The Beast within

Chapter 13 book reading weird

Casey's P.O.V 

  At the bottom of the box there was yet again another letter, but this one was from my dad and on the front said that it explained everything. 

  Casey if you're reading this, then good it means you have found the statement, I set this account up for you for your college fund, the money you have found should be put into this account. You will be able to go to college and live a healthy life my daughter. I'm sorry we didn't tell you about this or at least put it all together in one box for you, but we wanted it to be a surprise. You will find out there's more to this world than it really is. We love you very much sweetheart, stay safe and graduate from school you only have four months left, sweetheart. 

Love your dad.

  I swear to god they must have set this up to be like some sort of scavenger hunt and any minute now Indiana Jones is going to walk in through the door, wanting to go on a treasure hunt or something. There was a knock at my door, making me jump, I cautiously walked towards it and to my relief it was Bella and Becky, not Indiana Jones.

  "Come in." I said, laughing to myself, which earned me a couple of confused looks.

  "Don't ask." I said, waving my hand and sitting down on my bed. Bella and Becky came in, shutting the door behind them and sat down on either side of my bed opposite me.

  "We were wondering if you needed any help with anything, if you need help sorting through things." Bella said, I smiled knowing that they meant well.

  "You're helping just by being here, thank you." I replied and their eyes lit up, I don't think any of them realised that just by offering to help, was comforting and a big help.

  "We're happy that we can be here for you." Becky said, I glanced at the papers in front of me and decided to ask them about it. 

  "Do you know where a bank called Vystar is? Apparently my father set up a savings account for me and I need to put the money they gave me in it. I don't want it just laying around." I asked and they both nodded. 

  "Yeah I know where that is, it's about eight miles from here." Becky said, speaking up first.

  "Katherine will take you tomorrow, we can't drive yet." Bella said, continuing on from Becky and in turn volunteering Katherine. I nodded and put the bank paper on my nightstand. I found other papers like old receipts from supermarkets and even an old love letter from my dad to my mom, which made Becky and Bella go all mushy when they read it. I decided if I found anymore I would keep them and put them in a shoe box. I threw the receipts away and kept a couple of the bills, so I could call the company and let them know my parents had passed away. It was getting late, Becky and Bella hugged me and then left, I looked around then closed my bedroom door, I wanted to make sure that no one was going to come into my room. I went to my closet and opened the door revealing four briefcases, I pulled one of the briefcases out and left the rest, I'll look at the other three tomorrow. I opened it up and inside were tons of papers, folders, pins and a book about wolves. Why would my dad have a book about wolves? I opened it up and started to read the first few pages.

  Throughout the centuries, people have used werewolves and other mythic beasts to explain the unexplainable. In modern times however, most believe werewolves are nothing more than pop culture horror icons, made famous thanks to Hollywood’s 1941 flick, The Wolf Man. Still, werewolves have a cult following, werewolf sightings are reported each year and werewolf legends will likely continue to haunt the dreams of people throughout the world.

  The Wolf of Ansbach, 1685.

In 1685, Ansbach in Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The district was faced with an actual wolf which was killing and eating their livestock, but eventually made the step up to killing people. The terrified citizens were certain that not only was the culprit a werewolf, but that the wolf was really the town’s former mayor (who is never named in the accounts, but is clearly disliked), back from the dead, in the form of a wolf

  The Primordials are the most powerful werewolves in existence and no werewolf can match their power, as they possess some abilities that normal werewolves don't. Their abilities are at their peak during a full moon. Heightened Senses - Primordials have extremely enhanced, keen senses of hearing, sight, smell and taste. 

"This is really confusing. Why would my dad keep a book like this? I didn't know he liked this sort of stuff." I said out loud, but I kept reading.

  Some scholars believe the werewolf made its debut in The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known Western prose, when Gilgamesh jilted a potential lover because she had turned her previous mate into a wolf. Werewolves made another early appearance in Greek mythology with the Legend of Lycao

  Many so-called werewolves from centuries ago were in fact serial killers, and France had its fair share. In 1521, Frenchmen Pierre Burgot and Michel Verdun allegedly swore allegiance to the devil and claimed to have an ointment that turned them into wolves. After confessing to brutally murdering several children, they were both burned to death at the stake. Burning was thought to be one of the few ways to kill a werewolf.

  Giles Garnier, known as the “Werewolf of Dole,” was another sixteenth-century Frenchman whose claim to fame was also an ointment with wolf-morphing abilities. According to legend, as a wolf he viciously killed children and ate them. He too was burned to death at the stake for his monstrous crimes.

Whether Burgot, Verdun or Garnier were mentally ill or acted under the influence of a hallucinogenic was unknown.

  After reading the last part, I decided that was enough reading for one night, this book is just too stupid for me to even keep and so I tossed it in a box with the rest of the papers I was going to throw out. I looked behind a cloth in the case and found a photo of my mom, holding a little girl that looked to be six years old. I  looked closer and realized it was me that she was holding, which made me smile, even when dad went on business trips, he still had us with him.