I look over and meet the most beautiful dark burgundy eyes.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJikZJ24l8 維尼
"You okay honey?" Mom's eyes glance back to the road but she watches me closely, concern marring her brows.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mf2LxMVub 維尼
I nod, rubbing the sleep from my eyes and stretching the fitful restlessness from my bones. Unfortunately it does little to relief me.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVr1Sbe4Rr 維尼
She reached over and gently, with care, squeezed my shoulder. I looked over.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo0rVEbZhi 維尼
"Nightmare? What about?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g1FQ1IrYm 維尼
She only has to look over for a moment at the look in my eyes to know the answer.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CKK08e2c5 維尼
She shudders. "I know, baby. Believe me I know. Maybe here we can start over fresh."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpNu3RcU97 維尼
I can only swallow the bile in the back of my throat, sending my heart pounding forward in my chest, leaving a deafening impression on the inside of my ribs.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ovJRbuWa8 維尼
"It's okay Annabear..."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDAW7C2Bnk 維尼
I shake my head to force the memory away.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dHaIUbHfg 維尼
"We need this pack, baby, we can't live without. I wish we could but I'm not strong enough and you're so new to the change still."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQGNCuIKTU 維尼
I curl my shoulder and hunch down into my seat, letting the seat-belt dig in under my arm. I try again to sleep. The beauty of it has eluded me this last week. It started with the death of my beloved father. It began as I watched the life leave his body.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFEAl0oC4I 維尼
"Beautiful girl." Alpha. Predator. Sadistic.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh0zXk3bmt 維尼
He smiles at me. It turns my father into dark fury. It doesn't take his over protective warnings to tell me to be careful to know this new Alpha is danger.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡyco5aUvxWB 維尼
"Be careful Annabear. He has sickness inside him. He is broken and twisted and if you ever find yourself alone with him scream as loud as you can and run. Run for me and I'll protect you."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJNTwKaWkU 維尼
He said that days before the challenge. But it wasn't really a challenge. No, in a pack battle daddy would have wrecked this vicious animal.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFIyTfqmDu 維尼
Daddy was always honorable. It was an inner beauty in his soul and it's why he was slaughtered.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mULGOTL2u 維尼
The sharp crimson red of blood over his tan complexion. Dull steel gray eyes losing that remarkable honor I've long cherished.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXdOvXSTEY 維尼
All the while surrounded by the most majestic palette of greens only nature can twirl into existence. My fingers tightened with the urge to work a paint brush.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tqunsyB7y 維尼
No.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGpoxERTf3 維尼
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I never want to give those terrifying colors realism again.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGFw22HS7x 維尼
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Something jerks me awake. We're still in the car. The ghost of memory spins monsters into the green dark woods. I search the other side of the glass trying to find the innocent love I used to feel when looking to the woods. Nothing but adrenaline and anxiety touched me now. We're following what looks like a curving long driveway farther back into the woods.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUPYwpqjpl 維尼
The hand shakes me lighter this time but still with worry. I look over.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡw26LqgzKGp 維尼
"You were crying."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW5gpxRIze 維尼
I reach up and my fingers come away wet from my cheeks. Guess I was. Exhaustion dogged me for the rest of this unnaturally long drive and yet sleep eluded me.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmSZ3H9H5V 維尼
"We're here."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeKAvni4Rw 維尼
My mother's face was filled with trepidation as she put the Oldsmobile in park and shut off the overused engine. I searched her lovely face. She carried the refined complexion of any werewolf in her prime. She looked closer to thirty than her actual age.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KdoC3wWwk 維尼
Her beautiful eyes were tired. She'd just driven from New Mexico to Virginia straight without a wink of sleep.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡREDKnrqIhm 維尼
I asked her how she was holding up. She smiled and caressed my face.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLmXxs6aXI 維尼
"I'll be just fine sweet child. Now come on, we're already late."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTP8TrQvXz 維尼
