None of us spoke for a few minutes once again, did my dad really just say that? Does he really believe that the town was attacked by werewolves? I have so many questions followed by worry, let's hope our dad isn't starting to go back just when he was getting better. He begins to flip through the books he brought from the basement, I once again look over to Ethan who held the same expression I did.
"You think the town was attacked by werewolves?" I ask finally talking breaking the awkward silence we had going on.
This causes him to look up at me confused not understanding what I meant, does he really think I'm the confusing one in this conversation?!
"That's what they're called werewolves, but they're just myths" I explain to him hoping he would understand, he shakes his head turning around one of the photo albums to show us a photo of a wolf in the woods.
"Just before your mother went missing, she said she found a pack of wolves not that far from here, it took her a while to take photos as there were always some people around there with them, who she didn't want in her shots" he explains turning the page to another page with a different wolf on, I'm not gonna lie they were some bomb photos, my mother was good at what she did.
"She tried for weeks to get the perfect picture but there was always at least one person with the wolves, she only managed to get these photos before she went missing" he explains looking at one of the photos, that's not really explaining why he thinks werewolves exist and why they would attack our town!
"Just because there were people with the wolves doesn't mean they're werewolves, they could have owned the wolves for all we know, dad they don't exist they're just a myth" I say but he drops the book on the table placing his hands on his hips, wow that was sort of dramatic.
"I saw a human turn into a wolf back there, I'm not crazy before you say I am, I asked a few of the guys and guess what, they seen it too" he exclaims open his arms out wide, I look towards Ethan once again mentality saying help, but he didn't get it.
"Justin, I need a word with you in the kitchen" my dad says walking towards the kitchen, Justin looks at me worried before following him out leaving Ethan and I on the sofa.
"He's getting better is he?" I ask looking over to him, he sighs sitting back with his hands over his eyes stressed, please don't say this has made dad take two steps backwards.
It was the next morning, Justin slept on a blow up mattress on my floor. He never told me what him and my dad spoke about in the kitchen, even though I asked him a hundred times. I was doing my makeup when my dad walks through the door, throwing Justin a walkie-talkie.
"Be downstairs in 5 minutes, everyone's gathering in the town hall" is all he says before walking back out the room, looks like that was just a fly-in visit.
"Why've you got that?" I ask turning around to look at Justin, he just lays back on my bed sighing rubbing his face.
"You'll find out" is all he says as my dad shouts for us to hurry up, I sigh just getting back to my makeup, I was unsure if I was going to like what I was about to find out.
In no time we were sat in the town hall waiting for everyone to show up, as we walk in all the guys were given walkie-talkies but none of the girls, that's not sexist at all. Once everyone was in, the doors were closed and locked, okay they don't want us to leave. I look around to see Martha sitting with Sam and Jacob, but I couldn't see Reece anywhere, immediately, due to the recent events my mind starts to fear the worst. But before I could ask anyone if they've seen him, my dad starts to speak on the little raised platform at the front.
"Thank you to all of you for coming toady, I know it's a very scary time for everyone. We have a few things we need to discuss but the first, the attack yesterday has really effected our town, not just due to all the damages that urgently need to be repaired but the lose of people" he sighs looking down at the ground, tears begin to well up in my eyes knowing where this part of the conversation was going.
"We lost 25 people last night, it just breaks my heart to know that we've lost our friends and family, due to these horrible beasts coming into our town in such a brutal attack, we were very close to losing my own daughter to a wolf" he says looking down at me, wait how does he know that?!
I feel everyone's eyes on me for a few seconds, well I'm still here so no need to just stare at me people!
"Now onto the second matter to discus, when the attack was happening, me and my officers were trying our hardest to fight these horrible beasts, when we saw somethings. At first we were unsure of what we seen, so I went home and started doing some research, the town was attacked by werewolves" he says which immediately makes the hall fill with loud voices.
I start to scan the area to get a feel of what people here thinking, when my eyes land on Martha. She looked to the floor just playing with her hands nervously, well it is understandable.
"I know how crazy that sounds, honestly it was a shock but I seen it with my own two eyes and some of you even seen it too, my wife before she went missing took these photos, unknowing what was really going on " he goes onto say as the photos he showed us last night were projected onto the wall, but he photoshopped it to look like the human turned into the wolf, I look to Justin who was sitting next to me.
