" So tell me..Kuja.What the hell. Is going on..I do deserve some answers now and you really arent in any position to argue the fact."I could see the look on his face twist with each word.I was beyond hurt at this point, but I was too numb to care, Adrian had fixed me a warm meal, and I was bundled up on the large sofa in the den of the Packhouse. I must say, Adrian knew how to cook for a very broad guy, and this food..and sofa.. were terrific!"Well, there's a reason Mom and Dad haven't been with us, for as long as you can remember.."I knew this was going to be the cold truth, but I asked for it. I couldn't go back now." Go on.." I managed to wash down the festival of Meats on my plate. " Well. They know about The wolf gene we carry. Mom Had her Wolf suppressed when she was my age..and Dad. He never wanted us to be like Him and mom. Neither one of them could face us. So We actually..were sent around from foster home to foster home. Until I was old enough to take custody of you..and to take care of you..on my own.." Ouch. I knew my parents weren't around. But I thought it was because they had died off. Not because they were ashamed of their true nature."Well..you see. They haven't been void of our lives Creed. They are how I've managed to keep you instilled with books and school. Medical visits and softball, you're art interest such as well.." I watched him silently, I couldn't believe it after so many years..of not knowing who my parents were. that I only had a brother..that they were alive..and were helping raise me..Yet..they had no contact with me.What selfish bastards." So they just..Been spending their lives. Avoiding us..?"As much as it hurt I had to know.." Not exactly. The gene goes back into our family for centuries. They know us, what we look like..and How we smell..just by Visage..Or a Glimpse through our eyes. They've been with us all along.Just.More a shadowy figure than primitive,non-astral being.." I was a little confused at this point, but I accepted his truth." So what do I need to know about this whole Wolf thing then..?"
"Well.First off. You're a part of The Pack now. I mean..you always have been..but..like Adrian said. You had to recognize your Wolf before You could be accepted. Only thing I can Admit to you.Are the Shifts. They get less painful..but occur More often when Severely angry. I suggest. Running out back..to the woods whenever that happens. Krux has already destroyed a few mantles and doorways because of his anger issues.."I couldn't help but laugh. The strange Krux was a hot head!"That's another thing..Krux, Justin, and Garron, Are our Pack members. They are there to protect you..so Do not ever question them when they tell you to leave or get someplace safe, ok? Now that you know what you are, I need to know you are safer than ever..There are hunters in this world as well who hunt us.."I nodded, what could be more threatening than a wolf? I wasn't going to ask, THis was too much, but I managed to handle it, now that the pain I had recently experienced, and now food settled well into my stomach. I'd be lucky..tonight I might get some rest.Tomorrow was a new day and hopefully I'd be able to bring myself to join the rest of them, otherwise I might just hide out and call it a day or even a century. Having finished what I could of my food, Kuja had made his way up, taking the plate along the way to the kitchen, leaving me in the den still wrapped up like a burrito in warmth and comfort. What was I to do now, I knew no one here, except of course my brother and his friends, now Adrian. I knew about being a wolf , about my parents absent involvement.My life has taken a conscious turn and I wasn't sure what to do about it except sit here in shock.This was just what my life needed, a lovely unexpected curveball! As if being a coming of age adult wasn't enough.
By now it seemed almost normal for Creed to witness chaos , given her last twenty four hours of newfound knowledge. It was still hard to process even with everyone telling her what to expect, But what they couldn't help her with was how she would cope with all the feelings and frustrations that came with it all.