I let myself out and finally looked at this potential home. It was old Victorian but well kept. How cliche I can't help but think. It's almost maroon but a little too dark. Maybe it's age, the over all condition of the two story building was maintained but the paint was weathered more to the right than the left as the house collected more sunlight on that side while the left was primarily shadowed by tall pines and maples. In the front lawn a willow sat by itself. I had the strongest urge to touch it but refrained as mom wrapped an arm around my shoulders and leaned on me.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS6O4K6R04 維尼
We left the car behind on the pavement and stepped down onto gravel to reach the front door. It opened before we reached it.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyuRuUdHJd 維尼
My spine tingled with awareness as we stopped mid step. I took one step in front of my haggard mother to protect her.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzObIij4LK 維尼
"You must be Nicole and Julianna. So good to see you here safe and sound!" The woman said with a bright alluring smile. Her hair was this short bob of strawberry blonde that seemed to glow in the rising sunlight.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡvecFRZdGfD 維尼
"We are. Thank you so much for seeing us. Are you the Alpha's mate, ma'am?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzteTIeAmV 維尼
She laughed and motioned us into the parlor room.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRtdZvz5mk 維尼
"No, our Alpha Sebastian is unmated. I'm the resident doctor. My name is Gretchen Marshall. It's so nice to meet you."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FWd1EtjZh 維尼
"You as well. You must be the Gretchen I spoke with on the phone? I know this is all rather sudden but we had to leave our pack."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOKbI9GVId 維尼
"That's okay Nicole. I've notified Sebastian. He's made sure to be around the grounds for when you arrive and-"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDqkEFq6SF 維尼
I turned from them and searched the architecture of the room for some idea of the new pack's style. It was well kept but not overtly pretentious. Signs of yellowing paint told me the house was older and not regularly up kept but there was a distinct lack of dust, cobwebs and dirt. Clean and neat but not compulsive about perfection.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡngDa5Bs2fx 維尼
My mother took my hand and gently led me up the stairs leading up from this open parlor. The open breezy doorways led down hallways but I missed the signs of life. We were led up a second set of stairs to a second level. Was there a basement? Four floors was rather spacious and a bit ostentatious. Was that the personality of the Alpha?8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIrilTOYHJ 維尼
Gretchen led us down a hall to a set of double door and knocked once before pushing through to a rather bland looking waiting room then again through a second set of double doors. I was suddenly overwhelmed. Beautiful, vibrant hues welcomed me. Royal decadent purples paired with warm grays colored the entry room of this master suite. A polished swirling marble floor that seemed completely out of the ordinary for this house but it held a luster that stole my eyes. I watch white and light blue strands dance and twist in the marble. I followed it until my mind froze on a set of bare feet. I followed them up with the distinct feel of my heart racing in my chest.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoPPluJ5Ow 維尼
Faded, rough blue jeans topped bare feet, curved loosely over strong legs. Narrow hips but a well strung body barely concealed by the button up shirt tugging at wide shoulders. This man...8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIkyC16i7a 維尼
There was no mistaking who our new patrons were. The new presences in the room.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53XvWzDqhz 維尼
My eyes had locked onto none other than the Alpha himself. It had to be him. No one could hold that frame of power and lethality and be anything less than Alpha. He was nothing like I expected. Nothing like what I'd become accustom to.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCNjJLDACS 維尼
He watched my mother as she stared at his chest and muttered. I've never seen eyes as piercing as his. They reminded me of chrysocolla, a lustrous green blue stone. It's a otherworldly semi-precious beauty commonly confused with turquoise. His eyes are different, no greens quite match them. Turquoise doesn't do them justice. Maybe because they held no sense of lunacy in them.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tKaUmBOnx 維尼
They turned to me. And the world froze.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIN1Pc1CMF 維尼
His eyes narrowed but we were locked on. I couldn't look away. I couldn't explain the tight pull in my chest, like my ribs were gripping my heart, crushing it. It didn't hurt but I gasped anyway.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQWv9fjmlA 維尼
Suddenly my mother's arms were around me and growling vibrated my body. I tore my gaze away and searched the ceiling again searching for breath.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF20mLfP7k 維尼
