Loud Noises Scare the Big Animals by seastarpwn (large ebook reader txt) 📖

there and she just couldn’t refuse the offer.” He smirked at me and walked toward the door, “Be ready in thirty minutes, a change of clothes is on your right.” He closed the door and my cuffs let me be free.
I was lying in the middle of a tiny room with no windows or any type of way to get out. The door that Alexzander and Collin’s dad walked out from melted into the wall. I was completely and utterly trapped.
I pulled myself off the table and sure enough a dark forest green dress shimmered by me. I changed into my new dress. It had been tight around my chest that made my boobs look like they were about to pop out, and designs running down my sides. The front or my dress cut off at my knees, but the back fell all the way down to the ground. A beautiful design on the front of two dragons glowed and sparked every time I moved. Even though it was beautiful, it showed too much skin than I liked, but once I put the dress on my other clothes shimmered away.
The door reappeared again, but on the other side of the room beckoning me to open it. When I finally built up the courage, I walked into a huge dining room and Astra and their dad already sat at the table. The door melted back into the wall and there was no other way to get out. “Nova,” their dad beckoned me over, “come join us!”
Astra ran towards me and hugged me, taking all my breath away. I noticed she was wearing the same dress as I was, but in a deep red. She looked bruised up from the whip and I bet I looked just as bad.
We walked back to the table and sat down, letting the dresses raise a couple of inches without us wanting it to. “Let the feast begin.” He clapped his hands and a bunch of food shimmered onto the table, it all looked tasty, but I was afraid it was poisoned.
“Why are we here?” Astra blurted out, getting straight to the point.
He looked amused again and leaned back in his chair, “To share a meal with me of course.”
“But you’re trying to kill us.”
“Kill is such a strong word and completely wrong. See I am only trying to drain all of your power; I would never try to harm you girls. You’re pretty much family to me.” He smiled, but his upper lip twitched trying to keep up his act.
“Wouldn’t ‘draining our power’ kill us?” I asked.
“No you just would be human.”
“Why are you telling us this?”
“It is called a warning,” his dropped his act and frowned upon us. “I don’t want to hurt you and I wouldn’t if you just…. Gave up and came to me.”
“Why would we do that?”
“Because I would never kill you, but I am not afraid to kill my own boys.”
“You are willing to risk your own sons to get some power? That is the stupidest thing I ever heard.”
“It is stupid, yes but, it is also effective.” He waved his hand and servants came and picked up the food no one touched. “I will let you rest on my…. Proposal, but if you do not come in exactly one week, I will come to you.” His eyes darkened and my vision to blur, “Tell my boys I said hi.”
I opened my eyes again, but to a different scene. I was in a bigger and nicer room. I was still wearing the clothes, but the bruises on my arms were gone. I looked up to see Alexzander sleeping besides me and his arm wrapped around me. I tried lifting his arm, but he pulled me in closer, “Don’t you dare,” he mumbled.
Chapter 58
Astra
When I had woken up, I understood how Nova felt. Even in our dreams we could get hurt.
I was still in the dress from the dream. But now it was all torn and muddy. I desperately wanted to change. But I didn’t have any clothes.
I closed my eyes and imagined me wearing something else. When I opened my eyes I wasn’t, I was wearing the dress.
I walked around feeling slightly strange. I guess being in hell messed with a person’s balance. I was going to have to find a way to fix that.
I walked into a loud room. Instantly everything quieted. All sorts of creatures parted their way for me. I hesitantly walked forward.
“Nice to see that you are finally awake. We have many things to discuss, and to do.”
“I bet. One moment I’m with the head of a dog. The next moment I’m waking up in a bed in a palace. Strange on how things work.” I was being sarcastic. But Henry just smiled.
“That was necessary to do. I was trying to get you in one of the easiest ways possible. On a plus side, there was no chance you would not have been hurt. Cerberus is more than capable of keeping you safe.”
“That’s not the point. Can we just get to talking?”
“Yes. Back at the beginning of your race, there were two dragons. Alessandro and Cosima. Alessandro was born from the need for a defender. Cosima was born from the need for order. Both turned into lovers. In time they had two children. Felisa and Claudio. Felisa was the first animal shifter. And Claudio was the first human shifter. Both were the pride and joy of their parents. But something came between the two of them. Eventually the fight escalated into a war. Their parents were so ashamed of them. So in a sense, they put a curse on them. They put a hold on their powers till they reached the age of eighteen. They each got a scar of sorts on their body. Their parents cast them out onto earth to learn from their mistakes. But they never did. In return their parents went into a deep sleep, waiting for the day when their children stop fighting.”
“That’s pretty amazing. How come I’ve never heard that story before?”
“Because the story has slowly been washed from the memory. You are the first in a very long time to hear the story.”
“How do I know you’re telling me the truth?”
“I told you earlier that I considered you part of my family. And I wouldn’t lie to my family.”
I just shrugged. “Alright then. Do you want me to tell everyone else the story? Or do you want to?”
“I would like for you to tell them. But you don’t have to. The choice is entirely up to you. Now onto another matter. You and your cousin are going to start training today. When she wakes up, find the court yard and we will begin.” He rose. And started walking off.
“What about Collin and Alexzander, can they train to?”
I saw Henry’s jaw twitch. “I do not care.” Then he was gone in a puff of smoke.

