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Chapter 4

That night I woke up screaming just like every night, but this time I was alone. My eyes shot open and I searched my room for something anything to help me anchor myself and come back.

After speaking to the police, Nathaniel recommended I speak to a grief therapist. I told him I didn't need it, but once the nightmares started and it was harder and harder to realize what was real and what a dream was, I agreed. He contacted a friend who would be willing to speak to me through text and phone calls, so I would have someone to speak to if I continued to have moments of confusion.

She was kind lady and told me to find that thing in my life that brings be back to reality. One thing that I can see and know that everything around me is real. I had not found anything yet that could be a good anchor, so I would look for anything around me that I knew was mine. Sometimes it was my easel or my favorite book, whatever I could see in the darkness from my bed. Tonight I saw the only book I had brought from home.

I was not able to take anything from our old house since it was technically still a crime scene, but they let me bring my purse and I always carried a book inside.

Back then I had been reading Alice in Wonderland, a special hard back addition that my mom gifted to me for graduation. She knew how much I loved classic novels, and found a special edition one that I carried everyday since she gave it to me. Sometimes I felt like I had fallen down a rabbit hole and that everything that had happened was part of the world outside of the real world. I knew I needed to move on, but moving on always is easy to say and harder to do. Especially when you have no one else.

I have always been shy and would rather keep to myself, which meant I didn't make many friends in school. The few friends I did make were more like class friends, but we never hung out or spoke outside of school.

I hate lies, and how would I explain to them the weird things that went on in my family? We are werewolves and it wasn't a secret we were supposed to share with humans.

It was just easier not to get too close to anyone, so I didn't have to lie. When my heart beat began to slow, I took a deep breath and fell back down to my pillow. I looked to the ceiling and tried again to reach my wolf. I was worried, she had never been so hidden. Why had she cut me off? I hadn't shifted in a while too, and I could feel myself getting weaker because of it. I need to break her out, but I didn't know how. It's not something I ever asked about, because I never thought to.

"Please. Please Leah, talk to me." I whispered to myself. "What is happening?"

I waited for her to respond, but I heard nothing. I begged her again, and after a few moments I heard a soft whisper.

"It's not safe Maya. I must keep hidden." She replied.

"Leah? Why? Why must you stay hidden?" I ask her frantically.

"If I reveal myself he will find you sooner." She said trailing off until I could no longer hear her.

I called for her several more times, but she did not say another word.

What did she mean? If she stayed hidden did that mean other wolves would not be able to sense what I am? That was the only thing I could think of that would make sense, but there were no other wolves here. It is a college for humans, and most members of a pack would never come near such a place. I was so confused, but she seemed to be trying to protect us and I had to trust her.

Hearing her voice had calmed me, and I felt my eyes grow heavy once again until I fell back to sleep.

After I dreamed about a wolf, a grey wolf with one blue eye and one brown eye. The wolf walked toward me and spoke.

"Trust no one until I find you." It said through a mind link.

The same wolf appeared over and over until I awake to my alarm. Even though the dream had not been a nightmare it still left me feeling uneasy. I knew that wolf was not mine, but who was it? Was it a real person trying to earn me? Would that even be possible? My mind raced with questions that I doubted I would get answers to. So I stood and decided to go for a run instead. Classes wouldn't start until next week but I wanted to get used to waking up early, so I decided to run the early mornings and try to create some sort of routine.

I pulled on my black workout leggings, a black tank top and sports bra, and my white and pink running shoes. I brought my dark brown hair into a ponytail and headed for campus. I decided to run the campus to help get familiar with the lay out and short cuts I could find. Surprisingly there were several other students also up early and taking advantage of this time to work out as well. I watched a few girls speed walk by in just sports bras and short shorts, I assumed they weren't actually here to work out. The guys running by seemed to appreciate the view though.

I scoffed to myself and took of passed them not caring if the same guys also looked at me. Don't get me wrong, I wanted a guy to like me. But I knew it would be hard to date a human because some of them thought we’re evil creature while others considered us immoral and opening like beasts.

Yet I wasn’t in the mood of establishing a relationship with anyone else. Danger was lingering around and I felt like I was the prey.

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