Hunting Mate

Chapter Two

I look at one of my co-workers as I clock out of work "see you Monday" I said as I walked out, I worked in garage on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and then I volunteered at a school on Tuesday and Thursday, although I might leave my volunteer role, I loved it but I can't afford to leave my job and I don't have time to eat or sleep properly with paroling on the nights and then work and volunteering on the weekdays and Saturday.

But today I could just leave the fretting because tomorrow was Sunday and I have a day off and its Will's birthdays so we were going out to celebrate. Will was another one of the wolf in the pack with me. He also volunteered at the school with me.

I stopped at a red light and just looked around, I wanted to get home and I managed to hit every red light possible. I look to the car on my right and see a teenage-barely-staring at me on my motorbike, I look back the road "hey man?" I heard I look back at the teenager again who now had her head out the window looking at me "how fast do that thing for?" she asked I saw the light go on Amber "faster than you could handle" I say and speed off as it the light goes green.

I turn into the woods and head down the track to Joe's house, I turn off my bike once I'm outside, I climb off and knock at the door taking my helmet off. Sally opens the door "hey Layton" she says I smile "hey just came to get my work schedule" I said she laughed and let me in "honey, Layton is here" she announced.

Sally is Joe's wife and imprintee she was petite with long black hair thanks to her Asian heritage, Joe came down he was the opposite to his wife tall, short black hair and had a look that told you he could eat razor blades without flinching "ah Layton, I'm glad you're here" he said oh no "you are?" I asked nervously.

Joe sat down on a chair and gestured for me to sit on the couch so I did "you are one of my best hunters" he told them "and I want you to be the one to train Axel and Taylor how to be a good hunter" he told me, I thought about it for a while "that's kind of you to think about me but I don't think I can do it, I have so much going already, I'm already thinking about leaving my volunteer role so I can get more sleep, I only have one day that I can get good sleep and eat properly even then I sometimes can't" I explain.

Joe looks at me then nods "ok Layton, as for your paroling we need you Monday night from 9pm to 3am, then Tuesday just 12am to 3am, Thursday 7pm to 9pm, Friday 5pm to 1am, Saturday and Sunday the same as last night" he said then got up and went back upstairs, I rubbed my head and wrote it all down day off of the full week at least it was something and some of those shift where barely anything so that was good.

I left the house and headed back to mine "hey honey" I heard I jumped and saw my mom "what are you doing here?" I asked her, we never had the strongest relationship but since I became a wolf it got even more strained because of training and paroling and with work and volunteering it was just hard to talk to anyone.

She hugged me "well I hardly see you anymore" she said I just stare at her, she grabs the paper out of my hand "is this your work schedule?" she asked reading it "6 hours, 3 hours, a day off, 2 hours, 8 hours, and you are working the weekend too? What job is this? This is slave labor" she said I grabbed the paper "it's not it's work and training for my security job" I told her, my mom didn't know I was a wolf but she knew that I would parole the woods cause she once asked about where I go late on a night for hours so I told her I parole the woods for a security business.

I pin up the paper on my notice board and mom starts reading my other shift "honey you don't seem to get a break" she said I shrug "it's life" I said making myself a sandwich "mom I'm really tired I just want to go to bed" I say as I take a bite from my sandwich "well you go to sleep then I will clean up this mess" she says looking at my house, I sigh "mom why are you here?" I ask "I miss you Layton, you haven't been to ours in 4 years" she said rubbing my cheek.

I finish my sandwich "because I work and I have training" I say she knew this, I want to know the really reason she is here "Layton, I know something is wrong, something is weird about this place and about you" she said "mom you've always found me weird" I say, she had told me many times when I was little, and that she didn't know what she did so wrong in life to deserve a child as weird and ugly as I am.

I look at her "go home mom, I have my own life now I'm a grown up and I don't need you in my life" I told her, she stormed to the door and opened it then stopped in her tracks looking back at me "I hope one day you have children and they treat you like you do me" she says I scoff at that "difference is I will show my children love, I will be a good parent unlike you" I pushed her out and closed the door, locking it.

I need to change the locks again, how does she keep getting in?