Chapter 1: Meeting Arthur
Annabelle
Today is mine and Tyler’s 18th birthday, I looked over at Tyler and I see my dad and how I wish he would be here with us. He is so much like dad he doesn’t even realize it. He’s got dad’s light hair and light blue eyes, he was supposed to be the next vampire king but Kurtis took over when we needed to flee. He was only 14 years old, the youngest vampire king in history. Luckily my brothers are all helping him out, I always felt guilty that Tyler had to give up his future to protect me.
I knew someday I would find my mate, dad always said no one would ever be good enough or strong enough for me but I was a hopeless romantic. I knew today wouldn’t be the day since it was only me and Tyler, we have been hiding out away from everyone now for 4 years. I headed downstairs as I saw Tyler looking outside, he looked like he has been there for hours, he didn’t sleep much I never understood how he did it.
“Good morning! Happy birthday to the much uglier twin!”
He looked over to me he was always so serious, he gave me a small smile and walked over and gave me a hug,
“Morning, Happy birthday peanut.”
I was always trying to find the fun side of him, the gentle side but Tyler was cold and serious and he’s temper terrified me. It was always funny I was supposed to be the more powerful twin but I was the softy. I was a lot like my mother, and she always said dad was similar to the way Tyler is before dad met mom. I guess Tyler would soften up when he met his mate too. I really wanted my brother to find happiness someday, he deserved to be happy and have a family of his own. I didn’t want him to be beside me protecting me forever.
“What should we do today? I want to do something special.”
He looked at me in disbelief, “Are you f*****g serious peanut? We’ve been hiding out for 4 years now no contact to anyone and you want to do something special. Today I will be more on the lookout then any other day.”
I wanted to cry, I shook my head at him and heading back upstairs. I wanted to go home so badly, I was so lonely. I took out my journal and began to write when I heard a voice in my head, it was a man.
“Annabelle. I think we should go home.”
I felt my stomach turn, the voice scared me. I was a she-wolf I should have a woman wolf, why was I hearing a man’s voice. I began to get scared as I ran down the stairs as quickly as I could.
“Annabelle it’s okay I’m your wolf. You don’t need to be scared of me.”
I ran directly to Tyler, “Ty, Ty!” He hated when I called him Ty since it was dad’s name, but I was scared it was always dad I was searching for.
He gave me the worse look ever as he glared at me with a look that could kill, “WHAT?”
I began to sob, “Tyler, my wolf. I got my wolf!”
He gave me a dirty look, “Okay, good for you.”
I shook my head as I glared towards him, “No Tyler you don’t understand. My wolf is a man and he terrifies me.”
He gave me a curious look as he walked towards me, he had a serious look on his face,
“Your wolf is a man? What has he said?”
I glared towards him, I knew he would lose his mind when he heard what he said,
“Tyler he told me we need to go home.”
Tyler shook his head, “No f*****g way. As soon as we get home we put you and our brothers and the entire city at risk. We can’t lose anyone else peanut. We are never going back there Annabelle you and your wolf need to get that in your head.”
He didn’t even seem bothered that I was scared or that my wolf was a man, he was always in protector mode.
I felt the tears begin in my eyes, when my wolf spoke up again,
“I don’t like him, Annabelle you have me now. You are old enough to make your own choice and your little brother shouldn’t be the one to tell you what to do.”
I knew my wolf was right, I should be able to go home if I wanted too. I shook off my brothers comments and headed upstairs again. Me and my wolf chatted for a bit, I began to not fear him so much.
“Why do I have a male wolf?”
I heard him snicker, “I’m not sure. You are a incredibly powerful hybrid Annabelle, maybe they wanted to give you an equally powerful wolf. “
I nodded, this made sense I was supposed to be one of a kind. I stayed up late talking to my wolf,
“I think we should head home Annabelle regardless if Tyler wants to come or not. That’s were we belong and I think it’s the best bet to finding your mate. It’s time you stop hiding from your problems and we hit them head on.”
I laughed, I wanted to go home so badly but I know Tyler would never go for it. He was beyond protective of me.
“How am I supposed to get out of here? Tyler would never allow me to leave.”
“We need to sneak out I think.”
I didn’t want to admit to it to my wolf but I had already planned a way out of here for years. I had it completely planned out I was just always so scared of being alone. I didn’t even remember how to get back to the city.
“Do you know how to find the city?”
My wolf snickered, “Of course I do! I’ll lead you the entire way, you don’t need to be scared you have me now Annabelle. You worry about getting us out of here and I’ll be by your side the entire time.”
I packed myself a bag as quickly as I could only bringing the bare basics, I knew Tyler’s routine, he always kept an eye on the bush not as much on the clearing since nothing could sneak up, there was one corner between the bush and the clearing he always missed. That was my plan to sneak to that corner run as fast as I could through the clearing and duck into the bush before he would notice I was gone.
I snuck out of my window as quietly as I could, once my feet hit the ground I felt a large adrenaline rush, I snuck under the window in the kitchen where I knew Tyler would be standing on lookout. My heart was nearly beating out of me chest once I got pass the window. I crawled to my spot and took a big breath before I bolted through the clearing until I felt the need to jump into the bush.
I continued to run for a bit until I knew I was a distance from the cabin, I let out breath,
“That was insane! I think we are okay! We are finally free!”
I heard my wolf laugh, “I think so, you did good kid!”
“How old are you?”
He snickered, “I’m very old, I don’t really know exactly. It’s quite complicated but I was also a hybrid at one point.”
I nodded, I bet this was confusing for him also.
“I didn’t even ask you, what’s your name?”
“My name is Arthur.”