CHAPTER 4
You will be disappointed to find out I spent my night shivering in fear of the return of the large dark wolf I had an encounter with. I was up most of the night and I could not move an inch. In fact, I almost could not let myself breathe scared that he was around and coming in at one of the times.
I wanted to run to Grandma but as I am still unfamiliar with my environment I am in so I did not want to risk running through the mansion halls in confusion while that wolf sprang out of somewhere.
When Grandma came to wake me up this morning, I had myself wrapped tightly in my sheets and I had a headache.
Grandma starred at me strangely as I opened my eyes. I sat up and stretched yawning.
‘Good morning grandma.’ I said and Grandma sat on the edge of my bed with a worried expression.
‘Morning baby.’ She said. ‘Is everything okay?’ She said and put an arm around my shoulders.
‘Mhmm.’ I reply nodding my head. ‘Why?’
She raises and eyebrow at me, ‘You look like you did not have enough sleep.’ She said.
Well I do know that she is right about that and it’s not just the scary encounter with the wolf, it was the realization of my reality, The story grandma told me.
Coming to terms that my parents were not just normal human beings the way I have always thought them to be but they were both strong and powerful werewolves and not just regular werewolves, (Alpha and Luna werewolves.) and coming to instead of dying from a regular plane crash my parents were murdered by a dangerous Alpha X who I am expected to defeat.
Okay, I may not have come to terms with the part that has me defeating the wicked Alpha X that grandma had told me about.
I am just Annie not some hero or legend like what I heard about my parents who sacrificed their life for their pack members.
‘Can you hear me Annie?’ Grandma shakes me lightly looking more worried than she had been. I happened to have zoned off again. Grandma’s facial expression suddenly looks funny to me and chuckle. She does not look amused.
‘I am fine Grandma.’ I told her with a smile.
Grandma sighs, ‘You look like you fought a ghost last night.’ She said and I giggled at the closeness.
‘Well, not a ghost but maybe a Wolf.’ I said
Grandma wrinkled her eyebrows at me at first and then when she realized that I was serious, she gasped wide eyed.
‘Not exactly fought too..’ I said and then I proceeded to tell Grandma about my encounter with the large dark wolf.
‘Well one thing I know is that that is definitely not Alpha X and I don’t think they were trying to eat you.’ Grandma said giving me a wink. ‘But he might have been trying to scare you a little and he got a kick for it.’
She patted my chin proudly.
‘Well I in turn stayed awake scared that he might come back.’ Grandma laughs at me and then tugs my sheets off.
‘Now, let’s go rummage through our new kitchen, see what they have for us.’
As I stood up from the bed, I notice Grandma stand up and walk to my balcony, pushing asides the curtains and opening the doors as she reaches it.
Sunshine floods into my room and I see how brightly whitened my room walls are. Grandma lets out a gasp as she stands at the balcony.
I go to join her and I see ahead of me the most beautiful scene I have ever seen, trees, mountains with colorful flowers stood above what looked like a town. The balcony was a distance from the town but I could see people moving about just like a normal town with normal people. There were lots of kids going to school as it was just past 7.00 am at that time.
They seemed to be busy opening shops and stalls and driving, cycling and walking about.
‘Wow.’ I whispered just as a loud doorbell rang throughout the whole house. Grandma cringed a little startled by the doorbell.
‘Come down soon for breakfast okay, I’ll go see who it is.’ Then she walked off grumbling about how loud the doorbell was.
I put on a pair of sweat pants and t- shirt just like grandma and head down the stairs scrolling through my phone. Horrified, I see that there is no internet.
‘no no no no no no.’ I said running downstairs and calling on to grandma unsure of where the front door or kitchen or anywhere was.
‘Annie what’s wrong.’ Grandma came up to me and steadied me. I shoved the phone screen in her face.
‘There’s no network connection here grandma.’ I cried. ‘Please tell me that we would not be living here without the internet.’
Grandma looked at me with an apologetic expression and I just knew what that meant instantly. My heart sadly broke into a million pieces and my shoulders came down in sad resignation.
‘How did you sleep Annie?’ It was only then that I noticed Sheryl standing behind grandma still dressed in all black.
‘Not so well.’ I told her truthfully and her and grandma exchanged looks. She came up to me then and put an arm on my shoulder.
‘I understand that you are devasted about the unavailability of the internet to you and I am very sorry about that.’ She said trying to console me. ‘How about you and I talk about how to solve that later but for now, there’s somewhere we all have to be.’
‘Where is that?’ I asked her and Grandma stepped forward.
‘You need to meet with the keepers Annie.’ Grandma said calmly.
‘The what?’ I said.
