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Chapter 10- Birds of a feather
The car ride was long and bumpy. Golden Wolf sat beside me, his golden eyes blazing in the coloured lights of the soon-fading sunset. He forgot to put his contacts back in. I sighed.
What If we were seen?
Thinking about my last thought again- I'd almost feel sorry for the person who saw us.
'We're almost there' he announced. He barely spoke during the long trip.
It takes a lot to ever make Golden Wolf talk.
I leaned over and shoved my head out the car window, my jet-black hair whistling in the gentle country breeze. I sniffed in the air. I could smell a variety of things- Cows, Sheep, Horses, Humans (gross) and something else. Something almost human, but... wasn't. I looked over to Golden Wolf. He was watching my awkward behaviour and was grinning to himself as he did. What secrets did he have now?
Suddenly, the car lurched sideways as Golden Wolf turned into a narrow driveway to our left. A track so hidden in the dirt, it was almost invisible. Soon the scents of the gentle country breeze turned to a soothing smell of forests.
I could vaguely make out the outlines of a house in the distance. As we drove closer, I realised it was not a house but a mansion.
A big mansion.
I was awestruck by the mansion's, well, bigness. It was like the type only described in fairytales.
And life was certainly not a fairytale.
Golden Wolf could see the delight in my eyes. I had never been to a house before, and certainly not this.
'Is this where you... (I gulped) ...live?' I questioned.
He silently nodded. Wow. That was cool.
All the same, I realised I had been acting like a little child the whole journey. A new life. A new start.
Maybe one that I'd enjoy.
I calmed myself as the car slowed to a halt, wheels grinding on the stone driveway. I opened the door and jumped out of the car. I stretched my wings out (almost hitting the car) and took in the view.
Golden Wolf opened the car boot, grabbed a suitcase, closed the boot and began to walk towards the mansion.
I followed eagerly in his footsteps.
He walked up to the door, and with a wink, his Golden power began to radiate and began to stream into the giant lock, handing on the elaborately decorated door. It swung open almost instantly.
He motioned for me to come inside and soon followed. Inside, the walls were painted cream and gold and the ceiling held an ancient design painted by crafted hands. My jaw dropped.
This. Was. Cool.
'Gryffin? Gryffin!' He yelled. 'I'm back!'
So we weren't alone.
I heard a scuffle from on the stairs. I turned. A door creaked open and a boy walked out. Well, I could almost call him a boy. He looked about my age and well, was almost normal.
He had reddish hair and was tall and lean. He walked silently down the stairs and then ran into Golden Wolf's open arms. It was then I noticed his wings.
They were a mixture of gold and red speckled with russet brown.
As Golden Wolf lifted him off the ground, I noticed his feet. They were clawed and looked almost like a cat's. They too were a mixture of red and gold.
'Meet my son. Gryffin.' Golden Wolf added. He ruffled Gryffin's hair and smiled.
That would probably explain things. The gold colours, too.
Oh yeah. He didn't know my name either.
'I'm Storm.' I quickly added.
He smiled and approached me, hand opened. His intention was for me to grab it.
But I just wasn't sure.
'Careful Gryffin. She's just out of the lab.' Golden Wolf said.
I almost took the comment as an insult, but then realised I was shaking.
Social contact wasn't really my forte.
Maybe now was the time to improve it.
'Umm... Lead away?' I announced to Gryffin. He looked delighted.
Golden Wolf stepped back to let us through.
Gryffin motioned over to the door on our left, opened it and walked through.
I was about to follow, and quickly turned around for a last quick look at Golden Wolf.
But he was gone.
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