Into The Eyes of the Eyes of the Wild

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Chapter Four: The Secret of the Covenant

The room was utterly silent the morning hours. It had taken nearly two hours to get a hold of Caleb, they'd finally had to just drive over to his house and wake him up. Now the four Sons' sat in the last room on the right hand side of the hall in the Parry house.

Mina sat on the floor next to the easy chair sitting in front of the roaring fire with her hand on her decrepit husband's knee. Pogue had brought up two of the chairs from the kitchen and he and Tyler occupied them while Reid sat on the ground by the door with one knee pulled up and his arm dangling nonchalantly over it.

Caleb was pacing at one end of the room and Michelle was sitting alone on the window sill. Everyone had been wise enough to let her be on her own. She was on the verge of having a panic attack and Reid had heard her mention something about the next thing they knew there would be aliens in Manhattan.

Crazy kid.

Caleb took a deep breath to prepare himself for the explanation when the old man at the front of the room coughed and motioned for Michelle to come over. She did so slowly before kneeling with her hands resting lightly on the arm of the chair. She sat back on her heels and sat staring up at the old man as if he had all the answers and that was pretty much true.

The old man took a deep rasping break before speaking, his voice wasn't as old as he appeared to be but she could tell that it was taking a real effort for him to speak. "Do you know about the Salem Witch trials?"

Michelle nodded slowly.

"In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, there were five families of powerful witches committed to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters," The old man coughed hard and Mina held a glass of water to his lips for him to drink a little before he cleared his throat and continued, "One of the families was completely wiped out when they broke the law of the covenant."

The room filled with silence as they all waited for the old man to catch his breath. Unlike Caleb's father, Mr. Parry wasn't bitter about his fate. He accepted the consequences of his actions and enjoyed the time he had left on this earth. Michelle exhaled softly, as if afraid to break the power of the moment. She inhaled sharply as the old man began again, holding her breath as if the moment would disappear.

"Along the centuries, the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old, he ascends to a higher power. However, this magic is so seductive. If you use too much, it ages the body and can eventually kill you." He gave a dry smile. "Power can be willed between us but it's against the law of the Covenant to do so."

"Why?" Michelle asked softly, mesmerized by this story of warlocks, power, and this unspoken law.

"The power becomes your life source little one." He said quietly, touching her cheek lightly. "If you will it away, you die."

Wayne Parry glanced up at the other members of the room and motioned towards the door. "Let me talk to her for a little longer… alone."

Mina gave a nod of her head and stood by the door, ushering the boys out gently before turning to her husband and her daughter figure and gave her a small smile and a reassuring wink before slipping out of the room and closing the door with a soft click.

Pogue stood leaning against the couch in the living room with his arms crossed against his chest as he continuously glanced at the clock. It was almost three. What could they possibly be talking about up there that would take nearly three hours?

Reid flopped onto the couch and folded his arms behind his head. "Don't worry about it Pogue. Your dad's probably just explaining everything to her so she won't be so freaked out anymore." Pogue glared back at the blonde. He smirked mischievously at his friend. "I hope she's okay." Tyler murmured as he glanced back towards the stairs. Caleb smiled at his three 'brothers' from the kitchen. "At least now we don't have to worry about hiding it now."

Four pairs of eyes turned to look up the stairs as the petite brunette trotted down the stairs with a thoughtful look in her grey eyes. She had changed from her pajamas into a pair of jogging pants and black running shoes. Her dark hair was pulled back into a ponytail and a sweater was half on her arms.

"Hey Shortie! Feel better now that you know the big secret?" Reid called with a grin as he sat up on the couch. Michelle glared at the badass blonde with a small smile tugging at the edge of her lips. "I'm not that short you jerk!"

Pogue laughed as he pushed off the couch and draped an arm around his sister's shoulder and ruffled her hair. "Nah, you're a just fun-sized." Michelle elbowed her 'big brother' in the ribs and grinned at him. "That's sounds like something Reid would say Pogo."

