My name is Noah, and I am at the peak of my 200 years. Yes, it seems like many years, but my people usually live up to 3,000 years. And in my case, being the Alpha King, if I had found my destined mate, I would have eternal life. Not that having so many years of life or eternal life meant we couldn't be killed, but it was rare due to our power. Generally, wolves find their mates, the other half of their souls, by the age of 25 at the latest, but the moon goddess Serena did not grace me with such a blessing. I look at humans and see how men treat their women; they don't respect them, they don't venerate them. Among my people, your woman is the most precious part of your soul. Serena, when she created us, divided our souls in two, since initially, our soul was complete, it had both feminine and masculine. However, in the beginning of time, my people ended up turning against weaker races, so Serena, in her supreme wisdom, decided that our power should be divided into two bodies. This way, we could control ourselves better and would be complete when we found our other half. As much as I envy humans in some ways, I also feel sorry for them because they will never know the feeling of finding their purest and truest love. But I think that's what makes me blend in with them; after all, in that regard, I am as fragile as they are.

Oh, another thing, it seems strange, but our species generally stops aging as soon as we meet our other half, which I find strange since I should be full of wrinkles. But at 25, I stopped aging. The millennial anxieties couldn't tell me why. Well, I'm happy my death is near, but I will die looking young. My parents look younger than I do since my mother was 20 years old and my father 23 when they met.

This must be the sixth time I've transported myself to the human world. From time to time, I like to come and enroll in some college. I already know everything I'm going to study; after all, in my world, technology is 10 times more advanced, and colleges have professors from other eras and other planets. Yes, time travel is possible there, but only for study purposes; we cannot alter events.

Although I don't agree with many things about humans, I really enjoy living among them. Sometimes some aggressive men tend to disappear mysteriously during my time on Earth, but it's purely coincidental, or not (laughs).

I have so much wealth that I wouldn't be able to spend it all even if I had a sealed mate bond, so I like to help humans. My world reigns in absolute peace; there is no hunger or poverty. Doors are always open; there have been no threats since before the Elder Council was formed. By the way, they are the last 10 warriors. They are very respected; after all, they were the only ones of my people who saw Serena personally and received the Moon Seal.

It's almost 6 p.m. now, and I'm walking through Central Park. I notice an old woman sitting on a piece of cardboard, shivering with cold, along with a stray dog and a cat. I observe that, even though she is hungry, she takes a small piece of bread and divides it between her animals. I continue on my way and find one of those food trucks selling hamburgers. I buy two hamburgers, two fries, and two sodas. I go back and greet the lady and ask if I can sit with her and if she's hungry. She thanks me, and her eyes shine. What breaks my heart the most is that she tries to get up from the cardboard so I can sit without getting my clothes dirty. But finally, I convince her that she doesn't need to. After all, she thanks me and tells me that her greatest joy was that I stopped to talk to her because it had been a long time since anyone had treated her like a real human being. I feel a lump forming in my throat. I was perplexed at how a race could be so indifferent to the suffering of its own kind. I said goodbye to her and gave her a lottery ticket. Well, it was enchanted by my most trusted witches. It may seem like cheating, but aren't all these games rigged? After all, they were stealing from their players.

When I'm far away, I can hear the old lady's cries of joy and her calling me, but I simply disappear and reappear in my house, which I've kept here since I was 16, when I learned to teleport between worlds. I go down the stairs, and Mary lets out a scream. I confess, I always find it funny.

... Mary...

Mr. Darkmor, I'll never get used to you. You always arrive so silently that I never see you coming.

*Noah*

Hello, Mary. How are you? Come give me a hug; I've missed you so much.

She comes towards me, and I lift her as if she weighed nothing and spin her around, holding her close. My heart aches; I know one day I will lose her. She's been working for me for about five years now; otherwise, how would I explain that I don't age?

Mary

Oh, so strong. Sometimes I think you're not even human, you know? And look at that face, it never changes.

She was a 52-year-old woman, so young to me, and at the same time, I had to pretend she was older. If there was a spell, I would certainly give immortality to Mary. No employee has stayed with me as long as she has; they were all gossips. Not Mary, she cared for me like a mother. My parents were great parents, but they didn't have her warmth.

Noah

Mary, my love, what's good to eat?

Mary

I'm going to make that pressure-cooked meat you love, dear.

See, I could die here on Earth. Well, that's what I'm going to do. I will let my parents know that I will spend what time I have left here on Earth.

Queen of the Witches

Signora the Crimson Flame Witch, the only witch capable of taming and creating fire on her own, the most powerful witch able to control all elements, she also had the gift of foresight. She foresaw that if the Alpha king bonded with his mate at the age of 25, his black wolf would be in absolute power but he would not be mature enough to control all the power, resulting in the destruction of other kingdoms and an unprecedented war. Despite the king being a good being, his wolf was powerful and dark, and once he achieved total power, all other races would be in danger. Even though his mate was the pure part of his soul, once he had absolute power, he would revert to the time when wolves were only one and without a divided soul, his dark side could be even stronger than his love for his mate.

Signora's vision was disturbing, Queen Luna cried non-stop, the barriers of the portals between worlds broke, deaths and the smell of blood filled the air, and the great black wolf bathed in blood, even Thanatos, the god of the world of the dead, cried in despair.

