Lahat ng Kabanata ng Protecting the Wolfless Enigma: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

Izariah- We arrived at the cabin the following evening, now in a Rubicon Jeep. I was a little surprised that the vehicle wasn’t as flashy as all his other vehicles. It was nice, but it was practical. He explained that he did a lot of off-road driving, which is why he spent more money on the performance of the vehicle, rather than the vehicle itself. Now that we were here, I hadn’t expected to find a two-story treehouse cabin that he said he built himself. The architectural design on it was impressive. Positioned between four large trees, the cabin sat approximately twenty feet off the ground. From the house, there was a bridge built with lights on each post, it led to a platform built between three smaller trees, with a support beam holding up the center. It was round and large and from the distance, it looked as if there was a firepit built in the middle. The platform was lower than the house, by about five feet or so. Another walking path was built between a few trees as it came

Braxton- I wasn’t sure why Izariah was going through this much trouble to plan out our day, but I wasn’t complaining. So far, I was having more fun than I have had in a long time. Blindfolded or not, I was looking forward to seeing what else she had planned. When she finally got into the car, I took off my blindfold, as she said I could do. Playing it off as if I was just adjusting the rearview mirror, I attempted to take a peek in the back. All I could see was a blanket over a bunch of stuff. “Where to now?” I asked since I hadn’t had any luck seeing what she put in the back. “When we are back on the road, take a left at the stop sign.” She was looking at her phone as she spoke, and it was hard not to glance over. I wasn’t used to having someone call the shots, but since it was her, I didn’t mind. Following her directions for the next five minutes, I parked in front of a tree lot. I thought she was going to give me more directions, but she exited the vehicle before I could turn

Braxton-“Everyone done?” Izariah asked, walking up to mine and the boy’s fort as if she didn’t fear getting hit with a snowball.To be fair, I suppose she did call for a timeout, but the thought of getting one over on her was tempting. Not that it had stopped me from bending over and scooping up enough snow to create a large ball. She stopped walking towards us as I did.“Just about done.” I responded while holding the ball of snow in my right hand.“If you throw that, I won’t go easy on you.”Her eyes narrowed on me as I returned her expression with a look of deviousness. I wasn’t going to throw it, but my fingers were itching to do so. We stared each other down for a while when I let out a sigh and tossed it underhand, to land by her feat.“You are no fun.” I teased as I moved away from the fort to let the boys finish it.Playfully she rolled her eyes at me and then to my surprise, she pulled one of her hands out from behind her back and nailed me with a snowball. To say I was stun

Izariah-Over the next week and a half, we have been having all sorts of fun. We built a snowman together outside of the cabin, along with sledding. During the first few days, we put up the Christmas tree and other decorations.Overall, it has been the best vacation I have ever had. It wasn’t like I had never done things like this before; it was more than likely because I was able to experience them with Braxton. It also made it better that I was able to see the reactions he had when experiencing something for the first time.Even if I couldn’t give him much, I was at least able to give him all of that. Since arriving at the cabin, I already decided that I could look past everything and make a real go of this between us. I still haven’t told him yet, nor has he brought it up.This morning was Christmas and I planned to tell him today. We already bought Christmas presents for each other. There were also presents under the tree for all our friends and family, or anyone else we wanted to

Braxton-On the drive home, I was happy that we fixed things. To keep things low-key for us, I had to take her to a place down the street from my house, that way she could drive this back and I could get another vehicle. I was supposed to head to my pack upon returning so we said our goodbyes and she returned to the school.It didn’t take long for me to arrive at the packhouse, but it was already after dark. The moment I arrived at the house; my father was there to greet me. It wasn’t that I had a problem with my father, but the few times that we interacted, he hadn’t been warm or welcoming.“I was about to have to force you to come home if you hadn’t walked through this door right now.” My father’s gravelly voice thundered through the large foyer.“I told you that I would get back late. I decided to go on a little vacation out of state with some friends.” I shrugged as I took my coat off and hung it on the rack.“Oh? Because I heard that your friends were home for the holiday. Their