The Family Business (Spinoff to the Reawakening Series)

Chapter 3 - The More You Know

Relief takes some weight off of my shoulders as I drive to the bunker to return the book I borrowed, as well as the one I took. I submitted my assignment earlier this morning with an hour or two to spare, and I have to say I was pretty impressed with it. Uncle Sam's books definitely helped, giving it a different perspective that none of the books in the college library could.

My phone dings and I reach down, my eyes glancing away from the road to quickly read the message. My heart skips a beat as I see that it's a message from Madeline, Hey Harlow, thank you so much for helping me with this paper. You are truly a lifesaver! Hopefully I can repay you back sometime? Burgers and milkshakes on me? ;-)

I'm so shocked by the message, I feel the car begin to swerve. I drop the phone and quickly grab the wheeling, swerving just out of time of an oncoming car. They blare their horn at me, and I shake it off, deciding to answer her once I park.

I make the turn down the long road to the bunker hidden away from town. No one really comes this way, not many people even knowing it exists. I see the impala isn't out the front, so I assume it is parked away in garage. The car pulls up out front and I turn the ignition off, reaching down to grab the phone. 

Unlocking my phone, I open up the message to reread. A smile spreads across my lips as I type a message, Hey Madeline, you don't have to thank me. But maybe I can be the one to take you out? How's seven o'clock? I'll pick you up.

My eyes look down at the screen for a moment, seeing the message send. A nervousness comes over me but I push it away as I grab my bag from the back and make my way towards the bunker. My fist pounds at the door and soon footsteps approach from the other side. The large metal door swings open and I'm met with the surprised face of my angelic uncle, "Harlow?"

"Hey, Uncle Cas!" I say, a smile spreading across my lips as I step forward and hug him.

He returns the gesture, patting my back for a moment before pulling back, "What're you doing here?"

"I came to return some books that I borrowed for my paper." I say, gesturing towards my back pack, "When did you get back? Uncle Sam said you were 'out of town.'"

He chuckles at my use of quotation marks as he steps aside to let me in, "I got back this morning."

"Everything all good?" I ask as he closes the door and he turns back, giving me a knowing look at my probing. He begins to make his way towards the stairs, "Yes, it was good." 

Making our way down the stairs, he glances back at me, "So, what was your paper on?"

"Native American folk lore." I explain as we step into the main room of the the bunker. He folds his arms over his chest and nods, "That's a fascinating topic, I could have told you a lot seeing as I was there for some of it."

My eyebrow rises in surprise and he shrugs, "What? I'm an angel."

I chuckle and shake my head as I glance towards the hallways where their bedrooms are, "Uncle Sam in?"

He glances back towards the room and shakes his head, "No, he's off getting some groceries." 

"Oh, okay." I say, taking my bag off and placing it on the table. I open it up and pull out the book he gave me, "I'll just go put this back."

He nods as I turn and take the two steps up into the library, walking over to where Uncle Sam grabbed the book. I begin to slide it back into place when I hear Uncle Cas call out, "Uh, Harlow?

I turn around and begin to walk back when I see him holding up something in his hand that causes me to freeze up on the spot. He looks towards the book with an unreadable expression on his face, "You wanna explain how werewolves come into this?"