Bitten in Red

Jackson

”We are already late, having doughnuts could wait till we get there.” 

Jack knew Oak was right, but he is nervous, and when he is nervous only three things can make him feel better. s*x, fighting or food. Since the two options were not available for the moment he stopped at a gas station to buy a nice big box of doughnuts.

”I burn calories faster then this car burns gas so excuse me if i'm hungry.” he put one doughnut in his mouth while with the other started the engine of his huge off road car. 

Oak narrowed his almond shaped eyes, the wrinkles around them making him look much older then his forty years ”It does not require many words to speak the truth.”Oak said.

 Jack switched gears and glance at his road partner ”You never make sense, this time is no exception.”

Fixing one of his braids Oak looked back at him  ”You are stalling because you are afraid of  meeting your niece.” 

And why didn't he just said it like that in the first place, Jack thought, but instead he said ”First of all she is not my nice and second i'm not afraid of a nineteen years girl who probably still struggles with puberty and listens love songs in secret while she dresses herself as a pretty doll so she can be cool for her pimpled boyfriend of the week who uses words like dude and bro.” 

A short laugh escape Oaks mouth ”You really thought a lot at this didn't you?”

Jack shows him the finger.

”No really Jack..I think this is the most you ever thought of a girl since i meet you.”

Again with this conversation, Jack started to feel sorry for picking his friend to ride with him ”I'm not a family guy like you,get over it.”

Oak raised his hands ”I'm not saying that you should, but at least try to stay with a woman more then a night,girls back home started to talk and you know that's never good. Chief will get tired of this eventually.”

Whatever.Jack tried not messing with girls close to home but he is single, they are single too or so they claim when he meet them and s**t happens. Two or three fights because some husbands finds out about the one night stand its nothing unheard off, Chief should not get his hackles raised because of it, he is just pissed because Jack beat the crap out of those guys. It's not his fault he is built like that, he can't loose a fight just because Chief says is safer to keep a low profile.

After a slow curve to the left, a huge white house in the middle of a green hill took Jacks attention from his thoughts.”This must be it.”

No sign told them the name of the house but they knew this was the right place. Jacks stomach tighten even worst, part from the nerves and part from guilt.

 He never did visit Ana , never tried to contact her. It must been hard for her after the tragedy that market both their lives, but he had his own f****d up pile of s**t to deal with. 

Nothing good was left in him to offer to Diana's daughter and why did his step sister named him as her daughters legal guardian he had no idea. All Diana said in her will is that he must give his approval and be present when the time comes for Ana to take or sell the family property. The rest of the will is to be open at that moment only. 

Pulling the car on the house road, he passed a hand thru his black hair, his crave for a run stronger then never. Couple of days and this will be over, he will be free to go back to his old life, his old routine and take care of his own problems. Its the least he can do for Diana, she deserved way more, but that's all he can give because of the dangerous life he is living.

The night Diana died will always haunt him, the memories impossible to erase from his mind, good thing her daughter was to little to know exactly what she saw, although a huge monster in your backyard is not easy to forget. He still has the scars to prove it but he can't afford to do that anymore, this is a secret he must carry to the grave.

Ana was lucky, she somehow got away and she has now a chance to a normal life, what road she will chose its up to her.

”Park there.” Oak said and pointed him a wide space in front of the house entrance between two large pillars. He pulled the wheel and fit the car then stop the engine. 

With a resolute breath he opens the car door and steps outside. Jack looked at Oak over the car roof ”Not a word about her parents or about us,if she ever finds out her chance of a normal life is gone. Remember she been thru some nasty s**t she doesn't need more trouble and we are a lot of trouble.”

Oak nodded ”I got it,none of my business.”

Jack looked a moment longer at his friend, closed the car door then headed for the entrance. 

Bad memories is not the only thing he got left with on the night Diana died. He still remembers that beast tearing his body with teeth sharp as blades and claws bigger then his hand, he got lucky too, something distracted the monster and it took of leaving Jack still alive. The next thing he remembers he was in the hospital waking up in a horible pain, not only from his wounds but from the virus that spread inside of him like fire. His body started the transition from man to the same monster that attacked them, it took him some time to wrap his mind around that fact.

 Back then, he wasn't much of a paranormal believer but the night his transformation begun was more then enough to make anyone believe in it. Lucky for him that night was Oak shift as a nurse at the hospital, he recognize the signs and helped him.

 Later on Oak  introduce him to his family, there he found out what he turned into. 

A werewolf.The one of few werewolves turned not born. Hes transformation was a success because he was bitten close to death by a original werewolf, a hell hound as they are called. How a hell hound ended in Diana's back yard is anybody guess because those beasts doesn't exist in our world, they come from the underworld, from Hades domain.. Or so is the legend of the werewolves origin's .

A woman in a dark blue suit with dark hair in a tight perfect bum was waiting for them on top of the stairs that lead to the entrance, when she saw Jack her tight smile became larger.. He always had the gift to deal with woman even if the one in front of him was older, she still looked good.

"Welcome to the center. I'm miss Trent, the governess of this place."

The woman let her eyes slide over the tall frame of Jack admiring the way his leather jacket and jeans fits his muscular body.

"Good morning i'm Jackson Galle and this is my friend Oak. I suppose you are waiting for us, we are sorry for being late."

Miss Trent looked at Oak just a second then dismiss him "No worry about it' I'm glad you found the place, lets go to my office for the paperwork and the details."

She turned and headed for the inside of the house with an extra sway in her hips, Jack and Oak exchange a look then followed her on the long marble hallway that lead them in a tidy office.

"You have a nice place here". Jack said to fill the silence.

"Thank you, we give our best to keep it at his top performance." her voice was a bit robotic,like she said that many times.

She pulled out a file from the desk in the middle of the office and signaled them to take a seat.

"Since Ana has the legal age to leave this place, there are not many papers to fill. How long since you last saw her,i'm sure I remembered if you visit her while she stayed here."

Jack took a seat in one of the guests chairs in front of a wood desk, not missing the double meaning in the governess words but choosing to ignore it "We didn't keep touch very often I'm here on a request from her deceased mother."

That was the shortest answer it crossed his mind, Miss Trent nodded and searched thru the file in front of her.

"There is something we should be aware of about Ana ?" Oak asked still standing, he didn't feel very comfortable in such a clinic place and it showed.

The governess paused for a moment 'All the children's that are sent here have some kind of problems, we had some problems with Ana too but nothing that you should be worried about."

That wasn't a very detailed answer but Jack let the matter go, the least he knew the better.

 He took a pen from the governess box and pulled the file she pushed at him, first step completed, he just needs to take the girl and be out of here,the faster the better. Jack wants to end this trip as soon as possible.