Chapter 1
I sat looking out the window, wondering what happened. It all happened so fast I have no idea where it all went wrong. One minute I'm sitting with my family singing happy birthday to
my mom, then the next thing I know I came to in the hospital, being told that there was a car crash and my mom, dad and baby brother are dead. I guess this life.
Now I'm on a bus going from my big city with all the lights and all the noise to a small town that I have never heard of to go live with an uncle I have never met. I have no idea who this man is or who his wife is. What I do know is that he is my fathers brother. When my father met my mother he left his family home to be with her.
I get to the small town at the end of the line. It is so small I don't know where it is on a map. I hear my name being called. I turn around and I'm face to face with a guy that looks like my dad but his hair is a little lighter of a brown. But his eyes are the same blue as mine and my dads. My mom had green eyes and so did my brother.
“Bonnie is that you? I haven't seen you since the day you were born your dad sent me a picture. He was so proud that day. I'm your uncle Robert but you can call me Rob”, the guy who looked like my dad said. There is a lot about our family you don't know. I know your birthday is a week away and we have a lot to talk about. So let's grab your bags and head to the house and you can meet everyone.”
We walk to the SUV where there are 2 other guys just as built as my uncle. I mean what do they feed these guys? They are all at least 6 feet or more. And I swear they are about 300 lbs of pure muscle. I guess they live in the gym. When we walk up they nod toward us. One takes my bags and the other opens the door for us to climb in. My uncle tells me their names are Cane and Sean. But I can't tell which is which.
On the drive my uncle tells me about my new school and that I am to start in 2 days time. That gives me a day to unpack and get settled. He told me that we will talk in the morning about the rules and our family. On the drive I look out the window. I'm lost in thought when I swear I see a wolf but it was bigger than any wolf I have ever seen in my life. I was going to tell my uncle but I decided not to. I didn't want to sound like a nut job; it was probably just the shadows that made it look big.
We get to a gate and there are more guys. I guess they are the guards. And I swear they have to be on drugs because come on there is no way they are all this buff. I mean my dad was huge too but he went to the gym so much that he decided to just make a home gym in our basement and spent at least half his time working out. I start to tear up thinking about my dad and my old life. I take a big deep breath.
I haven't cried and I don't know if I want to. I'm trying to be strong. I'm trying not to be weak even though I feel like crawling in a deep black whole and dying. I guess this is what it feels to be alone to be truly alone with no family. We pull up to a huge house. We stop and the guys get out, grab my bags and walk in the house. My uncle tells them to take my bags to my room.
A lady walks up and kisses my uncle. I guess that's my aunt. My uncle introduces her as my aunt Siobhan. She is so pretty. Her hair is straight down her back and her eyes remind me of my moms but they aren't as green. She is skinny but not so skinny u see her bones, she is toned. Unlike me I'm a little chunky. Not fat but not skinny. I have curves and I have a big butt and my boobs are at least a C almost D cup.
I am asked if I'm hungry and I tell them I am. We go into the next room where there are a lot of people sitting around different tables eating and talking. Everyone stops talking and eating to look at us. Everyone bows their head in greeting to my aunt and uncle and they nod back. They walk me up to the big table at the head of the room. I feel everyone looking at me and I look down. I'm so uncomfortable. When we finally sit, everyone goes back to what they were doing.
After dinner my uncle takes me up to my room. I walk in and I'm in awe. I have a big room about the size of a studio apartment. The walls are a light gray with a darker but not too dark gray trim. The bed is a king 4 poster with black, white and grey bed set. There are 2 normal doors and a set of french doors. I walk to the 1st normal door and open it to see a walk-in closet that is the size of a small room. I close that door and walk to the other door when I open it. I am almost faint. It is almost the size of the closet. There is a walk-in shower with 3 shower heads, a huge tub with jets that you could soak in for days and fit more than one person in.
I walk out the bathroom to the french doors. I open them both to see the balcony. There is a small table with 2 chairs on it. And it is so peaceful it is like a dream. I feel like Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. I feel like I'm in heaven. I walk back into my room to see my aunt and uncle there watching me.
“Thank you so much,” I say. “ It was very nice of you to welcome me into your home with all of your family. I am very tired and would like to sleep. Thank you again aunt and uncle.” My uncle says, “you are family and this is your home now and until you decide that you wish to leave.” my aunt comes and gives me a hug. “I am so sorry that we werent there for you or the funeral. I will send a maid to you in the morning so that way you don't get lost and we will meet you to talk. I am so happy that you are here,” she says in my ear.
As they shut the door I hear them say good night and to get some sleep. I fall into a hard sleep that is full of nightmares. One where I'm in the car with my parents and I see a big wolf like the one I saw on the way here. It jumped out into the road and that's why my dad had lost control. I wake up with my heart pounding to the sound of a wolf howling in the distance. It sounded so close like it was right out my door.
In the morning I woke to a soft nock on the door. I opened it to see a girl about my age. “Morning miss Bonnie. My name is Renee and I was told to help you get ready and head down for breakfast and then take you to your uncle's office.” the girl said. She was short about my height at 5’2 with short red hair and bright green eyes, the color of grass in the spring.
I told her to give me about 20 mins to shower and get dressed. I went to the bathroom while I was in there Renee started to unpack my bags and put my clothes away. She also found a nice outfit for me to wear with my sandals. When I got out I felt a little better. And not so tired. We spoke while I was dressed and got to know eachother better. She told me that she went to the same school that I am starting tomorrow.
Once I was ready, I went down to breakfast. I couldn't believe how much food was there. There were pancakes and waffles and every kind of syrup. There were bacon sausage eggs cooked every way you could think of. There were hash browns and biscuits and gravy. There was coffee, hot tea and different kinds of juice.
As we ate we talked about school. “I take AP classes.” I tell Renne. “Me too. OMG that is crazy. We are going to be in classes together.” she says back. A bunch of other kids walked in at that moment, mostly all of them said hi but the popular girls looked at me with disgust. I asked who they were. The main girl was blond and a total cheerleader. Her name was Maddison. And I was told to stay clear of her. So not a problem there. After the popular girls came in, a group of boys walked in and I swear my jaw dropped. They are all built and tall like really tall. I looked at Renne and quietly asked, “ Who are they?” She looked to see who I was talking about. When she was she started to giggle and explained that they were the jocks and played on the football team.