"Shortie, fun-sized, you two got any more shots?" She said, looking straight at Caleb and Tyler. The two boys shook their heads wearing matching grins. Michelle rolled her eyes. Idiots. The petite brunette pushed her big brother's arm off her shoulder and walked over towards the front door. "I will see you guys in a little bit. I'm gonna go for a run and I'll be back."

"Do you want some company Michelle?" Caleb called from the kitchen. The girl shook her head lightly. "The only one of you that could keep pace with me is Reid and I don't want to have to worry about him running behind me the whole time if you know what I mean." She gave the blonde in question a very pointed look as he sat with a thoughtful look on his face as if he'd never considered the idea.

Michelle groaned lightly and cast the three boys a smile before she turned and slipped out the door.

The brunette took off at her normal pace then increased it a little bit until she felt her muscles strain a bit from the effort.

So, five families. Where was the fifth? She thought as she continued on her well worn jogging path. Mr. Parry had said that they were wiped out during the Salem witch hunt but she had a feeling that that wasn't quite the case. Michelle usually jogged at least two miles a day, aside from the days where she drank an unusual amount of rum.

Slim thighs weren't an incentive, for some reason she always felt like she needed to be fit if she had to run away or fight for something. One of the families she'd lived with had made her take martial arts lessons and another had started her running with their daughter.

Michelle slowed her run to a walk before she stopped a moment to catch her breath and look up at all the trees as they changed the colors of their leaves before they finally lost them before the winter set in.

A sigh escaped her lips as she let her hair down before she ran her fingers through her hair and pulled the dark waves back into a tie. "I should probably head back…" Michelle thought aloud as she glanced at her watch. Usually the mile she'd just jogged was done in half an hour, today it had taken her forty minutes. She'd have to run an extra mile tomorrow to make up for skipping it yesterday.

The brunette turned and walked the way she'd come, slowly picking up her pace until she was pushing her muscles again. The familiar sting of the working muscles being pushed was a familiar feeling, one that didn't change.

Pogue glanced away from the TV as the sound of the front door opening and closing echoed down the downstairs hall. "Pogo? Tyler? Where are you idiots?" Pogue grinned to himself. She could be such a brat when she wanted to be. "The EGTP room."

Michelle hung up her sweater on the coat rack by the door before she followed the older boy's voice.

The EGTP room had been dubbed so on Michelle's discovery of the room. EGTP stood for Entertainment-Gaming, TV, and pool room. The curious girl had thought it suited the room quite pointedly. No need for something fancy describing it.

The 16 year old found her brother propped in front of the television watching The Nightmare before Christmas. It was only a few minutes into it. The morning the discovered Jack wasn't home.

Michelle plopped on the ground in front of the couch and sat watching it with the blonde.

"Do you feel up for a party tonight sis?" Pogue asked finally when the movie was in its final scenes.

Michelle glanced back at him before gluing her eyes back on the television. "That depends. Where are we going?"

"Every year on the day before school starts they have a party at the Dells. I'm sure by the time we're seniors the cops'll get it and head out there before they even really get the party started." Pogue stopped in his explanation as Michelle tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Parties at the Dells are illegal. My 6th grade year a kid drowned after he got too wasted."

Michelle's lips dropped into a little 'o'. "I see."

Pogue nodded. "Yeah. The boys'll meet us there. They left a little while after you did. And you'll get to meet Kate finally."

The petite brunette pulled herself to her feet as the ending credits rolled. Pogue talked to Kate for about an hour or two a day and he hadn't stopped talking about her since Michelle had arrived. To hear Pogue talk, you'd think she was an angel or a Stepford girlfriend.

She knew better though. Tyler and Reid didn't lie about things like that, well, Tyler didn't lie. Kate had cheated on Pogue at least twice without the boy knowing and that earned her a spot in Michelle black book. Now all she had to do was get the girl to sign in the cursed book with her blood.

With that morbid thought flitting through her mind, Michelle went up to her room to get ready. A party at the Dells? There could be a bit of fun in that. Definitely.

Pogue held the petite brunette's hand tightly as they moved up the side of the cliff where he was meeting his 'brothers'.

