Painted In My Blood

Chapter 8: Surviving The First Parents Visit.

Kander's family had left a little over four minutes ago. They stayed for lunch and tea. After that Kander was in a rush to push his Mother and Father out from the pack house.

   "Meadow... Are you hungry" Kander asked. I waited for an angry race of words to spill from his mouth but they didn't come, he was being nice and I didn't know the case of why. "I'm light headed... My sugars low, food would help" I added. Kander grabbed me by the waist once more, "To the kitchen then" he said as he lifted me up and over his shoulder. I giggled, stopping myself from doing anything else.

    I sat down at the kitchen island, watching as Kander made the two sandwichs. He put a combonation of pickle, tomatoes, and turkey on top of the two pieces of bread, spreading a light dab of mayo over one slice and then the next.

   "Here... I promise, It won't kill  you" Kander joked as he slid the plate over to me, sitting ketchup and mustard beside me. Kander placed his hands against the counter, bracing his body against the surface. I paused, staring down at the sandwhichs. Before I took a bit I leaned forward, grabbing Kander's hands. "Kander... Are you upset with me" I asked under my breath. Kander sighed, "Meadow... I'm not upset with you. You did great today, if anything... I'm proud of you". Kander gave me a grin as he looked up at me. "May I have a drink of water Alpha" I asked as I handed him my other sandwhich. Kander grabbed a glass from the cabinet, filling it with tap water from the sink. He sat the glass down in front of me, pushing it over with his hand.

   I glanced down at the glass, following back to Kander's eyes. "Go ahead Meadow". I gently pulled the glass toward me, pausing before I put my lips on the glass. Kander turned his back on me, filling another glass. He pressed the glass at the edge of his lips, "Like this... Go on, I swear... I won't take it from you". I took a small drink from the glass, holding the water in my cheeks. I had just lost a tooth about four days ago when Kander beat me, and to be honest I needed to get it looked at. I was surprised that I even had teeth considering what I've been though.

"How do you feel" Kander asked. I took another sip, "About what..." I paused, not realizing how small my voice was. "About everything... You died, you just met my parents, I'm you're mate..." Kander paused, messing with his glass of water in his hand. I wanted to say something smart, but I had nothing to say. "It's okay Kander... I'm not upset" I lied. Kander crept toward me, leaning over my body. "Meadow, I will never hurt you again... I know that coming from me means nothing, but I'm vowing that I won't hurt you again". "Bullshit... Rip his throat out". I shook my head, pinching my hand to get my wolf to leave. "Yeah, I know" I whispered.

   That's what I was afraid of, Kander not acting like himself scarred the Hell out of me.

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I watched as Kander took a bit from his sandwhich, chewing slowly. "You better eat... I might want that other sandwhich". I glanced down at the sandwhich, I was hungry but with all the thoughts I had swimming in my head made me sick.

  I took a big bit from the sandwhich, chewing rather fast. Kander cleared his throat, taking another bit from his sandwhich. "Oliver, Jazz, Sebastian, Wayne, Trevor, Zack, Aj, Hunter, Braxton, Alex, Levi, Vincent, Gabriel, and Jackson are all under vow that if any of them lay a single hand on you... I will kill them all, because you're mine" Kander whispered as he rubbed his index finger over my jaw. He planted a small kiss at my neck, and then at my mouth. I flinched back when I felt his lips against my skin, but a small part of me pushed forward and wanted Kander to dig deeper.

   "Kander... May I be excused" I asked as I pulled away from him. Kander shook his head, releasing my arm from his light squeeze. "Of course..." Kander paused, sliding his hand in mine, "Just one last thing". I followed Kander to the front door. This felt different. I didn't want to run, I actually felt like I could stay here and learn to like my life. Besides, I didn't know anything about the outside world, and I had no family. "Kander..." I paused, catching what felt like tears back at bay.

  "I'm letting you go... I won't come looking for you, I won't bother you... You leave now, and I'll know the truth of how you feel". I twitched, my whole body twitched, "He's lying, he'll never let us go, not then and not now". Kander pushed me forward, "Go on Mead... I won't stop you". I put my head down, taking in a deep breath. "Kander... Don't do this" I cried. Kander raised my face in his hands, as he turned me toward him. "Meadow... I will always love you, but now... I'm willing to let you go". I bowed my entire body forward, "I'm not leaving you... I can't dream of doing such a Promising but punishing thing in my life of living". Kander watched me with wide eyes, "You're telling me, that you've tried to escape thousands of times and now you won't take the first train out of here". I nodded, "No, I'm being told to leave... Which either means A, you'll come looking for me. B, your tried of taking care of me and see me as a burden... In which I'm staying. Or C, because you and I are to close alike and that scares the Hell out of both of us for different or maybe even the same reasons". Kander dropped his hands from my cheeks, "Fine, then I don't want you to stay". I laughed, "I'm not stupid Kander, reverse psychology doesn't work on me". Kander waited, staring me down with his red hot eyes.

I wanted nothing more than to rip his head off when I seen him so upset at me, but something was different. He almost seemed to soft, not the same kid I grew up with... Grew up with seemed such an odd term to use. It was more like staying the same size, only my body aged with every year my birthday came around. 

     Kander's hands started to shake, this usually meant I was pissing him off, but there was the way he stared at me. "Meadow". I blinked from my day dream, "Yes Alpha". Kander stepped closer, grazing his fingers over my forearm. "May I have promission to kiss you". I didn't melt, I knew I had Kander by his neck. Now all I had to do was wait for the right moment to snap it clean off. "No... Kander, you can't kiss me".