Gathering with her best Witches, the 7 of them decided to seal the mate's she-wolf until the Alpha king's wolf was mature enough. The young girl was brought to the world of witches without understanding anything, Signora felt sorry for the girl but she needed to prevent the universe from crumbling into chaos and darkness. The girl was only 15 years old, so pure and naive, but there was no other way, someday she would explain everything. They placed the girl on the altar and began to invoke the spell, all with closed eyes avoiding looking at the girl writhing in pain. Joining forces, Signora hovered over the girl and managed to seal her she-wolf, after the spell, the girl seemed like a normal young lady.

The girl slept for years and only woke up when she turned 190 years old, with the same appearance as when she was 15, she was sent to Earth with her memories corrupted to live as a human.

Five years had passed since then and Signora had grown fond of the girl, who saw her as a godmother. She appeared to be 20 years old but was actually 195, the girl always praised her appearance and told her godmother how beautiful she was. Her human family treated her very well, they had truly grown fond of her, even though it was all a facade and the memories created in her mind were just illusions.

Perhaps the fact that she had taken away the girl's right to have a mate also made her feel unworthy of love, even though she was in love with the water-controlling witch Tartaglia.

Tartaglia always insisted that the two of them should be together and for all these years, he had remained faithful by her side, hoping that one day his beloved would reciprocate his feelings.

During her last visit to the Kingdom of Earth, Signora could sense the presence of Noah, which made her even more agitated. She had to cover her scent and tracks because if the werewolf king sensed her presence, she would have to explain to him why she was in this world. It was no secret that the Alpha king held this kingdom in high esteem, his love for these fragile and pathetic beings caused unease in other kingdoms, but perhaps it was because he felt the proximity of his death.

Well, what would be my choice of course this year, what college would I attend, let's see law or medicine? Let's flip a coin, while I had breakfast savoring my eggs with bacon, I looked at Mary and said:

Noah

So Mary, what do you think it will be? Law or medicine?

Mary

Oh, my boy, only you, deciding your future with a coin.

I flipped the coin while Mary looked at me disapprovingly. If she only knew how many times I had studied all these things and that this was just a mere distraction from my long solitary life, I hadn't visited my friend Thanatos in a while, after all, I would soon be joining him in his realm permanently. So why go there when I could still visit the other realms? There was also Signora, the Queen of the witches, but for some reason every time I saw her, it seemed like she was hiding something from me.

Well, the coin fell and rolled, spun around and around, this time it was strange, I swear I felt a chill down my spine. So, it landed on heads - law this year. I got up, packed my things, and got into my red Ferrari, the lure of human women. Not that I didn't like them, but there wasn't a woman, witch, or wolf who could satisfy me. I treated them all well, but none could make me feel like a companion, and I also avoided giving false hopes, I didn't want to play around or hurt anyone's feelings. I knew how it felt to be incomplete and didn't want anyone else to feel that way or hurt, so everyone who passed through my bed, whether here or in other realms, knew it was without commitment.

I arrived at the college; this time it was Columbia, closer to Central Park. I could see all the students walking back and forth, and I hurried to enter the classroom. I liked to sit at the front in the corner. I could see the room filling up with around 30 students. The first class started, about ten minutes in, a somewhat awkward figure arrived, asking for permission. His heart was beating so hard that I could hear it. My old cantankerous wolf raised his head for a moment and commented, "Pretty human." Well, I had to agree with that cranky wolf who, after years of ignoring me, decided to talk to me, even when I transformed, he still ignored me.

Flea bag, now you decide to talk to me? (wolf) My name is Darkness, respect me, kid. I could feel the grumpy growling inside me, lazy as hell, doesn't even get up when he decides to argue with me, this cretin hadn't said a word in 100 years, since he fought with me because I didn't find our mate, as if that were my fault.

Back to the lesson, I probably answered about five questions that the professor asked, the girl who arrived late answered about two, which was very impressive. I knew the answers because I practically knew all of this by heart.

It was break time, all those young people walking back and forth, I went to have a coffee, a delicious coffee, one of the things I most enjoyed in the human world. I'm having my coffee and I feel someone approaching.

(wolf) Pretty human approaching.

Oh, this cantankerous one got fixated on this human.

Zaya: Hello, my name is Zaya, would you mind if I sat with you?

Noah: Hello Zaya, mine is Noah, please sit down, make yourself at home.

Look at the cantankerous one even sat down in my mind, this wolf was going senile, it must have been because of our impending death.

Zaya: Hmm, you are very intelligent.

Noah: Look who's talking, you are too and you came in with a triumphant entrance.

I could see her cheeks blush; I had to admit she was beautiful. If I were human, I would definitely fall in love with her, but she was good, you could feel it, so I would just be her faithful friend. I wouldn't dare touch something so pure, especially knowing that my old wolf had seen her just a few hours ago and was coveting the girl. Probably the fact that he couldn't mate was messing with not only my but his mind as well.

When we were leaving college, I offered a ride, she seemed excited, but I convinced her, took her to a cafeteria, well she worked here.

Zaya

Noah thanks for the ride

Noah

Always at your service, I can bring you every day

Zaya

I think it's best not to, people like you don't usually befriend people like me.

She turned and walked in, I was left bewildered, then I understood that she was talking about social class, now what the hell was this, I had never been pushed away by anyone for being rich, really this girl was a pure soul, but I would show that people can be friends, this human world created barriers that shouldn't exist.