Tiberiuse's Past

Confusion filled the room. Everybody turned to the half-asleep werewolf boy sitting naked on the floor. As Tiberius came to his senses he pulled down his arms lowering his gaze. Why did he say that? Something from his past came back to the surface. Something he buried deep back into his memories, something he wished to never remember again. 

Patty, leg after leg silently slid from the bed, blanket in her hand, and wrapped the poor boy in it. She kneeled right in front of him, gently wiping away tears that appeared in his eyes. Tiberius didn't even notice them at first. Zeev, with Romulus, didn't even move, just watched. 

This whole scene looked bizarre to them. Tiberius began to tremble. HE REMEMBERED! Grabbing his head he sunk even lower into a ball and started to transform. Panic swallowed him whole. Romulus sensed it and quickly pulled Patty away. He feared Tiberius would attack the girl. 

Zeev took her into his protective embrace. Patty smelled and felt the cold coat on her skin. Tiberius swiped after Romulus but with ease, he apprehended him in the middle of transforming too. Tiberiuse's emerald eyes looked empty and he was panting heavily. He was like in a trance. What happened to him? 

Zeev rather took Patty out of the room and let Romulus deal with the poor guy. He trusted him, since he was stronger than Tiberius. Zeev sat down with her in the kitchen and asked the reason Tiberius was sleeping with her in bed. 

"I allowed it, since he sought company and warmth. He had no ill intention, he just felt lonely. Until now everything was fine. I don't know what happened in the bedroom tonight..."  She explained what happened during the week, they were absent.

Zeev was jealous of course, but he knew, she belonged only to him so he wasn't too concerned about Tiberius. He didn't see him as competition anyway. The poor boy needed some psychological help. He could look over it. Pondering watching out of the window he waited with Patty.

The silence was interrupted from time to time by growling and a muffled struggle. Patty hoped no one would hear them. She feared someone would call the police and she would have to come up with some lie.

The sight of Tiberius tonight made her worried. What did he remember, that made him act out like that? She hoped that the progress he made wasn't lost. She felt so bad for him. Poor boy! She knew, he had a terrible past, but will she be able to comprehend it?!

After a while, Romulus came out with a distressed Tiberius in tow. He was still naked, wrapped in the blanket holding it together. Romuluse's grim expression said it all. Tiberius had to tell them something...

In the living room dipped in darkness, illuminated only by the street lamps... the four of them sat in silence at first. The trio was in front of the poor white werewolf. He was looking at the wooden floor clutching at his blanket. His eyes were emanating fear and pain.

"I was a very small puppy at the facility. We were ripped out of our pack in the middle of the night by cloaked human individuals. I was brought there together with my mother. We were stuck in the sterile jail cell, protected with silver bars. Our father was in the cell next to us. He was trashing around despite the silver. 

Soon, a group of armed soldiers entered it and I heard only one shot and everything went silent. The sickening smell of copper was the first thing I noticed followed by a red liquid appearing at the front. It was his blood...

My mother held me tight in her hug and silently cried. I trembled in her arms with my face buried in her chest. The sound of the door slowly opening made me flinch. We were next! They wanted to separate us. Figures in cloaks...

My mom lashed out at them as they tore us apart and they began to hit her with silver poles. Blood splattering everywhere even covering me in it. Sickening sizzling sounds echoed in the small space every time it made contact with her flesh. And that burned smell...

Anytime I tried to intervene and help her, they kicked me hard and I flew to the back against the wall. After a while, she was a mess and I had to watch... That night I lost my whole family. My father, mother, and... my future sibling. She was pregnant at the time. Probably they would let her live a while longer if they knew..."

Patty held her breath with her hands in front of her lips. Zeev once more was thankful, he was spared such a life. Romulus hung his head low, his hair covering his face. His story was similar to Tiberiouse's. He felt his pain but didn't want to show it to the others.

Now they understood his reaction. Cloaked men... Ripping him from someone... Throwing him against a wall... It was almost the same, as in his memories. Zeev looked at Romulus. They should apologize to Tiberius for what they have done. Bringing back all the bad memories in that cruel way. If they have known... Now it's too late. They will have to deal with it now.

Patty stood up and carefully walked over to Tiberius sitting next to him. "Am I allowed to hug you?" Tiberius without a word sank into her embrace. "You smell like my mom right now..." That one statement piqued Zeeve's curiosity. "What did you just say?!"

Maybe he was a little rude, but he peeled Tiberius from Patty and pulled her to stand up. He smelled her over and he was left stunted taking a step back. Romulus followed his example and did the same. He looked at Zeev with disdain.