secrets - aramdnah (chrysanthemum read aloud TXT) 📗

Daddy's still asleep so we gotta be quiet… Hey, I got an idea… why don't we color??" He runs back into his room and noisily comes back with a box full of crayons and a coloring book and slams it on the wooden table.
"What is all that noise…?" Dmitri is walking down the hallway grumbling and yawning
"Sorry daddy… I just wanted to color and I was so excited to color with Elsa" I hug him before he cries. "It's alright Delmon. I'm sure your father understands." I haven't even known this child for a whole day and I already want to protect him… Wolf instincts are good sometimes…
"You're right, Elsa. I do understand. How about: we all three color after I drink my morning tea?" He smiles that crooked smile and goes into the kitchen
I sat down next to Delmon and picked up a crayon "Shall we?" Delmon hugs me tight and picks up his own crayon and tears out two pages of his coloring book and hands one to me as he attacks his page with the crayon. This child is so adorably cute I slowly start to color when his father comes up and sits next to me on the couch.
"So, do you have any family that might be looking for you?" Dmitri asks soft-heartedly while sipping his tea.
Still coloring I sigh, "No Dmitri. I don't have any family that might be looking for me or to go home too." Why does everyone need to bring up my past…? "Now it's my question. What happened to Delmon's mother?" I look at him as he sighs.
"Five years ago, she was attacked by a wolf. She ran back to the village and I took her to our doctor… He couldn't do anything, she lost too much blood. She died right there and then on a hospital bed…" He looks as if he's about to cry…
"I… I'm sorry Dmitri… I shouldn't have asked…" I hugged him and he hugged me back, but only tighter.

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*two years later*

"Elsa! Elsa!" I hear Delmon yelling from his bedroom. I walk in and see him curled up under his blanket.
"Yes, Delmon?" I sit on the bed next to him as he latches onto my waist. "Delmon, what is it?" I try not to let him hear me giggling.
"I had a night mare Elsa…" He sounds so sad… I hug him close to me and softly sing to him. Little did I know, his father was looking in and watching.

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"Elsa? We've been together for a little over two years. There's something I want to ask you" He's not shy at all with this
"Yes, love? What is it?" I look at him as he fixes his tea.
"Well, I've been thinking…" He looks at me, smiles, and sets his tea on the table and pulls out a little box. I gasp as he gets down on a knee "Elsa, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you… You're perfect from your long, black hair to your amazing hazel eyes. Will you please make me the happiest man in the world? Will you marry me?"
I just look at him with tears in my eyes. I blinked and they started to fall. "Yes, Dmitri. I will marry you." I hug him just as he stands up. He puts the ring on my finger and I have to gasp again. It's beautiful. It's an amethyst encased in little diamond hearts. "How did you know amethysts were my favorite?" I look at him as he smiles.
"You told me a year ago." He kisses me just as Delmon runs in.
"Is she gonna be my new mommy??" He looks at me and smiles big.
"Yes; Delmon, She is." His father sounds happier about that then he is. He hugs me tight and won't let go.
I pick him up and hug him, "Delmon, I will be your new mommy and you'll be my new son." He looks super excited about that. I set him down as he runs back into his room.

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*that night*
"Elsa, I love you so much." He whispers while stroking my hair.
"I love you too, Dmitri" I say while resting my head on his chest.
He pulls me up and kisses me passionately and pulls the covers over both of us and intertwines the both of us together in more ways then one.
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*the next day*

"Dmitri… I need to talk to you." I have to tell him… I just hope he doesn't leave me like… Ly did…
"Yes, love?" He's still stroking my hair.
"I… I've been keeping a secret from you… I need to show you…" I stand up and look at him.
"…What is it, love?" He starts to get up but I put my hand up to stop him.
"Baby… I can't tell you… I'd rather show you…" Thank goodness Delmon is off with friends for a week I look at him and morph into a werewolf. Dmitri just looks at me and smiles
"I know what you are, Elsa." I…What? I morph back and dress again.
"How…?" He smiles and comes over and hugs me
"Because I have a secret too, love." I look at him as he takes a wig off and takes his contacts out. I gasp and start to cry. LY!!!
"Lycaeon… how… I…" He pulls me to him and kisses me
"I never wanted you to leave in the first place. I was just shocked that you kept it from me that long. Elsa, I love you and I want to be with you forever." His blue eyes never lie
"But… what about Delmon…?" I look at him as he smiles
"Yes, he is my son but it wasn't anything serious with his mother and I. She really did die but I was just sad that you left me. I love you, and only you." I look at him with tears streaming down my face.
"I guess it's fair… I kept me being a werewolf from you, and you kept you being… you from me… Though, my question is… Why?" I look at him and he turns away
"I… I don't know, Elsa…" He sighs and looks at me again. "I truly love you, you have to believe that… I was just shocked that you had come back… to look for me… after five years. Why didn't you come back sooner…?" I look at him with a distaste
"Because, you backed away from me. You were scared of me. Not the other way around…" He just looks at me and wraps me in his arms
"Elsa. I'm sorry. I just didn't know how to react. If it were the other way around you would have done the exact same. Elsa, I love you. You have to believe that…" He kisses me softly and looks into my eyes. "I love you."
I look at him through my tears and smile "I love you too, Ly…"

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"She's WHAT?!" Jack paced and paced at hearing the news. "How the hell is she alive?! I thought you killed her!" He looked at Albern. "I sent you to kill her. You failed."
"I… No, Jack…" She's my sister, you're daughter, I couldn't kill her…" Albern looked into his fathers eyes which were filled with hatred.
"I killed your mother, and I can kill you and your sister just as easily." He tensed up ready to attack.
"You will not touch him, Jack." He stopped at the sound of the voice. He recognized it… but from where? He looked in the direction of the voice and gasped.
"Gala…" He bowed as best as a wolf could and so did the rest of the pack.
"Rise, Jack." She looked at him and snarled "You killed my daughter and my husband. I refused to let you kill my only two grandchildren. She jumped from the cliff and stood infront of him. "I hear you talking about killing another wolf just for your pleasure, I will have you cut open and I will make you watch me eat your heart until you die." She growled and then looked at Albern and nuzzled him then disappeared into the woods.

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I heard wolves howling and I tried to drown it out. Get out of my head I thought to myself. I curled up into Ly's chest and closed my eyes.
"Hey, hey, Elsa, are you alright…?" Ly asked with full concern in his voice
"Yeah, I'm okay just can't fall asleep tonight is all." I looked at him and kissed him "I love you. Don't ever forget that…" Someday your love is going to be tested to the maximum… let's hope then you will believe me as you do now…
I curled back in his arms and he wrapped them around me and we both drifted off into a sound sleep.

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Publication Date: 12-13-2011

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