A beast

I heard knocking on my room's door. It must be Father, he wasn't tired enough to just keep abusing me for the night. I guess he wasn't satisfied with my pain.

I rise from bed to go and see what father wants from me? As I opened the door, I saw Caden standing outside of my room's door, looking worried. It is almost midnight. He shouldn't be walking around at this time of the night. If the father sees him, he will be furious with him.

" Caden, what's the matter? Why aren't you in your bed?" I asked him.

" A-Aisling… Aisling…I-I…need." He stops and I place my hand over his shoulder.

" What's it? Tell me, Caden, I am not going to tell father." I reassured him.

" Cassy… She…" He mummer.

" What happened to Cassy? Tell me, you don't need to be scared if you are not going to tell me how I am supposed to help you?" I asked him a second time, sweats broke down on his forehead and his face was turning pale.

" Cassy wasn't at home." He finally blurted out. I don't understand what he means by Cassy being not at home. I just checked up on her two hours ago. She was doing her homework.

" What do you mean?" I asked him.

" Um…don't get mad at me but Cassy asked me not to tell you she went to Crystal's house to take some notes from her. She promised me she'd be back in half an hour but…" he pauses and all the negative things that could happen to her come to my mind, making me extremely distressed.

" But? What? Speak up Caden! Did she come back home?" I asked him in a demanding tone.

" Um…No, she didn't come back and she wasn't answering my phone calls. Oh, Aisling Father is going to kill me if he knows I helped her to get out of the house."

Cassy, my 17-year-old younger sister. Recently, she has been acting crazy. I don't understand what happened to her lately?  She wasn't like she was caring and loving Delta once, but she turned into the most smart and manipulative wolf in the pack. She knew how to trick others to get what she wanted. At a very young age, she became untamed and rebellious. Lately, she has been doing a lot of partying and not focusing on her school. She becomes just a feral cat who makes Caden and I in trouble. I don't know who is influencing her to become like this, but if I find this person who's behind, I will make him pay for making our life hell.Caden is innocent as a newborn. He doesn't face this cruel world yet. My poor brother always finds something good in everything and they take advantage of it, but no the less, I will not let him be punished for his innocence, but the question is how will I do that? Where can I find  Cassy? Crystal must know that.

" Don't be afraid, Caden. I will find Cassy before father finds out she wasn't at home." I reassured him.

" But how? Aisling didn't even answer my calls. How were you supposed to find her?" He asked me, concerned.

" Don't worry about that. You just stay in her bedroom. I'll bring her back."

" I am not staying here. I will go with you because I'm the reason for this. If I don't let her go she'll never do that to us." 

Caden starts to blame himself, but I know it wasn't his fault. Cassy is the one to blame for it. Caden has a fragile heart and Cassy has become quite the opposite. Can you believe they are twins?

" No, Caden, one of us has to stay to keep an eye on our father. And to alert the other one. You have to trust me I will bring her back and no one will know." I cupped his face in my palms, making him look in my eyes for assertion. He finally agreed and climbed upstairs to Cassy's bedroom.

I, on the other hand, returned to my room and began stacking up some pillows on the bed to make it look like I was sleeping. If father ever comes to check up on me, find me in bed. Next, I get the mobile phone from the bedside and the car keys. I open the side window of my room carefully and pass one leg before another through the other side.

I used this window to sneak out at night every time father and I had an argument or disagreement on something and, as for my punishment, my father used to keep me locked in the room. So, I used to go out whenever I felt depressed.

Once, I made it out of the room. I attentively walked in front of the house. And I see my Volkswagen parked in the driveway. I moved straight towards the wagon and quickly unlocked the driver's seat door. I am praying to God that my father falls asleep.I jumped on the seat, starting up the wagon. I received a text from Caden. My heart nearly drops to my stomach. A wave of fear came over me.

I immediately retrieved the mobile from the dashboard and opened the text.

" Aisling, where are you?" the text reads.

" I'm outside of home. What happens? Did father find out about Cassy?" I replied with shaky fingers. Another text from him pops up on the screen. I clicked the text to read.

" No, father is sleeping in the living room. Don't worry about him, just find Cassy." I sighed in relief and placed the phone back on the dashboard and reversed the vehicle, without even thinking I hit the gas pedal, speeding the wagon. I maneuvered it and took sharp turns towards Crystal's house. My mobile screen lit up again. Taking my mobile again, I saw a text from an unknown number. I opened the message on my cell phone.

My eyes bulged out of their sockets when I read the text. My blood boils in furry and the only word left in my mouth is…

" Valentina Salvador fuck you!"

Valentina sent me a video attachment and in that video Cassy was partying and drinking at Valentina's mansion along with the wolves of the Winter Moon pack. Alongside a message.

" Cassy is the life of the party."

                           Valentina ~

Valentina is the bitch who is manipulating my sister to take vengeance on me. I would not let this happen to me or Cassy. I pulled the brakes and took a U-turn to  drive towards Valentina's house in the centre of the town, which is 20 minutes' drive away from my home.

When I reached the outside of her Mansion, I pulled the wagon over to the side of the road. 

As I hopped out of the wagon, I took a sign and made my way straight to the front gate and everything looked the same and it felt like ages since I last visited this place. I took a sorn to not step again here but yet, I find myself again on Valentina's doors. 

As I stepped into the golden gates of the property, I was instantly greeted by the sight of a giant 50-foot building lying in front of an enormous lake. As I approach the lake, I can see the water move gracefully with the warm spring wind. Once I approach the edge of the lake, I look to the right side of myself, seeing a massive field of roses and many rare flowers. I felt nostalgic and all the good memories from the past came rushing into my head. A smile spread on my face, but soon, the smile faded away because those memories were meaningless for us. 

As I approached the building, I found a few male and female wolves, mostly  from our pack, in the front yard and wondered why everyone had gathered at Valentina's mansion? I guess the only way to find out is to go inside, ignoring the bitter stares of the people around. I know, no one is expecting to see me here, but I am not thrilled to be here.

I pulled my hood over my head to avoid people staring. As I stepped through the double door of the house, I was blasted by the music coming from the main living room. I spun in the direction of the living room and, as I entered, the red and green lights were moving vividly. The smell of urine, marijuana, and beer pierced through my nostrils like a sword. I saw some familiar faces among the crowd from my college and some of them were strangers. They were drinking, dancing to the loud music.

A girl came  running up to me and tried talking over the booming speakers that were next to us. "You want one?" I looked to see what she was pointing at and noticed the crystal bottle in her hand, the bubbly gold liquid was swaying inside the bottle as she moved from side to side. At that moment, I felt like I wasn’t there anymore, and I felt like I was in the living room with my father. The loud booming music interrupted my thoughts, so I pushed that thought out of my head and I politely rejected the offer, but before the girl left, I stopped her by asking…

" Have you seen Valentina?"

" Um… Yeah, I think I saw her going upstairs." She replied.

I thanked her and proceeded towards the double staircase, making my way out of the crowd. I was trapped on the stairs and my heart was beating impossibly fast. Don't know why? But my premonition hit me. With heavy legs, I climbed the last step.

I looked to my right side, remembering that Valentina and I used to play in this hallway when we were pups. A lot of things have changed since then in this house and the people who live in it. I exhaled and advanced into the hallway to find Valentina. As I was passing by a room door  a sudden scent clouded my nose…Lilac. I stopped from my track and turned my attention towards it.

I moved closer to it and saw the door creak open and curiosity took the worst out of me. As I decided to look inside… My eyes led on… Him… A stranger or a beast.