"He's changed the photo" I whisper looking at him, he nods looking at me then back at my dad, who wasn't finished trying to convince everyone it was werewolves.
"We actually have a video that someone took last night" he continues pointing to the wall as someone plays the video, which side-note was very bad quality.
It starts off by showing the area, the places on fire, people screaming and wolves running around. The video than turns to a man who I've never seen before, it moves for a second the man out the shot but when it pans back the man is gone, but a wolf is in his place. That man could have just ran because he saw a huge wolf coming towards him, this isn't evidence about anything! Once the video finished it makes the hall erupt again, this time people sounding panicked, wait people are actually believing this, it looks fake?!
"At this time we don't know what they want, but we can't let them things think they can do it again, we're gonna have police at all times at the border of the town guarding and everyone will get paired with a buddy, who you have to go everywhere with for the foreseeable future" he continues to explain as the side door opens and in walks Reece, thank god he's okay.
He runs over sitting next to me but passes something across me to Justin, who before I could see what it was slips it into his pocket.
"We have chosen the pairs and sorry no changes, it's not about who you get along with it's about staying safe and alive at this point, any questions?" He says which immediately makes Reece put his hand up to ask something, I knew it was going too smoothly so far! My dad choose him first, which was probably not the best idea.
"About the pairs, we have to stay with them all the time right?" he asks smirking towards my dad which I knew where this question was going, my dad says that's correct before Reece continues "does that mean we have to stay at their houses?" He asks as wolf whistles, kind of ironic, fill the hall.
"Yes that's right but no funny business Mr Green" my dad says with a pointed look before continuing, Reece laughs saying no promises.
"Okay, first pair is my daughter Erika and Justin" he smiles looking over at Justin and I, Justin wraps his around around my shoulders smiling. Sam and Jacob ended up being a pair which was obvious, but Reece was kept until last.
"And finally, Reece Green and Martha Tanner" my dad says which makes Reece's jaw hang low shocked, he quickly looks over to Martha then at me still shocked.
"Can you keep the promise now?" I ask smiling sweetly at him, Justin laugh beside me but Reece sits back in his chair looking annoyed at my dad.
"It isn't gonna be a wolf that's gonna kill me, it's gonna be her!" He shouts which makes a few people start laughing, but it was probably true.
"Alright everyone go about your day, stay with your buddy and don't worry the police have got this" my dad smiles with his arms open proudly, he lifts up his walkie-talkie holding it to his mouth "all the guys have one of these, if anything happens you have direct contact with me, only to be used in an emergency" he says through it which comes out of all the walkie-talkies the guys had hanging from there pockets, once again kind of sexist!
"Hey sir, yes its an emergency, that girl is gonna kill me!" Reece says through his, my dad just gives him a look walking off the stage.
"It might not be bad Reece, you'll probably bond" I tell him trying to help him see the bright side to the situation, but he still wasn't happy and just storms out the hall pushing passed people as he went.
Justin laughs while Sam, Jacob and Martha walk over, for once Martha wasn't the first to speak. She really isn't doing well with all the nerves, she's always rather calm in situations like this.
"Okay wow, do you believe the whole werewolf thing?" Sam asks me actually believing it herself, I look towards Justin who gives me a look, I mean I can't really go against my father, even if I don't actually believe a word he says.
"I mean my dad knows what he saw, so we just have to trust that he's gonna deal with the problem" I say neither admitting or denying anything.
Justin still had his arm around me, where he gives my side a little squeeze telling me I did good without telling me. We begin to make our way out the hall, this time around no one was pushing or shoving. As we reach outside, I spot Reece throwing a stone at the wall, he always did this when something was bothering him. I excuse myself from everyone else running over to Reece, him and me had been best friends since we were tiny babies, he is actually my longest friend.
"Hey Reece, I know it's not who you wanted as a buddy but in the situation we're in now, it's better than nothing right?" I ask coming to a stop beside him, he throws another rock at the wall but stops to look at me.
"We don't get along Erika, for reasons you already know but also she nitpicks at every little thing I do, I don't know if I'll manage how ever long that's gonna be for" he sighs throwing another rock at the wall, I walk over taking the rocks out his hands making him look at me.
