22 Legend

Amaris frowned and got confused. She raised her hand to ask a question. Zion turned to Amaris when he saw her raising her hand.

"Yes Ari." The professor called her.

"So werewolves were not immortal beings? They die? They can be killed?" She asked.

Everyone was surprised by her question. She looked around and saw them looking at her. She glanced at Zion and saw him glaring at her.

"Really, Ari? That's your question?" Zion asked, annoyed.

She couldn't understand why he was frowning and why her classmates were shocked by her questions. She was really confused by what the professor said.

She leaned closer to him and whispered innocently.

"You're not immortal?"

He couldn't really believe that she was asking him something like that. It was offensive asking an alpha if he can be killed. It was like telling him his weakness.

Everyone waited if Zion would get offended or get mad at her. But to everyone's surprise, he took a deep breath then gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She blushed and bit her lips after he kissed her. Zion chuckled then turned to everyone.

"Since my love was curious about us, I'm going to answer the question."

The students and the professor were both excited. They were amazed that Amaris could do that to an alpha, and at the same time, they saw how Zion was really in love with her.

"Werewolves were not immortal. Our kind could live in a thousand years. Around two thousand years or so. The oldest werewolf alive was my great grandfather, Theodore Verlice. He was now one of the elders of Terra. Vampires were called the undead. Because they would die and live again. I know you know how we can be killed so I won't tell the details." Zion explained.

"But you didn't answer Ari's question. Are you like the other werewolves? You are not immortal?" Maxine asked.

Amaris frowned. Zion already said that they are not. He's a werewolf so basically he wasn't immortal.

"There's a legend I read that one werewolf was blessed by Hyperion, the Titan God, and Orcus, the Demon God. It says that he was favored and given immortality by the two Gods. It also says that the werewolf was the one who brought peace between Terrans and other creatures. He was also a favorite of the Goddess Terra. The reason earth has changed its name to Terra was because the Goddess blessed the land after the great war. It was a gift to the werewolf in the legend so he and his pack could live here in peace." Maxine blurted.

She knew her cousin won't stop asking until she's satisfied. Looking at Zion, she felt like there were a lot of things that he was hiding from her. If he was the werewolf in the legend that Maxine was babbling about, then why was he cursed by the Moon Goddess.

It doesn't make any sense to Amaris. If he was favored by two powerful Gods and a Goddess, why didn't he ask them for help when Selene cursed him? Was it because they were also the same Gods who killed his lover?

She wanted to ask and know everything about him, but then she remembered that she would forget about him once she closed her eyes.

She felt a sudden pain in her heart. She looked at Zion who was calmly listening to her cousin. He told her earlier what had happened for the past week. He also told her that she was the lover he's been looking for, for the past one hundred years.

How much pain did he endure? How much loneliness did he need to live through? He waited and looked for her for a hundred years and now that he found her, she couldn't remember a thing about him. And the worst? It seems that she was fated to forget him over and over again.

Zion felt Amaris' gaze. He frowned when she saw her staring at him. But he couldn't ignore her cousin's remarks so he turned to Maxine again and answered.

"You are well informed with this kind of stuff, Maxine. You said so yourself. It was a legend. Don't you think it was just a story written for the sake of education or maybe it's just pure fiction?" He commented.

"No. I think the legend is real. And I want to know if you are that werewolf." She answered back while looking at Zion intently.

"I don't think I need to answer the question for now. I am the Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack and that's all you need to know. If Ari wanted to know more about me, he could just ask me directly and I will gladly tell her everything." Zion answered.

The professor clapped her hands to cut their conversation. It was getting intense as Maxine was determined to find the answers.

Zion looked at Amaris who was still staring at him. He leaned closer to her and brushed his hand to her cheek.

"Hey why are you looking at me like that?" He asked.

Her eyes sparkled like the ocean while she stared at him. Her plump lips were slightly pouted so he was curious why she looked like that.

"Nothing. I just wanted to listen to your answer. I promise next time I will ask you directly." She answered.

She turned to the professor again to listen but she was thinking of something else. How would she remember him? She wanted to have a memory of him, but how? His actions and words today, she would not remember anything about it tomorrow. How could she preserve the memory of him?

She sighed deeply. When the professor turned off the lights and showed them an image, it caught her attention.

"This is Terra. Around fifteen billion were now living here including other creatures. And this is Oprea, one of the largest teris in Terra. We will now discuss about Terra, our land." The professor started.