Goodbye... (In progress) by Jasmine Schoonover (ebook reader browser txt) 📖

closet had a little storage area for extra boxes, a place for bed sheets, a hanging area, cabinets, drawers, and multiple shelves that held shoes. The thing is, a few of these areas were already filled with clothes...

I grabbed a blue pair of shorts which were on a shelf and checked the size. They were my exact size. How the heck did he know my size? I shrugged to myself and put my clothes up.

When I was finished doing that, It was around 6:30pm. Which gives me 30 minutes to unpack a few more boxes. I decided to unpack the box which had all the things that were my mothers... This held all of her jewelry, pictures, everything that meant so much to her. Now they all meant the world to me...

Tears started forming in my eyes, I desperately tried keeping them from pouring out, bit they betrayed me and ran down my face. My mother left me with Skylar and my father to take care of, now I only have Skylar left. I would do anything to keep her alive, even if that means I die in the process...

Once I finally stopped crying, I put my things away. I finished and got a pair of baggy sweat pants and a mens t-shirt out of my duffle bag and put them on. The clock read '6:50pm', which meant it's almost time. Well, it won't hurt get there early. My feet were falling asleep slowly, so when I got up from the bed, it looked like I had a problem with my leg. My wolf quietly laughed at me in my head, and I giggled a bit. Once I was finally able to get my feet working again, I walked to the door and opened it quietly, making sure no one would yell at me if I opened it loudly. I made my way to the stairs and to the kitchen trying to find the hallway my sister's room was in. There were so many hallways it wasn't funny. On the left side of the kitchen, there was a smaller hallway which had a door that was a light pink. I assumed it was my sisters, so I knocked and sure enough Skylar opened the door.

"It's almost time, wanna walk with me to the yard?" I whispered to her.

"Yeah!" She said and grabbed my hand. I turned and closed the door before walking towards a glass sliding door which lead to the garden that was underneath my balcony. It was beautiful. There were tons of wood benches that were polished and had flower carvings on them, there were white, red, and pink roses scattered everywhere.

"Look Juju!" Skylar tugged on my shirt and pointed towards a pond that had rose-carved fountain. The pond had colorful Japanese Koi everywhere. This is like... heaven. I turned my head and looked at the wall-mounted clock which said '6:59pm'.

"Almost ti-" I was cut off as tons of people poured out of the wooded area behind the house. Kyle's father walked out from behind me and stood in front of everyone.

"Hello everyone. Tonight the run will be from 7:03pm-6am. Groups are to be 2 females with 3 males. If there are children participating, which there are, there are to be 2 females, 1 child, and 4 males. Any extra males are to be in groups of 5. Any extra children are to be put with the extra males. If any of these are to be broken, you will have consequences AFTER the run." I heard Kyle's father, the Alpha, say.

"You have 2 minutes to find your group, the last minute will be our shifting." He said and walked off.

"Juju, am I staying with you?" Skylar said with a worried look on her face.

"Mhm, but we have to find our group. Come on." I said and grabbed her hand.

"Hm. You don't need to go far, you're in my group. Me, you, Ian, and Skylar." Kyle said from behind me.

"If you didn't hear, 2 females with 3 males, or 2 females, 1 child, and 4 males." I repeated the words Kyle's father said when announcing the groups.

"I have an exception due to being the future Alpha." He smirked.

"Either way, I'm not grouping with you." I hissed.

"Awh, too bad." He whispered.

"Times up. Shift." The Alpha finally announced. Everyone, including me, shifted into their wolf. Mates shared the same markings and colors, so nobody's markings and colors were the same unless you were mates. Due to Kyle being future Alpha, my coat is pure white. His is pitch black. Our coats are different because only Alpha Males can have all black fur, and only Alpha Females can have all white fur. The only thing that changed our coats were our ear marks. The top of his left ear was white, while the top of my left ear was black. This shows we're mates.

'Come, lets go.' Kyle said to me, Ian, and Skylar through our group mind link.

'Where exactly are we going?' I asked while trotting over to Ian with Skylar by my side.

'Does it matter?' Kyle responded.

'You guys are always mean to each other, stop it.' Skylar whimpered.

'No we're not Sky, we're playing around. Alright?' I said and nuzzled her neck with my snout.

'Sure, 'Playing around'.' Ian muttered.

'Ugh. Come on.' Kyle growled.

'Fine' Me and Ian said in unison.

'Come on Sky.' I yelled to Skylar.

We starting running in the direction that would take you to the streams. Every now and then I would have to slow so Skylar can catch up. We ran for what felt like forever until we reached a huge tree which was surrounded by large pine trees. I watched as Kyle and Ian pulled branches away with their jaw, one by one.

When they were finished, the moved back to reveal a pond as blue as the daylight sky. It was clear, you were able to see the bottom.

All my past memories came from this.. I miss the times with my mother, when my father was actually loveable. Oh how I wish I could have those days back... But they're all just a dream now, never to be real again.

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Publication Date: 03-30-2015

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