Three pairs of eyes widened at the sight of the 16 year old behind the long haired boy.

"Baby Girl, what are you wearing?!" Reid demanded as she slowly released her 'big brother' but remained close.

She shifted her weight to one leg then the other. It was an unconscious gesture when she was embarrassed.

The top she wore was a silk halter the color of fresh blood. The neck was connected solidly to the rest of the form fitting shirt but tied in the center of her back with a thin red string. A pair of leather pants clung low on her hips and fit the perfect curves of her lower body as if she had had them made special. A thin silver chain was looped through the tiny belt loops. The excess hung down along her thigh with a blood red rhinestone in the shape of a star hung at its end. A pair of black leather boots peaked out from under the pants legs as she shifted on the loose rock. Her dark hair was straightened and swung freely around the middle of her back. A black ribbon peaked out from behind the thick locks as it wrapped around her neck like a choker.

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" She glanced at her apparel. A fist planted itself on her hip as she half-glared at the surprised blonde in front of her.

"Nothing! I'm just surprised Mina let you out." Reid defended himself with his ever present smirk as his gaze roved her slender, curvaceous form.

Tyler came to her rescue and snaked an arm around the thin band of pale exposed flesh around her waist. "I think you look hot 'Chelle."

Michelle gave a satisfied smirk. "Thank you. At least someone has good taste." She said with a sniff as she turned away from the blonde in front of her and smiled at Caleb. "So how's the party?"

Caleb glanced over the cliff and gave a shrug of his shoulders. "Dunno. Just got here a little while ago."

Pogue walked over to the cliff side and glanced over. "Well, why don't we just drop in and see what's going on?" His eyes turned pitch black as he jumped off the side of the sheer drop.

The petite brunette in the middle of them screamed. The sound was shrill and pierced the air. Her eyes were frantic as she looked over the cliff to see if she could see the splattered remains of the only brother she'd ever known. The fog obstructed her view. She turned to the three remaining boys, her eyes were wide and showing far too much white.

Tyler grinned and shook his head a little bit. "Show off."

Michelle looked at the boy with his arm around her waist with a look of pure shock. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?"

Caleb sighed behind them. "He's fine Michelle. Relax. The Power keeps us from being hurt fatally. It keeps us safe say if we were to get in a head on collision or if we jump off a cliff. We'll merely land on our feet. Kind of like cats."

The girl's breathing slowed to normal as her eyes stared unseeingly at the cliff. "That must make possible suicide a bitch."

The sudden laughter behind her turned her attention back to Reid. "You!"

The blonde's blue eyes were wide with shock as the brunette left the circle of Tyler's arms and poked him hard in the chest. "Give me a lift down there and prove it then if you think you're so smart!"

The boy smirked. Give her a lift? He'd give her the ride of her life.

Michelle let a little squeak out as Reid grabbed her arm and swung her onto his back. "Are you crazy?" She demanded as the blonde took a step up to the ledge. He turned to face the remaining pair with a smirk tinged with sadism. "Reid? Don't you dare-" The brunette on his back warned. The tips of her fingers were digging into the tense muscles of his shoulders.

"You wanted a lift Baby Girl." The blonde reminded her. He took that final step back and the pair sailed over the edge of the cliff. Instead of screaming like he'd expected her to, she clung to his back with her face buried in the crook of his neck.

The ground met them quickly and a muffled thump filled Michelle's ears. Reid stood there swaying a little bit. Michelle wasn't very heavy, but the jump had thrown him seriously off balance and the brunette on his back was no better than dead weight.

"Michelle? Michelle, it's ok, you can let go of him now." A strong pair of arms slowly pulled her from Reid's back. Pogue looked down at his too pale little sister as Caleb and Tyler landed beside them. "Maybe we shouldn't let her jump anymore you guys. She doesn't look so good."

"It could just be because Reid went over backwards so she couldn't see." Caleb glared at the blonde in question and he gave a smirk and a half-embarrassed shuffle of his feet.

Michelle's grey eyes focused once again and she glared at the blonde. "I'm never riding with you again!"

