As we reached the house, Daddy made a motion for me to stop. We crept over to the window and peered inside, I bit my tongue to keep from screaming. Ron and Jared, covered in blood and gore, were dead on the floor. I didn't see Joey, but I knew he was dead as well. The men that killed them were standing in front of my mother, closing in on her. Daddy snarled and jumped in between them, moving them away from her. "Jason, why are you protecting this parasite?" One of the men yelled at him. I stiffened at the sound of my father's name. "Because this parasite is my mate!" He snapped. I leaned towards him, and then screamed when my hair was yanked roughly from behind. Daddy looked wide eyed over at me. The man lifted me by the hair and sniffed my neck. "This is one of the hybrids!" He yelled out. "Then kill it!" The man that held me grinned and held a knife to my throat. "NO!" Daddy then himself onto the man and tackled him to the ground. "Run Raeda! Run!" He screamed. I got to my feet and jumped over the man on the floor. I stopped and turned around when I was just outside the doorway. "Daddy!" The man he had tackled was unconscious or dead. He jumped to his feet and ran to me, grabbing my hand and pulling me into the woods with him. Father changed into a large wolf and I jumped onto its back. After running for about 10 minutes, Daddy stopped and shifted back, dragging me over to a bush. He pulled the bush aside, revealing an opening to a small cave. "Get in." He ordered. "And don't come out until I come and get you." I nodded and he kissed my forehead before running back in the direction we came. I waited, and cried for two days straight, Daddy didn't show up. I crawled out of the cave on the third day, slowly making my way back home. As I reached my home, I froze. It had been burned to the ground. Tears started running down my face as I cried out for my father. When I finally found him, I wished I hadn't. My father was dead as well, neck snapped and a dagger in his chest. I ran to the only place I knew to go, Cyril's home. When I knocked on the door, an older version of Cyril opened the door. "Hey Mom! There's a girl at the door!" Cyril's mother came to the door. "Oh my god, Raeda!" She opened her arms and I ran into them, sobbing. She shut the door and we made our way to the couch. "Cyril is... Cyril is dead, Raeda." I looked at her, my eyes widened. "What. No... No!" I screamed and cried as she pulled me closer, tears streaming down her face along with mine. I cried for hours with his mother holding me close. When she stopped crying, I didn't. Finally, I had no more tears to cry. The older version of Cyril, which I found out, was Cyril's older brother, Cody, came down the stairs, carrying a tiny box, about the size of a baseball. "Raeda." I looked at him and he tossed the box to me. "It has your name on it. It was in his room." I nodded and opened the box, I bit my lip. Inside was a silver locket, shaped like a heart, a rose engraved on the front of it. I opened the locket to see Cyril smiling back at me. On the other side, words were engraved into it. It said 'When you cry, I'll wipe away all of your tears. When you scream, I'll fight away all of your fears. I'll hold your hand for all of these years, as long as you still hold on to me. I'll Love you forever, Cyril.' 'I'll love you as long as I live Cyril' I thought to myself. I stood up calmly and ran out the door. I ran as far and as fast as I could, not really caring where I ended up. I shifted into a wolf so I could run faster.