Nico The first week has gone by quickly, without incident. She has warmed up to me and even sits next to me at lunch. Today is Friday and we both have mechanics together. I can’t believe how much she knows about cars. Nadia said she has shown our wolves a thing or two when repairing some of the jeeps. I am woken up music blaring. I look at my clock and find its six in the morning. We have plenty of time to get ready for school, why is anyone up this early. I head out into the hall and stop as I hear her laughter again. I peak into my sister’s bedroom and see the girls giggling as Natasha and Nadia are picking out their school outfits dancing to whatever song is on the radio. I now know why the music is so loud; it’s so my sister can feel the beat. I am not sure Ahsoka has ever been this happy before. I watch her as she tries to copy my sister’s dance moves and laughs when she messes them up. The sight of her makes me happy. I silently walk away to not disrupt her happiness and head
AhsokaI felt it again today. That spark that travels throughout my body when our skin makes contact. I just don’t know what it means. I head to the bathroom fully aware Nico is watching me as I walk away. He seems very protective of me but I don’t know why. I am not one of his sisters. But I am also aware that when he touches me I can’t help but smile and I don’t want that feeling to go away.This has been the best summer I have ever had. His family has been patient with me and I feel more comfortable around them. I wonder if all families are like this or are they like mine was? It seems I lack knowledge in how a family is suppose to be and mine and Nico’s contradict one another. It leaves me a lot to sort out.I come out of the stalls only to be startled to find a boy in the girls bathroom. I begin signing to him but he obviously doesn’t know sign language.“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to startle you. I’m Sam, wide receiver on the football team with Nico.”He has his hand out but someth
AhsokaI listen carefully as he explains what he calls the shadow world and that he and his family are werewolves along with many others in this community. He says vampires, fairies, witches and warlocks are also real. He continues to explain how he is the leader of his pack called an alpha and that there are several packs throughout the United States as well in other countries. Always there but never seen. A memory hits me as I recall the day my father attacked me that landed me with this family. It was a wolf that I saw break into our house before I blacked out. If I remember correctly it was my wolf. I wonder if my wolf is actually one of these people, a werewolf.“Did a wolf kill my father? I clearly heard him say wolf before I blacked out.”“No I promise you we didn’t kill him. He disappeared before we could.”So my father is still alive. I am not sure whether I am happy about this or not. What scares me more is me being happy if he died. He’s the only family I have left, who th
Nico“What did you do to her?”“She’s fine Nico. I just knocked her out. We don’t want her hurting herself anymore than she has. I linked with Dr. Lee and he is on the way to the house. That cut is going to need stitches.” Dad turns his attention to border patrol. “Not a word of this to anyone you hear me. This girl is your future luna. I expect you to protect and watch over her as you do Kateri.” The guards bow their heads to my father, acknowledging the command and leave us. I pick up Ahsoka and carry her back to the car. When we arrived at the house mom rushes to the car and opens the door. I have a feeling she is not going to be happy with us.“Oh my goddess. What happened to her head?”“She jumped out of the car while it was moving and hit a tree,” I explain.“Dr. Lee is in the game room waiting for you. You said she was attacked by another student Dimitri. Why did she jump out of the car?”“Well, it’s kind of a long story but it’s my fault,” I tell her. “Well make the long sto
AhsokaI can’t believe werewolves are real. Mr. Petrov said vampires and witches are real too. I am questioning everything I have ever known to be a myth now. I wonder if that means pegasus are real too? I’ll have to ask. Nico and his siblings promised to show me around the territory today and introduce me to some more wolves. As I much as I dislike allowing my scars to show I have felt comfortable enough around this family to wear shorts and a tank top I borrowed from Nadia. Mr. Petrov made me promise to never hurt myself again. I told him I’d try and I would talk to Helen if I felt like I needed to. It feels weird to be able to sleep in but I have yet to allow myself to. Hard habit to break. I am up before everyone in the house and head to the kitchen. I want to show my appreciation to this family so I figure I should make breakfast. I start taking out all the ingredients needed for waffles, bacon and eggs. I see one of those Alexa things and walk over to try and figure out how to
Ahsoka I follow Nadia out the front door and see there are four Jeeps with their tops down. How many cars does this family have? I notice a few huge guys get in the first two Jeeps while Nico’s parents and little brother get in the third jeep. Nadia ushers me to sit in the back with Nico. I can’t help but smile. “Why are those guys following us,” I sign to Nico pointing to the other two jeeps full of people.“Those are guards. Your guards, Max and Shaun, are there along with one for each of my siblings. We’ve been having rogues attack lately so we are just being cautious. Nothing has ever happened on pack territory in a long time but we always take precautions.” I stare out the front window as Natasha drives down the windy road towards the lake. It is really beautiful here. I notice an arm going up above my head and I instinctively flinch and cower towards the door.“I’m sorry Ahsoka. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s just me. I…I’ll keep my hands to myself.” I look at Nico and he
NicoI am over the moon with how comfortable Ahsoka seems to be around me now. She still flinches but doesn’t pull away. I hope I can make her feel safe to not flinch anymore. I know that will be a long time before that happens. I have many walls to get through and it took all summer for her to be comfortable around us. As I walk back towards the rock I can hear arguing. I groan as I recognize that voice as Vicki’s. I reach the top just in time to see Vicki shove Ahsoka hard enough that she falls off the ledge into the water. Max and Shaun try to grab her but they miss.“What the hell Vicki! I told you to stay away.” I look over the ledge waiting for Ahsoka to pop up.“Whatever she’ll be fine. It’s just a little water.” We continue to wait but she still doesn’t pop up. Fuck. “Max, take Vicki to my father,” I order as I jump in after Ahsoka with Shaun following me. I swim toward the bottom as I find her sinking further down. She is unconscious as I drag her to the surface. She’s not b
Nico “What is everyone lining up for,” signs Ahsoka.“Every time we have a pack barbecue we race around the lake to determine who is the fastest. My dad determines the winner and the guards make sure no one cheats.”“Can I race too?”“Uh, wolves are very fast. A human cannot keep up.”“I wanna do it anyway. It sounds fun.”“Okay, I’ll have Max and Shaun stay with you on quads. If you get tired just hop on with them and they’ll take you back.”“Okay.” I can feel her excitement at wanting to join in on the fun even if she won’t win. She deserves to have some fun.“Alright everyone who wishes to participate line up. One lap around the path. No shifting and no straying from the path. If you are caught cheating you’ll be immediately disqualified,” yells my father so everyone can hear him. I can’t help but laugh at Ahsoka as she is hopping up and down in excitement. “He’s going to shoot the gun in the air. That is the signal to begin. Good luck, I always win.” She smiles at me and gets r