Kaylee and Damien (6th in werewolf series)

Kaylee and Damien

"It's a winding road, when you're in the lost and found. I'm a runner, you're a lover and we go round and round. And i love you but i leave you. I don't want you but i need you. You know it's you that calls me back here baby." 'Colder Weather' Zac Brown Band

Kaylee smiled as she watched her brother, Vanessa and Faith chasing each other around the yard. She was glad to see Kayleb laughing and smiling again. He had been like a completely different man the last month since fully mating to Vanessa.

"Ugh!" Kaitlyn exclaimed as she slammed the book she was reading down on the table. "It's supposed to be summer vacation. I shouldn't have to read a stupid book and do a stupid report!"

"Huck Finn is not a stupid book. It's a good book." Kaylee replied as she finished braiding one of Gwen's long blond pigtails and started on the second.

"I would rather be watching tv or playing a video game. Or at the mall... You know they have the cutest new pink purse there that would match my new sundress perfectly!"

"Oh no! Somebody take the girl to the store before the perfect pink purse is gone because we all know what a terrible tragedy that would be." Kent teased as he walked out of the house and sat down on the porch.

"Leave her alone." Jordan said in her pixie like voice, as she too walked out and sat down on Kent's lap. "She comes by her obsession with fashion honestly."

"Thank you, Jordan." Bethany said walking out and tossing her glowing blond hair over her shoulder.

"I think she meant that she got it from her daddy." Kent replied.

"Gee thanks, Kent." Greg said as he walked out and Kent strained his neck to look up at the tall skinny man and nodded.

"No problem, Greg." Bethany glared at Kent.

"You're such a troll." she said.

"You keep talking so sweet to me princess and I might just have to switch mates."

"You all behave. Every one of you is over one hundred years old, now act like it." Rebecca scolded as she stepped out onto the porch.

"Not me!" Kaitlyn said.

"Or me." Kaylee agreed.

"No me." Gwen piped up. Suddenly thunder sounded in the distance and the sun seemed to be swallowed up by the big black clouds moving in.

"Come on in everybody. It's getting ready to storm and I have dinner ready." Rebecca said quickly. Kaylee finished Gwen's pigtail and watched the girl follow everyone else inside, leaving Kaylee alone on the porch.

Kaylee walked off the porch and out into the yard as the summer wind grew cooler against her bare arms. She pulled down the bottom of her tank top and hugged herself tightly. The bright sunny day had quickly turned into a dark and dreary one. Kaylee gave a humorless laugh as she realized the day was a little like her. One moment she was happy and feeling blessed as she enjoyed her family and the next she was thinking about the loss of her parents and Damien's month long absence and she would feel suddenly sad and gloomy.

She missed her parents almost desperately. She knew that the other adults in the family missed them as well but they all had mates and children of their own to share their pain and little Gwen was too young to miss her mom and dad.

It was hard to believe that Kaylee felt alone when she was always surrounded by so many people but alone is exactly how she felt. She missed Damien. Never before had he been gone this long without at least a five minute visit to check on her. She was worried about him but she knew there was no way to know whether or not he was okay.