Vengence

Chapter 11: White Wolf

I collapsed on the ground when I was sure I couldn't go on any longer, Dad lay a few feet away rotting inside the plastic tarp, we had scavenged from the boat.

I had dragged him quite a few feet from the cave but I was still pretty proud of the distance I had got him that far but I still had a long way to go before I reached the cliff.

I stared up at the clouds trying to remember when I was younger and how Dad would take me out to the yard and together we would stare up at the clouds trying to find shapes inside them.

But now he was gone, and I was staring up at them alone and my father was lying dead beside me.

Tears began to trail down my face as I sat up and I began to sob into my hands, dry breath taking sobs, they shook through my body and rocked me to my core.

I was alone, and trapped with no place to go.

I heard a twig snap behind me, and flipped around to see I was still alone, except now the bushes began to shake and a white wolf appeared baring his teeth at me.

I stood perfectly still as I watched in horror as it began to growl at me, keeping me in it's gaze.

Then it lurched out and grabbed Dad through the tarp.

"No," I screamed throwing myself forward but he retreated back barking at me while showing those razor teeth.

I fell back and struggled to take off my shoe as he snapped at me again.

This time I raised to my feet once again swiping at him with my shoe.

"Arghhh," I yelled this time furious at him.

He tried to eat my Dad.

"Get out," I yelled swiping at him again.

He cowered back before whining away.

Once I was sure that he was gone I made my way over to Dad kneeling down.

"Dad," I got closer but then the ripe smell of his rotting body made me fall back and retch into the ground.

It wasn't much but still enough for me to cover up with dirt and grass.

I wiped my mouth and hauled to my feet dragging Dad with me.

After what seemed like forever I was at the cliff with the waves crashing violently below me, I stared down below and let the water mist spray my face.

I turned around and dragged Dad closer when the tarp began to fall open.

I knelt down to tuck it back in when I felt something hard sticking out.

I wrestled it from under his body to see a black book covered in cloth, carefully as if it was gargoyle I opened it to reveal a list of names written in order, as I read through I realized that they were all familiar to me, some of the most wealthiest of Acura.

Just as I was turning the page a single sheet fell out and I caught it before the wind could take it away.

Dear Aylin,

If you are reading this then my fears have come to pass and I am to late.

If I succeed then this letter shall never have to pass within your grasp but if I don't then I need you to understand I am not the man you thought I was.

Within this journal are names of men who have caused harmed to our city, they have cheated for far to long and it is time to make things right, I have listed the faults of each man and woman within this book in great detail so you can understand how long these crimes have gone unchecked, I hope you can bring justice to Acura and do what I was to weak to do.

I wish I could explained more but time is short, I want you to know how proud I am to be your father and how brave I need you to be.

I'm sorry for all of this but I need you to be strong I need you to survive.

I hadn't realized I had been crying until the first few drops began to stain the pages.

He knew that this day was coming and he hadn't bothered to warn me.

This time the tears were uncontrollable as I held my stomach as I began to cry, I felt as if I was dying inside as my body heaved.

I need you to survive.

The words kept drifting inside my head floating around and becoming louder.

I pressed my hands against my ears trying to block out the words.

I couldn't survive out here on my own not without Dad, I couldn't make things right. I was already dead.

Get it together kid.

Forcing myself to breathe again I sat up straighter. Dad wouldn't want to see me like this, he wouldn't want to see me cry and give up.

"For him," I found myself whispering as I wiped the last bit of tears away, for him I would no longer cry I vowed silently as I adjusted his body closer to the edge.

Sniffling one last time, I forced myself to keep my eyes open as I pushed him over the ledge, watching his body fall into the ocean and disappear inside the waves, as the sea foam covered the rocks.

I watched silently as Dad became one with the ocean watching him drift out into nothing taking a part of me with him.