In the heart of darkness

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  Mum had made waffles and bacon with her amazing toffee sauce. My mouth watered as I fill my plate full of food and go to the table. I dig in ignoring everyone and Eating even when Carter lifts me up and places me on his knee.
 
  "I don't get how she keeps that tiny ass waist with that appetite"
 
  I moan mumbling but then I stop to swallow when mum glares at me
 
  "Sorry, I keep this waist because the drill sergeants makes me train for 6 hours every damn day, 4 against 1! I could eat all this and still stay skinny and that's not even including the time I spend dedicated for squatting to keep my ass in shape"
 
  Mum snorts and chuckles, I spend all damn day squatting. I use to have the best ass ever now iv got to work and keep it because all of the stupid exercise he has me doing
 
  "It's for your own good"
 
  I roll my eyes at Carter, digging back into my food
 
  "She must be like the matrix by now"
 
  "No she's better, she's not allowed to train with her powers"
 
  Daniel tells pops he looks surprised. We eat in comfortable conversation and when food was done it was present time. It wasn't my birthday until tomorrow but tomorrow would be too busy so I get to open them early.
 
  Nana Keagen and grandpa James go first. I take the box grinning. Some people are not into presents but I am. I love presents so much, but not the actual gift. More the thought behind the gift and how the person thought of me as they bought it. Inside was 2 white gold bracelets. They had 8 rows of white diamonds that hung around my wrist losely coming together in the middle where my pack symbol was. I had seen all the other girls, we all received them on our 18th but mine was totally different from there's. These had been designed and made for me and that thought alone made me cry.
 
  "I love them so much thank you"
 
  Carter wipes the tears from my face as they just keep coming
 
  "Your very welcome Princess"
 
  Next was popa drake and nana lilly. They hand me a small box and an envelope and drake gets up and pulls a huge box from the corner that I hadn't noticed. He pushes it towards me so I climb down and open it, gasping and pulling each item out.
 
  "But how? I searched all over for these specific designs and I couldn't get them anywhere"
 
  "Well we have a friend in Africa who loved them so much that she wanted to make them for you"
 
  I cry harder. I had designed huge fluffy matts for our house and cushions for the sofa and beds as well as the bed linens. All of them would match my house tying into the design perfectly. I was a little ocd like my father and I wanted everything perfect and these were so so perfect.
 
  "You have no idea how much that means to me"
 
  Pops pulls me into a bear hug
 
  "Oh I do, your so like me it's actually rather funny"
 
  I chuckle nodding my head as he kisses my head then Nan hugs me to,
 
  "You actually are it's rather freaky"
 
  She kisses my head and then goes back to her seat as Carter lifts me off the floor kissing my cheek.
 
  "Happy?"
 
  "So so so happy"
 
  I open the box and grin it's my moon choker but it was different then the others matching my bracelets but in the middle sat a little white gold wolf with orange eyes
 
  "Thank you I love it"
 
  "Your welcome"
 
  Mum hands me a smaller box this time and I open it and grin. It was my royal family thumb ring. I pull it out straight away and pop it on. It was covered in tiny diamonds and it was so beautiful
 
  "Thank you guys so much"
 
  Mum smirks
 
  "As if those two goons stopped there"
 
  I snort as dads glare at her she smirks as Scott hands me several little boxes. I open the first up and frown. It was like a piece of custom jewellery but different. I pull it out, it's chain was more like a wire but from a foot away you would think of it as a simple little necklace with crystals on it. It could be tightened or loosened with a little charm that had the pack symbol on it.
 
  "What is it?"
 
  I ask dad intrigued. He held out his hand so I pass it over
 
  "It can be worn as either a necklace or a bracelet, but really it does this"
 
  He pulls on it tight and it stretches, he yanks on it and it doesn't break he does it again and he turns to Ashley
 
  "Touch it"
 
  She does and yelps snapping her finger back
 
  "It heats up so you can strangle someone with it if you get attacked. It's pretty enough to wear all the time but it doesn't look too expensive so nobody will want to steal it. It's a weapon"
 
  "That is so cool"
 
  "It's really cool I want one"
 
  Ashley complains
 
  "Me to"
 
  Mum pouts, Scott rolls his eyes pulling 2 more boxes out and he hands them one each, they squeak in excitement pulling there's out and playing with it. Dad hands mine back so I wrap it around my wrist and he's right it was pretty.
 
  "Thank you I love it"
 
  I open the next box and grin, new Gucci sunglasses. I pull them out and pop them on
 
  "Oh so pretty"
 
  Mum steals them from my face and puts them on herself making dad roll his eyes and me and everyone else laugh
 
  "What else ya get?"
 
  She asks, pushing the glasses down her nose. I giggle, my mother was fabulous in all ways but she was hilariously funny too. I opened the last box and grin, it was a little prada hip bag.
 
  "Ohhh I love it"
 
  I squeak, holding it up.
 
  "Thank you so much they are amazing and it's too much but I still appreciate them and love them"
 
  Mum snorts as jaxon passes me more presents and my grandparents laugh
 
  "What! she's our baby. After her we have nobody left"
 
  "You have me"
 
  Archie snaps at them, Scott pushes his face away
 
  "I meant baby girl, your a boy your easy"
 
  He rolls his eyes as I open the box on top, inside was a pack of very expensive chisels I gasp
 
  "I LOVE THESE"
 
  I squeak, pulling each one out and looking them over. They were perfect.
 
  "Told you it's an amazing present"
 
  Dad snaps at other dad and I grin
 
  "Hell yes iv made daniel steal so many tools from the workers we should probably send them a check"
 
  Daniel snorts nodding his head
 
  "It's true, she stole at least one thing from all the builders"
 
  I grin opening the next box and inside is a screw driver I squeak clapping my hands together
 
  "Best day ever. Thank you these are amazing"
 
  "You're so weird? What 18 year old girl wants tools for her birthday"
 
  "One that's an amazing designer"
 
  Dad tells the table proudly, making me blush. Ashley hands me a present next so I open it up and grin.
 
  "These are amazing I love them"
 
  They were custom baby blue doc martens. What I wasn't expecting was Daniel, Rob and max to hand me a box each
 
  "Boys you didn't need to get me anything. Really"
 
  "Come on your the best boss ever"
 
  Daniel nudges them forward. I grin, taking the top one from the pile and opening it. I squeak slapping the table