"It won't always have to be just you and her, you live right next door to me so you can come over whenever you want, it's not going to be as bad as you think it's going to be" I smile, just trying to make him see that things could have been much worse and how bad things are for other people right now.
He looks at my face nodding knowing what I was saying was right, after talking for a few more minutes we both start to make our ways back over to the other guys.
"What house do you wanna stay at?" He asks Martha who stood behind Sam still looking nervous, she finally looks up saying she didn't mind before looking back at the floor, okay that is not like her at all.
"Oh um we can stay at mine as it's closer to Erika's" he suggests which is what I said would be the best thing, she nods walking towards him where he gives me shocked look following her to his house.
"Okay, I was gonna say that wasn't gonna end well but now, I'm not sure" Sam says looking at the two walking away "whatever you said Erika, it worked" she smiles all of us still watching the two walk away, civilly.
"I know Reece, he just had to calm down and see it from another perspective, Martha is probably scared like the rest of us so she doesn't want to put up a fight" I say as they turn a corner so we couldn't see then anymore, I reckon they're gonna be okay, my dad walks out the hall looking over at our group with raised eyebrows.
"Well that seems like our cue to leave" Sam says wrapping me in a hug before walking away with Jacob, leaving Justin and I alone outside the hall.
"Come on" he says putting his arm out, I wrap my arm around his following him towards my house, not knowing my dad wasn't the only person watching me.
It was later in the day, I was stood in the kitchen cooking something for dinner, Justin wanted to help so I told him he could cut the peppers. I've been cooking dinner ever since my mum went missing, my dad for the first maybe seven years was never home, he was out looking for our mum and only came home when he needed to get more evidence, as he called it. Ethan used to take care of most things but I didn't want to feel like I wasn't pulling my weight, so I cooked. I'm still in cook mode even though my dads back, I still like to cook for them and to be honest, I'm really good at it.The house was quiet, all you could hear was the stove and Justin cutting the peppers, my dad was working and I had no idea where Ethan was. The silence was broken by the sound of my dads voice coming through Justin's walk-in-talkie."Pc Richard Parker coming through
I had finally managed to fall asleep after hours of tossing and turning, the image of the wolf standing over me kept appearing every time I closed my eyes. I had been asleep for around an hour, when a voice wakes me up suddenly.I frantically look around the room to find the owner of this voice but found no one, Justin was fast asleep on the blow up mattress on the floor. But beside him was his walkie-talkie which calms me down a little, there is no intruder it's just that thing!"I just hit another one, taking these down one after another" the voice says again through the walkie-talkie, what a lovely thing to hear when you've just woken up right?!I sit up straight rubbing eyes as I went, I look over at the clock to see it was almost 4am! These wolf and police officers don't sleep it feels like, I get up to get a glass of w
I jolt awake to my name being called, it takes me a few seconds to process what was happening before I jump up. Cody was slowly sitting up from the other sofa, in the same moment Justin begins to shout my name once again, this time it was closer than before. I run up to the door of the basement locking it as I went, I knew this would just confirm to Justin that I was down here but it would at least give me a few more seconds to think of an excuse. Cody was already on his feet as I make it to the bottom of the staircase, he didn't look as though he was in any pain which was kind of shocking, he literally got shot yesterday!"What are we gonna do? Justin is gonna come down here and see you and-" I start to ramble as my name continues to be shouted, I could tell by his tone he was getting worried and a little annoyed.