Chapter 59
Nova

I muffled a yawn and sleepily walked out of the bedroom with Alexzander behind me. We both walked down the hallway and ended up in the kitchen. “Morning sleepy heads,” Collin looked down at my dress, I forgot I still had on, and smirked.
“It’s not what it looks like,” Astra came in. She was still wearing her dress as well. “We got stuck in a dream.”
I took the cup of coffee out of Collin’s hands, “Your dad sabotaged our dreams again.” I casually sip Collin’s coffee and then spit it out in the sink, “What is this?”
“And our dad made you guys wears that?” Alexzander completely ignored me.
“Yeah he really enjoyed us being his guest of honor in this dream,” Astra grabbed the coffee out of my hands and did the same thing I did. I tried snatching the coffee back, but Astra refused to let go. Instead of one of us winning, we both got coffee on our dresses.
We both laughed at each other and went in our separate bedrooms. I closed the door and looked in the closet. It was full of clothing in different colors, style, but all my size. I grabbed a pair of faded blue shorts, with a green tank top, and brown boots. I threw it on the bed and headed for the shower.
I jumped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body and hair. I walked out of the bathroom to find Alexzander lying on the bed. “What are you doing?!”
Alexzander looked up from the book he was reading and smirked at me, “Just catching up on some reading; what are you doing?”
“When do you ever read books? Since the first day of high school you never pick up a single book.”
“I read books when,” he looked me up and down, “I find something interesting.”
I threw a pillow at his head and grabbed my clothes, “You got to stop hanging around Henry; he has a bad influence on you.”
I threw another pillow at his head and walked into the bathroom, but before I made it there a pair of arms wrapped around my waist and a chin fell on my shoulder. “Why are you changing in the bathroom?”
“Because you are a pervert with a perverted mind,” I pushed his hands away and walked into the bathroom. I put on my clothes and straightened my hair. I didn’t take long, so when I got out Alexzander was back on the bed. I grabbed a brown fedora brown hat and stormed out of the room.
“Do you want to start training now?” Astra caught up to me and looped our arms together.
“Do we have to really have to train; I mean I can kick some ass already. If I get any stronger I will be a weapon of mass destruction. Anyways I just took a shower.”
“Fine, but we are training later.”
“Your later and my later have two completely different meaning,” We walked into the movie theater. Collin and Ebony were already there laughing about something that just happened on the screen. I could feel Astra’s skin heat up and feeling in the room changed from happy to intense.
Collin had a good sense to move away from Ebony and came up and gave Astra a kiss. I unlinked my arms from Astra and sat down by Ebony, “What have you been doing lately?”
Her gaze shift from Collin to me, “Oh nothing, I just showed Collin around.”
“You showed Collin around? You really have an interest in him don’t yah?”
“What Collin? No I just like him as a friend, a good friend. I don’t want to come between them or anything. Just friend,” her eyes glazed over and I guess that was my clue that our conversation was over. I got up and walked toward the popcorn machine in the corner.
When I finally finished not burning the popcorn everyone was in the room, including an older lady I never met. She was beautiful, her hair was golden blonde and her eyes were a hazel color. I sat by Alexzander and cuddled into him, “Who is that lady?”
“She is Henry’s wife. She looks sweet, but she is a-“the lady turned around and sent daggers in our direction. Alexzander turned a light pale, but I was red from trying to hold in my laugh. When the lady finally did turn back around I was holding a pillow to my face laughing. “That wasn’t funny,” Alexzander whispered to me.
“No, that wasn’t funny. That was hilarious!” I started to laugh again and after a while Alexzander was laughing with me. Our laughing grew louder and everyone decided to kick us out