I Guess That Makes Us A Mystery

Chapter 3

Luke's P.O.V

I entered the cave I lived in with only my baby sister. She's 9 and she knows better than most wolves. She knows how to stay quiet and blend in better then any other wolves that I know. Our parents were abusive, especially to my baby sister. At some point it clicked inside of me that she doesn't deserve this so, I ran away with her and even if she may not be in the safest area, but she's safer and better off with me. She's a wolf too. The only thing that scares me is that she'll grow up to hate her life because of the way she's raised. I walked inside as Ivory, my little sister, ran up to me. I picked her up and held her "Hey, what did you do today?" She just shook her head "Not much of a talker I guess" I laughed a bit and put her down. "Hungry?" I asked, she just nodded and walked back to whatever she was doing. I smelled something...It was different. Not a rodent. Not completely human. Not a mortal. The scent grew stronger. What is that? I thought. "Hide." I whispered to my baby sister as she hid.

Ruby's P.O.V

Me and Gem after what seemed like the longest walk of my life walked through the doors of the house, Gem's boyfriend picked her up like she's been kidnapped and he hasn't seen her in years. "Put me down!" she laughed "Where have you been?" he smiled at her.

"You two are so cute...it makes me sick." I rolled my eyes, "Don't be jealous, Ruby" Gem said. "Me? Jealous? Of what?" I laughed a bit, "Don't worry, it's almost your 16th birthday and by then, I promise, you'll have a mate!" "That's what I'm afraid of Gem" I smiled. "I'm just scared it'll be a Rodent or something." Rodents are a pack of killers, mentally unstable, morbid, people/wolves. They're nothing but trouble.

My brother Hunter hugged me really tight "I'm sorry I growled at you yesterday." I gasped for air, "Can't. Breath." "What?" He asked "Hunter.!" He let me go "Oh, sorry." I
just laughed "It's okay." Gem looked at Hunter "You know she's fragile!" Hunter nudged me, "Her? You must be talking about the wrong person. She's one of the toughest people I know. She beats me at wrestling, Cameron, Justin, and you. She's the best fighter. Mentally and physically." Gem looked at me, "I know."

Luke's P.O.V
I was wrong...It was a Rodent. It was their leader. I heard paws inch closer to me then saw two bright red eyes and black fur then I heard a voice, "Lukey boy. How have you been?" I changed into my wolf form, "Don't be so afraid. I just want to talk." "I'm not interested in anything you have to say." "Oh, you better watch that attitude. With a mouth like that you may not see tomorrow."

He inched closer to me, "Where's your little sister Luke?" He asked, "What little sister?" I answered. He pinned me on the floor, and said, "Don't play dumb with me." I stayed silent. "Where is she!?" He barked, "What do you want Rodent?" He slowly let me up and looked at me dead in the eyes "The name's Rocky." I was expecting something like Wolff, or Shadow. I guess he gets some points for originality, but Rocky!? I thought.

He barked, "Now that we're going through casualties...Let's talk about family. Do you have family?" He walked around me in a slow circle, I stayed silent. "Do you!?" He barked. "Get out of my cave and off of my territory. If you or any of your pack members lay their mangy and grungy hands or paws on any of my family I will hunt you down and you will regret it." He stopped and stared at me, "Brave are we? Say it again."

My tail was now brushing against the cold cave wall. "You'd think that a leader of a pack could listen to a single sentence, but I guess I was wrong. Listen closely this time." I walked towards him making him back into the other side of the cave as I spoke, "Get out of my cave and off of my territory. There, I summarized it for you."

He just stared, "You'll regret that one, boy." He slowly started to walk out of my cave, he growled and left. I called Ivory out of her hiding place and held her tight. "Your big brother is always going to protect you, I promise." She slowly fell asleep being that is was pretty late.