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2024-10-29 19:42:56'Opening my eyes, I looked around me. I was in the forest back at Silver Mountain. I knew that at least. This was the northern forest though, the one right at the foot of the mountain. It was a few hours away from our main city. What was this moment?
I knew this was a dream. I don’t know how but I did. Honestly, I’d been expecting to be pulled into a nightmare after everyone refused to allow me to drive home. The weight of being on the pack territory was too easy to guess that I would be plagued with memories.
Suddenly, I heard howling in the distance and I started to run. I knew they were after me. I knew if they caught me, they would kill me. My little legs could only take me so far so fast. Hiding in the back of a truck, I’d managed to sneak out of the city and take it as far as I could go. This memory was from a long time ago and I could barely remember why I was out here alone. It was rare that I was without Emmett attached
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Raine and I decided that a run was in order. After we got back from Ethan’s a few days ago, there was so much pent up stress and worry. My shoulders were so tight I felt like I was walking more like a robot than human. Nothing felt right. I worked out more. I worked on the cars that came into the shop. I practiced my drums. Nothing could ease the feeling.Running in our wolf form, we felt a little better. It was like letting the shadows go. We definitely needed practice running on all fours. There were more than a few times we took a jump a little too far or run a little too fast and couldn’t control ourselves. Working out the logistics of not being seen wasn’t hard since our hearing suddenly was enhanced. There was deer I could swear I heard chewing on grass a mile away.‘How about we head back to the pool?’ Raine offered and I let her take over.We had been swapping back and forth to get a feel for the new form. It also w
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Today, Kevin decided to grace me with his presence. Apparently, Sam and Ethan had gotten in a heated argument and it made the pack house insufferable. Ethan couldn’t leave because he was dealing with issues in the new college town he was building on his territory. They had multiple inspectors and construction crews coming in and out. Building the entire city from scratch sounded intense. I couldn’t even imagine how much that cost.Still, Sam and him had gotten into it about something in the city. They now argued every time they were within eye-line of each other. Kevin escaped in his very modest Toyota Sequoia. The only thing that wasn’t modest was the color. It was in what was called a Supersonic Red and I didn’t think that large of a car needed to be supersonic. That was not the point, but far be it from me to point it out.Since there wasn’t anything planned to come in today in t
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Raine was laughing at me. I was sitting up in bed looking at the clock as the seconds ticked by. It was dark and I was waiting for it to turn midnight. Not for me. It would be an hour difference.‘You know, he is going to be so mad.’I rolled my eyes. ‘It’s nowhere near as crazy as I usually do it! A phone call is the least I could do.’She wagged her tail. ‘Remember the year we poured a bucket of red Jello over him.’‘There was also the time that we managed to get him outside so he woke up by us throwing him in the river.’‘That year he was really mad. Caleb had to help with that one.’I smiled. Emmett and I had an unhinged way of celebrating each others birthdays. Usually involved surprise, pain, shock, and ingenuity. I’d already planned out this year but I wouldn’t be able to go through with it. At least not this year
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âYou know, youâre starting to piss me off now.âI was leaning over the hood of my new project in the garage. Really it was Emmettâs birthday gift but Iâd finally had it pulled out of storage and sent to the shop. Iâd been lucky that the engine was still in good shape. Most of it just needed to be cleaned, a few rusted parts replaced, and then of course throwing in a turbo for good measure. Emmett wasnât one for a pure classic build. Which was fun but also the wires were infuriating.âI know. Iâm irritating everyone it seems.âChuckling, I pulled the wires of the new headlights that I was installing through a custom cut I had to make. I was starting to rethink giving the 1969 Corvette Stingray a modern set up. Iâd need to build an entire board by hand and somehow have it fit into the body of this beauty without destroying it completely.Looking at it now, it was pretty destroyed. Iâd finished the engine and made sure it would run first. But before even that, Iâd stripped the entirety of
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The drive wasnât something I would rank up in my top ten experiences. I had full faith in the engine. Iâd taken my time, been meticulous, and set up the turbo with a level of love that I had for all beautiful classic cars. However, everything else was the issue. The frame was basically just that, the frame. The sun shone through the places where the door met the main body and everywhere else. The tires were an entirely different story. Those I hadnât changed out from when they brought the car in.âArbella.ââWhatâs that?âI growled, the shifter sticking again before I was able to shift up. âHer name. Itâs Arbella.ââWhy the hellâŠ?â Raine was growling back at me.âBecause we are going to need a fucking prayer to get there and back in this thing.âRaine laughed but it was manic. We both were completely unhinged. The thought that someone tried to attack the pack while Ethan was gone was infuriating. However, the amount of rogues and the fact that it was organized was driving me insane.âT
