Artemis parked his car at the park territory, and they hopped out of the car. Caroline had Artin in his arms, who was looking everywhere curiously.
“We are at your Uncle's pack,” Caroline told him.
“Uncle Colt?” Artin asked, getting excited.
“No. Uncle Santino.” Caroline corrected him. “Now, are you ready for secret magic?” She asked to which he nodded his head happily. Caroline had told him already that just like she had shown him her wings, today Artemis was going to show him magic.
“Ready?” Artemis asked.
“Ready,” Artin said happily, waiting for the magic in the next moment. Since Caroline had already kept spare his spare clothes, he didn’t mind stripping in front of his toddler. Soon, his bone started breaking, and his body started changing.
“Caro…” Artin quickly grabbed her tightly, unable to understand what kind of magic was.
“Don’t be scared. I’m here, okay.” She whispered softly and made sure that he would watch everything. After a minute, a dark brown wolf was standing in place of Artemis, similar to the color of his hair, and his black and gold rim eye was looking at both Artin and Caroline.
‘You look so handsome, bolt.’ Caroline completed.
‘Thank you, Mate. I can sense that Artin is scared. Can you convince him that I’m no danger?’
‘Sure!!’
“Do you like the magic?” Caroline asked Artin, who was looking at Bolt. “Artemis changed into a wolf.” She added and took him near Bolt.
“I..I’m scared.”
“Don’t be. Artemis will not harm you. Come here!! Touch his soft fur, and then we will ride on it.”
“Ride on it?”
“Yes!! And I will be with you all the time.” Caroline convinced him and took him near Bolt, and holding his hand; she made him touch Bolt. “Isn’t it soft?”
“It is.”
Bolt licked his tiny hand on which he giggled. “See, I told you that he won’t harm you,” Caroline said. Both Artin and Caroline touched his fur, and Bolt purred in happiness. He wanted her to touch more of him. After a while, Caroline placed Artin on Bolt’s back, and she joined next. She told him to hold Bolt’s furr as tightly as he could.
‘I hope our grip is not causing you any pain.’
‘No. It’s not.’ Bolt answered her back. ‘After giving Artin a ride, we will be running together.’
‘Of course!!’
‘Hold Artin carefully. I’m not sure about my speed.’
‘Don’t worry about that.’ Caroline assured, and in the next second, Bolt started running. He kept his speed slow as much as he could. Artin giggled, enjoying the ride on the wolf. Fresh and cold hit his face making him giggle and laugh. Soon, Raul, too, joined them in his wolf form, and Artin wanted Artemis to win. The next Aiden also joined them in wolf form.
“Fast… Fast Arti.” Artin shouted loudly. Little did he know everyone was running slowly for him.
Santino was observing all this from a distance, and his eyes didn’t leave Artin even for a second.
‘Our pup looks so happy.’
‘Hmm.’
‘Let’s go. Join them in the run.’
‘I can’t act to lose to Artemis, and if I will win, then he will stop smiling like this. So, leave it. I have a lot of things to do.’ Santino said to his wolf, on which he growled at him.
‘Don’t you want to hold him even for a once? He is ours. He could have been with us if you…”
‘I don’t mind admitting this, but the truth is that I’m not ready for it. Our pup is with those people who can take care of him better than us. It’s not the pack for which I will fight with my cousin for my whole life. I don’t want to spoil Bobby or Artin’s childhood with all these dramas.’
*****
“Mom, dad!! You can invite around 50-100 of your close guest.” Artemis said during the dinner. “We are planning to invite only the close one.”
“Done. What about your shopping?” Sila asked.
“My wedding planner cum my brother-in-law will be handling that. He will be here by tomorrow morning, and after taking the measurement, he will arrange clothes for everyone in the family accordingly, so no one has to worry about it.”
“He is coming here? In pack?” Santino asked between his food for the first time.
“He is coming to this city. This is not my pack, so I won’t invite him here.” Artemis replied. “Not when he is neither a human nor a werewolf,” he added, on which Santino raised his brow. Though he raised his brow to know what this wedding planner was but no one answered him. Santino had learned by now that Caroline was from such a family where no one was just a normal human.
“More!!” Artin said, looking at the sweets.
“No, sweetheart. That’s enough for today. I know your stomach is full.” Caroline told him strictly on which Artin showed her his puppy eyes
“Let him eat. Can’t he eat properly now?” Santino spoke, glaring at Caroline.
“Of course, he can. It’s just that he doesn’t know his appetite, and later he falls sick because of stomach ache.” Caroline responded. Santino bit his inner cheek, knowing she was right about it; after all, he had heard the same about it him from everyone, while Artemis rarely used to eat anything, and he used to overeat.
“Artin, don’t be sad, sweetheart. Your Uncle Santino will get sweets for you tomorrow?” Artemis joked about changing Artin’s mood.
He looked at Santino before asking, “You will?”
*****
#TBC