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~ Chapter 82 ~

Author: R.M. Swan
last update publish date: 2026-03-07 12:46:08

The look David gave her was enough to chill Lotte to the bone. All of the amusement she had felt over catching Chris and Sara vanished in two heartbeats. Clenching her fists together, the girl took a deep breath and then rotated her body so she could face the Doctor. “It was very dark when we came in. Romy and I were using our cellphone flashlights… Though I know for a fact that Megan was here, and will be more than happy to discuss that with her later. If anyone else had been in the building,
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    The silence that followed was like a piercing knife wedged into Lotte’s soul… She watched as Romy took another steady drink, the older woman’s eyes tracing over remnants of the dining room. Her Aunt didn’t seem fazed in the slightest by the mess, but also didn’t seem ready to continue without prompting. Clearing her throat, Charlotte steadied herself before she pressed, “Go on.” With a sigh, Romy set her drink back down again. "Your mother,” her voice broke a little, the same way it always did when talking about Lotte’s Mom. “Janie... she wasn’t just my sister," Romy confessed. "We were foster sisters first… Her father was sent to prison for this and that - he died in there. My mother just couldn’t be bothered to even try to love me… Janie loved me. We were inseparable.”Lotte had already heard plenty of times in her life about how ‘inseparable’ her mother and her Aunt were. When she was younger, it had made her incredibly jealous of the other woman. Romy cleared her throat and cont

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 100 ~

    Stepping in front of Brandon, Lotte moved cautiously toward the back door. A single kitchen light was on and provided just enough of a guiding force to get the two of them to the house safely. Reaching for the door handle, the girl gave a steady yank and waited. She wasn’t sure what she was waiting for… Her Aunt with a gun, maybe… Ready to kill them both… No, as she took her first step over the creaking, messy floorboard, Charlotte wasn’t greeted by a gunshot. Instead, she spotted Romy at the other end of the table. The woman was nursing an ice pack to her head and a bottle of something amber in her other hand. She didn’t move as they entered, nor as Lotte, still shielding Brandon, guided him through the dining room. She was a silhouette of domestic calm amidst the carnage in the dining room. Her eyes tracked them from the doorway, landing on the dark, blooming stains on their clothes.The gun was nowhere to be seen. This was a fact that scared Charlotte more than anything. Continui

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 99 ~

    The winter air bit at Lotte’s bare back with a vengeance. Shivering against it, she watched as Chris shuffled back through the trees from which he had appeared. When he returned, the giant man had a jacket in his hand. “It was getting a bit warm,” the Mayor explained, approaching Lotte and offering her the material. The girl squinted her eyes up at him. She had no idea how, even someone as built as Chris, could refer to THIS night as warm. With gratitude, Lotte reached out and accepted the heavy leather jacket. It smelled of pine and woodsmoke, the scent of a man who spent his life outdoors and not in some office at ‘town hall’. Squirming around Brandon’s arms, Lotte managed to get the cover over most of her body before she was able to wrap the boy up in her arms again. “See,” she breathed softly, “Everything is alright now. We just need to get you home and into something warm.” Brandon, the boy who was no stranger to swearing, didn’t so much as mutter a four-letter word. He remain

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 98 ~

    The apple orchard was a blur of shapes, colors, and sounds. All of which Charlotte had never noticed before. It was as if someone had taken the world she had lived in her whole life and turned it into a thriving being. Red… Silver… Shadows… Hidden critters all about… Chittering and chattering… And then she could smell him…Brandon.The boy had not gotten too far away, despite how fast he had bolted from the yard. In fact, as Lotte burst through a thicket of trees, she recognized the space as the one the boy had taken refuge in the day he toppled her. Only this time he wasn’t alone. The young wolf, his gray fur matted with mud, was snapping fruitlessly at the heels of a stag that looked more like a prehistoric monster than a deer. It was a massive, scarred buck that would have made any local hunter proud… Unfortunately for young Brandon, it was winning.Charlotte watched, her heart no longer racing with excitement but with fear, as the massive creature reared back against the tiny w

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    It felt like Lotte had fallen into another one of her dreams. Over and over again, her mind kept repeating: ‘This isn’t Real’, ‘This isn’t Real’, ‘This isn’t…’ And then the wolf threw back his head, releasing the most anguished howl Charlotte had ever heard in her life. It was pain, rage, and fear, all bundled into a single noise… And it broke her heart. “Brandon,” She breathed. That did it - The wolf howled again, this time with more anger than anything, and then tore into a frenzy. Before Charlotte knew it, the chair at the end of the table was toppled, followed by the table itself… and anything within a foot radius. The howling was joined with whimpering, wet panting, and growls. Gaping, the girl’s vision shot to the back door. As Brandon/Wolf hit his head against the surface of the nearest wall, she knew that she needed to act quickly or the boy was going to hurt himself. Slowly, cautiously, she watched as Romy’s bottle of wine met the floor with a shatter, as she inched toward

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    The ride home with Henry was just as peaceful as the ride in. He had picked up some pizza things for Lotte and Brandon to put together for dinner, and promised to be back in the morning. Charlotte couldn’t thank him enough as she heaved the brown bag into her arms and made her way toward the house. Henry had barely looked at her when he said goodbye, his mind already miles away at the old church where his wife’s bones waited for him. It wasn’t until she was inside that the girl heard the eldest Lupman family member drive off. His consideration gave her a big smile. Lotte, who had been expecting to hear some kind of noise upon entering the house, the familiar chaos of a thirteen-year-old boy, was surprised when silence was all that greeted her. "Brandon?" she called out, stepping into the foyer. No answer.Busying herself with laying out their dinner supplies, Charlotte tried calling again, “Brandon! I’m home!” No answer. Wondering if the boy had gone to take a nap, she made her w

  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 26 ~

    Lotte barely had time to scream before Brandon was on top of her, and her body was being pressed into the stone-cold grass. Her arms shot up out of instinct to shield her face. This hadn’t been her first time getting pummeled, but the girl had learned plenty from that time. “I HATE YOU!” Brandon r

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 24 ~

    Lotte had known that James wouldn’t be able to pick her up until later that evening. Unfortunately, the girl had no way of knowing just how late he would be. As the hours ticked by, and Barbara had started making herself a tv dinner, Charlotte had a horrible feeling that she had been forgotten abou

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 20 ~

    For the longest moment, Lotte waited for James to drop a sudden ‘Just Kidding’ or ‘Sorry, Family Hazing’. Unfortunately, as the seconds tolled on, she became very much aware of the fact that teasing was not James’s style. The big man, with his masculine build and stern face, frowned from deep in hi

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  • You Taste Like Trouble To Me...    ~ Chapter 22 ~

    Barbara led Lotte to the kitchen and began showing her how everything was organized. The girl was quick to show off her skills and know-how, as she hastily finished the paperwork that her new boss had laid in front of her. Despite everything needing to be processed, the plump woman was already pass

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