Howl by Brieanna Boyce (chrome ebook reader txt) 📖

your boyfriend.”
I rubbed the bridge of my nose, “Adoni not today okay?”
Suddenly dad walked in looking exhausted, practically stumbling through the front door. Adoni grabbed his jacket and briefcase carrying it upstairs while I pulled out his chair. Dad sat down and loosened his tie filling up his plate then we all sat at the dinner table eating quietly.
The rest of dinner proceeded this way in an awkward quiet fashion sometimes interrupted by Adoni who wanted to blurt out the day’s events.
I started to clean the table and wash the dishes washing the countertops as dad headed upstairs and Adoni helped me clean up.
“You look different I mean besides the contacts. Did you dye your hair?”
“No,” I said facing away from him, most of the time I was proud of my brother’s intelligence and ability to observe but right now I wished he wasn’t so smart.
“You’re acting weird.”
“Adoni even if I go I’m not gone okay?”
Adoni raised an eyebrow looking at me as if I had five heads. “What the hell are you talking about?”
I sighed and hugged him, “I just mean that I treasure you more than anything else in this world and I need you to know that, and even if it seems like I am gone I’m not I will always watch over you and keep you safe even if you can’t see me.”
Adoni started getting irritated, “stop talking crazy Skylar. Come on lets watch TV.”
I nodded Adoni threw in a bag of popcorn and we planted ourselves on the couch and began watching shows laughing and joking, and chasing each other around and with great effort I tried to hold back and let him catch me a few times.
Once it got late I walked with Adoni into his room got him into bed and pecked his forehead.
“I love you Skylar.”
I smiled happily glad it was dark in the room so he didn’t see tears welling up in my eyes, everything was changing around me and yet our relationship hadn’t changed even with all this time and all the things we’ve endured.
“Goodnight Adoni I love you too.”
I walked out and closed the door then went down the hall and peeked into my dad’s perfectly organized room. He was stooped over his clipboard of architectural designs sketching. I smiled, he was a perfectionist when it came to the house and when he wasn’t working in the office he was working on the house.
“Daddy?”
His dark blue eyes looked up curiously.
“What is it?”
“You need to be a better father to Adoni.”
My dad looked up at me in shock and he was right to, we hardly talked anymore and nothing remotely like the conversation I was about to have with him.
“What makes you say that? You know what I don’t need to hear this I’m busy.”
“No. You’re always busy and I’m sick of having to try to play the roles you’re supposed to I’m the one that takes care of him and supports him. It’s hard enough with mom gone but he needs you I know losing mom was difficult Adoni and I lost her too but I can’t support and take care of Adoni forever. I’m seventeen so you need to step up.”
“I work tirelessly to support you.”
“No you work more hours then you’d have to, to support us you’re just concentrating on work so you don’t get a chance to think about mom.”
“…I can’t be a mom and a dad.”
“No one’s asking you to be, I love you dad.”
Dad got up off the bed and walked over and hugged me then kissed my head and sent me to my room for bed.
Except I had much more important things then bed in mind, I went into my room and emptied my backpack shoving everything from inside it into my closet. I packed clothes, a toothbrush, and some other necessities. Then I put on my best pair of running shoes and then sat at my desk taking out a pencil and paper then sitting down and nervously chewing on my pencil.
At first I started writing a paper where I was running away.
Dear Adoni and Dad,
I’m so confused and lost and I can’t handle it anymore I’m running away don’t bother-
I crumpled that one up and threw it away. They’d still look for me even if I told them not to. I couldn’t pretend to be kidnapped we already had the vampires after us we couldn’t afford too much more attention. I sighed it looked like the only way I could get out of their lives no problems without jeopardizing anyone’s lives was to fake my death. After mom’s death could Adoni and dad take anymore? I ran a hand through my hair agitated. If I didn’t they’d look for me and maybe the vampires will think I’m dead too. If that’s the case then they won’t harm my family or Kale and his pack trying to get to me.
Dear Adoni and Dad,
I love you both so much but I can’t take it anymore life no longer has a purpose for me and I don’t want to live anymore. Know that it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with my being weak. Do not weep for me and do not follow me in death. This is what I want and I will be happy in heaven, take good care of one another. I’ll say hello to mom for you, we’ll be watching you always
With all the love in my heart,
Skylar
I had never written a suicide note before but I figured it was good as far as they go. I felt wrong having written it but I had to it had been the only way everyone could be safe. I set it on the desk in front of the window. I got up pushing up my chair and grabbed my backpack then opened the window and easily leapt out of it landing gracefully on the ground. I pulled my wrist watch out of my pocket and put it on, the clock read 11:40, and I had 20 minutes until midnight. I knew exactly whom I’d say my last goodbye to.
