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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ryder's P.O.V
I didn't know how and I didn't know why but that mark on Mary's neck was what happens when wolfsbane is injected into the body by force. I got the feeling that she wasn't telling me the truth about what had happened today and why she had to run from the doctor and his wife, although I never trusted them because when we arrived they were too interested in Mary and where we come from. They just had too many questions that I did not feel entirely comfortable answering. They didn't smell other than human but they could also be masking the scent the same way I am masking Mary's to stay hidden.
I also didn't know whether they were working with the rebellion, for the rebellion, or for the royal pack, hell they could even be helping the people looking for Dora. This all made life a little harder, not knowing who to trust or who you can tell just this little bit more to and who to not even tell your name to.
"We need to find out how and by
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Ryder's P.O.VThe nightmares starting again made me wonder more about what had happened with her before I had found her running from the doctor and his wife. Keeping tabs on the news of the little town I know that some hunter had found their bodies in the woods with their hearts ripped out of their bodies and a blood trail leading to a stream where it ends.They never found anything to tie the murders to anyone. I also read about a man who was found behind a dumpster in the same condition as the doctor and his wife although he had a bit more damage done to his privates.The local police haven't found any clues and are asking anyone who knows anything about this to come forward. I didn't know whether to think that this is the work of either the rebellion people following or the people following and searching for Dora but I knew we were being followed a lot closer than usual and that I didn't know whether we were safe anymore.I really nee
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Mary sat down in the chair opposite me looking at the coffee pot on the table and the amount missing from it."Wow. Did we have some sort of party going on last night? I'm tired, you have drunk almost the whole pot of coffee and Dora is still asleep in bed? What did we do?""I wish it was a party. I wish it was anything else than you waking us all up screaming at the top of your lungs because of the nightmares being back again. I wish you would just talk to me so that I can help you and get you going back to sleeping through the whole night so that I don't have to sit here drinking the entire coffee pot because I had only two hours of solid sleep the night before."I took a swig from the coffee mug before looking up and continuing."I know it's not your fault and that the nightmares are triggered by something but just like we did when you were little I need to know what so I can help you get rid of them for good. We can't keep waking up multip
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Mary's P.O.V"Maybe it's time to fast forward the plan?"What did he mean by fast-forwarding the plan? What plan did he have that Dora was aware of but I have not been informed about?"Are you sure you want to do that? She is definitely not ready for that. She won't be able to handle everything and losing you at the same time could mean that she would crack and be lost forever. I don't agree with you but you are the one in charge of her care so if you think this is best then that it is."What did Dora mean by me losing Dad? Was he going to leave me somewhere because I was not behaving like he wanted me to? Did he get some news about his health that he has not yet informed me of yet? Was he dying? Is that what Dora meant by me losing Dad?I didn't know what to think and I definitely didn't know how to handle losing Dad. He has been the only constant thing in my entire life and I haven't had anyone else other than him and Dora
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Dora's P.O.VI don't know whether Ryder's idea to fast-forward the plan is going to work. She is fourteen years old and not ready to be thrown into the chaos of war and trouble between different parts of packs. I'm scared Ryder will be making hasty decisions because he is hurt by the fact that she had been lying to him about her whereabouts when she went out the last few months.I'm not someone to interfere with other people's teaching techniques regarding their children. I would hate if everyone would interfere and complain and comment on my parenting skills when one day I find my mate. Thinking of my mate made that dull ache in my heart that's always there just flare up a little more. I had been searching for him for the last eight years. Whenever we moved to another location I would take the first two days and just go around the city looking around and searching for him hoping and praying to whoever was listening to me that he would be there and that I could f
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Mary's P.O.VShopping and just getting out of the house felt good. Dora, of course, made it a lot of fun and with Dad fast asleep we had more than enough time to go into each and every clothing store we wanted and try on anything we liked without having someone breathing down our necks, whining that he wants to go home.I don't think I have smiled as much as I had today in a very long time. It made me feel a little better and honestly a little lighter. Dora did try and get me to talk to her but I wasn't ready to spill everything yet. I first wanted to try and make some sense of it first and then when I believe that I have everything figured out I will ask Dad and Dora and sit down at the table with them and tell them everything that I had figured out up till then.Exhausted and with a lot more than we went out to buy we walked into the kitchen laughing. We forgot to be as quiet as possible not thinking that sleeping beauty would still be at the table