I felt wind on my cheek and turned to the movement. My mother was speaking, her words blowing on my face.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoZovAuBiX 維尼
"-very different. Not like anything you've seen."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeI4r3Vb84 維尼
I pull away and sign to her.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62okpIcTfP 維尼
She signed back and then turned to the Alpha.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmGhHTmuYQ 維尼
"What is going on, female?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkZ0poVlFU 維尼
I looked to mom as she responded hesitantly. I remember the painfully when she had told the crazed Alpha about my "disability".8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWKIU0VCos 維尼
"Will her offspring be broken as well?" I flinched at the thought. The sharp taste of bitterness coated my tongue.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡShVbdpfyem 維尼
"My daughter is deaf. She can't hear."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1x5L1M775I 維尼
"What?" Those beautiful unique eyes were swallowed by canary yellow and shock as they looked at me.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR22iFNfyH 維尼
"Julianna is deaf and mute."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡknXiPEycB6 維尼
"How is that possible?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HvDyd7N0i 維尼
"That's why her looking you in the eyes, facing you is not a challenge. It's the only way she can understand what's going on."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KDJqnCDV3 維尼
He looks me straight on, searching me. I can't decipher the emotion in his eyes.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwSShD53rr 維尼
I know he doesn't know I can read lips because he meets my eyes while still talking to my mother and says, "Is she stupid?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89nKzxZ2gx 維尼
I rear back and spin to my mother and begin signing harshly.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUjIZLaFn2 維尼
"Did he just call me stupid?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKVn9KznNF 維尼
"Sweetheart please not now." She signed back to me as she spoke allowed.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvQb7cJV6E 維尼
"I'm not stupid. He's the ignorant dog!"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSbsEKiSng 維尼
"You shouldn't say things like that Julianna."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJEiH5JwaU 維尼
"Don't just stand there! Tell him I understand!"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJkKNsDNAc 維尼
"Julianna."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP41KE5O8v 維尼
I turn and sign to him. I know he won't understand but I have to try and do something.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFQpSxAINt 維尼
"I am not dumb! I can understand you! Just because I can't hear doesn't mean I'm blind! You are a piece of shit if you think I can't understand!"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡchnTC8JN24 維尼
He gripped one hand trying to cease my movements, eyes a bright almost neon yellow and tried to speak but I ripped my arm from him and continued ranting the only way I knew how.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eQfRFVDuv 維尼
This went on for several minutes until my jaw hurt so much from my teeth being clenched. When I finally finished I was heaving, breath rasping like I'd just run a marathon.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡowtzaGmPBx 維尼
My mom's hands gripped my shoulders and shakily drew me back into her and then behind her to protect me from this quiet Alpha's wrath. He seemed to be simmering under the calm. He said nothing. He just stared me down but I refused to be cowed by his glare.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡunp3OGOTDN 維尼
After everything I had just called him my adrenaline was pumping and my heart and mind refused to back down.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxSwvOtt8O 維尼
He breathed in deep, that intense gaze leaned forward a moment then he said,8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpgSmKnoXp 維尼
"Take them away."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJIDGQQbYz 維尼
Suddenly the men I had previously been oblivious to descend and led us out. I pulled my mother into my arms when one of the men grasped her arm and she cowered.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fpXqPJ0b2 維尼
She's a submissive. She won't fight you. Don't manhandle her you monster! I wanted to scream but my voice refused and I cursed my deafness.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3VMfnZmFb 維尼
There was two men and the doctor Gretchen.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwooQwyUoe 維尼
As far as I could see everyone stayed silent. Mom asked no question. She seemed less scared by the singular fact that she only barely shook as she curled an arm around my shoulder. I huddled closer, wrapping one arm around her waist. We gripped the other and became the others support and pillar of strength. After father's death sometimes it was all we had. Gretchen smiled sweetly at our gesture of affection and it was the first real distinction about her. She had a beautiful smile. It matched the rest of her soft, gentle, motherly affection-like aura.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWNYsGbnyA 維尼
