CHLOEKatherine, Nathan, and I sit on a log close to the bonfire. Mmhm, I smell barbecue it's not until now that I realize my stomach is growling. I'm so hungry right now I could eat a whole buffalo. People are still staring and exchanging whispers, geez I've never felt so different in my life, I feel odd right now. I feel like a sheep standing in the middle of a pack of wolves as they get ready to devour me. What if that's the case here? What if Nathan doesn't really love me and Tye and Katherine being nice is a front so I'd think they won't rip me to shreds?It reminds me of that dream that I had about myself among dead people, but it looked like I was the one that killed them all, according to that boy I have never seen in my life. Or have I? I hope that's not the case, I love werewolves and I want to be one of them, I just hope Nathan changes me. But wait, can a werewolf even change a human to a werewolf? What if that's in the movies and it doesn't happen in real life? I should
CHLOE"I hope we see each other again," Katherine says as she tries to control her laugh after we joked about having sex with Donald Trump. I'm wiping tears off my eyes, how can someone be this funny? Funny, and beautiful. Now I see why Nathan dated her. I know he's with me now but if I were Nathan I would never break up with Katherine. She's nice, funny, and considerate, she's everything you want in a friend and girlfriend. "Yeah, me too." We hold each other's hands like we've been best friends since kindergarten. Nathan is by the car watching us and he probably has a grin on his face, he's happy that his ex and his current girlfriend are friends and not trying to rip their heads off like female characters from an early 2000s movie (some of those movies are good though). I mean, we shouldn't fight over a boy, it's 2022 after all. Women should stick up for each other not fight over a guy, ew. "Here's my number." She puts her number on my phone down and I put mine on hers. "You're lu
TYRONE"She's awake!" I call out as soon as I see Chloe's eyes open. My parents come rushing to see if she's alright. As soon as the sun came up my parents and I were back in our human form and we noticed that Nathan wasn't in his cage so we assumed he was in his room or the kitchen getting something to eat or drink. We went to the kitchen first to get a glass of water but Nathan wasn't in the kitchen. I had this weird feeling in my gut so I left my parents in the kitchen and I went upstairs to his room to see if he was there but he wasn't. I called his name to see if he'd come out of the bathroom but he wasn't there. I called his name in the hallway upstairs, but still no reply. I ran over to the art studio, he wasn't there either. I was starting to get worried so I ran back to the kitchen to tell my parents that Nathan was nowhere to be found."Maybe he went for a run." My dad said and I nodded, maybe just maybe. That was until I went outside and found Chloe on the ground that I
CHLOEAfter crying for hours with Nathan's family I head home. Tye takes me home in his car even though I told him he didn't have to and I could just order an Uber, he disagreed and I didn't have the strength to argue. The drive to my house is quiet, super quiet. What's there to talk about? We both lost the one we loved. What's the point of being a werewolf. Yes, I find werewolves cool but I didn't want to be one I wanted to be one so I could be with him but now he's gone, and I don't see the point. But the deed has been done, I'm no longer a human. Now that I'm home I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, should I tell Rene all this? Or should I keep it to myself, I think I should for the safety of the pack and me. A werewolf hunter had just killed my boyfriend. All I have to tell Rene is that Nathan got killed, I don't have to bring up the werewolf hunter aspect. We're in front of the building but non of us move or say anything, we're just sitting in silence. I'm looking o
CHLOEI have a huge headache and I suspect it has something to do with the whole werewolf situation, and my jaw hurts like hell it's almost like someone is using a rock to hit it numerously. Rene is talking to me, asking me questions as to why I punched that guy in his face. If she doesn't stop asking me these questions I'm going to push her to the wall. Why am I thinking that way? Why am I so angry right now. I have the urge to punch someone, an urge to turn someone to shreds but I don't want to, I don't want to hurt Rene so I make a run for my room and I lock myself inside. Like that's going to do anything, what if I break the door down? What she needs to do now is leave the house like she's been doing. This is the perfect time to go to God knows where she goes every day. There's a knock on the door. "Chloe are you okay?" Rene asks and I quickly move into the bathroom to splash water on my face surprisingly I don't feel pain in my brain or my jaw and I've stopped thinking about
CHLOE"Rene?" All of a sudden she's the one holding my neck and she shows me her fangs, but her fangs are different. And her eyes, her eyes are pitch black. She is not a werewolf she's something else. I'm currently struggling for her to let go but she doesn't budge. It's like she's not herself, either that or she's not my cousin and she's an imposter. "Let—me—go." I kick her on her stomach and I don't know when or how I manage to bring out my claws so quickly but all I know is that I'm ready to fight. The only thing is, she's not ready to fight. She's on the ground right now shaking her head, gee I guess I must have hit her hard. "Who are you?" I growl. She finally looks up, and she's all frightened, her face is back to normal, she looks like the Rene I grew up with, my cousin. She quickly rises from the floor and she's looking at me like I'm the only monster in the room. "Oh my God Chloe I'm so sorry." She says and I raise an eyebrow. I'm so confused right now, how can all this b
