Turning The Tides by Bugz Rox (macos ebook reader TXT) 📕

"If you don't mind my asking, what are you?" I asked softly, trying not to offend her.

She looked up, surprised at the question, she thought for a moment befor equietly saying, "I'm a Fae, they took me as a child away from my mother. This is going to hurt." I hissed as the alchohol hit my whipped and bruised skin. I hadn't even been here long and they were already trying to whip my anger and disobedience from me. But I am a werewolf, we cherish those things and hold them close. I sighed and she looked up, "Why did you sigh?"

"I can see many whippings and beatings infront of me, I've always been a disobedient pup," I tagged a lopsided puppy dog grin on the end, trying to get her to laugh.

She slammed the bowl down, "This is real! You're stuck with hunters and you're taking everything as a joke! How can you even joke when you're probably going through a lot of pain?" She asked, I was shocked at her anger, she's hot when she's angry. This was the most I'd gotten her to talk.

I chuckled. "It appears that my whole family has that problem, aside from my parents. I know it's not a wolf thing, my last Alpha was as serious as could be. That's another thing they probably won't be able to beat out of me."

"You're an idiot," She muttered, even when she was insulting me her voice was sweet, like honey.

"Yup, my dad had that problem with me, too. So, how old are you?" I asked, the grin still on my face.

She sighed as she looked at my face, "Eighteen."

"So why don't you go to school, Little Flower?" I asked honestly curious for the answer but mainly to her reaction to her new nickname.

"They won't let me, afraid I'll run away," She muttered, glaring at me, I smiled wider and she shook her head, "You're stupider than a rock."

"Thank you, Little Flower. But as it happens I have an extremely high IQ, again, runs in the family. But not with the parents," I said.

"Prove it." Her glare would wilt the flower I'd named her after.

"The Panthera Tigris, or tiger, is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 meters over curves and weighing up to 388.7 kg in the wild, or you could ask me a question." I said, watching her decide on a question.

She smiled, "What has no beginning, end, or middle?"

"A doughnut."

"What has four legs, a head, and leaves?"

"A dining room table."

"What invention lets you look right through a wall? "

"A window. Can you only do riddles?" I asked, rolling my eyes.

"I'm Fae, the few of us left do riddles like our ancestors," She snorted.

"You know what? I like you, you'll probably be my only buddy in this hellhole," I said, smiling again.

"You're still an idiot, a smart idiot, but an idiot noneth-"

"You stupid girl! Are you done in there?" The angry lady yelled from the upstairs.

"Coming Miss!" My Little Flower yelled back, looking back at me she almost laughed at the expression on my face.

The angry lady came down the stairs as my Little Flower ducked her head and ran up the stairs. I was pissed now, no one should be able to do that to my mate! "So, have you gained a liking of my child?" The lady asked me as she stood infront of me, the cage closed.

"Nope, girl's annoying but she's the only one close to my age in this stinky human camp. But you, Angry Woman, I have taken an intense dislike to you. Plus, you think that perfume smells good?" I shuddered at the end to add effect, she screeched like my mother use to. It was times like these when I missed my mother.

She slapped me and left, presumably to get the whip, for a human, she sure could smack hard.

 Pluto

I needed to go now, it was the middle of the night, I would be able to slip past the night guards when they changed shift in two minutes. They were trying to keep hunters out, not werewolves in. I jumped out my window leaving a note saying where I was going and what I was doing on my bed. I landed on the balls of my feet silently and stalked towards the forest. I silently moved passed the wolves that were switching with the exhausted wolves.

When I made it to where the fight was I shifted, Hey friend, wanna help?

Will yourself to see the auras left behind, then follow the one that feels like the brother you had and is now in jeopardy, He replied, always helping me with my powers.

'Kay.

Let the auras surround you and engulf you.

'Kay.

I did as my wolf said and willed myself to see the auras. There was nothing, then suddenly everything. Color was everywhere, I shook my head and closed my eyes, feeling my way to where my brother felt strongest. His aura was red, I knew that that meant he was energetic and enthusiastic.

I began following it when I heard the course cry of, Hey! Wait up, in my head.

Liam, what do you want?

I know what you're doing, I'm coming with. Don't tell me no because I will come, he's my brother too and I won't sit by while you run off alone.

Fine, come.

He followed me as I followed the red trail, noticing that Liam's aura was pink; nature loving and giving. How do you know where we're going?

I see William's aura, I'm following it towards where it gets stronger, telling me that this was the way he was taken.

Wow. When'd you learn to do that?

Just now.

