Unlikely Mates -IM5 Fanfic

Chapter 11

Cole's P.O.V

It has been a week since we saw Blanca and I would be lying if I said that I have not thought of her since then. To be honest ever since that day my whole family has not been the same. It was always my mom, Gabe and I being together and being happy, but lately we have all been tensed at least with my mom. Gabe and I are still good with each other, but we aren't spending time with each other like we used to and he has started to be more distant from us. I have tried to talk to him, but sometimes he would say he was not in the mood or that he was doing something else. He has been a little bit more rude to mom as well.

She has this habit of giving us a hug in the mornings and we are always okay with that. Lately, whenever she wanted to give Gabe a hug he would always push her away and I could tell that it actually hurt her a lot. Gabe wasn't the only one acting strange because mom has been acting a lot less like herself. We would have one night once a month where all three of us go hunting and we would always stay together, but when that time was about to come a few days ago I asked at yet another quiet dinner and the only response was that she was kind of busy. I guess Gabe did not like that response and left the table looking pissed and disappointed, but he didn't say anything.

I haven't been the same either. I haven't felt that energetic like usual and I've been more quiet. I rarely get any sleep too and when I do sleep it is always some bad dream. I can only see some parts of it before I can't watch any of it and the dream itself changes settings. I've been having this dream a lot this past week and I'm not sure why. I'm not sure where I'm in, but it's a dark room with only a small window to show I was in a a building more likely a basement. At first it takes time for me to adjust to the dark, but once they are I see someone trying to hide themselves behind their knees. I also see that the person I'm looking at is a girl and by the sounds of sniffling I realize that she is crying. I have tried getting close to her to talk to her and to tell her that she was going to be fine, but my feet seem to be stuck in place and all I can do is stand and watch what happens. That's when I start wishing I could move because before I know it someone is coming down some step and I could feel that the girl is starting to get even more scared and when the mysterious person is in sight I see my dad. That's when I start realizing that I'm about to watch what my dad did to Blanca. I don't watch; I look away because this is something that I shouldn't even know the details to. I look away, but I can't block out her cries and I think that's what hurts the most.

It doesn't take long before everything gets quiet and I find myself in the woods. At first I don't realize what I am doing, but then I start taking everything in and realize I am holding a gun. I am holding a gun and I'm pointing it to my own dad and I always want to put it down, but that is when I realize that I'm not really me. That is when I realize that I am in Blanca's body and seeing everything she was. I'm starting to think these dreams are just me reliving her memories, but the question is how is that possible if I can't even find our bond no matter how much I try. I start noticing that my dad doesn't look good and is almost lifeless. I also realize that Blanca is still tasting blood and when that is usually when I notice two teeth marks on my dad's neck. I don't know what I should feel about this, but I feel sick thinking about someone drinking my dad's blood. I see that there are people there, but that is the odd part because they look blurry and unfocused, but when I try to fix that they go away. Not long after I feel her hands tightening on the gun and that is the moment I wish I didn't have to see. I hear a gunshot and that is normally the last thing I see.

I wake up usually soaked in my own sweat and breathing so hard it seemed like I just ran without a rest. I haven't told Gabe yet and I am for sure not going to tell my mom about it, so I've been keeping it to myself. If any of them have actually noticed I've change they don't make it obvious and I guess I'm okay with that, but I feel like this is just going to get worse.