep beep beep*

“I want to say goodbye to you before I go. Please promise me that you will take care them for me.”

“Huh? What are talking about? Are you leaving? To where?”

“Freya, you will be alright. Everything will be alright.”

“Donna, I cannot understand. What are you saying?”

*beep beep beep*

“The patient vitals are increasing! Hurry! Call Alex!” A man said.

*beep beep beep*

 “What is happening to the patient?” A girl said and inspect my body. “Hold her! She is having a combustion! I will inject her a drug to calm her!”

“Hurry! Hurry!”

*beep beep beep*

I felt hands hold me in my wrist and my feet while a needle was injected in my neck. They released me after some time. I feel my body to be relax.

I slowly opened my eyes but the lights from the ceiling is too bright for me. I wait a few minutes to adjust my eyesight and then looked at my surroundings.

“Where am I?” I whispered to myself

I was in an unfamiliar room but  this is not Alexei’s torture room. I feel my hands and feet were freed and not tied. I silently looked at my hands and saw many raw stitches. All happened was not a dream or a nightmare. My friends were dead and I was saved by werewolves.

“Why am I still alive?” I said. “Is this my curse or something?”

The door opened and a girl wearing a white robe entered. Her presence makes me anxious. I imagine her as Alexei that will come just to torture me.

“Hi. I’m glad you’re awake now.” She said with a bright smile on her face. “I’m Alex, err the pack doctor. I know that our kind is not a secret from you.”

Pack doctor?

Doctor?

What if she is like Alexei? Or what if Alexei sent her?

He promised that he will back to get me.

She tried to come near me and I panicked. I throw all the things I can get from the side table to stop her from nearing.

“Woah, woah, woah! Hey, hey, hey! Calm down!” She said in panic. “I am not here to harm you! Please trust me. I know how traumatized you were in that laboratory. Please let me help you.”

I stopped and stared at her. I don’t know if I can trust her. I had enough. I just want to die.

“Where is Donna? Did she visit me earlier?” I asked her. “I heard her saying that she was leaving somewhere.”

She creased her forehead and stared at me unbelievably. “I don’t know if this the right time to tell you this but Luna Donna is already gone.” She said with full of sadness.

“Huh? Where did she go?” I asked again. “Why she leave? I want to thank her .”

“No, no, no. She’s dead. Luna Donna is dead.” She said again and tried to stop her tears.

I tried to sink in what she is saying to me. “What?” I said unbelievably. “You’re joking, right? I heard her talking to me!” I exclaimed. “She’s alive, right?”

She cried and covered her face. “Our Luna is dead. The last thing she said to us is to save you, Freya Miller, her first human friend.”

Days passed and Alex come visit me every morning. I don’t know why she is helping me. Their Luna is gone because of me. I discovered that Donna command them to save me instead of her. She must still alive if they prioritized her. They can save her but instead they save a human like me.

How will their pack survive without a Luna?

I ruined their community.

I ruined their lives.

“You are Freya Miller, right?” An old man said. “I’m Donna’s father, Jimmy.” He introduced himself.

I bowed my head in respect to him. “I am sorry for your loss. If I can give this life to her, I want her to be alive.”

He gently patted my head. “I know. I don’t blame you. It is her fate.” He said sadly. “All of us were coping for losing her but we will survive. I hope our Alpha would find a suitable replacement for our Luna. That how things work for us.”

He put above the table his suitcase. “Alex informed me that you can be discharged any moment. I am here to act as attorney of our pack.” He said professionally. “I want you to keep our existence a secret.”

“Ah I get it.” I said. “Don’t worry I won’t tell anybody.”

“Good Freya! Well, we want to formalize an agreement for keeping our secret. Will you kindly signed this document for us?” He said and give me a set of papers.

I read the agreement and I think I accept all the terms. I signed the papers immediately and give it back to him.

He deeply sighed. “Sorry Freya for asking you too much.” He sincerely said.

“It is alright. I understand.” I said and smiled to him. “The fact that I am alive is thanks to all of you. Simply keeping your secret is a small thing for me.”

Now I packed my things and say goodbye to Alex. She helped me a lot over days I was in her care. I think I can back to my family without worry. I hope they were alright after being gone for too long.

“You are welcome here. Visit me from time to time, okay?” Alex said then hugged me.

“I promise.” I said. “I’ll see you again, Alex.”

Then I left Alex in hope that everything will be alright. I have a high hope for having another life. I’m looking for a new start.

“Why you come back? Why?” My mom said in fear with me. “You should die!” She straggled me in my neck but I fought back.

“M-M-Mom?” I said confused. “What are you doing? It is me, Freya, your own daughter!”

“You are a monster! I can’t believe you killed your friends because of insecurities!” My father said with so much anger. “You give disgrace in our name! You should not come back here!”

“What, what, what? Is this a prank?”

They pushed out the house and I almost kissed the floor when I tripped. “Don’t come back here! You are not my daughter anymore! You should rot in hell!”

“What are you saying? I do not kill my friends! Please listen to me!”

They throw a newspaper in my face. I saw my picture in the headline. I became a psycho killer that killed my friends and my crush because of my insecurities. The news is all lies. It is a made-up story to cover up the truth.

Then I remembered the agreement. I signed it to cover their existence. I laughed to my mistake. I trusted them but in the end they betrayed me.