We Must Be Killers (Teen Wolf)

Chapter 9 - Memory Lane Part 1

-6 years ago-

My heart clenched when we drove by the 'Welcome to Bradford, Vermont' sign. It also read it wasn't very populated and a small town much like the one we left. But this place would never be my home. It was a stranger to me and I don't accept it and for some reason I felt like it didn't accept us either. If it was up to me I would be in Beacon hills still But no, my parents were too afraid to stand up to the hunters who were foolish to think that they actually had power since my 2nd family's death one week ago.

One week has all it's been since the... tragic event, as Kali put it. 

The thick woods went by in a blur and I felt tears sting my eyes when I thought about everything. The darkness seemed to drag me deeper into it's pits and there's no way to get out. I don't want to be here. I don't want to move here to this town. I don't want to leave my past life behind for this. This small little town that rarely shows up on maps and doesn't have a place I recognized here is my new "home". It hit me that this was real. This is suddenly happening in full swing and I can't do anything to stop it. I'm drowning in my own sorrows that I can't escape from. That I'm screaming but no one hears me. I'm so alone and it seems like I'm not worth saving. And truth be told, I don't want to be saved. I want this pain in my chest to end along with my tears that was killing me slowly with each breath.

I felt the single lone tear travel down my cheek and I brushed it away before my family noticed. My mom started from the passenger seat "We're almost there" she forces a smile and looks back at me and my 2 sisters. She's been doing this here and there during the long car ride to break the silence. I ignored her the best I could and went back to staring out the window with depressed thoughts consuming me.

"Katerina, you'll love the woods here. There right in our backyard" Dad added his two cents in and I felt irked that they wouldn't leave me be.

I slowly refocused back in the car and I slowly looked over at my mom who was turned in her seat to look back at us and my dad who glanced at us through the rear view mirror as he drove closer to town. My expression was stolid and I gave nothing away to them. My eyes shifted to the two girl's beside me. Kali and Kira just stared at me not saying a word but they knew how much I hurt. It was a sister thing I assumed.

"We had the woods in our backyard at our old home" I countered grumpily before turning my head back toward the window.

I heard my mom sigh "I know it's been hard on you ,Kat. It's been hard on all of us but we needed to move on. We couldn't let the hunters do to us what they did to the Hale family."

My head snaps toward my mom so fast my hair went flying. My beta gold eyes locked on my mother's brown eyes. "It doesn't even matter anymore. The damage is done" even in my temper tantrum I felt the tears fill my eyes and my eyes turn back to there arctic color as I say "My best friend is now dead. Things will never be the same again."

My little sister Kira grabbed my hand in hers and rest her head on my shoulder. I leaned into my little sister's touch and I felt lucky to have her and Kali. They are what kept me sane through this so far. I don't know where I'd be without my sisters here for me.