❝The truth is that I'm scared. I'm supposed to be preparing for finals and the ACT and SAT but I've been sucked into a mess of werewolves. Everything I've ever known is changing and leaving and everyone is dead or on the verge of leaving. I feel lik...
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Shep whines at the door, tail wagging slightly as he looks from the door to Cam who has her head now laying on the desk, eyes shut and getting much-needed sleep. But, the more Shep whines and the sudden shutting of the door downstairs wakes Cam up, her head shooting up immediately.
She looks at Shep who's still wagging his tail, waiting for her to open the door and she waits, just a few seconds as she hears footsteps from downstairs and suddenly, she's wide awake.
Shit.
With thoughts of how she could have fallen asleep with everything going on between her mom and Lydia missing and her not being allowed in her dad's office run through her head as she frantically grabs her flashdrive from her dad's computer and quickly exits out of everything she had open. She leaves the screen on his desktop wallpaper, a picture of her, him, her mom, and Shep before things got bad, and she clicks the sleep option before getting up from the chair.
Sure, her dad is very good at his job and he knows what he's doing but he's not the most observant, at home at least. Especially with everything going with Cam's mom. So, while the office is off-limits, he won't notice the chair misplaced from the desk or the notepad moved to the opposite side and he probably won't notice the condensation mark left on the oak.
"Shep, shh." Cam whispers as she creaks open the old door, careful not to move it too slow or to fast to prevent it from creaking too much.
Shep looks at her as if he were smiling before taking off down the stairs, giving Cam a few extra seconds to retreat back to her room down the hall. She dumps her things down on her already messy desk before jumping into bed, sliding off her hoodie and shirt, leaving her in a tank top just in case her dad peaks his head in to check on her, which he always does whenever he's out late.
However, that wasn't the case this time.
His footsteps start up the stairs, a pitter patter right behind him. A soft knock sounds on Cam's door, her back facing the door.
"Cambridge?" He whispers, softly opening the door and peeking inside, blocking Shep's way inside with his leg.
After a few seconds of silence, Cam doing her best to control her breathing and pretend like she's still sleeping, Cam's dad walks in, closing the door behind him to keep Shep out. He moves to her bed before sitting at the end of it and placing a hand on her shoulder and shaking her lightly.
"Cambridge, wake up." He whispers, a little louder than before.
Cam turns to look at him, thankful for the only light coming from the bright moon outside of her window and a random streetlight because she definitely does not look like she's been sleeping. But, with her looking at him, and even in the dull light, she can tell by the absent look on his face.
"Mom?"
He nods. "I'll meet you in the car." He gets up without another word, him still in his uniform, something Cam swears that's the only thing she's seen him in months.
