Chapter 165 - Will You Still Allow Me?

"He-Hey, I didn't want to beat her... She jumped right before you, it wasn't my fault!" He sounded a bit nervous looking at her. Clara had a diabolical absurd expression on her face and with her trembling body, she stood up from the ground.

"I...I had warned you..." She firmly took a step ahead, sounding dark as hell.

Watching her satanic eloquence, he shuddered in fear while retreating his step back. "Hey, you can't fool me with your hellish expression. I can fight you, mutt!"

"You dared to hit Eva... You tormented me to the core of breaking apart... Now... You will pay the price with your life!" A demonic wide grin curved on her lips as she swirled her eyes at him.

Immediately Clara's dark brown pupils dilated and transformed into a wolf's eyes. Both her arm covered up with greyish white fur and long chisel-shaped claws emerged out from her small paws. Her neck area also started veiling with the thick fur. Her long white sharp canines emerged out from her mouth.

"Wh-What the heck! Who the hell are you!? What's happening?" He shrieked out in horror, looking absolutely terrified from the core, glancing around desperately. His fear further elevated while his feet hit the giant border wall behind which indicated he had already reached the edge of the roof.

"Go...to...hell..." In the flash of a second, she dashed towards her at a phantom speed and pierced his small neck with her sharp claws. Splurt of thick gore blood droplets immediately sprayed on her face as he whimpered in pain aloud.

"AEUUKK--"

"Goodbye, you nasty human..." Grabbing by his neck, she pulled him up above the ground and viciously pushed him down from the terrace.

"AAHHHH!"

That was the last squeal heard from him before his head smashed down on the ground from the rooftop. Taking a small glance down, she saw him lying in a pool of blood. Her right-hand claws were smeared with his thick gore blood and holding a ravenous wide grin, she licked the warm blood diabolically. Immediately, the color of his dilated pupils changed into illuminant blue as she finally obtained her real beta form.

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"CLARA!?"

Suddenly, she flinched with the loud sharp call behind her and turned back. Eva was swirling her eyes with a petrified expression on her face, gawking at her in dread.

Clara was stunned to see her awake and gulped anxiously. Squirming in panic, she called her again, "Wh-Who are you? Where is Clara?"

All of a sudden, her inner wolf started to diminish right away as she was gaining back her human form. Looking at her with a sad gaze, she slowly walked towards her while she was frozen in fear squatting down.

"Eva... This is my true self... I...I am sorry... I have to hide it from you..." She murmured while kneeling down on the ground before her. 

"Wh-What? Wh-Who are you? Ar-Are you a monster? Did you just kill Travis? Why did you kill a person?" She was stuttering.

"I gave him what he deserved... Tasting his blood, I attained my real form, Eva." 

"Wh-What are you talking about? Where is Clara? Who are you?" She started sobbing bitterly, shivering in fear. Her frail body was trembling in panic.

Her heart was breaking apart watching her in such a bereaved state. Taking a deep sigh out, she lowered her head down and smiled painfully.

"You don't have to remember me in this fiendish state, Eva." She murmured.

Hearing her remark, Eva was startled a bit and raised her chin up looking at her. "What?"

Tenderly, she placed her hand on the top of her head and her dark eyes transformed into a bright blue color.

She stared deep into her eyes and murmured in a broken voice, "forget everything you saw today, Eva. You don't have to remember my true self... I am sorry... But I have to erase this part of your memory..." A mild blue flame surrounded them all around while she was eradicating her memories.

For a few seconds, Eva stared into her wolfish eyes but couldn't hold any longer and lost her consciousness. 

As she collapsed down again, Clara softly held her arm looking at her with a sad smile. "I am sorry Eva...I will have to keep it a secret from you...from the world...

But from today, you will be my first and only priority. I will destroy the ones who will dare to mess with you. I swear...I will protect and stay by your side till the very end. It's a promise from a wolf to my best friend, Eva." She whispered while a warm drop of tear dripped down her cheek.

.......

"Clara? Hey, Clara?"

"Huh?"

She flinched all of a sudden with the loud call and revived her senses back. She was lost down the memory lane sitting on the breakfast table, opposite Eva who seemed frowning her face, looking concerned for her.

"Clara? What were you thinking so hard? You aren't even eating the sandwich I prepared for you. Does it taste that bad?" She tossed several questions at once, furrowing her brows.

She smiled as her heart was filled up with happiness and sadness emerging out from the past memories she was lost within. "No...I was just thinking about the time when we found each other. I...was so different way back then..."

Listening to her soft answer, holding a sad gaze towards her she tenderly gripped her arm on the breakfast table. "Does the past memories still hurt you, Clara? Are you still haunted by the tortures you went through?" She inquired.

"Nope. I have left them back a long time ago. And...I really don't bother about anything else since I have you. We are each other's family." She smiled wider, trying to assure her concerned heart. 

Eva nodded her head fondly at the answer, looking a bit pleased. Taking a small sigh out, she further reciprocated, "only the unexpected thing that happened back then was the one who used to bully you...died a tragic death. It was very shocking for the whole school... What's his name...Ahh, Travis. Yes, I still remember that brat." 

Suddenly, Clara was frozen with an unknown fear squirming inside her heart as she nodded her head to her remark. She didn't utter a single word anymore and nervously, continued chomping the sandwich.

After a moment of silence, she lifted her chin up glancing at Eva with a sad gaze who was looking away from her. 

"If you come to know...I have killed Travis that day... I am a werewolf you disgust the most...

Will you still allow me to stay by your side, Eva? You are all...I have in this world..." She wondered, taking out a deep sigh.

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**I bet you all must be sympathizing with Clara as whatever she did was for Eva's sake...

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