Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

389-He Came
"What will happen to everyone afterward?" I asked, trying to understand what plans she has made after she gets the powers.
"I will set everyone free. I just want those powers because I think I deserve them." She sounded more casual this time. I gulped
as I watched her tap her fingernails on the she-wolf's forehead.
"Enya! Don't. She will not do what she is saying." Lazio shook his head as he told me not to give up on my powers. He was
raised against the wall by the witches, who were waiting for one signal from Moana to end his life.
"I don't have a choice," I whispered under my breath.
"Are you ready to surrender?" Moana asked in a much more hopeful tone. Before I could finally give up, we heard something
eerie.
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
A monstrous howl silenced everything. Even the air didn't dare make a noise for a few seconds. I have heard it before, just a few
hours ago, in fact.
"What the heck?" Moana ran towards the open window in the hallway and looked outside. She watched in confusion and then
groaned.
"Go! See what is going on down there," she ordered the witches, and they obeyed her. She was the one who set them free, so
they were pretty much her slaves.
"Anyway!" She tried to compose her posture again, but the weird grunts and noises were distracting her.
"So!" she rubbed her hands over her face as the growling intensified.
"What's taking them so long?" she asked, looking out the window. Even after she tried to make it look like she was not bothered,
she looked petrified. The howls sounded scarier than the cackles of these witches.
"It's a full moon!" It was then that she recalled and turned to look at me. She looked confused, almost lost. I was shocked too. It
sounded like him, but since it was a full moon, there was a possibility that many other creatures had come out.

Another howl shook us, but this time, the witches dropped me and let go of Lazio as well. They seemed pretty distracted.
"There is something evil-more evil than us," she whispered under her breath, and soon the grunting of the monster turned louder.
It seemed like whatever this beast was, he was fighting the witches while making his way up to the top floor. My heart was
pounding louder as the noises got closer. I couldn’t deny the fact that it could be him, but why? Why would he come here?
"Block the way!" Moana yelled as she ran to the corner. Lazio got on his feet and bolted my way to hold me as the monster kept
sprinting towards our floor.
"We need to get out of here," Lazio whispered as he gently elbowed me. Moana was too scared, sticking to the corner with the
witches surrounding her.
"The monster cannot kill her because she has those witches on her side. He will kill us and then her witches will end everything
in the world. We cannot leave until we do something about them." I whispered back at him, looking around for something that I
can use.
I noticed the she-wolf waking up, and she became my priority. Lazio saw my stare fixated on her and understood the
assignment.
"We need to take her to the room. The beast will attack her if he finds her lying around." I whispered to Lazio, who nodded and
ran to grab the girl and carry her on his shoulder.
"Stop them!" Moana yelled as she ordered her witches to come after us. Her reaction made me think maybe the beast was
indeed coming to hurt us. She wanted us in the hallway and before the beast so that he would get distracted by us while she
escaped. I don't know what he was chasing at this point.
I heard growls and grunting. The monster had joined us. Lazio wrapped his arm around my body and pulled me close, but I was
ready to use my magic to survive until Moana mumbled.
"A Lycan!”
She stepped back and away from the door, and that's when a fully transitioned Lycan walked into the doorframe.
It was the same Lycan from earlier. My Lycan!
My Thiago!

"Thiago!" My dry lips said his name, watching him disappear in that Lycan body.
"Is he— is he Thiago?" Lazio knew he was; it was just too much shock that made him ask that question.
"He is our Thiago!" I whimpered in my mouth, watching him breathe profusely. It was at this moment that we feared what he was
thinking. He looked ahead at Moana and then turned to look at us. The moment my eyes made contact with his, tears streamed
down my cheeks.
I couldn't look at him in that form. I missed my Thiago so much that watching him made me realize I should have mourned harder
because I have surely lost him forever now.
"He is contemplating who to attack first," Lazio whispered in my ear, probably making me realize I need to stop looking at him
and start making a plan to survive if he attacks us.
"You will defend us, right?" Lazio asked, and I couldn't give him a response. The Lycan's stare was so intense that I couldn't look
away from him.
"Enya! I know he used to be our friend, but if he tries to attack us, I will get between us. I will transition and fight till my last
breath." Lazio warned me when he didn’t hear from me.
"Don't worry. If he attacks us, I will fi-ght," I whispered as I recalled how frightened Thiago was at the thought of hurting others.
He wanted us to stop him if he attacked anyone. As for Moana, I was not going to stop him.
"Hey, attack them. They’re powerful, and you can turn them into you," Moana screamed in terror. I expected that from her. It was
time for Theo to make a decision and attack who he had come for.