After an hour I had filled 7 notebooks while Reece, was just about done with his first. He was exactly like this at school then on the way home he'd copy my work, once he actually walked into a lamppost due to writing while walking.This little study session had uncovered some interesting things, it's also made me kind of believe that the werewolf people are out there. Let's start from the beginning, werewolves live in packs like most animals, they have a leader called an Alpha. Each werewolf also has a mate, that is another person that is assigned to you by the moon goddess. The Alpha's mate is called the Luna and they both rule over the pack, but there are some wolves who don't have a pack. They're called rouges and from what the books are saying, aren't very nice at all!Maybe Martha is Scott's mate, there's a few things I could look out for
It was now late that same day, the whole day the town was just littered with police who were making sure everyone remained in their homes. My dad kept ringing me and demanding I tell him what I knew, of course I would sweetly reply that I hadn't a clue what he was talking about. I wasn't like Justin and just throw my friends under the bus for no good reason, well a justifiable reason.What Reece said earlier did get me thinking, what was Justin doing outside my bedroom door? But also he must have had his head on my door to hear what we were saying, what did he think me and Reece were doing up there?! Has he ever done that before when I've been in my room? This whole situation has just brought up so many new questions, mostly around the intentions of Justin.Reece had just gone to bed when I lock my bedroom door, while Justin slept on a blow up m
I jolt awake suddenly, someone was banging repeatedly on the front door. My heart was pounding in my chest as I get to my feet, why the hell would someone be banging on the front door like that?!I make my way out my bedroom and down the stairs, where Reece who also looked as though he just woke up was by the front door. He sends me a confused look before opening the door, there stood a young police officer with his arms crossed."Sorry to wake you so early, but the police need to urgently check all the females for a mark" he says where his eyes glance to me for a second, Reece moves in front of the door as the police attempts to walk in."Okay first of all, don't just assume you can walk straight into the house and second, she's just woke up at least let her get changed" he s
I slowly start to feel my body again to discover I'm laying on the floor, a hint of confusion takes over my senses. As I become more with it I discover that as I've said, I was on the floor but my head wasn't. It didn't feel like the ground but someone's lap, who's lap could I be laying in? And more to the fact, why am I laying in their lap?My eyes slowly open where it takes a few seconds for my eyes to adjust, before I discover who's lap I'm laying in, Cody's. His worried face was looking down at me with his hand running through my hair, sparks just spread wherever he would touch."You don't know how great it is to see your eyes open" he tells me relief filling his face, I was still pretty out of it but was slowly coming around."What happened?" I ask my head still on his lap, honestly, I didn't want to move until I had no
It was later in the day, my dad and I spoke for hours. He kept trying to skip over topics that he knew I would win any sort of debate, but after awhile I think I managed to get a few of my points across. I was now making some dinner when Reece walks through the door, he had bags of different things in his arms as he went. I send him a confused look which he soon catches onto, he dumps the bags on the floor making his way over to the kitchen."Don't ask me, your dad gave me a huge list of things with strict instructions not to miss anything! I had to go to three different shops to get it all" he sighs taking a seat at the counter, I take a look over at the bags for a second before turning back to the food I was making "Martha got to Scott safely, she kept thanking me and told me to thank you" he says from behind me, I turn around sending me a smile a huge feeling of relief takes over me once he said that.
It's been a week since I took control over the town, let me tell you it's been a blast. That night we had a huge party, it stretched from the pack house all the way to the centre of town. I thought the towns people would be nervous about having the pack members walking the streets, but it was the opposite. Everyone was just so happy that all the fighting and the fear could be over with, my dad was even smiling.Today was the day we move the border that separates the town and the pack, now this part of town is a part of the pack. Which according to Cody, makes up one of the biggest packs in the country! Which is a big thing according to him, I wouldn't know I'm still learning about all the pack things.Ethan got released from hospital yesterday, the doctor is right he's slowly making a full recovery. Mum and dad finally spoke too, they have a lon
It's been two days since everything that happened with Ethan, who has woken up and is doing okay. Yesterday the whole day was spent coming up with a plan to get into the town, we knew one thing for definite and that was I needed to get into the town. Which was why the planning was taking this long, Cody didn't want to put me in any danger so every plan he was turning down! Reece couldn't wait to get control of the town again, one so all this mess would be over but two, he could make Justin pay for what he did to Kayleigh.After a few long hours of going over plans, Cody finally agreed to one, only because him and most of the pack will be coming with me! Which honestly, I didn't mind too much because I wasn't thrilled about the idea of going in there alone if I'm being honest. We decided the best time to go into the town would be really early in the morning, before the sunrise kind of early.Th
