I'll Take This Pain novel Chapter 16

"First I'll acknowledge,

our trust has been broken,"

- Recovery by Justin Bieber

- 4 days later -

I woke up in the same forest but now I was wet and the ground was wet too. It was very early in the morning, judging by the chirping birds and the morning fog. I tried to get up but my body was so stiff and my muscles were still aching. My body was shivering from the cold and I was butt naked on the floor. I tried to sit up again and I did it although it was painful. Groaning as I sat up and I ran my fingers through my tangled, messy and wet hair. My fingers got tangled in the knots and I jerked hardly on it. I groaned and transformed back into my wolf.

I stood up on all four of my paws and walked deeper into the woods. I was limping a little and I wasn't really a fan of it. I continued limping deeper into the forest. I saw a stream ahead and slowly limped towards it. As I reached it, I started drinking the stream water. It looked clean enough. After I finished drinking, I jumped in the stream, still in wolf form, and started paddling around. I was trying to clean myself but I guess I got myself wet instead of actually cleaning myself. After paddling around for a few minutes, I climbed out of the water and shook my fur out so that I wouldn't weigh so much as I limped.

I heard rustling to the side and I stopped limping. I stayed as still as I could, looking around. After a few seconds of rustling of the bushes, I saw a cute little baby crawl out of the bush. The baby boy only had a diaper on, leaves in his hair and was giggling cutely.

I walked closer to the baby and sniffed the baby. It smelt like a werewolf's child. I transformed back into my human and picked up the baby. "Hey. Where's your parents?" I asked as the baby wrapped its arms around my neck and giggled. I laughed at his cuteness and I hugged him closer to me. For some weird reason, the baby made me feel safe and happy. I needed to know whether the baby had parents here or not. I sniffed around and saw something white on the floor. I moved closer and read the white piece of paper.

"Please keep him safe, you can name him anything you want.

I promise that this is not a trick. Whoever you are, please keep him safe and take care of him.

"I guess that I'm the only Luna who got rejected and got accepted back and then got cheated on." I said, laughing humourlessly. "I'll have to ask what he thinks about it and aw, that's a cute baby." She said, looking at the baby. "Yeah, I found him in the woods. Everything seems so different around me. How long was I sleeping in the forest?"

"Four days and I know his name. His parents died in a rogue attack. His name is Sean Jacobs. He's one years old already."

"Wow. Four days and Sean, the name suits him. Rogue attack in the forest? Why didn't anyone know about it?"

"His parents were rogues too." She said looking at me and I nodded quietly. She stood up and walked towards the door. "I have to go now. He's coming up. Get ready Scarlett." I laughed. "I'm actually interested to see what shit he'll be telling me." She smiled and looked into my eyes. "Fight for yourself Scarlett. Maybe one more time?" I nodded and looked at the baby beside me.

Maybe I'll fight for the both of us.