I felt hands wrap around the tops of my arms, and a strangled scream left my throat.
Fear was a powerful thing. I had never experienced it in it's fullest. Fear cripples the mind and clouds the senses. Fear brings out our most animalistic tendencies, forcing everything that makes us human from our minds in an attempt to escape, to survive.I didn't look into the eyes of the person that grabbed me, nor did I want to. A strangled scream tore through my throat as my hands lifted to defend myself. The strength I once had was waning, but I used what was left to its fullest. I kicked, punched, and clawed the person touching me.I only bothered to look up when the person's hands left my body and my bottom hit the sidewalk.Kade and Alec looked absolutely fucking horrified. Like I was a caged animal who had escaped and was now on a murderous rampage.I watched the emotion's shift in their eyes when they took in the state of my face. I hI finally woke up around one in the afternoon.My sleep had been the most pleasant part of this entire weekend. The twin's had vanished from my mind and dreams. I forced any and all thoughts of them from my head. I was left with a dull and sometimes excruciatingly sharp pain in my chest. It honestly felt like a chunk of my soul was missing, but it doesn't help to dwell on what could've been.My plan to leave was officially set into motion. I would leave Friday night. That gave me an entire week to work, and pick up my check Friday morning. I had a little over twenty five grand in my bank account. While it wouldn't sustain me forever, it would be plenty until I found myself a job.I had everything planned out. Friday night I would catch a bus to Atlanta, Georgia. From there I'd get the soonest plane ticket. My destination didn't matter. I wanted to be far away from Georgia, somewhere no one would look. Once the plane landed, I'd find myself a job and
I somehow managed to get through an entire shift without once running into the twins.I finally emerged from the bathroom after pulling myself together and was pleased to find the twins had already left. My pitiful joy was short lived when Cameron handed me a note."They wanted me to give this to you." Cameron frowned, "They didn't hurt you did they?""No." I shook my head. That was all the answers I was willing to give."Good." Cameron nodded, "Just making sure. Men who hit women are scum.""Agreed." I nodded."Here." Cameron grunted, "Take my phone number in case you need anything."After getting over the initial shock of Cameron being nice to me, I looked down at the note in my hands. I waited until Cameron walked away to read the messy scrawl on the paper.'Quit avoiding us, Aurora. We need to talk. Alec & Kade'Of course the simple note had my heart thundering in my chest. Not a chance in hell would I risk
Snapping branches tore me from my thoughts and my heart nearly stopped as two wolves walked into the clearing. I had never seen wolves in person before, only in pictures and movies. I was sure wolves weren't naturally this big. The two were nearly identical, both the color of midnight. Their fur was shiny and glistening. I had expected wolves to look much dirtier, living in the woods and all. While I wasn't sure the geographical placement of wolves, I was also fairly sure wolves did not live in Georgia. What troubled me even more was that I wasn't afraid. It was though my mind and body had simply accepted my death as inevitable.My mind played through the scenario. Aurora eaten by wolves. Grace would probably dance with joy while Tori and the twins wondered what happened to me. Would Melissa even notice when I failed to come home? Did wolves leave any scraps?I was so lost in my thoughts I hadn't noticed the two wolves were sitting only twenty feet away, simply staring
"Your father is here." Melissa rushed the words from her mouth and my heart nearly stopped.What she was saying made no sense in my mind. My father- I didn't have a father. I had Frank and a sperm donor. A Father was a foreign concept only lucky kids were able to fully experience. I was not one of those lucky kids."Father?" I found myself repeating the word, confusion soaking each letter."Your father." Melissa spat, anger forming in her crystal eyes. "The social worker managed to track him down.""The social worker." I nodded, not fully processing the conversation.I still couldn't get passed the word 'father'. It simply wasn't possible, wasn't fathomable."Get down here." Melissa snapped, "He wants to speak with you."Was that jealousy in her tone? Why would Melissa be jealous?I trudged downstairs, completely ignoring the fact that I was still in my pajama's. My busted and swollen face hadn't even registered in
I was torn between my miraculously appearing sperm-donor and the twins stationed at the front door. Each looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to make the first move."This is too much." I snapped under my breath, feeling much too exhausted for just waking up.There was no way I planned on letting the twins inside, or entertaining my sperm donor for any longer. I'd simply retreat back into my bedroom and pretend this entire day never happened. Garrett and the twins would hopefully be long gone.'Let them in.' The voice in my head rang out clear as day. The voice was so close, I looked around the room wondering if someone else had came into the house.'I know you can here me.' The voice called out again, sounding exasperated."I'm going crazy." I mumbled under my breath, turning my back on Garrett and the twins as I bounded up the stairs.It was all too easy to listen in on their conversation. The house was old and the walls th
An hour was much too long to get ready.I brushed my hair, and changed my clothes in ten minutes. That left me fifty minutes to contemplate what the hell was going on. Fifty minutes to realize how horribly my fractured life had been upended.Once hour passed, and Garrett knocked on my door. He didn't wait for me to answer, he simply poked his head inside until his eyes locked on my own."Ready to go?" Garrett asked, his eyes shining brightly.I nodded, grumbling something unintelligible and stood to my feet. While my face was somehow miraculously healed, my ankle was anything but. Occasionally dull pain would twitch up my ankle, making me wince.Garrett and I walked downstairs, to where Melissa and Frank were sitting on the sofa. Frank was drunk, as usual. Melissa was desperately trying to keep her gaze off of Garrett. Her eyes kept flickering from the TV to his towering form. I resisted the urge to scoff, she's more interested in
I cringed, but telling him about Frank was a lot easier than telling him about Grace. Frank couldn't torment me anymore, not with me being forced to live with Garrett. Grace on the other hand could still manage to get to me."Frank likes to drink." I shrugged, "He gets rough. I ran and locked myself in my room. He was trying to break down my door so I climbed out the window and jumped.""You jumped from your window?" Garrett's voice was calm."No." I replied, deadpan. "I jumped from the roof.""That fact makes no difference." Garrett growled under his breath."Look." I sighed, "Don't go playing the caring father card. Seriously, for my sanity don't do it."This entire conversation was giving me a headache. My heart was being pulled in so many different directions, I wondered if it could withstand all of the torment. 'Only a few more days', I told myself. Then I'd be in the wind, not a single person to worry about.Two devastatin
'I thought you'd never ask.' The voice huffed, 'You can call me Thalia.''The voice in my head has a name.' I nodded. 'This is great.''Look at it this way, we're improving.' The voice sounded happy.'Improving?' I scoffed, 'More like descending into madness.''Hey, I'll be along for the ride.' The person in my head grinned, 'It'll be fun.''Y'know, I didn't expect the voice inside my head to be so damn optimistic.' I rolled my eyes.'Get used to it, Aurora.' The voice chided me, 'I'm here for the long run.''Great.' I sounded unenthusiastic.Garrett looked over at me from the corner of his eye, concern evident in his gaze."Feeling alright, Aurora?" He questioned, more concern flooding through his tone."Yup." I popped the 'p' on my lips, "Just talking to the voices in my head."I wasn't sure what made me say that, but I didn't really care. This week has been one for the books. I was nearly one hundred per