"Ethan?" I ask confused that he was even ringing me, he's rang me a few times since we've found mum again but it's always been at night, just in case our dad finds out."Luna, you need to come to the border immediately, your brothers been attacked" one of the border guards says, this immediately makes my heart sink and tears well up in my eyes.I hang up the phone and don't even stop to tell the others what happened, I just need to get to Ethan immediately. As I bolt out the door I hear my mum shouting my name, but I didn't and couldn't stop. I zip passed a pack member after pack member. Some would ask if I'm okay but I couldn't answer, all I could think about was my brother.I soon arrive at that border where I see him, Ethan was laying on the floor with the border guard over him. I waste no time running over and knelling b
It's been a week since I spoke to Tristan, the day after I felt so bad still. Maybe I should have gone about the conversation in a different way, yes all those things needed to he said but maybe not in the way I did. Cody hasn't left my either, he's telling me it's due to the huge meeting he has, he won't be home for the entire day and some of the night. I told him he didn't have to make up for that, we have loads of other days that we can spend every minute with each other.Today was the day of his huge meeting, when I woke up he wasn't there but he did leave me a sweet note. Remember when we had that mini picnic in my bedroom, the night I found out he was a werewolf and what we are. I kept saying over and over again that he was the perfect guy, that still stands with all the sweet notes he leaves me. I couldn't have asked for a nicer mate, especially after everything with Tristan! He told me in the note he would
Just to get into the building was difficult, you needed to wait outside for ages telling them your name and if you've set a meeting up. Than a man comes out asking for ID and starts to search you, just in case you're sneaking something in to give to one of the patients. I wasn't really too bothered about this, all my mind was focusing on was what I was gonna say to Tristan. I knew I had to word what I was gonna say in a way that wouldn't set him off, last time I was here he was better but still not fully there.After what feels like forever, I'm escorted into the building. Once the door closes you hear all the locks locking, they really don't want these people to get out. I lock my things away in a little box at reception, before following the man once again. We walk for a few more minutes until we reach the meeting room, once the door opens I spot Tristan sitting at the table."Erika, I'm so
I wake up bright and early the next morning, all that was racing around my head was what I will tell Tristan. But not only that, I also had to work out what I was gonna tell Cody! I know if I tell him what I wanna do he won't let me, but this is something I need to do not only for myself, but also for Tristan. I don't want him getting out of where he is and having to find out that I've moved on, yeah he might have plotted to kill me but I still care about him enough not to put him through that.I was sitting in the kitchen when Cody runs down the stairs, he had a folder tucked under his arm while rummaging through stuff. I watch him for a few seconds, I thought I had more time to think of an excuse of where I'm gonna be today."Have you seen my keys?" He asks looking through a pot on the side, why would his keys be in there?
I had just wrapped up my storytelling moment, no one uttered a word or moved a single muscle. Martha looked as though she was gonna bolt at any time, while Scott and Cody stood there trying to wrap their heads around what I just told them."You lied to me" Scott mutters breaking the silence, at first I thought he was talking to me but he turns to Martha "everything you told me was a lie, you cared to leave out why that Tristan boy was trying to kill you, YOU TRIED TO KILL HER!" He shouts loosing his cool, I was more shocked he could actually shout that loud."You don't understand, I was jealous because Erika had everything, she had the boy, the family and she was just so beautiful" Martha says but I shake my head, this is what she always does! Whenever she's put in a situation where she's in the wrong, she attempts to make you feel bad so you fo
"Tristan please listen to me, you don't have to do this!" I plead with him while fighting him off, I knew if he managed to get me in the water who knows what he'll do."We could have been so good Erika!" He shouts still fighting against me trying his hardest to pull me in the water with him, out of the corner of my eye I spot someone walking over.Martha appears out of the bushes with her arms crossed, at first a huge relief takes over my senses. In my mind I thought she would run over and help but she didn't, she stood there with a smile on her face."That's it Tristan, get rid of her then you and me can live the life of our dreams" she laughs which makes my eyes just go wide, she was planning this with him!"No
I texted Ethan and told him I desperately needed to talk to him and my dad, this wasn't about the town or any borders but a family matter. I know Ethan will come no matter what, even if my dad were to tell him not too. The problem was if my dad was gonna come, he might think this is some kind of trap or something. I just need to prepare for anything, with that thought in mind I start heading towards the border.This was the first time I was making this journey alone, thankfully I walked it a few times so I wouldn't get lost. As I reach the border, I spot Ethan and just dad stood were waiting for me at that side. I send a smile over at them as one of the border guards makes his way over."The Alpha has informed us that you will having a talk with your family, we will be over there further away enough so we can't hear your private conversation, bu