In This Life And The Next ✔️

Chapter 1: Not Safe

The picture above is of Ari's mom! (Elizabeth Banks 😍)

Okay, so it's been a while and honestly, I still have a few chapters to write but I am so close to the ending! I've been incredibly busy and haven't had time to write at all. So, as a thank you for being patient and understanding, I think I will update a few chapters then, update the rest when I am finished.

Comment and Enjoy! 😘

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ARIANA

FOUR YEARS LATER...

"Ari! Get your butt down here! Lunch has been ready for over 20 minutes!" My mother's voice borderline shrilled.

"IN A MINUTE!" I yelled back frustrated. The calculus book I was holding tumbled to the ground when I punched it. "YOU SUCK BUTT, MATH!" I almost stomped on it but thought against it.

"ARI!" My mother screamed again from downstairs.

Being the hothead I was, I marched over to the stairs and yelled back. "Well I would have come earlier, IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME SIMPLE MATH PROBLEMS!"

I strode back to my room and sighed. Having your mother as your teacher definitely complicated things.

I bent down to pick up my book when I felt my muscles tighten.

"Oh God." I whispered in fear. No, no, no, no! Not again!

Just then my arm twisted and I yelped in pain.

"MOM!" I yelled in a panic, grabbing my broken arm. "It's happening again!" Slowly, every bone in my body started to break. I fought against it, trying to force my body to not turn into a horrible monster but no matter how much I tried to control it, I always ended up being transformed into a giant wolf-like creature.

This time though, it was the longest I had gone without changing. I think I forced myself too hard to fight against it, that I couldn't anymore.

For almost six months now, I was a normal human until the beast inside started to forcefully takeover. I flashed back to the first time I shifted and how much it messed up my mother. She is obsessed with what I am. Every night, she brought out her laptop and searched and searched for any proof of humans turning into wolves and how to reverse it.

I felt as if I was cursed.

My mother burst through my room door and dragged me downstairs. She was wearing a padded suit, to protect herself from the last time I had shifted.

I landed on the grass of my backyard with a heavy thud. I was glad we lived in a secluded area with trees all around us. It's as if my dad knew I would need it one day when he bought the house.

I groaned and clutched the grass trying to fight against this curse but I knew I had lost when I felt my spine break. The pain wasn't as strong as it was when I first shifted but it still was unbearable.

Soon, I was running around my backyard in a black, white and grayish wolf. My mother was inside watching me through the sliding glass doors. Although I knew she wanted this curse gone, I saw a hint of a smile when she watched me prance and jump around, trying to catch a dragonfly.