~~Chapter 1~~
I walked through the woods for a few hours fighting whatever's been making my skin crawl and itch. I had a small thought that it might be the Change of werewolves, but I have no idea how, Derek hasn't bit me and I haven't been in contact with anyone else's saliva, so I am scared but I refuse to go back to the hotel right now.
I look up from my feet to see that the sun has slowly begin to sink below the horizon and I groan knowing that if I don't head back soon Derek will come in here and drag me out. I turn to head through a tiny clearing when a jolt of pain takes my breath, dropping me to my knees. I vomit what little food I ate into the bushes across from me, gasping for breath. "Shit." I whimpered brokenly before my back jackknives drawing a scream from my lips. I can feel fur pushing through my skin, my bones breaking and realigning. I can feel my face morphing.
After about twenty minutes of excruciating pain I collapse onto my side, my vision of different..I can smell everything. I look at my hands..I have paws! I jump to my paws and turn in a circle trying to get a glimpse of my fur, once I do I stop in my tracks. I am a blonde wolf, Oh my god I am a werewolf! I scream in my head before everything goes black.
~~Ten minutes later~~
I wake up back in my human body naked, freezing. I groan at the feeling of complete exhaustion that runs through my veins.
"I've gotta get up." I grumble making myself stand and I begin my slow trek back to the hotel. I know it's late, so I book it to the room, noticing that I'm a bit faster than I was a few hours ago. I walk into the room to see Tori and Aunt Lauren sitting on the couch, both looking worried.
"Where have you been, young lady? Why are you naked? Did you and that Mutt have sex? Did he rape you?" Aunt Lauren spouts, grabbing my arm as I walk passed her to my duffel bag.
"I went out into the woods for a walk, I had an accident and fell down an embankment, ripped my clothes to shreds. No he and I didn't have sex and I don't think we will. Now, I'm going to shower and then go to bed. If you'll excuse me." I say trying to keep my calm. I feel so angry and I have no idea why. I'm emotionally upset over the fact that I just Changed into a wolf and I have no idea how.
"Fine." She snapped and it takes all my willpower not to turn around and go off. I grab clothes and go take a shower. As I stand underneath the water, I think back over the last few weeks. Derek and I have barely had time to kiss, let alone swap saliva. I haven't been bitten by a person or animal. What can cause me to Change like that? It was a full Change too, most werewolves, from our research, shows that there are three partial changes before the first full one. From there, they Change's will always be full, quick and a little less painful. So who is Jeremy Danvers and Clayton Danvers? Their names sound familiar, but they also cause a sharp twinge of pain in my ribs and my amulet burns my skin.
I'm taking this damn thing off. I think as I pull it off and I am instantly overcome with my senses. I can see better, I can smell everything, I can hear Derek and Simon talking in the next room over their tv and the shower. I feel my body adjusting to accommodate my senses, helping me get used to them.
Oh my gosh. I was always a werewolf...Can I still be a necromancer if I am a werewolf? I think of Liz and give a sharp tug, making her pop up in front of me.
"Woah Chloe! I don't wanna see you naked." She covers her eyes and I laugh.
"Sorry, Liz. I didn't mean to." She nods then disappears. I step out of the shower, dry off and get dressed in shorts and a shirt. I'm going to use Tori's laptop and look up Jeremy and Clayton Danvers. I think noticing that Lauren is already asleep and Tori is sitting up on our bed.
"Hey Tori. Can I look up something on your laptop?" I ask as I sit beside her.
"Uh, sure. Just don't look up anything nasty for you and wolf boy to try." I laugh softly taking the laptop from her extended hand and type in their names in the search.
'Jeremy Danvers distraught at the kidnapping of his daughter Chloe Grace Danvers' is the very first link that pops up. I open it and begin to read:
Chloe Danvers is the only daughter to handsome bachelor from Stonehaven, Bear Valley, New York, Jeremy Danvers. He was adamant in his statement that his daughter, ten year old Chloe Grace was taken from his backyard by a man dressed in all black. He stated that his daughter, his older son Clay and himself were playing in the snow, when Chloe got too far away from them to be safe, and was taken. He said himself, "No matter what it takes, I will find my daughter and bring her home." His son Clay also gave a statement, " Chloe, wherever you are, we will find you Darlin, and we will keep looking for you till the day we die if we have to." It then shows a picture of ten year old me.
