Arya’s POV
FIVE YEARS LATER
Tears streamed down my face and I quickly wiped it away. Now was not the time to cry. The police station had this cold, impersonal feel, like a place where time didn’t move. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting a harsh, white glow over the worn tile floors and the walls were painted in this dull brown color that made me want to leave immediately. A faint smell of stale coffee and disinfectant lingered in the air. I kept exhaling, trying to understand what I was breathing in.
“Arya Lockwood” the police officer called out, peering his head out of his office. I sprang up from my seat with the speed of light.
“I’m here” I raised my hands.
“Come in for your statement”
I walked briskly to his office.
“Take a seat” he gestured to a seat. He waited for me to stop sniffing before he smiled faintly at me.
“Alright tell me what happened” he said. And so I began telling him the grotesque thing that had happened at work today. I was filled with dread and no matter how much my colleagues begged, I was adamant on reporting to the police.
“He hit your…your…-
“My butt” my voice broke at the end. The policeman nodded slowly. He began to scribble down something.
“He was your direct boss?”
“No… he’s…he’s the owner of the company…the CEO” I replied wiping my eyes clean.
His eyes widened a fraction bigger but he quickly recovered. It was a feat to report a billionaire to the police. He nodded. “It’s alright, we’ll take it up from here, please -”
Suddenly my phone began to ring.
“Sorry,” I muttered as I began rummaging through my bag to find it.
“No problem “he replied. I peered into my screen. It was my son’s school. My heart raced a little.
Looking up, I gave the policeman a tight smile.” Please I have to take this”
He nodded.” Take your time, Miss. Lockwood”
“Hello,”
“Hello, am I speaking with Miss Arya Lockwood, mother of Chamberlain Lockwood?” The person asked, and I quickly answered as I stood up from my seat.
“Yes. Yes, I am. Is there a problem?”
“Well, your son happened to have done some damage in school, and we would like your presence with immediate effect,” the lady said, making me narrow my eyes.
“Damage?” I was surprised. My son, Chamberlain was a calm boy, what damage could he have caused?
“Yes, damage. We’ll be waiting for you”
Without wasting time, I picked up my bag and hung it on my shoulder.” Please can we continue this later?”
The policeman nodded.” Sure. Come in anytime to complete your statement”
I dashed out of the police station and headed Street to my car. Putting the ignition on, I started my beetle car and began to drive. What could be the problem? Chamberlain was a good boy. He always stayed on his own, like I told him. His school had not called me for once. Whatever the problem was, I was sure it was not my son’s fault. I glanced at my watch and noticed that the car in front of me hadn’t moved.
Honking the horn thrice, I popped my head out of my car. “Move it! My grandma drives faster!”
I sighed heavily as the car began to move. I’ve never had a grandmother and I don’t know if she drove fast, I just heard it somewhere and loved it.
Life in the human world was way different. People were kind and mean. No one gave free money. Everything you have, you have to work for it. It was hard but if there was something I loved, there was no omega or Alpha bullshit like the werewolf world. Not for one day, I have felt like I didn’t belong.
Suddenly my phone began to ring again. I glanced down and grabbed it, when I looked back at the road, there was a little boy running across. My heart flew as I swerved to the left, my tires screeching in pain as I tried to stop the car. The next thing I heard was the crashing sound in front of me. I slowly opened my eyes to realize I had just hit a black expensive looking car. Filled with horror, my hands flew to my mouth.
No! I crashed someone’s car. I got out of the car and went to check for the Damage. It was pretty bad. I felt footsteps behind me and turned around. It was a man in a suit.
“Please I’m so sorry. I was trying to avoid that child” I pointed behind me. The man stooped and checked the damage. I cringed. I could mentally see all my savings leave my account.
“I will take responsibility of my actions, send me the amount for the Damage” I said. The man took out his phone and began to type. Then the car window wand down a little.
“Sebastian take her number and contact her for the amount later” the rich deep voice said and the window went up.
“Yes boss” he said, turning to me, he requested for my number and I gave it to him.
I got back into my car and drove away.
Twenty minutes later, I was at my son’s school. I literally flew into the principal’s office. I spotted Chamberlain standing at a corner, as soon as he saw me, he gave me a faint smile.
“So you’re the one who raised this… thing?” She asked and I snapped immediately,
“Don’t you dare call my son a thing? Who the hell are you?” I didn’t know what happened, but I won’t sit and watch her call my son names.
She shot daggers at me and I felt my sense heightened as well as my claws and fur started to grow, feeling so hot inside me. The furs and claws almost sprouted out but thankfully, the head of the school immediately hit the table to get our attention when she saw that the woman was about to retaliate as well.
“I didn’t call you here to quarrel with her!” The principal yelled at me before saying what happened. “This is the mayor’s wife, your son Chamberlain hit their son and he had been bleeding profusely all morning,”
It was then, I calmed down. Oh my god. Chamberlain had already started manifesting his werewolf traits. How do I explain how a 5-year-old hit a person and the said person had been bleeding?
After a while, the principal managed to get the news that the boy was okay but then his mother warned me, saying she would sue me.
I finally got to talk to my boy. Pulling him into my arms, chamberlain began to sob.
“Sshhh its okay “I whispered.
“Mum he called me a bastard”
And so, as I sat in my car waiting for my son to join me, because school was almost over, I inched over my thoughts like a measuring tape.
The mayor had sued me, actually. I got an email from my boss, telling me not to bother coming back to work since I reported to the police. The principal is contemplating expelling my son, I hit someone’s car this afternoon and my wolf had almost showed herself. What would have happened if I had shape shifted?
All these boiled down to money and I had not up to a 1000 dollars in my savings. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes but I looked up and exhaled. It was too much for me. Just as I turned, my eyes caught on someone in a suit standing close by. I spun around quickly. My eyes widened in shock.
It was the man I had hit his car. The driver was standing in front and another man was backing him.
The man facing me walked up to me. He bowed a little.
“I can make all your problems disappear if you” he glanced behind him. “Do what the boss says”