“What do you want me to do?”
“I wish you hadn’t given me the blood just yet, I wasn’t prepared for that.”
“You looked sick and very pale. You were tired and weak after the race.”
A sigh escaped my lips. “These days I’m always pale, tired and weak.”
I felt him shake his head above mine. “This was different. You looked way worse; thinner than how you were when I left. The change was more evident inside you. Did you eat yesterday?”
“Yes, but I think Joe’s theory is wrong.”
“Why?” He sounded more anxious than before.
“The day before yesterday I ate cooked food but it didn’t stay down. I spent the morning with my head over the toilet. But yesterday when I balanced it out, I didn’t get sick but I still felt weak and a little nauseated.”
“I don’t understand, you’re change isn’t nor
I woke up startled when something hard bumped in my belly. I pressed my hand against my stomach and rubbed it. It didn’t hurt, it felt uncomfortable, and I’d never felt anything like that before. I sat still on the bed waiting for another nudge. When nothing happened I stood up and walked to the bathroom. I must be hungry again.After the long shower I put on a loose green top I’d bought the day we ran away. The new extension on my belly made all the clothes I had too tight. I pulled my hair up in a ponytail and walked out of my room. I knew my dad would be waiting for me, annoyed by the fact we’d broken one of his sacred rules. But I didn’t mind what was coming next, I had spent the night in the arms of the man I love and I’d gladly take what was coming to me.I walked through the living room and into the kitchen expecting my dad to ambush me in one of those places but he was nowhere to be seen. The rest were in the kitchen having b
Ann pulled into the parking lot. It was bigger, much different from my high school one. We got out and walked towards the administration building. I felt anxious and excited at the same time.Maria looped her hand around mine. “Do you want us to go with you to get your class schedule?”Yes. “No, I’m good.”“Okay, just don’t get lost.” Ann handed me her cell phone. “Just in case.” Then she turned around and disappeared in a crowd of people.“Call me, any time.” Maria gave my arm a tight squeeze then disappeared in the opposite direction.I walked through the double doors and joined a line with other freshmen. They all looked as excited as I was. This was a new start for them, for me it was the only part of my life that remained constantly normal. I’m in love with a five hundred and twenty-five year old werewolf, my father is a werewolf and I am slowly changing into a werew
“You are young you should be dating someone your own age.”“I like older men, way more mature.”“Merilee, he’s older than me. That crosses the line of acceptable boyfriends.” He retorted impatiently.“When I change, age won’t be a factor we’re all considering. Besides I have no interest in anyone else, I love Ash and that’s how it’s going to stay.” I hung up the phone when I got closer to the car. He was leaning against it, his hands buried deep in his pockets.“You never know. Someone better might be around the corner. Ash was the better of Steve. There are prospects of someone topping Ash.” He looked at me with a glint of hope in his eyes. He must be referring to Josh.“No one can top a werewolf. Next to a vampire, he is every girls dream come true.” I dug my hands in my pockets imitating his posture.“What is it with girls and dange
I was flat on my back in bed, in a room I didn’t recognize. “Lee, you have to stop this habit of waking up in unfamiliar places,” I mumbled to myself.I looked around. The wall at the head of my bed was cream and there was a curtain around my bed. I reached out and pulled it. Behind it were a couple of other beds. I looked myself over; I was in a gown, covered in a blanket with a huge symbol on it. I was in the hospital.Ann won that fight. I smiled to myself, grateful to my nutty sister. Just then two pretty faces appeared from behind the curtain.“Hi. How are you feeling?” Maria sat on the edge of my bed. Ann sat in the chair.“‘Are you okay’ ‘how are you feeling’ those words are becoming very common lines in our diction these days. I’m fine.”“Our lives have become even more eventful these days.”“I knew those guys were trouble the minute I saw them,
It was a long quiet ride home. My dad drove Ann’s car behind us, we hadn’t told him anything. I was still thinking of a way to tell Ash, imagining all his reactions to the news but one thing I knew for sure was he wouldn’t like it, not one bit.I stood at the door, gathering as much courage as I possibly could to walk through it. Ann and Maria stood next to me quietly waiting for me to move. I was left with little option but to enter the house when my dad opened the big metal doors wide.“Lee! I’ve been so worried!” Ash was frantic. I barely made it through the door before he picked me up. I quickly put my folded arms between us to keep my baby bump from touching him.“You worry too much.” I was happy he wasn’t looking at me directly. I wouldn’t have been able to bear having his loving eyes on me.“Are you okay?” He placed me down and stared at me. I dropped my eyes and looked at the
“I don’t know. This has never happened before. Baku has never sired a child, and this one’s Ash’s first. It may have. This morning her pregnancy wasn’t so pronounced, now…” Joe eyed me, probably gauging how far off my temper had gotten. Billy just stared at me angered by my warning.“Is pain, a part of the pregnancy?” My dad was really going to make this worse.“Dad!”“Don’t dad me! You’ve passed out twice because of the pain it was causing you! Today I was sure you were going to die from it.”Ash’s head shot toward my dad, after a few seconds he shifted his gaze to me. His face creased in pain for a second before it went back to being angry. He must have seen me in pain in my dad’s head, and he must have read mine to see exactly how bad it was. That wasn’t going to help my argument.He looked at my belly then at me. His stare was so lethal
I’d spent two weeks in the AA room crying my heart out. When I had no more tears to shed, I counted all the bottles mounted on the walls. When I was done with that I counted the tiles, and then the raindrops that hit the window. Eating and drinking became a second necessity for me; the lives inside me didn’t even matter. Every time I heard footsteps outside the door, or the phone ring or the door open I thought it was Ash. But when I checked and it wasn’t him. It made me sink deeper into my depression.Jane had called a couple of times to ask why I wasn’t at school but Ann came up with a number of excuses. I wasn’t going to go anywhere until Ash came back. The guys debated on breaking the wall but my sisters wouldn’t have it they said I needed time. Billy also wasn’t going to risk losing all that liquor just to get me out. Joe was mostly worried about my health and that of the twins. I was starving myself in the process starving them.
I drove my jeep to school and my sisters’ drove in Maria’s car. They wanted me to go with them, but I still didn’t feel like having company. I drove slowly, prolonging the time I had to get to school. All I could think about was how people would react to my current state. Jane would definitely have a field day with this. Josh will be a gentleman about it, but George I wasn’t so sure, he was too crazy for me to pin down his reaction. One thing is for sure, the advances will die a sudden death.I wore one of Ash’s black shirts over a white vest. I felt torn about wearing it, but I had little choice in my own wardrobe and besides my perfume had masked his scent enough for me to stand it. But it was still his—his body had been in it.I drove the car into the slot next to Maria’s Audi. My sisters were standing next to it, with tight fake smiles pasted on their faces. I laughed at the effort they were making to look at ease.I