Reid grinned at her. "Well Baby Girl, if you'd asked for a ride we wouldn't be down here."

Heat crawled up Michelle's neck and filled her face with color. The light dusting of freckles across her nose and cheeks seemed bright and vivid against the scarlet of her face. "You know that's not what I meant you pervert."

The blonde gave a shrug and grinned at his friend who was giving him a death glare. "Enough of the sexual innuendo Garwin." Pogue warned as he grabbed a hold of his little sister's hand and started leading her towards the party. The other three boys joined them. Michelle was in the center with Pogue on her right and Caleb next to him. Tyler flanked on her left and Reid walked next to him, still grinning.

"There they are!"

Michelle watched as a mocha-skinned girl ran into the arms of her older brother. She quickly released his hand so that he could wrap both arms around the girl. The girl almost choked as the two teens stood sucking face. "Get a room." She muttered as she glanced back at Tyler and Reid. "Someone get the hose." She called with a smirk curling her lips. Tyler and Reid laughed behind her and even Caleb had to stifle a laugh.

The mocha-skinned girl, who she identified as Kate Tunney, broke her face away from Pogue's and leveled her with a condescending look She watched Michelle traded a few whispered comments with Tyler before the brunette boy passed them on to his blonde friend before she spoke, "You must be Michelle. Mina's new pet."

Pogue pulled his girlfriend to arms length and looked her in the eye. "Michelle's my sister."

Kate gave the blonde boy a charming smile. "Oh I know that baby. I'm sorry, it kind of slipped out." He seemed to accept that answer and pulled the girl back into his arms.

He turned to his sister who was beginning to gain a little more color again but this time it was out of anger. "'Chelle, this is Kate."

The brunette stared past the girl in her brother's arms to the blonde right behind her. "I figured as much." Her gaze shifted to the girl in his arms who was still looking at her like a fly that needed to be squashed. She stared straight into the mocha-skinned girl's dark eyes until she flinched. An evil smile curled her lips, "I have a book for you to sign."

Tyler slipped his hand into Michelle's and slowly led her away. The atmosphere was tense and electricity crackled between the two girls. Somehow he knew that if he didn't get them separated that there would be a hell of a cat fight to deal with.

The girl that trudged beside him was muttering curses. "All I can say is if she ever hurts him and I find out about it she better leave town." She growled as she grabbed a bottle of coke out of one the communal ice chests.

The brunette boy laughed and his blue eyes shone with humor. "You're insane Michelle. I swear."

The petite girl poked him hard in the chest and sent a glare his way as she glanced towards the area where everyone was dancing. Tyler recognized the smile that curved her lips as she watched the swaying bodies. It was the kind of smile she got when she was thinking evil little thoughts that you would never talk about out loud. The kind of things you would only do in the dark on a dare.

"Hey Tyler... Where'd Reid go?"

The question caught him off guard and he immediately looked around for the blonde. "Oh. He's over there." He said, pointing towards the table that was near the dance floor where two boys, John and Michael, were running the sound system.

"Let's go."

Reid's POV

I stood over by the speakers, looking out for any hot new girls when Michelle walked up with Tyler right behind her. The look in Michelle's eyes gave me chills. I didn't know what she was up to but I had a feeling it wouldn't bother me in the least.

Tyler usually needed to be provoked to follow along with Michelle's crazy plans. I, however, was always up for a game. Especially ones that set Caleb's teeth on edge.

"Come dance with me."

Her fingers slid into mine and we were suddenly moving towards the other dancers.

A song I didn't recognize began playing over the loud speakers. Michelle gave them a short nod and a smile so obviously she knew it.

A high voice played over the loud speakers in a language I didn't understand. A soft voice was singing along and I realized it was Michelle as she slowly maneuvered herself between Tyler and me.

The voice changed to a deep man's voice singing in possibly the same language and the beat changed. The music pumped through the crowd and all the bodies began moving in the same beat. Michelle's body began to move in time with the beat as well as she pressed her back against my front and pulled Tyler closer.

