C3 Unscented Blood

"W-What's in my eyes, Bella?" I asked after rubbing my eyes and looked at her.

The color around me changed again. It returned to normal and I could clearly see Bella's pale face.

"W-What did you see, Bella?"

Could it be that I'm starting to feel symptoms to shift my form as a werewolf? If that's the case, I should be worried because Bella was the first seeing it. She just shook her head and held her pouding chest. She rubbed it and the pallor of her face remained.

"N-Nothing..." She averted her gaze. "M-Maybe I just missed it."

"Can you tell me what you saw?" I still ask.

I'm not used to her reaction right now. As I know her, she was my friend who made everything she noticed around her as a topic. But she didn't seem to want to talk about what she saw from me. And if she won't tell me, she might tell it to others. I won't let her do that because there's a chance that I won't be safe if other people find out.

"Bella..." I gently held her arm. I want to make her feel that even if she notices something strange in me now, I'm still her friend. "Please tell me...what did you saw in my eyes?"

I noticed the movement of her throat. That just means she's gulping in fear.

"B-Because the color of your eyes changed." My heart seems to suddenly miss a beat. "S-Suddenly they turned red like orange like yellow..."

Now I'm the one who got swallowed. Her description of my eye color was the eye color of an omega. That means, my body is starting to process to shift into a wolf form.

I want to smile but I can't. She's my friend but there is a part of my heart that I don't trust her. Of course she's a human, I am a werewolf. We don't come from just one race.

"I-Isn't this sore eyes?" I don't have any reason to get through what's on her mind but this. "If this is a sore eyes, how about my job? I can't take leave even for one day?"

Actually I can, but I have to pretend that I love my job more than anything else. Now I saw her taking a deep breath. Fear can no longer be traced in her face.

"Yes, maybe..." She lowered her hand that was currently holding her chest. "You do have a tendency to have sore eyes because you are always facing the computer." Her shoulders also dropped, which had been jerking due to shock. "What if we just go to the drugstore later? I think You need medicine for an eye infection."

I often get bother at when she speaks but now I am very thankful that she is able to talk again. Unlike before, it was as if she saw a ghost and didn't know how to speak.

"Plus, let's eat outside, can we? I heard that there is a newly opened restaurant near your village. We can try it there, let's see if the food is good. If it is, I'll be back there again and again. That's if the price is affordable."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "A-Ahm.. M-Maybe you just go alone for now, I don't have a salary yet," I refused.

Besides of I don't have a salary yet, we're still can't be together. Maybe anytime I suddenly shifted form while she was around me. And that couldn't be happen, I won't let.

She pouted but later... "Don't worry, it's my treat!"

"I-I..." I thought of another reason. What can I say as an excuse? "I-I... I have some overtime work with Sir Eros." Right! I think the reason I chose is better. I pretended to arrange the papers on my desk. "Do you remember what I said earlier? He told me I would give it to him after 6 hours."

She blew out an air and dropped her shoulders, pouted in dismay and looked away. "Alright... okay, just tomorrow."

But she smiled again—very sweetly. "I promise it's my treat as long as you join me. For now? I'll just take longganisa, hotdogs and eggs for my dinner."

If earlier her fear was noticeable, now her smile is from ear to ear. I force my smile to join her to make sure that what she saw earlier in my eyes will erased from her mind. I hope she believes that I have the possibility of getting sore eyes so that I won't have any more problems about her.

At 8:00pm I finished everything my boss asked to do. I segregated those papers again and headed to Sir Eros' office. My other workmates have already left. Even Bella left before me and the only people here with me were people like me who worked overtime.

I was currently walking down the hall to my boss's office when my vision went blurry. And in a nth time the bundle of nerves visited me again. I can't change form here in the building because some people might see me.

It's just worst because I have an hour of overtime. But maybe there is still a chance that Sir Eros will allow me to go home right away. I just don't know if he can understand my situation especially since he's heartless werewolf.

I blinked and tried to reflect what I could pass. There was no one around so I just let the color of my vision change. Just like before, everything around me is yellow-orange again. I was close to Sir Eros' office, just a few steps away so I just chose to run. I didn't waste any more time and immediately knocked. I heard his voice after just one knock.

"Get in."

I pressed the lock on the door and pushed it inside. The cold air conditioner greeted me and the door automatically closed when I released it.

When I was inside, my muscles started to ache. Even the bones in my legs, arms and back felt like they were being broken. I shouldn't have to show up to Sir Eros like this but the pain in my body I couldn't handle.

"Ah!" I cried as I held my belly but the papers are still in my left hand.

I know the Alpha is watching what is happening to me right now. But I don't expect him to help me. He is an Alpha and helping an omega like me is not in his vocabulary. It's like he's leveled himself at me when he does that.

The air conditioner was actually too cold, but that didn't work when I started sweating. I fell to my knees due to the pain. But as much as possible, I don't want to let go of the papers I'm holding. For him these papers are more important compared to my situation.

According to my mother when I was little, the first form shift of a werewolf was difficult to control. But as long as I can I will control it.

"Your birthday hasn't come yet, so you can't change your form for now."

It was Alpha's voice. He was obviously staring at me in my current situation. He's right, my birthday hasn't come yet. So I'm sure my form shift will be tomorrow at 12:00am.

What I'm feeling right now is just symptoms, I'm just a bit unlucky because it's too early for me to feel symptoms of changing form. I will have to endure a few more hours before I can shift into wolf form so that I can rest from the pain.

"What kind of strength runs through your veins, Omega?"

The way he asked was emphatic as if he doubted which race I came from. I was just kneeling on the floor when I felt his feet take a few steps and stop right in front of me. I don't know what he's saying to me. I wonder what kind strength is he referring to that is in my body. I am the daughter of an Omega in a rouge wolf. It's impossible for me to have such a strange strength as he says.

"I can't smell that power but I can feel it. You're not a pure omega, right?"

I just gulped as I hold my breath. I know my mother has been punished for loving a rouge. That's a sin for the entire Dark moon pack. Because the rouge is a race of thieves.

"I-I'm the daughter of a r-rouge, A-Alpha..." I closed my eyes and just swallowed the pain in my bones.

Because of what I said. I'm sure he remembered who the Omega was who had a child in a rouge wolf. He remained silent as my agony was now mixed with heebie-jeebies but I chose to open my eyes and slowly looked at him.

I know that my eye color now is the eye color of an Omega wolf. It's disrespectful to him as an Alpha. Because I was looking at him eye to eye in this situation. It's like I consider him an enemy because of my shifted eye color. But I know that even though he is heartless and doesn't care about people like me, he still has an understanding of my situation.

I'm in the process of changing my first form so he can understand me—50% chance.

"I have not smelled the blood of a rouge in you. You are not the child of a rouge, Ms. Fiennes. There is another race lurking in your person and I cannot determine what."

"A-Alpha?"