I signed to my mother that I loved her.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KTqQEagLC 維尼
"I love you too my sweet child."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5bUYgWFMd 維尼
We were led not to the front door from which we first entered but up a set of stairs.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnG3GCGdVO 維尼
"Where are we going?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXEB2SETtg 維尼
My mother looked just as uncertain as I was so she reiterated my question to the three others.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CIXtJ6Nep 維尼
The woman was the only one to respond. She looked at me as she spoke.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EVwzRot6i 維尼
"Sebastian is very direct. If he had wanted you both gone he wouldn't have just said, 'Take them away.' He wasn't sending you out the door, only away from him. He can be rough around the edges sometimes but he won't send two females out packless."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwKeonIrIs 維尼
My mother turned to one of the men but by the time my eyes turned all I caught was the tail end of his words, "-as much as the girl did."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbLYNgRNB2 維尼
I bit my tongue in frustration. I knew he was talking about me and it annoyed me that people had no decorum.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLkUA7A6bA 維尼
Clean but older wallpaper adorned the walls in this upstairs hallway. A rich and lightly faded burgundy with a light cream carpet. It was also dulled by the incessant foot traffic but at one time it had been extravagant and beautiful. Several closed doors followed the hall, all similar and approximately the same distance apart. We were stopped in front of one. The woman spoke first as the taller of the males, this one had a long mess of blonde hair pulled haphazardly into a ponytail, unlocked the door. From the outside. It sent cold shivers up my spine.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHwSbuQmdw 維尼
"While our Alpha decides how to handle your situation you'll be give shelter and food. You'll be kept here for yours and our packs protection. This way."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXBkus23IS 維尼
She gestured for us to move into the room first. Naturally mom being my protective momma bear went first but no rabid angry wolves jumped out. The room was tastefully decorated but lack any real personality. Art on the walls, flowers and color but missing the warmth of a personal touch.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2587hO6BF 維尼
I turn to the woman and found her speaking to mom.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eT6283cIb 維尼
"-will be brought to you three times a day but Sebastian is a very reasonable man. Best guess is you'll be out of here before dinner." Her easy smile and gentle brown eyes seemed to put mom at ease. She nodded and the woman closed the door behind her. She turned to me, "They locked the door."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRmvvLsTKi 維尼
I tossed my hand in a frustrated gesture.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gL6NIarCb 維尼
"What do they expect us to do? Savage them? This is bullshit."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I53W4x0QO 維尼
Now she spoke aloud but continued signing.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYtkWgUCjw 維尼
"We need them, Julianna."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fm1dONv5e 維尼
"How do we know they're any different than the old pack?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyxRbl8fEZ 維尼
"We don't but this Sebastian seems a logical, sane wolf. He will be fair. Beside we aren't strong enough to survive without protection."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNJCMarsL7 維尼
Even I agreed with her there. Mom had backbone, especially when it came to me and my well-being, but she had no whiff of Alpha in her. She was as submissive a wolf could be. I wasn't Alpha and I wanted no part of this. We'd grieve over dad, toughen up and leave this place. Maybe we could try to be human, pretend and leave this wolf insanity behind us. Last thing mom needs is male wolves messing with her. Last thing I need was to let my anger at a certain Alpha get us kicked out or worse.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡFezBftvwOv 維尼
We spent that afternoon and early evening in the locked room that I'd found had no windows. Decorative curtains gave the room a deceptively open feel but behind them led to nothing but more wallpaper. This just fueled my fury. Lies. Deceit. Stupidity. Anger and it was all focus on one man. I could practically feel the steam coming out of my ears. I occupied myself by searching the attached cozy sized bathroom with some basic amenities included like soap and shampoo. They'd made this place barely livable for situations like ours. I gritted my teeth as I paced the length of both rooms.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlbMgeHlqY 維尼
It felt like days passed before my mom bounced up from where she'd been sitting on the queen sized bed, eyes focused on the door. It opened and the second male from earlier stepped into view. This one was of average height and look infinitely younger, almost my age. He had dirty blonde hair and full lips under high cheekbones.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIHTRhSm4p 維尼
