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Chapter 1

ARIANA’S P.O.V

 To my precious girls,

If you are reading this, then it means I am gone, and I’m sorry  for that. Sorry neither me nor your mother are with you to help you through the changes that are coming. You both are too young to be without either parents. Ariana Mackenzie, I remember you, a tiny, delicate four year old and  Zoe Autumn, a small and sad five year old. You’re mother had just passed on from cancer, and you were both so very torn up about it. She loved you dearly, and she never wanted to leave you. You must leave Australia, get out and go somewhere safe. We have family in Forks, Washington. Go there and you’ll be safe, they’ll protect you. I can’t say what they’ll be protecting you from, just know that it is stronger than you, for now. Go to Forks and find the reservation, it’s where your family is. Zoe, they might not believe you’re Quileute, but they’ll trust whatever you say if you say you’re Diego White’s daughters. Ask around for Billy Black, he’ll help you and be the father I no longer can be to you girls. You have cousins and aunties and uncles, who don’t know about you yet, but they will, and they will take you under their care and into their homes. Billy has a son, Jacob, who is around the same age as you both, he’ll be a big help to the both of you, you must simply tell Billy your name and that you are my children, he’ll know what has happened, and, when the time is right, he’ll tell you everything you need to know. My girls, please remember just how proud your mother and I were of you. Zoe, you are so much like your mother, and Ariana, my little squirt, you are just like me. You have the Quileute look about you, the look of your ancestors. Zo, every time I looked at you, I saw your mother shining through, in your laugh and in your smile, I will always be with you, in your hearts. My spirit is in everything around you, and I will always be watching over you, sending help from the spirits of your ancestors. I am always here for you. I love you, my little wolves. Zoe, look after your sister, and the same goes for you, Ariana. Be there for each other, you’re all the immediate family you both have left. With all that I am, and with all my love,

Papa

It’s almost as if he knew he would die. Zoe is sitting there with a blank expression on her face, neither of us really know what to do now. I pass the letter to her, after reading it for myself, and watch as the tears start falling silently down her face. I hate seeing her like this, broken and seemingly beyond repair, but we’ll get through this, as we always have and always will. Together.

“Zo? Zoe? We have to start packing, it’s what Papa wanted us to do.”

Zoe just starts nodding, at a loss for words. I get up mechanically, resembling a robot in my movements, and head upstairs to my room. My suitcase is in the top of my wardrobe and I pull it down.

‘Pack light’ I tell myself, we can’t take much on a plane, and I get this feeling we won’t be coming back here anytime soon. Packing only the essentials, some clothes and personal items, I leave and go check on Zoe. Zo is meant to be the oldest, but she doesn’t handle death very well.

“Zoe?” I say gently, knocking on her door “Can I come in?”

I hear sniffling come from behind the door and just walk in. Zoe is sitting on her bed, hunched over and sobbing quietly.

“Zoe,” I say, choking on my words a little bit, “Zo, you need to pack. We have to leave soon, we’ve got to go to this Forks place and start a new life, meet some new family”

“I- I know. Can you help me pack?”

I smile weakly at her and say “Sure, where’s your suitcase?”

“Same spot as yours, top of the wardrobe”

I get her suitcase down as she starts to get out her favourite items of clothing, and putting them in the suitcase.