My mother quickly picked me up and hid me in a hiding spot underneath the floorboards. I sat down on a bunch of blankets and lean against the pillows. "Honey, don't do anything to reveal yourself. As your mother, I demand you to be safe. You are under my protection" she said. Her eyes were strong and unwavering when she had said that. Her green eyes stared into my silver ones. "I love you. Don't you ever forget that" she now said. Tears in her eyes. They spilled down her face and dripped onto the blankets. She put a lock of my black hair behind my ears. My mother kissed my forehead and slowly slid out her necklace from underneath her shirt. I watched as she unclasped it and put it on me. "Your grandmother gave it to me before she died. This will remind you we're always here for you. We always love you" she said kissing my forehead. My eyes filled. "Love you mommy" I said as she climbed back up and moved all the floorboards back into place.
I saw her moved the rug back over it and my father came into the room. His black hair was falling in his face. He helped my mother put the small table back into place and set the candles back on it. I crawled farther in the small space to see them. I heard the pounding of wolve's paws and the growls they were making. I flinched and froze. The door burst open. I crawled back into the pillows. "Nice to see you Mrs. and Mr. Lewis" a male's voice sneered dripping with venom off his every word. I flinched at his tone. "I would say it to but it’s never nice to see a hunter's face around here with his rogues" my father said. I suppressed a whimper at his tone.
My father was always such a kind man who always had a playful, teasing or happy smile on his face. He was a man of giving and goodness. I never heard this tone before. It sounded cold, distant and held back walls of anger and venom. "You came here with your two hunters and rogues for a reason. I have no time for your games" my father growled. I could tell he was standing at my mother's side except on step ahead of her. He was protecting us both. I could tell by my mother's breathing, he wouldn't be able to protect her. She would fight to. She wasn't one to run and hide. She was one to fight and defend. She didn't back down and neither did my father. A good match for each other.
"Ah always one to get down to business. Hand it over and your lives will be free" the male said circling them. My parents were now on the balls of their feet as if they were expecting a fight. I could tell they wouldn't be able to hold off that many wolves. I had heard around twenty to thirty wolves all raging with the thirst of blood to spill. "No" my parents both replied with steely tones. It was if they knew he was going to ask this and it was unacceptable.
"You brought it upon yourself" the male said just as wolves burst in from the doors and windows. I bit my tongue to stop from squealing as I heard the thunder of their paws hit the ground and glass shatter with a sound that was higher than wind chimes. If the glass hadn't been shattered in such a matter, I would've thought it was beautiful, musical even. I heard the rogue’s growl and my parents shifted into their wolves. I could sense them allowing only a little control over to their wolves.
The wolves attacked. I heard whimpers and whines mostly from my parents when they had been injured. The man's evil laughter filled my ears. A sound that would haunt me for the rest of my life. It was so cruel, so cold. The sound brought shivers to my body. I could sense my parents letting their wolves gain full control over their body. It was a tactic they would only use if they had nothing else to do. I could see the blood dripping from in between the floorboards. Soon it was streaming down. Puddles formed all around me. Puddles of my parent's blood. I knew they couldn't survive. Their survival chance was next to none, I smelled wolfs bane and silver in the air.
Tears silently streamed down my face as I thought of my full of life, energetic parents now lying lifeless less than three feet away above my head. In that moment my life was shattered. The wolves started to retreat and I heard the hunters search my parent’s wolves and houses before leaving. The last wolf froze and looked around. It sniffed the ground and looked at the floor. I held my breath for a few minutes before the wolf turned and left.
I cried for my parents. I cried out of pain. Out of feeling terrified. Of feeling alone. I realized something. Tears will not bring back my parents. Tears won’t comfort me. Tears won’t change what had happened. Tears won’t do anything.
I silently sobbed until I felt the sunset. My eyes drooped shut and I heard a wolf in the room. His steps careful not to break any glass. He threw his head back and howled. A sound of pain, loss and agony. I fell asleep listening to his sad lullaby of howls. I woke up several times. Each time when a bunch of people were around. Some were examining the seen, some examining the bodies, some looked for clues.
My parents had gotten everyone to go to some place half an hour away by running in wolf form from here. That was why no one had reached them to help them. No one knew a thing of what was happening.
I was in a state where I was somewhat awake but still asleep. A nightmare had taunted this dream. I was whimpering and whining. A wolf walked in slowly, careful not to step on any glass. I heard him shift as his human shadow was cast on the floorboards. He moved the table with ease. I heard the lock click and latch pop open. The lid to the hiding spot was lifted. I looked up to see a man's face. My father's beta. "Oh sweetie" he said reaching for me. I reached for him to. He picked me up and carried me. I looked around. Bad idea.
There were puddles of blood on the floor. Blood splattered on the walls like splatter paint. Glass was all around in tiny, sharp, hazardous shards. Claw marks were on the floors an inch deep. It looked like a massacre had gone down. I knew my parents had fought hard but not this hard.
I squeezed my eyes shut and buried my face in his chest. I wrapped my arms tighter around his neck. "Sleep. You need it" he told me. I just nodded even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to go to sleep. "She wasn't up locked in the alphas summer cabin, she was here" he called out as he carried me out of the house.
People rushed towards us and all started talking at once. I buried my. Head in his chest deeper. "Silence!" He demanded them and they all listened to him. They all scattered as he carried me to his house. His wife was off doing pack business and helping with the cleanup.
He carefully set me down on his couch. I let go of his neck and looked into his blue eyes. "It'll be okay. Your safe here" he told me. I just nodded not fully believing him. I thought my house was safe but it wasn't. Nowhere was fully safe.
"Mary will be here soon to cook you some food. I have to go arrange some things. Louis is here if you need anything" he told me. I gave him a weak smile to show I was okay. A weak smile was all I could manage. He left looking back to look at me a few times before exiting the house. I slowly stood up on my trembling legs. I stood still for a minute but my legs still trembled more than I liked them to. I slowly walked to the guest bedroom I preferred and laid on the bed.
I promised myself then and there that I will make sure my parents sacrifice was worth it. I wouldn't ever be bitch or extremely rude or mean to anyone. I would be patient. I would be loving. I would be caring. I would be understanding. I would listen. I will be the one people can come to. I promise to not make anyone upset or depressed. I will make people's lives better. That is how I will show my parents that they made a good choice.
I wouldn't drop out of school. Act like everything revolved around me. Make people feel less worthy of themselves. Get people to listen to me and fear me. I wouldn't threaten others. Blackmail or anything like that. I will graduate high school. Go to college if I can. Get a job. Be responsible. Get respect instead of fear. Make people feel special. I will put other's lives before me. I will defend and protect.
This is what I want. This is the life I will lead. This is my promise to myself and parents.
