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𝟓 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥
...🌙...
PRESENT, BEACON HILLS
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏
"Do you have it?"
I kick the front door behind me. "In the bag, sis."
"Perfect." Raven smiled.
I entered the living room, dropping the bags at my feet.
"Mateo will complain that we're watching the Notebook again." I reminded her.
Raven grabbed the bowl of popcorn off the coffee table. "And I care because..."
"Now that just hurts," Mateo called out.
I turned, and he came down the stairs, plopping beside Raven on the couch. He reached for the bowl in her lap. "Don't fight over the popcorn. I don't want to clean up your guys' mess."
"She needs to learn to share," Mateo grumbled.
Raven rolled her eyes. "I thought you had a date tonight."
"It's tomorrow," Mateo said, grabbing the remote and turning on the TV.
I ignored their bickering and grabbed the DVD out of the bag. I looked at it, grasping it between both hands when a shiver went down my spine.
A roar echoed in my ears, muffling everything around me. I blinked and slowly turned around in the darkness that surrounded me. I froze when beady red eyes met mine. I felt fear seep into my bones and on the tip of my tongue when a monstrous wolf stood a couple of feet away. The wolf charged, and a murderous growl escaped its mouth, and it headed straight for me. I turned and tried to run away.
A piercing scream escaped my lips, and pain sliced my back. I felt hands on my arms shaking me, but all I could see was the wolf standing over me.
"Andromeda!"
I blinked, and my vision changed, seeing Bastian's piercing blue eyes staring at me with concern. He gripped my arms, and I glanced around to find Raven and Mateo looking at me with the same concern in their eyes.
A gasp of pain escaped my lips, and my knees buckled. I felt myself falling to the ground. Bastian wrapped his arm around my back to slow my fall, and I screamed.
"Romy, tell us what hurts?" Raven demanded.
"M-My back." I gasped out.
Bastian carefully lowered himself to the ground with me in his arms. I felt myself shake and pressed my cheek against his shoulder.
