All Chapters of BOUND TO MY AWAKENING : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1 KaelaI woke to the smell of blood.It hit me first, thick, warm, and metallic. As I pushed myself up from the sticky floor, my hand slipped. I was naked, skin covered in red, my heart slamming against my ribs.I turned slowly.My mother lay near the stairs, throat torn open, heart ripped out, eyes wide in shock. Selene, my younger sister, slumped by the table, chest ripped apart. Her pale dress was soaked through, clinging to her body. Her head tilted at an unnatural angle, hair stuck to her face. My father rested by the side door, body cut deep, one hand still reaching out as if he had tried to protect me until the end.I staggered. My chest would not fill with air. “I did not…” The words broke in my throat.But I knew the truth. The taste of blood still sat on my tongue. Fragments flashed through my mind, heat, pain, bones cracking, screams cut short.I had done this.Tears mixed with the blood on my face as I fell to my knees. The same hands that once held my father’

I knew something was wrong the moment Father walked through the door carrying a girl in his arms.Blood covered her legs. Her head hung limply against his shoulder, and his coat was wrapped around her like he was trying to shield her from more than the cold.Mother rushed forward immediately."What happened?""I found her in the woods," Father said. "Help me."They carried her to the spare room while I followed behind, watching silently.The girl didn't look older than me. She was unconscious, pale, and covered in bruises.Still, something about her put me on edge.Mother dipped a cloth into warm water and began cleaning the blood from her skin."Poor thing," she whispered.Father stood nearby with his arms folded.Neither of them seemed bothered by the fact that a stranger had appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the forest.Well, I was."Who is she?" I asked.Father shook his head."I don't know."I stared at him."You brought home someone you don't know?"His eyes lifted briefl

I lunged at the nearest wolf and sent it tumbling into the undergrowth. Before it could recover, another crashed into me from behind. I twisted sharply and sank my teeth into its neck. It yelped and staggered away, but more wolves were already circling me from all sides.There were too many.One attacked again and I struck it aside, but another replaced it immediately. Claws raked across my shoulder. I hit back hard, but a third went for my throat. I ducked, yet something slammed into my side and pain exploded through me, and I fell.Blood soaked into my fur as I tried to push myself up again. The largest wolf stepped forward and lunged at me. I reacted too late. Its claws tore into me and threw me back to the ground.The impact stole my breath completely.My body began to break apart as the shift took over. Bones snapped, muscles twisted, and fur receded beneath my skin as I was forced back into human form.I screamed as the transformation finished.Then I was on the ground, in my hu