CHLOEWell, it has finally come to this. Me going to my late boyfriend's funeral and to make matters worse my mom will be coming to Texas, she heard Nathan had died and she wanted to come to see how I was doing, oh and also, my birthday's next week so yay!I know I was excited about my birthday before, but right now I don't care. All I care about at the moment is figuring out this wolf thing and finding Nathan's killer. I spent my days in the woods with Tyrone and he has been helping me, he's patient and he knows a lot about being a werewolf. Of course, he does, he was born that way. I for one was turned by my boyfriend who's now dead. The pack is ready for anything, and, surprisingly, the wolf hunters haven't killed anyone since Nathan. Their silence is dangerous, they want us to think they killed one wolf and they're moving on. Well, they think we're stupid but we're ready for them. I even went to my first-ever pack meeting. Everyone is pissed off that they killed one of their own
TYRONEGoodbye, big bro. Wow, that was an emotional ride, I didn't think I'd cry so much seeing them burying Nathan. I said goodbye to my brother before, but it was a temporary goodbye, not a permanent one. This one is permanent, I'm never going to see my older brother again. He's gone forever. Chloe was standing next to me, our bodies were so close to each other and I did not expect her to hold my hand. I tried my best not to squirm, but I didn't I didn't even feel the need to. Instead, I felt relaxed. Her holding my hand was to assure me that everything was going to be okay. Funny, because I was going to go back to New York, one because I missed being a dance instructor and two, I wanted to run from Texas. I wanted to. I was having feelings for Chloe and I wasn't in the mood to explain to my brother that I have a crush on his girlfriend and that the feelings appeared the first time I saw her. So I thought running would be the best option. Sadly this isn't the first time I'm fall
TyroneThis ends tonight. These creatures thought they'd kill my brother and get away with it, now they think they can kidnap Rene and get away with it. I'm so ready to destroy some fangs tonight.The moment I heard my dad say Rene was a vampire my heart skipped a beat. I legit thought he was going to disown me but then when I saw his smile I remembered that that's not my dad, disowning his kids for making mistakes or protecting their friends even though their friends are vampires isn't what my father stands for. Tonight I saw my old dad, the dad who didn't force us into anything. When he asked Nathan if we wanted to be the alpha and we said no he left it at that. He said if we changed our minds we should tell him. I'm lucky to have a father that's supportive, loving, and protective of his family. Chloe's dad and my dad sound similar. Chloe's dad wanted her to live a normal teenage life. My dad wanted us to live our best lives. Nathan was getting there, he was about to thrive, a cel
CHLOEThe room is quiet, and my mom and I are looking at Ms. Minnie frighteningly. She doesn't care, she still holds that creepy grin on her face like she didn't just tell us that she was the one behind everything. Like she didn't just confess to controlling me. No, she didn't confess she just came here and said it like it's something she does to me during my free time like it didn't matter to her. I knew there was something strange about this woman but I didn't know she was a witch, a deranged one. Who would have guessed that a nice woman would be a witch?And her cat is creepier than she is. I don't even want to look at it. She uses the cat to spy on people? She was spying on me and Tyrone? This woman's crazy. "If you have any questions feel free to ask me." She says with that smile still on her face. "How can you be happy after what you did?" My mom picks up the courage to ask, she's still scared but she gets an A for effort for having a little bit of courage in her. "I'm not ha
CHLOETy couldn't stop speeding and we almost hit two cars because of it. They lay insults on us but we don't care, all we want to do is get to Rene. We're finally at Monet's and as soon as Ty stops the car I run out and I head toward Monet's, hoping and praying Rene might still be here. I get inside and I look around for her but I don't see her. Mr. Creep is still here though so I make my way toward him. I slam the table with my hand which makes him and everyone close to us flinch. He was startled indeed. I didn't mean to do that I'm just not in the right headspace at the moment. My cousin is missing and she might be in grave danger. "Where is she?" I ask him and he looks at me, confusion fills his face. "Where's who?""Rene, where's Rene?" "I. . . I don't know she left right after you left." "Did she say where she was going?" He does this questioning look like he's thinking about it. Why is he thinking about it? It's either he knows where she went or not. "She was on the phone