I walked down the street anxiously, since my haunting first encounter with vampires and this world of nightmares come true night had become a time of fear rather than a time of child like wonder and mystery.
I stopped at a small blue house in a close by neighborhood. It was Tristan’s house I’d walked past it a multitude of times during the course of my childhood. I climbed up onto the roof and peeked into the right front window, however that was his sibling’s room I checked other’s finally I found his room. I crept into Tristan’s room and closed his door without a sound I sat down beside him and whispered.
“Tristan, wake up.”
He grumbled and opened his eyes and sat up, shocked.
“How’d you get in here?”
“Through your sister’s window,” I shrugged nonchalantly.
“She isn’t my sister… she’s a human I used glamour on, she thinks she’s my sister same with the rest of the family. Glamour is a lot like magic it disguises things and distorts.”
“Oh, well, speaking of family can you take care of mine while I’m gone.”
“Where are you going?”
“I’m leaving with Kale, Tristan I’m one of them. A werewolf I mean.” I wasn’t being one hundred percent honest but my conscience warned me against it.
Tristan stared at me with wide eyed horror “How can that be?! You don’t smell like one. Or look like one.”
“Tristan focus I need you to watch my family for me and try to manage it without hypnotizing them.”
He nodded.
“And if you don’t I’ll-“
“You’ll kill me I know,” he finished for me. “However I think a fight between me and you would be rather interesting don’t you?”
I couldn’t hide my smile, “Maybe but I have no time for that I’ve got to go.”
I stared at him and bit my lip looking at his perfect lips, and those amazing light blue eyes just as complex and beautiful as the ocean and sky they resembled. His straight nose and blonde shaggy but perfect hair that reminded me of sunshine; it seemed that he was born of the most beautiful elements of this earth. It seemed that although I hardly know who he is my feelings for him haven’t changed.
“Skylar, if I can’t tell you are a werewolf then neither can others, stay. You don’t have to exile yourself to a life of running and hiding.”
“I have to you know I do.”I sighed the offer sounded more tempting then he could imagine and that’s why I got up and crawled out his window slightly disappointed but mostly sad I had to go and kicking myself for not telling him how I felt.

I shook my head trying to clear my mind I had no time to worry about trivial things like that I needed to stay focused because tonight was the night I’d become a werewolf and I had no idea how to prepare for something like that I walked to the place where I first met Kale and his pack. I stood there patiently waiting slightly nervous but determined not to show it. They walked towards me out of the woods; it was incredible it was like everything shifted out of the way to make room for them. Kale was walking in front no ghost of a smile on his face he was all business. To his left was a boy that reminded me of snow, he had a tall lanky frame, white hair, pale skin, and pale blue eyes.To Kale’s right was a kid with black and green hair and a intimidatinly large frame. To that kid’s right was the girl whom even now was glaring icily at me; she had to be the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen. She had tan skin (which you could tell was natural), long silky brown hair that created a veil down to her waist. She had almond shaped blue eyes, crescent moon shaped lips, a straight nose, and a body that is the definition of hourglass-shaped figure. To the left of the extremely pale kid was the brown wolf; a black kid with cornrows that created swirl designs, he had a lip piercing, eyebrow piercing, and septum piercing, and a wiry build. Frankly they looked like the most kickass group I’d ever seen.
Kale stopped in front of me, while everyone behind him gave me a skeptical look.
“May you hand me your backpack?”
I nodded and gave him my backpack which Kale handed to the ripped guy with the black- green streaked hair to his immediate right.
“The guy holding you’re backpack is Derek he is my second in command.”
I smiled excited to be finally learning their name’s “Hello Derek.”
Derek grinned, “Hello Skylar,” however intimidating he looked he seemed like a nice kid.
“Damn,” the girl grimaced, her lip curling up in disgust “I can't believe we are going to add HER to the group.”
Kale gave her a stern look, “This not so lady like girl is Meg.”
“Short for Megara, Hercules wife,” Meg added very arrogantly.
“Oh that’s cool you get to be a heroes whore that’s something,” I added wanting to rip that smirk off her perfect face.
“Oh yeah and what’s Skylar mean?” Meg said clearly irritated.
“It means sky I’m limitless, and you are a heroes whore.”
Derek laughed to the point of tears, while Meg glared and pouted.
“Meow,” chuckled, the black kid “Cat fight.”
Kale continued “The black kid who just