Chapter 3 Red Moon

• "Seraphine, The first change is excruciating, but you must go through it. Let it go, don't hold back, and go with the flow." Teacher Mayer explains while taking a walk in front of her.
• "Teacher, how many times have you told me, don't worry, I'm okay. We all have to go to the first shift, and I'm excited to see my wolf form," Seraphine replied to her teacher with a smile while looking for a good seat.
• Teacher Mayer stared at her and sighed, "You just like that! When he changes for the first time, his action is the same as yours," Teacher Mayer said as he stepped aside from her seat.
• "Teacher, In all the important events in my father's life, you are his companion. So I am also happy that in the critical events in my life, you are also my companion, but hopefully, in the next few years, we will be complete," Seraphine said with a smile.
• "Child, with a little patience, you can be with them. Then, we can go around the world... let's travel and learn. That's my long-held dream in my life," teacher Mayer retorted with a smile as he messed up her hair.
• Seraphine's face immediately lit up, "If you take me on your journey, I will be delighted! I also dream of seeing in person the places you have drawn," she replied happily.
• "Then we have an agreement. We will travel the world together," Teacher Mayer said as he stood up. "The full moon is near. Remember my instructions. I'm just outside and waiting for you to come out," he added before hesitating to step out of the cave.
• "Teacher, don't forget to draw my wolf," Seraphine joked as she waved her hand.
• Teacher Mayer raised his hand and thumbed up.
• Alone in the cave, Seraphine instantly feels her nervousness.
• "Seraphine breath, you can do this!" she whispered to herself as she watched the rising moon.
• The pick of the moon came, so Seraphine immediately closed her eyes and prepared herself for the painful shifting. But she frowned; a few minutes before the full moon came, Seraphine didn't feel any pain or anything. "What's going on?" she asked as she opened her eyes.
• Then Seraphine closed her eyes again and felt her body. However, a few minutes fast but she felt nothing, so she quickly ran out of the cave, "Teacher Mayer! What's going on? I'm not changing into my wolf!"
• Teacher Mayer immediately comes to her; he is also lost and worried.
• "What's happening?" Teacher Mayer inspected her from head to toe. "Let's not get confused and nervous. Maybe you're different. As I said, the blood of god runs through your body..."
• "Then I don't have a wolf? You said, when I turn sixteen, I will feel my wolf? But I'm already sixteen, and I don't feel my wolf!" Seraphine couldn't stop herself and burst into tears.
• "Don't say that. Let's wait. You turn sixteen, and this is your first full moon," Teacher Mayer explained and hugged her.
• "I don't know if having the blood of God is a blessing or a curse!" Seraphine couldn't help herself from saying this. They are now walking back to the house.
• "Seraphine, don't think like that! You will always remember that you are a blessing," teacher Mayer asserted.
• Because of disappointment, Seraphine didn't say a word until they got home.
• "What happened?" Mara asked excitedly.
• But Seraphine did not answer her, as she immediately went straight to her room and locked herself there.
• Sarah and Mara approached teacher Mayer and asked what had happened. They knew now was Seraphine's first shift, so they went to the mountain even if it wasn't weekends.
• "What happened? Did she have a hard time?" Sarah asked worriedly.
• Teacher Mayer sat down in the living room, "She doesn't change," he stated while closing his eyes tightly.
• Surprised, Mara and Sarah looked at each other and sat down next to Teacher Mayer simultaneously.
• "How did that happen? Everyone turn at the age of sixteen," Sarah asserted in shock.
• "But ma, we should not forget that Seraphine is not normal, and she is unique," Mara responded.
• "I'll explain that to her, but she seems problematic. She's been excited to meet her wolf and now she is disappointed..." teacher Mayer hissed and signed as he looked at Seraphine's room.
• "Give her time. Maybe she's just dissatisfied," Mara replied and stood up to brew coffee. Teacher Mayer and Sarah sighed at the same time.
• When Mara delivered the coffee to teacher Mayer and her mom, she immediately knocked on Seraphine's door, "Can I come in?" she asked. Without hearing any answer from Seraphine, she enters.
• Seraphine immediately covered her face with a pillow when she heard her aunt enter the room.
• "Teacher Mayer told us. He said you were disappointed for not changing into your wolf. You should be delighted! You haven't experienced the scary change yet!" Aunt Mara's laughter causes her to turn around.
• "You're just scaring me to lose my sense of being different," Seraphine replied with a frown.
• "And why would I do that? I'm just telling you the truth. Although it's fun to meet my wolf, I still can't forget the pain of my first shifting," Mara insisted as she pinched her cheek.
• Mara began to recount her experience on her first time changing as a wolf, even when she met her mate and the first heat in the eighteenth year. Mara stopped speaking when she saw Seraphine had closed her eyes and was sound asleep. She slowly stood up and left the room.
• Then she caught up with teacher Mayer and her mother, facing each other in the living room and drinking wine.
• "Can I join?" Mara interrupted the two's conversation.
• "How's Seraphine?"
• Mara smoked and explained. When the two found out that Seraphine was acceptable and sound asleep, they resumed drinking.
• .......
• While everyone is sound asleep. Seraphine woke up sweating. she immediately looked at her hands when she felt as if they were on fire. However, she could not cry because of the worry that her grandma and aunt would wake up, so she got up quickly and left the house.
• She quickly ran away from the house, and when she was sure it was far away, she only let out a suppressed scream as her tears flowed.