"Oh my god." I hand Tori her laptop, get up and grab my duffle after I toss on my sneakers. I'm in Bear Valley. I need to go see them. I think to myself ignoring Tori as she tries to get me to calm down.
"You can come with me or you can stay here. I gotta go to them Tori. I'm really getting tired of being treated like I'm helpless." She nods tossing her shoes on and we creep out the door and down the steps, hailing a cab.
"Stone Haven, please." I tell the guy after we get in.
"I can take you to the gate, but we can't get in from there."
"Go." I rumble and he nods.
After about twenty minutes we pull up to a massive stone and wrought iron gate with Stone Haven scrawled into it.
"Thanks. Keep the change." I tell the dude and he speeds away. I take a deep breath, walk over to the buzzer and push it.
"Who is it?" A gruff southern accent resonates through the speaker.
"C-Clay?" I stutter/
"Who are you? Why are you at our gate?"
"Chloe." Is all I can choke out as I am overcome with memories on how I was taken away and what the Genesis Project did to make me forget. The speaker goes silent, but ten minutes later I hear multiple sets of boots hitting the asphalt coming from the driveway. As they get closer I see Clay and Jeremy and Nick and Logan and Antonio. They wrench the gate open and I am engulfed in my father's arms.
"Dad!" I cry wrapping my arms around him. He holds me against him tightly before I'm pulled away into Clay's scalding arms.
"Chloe Grace." His voice cracks halfway through my name, and I feel his tears hit my scalp. To my knowledge this man has never in his life cried, and it broke my heart to know that he was crying over me.
"Clay." I whisper, he lets me go to look me in the eye and I smile up at him, grabbing his hand and snapping his pinkie.
"What the hell was that for Chloe?" Nick asks as he wraps his arms around me from behind.
"I broke a pinkie promise to her six years ago. I should've expected that. I'll take you I swear." He kisses my head and I turn to look at Tori who for once in her life looks shocked.
"Chloe? Who are these people?" She asks me, softly placing her hand on my arm.
"Guys, this is Victoria Enwright, a sorcerer-witch hybrid from the Genesis project. Tori, this is my pack." They nod at her and she gives a small wave.
"Let's go inside, I want to know what happened to you." Dad says leading us all into the house. We go up to the study and I plant myself in Dads recliner and he chuckles softly as Clay picks me up and nestles me into his, Nick and Logan's laps.
"Why are they so touchy touchy?" Tori asks curiously.
"It's been six years since we've seen our pack sister. Our wolves have to be able to touch her to make sure that she's actually here." Nick says his hand wrapped around my ankle.
"Tell us what happened to you when you were kidnapped Chloe." Dad says from his recliner, his elbows on his knees as he watches all of us.
"I was taken to some lab and was introduced to Jennifer and Steve Saunders, the couple who wanted to adopt me. When I spat in their faces, I was taken into a room. The doctors strapped me to a chair, they kept asking me who all of my pack was to me and who the Saunders' were to me. If I gave them the wrong answer they'd shock me or crack my ribs. I held out for almost a full year before I gave in." I watched as my fathers face twitched as he tried to keep his cool, but Clay was another story. I felt his rumbling brown resonate through my bones.
"Every six months for three years i was taken back to the lab for 'therapy' where they'd question who you all were, and my self-preservation kicked in and pushed your memory down, along with that damned amulet that pushed my wolf and my necromancy down. The amulet would burn me if the pack ever crossed my mind. I finally took it off last night when I fully Changed."
"When I was fifteen I was sent to Lyle House, a home for troubled teens. Come to find out it was just a place to house and fix Genesis II projects to push their powers down again. That's where I met Tori, Simon -a sorcerer-, Derek -a genetically enhanced Mutt- and Kit Bae, their father. After i figured out what they were, all of us went on the run. Around the end of the summer we took down Diane and Marcell along with their headquarters. Were now being chased by the St. Cloud Cabal." All of the wolves let out low growls, holding onto me tightly.
I am so sorry that I haven't posted in a while everyone. My father passed away in December and I had to quit college and come home to take care of my family. Please keep me in y'alls thoughts. Please leave me a review or a note bout how you think this story will go. Love you all.
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