Taste of forbidden love

Chapter 1

Chapter one

Marley's pov

My hands were dusty from all the farm work and I was so tired. My hair was just unimaginable, Simeon who was supposed to be helping wasn't even doing much. He staggered around and needed my help in everything I asked him to do.

"Really!" I exclaimed when I saw that he couldn't carry the bucket of water i asked for

"What , it's heavier than usual"Simeon laughed off. He brought the bucket closer and we used to wash our legs and hands. We headed home afterwards. Pendelam was a small Werewolf community we learned to call our home. There were more Werewolves than humans but still we lived in harmony. I wish things were like this in our old community. I couldn't stop thinking of my mom and siblings i lost because of a war we couldn't even understand. Nevertheless life was better now. I had to take the role of being a mother and sister to my father brother. We got home and I met dad making soup. He was always sad when he's alone, he brightened up the moment he saw us

"Dad" i called him out of his thoughts

"My dear, you're back" he said and smiled."where's simeon?"

" In his room. He wasn't much of a help in the farm " i complained

"Marley " he called laughing"just bear with him my dear he's still growing ".

"I know " i sighed as i poured stuffed milk in a wooden cup"i need to clean myself up " i added.

" Alright, the soup would be done when you are done"

Our house was a small cottage and wasn't spacious at all. I liked it cause it kept everyone together. My room was beside an empty room were we kept pots and pans and other things we weren't using at the moment. I got into my room and took of my long brown leather cloak and then my dress. I tied my blonde hair and walked into the bathroom and laid in my tub, which was filled with water and a fragrance liquid soap. I felt fresh once more. As i laid in the tub i couldn't help but remember the past . My very frightening past

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I saw dad and mom yelling about something while I was playing with my sisters. I left them and came closer to listen to what dad and mom were talking about

"Its not safe anymore, people are dying, Werewolves are dying"mom said with tears in her eyes

"Nothing will happen to you or any of my children " dad replied

"You do not understand raph,we can't be here any longer "

"Where should we go? Werewolves are not accepted in every community "

"We could,we could go to pendelam, Werewolves live there and it's safe for all of us "

"Irene pendelam! When would we get there, it's far. Carrying all of us would probably take a day "

"Raph please " mom yelled with fear"it's not safe here anymore don't you get it, can't you see " Mom cried out

"Alright alright Irene"dad held mom"we'd go in twos, go prepare the kids "he said and kissed my mother.

I ran back to my room with my sisters,they all looked happy. But my mind was filled with thoughts . Werewolves dying? Why? I knew i was a Werewolf, would i die. My train of thoughts came to an end when mom walked into our room. She feigned a smile but I knew something was wrong . Ivory the youngest of us all hugged her and mom carried her.

She began arranging our clothes into a bag

"Mom where are we going?"Uriah my elder sister asked.

"A relative, we're going to see a relative "Mom lied

"Where?" Uriah continued

"In uhmm, Uriah enough of the questions,go and check on your brothers garxel and Simeon. Get them dressed up "mom ordered

"Yes mother "

"And wait, I'm sharing you in twos because the journey will take all day if we all go at once "

"Yes mother "Uriah replied

"You will go with ivory, marley and Simeon will go together, lonet and garxel, your dad will come take me later "she said looking straight at Uriah. Uriah left and got simeon and garxel ready. Mom quickly got me and my sisters ready. Before we left she called all of us, this time with tears in her eyes.

" I love you all"she managed to mutter "and I want you to know there's greatness in all of you"she said and began kissing us one by one.

"Aren't you coming with us mommy"ivory said

"I will,i will..i promise "

Dad came around, and picked me and Simeon first. We started our journey as we walked through the woods silently and stealthily . I held Simeon's hands all through our journey because he was scared. We got to a river and a boat with men were already waiting for us. Simeon and I were so tired and we slept through the journey. We woke up and found ourselves with an old man who said our dad had gone to bring the rest of our family. He offered us tea and we drank feeling all safe and good. It took hours before dad got back and when he did,he came in tears . Me and Simeon found ourselves crying too although dad said nothing to us. The thought finally dawned on me that we had lost the rest of us. I cried deeply, still consoling Young simeon who later fell asleep. It was a very dark day .

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I got up from the bathtub and dried myself up. I got another towel and dried my hair too.

I picked my blue leather gown to wear and a pair of sandals,i packed my hair bun like and gave myself one last glance in the mirror. I immediately went to join dad and Simeon to eat. We laughed about how lazy Simeon was in the farm while enjoying the soup. After the meal simeon had gone out with a group of friends while i decided to stroll to the stream. I loved how the sun stood over the waters giving it a shining view. I sat at the bank of the river, loosened my hair and just watched. While I was enjoying the sunny view someone was in the water, swimming i guess,oh no it was a man,a young boy. I didn't know whether to look away or even leave. He looked really handsome and his face wasn't familiar at all. He stepped out and tied this long fur material over his waist. I watched him path his long curly hair to the back. He noticed i was staring and I quickly looked away. He started walking towards me and my heart skipped a bit.