"Come female, Sebastian would like to speak with you."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqzJ8vxfBl 維尼
We both move forward when the man raises a hand to stop me. Mom freezes.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oR9xHso05 維尼
"Only you. The girl stays."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYnJRNAY56 維尼
I sign to mom frantically. She kisses my forehead and gently pats my cheek.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY8Is6OeqP 維尼
"Stay here. Be good. I'll be back."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKVlUvW4DK 維尼
I was gasping, scared for her and frantic to not be left in the cage alone. She smiled softly, eyes pained and then left with the male.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBWeyNn8bO 維尼
I immediately went to the door and pressed my hands and cheek to it but the movement had quickly faded on the other side of the wood.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMenOgU8ZJ 維尼
I quickly stripped my clothes and begun my change. No matter what happened, if by chance my mother wasn't the one that returned first I wanted to be at my strongest. I would be ready. I would be waiting.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe36V8IA9O 維尼
It was a mousy woman with long free flowing curly black hair that unlocked and step in next seemingly hours later. She carried a tray with a succulent heavy steak and veggies on a platter. When she saw me she jumped, dropping the tray, in surprise. It may have been my hiss, but I can't be too sure. The door immediately closed. I eyed the food, all those sweet, hot juices soaking into the wood floor slowly. The scent of fresh meat curled around my nose, enticing me but my stubborn will refused to give in. Eating it felt too much like defeat, giving in.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiW91K95jq 維尼
Suddenly the door flew open.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuhbwC3Rr8 維尼
Mr. Alpha filled the doorway. His growl shook the floor. He spoke,8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzIb6il3iM 維尼
"Female. Change back now."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKA77ckNa0 維尼
I shook my head violently. I rumbled low for my mother. The sounds that shook my chest felt strange. She wiggled by the man and appear beside me to take my giant head in her arms. She scattered kisses over my ear, tickling the sensitive hairs there.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡqci6qEWKXn 維尼
"She is deaf in this form as well?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlPEs7ZpNc 維尼
I only presume my mother told him because he nodded.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2x0XUEECu 維尼
"Change."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi4itno05U 維尼
I huffed. My eyes roll to my mother when she begins speaking.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQBbG3NaFx 維尼
"She very rarely changes, Alpha. It is very hard for her still."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3P0K9khiG 維尼
"Why?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPj7L7rM43 維尼
"She only made her first change a little over a year ago and she refuses to change because it's harder still for her to communicate in this form."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13cQgoHtiy 維尼
He looks to me, "Then why is she this way now?"8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3obvdWwS6c 維尼
I lift a paw and unsheathed my claws. Hissing I point them at him.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR7h8fziP7 維尼
You wolf, are the reason. You I don't like.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRxErmcKej 維尼
He cocked his head.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wrNYneiKL 維尼
He turns away from me and to my mother.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmHdhbEXFI 維尼
"We are agreed then. I couldn't do that to you in good conscience but teach your pup some manners and respect. If she scares one the young again she'll be declawed."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDJ2upxlWz 維尼
I reared back and blinked surprised.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGlkOXUpFC 維尼
He looked shortly at me, eyes cold.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QdzTzk7KW 維尼
I leaned forward and bared my teeth then snapped them.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYAlkwoogL 維尼
No translation needed.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPg9HpemWk 維尼
His lips thinned and he closed the door but not before turning his back on me.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡES1ZncxTeL 維尼
I shook with annoyance. Asshole.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡD73hxz9EFa 維尼
Gretchen showed up maybe an hour later. She worked as a human nurse in the maternity ward of the local hospital. She took classes to specialize in children, infants and maternity. Or something like that. I only caught part of what she said as she took us out of the prison room and back to the ground floor. She gave us a short tour of the main pack rooms including the expansive kitchen complete with joyful faces and bright eyes as women fed their young and people shuffled about. They smiled happily at us, waving and introducing themselves. I was well aware that none of them knew I was deaf and mother did not tell them. The common area with couches, tables and a section fenced off for the children to play in. It was filled with bright colors and child like figures and kids games.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0YGeYifcr 維尼
