Beneath The Billionaire's Skin

it was the closest they could get to learning more about creatures who could turn into a man and vice versa into a wolf. The subject was offered

n, fragile leaves of the old books blowing through the dust, sneezing along their way through. They were the basic books on wolves until they reached a

all and they opened it to a section on stories of the great wolves of the north. The wolves looked handsome in the photos. They were in black an

I know what I saw. This wolf really

." Macy offered to her friend. At some point, her friend had to stop believing the fairy ta

rritated. He saved my life. I w

normal things to do such as finding yourself a date. I do intend to marry y' know and I'm not getting married unless we are on the same pag

you that particular happening in my life. I could have sworn my own life on it. It rea

and embraced, a

t straight home. Her mother died a few years back so she only dealt with her father who owned a steel manufacturing company. He was the CEO of the firm and e

s destiny or at least marry someone who could ta

down on the bed for awhile and simply recalled, recalled, recalled that day

Nena grudgingly went to her room where one of the maids helped her change into a pink dress that

so tight." N

still have to b

pink bow. "Oh do please hurry." Her hair was black, shiny and tidy. It was her Filipino blood. Her mother married

om below the window. "Come down now

I'll be dow

and the children clapped their hands in

s Nena." The chi

e the candles an

and billowed on all

ing. The curtain of the tent caught fire from the trays and she screamed. However, her screams were drowned by the party's social babble and the children at play. Finally, the children stopped playing and t

ears. She realized she was going to die a

e to remove herself from below the table, the wolf nudged her to mount herself on his back which she did and clutching his hair they fled from the d

ena didn't know what to do. She looked back at the garden where fire soared into the sky against the dense b

ge. But how could it be? She was certain the boy was a dog and now a very human child. The child woke up, stood and dusted himself off. His burn marks looked n

d something

over the shrubs, into the trees and was gone.

apparently, asleep. Her parents rushed to bring her inside the manor. They decided to bring her to the hospital since she would n

pectacular story they had ever heard of to which t

but no more than that so I say stay awhile here in our ch

d from the fire to tell a story that is not evil at all but just a projection of the stress she went through. "I

ling?" Nena's mother wanted to believe as well, bu

't know anyone from the party. Th

s, Nena?" The doctor prodd

n school. He is my friend now, the

uch bigger than you

nd so beautiful with

in but as to how the wolf turned into a boy was beyond him. However, the a

be found by you, he would appear again and by the way he left you it seems

nod

eyes I had ever seen. They were like marbles" Nena continued. "

now, you have to sleep so that we

ems out of this world but it's all true. The wolf

t in the hospital with her mother

through his mangy hair and she felt a humm

someday. I will spend the rest of my life finding you. I will do this, because I love you. Good n

ot before. Somehow knowing the boy for a while, knowing his secret made her privy to a secret wherein she was inside it, not outside looking in but inside her own self watching him. She felt she co

ere were books on wolves. They were beautiful and wished she could have the books on them to slip beneath h

her took h

y princess want t

ing me to the bo

spite how implausible it was. To her dad, it did not matter whether it was real or not. She knew her daughter would never lie and

and asked for books on werewolves. The lady clerk walk

out in this part of the world who knew her, whose life was filled with her the way she was filled with the idea of him,

ld not buy a dog. But she looked at them in their cages and felt a certain sadnes

em at the fields so that they will all be free to spen

could buy you one and then you can set the dog f

dy struck and her mother who was drivi

st walking about, working in the company and buried himself with work. Nena hugged he

he was interested in. The subject of fantasy which also taught about shape-shifters. In this class, she felt worse than before. No one seemed to understand what she meant. It was as though she

er mom. And s

secret, one which you already know by now. I am in love, mom. Yes with that boy in the woods. The buy who is a wolf. The wolf who saved me from the fire. I often think of him so I bought books, you see, Books ab

the college paper where she wrote an occasional poetry for the literary section. She wrote love poems for someon

They happened to sit together and they started talking about fantasy books which Nena had never read having limited herself to books on wolves. They opened her to the world and she relished this even if they were fiction. She had by that time only read a worn out book of Pinkola Estes on Wo

tside the car. They had been on a rowdy debate before she stepped out. They talked about boys and men and whether it would be righ

how it was to have no boyfriend and yet here was another girl in the same circumstance, with no boyfriend but had nothing

eel th

t wh

telling yea, that girl has some secret lover or has had so

t that. Its not like she meaningfully keeps it all a secret o

old us by now?" Macy navigated a right turn while ma

good reason not to tell us or there a

na had nothing to hide and they both

y both

nk we should do?

r. Sometimes she would just stare into space like she

keeping it all inside like that." Macy nodded her head and went on to say" Alright, I'll strike a deal with you. You do t

ave a feeling she's too sensitive to talk about it but would want someone

ess. I'll call you tonight and plan how we are going to do

someone like Macy to help with prying open

and lay down for awhile. She heard a feeble knock on he

. There's something important I have to tell

l be downstair

n the shelf. She placed it back behind the books rather than have it reserved because she was curious as to who else would be interes

told her some things about werewolves

wnstairs to the den. Distracted again by her day's activit

s on his cheek. He seemed serious and she hoped it was n

hing important with you which concerns your f

s d

wane a bit by now. Perhaps it was just a whim which you

whole life. I'm sorry but its not something I could just dump on the wayside kid of in

ike this may happen therefore I thought of a pla

fix this problem. I thou

nce with another steel owner and who would know how

ot some cattle one blends with another

s just that I'm not used to this kind of conversation. If your

et me think about it, ok? When I am ready, I shall come to you." Nena hu