Full Moon by Elaina H (short novels in english txt) 📕

I grab his upper arm, but he’s still stronger than me. “Finn calm down, it’s all right!” His parents, Cal, and Lydia stare at him like he’s an alien. “Finn, I’m alright!” I plead.

“You are not alright!” he screams, “They changed your sister, and she bit you! This is not alright!” he pushes me off of him, rather roughly, and he sits on the couch with his head in his hands.

His mother starts over to him, but I get there first. She glares fiercely, the look of death. I’m next to him on the couch, balancing on my knees. I wrap my arms around his hulking frame, I try to talk to him, but he pushes me away again.

“I’m going for a walk!” he yells and runs off into the woods surrounding his house.

I turn to the family, and like I usually do, I start giving instructions, “Okay, they left a note after they injected my sister. It said, ‘tell us where they are!’ now my sister’s wrapped up in this mess, and it’s personal.

We are going to pack up, and get out of here because they must be on our trail. They have to be close. They weren’t planning on me becoming,” I skip over what they essentially are for the sake of my sister, “what I am now. This is something they weren’t expecting.”

I attempt to keep going, but Cal interjects, “Who are you to day what we do,” he growls. “I say you’re the reason we’re in this mess in the first place!” Cal turns to his mother, “This is why I said we should home school him! Who cares about if he want to have as normal life as possible, he obviously just wanted to get closer to petty, slutty girls! Aaron too!” he points at my sister.

I growl and stalk up to him, slapping him across the face. The impact must hurt because he lunges at me, I duck and dive, sending him over my back. “Don’t insult a werewolf,” he snarls.

“Right back at you,” I sneer.

He slowly stands up, and cast a glare at my sister. “Come on, Alice,” I grab her arm.

“Where are we going,” she asks worried.

I sigh, “We’re leaving this nut house! We’ll figure this out on our own. We’ll run until we’re far enough away from town, so we can get shoes!” I shouting, anger still boils in my blood, “and then we’ll figure it out from there.”

“You can have some of mine, shoes I mean!” Lydia shouts.

Alice and I whip back around, Finn’s older sister staring at us. It’s not mocking in her tone, it’s respect. I nod.

Alice and I follow her up the creaky stairs, we enter her room. From her closet she tosses us a pair of tennis shoes, “Do either of you were nines?”

Alice nods, “Yea.” Lydia points to the tennis shoes she just threw out.

“That was pretty brave, Jen,” she tells me, butchering my name. “Cal’s a real idiot, that’s for sure. The only other person that stands up to him anymore is Finn,” she mutters this next part, “even I don’t anymore.”

“Thanks,” I take the other pair of tennis shoes from her.

“They’re nines, but you’ll get used to them being big. It’s better than tight,” what she gives me is a smirk, but I think it’s an attempt at a smile.

“Here,” she looks from side to side, “Listen, are the two of you really leaving?”

I shrug, “I don’t know. It’s definitely a possibility. I’m not dating a whiny baby who feels like this thing is entirely his fault, so what’s the point of staying here?”

Lydia shrugs, “Same reasons I stay here: food, water, shelter, protection.”

“Those are the only reasons you’re here right now? No family ties?” I baffled.

She looks at me, “You’re the one to talk. You haven’t even mentioned your parents yet.”

Behind me Alice cries, I glare, “That’s why I haven’t mentioned them!” I snap. “I’ve already decided,” I swallow hard, “that it’s best if we just move on, letting them think what they think. Being what we are only endangers them more.

“I just don’t know how they found out, so quickly that I knew!”

She shakes her head somberly, “It’s tricky like that. Right now, they won’t be here until tomorrow. You know that right?”

“Huh?!” I’m confused.

“They won’t just raid, they have to wait for back up if it’s the government; which it’s not this time. It’s The Lab because they harmed an innocent person, plus they injected her,” she points at Alice. “The Lab won’t attack until tomorrow either because they don’t carry enough weapons on them to take all of us on.”

“So we wait for them to get here?”

Lydia shakes her head, “You said they had your house rigged right?”

“Well, probably,” I say.

“They didn’t because the government can tap into any live feed. It’s really complicated, but the cameras that they have run off of this certain feed. They’re easy to find and track.”

I smile, “Therefore they don’t know where we’re at?!” excitement creeps into my voice.

She frowns, “Well, they know we’re here, in this town. So we’re moving out of here tomorrow still. But we aren’t in as big of a rush,” Lydia stands with her hands on her hips.

“Okay,” Alice yawns and passes it to me.

Lydia laughs, kind of, “You two need to rest, you haven’t slept since yesterday morning. We’ll wake you up in two hours, and we’ll explain it to your sister.”

“Alice,” she informs Lydia.

“In Finn and Aaron’s room there are two beds so you two can see each other. Down the hall and to the left,” she points, and heads back down the staircase.

Once she’s gone Alice and I head over there, “I take the bed closer to the door incase I need to defend Alice. There is no difference between, blue sheets and blanket. No picture, nothing.

We both lay down, “Gwen?”

“Yea?”

“You don’t think they’ll leave while we’re sleeping, you you?”

I laugh, “I sure hope not because that would suck.”

She smiles at me, but it turns into a frown, “I’m scared, Gwen. I still don’t understand what’s going on. Are we…we werewolves?”