We were shown a classroom. The walls were lined with bookcases filled with what I assume to be textbooks. In the classroom a couple of girls a few years younger than me played music from a radio. I felt the vibration with them and stuffed down the yearning for hearing. With it brought my urge to paint and I refused that all together. Mom began to tear up as she brushed her fingers on the child-like drawings done by toddler by the door. It was her joy at the sight that had her squeezing my hand. Gretchen said that the pups we're taught here before she breezed through and swept us out of the room.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tF79MfT6l 維尼
"The other main entertainment room is this way. For the most part the older stay in the first room and the younger pups spend their time here." She motioned us after her as she stepped through the open doorway. As far as we've come there's been no doors. Every threshold was open keeping the whole of the ground floor airy and free moving.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtWkdHk1se 維尼
I could feel the pause of movement as we entered. There was several people here, all roughly my age. Four females and three males. The youngest seemed to be maybe thirteen, a female and the oldest no more than nineteen, a male.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Gd2oFDK3v 維尼
Two males stood around a worn pool table, racking the balls to begin a new game, with them a girl hung around watching and chattering. The youngest female, a short freckled red head, sat on a plush green couch with a book and by the look of it she was almost done.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6YcQJZ2Qs 維尼
The others had pulled several couches together and had been laughing and talking animatedly with each other. That was until we entered.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJvvYBkxjm 維尼
"Hello," Gretchen beamed at my peers, "These are the new pack members, say hello to Nicole and her daughter Julianna."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJjCVYKUCd 維尼
Several mouths mumbled back at us and my mother smiled, waving shortly. I eyed all these people, searching them and gauging their responses. I saw one of the boys elbow the other and nods to me, murmuring in a way I couldn't read his lips.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡboIMK3jTKu 維尼
My mother took my hand and when I looked back Gretchen was leading us out of the room and back the way we came. I followed her lead but not before glancing back. They watched me with much the same gauging response. I watch the two boys giving me a curling smile.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IA6woo7uu 維尼
When we were farther away, enough I assume the boys couldn't hear mom spoke to me,8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuYAEY7rKm 維尼
"Stay away from the boys, Julianna. I don't like how they looked at you."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQwRZpq96e 維尼
She didn't have to tell me twice. No way was I looking for any way to further weave myself into this pack's fold. In fact I plan on doing everything I can to separate myself from it. I just nodded and when my mother looked at Gretchen so did I.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ19LO1OLR 維尼
"The pups here are good, smart. They are just excited to see a new person their age. I imagine it can be hard for them to stay on the ground so much."213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDrYjVUypC
"What do you mean?" Mom asked with a frown.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡerrZHm4FTh 維尼
"We teach all ages here. Sebastian insists that all children, no matter the age, be home-schooled. It's safer for our and human children alike. We have several teachers here that divide the school subjects between them."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeBm9O7Lqz 維尼
Mom looked at me and I was too busy trying not to choke. I'd live here and stay here. I'd never have a reason to leave. I swallowed back bile and the feeling of suffocating. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as the last pack. We weren't allowed to communicate with the outside world when dad had been alive but at least here we're educated.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg5bRDuz8y 維尼
"Learning a human's education is to put ourselves on their level. They are ignorant. They are stupid. They are sheep. We are predators. We are nature. We learn to hunt. We learn to kill. We do as our ancestors have always done and that is the way of things. Nothing more."8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVn3KtOijb 維尼
That's what our crazed old Alpha used to decree and from that we lived a dark life. We could not think for ourselves. We could not question. No freedom. No light.8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ks3vsMfEm 維尼
Were we walking out of one prison into another?8964 copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRzyjPBzEq 維尼
