Wolf Woes

Chapter 5: The Truth (pt 1)

The first thing that registered in Hope's mind the next morning was how happy she felt. It was weird at first. It felt as though her heart was expanding trough her whole chest, making every cell in her body explode with happiness.

The second thing that registered was how warm her belly was, but how cold her backside was. She must have kicked the blankets off. She snuggled into the warmth, not registering the person beneath her at first.

It wasn't until she heard Lizzie's shrill voice yelling that it registered what had happened the night before. Her eyes flew open in shock. Yep, she was in Josie and Lizzie's room alright, which meant if she looked up, she was going to find Josie, and that meant she was most definitely laying in Josie's bed, on top of her butt ass naked.

She closed her eyes again, then peeked up to find herself looking into Josie's amused eyes. "Fuck," she said, then rolled off the bed, taking the blankets with her.

Josie rolled over and peered down at her. "Ya know. You were fine where you were."

"Speak for yourself," Lizzie said. "Some of us don't want to see Hope naked at seven o'clock in the morning."

"You could have just put a blanket over her," Josie said.

"And have one of my blankets smell like wolf for the rest of my life. No thank you," Lizzie grunted.

Hope stood up, wrapping the blanket firmly around her as she did. "I wasn't dreaming," she mumbled.

"You mean the fact that you barged into our room in the middle of the night to terrorize us, then no. You weren't dreaming," Lizzie huffed.

"Lizzie. She was hardly terrorizing us," Josie chided.

"Seeing her naked butt at seven is absolutely terrifying. I'm going to have to clean eyes out with bleach to get the visual out of my mind."

"Must you be so dramatic?" Josie asked. "She has a very cute behind."

Hope blushed. She could feel her skin literally burning. She wanted to say thank you, but the words got all jumbled in her mouth, which made her blush even more. She looked back and forth between the twins, then ran for the door.

She could hear Lizzie yelling for her to bring the blankets back clean but didn't care. She also didn't care that there were already students mingling in the halls on their way to the dining hall for breakfast, looking at her strangely. She ran as fast as her supernatural feet could take her.

She practically fell through her door, slamming it shut loudly behind her. Both her aunts woke with a start, groggily looking at her in surprise. She growled, and dropped the blankets, then threw herself into her bed, leaving no inch of skin revealed.

"Why did you leave me there?" she yelled.

She felt one of her aunts sit on the bed. Freya answered, "Because that's where you wanted to be. If we had taken you away, you would have just found a way to get back to her."

Hope pulled the blanket down over her face, revealing the tears she was crying. "Why?"

"We don't know," Freya said. "We think we have an idea, but we're not one hundred percent yet. Your friend Penelope is though."

"Why does this have to happen? Why can't I just be a normal witch-wolf, instead of a tribrid freak?"

Freya smiled at her weakly. "Everything happens for a reason sweetie. I know it's hard to hear, but there is a reason why you were born. A reason why you, and not someone else, is the tribrid. We may never know the reason, but I am glad that you are here."