Chapter 6 The Aftermath and Escape

I opened my eyes it was still dark and I could hear my parents around me arguing.

“It’s your fault for choosing this spot,” My father said to my mother

“I didn’t know this was going to happen to her”, my mother said.

My mom was holding me in her arms, we were still near the lake. The rain and all the thunder were gone. It was once again that peaceful place that I loved. Who could have thought I almost died here a few hours ago.

“Oh thank god you are alive Eve”, my mother said as soon as I opened my eyes.

“Who did this Eve?” my father asked me. I couldn’t say anything, it took me a while to form my first words. I was still trying to breathe normally.

“It was Sam….. and Regina.” I could barely manage to say those words and I went into unconsciousness again.

I woke up again, I was feeling warm now. I found out I was back in my house and was wearing fresh clothes, I was cleaned up and in my bed, pretty warm and cozy. My bedroom was really simple, nothing fancy, I had a single bed and in one corner was my closet for clothes and on the other was a little wooden study table accompanied by a chair.

My parents had turned off the lights so it was more peaceful for me. I just wanted to stay in my bed forever and forget about what happened to me. I wrapped the quilt around me tightly. I felt safe now.

But the images kept coming back to me. The bullies laughing and Regina mocking me. Sam calling me a freak and them drowning me, the cold lake water and me struggling to break free, and then the Black wolf….who was that? I wondered.

My head started hurting again and I dozed off into the world of dreams.

I heard a loud bang and I got up with a jerk, fear in my eyes. I thought they had come back, my bullies, and they would drown me again. So out of fear, I started yelling loudly for help.

But it was my mother who had burst into my room she was carrying several bags.

“Eve baby calm down it's just mommy”, my mother tried to calm me down. It was the first time that I noticed that she looked like me, but old me. I stopped as soon as I heard her sweet voice.

She put the bags on my room’s floor and sat beside me on the bed and looked at me with motherly concern.

“Eve, how are you feeling right now?” she asked me.

I couldn’t speak or say a word. I simply stared at her for what felt like a long time and then tears started forming in my eyes. Upon seeing this my mother embraced me and we hugged for an eternity it seemed. I couldn’t stop myself from crying.

“There, there Eve, It’s all over, you are fine now my darling”, She assured me as she ran her fingers through my hair. It felt nice, I felt like a little kid again. I didn’t want her to stop. I wanted us to stay like this holding on to each other forever.

But then it ended and my mother looked into my eyes seriously.

“Now love, listen to me and listen very carefully, no if’s or but’s, you got it”, my mother told me as she wiped tears off my face. I nodded. I had absolutely no idea what was she going to say so I decided to not ask any questions and hear my mom.

“I want you to get up and get in the car honey, don’t ask questions, just do as your told, all your things are already packed and in the bags,” My mother told me and helped me get up.

“But mom…”

“No ifs or buts Eve”, my mother cut me short.

And soon enough I was in our car. It was an old black sedan, I loved it but at this moment the situation was tense. Mom looked worried as hell and my father who was in the driver’s seat was unusually quiet and staring into the distance.

What was happening, our things were already packed and in the car. All of that seemed really weird. The sky was dark and clear. I couldn’t see anything clearly outside. I wish there was some light at least. So I decided to switch on the lights inside the car but my mom’s hand stopped me with a swift motion and looked into my eyes and shook her head.

“Dad what”

“Eve, not now”, mom warned me again. So I stayed quiet and wrapped myself again in the blanket that I took from my room while going towards our car. I tried to make sense of it all but nothing made sense honestly.

My father started the car engine and we drove which felt like an eternity. Soon we stopped near the fields where I and Sam used to hang out, seeing them again I got tears in my eyes.

The car stopped with a jerk. My father looked back from his seat at me and saw tears in my eyes. He didn’t say anything at all and simply stared. It looked as though he was trying to make a decision. And then I noticed a sparkle in his eyes.

“Let’s do this”, he said to my mom.

My father and mother got out of the car and took out metal baseball bats from the trunk of the car. I got scared, what were they planning to do with them, surely they were not going to play baseball in the field right now.

“Mom, Dad….what are you doing, where are you going”, I asked them freaking out.

“Stay put love, we’ll be back shortly”, my father said and they left.

I could still see them through the car window moving cautiously. Then I saw them approach two black shadows in the distance and I heard loud cries and sounds of metal on bone.

My parents quickly came back with blood on their bats. My father handed his bat to my mother and mom put them back in the trunk. Then my parents got back in the car.

“This will teach them a lesson, those little fuckers, an eye for an eye bitches” My father said with satisfaction as he looked in the direction where they went with their bats.

“Eve you don’t have to worry now dear we took your revenge this sorry ass lot won’t be hurting anyone again in the future, we made sure of that.” My father said. Oh my goddess, they were talking about Sam and Regina. What had they done to them? I was panicking, they were after all the children of Alpha and Beta of our pack. Our whole family would be doomed.

“What did you do Dad?” I asked, scared because I knew that the answer would not be anything good.

“Oh nothing love. I broke some bones in them, that’s all, I don’t care if it's Alpha’s son or Beta’s daughter if someone puts one finger on my daughter I’m gonna fix ‘em up”. My dad said as we drove away. I was horrified at first but then I thought they deserved it, after what they had done to me.

“Everything will be alright Eve love, just go back to sleep, we’ll handle everything, leave everything to us”. My mom said and I nodded and drifted back into sleep.