I sigh heavily, “Well, Alice, if it’s any help to you, it doesn’t get any better. I know what’s happening, and I’m still confused. And ‘werewolves’ one word for it, I guess.”

“Why explain it better?” she asks innocently.

“Because I only found out a few days ago, it’s better if Paul and Jennifer tell you,” she nods.

“Good nap, Gwen. And just so you know, I’m glad it was you who got stuck with me,” she flashes me her smile that makes everyone want to pinch her cheeks.

“Me too, Alice. Me too.”

The second I close my eyes, I’m asleep.

Robert laughs at me, but this time things are different. I’m a werewolf. I snarl and growl, warning him- he only laughs.

“Pretty little Gwen,” he sings.

I lunge, I feel his blood run over my muzzle, soaking my fur. It’s warm, red, and delicious.

Next thing I know, I’m myself with a knife. And instead of teeth marks on Robert’s neck, it’s my knife marks.

I drop the blood stained knife, “What have I done!” I start crying. Tear pour all over the body.

Trying to put the flesh back together, I cry.

I wake up, “Shhhhhh, it’s okay. It’s okay,” the whispered works sound so sweet in my ear. “It’s just a dream,” on the last part Finn chokes. I know he’s thinking that the werewolf thing is definitely not a dream.

“I’m so sorry,” I whisper.

I feel his chest rumble, “You’re sorry? Are you apologizing to me?”

Shaking my head no confuses him, but when I speak he’s beyond words, “I’m so sorry, Robert.” Heavy sobs rack my body, once I realize that killing Robert is just a dream, my sobs slow down, but still exist.

“Why are you apologizing to Robert?” Finn asks me.

I wipe the tears away, and check to make sure Alice is still sleeping. “Finn, I have something to tell you.”

And so, I tell Finn my story.

Chapter Fifteen

Finn stares at me as I finish. “I should have wrung his neck,” is all he says.

I sigh, “It’s,” he cuts me off.

“He said, in the courtyard that day, he repeated what he said, didn’t he? God, I hate him. He should be thankful we aren’t going to that school anymore!”

“Shhh, Alice is sleeping.” I warn him. I look lovingly at the only piece of my family I have left.

“Sorry, I’m sorry, Gwen,” he’s not apologizing for talking loudly. “I shouldn’t have acted like that when we got back here. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s The Lab’s. We have to get away from here.”

“Finn, you don’t think they’re going to change anymore people, do you?” he shakes his head, uncertain.

I sigh, and curl up into his chest. “We’re leaving tomorrow. The last full moon was seventeen days ago. That means we have roughly twelve or so days before the next one. We’ll be forced to change.”

“Why don’t you just move out of the country?” I ask.

“Because the United States and the country we move to will be on our butts. We can’t afford to have three groups looking for us. It’s an idea though, but we’ve already thought it through.”

“Why did The Lab change us if they don’t want anymore werewolves?”
“Because,” he closes his eyes, and breathes deeply into my hair, “Alice was a warning, you were the accident. The worst accident that’s ever happened,” he mutters the last part.

“Finn, we can’t rewind time,” I put my hand on his cheek, “we’ll get through this together. We’ll be alright.” I close my eyes and Mom and Dad’s faces flash behind my closed eyes.

“You’re going to miss them, I know it will be hard,” he tells me like he’s reading my thoughts.

I nod my head somberly, “I’m worried about Alice.”

“Just rest.” He orders me, and I do.

When I wake up I’m in the room alone. Alice isn’t in here and neither is Finn. I creep out of bed, light outside.

I must have slept all day and through the night?! I tiptoe down the stair. Sitting on the couch is Paul, Jennifer, Alice, and Lydia. Finn, Aaron, and Cal stand off to the side.

“So that’s the story,” Alice whispers.

Jennifer rubs her back, “Sweetie, I’m so sorry we drug you into this!” Jennifer embraces my sister, and a low growl tears through my throat.

Everyone looks at the staircase where I stand, “Why didn’t you wake me up? I wanted to be here with Alice!” anger sits in my heart, but I don’t know why. Why am I so angry?!

“Finn, get her out of here,” Paul says calmly, so as not to disturb me.

My whole body shakes, “What’s happening to her?” Alice’s voice is panicked.

Finn takes my hand, but I tear it from his grasp. “Don’t touch me,” I snap.

“Then, let’s go for a jog. We’re going to have to leave in an hour. Come on,” he puts his hand on my back, and I growl at Jennifer.

“Savage,” she murmurs as I walk by.

Alice stands, “You do not talk to my sister like that!” Thank you!

Her body convulses, she’s shaking harder than I am. Anger boils beneath her skin.

Her eyes blaze a bright yellow. “Get your mother upstairs!” Paul shouts this time.

“Alice!” I scream. I run toward her, hands shaking. Her flesh tears in a line down her spine, it seems to fold in on itself.

The smooth, tan skin is replaces once again by the fur. Alice’s fur is golden. The fur around her eyes is white and the tips of her ears chocolate brown.

“Alice, calm down, please?” I try talking to my wolf-sister, but she’s not here anymore.

Or at least that’s what Finn’s family told me. Instead, she doesn’t move. She stands still, and licks her chops. The anger that we saw in her human face is gone, and is replaced by a feeling of content.

“Alice?” Finn grabs my arm.

“It’s not her, Gwen,” I rip