Chapter 9 - Dad

Waking up I look around, to see I'm back in my room. Slowly sitting up, I get out of bed and start walking to the stairs.

About half way down I start to hear people talking. It sounds like Gabriel and my Mom.

"Do you know why she fainted?" I hear my mom ask.

"From the looks of it she must have been close to Alpha when he was angry... and possibly another person too."

"Why? I got El away from there to make her more safe! It doesn't make sense! It seems like every where we go someone is trying to hurt her!" She's crying now and I can tell she's hurting.

But... what does she mean people are always trying to kill me? The only time that anyone has tried to kill me that I know of was when the pack attacked me.

Slowly I walk the rest of the way down the stairs, until I'm standing almost right next to mom.

"What do you mean people are always trying to kill me?"

"I... El now is not the time!"

"Not the time..." I say slowly my face void of any emotion. "Mom... how much are you hiding from me?"

"Elisabeth go back to your room." She has tears streaming down her face and she looks like she's been crying for hours.

"No." I say and run out of the house.

"ELISABETH!"

One thing that never made sense about me was I could always run so fast... faster then any werewolf.

Looking behind me I see Gabriel running after me in wolf form, so I speed up, quickly losing him in the woods.

After about ten more minutes of running I slow down and sit on a log, and tears start falling.

Mom won't even tell me why daddy died. Why all of those wolves had to attack us. All I know was that it happened when I was 5 and the last thing he told me was...

(Flashback)

Wolves were running everywhere and I didn't know what to do. Mom disappeared a little while ago and I was inside a house looking for Dad.

I see Daddy outside but he's covered in blood and I see him fall to the ground. Quickly I run out of the house, dodging people and wolves.

The screaming and growling ringing in my ears.

"DAD!" I yell when I finally get to him.

He looks at me shocked that I'm out here. Trying to sit up he grabs my hand.

"Ellie my sweet girl." He says, but his voice is but a tiny whisper in the mix of loud noises. "Run. Go to our place, ok? Do you remember how to get there?"

"Y...yes." I didn't really understand what was going on but I knew that my daddy was hurt.

"Good. Go. Remember Ellie I love you. No matter what happens I will always love you." With a sad smile he pushes me in the direction of our little hideout we made.

Quickly I run to it, but with a look over my shoulder I see my dad being killed with a wolves jaw around his neck and I see one final tear fall down his face before he dies, and his body falls back down to the earth.

But... he looks peaceful. Like he was happy. Like he was finally free.

(Flashback Ends)