I traced the strip of bare flesh above the waistband of her pants. The goose bumps that I felt rise on the porcelain skin made me smirk. At least I hadn't lost my touch.

Normal POV

Michelle twisted her body between the two boys as they moved with her. The beat picked up for a second time and she pivoted her body around so that her back was against Tyler and her hands were on Reid's waist.

The tall blonde boy moved closer to her so that their bodies were lightly touching as they moved. His crystal-blue eyes were on the girl between him and his best friend. Michelle's eyes were closed and she seemed to not be focusing on the two boys surrounding her but instead on the music, on the beat.

Tyler was watching her with a deep fascination. His eyes followed her body as she moved and gyrated against the both of them. It was amazing to watch really. A body with such soft curves could move in such a way. It wasn't really a dance, one with sharp twists and elegant form, it was a primal movement, a dark sinuous desire threaded through her movements as the beat coursed through her.

The song ended slowly and Michelle slowed her body to match it. Her eyes opened and she found Reid within a few inches from her face. Instead of whipping out with the witty comment he expected, her eyes moved, slid to look out of the corner of her eye. His lips touched the curve of her chin as she turned to look in the direction that something had caught her attention.

"Oh that whore is not doing what I think-" She murmured as she started to move away from the two boys. Reid and Tyler's gazes turned almost simultaneously in the direction Michelle had started to move.

Kate was talking in very close quarters with a dark skinned boy. If you could still classify 'talking' with roaming hands. Pogue was no where to be found. Tyler rushed forward and grabbed hold of Michelle's arm. "Wait, wait, wait." He said quickly. Reid appeared on her other side as Michelle swung behind her, narrowly missing Tyler. The brunette stood shell shocked, his blue eyes were wide.

"Don't touch me. That bitch deserves everything that's coming to her. She signed the book. Now she has to pay for admittance."

Tyler took a step back to stand next to the blonde behind him. Hate was too kind a word for the look in Michelle's grey-green eyes. It was something darker, less human. Murder.

Michelle spun on her heel and stalked towards the mocha-skinned girl. Reid followed quietly and soon after that Tyler came.

"What do you think you're doing?" Michelle demanded in a heated voice as she jabbed her index finger into the taller girl's sternum.

Kate's eyes were wide. Pogue had said something about the party being dull this year and decided to head to Nicky's with Caleb. She'd assumed he'd taken his new little toy with him. Apparently not. "What do you think is going to happen little girl? You think you can just tell Pogue that I was talking to some guy and he's going to assume I'm cheating on him?" Her voice was the same it had always been. No disbelief, no remorse. Just condescending. It matched the look on her face. "Believe me on this Michelle." She rolled the name n her tongue like it was bitter. "If it comes down to it. Pogue will believe me over you every time. He loves me. And you're not even family."

Michelle bit the inside of her cheek to hold back the stream of insults she had prepared. It was true. She wasn't family, no matter how much they made her forget that she wasn't.

Kate was staring down at the pale brunette girl with a smirk on her face. It was so easy. She was too busy focusing on the defeated look on the younger girl's face to notice the tiny pale fist rushing towards her face.

The impact made her stagger back a few steps. Michelle clutched at her hand. She lightly spread her fingers and noticed they were already bruising. Damn. Probably a fracture. She smiled up at the other girl through her lashes, a smirk curving her lips.

Kate Tunney held the left side of her face as pain exploded behind her eye. She hadn't seen the blow even coming. It was insane. "If I ever catch you cheating on my brother again. I swear it won't just be a black eye that you get out of the deal." The lower voice and murmured words sent chills crawling down her spine. Kate looked up long enough to watch the petite girl stalk away with the two boys flanking her. What the hell was that?

Michelle heaved a sigh as she held her hand out and slowly spread her fingers with her uninjured hand. The appendage was throbbing and a purple-black bruise blossomed on the pale flesh. A whimper of pain threatened to escape her lips as she turned to the two boys behind her. A grin slowly spread on her face and her eyes sparkled with dark humor. She held up her injured hand for them to see. "Well, that was a wonderful dance boys but who wants to drive me to the hospital?"


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