CHLOEI can't believe what I'm hearing, this can't be happening, this man can't be serious. What does he mean by what he just said? He looks dead ass serious though. How could I have been a werewolf this whole time? That's just absurd. This man is wrong, he might look serious but he's wrong. "How can I be a werewolf when I've never experienced any werewolf-like abilities before now?""Yeah! You're wrong sir!" Rene backs me up. The man sighs he's acting like we're the ones that are crazy. We're not crazy, he is. "Didn't you hear that I said? grey Werewolves are different than ordinary werewolves" we're quiet. "let me tell you the story of what really happened. Minerva Reeves was the most powerful witch that ever lived, the supernatural world knew that but humans didn't. And we all know what humans thought about witches back in the day, if you were known to be a witch you'd be killed. But in Minerva's case, everyone knew she couldn't be killed because of how powerful she was. She was
ChloeRene and I struggle to put my mom down on my bed, she's so drunk right now. You know she's really drunk once she starts talking about how she always wanted to see Michael Jackson naked. Which is a disgusting thing to hear your mother say. I feel relieved when I notice that she's out like a light. She's already snoring. Great, now I have to share a bed with her. But will I be able to sleep? After what that creeper told me?The grey wolf. Now, what did he mean by that? I'm going to be meeting him tomorrow and he better not waste my time if he does I'll rip his head off of his body. Rene and I tiptoe out of the room and we quietly shut the door. We then sit on the couch laying our backs on it. Trying to get my mother out of the club was hard but getting her up the stairs was harder. I can't believe we're not mad drunk like mom is right now. And wow, this couch is more comfortable than the old one. Maybe Rene should sleep in my room with my mom while I sleep here. "How did we g
TYRONE"Chloe is beautiful, no doubt about that," Chris says as he takes a sip from his glass. I've seemed to have forgotten what I really came here for. All I'm doing right now is having a beer with this man and staring at Chloe as she has fun. Chris is right though, Chloe is beautiful. I know I'm a cunt for saying this, but I wish I met her first. Why does my brother always have to be the first to meet all these beautiful women? Right now people are going on stage and talking about how lovely, and beautiful Chloe is. So far this party has been entertaining. But it's either I'm here or I'm at home where it's quiet and empty even if there are three people in the home, that's if I don't count Roberta the maid. My brother's death has changed us. I'd like to think my parents are still grieving and they'll be back to their normal selves in no time. The one I'm worried about the most is my dad. He's so angry, and he looks vengeful. I've never seen him like that before. The angry I've see
CHLOEMy mom loves spending money on me. Back then I was used to it, but t I decided to be independent by finding a job, and that's how I ended up at Monet's. Before, I would normally not allow my mom to spend any money, but since it's my birthday and she insisted, who am I to complain? I bought a lot of outfits with my mom's credit card. The clothes aren't what I usually buy, even my mom was confused as to why I decided to start buying dark edgier clothes all of a sudden. I didn't even notice what I was buying until my mom pointed it out. I was confused at first but when I looked at all the things I bought, they weren't like the clothes I usually used to buy. My type of clothes was light and all sunshine. That's why Rene teases me about looking like a Disney princess. I never liked the idea of a leather jacket but I suddenly felt the urge to buy one. When my mom asked me why I love edgy outfits all of a sudden I told her that I wanted a new look, and she didn't question it Rene wa
CHLOE"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Chloe, happy birthday to you." I should be confused as to why I'm hearing two voices but I'm not. My mom loves making surprise appearances and here she is looking beautiful and annoying as always, with her short blonde hair and big blue eyes, just like me. I remember times when people would ask if we were sisters, and by people I mean men and they'd make her blush but they'd make me mad. I love my mom but she can be embarrassing at times. There was a time I played a tree in our school play Wicked. And of course Rene was Dorothy. My mom was letting everyone in the audience know that her girls were on stage. "My daughter's the tree!" She yelled and the parents only smiled. I was so embarrassed cause it gave Santana Ruiz an opportunity to make fun of me, Rene defended me of course. She always has my back. Despite my mom's craziness my mom has my back too. I'm sure she misses my dad, I do. "Hello mom." I get up
TYRONE"Tye, wake up!" I receive a tap on my shoulder then I open my eyes. It's my mom and she looks worried. Don't tell me the hunters stroke again, I hope my dad's okay. "Mom?" I look at the digital alarm clock. "It's two am." "I know honey, I'm sorry to wake you but this is important." I groan and I sit up straight. "Come meet us in the living room, your father's there with Mrs. Lorenzo, her husband's here too. Now I'm awake. Mrs. Lorenzo? What is she doing here? And what could she possibly want? I did see her at the funeral. I saw her weirdly looking at Rene, maybe she wasn't looking at Rene, maybe she was looking at Chloe. That's why she's here, she knows Chloe wasn't born a wolf. The nerve of this woman, it's not been days since they buried my brother and she wants to add more problems. I jump out of bed and I head toward the living room. There they are, and from the looks on their faces, she has already told them, I'm in big trouble. I was Nathan's accomplice, and I didn't