Hunted

Chapter 8

Carah's POV

We made our way back to the family room and I was slightly confused at what they meant. My parents aren't really my parents? I was adopted?

"What do you mean Ellie?" I asked as I sat down on the couch and suddenly felt like I had to have Dyllan right there next to me.

"Your scare on your back, it was there to hide something your parents didn't want you to ever see."

"What was it hiding?" I asked all of a sudden wondering and not caring why I was adopted.

"But that doesn't mean that she was adopted. Her parents could be her real parents, she just could have been gifted with the mark."

"Dyllan, do you really believe that they would let her live if they knew she was," Austin quieted down and took a deep breath.

"If they knew I was what?" I asked looking at Dyllan.

"They wouldn't find out until she was at least three. That's three years to learn to love someone. Do you honestly believe that they would just kill their own child if they found the mark?"

"Austin, do not answer that. Just think of how much you cared for Dyllan when he was that age. If someone tried killing him what would you have done?" Austin's eyes changed to an almost black and he took in a deep breath.

"Ellie you know that answer. I would kill them. Slowly. Painfully." I found myself moving closer to Dyllan after his answer.

"So then you know what a hunter would do to protect their own child. To protect her they did what they thought was best." I looked back and forth between Ellie and her brother.

"Will someone please tell me-who by the way you are talking about-what I am!" I almost yelled.

"Carah, you might be one of us."

"Not exactly like us though. You might be something a little different." I looked at Ellie and she sat down next to me.

"What do you mean like you?" I asked as I looked at Dyllan.

"All we know, from your mark, is that your not human." I didn't understand.

"Do you know what I am then?" I asked. No one answered me and Dyllan looked at his uncle with a look of anger.

"No, she can't be. Don't you even think of it." Dyllan said with anger. Austin got off of the wall and took a step closer. Dyllan growled and Austin stayed in his spot.

"Don't tell me you weren't thinking it."

"I wasn't." Dyllan said as his grasp tightened on my shoulder holding me closer to him.

"Thinking what?" I asked. This bothered me that they were hiding this from me.

"You might be a different kind of shifter." Dyllan said as he kept his eyes locked on his uncle.

"She gets along with dogs." Austin said as he watched as their dog walked in the room. She came up to me and sat right at my feet as I patted her head. 

"Do cat's like her?" Ausin asked. I looked at Dyllan. 

"What is he getting at?" I didn't get it. I didn't like cats from a very young age, and I never had a dog because my parents said my mom was  allergic to them.

"Her parents have a cat, but from what I've seen it doesn't like her." I still didn't understand what they were talking about. Finally I stood up and took a deep breath. 

"Would someone please tell me what I am. I am starting to get mad here. You keep talking about me like I'm not even here, and when I ask questions-" 

"Calm down Carah." Dyllan stood up and took my hands. I pulled them away, part of me was mad.

"No, I am not going to calm down. I don't get this. You guys are talking about me as if I am not right here next to you!"

"I'm sorry. I know. I didn't mean to do that, neither did Austin."

"Yes I did." Dyllan gave Austin a glare as he looked back at me. He tried reaching for my hands again.

"Don't you think about it." I heard a voice say. No one else in the room said anything but I saw a couple of gasps. 

"Do as she says Dyllan, just let her calm down." Ellie said as she slowly got up. 

"Cara, have you ever gotten upset over something? Like really upset?" I took a deep breathe and closed my eyes. I shook my head and felt my body start to decend. Dyllans arms wrapped around me to keep me from hitting the ground. I didn't know what had come over me. 

"How old is she Dyllan?" I heard Austin ask.

"She is 16 I believe." 

"No, I'm not 16 yet. I will be in two weeks though." I said as I finally regained my strength. 

"That makes sense. When I turned 16 I started to have to learn how to control the beast. Maybe her beast hasn't surfaced yet. 

"Could someone please tell me whats going on?" I asked, my voice a bit strained still. 

"I got it!" We all looked over to Dyllans father who had been quiet this whole time.

"It all makes sense now. There was a family of Wolf shifters who learned to supress their inner beasts centuries ago and ever sense they have their families have tried to destroy any kind of shifter," He looked at me. "Carah, you are a shifter, but not like us, you are a different kind of shifter. You do not shift into different emotions like Ellie, Austin, Dyllan or I, but you shift, or will, shift into a wolf. Unless your parents have something to say about it." I didn't understand. I thought back to Sam and how he was before he started working for my parents. He did get angry about things easier when he was around 16 I guess, my mother always said that it was because he was going through a faze. He changed after he turned 16 though. He lost a lot of energy that he had before, and then he started working for my parents. 

"Your right. There is something," I said still thinking about Sam.

"Carah, what do you mean?" Dyllan asked.

"Before Sam turned 16-"

"Wait Sam, as in your car?" Ellie asked. 

"No my...My brother Sam. Before he turned 16 he was full of energy and little things could set him off. My mom just told me he was going through some stuff that teens go through. But after he turned 16 he changed. He didn't have the energy to play with me all the time like he did before, and there was something missing. Like a big part of him was gone. I didn't understand it. Then he started working for my parents. He told me that I never wanted to work for them. He knew that..." he wanted me to stay the same. He didn't want me to change. I held onto Dyllan for suport again. "He didn't want them to change me," I said as I looked at Dyllan.

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Total twist. yeah sorry I haven't posted in FOREVER! One word: College 

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