The White Lycan

Chapter Six

I was woken up by Kelly, she had a tray of food in her hands. "Good morning, Callia. I hope you slept well. My idiot brother wants to speak with you before we leave today."

Leave today? Worry filled my veins. Am I going back? If I'm not being sent back, then-

"We're going to Amy's hair salon to fix your hair and we're going to do some mild shopping so Mom and I can get a guess on your sizes." Kelly smiled at me as she spoke. Shopping? "It'll be a lot of fun, and of course Gabe has everyone too terrified to even look in your direction without his permission." She chuckled. I crinkled my eyebrows. How is that funny? "Gabe said since you had been used to eating light, that we should start light." She gestured to the tray in her hands. "We aren't entirely sure what you'd like, so he made sure I gave you some choices. There's oatmeal, some different fruit, and some pancakes. I also have sugar, butter, and syrup if you choose to add any of that." She sat the tray on the table beside my head. "Eat up and I'll be back in an hour to help you get dressed and brush your hair. We might be able to get some of it cut off if you'd like."

Cut my hair? I had never thought about cutting my hair. Subconsciously, my hand drifted to stroke the ends of my hair. It was well past my waist, ending somewhere around my hips, and was often a hindrance but I had become accustomed to using it as a shield and it felt like an extension of my body. I shook my head quickly at her and her eyebrows shot up.

"You don't want to cut any of it off?" I shook my head again and she nodded. "Well okay then, we'll leave it as it is." She chuckled at me and left the room.

I sat up in the bed and started eating some of the food. The oatmeal tasted familiar on my tongue, but brought memories I'd rather forget. The fruit was sweet, I'd never had anything like it before. It was red, sweet, and cut into squares. It had black seeds in it, which I found weren't exactly easy to chew so I picked those off of each piece and placed them on the plate. It was absolutely delicious and it took all my willpower not to wolf it down. As I ate, my mind wandered to Kelly and what she'd said. She said we were going to a hair salon. I don't know what that is. Then she had also said that we were going shopping. What is shopping? What is a 'size'? I make a mental note to ask Kelly when she comes back. Why are all these people being so nice to me? Olivia said that I will be safe here, that no one will hurt me, but I've been lied to before. I couldn't fight them for my freedom; all I could do was do what they said and obey. Kelly and Olivia had said that the 'hair salon' would be where we could get rid of the rest of the dye in my hair. Alpha Dane went through a lot of trouble to cover my hair and my eyes, why are these people working so hard to uncover it? A knock at the door disturbed my thoughts and I looked up to see Kelly poke her head inside.

"Hey there. I have a tagalong, guess who doesn't know what no means?" She rolled her eyes and entered my room, Alpha Reynolds directly behind her. He looked imposing as ever in the outfit he wore. Black combat boots, tight black cargo pants, and a tight black t-shirt. His black clothing always went right with all the black artwork on his arms and his neck. He had a black tool belt around his hips that held several knives, stakes, and small round things. He had another strap around his torso that held a couple knives and two guns. I felt the blood drain out of my face and the terror set in before I could take another breath. No no no no.

"None of these weapons are to be used on you, Callia." His voice always sounded like ice, no matter what he said. I dropped my eyes to the blanket in front of me. "Eyes up, Callia." I shot my eyes upwards to meet his. "I wanted to tell you that I am going hunting. I do not know when I will be back. I will try to return periodically but you will be under Kelly's supervision as well as my mother's until I get back." With that he turned and left.