Wysteria

wolf

The rest of the visit was akward. I sat in silence during dinner before asking to be excused, my father glaring at me as he permits me to retire. I relayed my farewells before retiring to my room, knowing that once our company was gone, my father would come for me.. and that, he did.

"you insignificant little w***e" he says " how dare you pull that crap with our guest, acting as though your overworked. tired? .. I'll give you a reason to be tired"

He came at me, his rage visible as his eyes change, his nails extending as he wraps his hand around my throat. His grip tightens, cutting off my air supply. I squirm until my brain starts hurting.

"this way" my dad says "you can't squirm"

That's when everything went black

* The next morning*

I was dragged out of bed at 4am by my father. How long was I out?.. a sharp pain shot through out my body as if everything was broken causing me to cry out. Suddenly I'm slammed into the wall.

" Be quiet" he says

I bite the inside of my cheeks, forcing the cries down. He drags me to the living room, which was trashed. He shoves me forward.

"clean this up" he says "when your done, there's a list on the counter. I want it done tonight"

He left the room. I start cleaning even though I know it'll just be destroyed again. Though the room is pretty much in the same shape it's in every time he does this, the smell is somehow more potent.. what did he do to make it smell this bad?. Just as I finish the living room, the doorbell rings.

"Answer the door!" My father shouts.

I pull myself up from the spot on the floor I had just washed, removing my gloves. I take a moment to review the room before heading to get the door. upon opening the door, I'm shocked to see Mrs. Alderman standing there.

"Mrs. Alderman," I say "what brings you here?"

"You weren't at school Friday" she says "so I stopped by to check in on you"

I couldn't help the small smile that came to my face. Of all my teachers, Mrs. Alderman is the kindest. but she's also the most observant, which kinda makes her visit a bad thing.

" I wasn't feeling well that day" I say"Thanks for checking, but I'm fine-"

"Your not, are you," she says "...fine, that is.."

"I'm not sure what your talking about Mrs. Alder-"

"Wysteria." she says

Her eyes met mine and I knew exactly what she was talking about. Something in her expression told me that she knew.. she knew something was going on.. and she's close to figuring out exactly what..

"whose at the door?!" My father calls

I let my smile fall, my only goal is to get her to drop it and leave because I knew if she didn't, and my dad finds out she knows, he will kill her.

" you need to leave" I say "right now."

"Wysteria" she says "let me help you"

"There's nothing to help me with" I say

"what he's doing isn't-" she began

"I don't know what you think you know" I say "but your wrong. My father loves me, he'd never hurt me. I'm not one of your charity cases"

she looked taken aback by my words. I felt bad calling her adopted kids that but I had no real choice. I sigh stepping forward a bit.

"Wysteria!" my dad yells

His screaming caused her to look at me, eyebrows raised.

" he's having a bad day" I say "everyone does"

I turn my head towards the study where I know he's waiting.

"It's no one, Daddy" I say "I'll be there in a minute"

I turn to her.

"you should really go" I say "your kids need you"

Her expression changes and she nods, understanding what I'm trying to do. she hands me a yellow envelope and leaves. I close the door before joining my father in the study.

"it was just Marissa" I say "she was dropping off my assignments from Friday."

" good. you can do those now. get them done before you finish the house. we don't want you failing"

"yes father" I say

with that, I headed to my room and got to work.

* later that night*

After finishing my assignments I focused on cleaning the house. Now, I'm in the Pantry with a clipboard taking inventory. Just as I'm about to finish up my inventory of the pantry so I can move on to the cellars, my father walks in.

"Daddy needs to relieve his s*x drive, Ria" he says

Ria is a short version of my name that he sometimes uses when he's drunk.

"come here" he says

I slowly back away from him causing him to smirk as he closes the distance between us. He undoes his pants.

"please, no." I say "please"

"you love the attention I give you" he says

my back hits the wall leaving me nowhere to run. He grabs my throat, pulling me to my feet. I struggle only to be dragged to the wine cellar which is full of all kinds of alcohol. He pulls my arms behind my back, pinning my wrists under a single hand.. the other hand tearing my skirt away before he shoves me over an empty wine shelf with a mirrored back. suddenly the doorbell rings, causing him to groan.

"stay" he says.

with that he left the room. I quickly gather the shreds of my skirt. After a while, he still hasn't returned. Unable to do anything about my clothes here, I snuck out of the cellar quietly. he's not in the bathroom.. or the kitchen.. he's not in the study either. I slowly walk through the house towards the stairs when I heard snoring. I look in the living room and there passed out on the couch, surrounded by beer bottles, with a hooker asleep on top of him.. is my father... and for the first time in my life, I find myself thanking the Hooker. Before he can wake up, I hurry upstairs and change my clothes before going back downstairs and cleaning up the living room as quietly as I could.

* After a while *

I enter my room just in time for the clock to strike midnight. Happy birthday to me.. I sigh, heading towards my bed as to sleep before another day starts when a strange sensation washes over me.

"Hello, Wysteria" a voice says

My body straightens and I look around frantically for the woman who spoke to me but no one is there. Besides myself, the room is empty. did I imagine her?..

"your not imagining things" it says "I am here"

that's when I realized the voice was in my mind. I'm not sure about demons but in the human world, hearing voices isn't a good thing.

"w-who are you?" I ask

"My name is Faye" it says "I am your Wolf"

And just like that.. Time stood still. in less than minutes, My entire world was flipped upside down all over again.. and on my 15th birthday, too.