The First Amoung Them

The Wolf's Winter

Hey, y'all! I hope you all enjoyed the prologue and will enjoy this upcoming chapter. I am working hard on this book, and who knows maybe this will be the one I complete. I usually don't because I'm afraid of ending my books. :P

Also, the whole time I was writing this chapter I thought about poison. In German gift means poison, and I use the word gift a lot in this chapter.

The quote for this chapter:

           People change for two main reasons: Their minds have open or their hearts have been                      broken.

Enjoy the story!

                   -Jae ;)

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My ears twitched under the annoying hat that covered them. I looked out at the frigid landscape of Canada. I thought winter in Utah was cold, but here it was nothing in compared. The snow was thick and everything was covered in it. Ice was slick on the road and my parents had to drive slower than the speed limit.

At least there is plenty of forest to run in, Nikki excitedly said inside my head.

I looked at all the trees that loomed over the seemingly endless road we were driving on. The large pine tree forest was daunting and mysterious, it appeared to dive into the darkness. Yeah, I suppose there is, but we're hours away. How do you know it's not a huge city or wide open fields of snow? I asked Nikki.

"Naomi, darling," my mom said before Nikki could reply, "Are you okay? You look upset."

I looked at her through the rear view mirror that showed her worried green eye, "I'm fine, Nik and I were just talking."

"You two have really become close," My dad said looking back at me with a smile.

"Yeah, Nik is my wolf after all," I said with the same neutral look on my face, "She is here to stay."

Yeah, I'm here to stay so respect my wishes and quit calling me Nik, She said with a voice full of irritation. A small smirk forced its way on to my face as I heard her and her annoyance with that name.

My dad was still looking at me a sad smile now on his face, "You should smile more, it looks good on you."

"Maybe in the next decade," I said, the smirk disappearing off my face. How many times had I said that these past few months? It felt like it had been a decade since the attack and gaining Nikki.

I felt Nikki give a wolfish frown in my head, You really should smile more it's good for you.

For a few minutes I sat there in silence looking out the window, I just don't have the energy or motivation to smile anymore.

Not much was said after that. I sat there looking out the window, listening to the music play and my younger sister's little snores coming from behind her shoulder length, straight, brown hair. With the peace, my eyes slowly started to drift shut as my body decided to turn off. I slept for the last three hours.

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I felt the car make its way around a corner. The early afternoon light showed from behind my closed eyelids. Slowly, I blinked my eyes open and looked at the street we were on. It was long and the houses were far apart. Each house was pretty large, I couldn't help but stare at the only full mansion even with trees blocking my view.

A few minutes later we pulled into the gravel driveway of a beige house with bricks making up the bottom portion. It was three floors and pretty square, the roof was more Utah shaped because of a snow covered balcony. The patio was a wrap around and you could see the forest right behind the house, I guess Nikki was right. There were plenty of windows to let in the natural sunlight. In my eyes it was beautiful, but I would miss our old home.