== Enna’s POV ==

He was definitely handsome. I was expecting him to run to me and I was surprised when I was somehow happy to see him. Weirdly, my feet felt right resting on his lap and I didn’t move them away. I knew he came just to find me, but the game of questions and answers was going to begin shortly. If his men were attacked, I was putting everyone at risk, including him. He didn’t seem to be bothered enough to reject me because he didn’t know what I was, so why would he reject me knowing it? Maybe his pack wouldn’t be so understandable, but him?

I had decided when I woke up that I should at least tell him. That also meant telling him away from prying ears. He lifted his eyes to mine, he looked so calm, so ready.

“So, are you going to explain to me what happened yesterday?”

His voice was almost hesitant. I thought that maybe he was scared to break the moment we were having, or to find the truth about me. It’s not really like I’m a monster or anything, we are just not used of people knowing we exist anymore.

“I need to show you for you to understand the story I am about to tell you, but you need to promise me something first…” I know it was unfair to rid him of his own decisions but I was not going to play games with what he was about to see.

“I will promise anything to make you happy, Enna” he answered with a deep serious voice, his hand running along my legs. I must admit, he was probably the sexiest thing I had ever seen and I had seen sexy before, all right.

“You can’t tell anyone. I will trust you with this. You can tell a few of your high rankings for security and things, but this cannot leave your pack. Ever.”

He looked at me, analyzing my face for a few instants before nodding and saying “I promise I won’t tell it to anyone except if it’s a knowledge that people really need to know.”

I took a deep breath and pulled my legs away from him to stand up. He followed the movement and stood up too. “Don’t stand too close” I told him. He took a few steps back, frowning and trying to figure out what I was about to do.

“Here goes nothing” I murmured before I focused.

For the first time in a very long time, I shifted before someone who didn’t know.

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== Simon’s POV. ==

She shifted. In a whoosh of air that sent flying dead leaves everywhere, her human form disappeared into thin air, only leaving behind a huge black bird that looked like a raven and croaked at me.

“You are a shifter?!” I asked, my voice perfectly sounding like this was just unbelievable. It croaked again at me. “There is no such things as other shifters, only us, the wolves.”

The bird made a little chirp that sounded mostly like one of her human little laughs when she was making fun of me. A second later, she had shifted back. I was expecting her to stand naked in front of me (not to say hoping) but she was still in her black gown and purple cape. I only then realized that there were not on the floor when she had shifted.

“How did you do that? I mean, with your clothes?” I asked her.

“They are custom…made by a witch. They shift with me.” She answered shrugging.

“Ok, now explain to me why you shifted into a huge bird?” I asked stepping forward to be closer to her.

“Wolves are the most common type of shifters, because you guys are strong. You live in packs, you can fight. Most of the other shifters are rare, almost extinct by now. We’ve been living in hiding forever, we thought that you had all forgotten about us. We only seek to live in peace amongst humans” she explained.

“They are more types of shifters?” I asked, pulling her towards a fallen tree to sit on it. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Shifters? Other kinds of shifters? It was unheard of as far as I am concerned. Witches, wizards, vampires, even a few others like elves and fairies, we knew existed, or we even had a few contacts with in the last century or so but shifters, I had never heard of.

“Yes, the girl I was with, she shifts into a huge spider. It’s a bit repulsive to be honest, but she is….or was…really sweet. I don’t know how many types of shifters there is, I’ve met a few. There was another boy who could shift into a bird, and the rat girl. I also met someone who could shift into a fish but it wasn’t really practical. Gerard can shift into a massive bull.”

“Who’s Gerard?” I asked, slightly jealous.

“He was the person in the cell next to mine…I think he might be dead now. He was older than me, like a father to me” she said, biting into her bottom lips before letting a huge sigh escape her lips. I could tell it wasn’t easy, but once my blind selfishness got out of the way, the only word that rang into my mind was “cell”.

“A CELL?!” I asked standing up. I could feel the fire into my core, the anger of my wolf almost filled my head entirely with a loud growl.

“I was abducted a few years ago and sent to a facility for testings…” she said, her gaze dropped to the floor where she was playing with the leaved with her bare feet.

“What did they want to test on you?” I asked, dropping to my knees in front of her, holding her shoulders with my hands, trying to make her look into my eyes but she didn't. She didn’t lift her eyes up, she kept them the furthest away from mine.

“They wanted to see if we were compatible…” she whispered.

“Compatible for what?” I asked, almost shaking her. Her gaze lifted to mine before dropping back down. Waves of tears were cascading down her face, crashing to the ground.

“For breeding.”

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== Author's Note ==

Sorry I didn't update faster, I got really busy and then I got sick but I'm baaack !

I hope you liked this chapter, I will try to update tomorrow as well to make up for the long wait ! ^^

(It's a reupload as the chapter wasn't displaying on the app)