"I love you, my guardian angel" ✔

Prologue

My name is Katie McCullough and this is my story.

The moment I saw them for the last time it was heart breaking.

I was in a police car with the Sheriff's deputy on the way to the police station.

The sheriff found me on the road running. Running from what I had just seen. I cannot believe what just happened only 20 minutes ago. I feel the pain and sorrow.

I was 12 at the time.

This is what happened.

I was living in the woods with my parents, John and Julia. A single child. I felt loved and wanted more then anything. We had these close friends. The Hale Family. Nothing spoke family more then them. I loved hanging out with them. There was Talia and James. They loved me as if I was their own child. They had four kids. Jack was the oldest. He was 20 years old. Laura was 2 years younger then Jack. She was my favorite sibling. I admired her greatly. Then there's Derek. The brooding young brother. 2 years younger then Laura but always tried to act all tough. He and Jack were like my 2 older brothers. Way too overprotective. I never told them this but I really liked that they were. Then the last sibling was Cora. Cora is 2 years younger then myself. With her, I finally felt like an older sister. Be someone she can look up to besides Laura. Last but not least, my most favorite member of the family, Peter. He was like an overprotective, coddling, lovable uncle. Whenever I was around, he was around. We hung out together and did a lot. I love him.

My parents and I were over all the time. You see the Hale's were not just a normal family. They were werewolves. And so were my parents. But me, I wasn't. Their gene wasn't past down to me. It bums me out sometimes but whatever. My parents knew Talia from before I was born so they stayed in the area. Two different packs, same motives. Even though we were split into two, we really felt like one big family. We hung out everyday.

There were many other packs in the area but we were the closet. There is one pack that we talk to more often. It's led by a man named Deucalion. He is really nice. Always talks about peace and love. I only see him more then his whole pack. He's friends with Talia. When he comes over, he always jokes with me and I get to liking him more and more. He is great friends with Peter. They are always hanging out with each other. He will join us on family picnics and outings. We went bowling one time and he was on my team with Peter and Cora. We swept the others away. We would go to the lake and take food. James would grill and we would play games or sports. One time we were playing volleyball and Derek hit the ball to hard, hitting me in the face. Duke (Deucalion) and Peter were both on me so fast. My bond with those two was sometimes too weird. But it was nice. I ended up having a bad bloody nose and a black eye for a few days. They were so mad at Derek but I told them to let it go. It wasn't his fault.

One day I was walking in the woods going toward the Hale house. I heard something in the distance and turned around. There was nothing so I turned to walk more. Then I heard it again. This time I asked if someone was there. A man came out from behind a tree and I instantly knew he was a hunter. A bad guy. I froze up. I didn't know if I should run or scream. I was standing so still. He started saying, "It's not safe walking in the woods alone."

I said, "I'm just walking to a friends house."

"Oh well you still shouldn't be walking alone. With so many dangers. A little girl like you might run into trouble."

"I can take care of myself. Thank you. I'm going to go now."

"Well wait, I will walk with you"

"No I'll be ok"

"Are you afraid of me"

"I.. I need to go"

"Where do you think you're going in such a rush"

"Please leave me alone"

I started walking away, but he stepped toward me.

I walked faster and he walked faster.

I then started to run. I bumped into something or someone.

I looked up to see Duke. He placed himself in front of me and held my hand protectively.

He said, "You shouldn't be terrorizing little girls who are completely normal"

The hunter said, "Oh but is she normal"

I didn't know what that meant. Of course I was normal.

"Gerard she has nothing to do with this. Leave her be. I thought we established that we would come to a peace offering. No more killing our kind who do nothing to you"

"Hmm... I remember no such thing Deucalion. All I see in front of me is an Alpha wolf and young pup whose a danger to us. There is no re-evaluation. You want peace. I'll show you peace."

Gerard, the hunter, pulls out a bow and arrow and aims at myself and Duke. Duke pushes me behind a tree and takes the hit Gerard sent toward us. I screamed for Duke. He didn't go down at first but I think the arrow had something in it. Gerard stepped toward Duke. "I wonder what a wolf would be like with a permanent injury. He took out two arrows and starts bringing them down towards Duke. Duke hasn't recovered yet and didn't get up in time. Gerard jabbed the arrows into Duke's eyes. He screamed. I ran out and tried to push Gerard off him. Gerard pushed me off and stood up looking at what he did. I just sat there crying. Gerard walked away then turned around and said, "You should know by now who the boss is around here. Remember who I am because I am your worst nightmare." When he left I ran to Duke and tried to calm him. He just hissed in pain. I grabbed his hand and tried to relax his muscles. He was in so much pain. Then very sudden, I felt something weird going up my arm. Just like werewolves, I was taking some of Duke's pain away. But as sudden as it was, it went away. He stopped crying. I covered Duke's ears and screamed for help. Hoping someone was around. I yelled so loud. After a few minutes, I heard rushing. Peter was running toward me in a fast speed.

"I heard you. What's the matte..."

He stopped and looked at Duke. He kneeled down and calmed Duke. He instructed me to help get him up. We carried him to a car and got him in. Peter hot wired and sped down the road. We got to Deaton's office, the veterinarian and werewolf mentor, we grabbed him and brought him inside and put him on the vet table. Deaton told us to get out. As we were waiting, I could slightly hear Duke whimper and yell out. Peter held me close. After about a hour of waiting, Deaton said we could go in. What I saw was terrible? Duke had bandages on his eyes. He was lying on the table in sweat. I walked up and held his hand. I cried. He tightened his grip on my hand a told me that it was alright. "I'll learn to control and live like normal." I hugged/half laid on him, promising I would find a cure. He laughed, "My sweet dear, you already did enough by saving me"

"I don't care. I'm still finding a cure."

We both laughed. My parents came in to take me home. But before I left, I whispered in his ear. "I love you, my guardian angel."

- Few weeks have passed -

One day, the Hales and my parents were at the Hale house except Derek and Laura. They had tests at school that they couldn't miss. But, there was extended family who came in and my parents were invited over so they kept me out of school. I thought this was going to be a great day. Turned out it was the worst day of my life.

There were so many family members. Some were wolves and others were normal like me. We were so caught up in our own happiness. No one thought of listening outside.

Something broke the window so we all looked and it turned out to be a stick with a flame. My parents immediately threw me to the floor and we tried to crawl. Something flew through the window and it hurt all the wolves in the family. It was a mist form of wolfsbane. There was coughing and crying in the background. More fire came in. Then all of the sudden I was being pulled close to the door. I looked up to see a hunter dragging me. My parents, Talia and Peter screaming my name. I tried to free myself but his grip was too strong. As we got outside, he pulled me to the woods. I saw Peter try running out towards me but I saw half his face was burnt. I started to cry and scream for Peter. He collapsed on the ground just staring at me. The more I was pulled the less strength I had. But there was one moment of adrenaline going through my body. I was able to step on his foot and knee him in the crotch enough for me to get free and try to run. He was on my trail once again. He grabbed my shirt tripping me. I tried to get up but his hand grabbed my left ankle. I screamed, "let me go" "someone help". That's when I heard someone say, "let her go". I turned just enough to see Duke grab the hunter by his shirt and yank him up like he was nothing. He growled in his wolfed out form and turned to me. Yelling ,"Run!" And that's what I did. I ran and ran. I ran so fast I couldn't think straight. I finally came to a road and heard police cars. Two cars stopped. The Sheriff got out asking if I was ok. I looked at him with tears. He told the other deputy to take me to the station. As I was in the car, I saw a glimpse of Duke with his cane. I looked at him and said, "Thank you, my guardian angel". Knowing he heard every word.