When Sheryl, Grandma and I got into the car, I was a little excited that we would be following the busy part of Silverwoods, the part I and Grandma were looking at from my balcony earlier on. I was anxious to see more of the pack members, to see how they live. It does not mean that I am interested, just simply curious. But Sheryl surprised me by taking a tarred road on the left. I felt disappointed but grandma did not. Even though this path was lonely with trees and woods that looked colorful with different colors and types of climbing flowers, she looked fascinated by it. I understood that she had missed her home so much. We got to a manor mansion and Grandma and I got down while Sheryl drove off after telling us the guards will lead us in. And they did. I walked into a large spaced office room and noticed 6 pairs of eyes starring at me. Kelt and Sheryl stood side by side leaning against the wall with their dark hair pulled back into a low bun and complimenting their usua
I can not remember the last time I had a proper good night’s sleep. My second night just went by and it was far from pleasant. The Anxiety of beginning in my new school has me all in twists. And my disappointment meeting with the keepers has been unable to get out of my mind too. The Alpha Especially, he must be one of the most annoying human beings I have ever met. Alpha Vane had decided that we would all meet again by the end of the week at the Alpha Mansion. He had walk up to me after the meeting and I thought he was going to come over to say something but he just walked right pass me with that stupid smirk on his face and a whisper. ‘Let’s see how much you like to kick ass.’ Of course no one noticed, grandma had left me to talk to some of the keepers while I waited for her. And that was how my meeting went with them. Grandma and Sheryl tried to be chatty in the car. Telling me how nice it is that I finally get to go to silverwoods high just like my mum and grandma an
Seth led me through the halls of Silverwood high with a double hall pass that he showed to the hall monitors whenever they stop us.He was pointing out rooms, labs, classes, the library, the cafeteria then he took me to what looked like a smaller building sepeprated from the school’s building.‘’Now to the most exciting part of our school, the combat room. He pushed open the large wooden beche doors and reveals a large spacious room.‘This is were we challenge ourselves and our wolves.’ He said to me and smiled. ‘You would love to see this.’He showed me to a corner of the room and we stood in front of what looked like the hall of fame in a show glass. At the top is a picture of a young girl with a wide smile and her hair wrung up in a bun. What was written below was ; For the fourth time, Diane becomes Silverwoods physical and wolf combat champion.‘Mom?’ I whisper starring up
Immediately the end of the day came, I was anxious to return home.“So, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow?” Seth told me I nodded my head with a tight smile. If I could get away with it, I would never come back here.Oh! The looks that I had received, the way I felt out of place.I looked past him to see his sister coming towards us. I had had enough of everyone for today. This whole town in fact. “Yeah. Bye then.” I said to him in a hurry and then I walked past him.He did not know but I was having a really bad time being here. I hurried out of the school premises to avoid everyone.I walked with my head down worried that some one would look at me and somehow know who I am. I just kept on walking not sure of where I was going. When I got to the end of a road, I saw that further meant going in to the woods. I looked awoken and since no one was looking at me, I went in to the woods quickly. I don’t know what exactly I was doing there. But the thought of leaving this place came to me. I
(ANNIE’S POV)When I got home, Grandma was laughing with someone in the living room. I took the back so that I would not have to come out front and meet whoever it was. Then I went to the kitchen for some water. I was just turning around when I gasped seeing Grandma and a strange man in front of me.“Sorry Annie.” Grandma said with a smile.“Yeah sorry Annie.” The strange man said too.As I looked at him again, with his spiky blond hair and warm smile, I realized that he seemed familiar.“It’s okay.” I murmured“We sensed someone in the house and seeing as the person did not come through the front door, we had to be careful .” The man said “Okay.” I said Of course we had to be extra extra careful. That Alpha X could just show up anytime.“Annie you met Roy earlier today. He is one of the keepers.” Grandma said with a nervous smile as she put an arm around me.That must be why he looked so familiar to me. “It’s a pleasure to meet you again Annie.” He said to me taking my hand in a h
(ANNIE’S POV)Perhaps when Grandma said that things would get better the next day, maybe she meant worse and she did not know it. Because things were definitely worse this time around. It seemed like the pairs of eyes that now followed me were more. I tried my best walking with my head up and shoulders high. I used my map to navigate myself until I got to my first class. The class almost full when I got there and as I went in, I made a mental note to myself to start coming very early.The class which had been bubbly was now quiet and I felt like all eyes were on me. “Hy.” I said in a low voice to the teacher as I gave her the slip. “Hello.” She said kindly taking the slip from me and then going through it.Her eyes widened when she saw the slip and I wondered why because there was nothing about me being the chosen one on the slip. It was just my name. Except everyone now knew who I was.“You can have a seat.” She said with a smile as she handed it back to me.“Thank.” I said turning
(ANNIE’S POV)I was glad when I got home and grandma was there. “In here baby.” She yelled and I knew she was calling from the kitchen. I could perceive the aroma of the food and i moaned as it filled my nostrils. I hurried in to the kitchen and there she was with her back turned towards the door as she set the table for lunch.“Hey grandma.” I said smiling and I hurried to give her a hug and to kiss her.She kissed me back. “I did not see you when I was leaving this morning.” I told her.“Yes, did you not see the note I kept for you?” She asked with her eyebrow up and then we both looked towards the fridge and saw the stick it note that grandma left.“I was jumpy when I left.” I admitted to her.Grandma gave me a sympathetic look. “How did your day at school go?” She asked me softly as she set the dish on the table that had the chicken on it.“Not good Grandma.” I said and then I recounted the incident that happened with me and the mean girl in the cafeteria today. I left out the p
(ANNIE’S POV)Grandma drove us to Roy, the keeper’s house and I felt my hand feel sweaty as she parked the car out front. The house looked like a fairy tale mansion with strong and tall gates.“We are here Annie.” Grandma offered when she saw that I did not bulge.“Oh yeah.” I said. “Are you okay?” She asked me. I sighed but I nodded at her. I just felt nervous. I felt nervous about whoever we were going to meet here. Especially the kids Grandma said he had. I hoped that it was not some mean kids from school.Grandma and I walked to the front door and she rang the bell while we waited patiently. Not king after that, a beautiful woman who has beautiful blonde hair and grey eyes opened the door. Her face turned even more beautiful as she smiled.“Please do come in.” She said and she and Grandma hugged each other. “Hy, you must be Annie.” The pretty woman said and i nodded and gave her soft hand a handshake.“I’m Ama.” She said to me.There was a serenity that the house gave me. A stro