'Kay

I followed the glowing color, Liam trailing behind. We traveled like that all night and some of the morning. The aura went into a warehouse. There was obviously people in there. I shifted back, putting on my clothes as I motioned for Liam to do the same.

Okay friend, how do I make the auras go away now?

You will them away.

Oh, duh. Okay, thanks. I willed the auras away, thankfully they went, making me sigh in relief.

"Okay, he's in there, there's about ten other people in there as well, so you save William while I fight because I'm the better fighter," I said, looking at the house.

"I don't like it but okay." I stood up from my crouch, "Hey where you going?"

"In here," I replied as I walked through the door, expecting the people on the other side but acting dumb, "Oh, I didn't know there were people in here, sorry," I smiled for good measure.

"They're werewolves!" A guy screamed, charging at me with a silver knife.

"Ow," I pouted when the knife grazed my arm, lifting him with the other, "That's not nice." I broke his neck and threw him against the opposite wall.

"Should we attempt this? Those are the Shadowwood Pack tattoos, that means she's the Alpha of the ruthless pack," A man asked shakily.

"Oh, you noticed did you? Yeah, I heard you were looking for me so I came to you, to get something that is mine," I said, smiling menacingly as I approached, hearing Liam slip past me unnoticed to search the house for William. I killed three others and two more had bolted when Liam came back.

"I can't find him! William's not here!" He said as he killed a man that approached him.

"He has to be!" I yelled back, killing another guy. I left the last one to Liam as I left to search the house again. I heard a scuffling to my right and I barged into the room, finding a tall girl, too skiny to be healthy. I made a quick decision as I stared down at her, "Okay, here's the deal, two guys ran off, they will most likely be back with reenforcements so I can snap your neck now or you could lead me to my brother so I don't worsen my headache by bombardment of colors to find him. Got it?"

"Yes."

"Good, make your choice," I said.

"Follow me," She said without thinking.

"Great job searching the house Liam," I whispered into his ear.

"Don't blame me, I was in a hurry," He whispered back.

"And you didn't think to check the creepy basement?" I asked as the girl stopped and opened a door with stairs leading down. Liam smiled sheepishly at me. The girl walked in first immediately. "Wow, you didn't even try the whole 'he's down there' then lock us in."

"I want to be free as much as William does," She barely whispered.

"More on that later, cause William! Did ya miss me baby bro?" I asked jokingly.

"Hell yeah, now if you wouldn't mind, unlock me please."

"Uh, William, we don't have a key," Liam said worridly.

"Don't worry your none-existant balls, I got it covered," I said to William as I pulled out a pocket knife and bobbypins.

William went bright red and tried to cover it up with, "Hey Flower, you know, you could tell me your name."

I finished picking the lock and opened the door. The girl my brother called Flower and I went into the cell, leaving Liam outside incase anyone comes.

"Look at you, all grown up, and with different tattoos too! What happened to the girl who mom had to force pants on while you were running around chanting 'I shan't wear pants! I shan't wear pants!', huh?" William asked as I burned myself getting his cuffs off.

"Hey I remember that!" Liam said from the doorway.

"Me too, and I miss her," I said. I slapped William on the back of the head, "You left me to deal with a bunch of mourning baby wolves at fifteen!"

"Sorry 'bout that, but did you, uh did you just bitch slap me?" William asked as I supported his weight on the stairs, Liam guarding our front, the girl, Flower, at our backs.

When we got to the top step I noticed more scents, I shifted my vision and willed the auras to appear, Flower's was orange;  good-hearted, kind and honest. Now I trusted her. But there were varying shades of black; hatred, negativity, major illness or depression, cheap, miserly.

"Shit," I muttered, "Stay," I laced my voice with extra Alpha to make sure that even flower obeyed. She did. I walked to the first room we were in.

"That's her, she has to be the one we want," One of the runners said.

"Aw, did you miss me? That's so sweet," I said in a sickly sweet voice, "Let's take this outside so that we don't ruin your lovely wall decorations. Actually, they're quite ugly aren't they?" Some of the hunters nodded before realizing what they were doing, I chuckled. There was a good fifty people, mainly women. Yes, women have more guts.

"Stand down, you can't defeat us," A lady said. She looked like she was angry all the time.

"Why can't I, angry Lady?" I asked. The lady threw up her hands. My brow furrowed, was it a sign?

"Did your brother tell you to say that?" Oh.

"Nope, we think alike. Wait I have a brother?" I asked.

"Yeah, you have five brothers," The one that answered sounded unsure, this was going to be fun.

"Really? I've always wanted a brother! Yay! Dreams can come true!" I sang,