Nico “It’s okay son. Give her a bit of space. She took a big leap today in trusting you. She let you not only hold her hand but she let you carry her. I saw how relaxed she was in your arms. I bet she feels the mate bond but just doesn’t know how to respond to this kind of affection.”“I’m okay dad. Ace is over the moon right now. I hope this means she’ll at least trust me a bit more. I just have to be careful with my movements. I don’t want her to think I am going to hit her.”“I linked with your mother and let her know what happened. She’s on her way home.”“She didn’t have to. Ahsoka seems….” We both snap our head up at the smell of blood. Shit. We both rush to the library and throw open the doors. I see Ahsoka flinch and drop the razor that was in her hand from being startled. I can’t understand what happened for her to feel like she needed to hurt herself. Dad calmly walks towards her and takes the razor. There are tears in her eyes and I can feel her fear.“I am going to have

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 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

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

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