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It took three tries to get Arbella up and running again but once she was, I was ready to murder some more things. This wouldnât take me as long and I didnât need to go past a hundred but I didnât mosey over to the city either. Pulling up the the entrance, I pulled up to a stop about a block into the main downtown. Getting out, I grabbed my two weapons.There was a mess of wolves just chilling on the steps and in the street like they owned the fucking place. As I looked over the area, I counted how many wolves that were out here looking like the crew from West Side Story. There were definitely a leader, he was sitting in the center where I could see Sam, on her knees, tied up. She looked like she took a hell of a beating.A few of their wolves had made a bit of a red-rover line ahead of me. I cocked my head to the side, trying to see if they wanted to link arms and start singing.âWhat do you want, rogue? You donât belong here.âI cackled. âYou knowâŠI donât. I donât belong here. But nei
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I took a deep breath. It smelled like metal and blood and death. The red tint that was threatening the edges of my vision had fully taken over. Everything was a rose tinted masterpiece. Around me were bodies of my carnage. They dropped like flies in the path of flamethrower. It felt so good. All of them were dead. The threat was over. Looking up from the massacre, I saw a few wolves starting to make their way out of the buildings.Utterly useless. All of them. They didnât even know how to help themselves. Yes. They couldnât do a thing. They didnât have any power. Not like I did. They didnât bathe in the blood. They werenât enshrouded in shadows. They were nothing. Meant nothing to me. Stepping forward, I smirked as my boot cracked a bone. They didnât cry out though. They were lost. They returned to the hell they came from.âC-Commander.âMy head cocked to the side, looking at a wolf stepping towards me.âW-we have it from here. If you want to head back to the pack house.âWas this thin
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I sat on the stairs of the porch, looking out over the back yard of the pack house. Everything was so quiet here. It was nice to take a break from the chaos that was now my home. At least for a few minutes. The wind blew and I tucked a stray hair behind my ear. Looking down at my phone, I stared at the messages that were there. E: Hey Sky, I feeling a little better today. Sam made some kind of soup. It was completely inedible. She had to order pizza. It reminded me of when you tried to cook that pasta dish and you somehow managed to burn the pasta. E: I went shopping online today. Got some more clothes. Bernard came by and cut my hair for me. That was nice. It was getting in my eyes. They wonât talk about you though. Itâs like you donât exist anymore and I hate it. E: Today was a bad day. I donât know why. I just woke up and I threw up until there was nothing left in me. Sam tried to help but I felt disgusting. Iâm reminded of what I did. What I had done. Itâs like it comes back
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We headed down the road in Ethanâs truck. I was squished between Ethan and Justin in the center seat of the bench. Still, it felt nice as I rested my head on Justinâs shoulder and my fingers laced with Ethanâs. Iâd need them to handle this trip.âI gave one of the new homes to Sam. Her and Emmett have been staying together.ââSo she didnât reject him?âEthan squeezed my hand. âShe didnât. She hasnât marked him but when she heard what you did, I think she thought it only right for her to give him a chance as well.âMy heart lightened just a little, knowing that something good may actually come from all this pain. Ethan turned down the road that was brand new and I could see the new homes that were being built. There were three blocks of them that were already finished and he pulled into the driveway of one that was a block down. I scooted out of the middle and Justin helped me down from the truck.âWhatever you do, pretend like Iâm not here.âBoth Ethan and Justin gave me confused look
Shift   Chapter 172
I woke up screaming and my eyes flung open. Everything was hazy and I didnât know where I was. All I could remember was the all consuming feeling of the darkness. How sticky my hands were from Emmettâs blood. The last sound that came from Marrok as I killed him. My heart sped up as I started to hyperventilate, as my stomach started to roll.âHey! Sky! Itâs okay. Youâre okay. Youâre safe.âA hand brushed my cheek but I flinched away from in.âShit. Hold on. Iâm pulling over.âI felt bile start to come up but I just coughed, forcing myself to not throw up. I hadnât realized we were moving until the motion stopped completely. It helped a bit for my stomach but I still felt like I couldnât breathe. Hands slipped under my arms and pulled me up from my laying down position. My head fell heavily against Ethanâs shoulder and arms held me tight.âYouâre okay. Iâve got you. Iâm right here.âThat broke the damn. I started to cry as I grabbed onto the front of his shirt, balling it up between my
