In The Dark by Isabella O'Brien (librera reader txt) 📕

said trying to settle me down. I shook my head. But he still did not let me go. Instead he flipped me around to face him and carried me bridal style. I couldn't make out much of his face through the darkness but what i coule make out was his bright glowing blue eyes.  His Hold On Me

 As we got closer to the house I could make out more of his face. His sharp features stunned me. His strong chiseled jaw. His beautiful dark brown hair that fell so perfectly. But his eyes confused me. When I had seen him in the woods they glowed up bright sea blue, but as we became closer to the house his eyes changed almost to a black color, reminding me of the night. ' what am I thinking this man kidnapped me how could I be thinking of him this way. Snap out of it.' I thought to myself. As the light from the small village in the woods started to illuminate his face I could tell that he was the same man from the senior parking lot at school. As we came across the front porch he'd let me down. All of the sudden my legs felt tired and my head felt heavy. I put my hand on my head to try to make out where the pain was coming from. As I felt my head I saw it a bandage wrapped around my hair.' This must have been where I've fallen. I thought. He opened the front door of the house to let me in. He gestured for me to come inside. Before taking the first step I looked through the forest. "There's no where to run to. I promise you'll be safe." He spoke quietly. I walked up to the house. He led me through a maze of doors and hallways. I didn't recognize anything from when I had ran out of the room. I tried to speak as we were walking to his room but he only shushed me. Suddenly a big wooden door appeared at the end of the hall. He pushed it open and gestured for me to walk in. I took a step in this room and began to look around. I seen details that I did not recognize from before. " please have a seat wherever you would like." He said with a warm smile. I've flopped myself on the end of his bed. 

"Please let me explain myself." he spoke. " I'm so sorry about what happened earlier. My brother thought you are trespassing and..."

" that thing was your brother!" I interrupted. "Please let me explain." he continued. "Normally we don't get people crossing in these Woods. My brother saw you he didn't think you were human. His instinct to protect his home overwhelmed him. It was all just one big mistake. One big horrible mistake."

I took a deep breath as his words filled my ears. Normally I would think to myself to run to hide to get away from him this crazy mad man that has stolen me. But for some strange reason I believed him. And I stayed put listening to his story.His eyes never left mine, and it was at that moment I realized how close he had been from me. That his hands were touching mine. Caressing my hand as if he was trying to comfort me. I wanted to pull my hands away. This hole thing seemed so far out there but I had seen it for myself. So I know it is true. 

"Rosalina, please for this next part I'm going to need you to keep an open mind about." He said preparing me for what he is going to say next. "That was no bear out in the woods, Rosa. Me and my family were different. We were born the same but come our twelfth birthday we change. Im a werewolf." My heart pounded a million beats per secound through my chest. Every thought in my head telling me to get away from him. But I froze taking all this in. Hoping it'd be a lie but knowing it's true for I seen it myself. 'Please please just be crazy please let this be a lie.' I thought to myself. "Please say something Rosa." he broke the silence. A million questions popped in my head at the same time. All of which I did not want to know the answers to. 

"How do you know my name?" I asked. He let out a chuckle under his breath breaking the tension. "Someone tells you there not human and all you wanna know is how I know your name?" he said sarcastically. I knodded. He looked at how serious I was. "I went to your car and found you driver's license. And I'm also in three of your classes." My face turned bright red. Because how could I not of noticed him. 

"I want you to stay here for the night to make sure you don't have any further injuries. You can stay in my room and I will make sure your not late for school tomorrow." He said handing me clothes that looked like they'll fit me. "Here there my sisters, she looks to be about your size. Theres a bath room rignt there you can change there."

Normally I would be protesting this idea while kicking and screaming but for some reason there was this commanding tone in his voice that made me not only feel like I can trust him but also feel a need to do as he commanded.

I walked to the bathroom and got changed but before I left I took a second looking at my self in the mirror. Evaluating my injuries. To my surprise they weren't all that bad. My legs were cut up and bruised and ultimately I felt like shit but my head only had a small bruise om my forehead l could easily cover up with makeup and a cut that had almost healed. I couldn't understand why there had been so much blood. 

I opened the door of the bedroom to find fresh sheets on the bed and a small set up of pillows and blankets on the floor. "Here you'll take the bed and I'll take the floor." he said. I didn't question or hesitate. I crawled into the pile of blankets. And layed my head to rest.

'My life seemed so simple yesterday.' I thought as started to drift off.

Just the Beginning

I awoke to the sound of an alarm. Buzz buzz buzz. Buzz buzz buzz. Jay quickly jumped up and hit the alarm. Items forgotten where I was. I stretched and throw blankets over my body. Jay ran into a room that connected to his bedroom. When he opened the door I could see clothes piled high to the ceiling. ' my house is big but I don't have a separate room for a closet.' I thought to myself. He came out with a pair of skinny jeans and a plaid button-up shirt. "Here these are my sisters I'm sure they'll fit you. I'm going to get ready downstairs. You can get ready here. Call if you need anything." And just like that he was out of the room. I threw the skinny jeans over my slender body they had just fit although they did slide down at my waist. My hips were obviously not as big as his sisters sadly. I threw the button-up plaid shirt over my tank top and buttoned it up leaving two of the top bottons out. I through on my shoes that haf been set by the door of his room. I then walk to the Mirror by his mantle and look myself up and down. My hair was an absolute mess. I then tried to stroke my hair to fall into the right place. ' maybe now I'll fit in more with this little bit of lean back kind of style' I thought to myself. I open the great big wooden door of his bedroom to find myself in a long hallway. Finally finding the stairs I walk down would seem to be three flights of stairs. The stairs lead to the living room. I wandered around looking for a way out of must've wandered off to. The house was so large I felt like if I did not find him soon I would get lost. Just that I'd almost given up trying to find him I found him in the kitchen cooking breakfast. 'Wow all I had to do was try to find the scent of food and there he is.' I chuckle to myself.

"There you are I was wondering when you would find me." He said with a smile on his face that stretched ear to ear. I sat at a granite marble table. 

"So just wondering, what's going to happen to me now... Now that I know about you and your family?" I asked with curiosity. After all he never did tell me what's going to happen now. He looked at me puzzled for a moment. But he could see fear in my eyes. I seen his eyes drop down to the floor. " Rosalina (he said with sadness under his breath) I promise nothing will happen to you. Honestly now that you know our secret I feel like I can trust you. Like you're one of my friends. And I hope you feel the same way... tell you what... I'm going to trust you with my secret and you're going to trust me when I tell you that no harm will come to you or your family." I breathed a sigh of relief. I smiled back at him hoping to show him that I did trust him.

"Whatcha cooking?" I said as the smell of food filled my senses and hoping to get off the topic that seems so serious. He turned back and smiled at me. "Now you're speaking my language. I'm whipping up some eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, and sausage. "How many people are in this house?" Is amazed that he was cooking so much food. "Just you me and my brother." He said with s shrug of his shoulders. I looked at the time. "Were going to be late." He glanced at the time. "Shit! We are." Nexr thing I knew he grabed the piece of toast through some egg on it with bacon handed to me grab this bag and then suddenly we're out front and pushing me to his car.