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Ryder's P.O.VWaking up from the noise I felt my neck had gone stiff from falling asleep at the kitchen table. Remembering that Dora had asked me to go with her to the shops I jumped up to go and get ready only to see that it was them making the noise from putting the bags down. It looked like she and Mary had already gone to the shops and judging from the amount of bags they went into each and every store as they usually do when I do not go with them."Did you girls at least have fun along with all the work I see has been purchased for us?"Mary got that adorable smile she always used to show us on her face for the first time in the last while and it just made me feel a little happier that she and Dora went out and had some time together away from me. I was also hoping that maybe she had gotten something from Mary."Maybe. Most of it is not any work for you but more for me and Dora anyways."She took some of the bags from the tab
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Dora and I made snacks and dinner for the games night beforehand so that we could just eat whenever we were hungry throughout the play. Mary usually only ate bits here and there so usually dinner on games night is something that you are able to eat without it getting cold and falling apart when you leave it for a while before returning to it.I haven't seen or heard from Mary after the hug but I knew she would not go anywhere and join us for the games night tonight because she agreed to it and she seems to be happier these few days since the move. I did hear her in the study a little earlier so I assumed that she had been looking up where and what the town has to offer other than what she and Dora saw when they went shopping.I know that she loves to go and sit in the library sometimes because the librarian from most of the other towns would call me and tell me that she had been sitting there reading for hours and that she was safe in case I had been worryi
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"RUN!"I didn't have any time to think about the voice in my head because the tone of the voice just let me know that there was no space for argument and that if I didn't run I would regret it soon enough. I might not be feeling the eyes on me anymore but that didn't mean that they weren't lurking somewhere behind me. I didn't know whether I would be able to make it back home before whatever was chasing me caught up to me but I was hell-bent on getting there. Luckily I had the recently acquired speed on my side helping me zoom past everything faster than I have ever thought of running. I thought where would be the safest to stop and try and get into the house because I didn't want to struggle with the extremely solid front door that took forever to push open and I didn't leave any windows open when I left not thinking that I would need to make a quick entry into the house. Exiting the town square and entering the little clearing where the house is located I was so glad to see that
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Mary's P.O.V I didn't think that I had missed as much as I had missed while I was out but by listening to the story that Dora was telling me I did in fact miss a lot. We were even at the second location since the attack that dad was sidestepping the whole time. To be honest I felt better than what I remember feeling the last time with the doctor and his wife. I don't feel so scared and weak as I did with them and since I woke up on my own without the screams ringing through the whole room meant that hopefully, the nightmares would also not be present this time. Maybe it was the fact that I was older and understood more of what was going on in the world or maybe because in my heart I had started making peace with the fact that I was not normal and that the other people in my family were also not normal. I mean my dad can turn into a werewolf at will and Dora has this weird relationship with plants and little creatures. She also collapses when peopl
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Ryder's P.O.V Hearing the crunching leaves and breaking branches alerted us that someone was coming and that they were coming fast. I knew it was not the people after Dora because she would have been incapacitated by now with how close they were to us. I knew it had to be either the rebellion or the royal guard. I didn't want Dora or Mary to be here to find out who it was along with me, so I had them go along to the car for so long. I could see Mary struggling to listen to me, and I had to force her gently to go along with Dora to the car, but it is for the best and for her best. If they would find her here with me they would have dragged her back after they had killed me and Dora and made her do their bidding if it was the rebellion and if it was the royal guard they would have done the same except they would not have dragged her back but they would have taken her back to her parents if they were still alive. After she had disappeared, they had closed off, and nobody had seen them i
