Chapter 124
Claire's POV
We hear a loud sound to the left and both turn our heads. A moving truck is pulling out of my parents driveway, my family no where in sight. Unconsciously I walk over to my yard. Lena follows slowly behind me. The front door swings open and I glance into the empty space.
The memories in this house filling my head. From the time I was young, Bervely and I playing together when she didn't dispise me. Memories of my family yelling at me for not being good enough, being the weak creature I am, or me simply being near them. But also the memory of Martin kissing me for the first time on this porch, the dinner we had together, and the time he saw me in hardly anything through my window the day he got here. My heart races at the thought and I find it hard to hate this house.
I take one walk through the house, remembering and letting go...I deserve closure. I trail the steps up to my room, the place I found shelter and comfort. It's mostly empty. My bed is missing and some of my clothes have been moved to my parents house. I Guess Martin is moving the rest in with him. The thought of my crazy family leaves my head as I think about the future. A future with Martin. I don't let myself worry about telling him I'm a black wolf one day or him possibly not being my mate...I let myself dream of a simple life.
I walk out of the house to see Lena waiting for me. She smiles softly at me
"you ok?" She asks and I nod
"I'm ok" I actually smile, feeling a weight lift off my shoulders
She hugs me and we lead off the porch and into the forrest; heading in the direction of my family's new home. We walk through the woods slowly and along with the rest of this day my head is filled with memories. My different experiences in the woods flow across my eyes. From my first shift, my mothers and fathers face in complete shock and horror...the shame and confusion I went through after their explanation. I think back to the times in the beginning where Martin found me here. And just the many times I've run secretly and alone in the woods...thinking and being myself.
The worst memory of all comes to Tara's wolfs eyes staring deep into my soul after I changed. Her knowing what I am. I shiver at the memory which quickly shifts into that night she jumped out of my window...her terrible words echoing as my room fills with flames.
Suddenly I'm very glad to have Lena with me....every noise makes me jump at the thought of Tara coming back. The rest of the time we walk mostly in silence, a few words shared here and there but we both enjoy the beautiful weather and calming silence.
As we come upon the small and quaint cottage I want to laugh. My Mother probably hates the look of this. She would much rather prefer our old home, it was much bigger and more modern. But I love this. The moving truck is here and two men lift the couch down from the back and walk slowly into the house. My Father is outside telling them to be careful and watching their every move. I assume Bervely and my Mother are in the house...I suspect one to be crying.
I look over at Lena and she smiles reassuringly
"you got this" she whispers and I nod, hoping I'll have some peace out of this and can get past the things they have done
My Father walks back in without seeing me. I take a deep breath and slowly walk the path up to the door. The movers come out and almost hit us, they leave the door open and I stand at the doorway. I hear my Mother and Father talking quietly somewhere. And I step in.
Footsteps lead out from a hallway to reveal Bervely. She looks shocked to see me. Her hair isn't in its usual perfect styling. Her face is makeup free and she's in lazy clothes. "What are you doing here?" She asks and for once her voice isn't full of malice.
"I wanted to talk" I tell her and she raises an eyebrow
A minute later my parents walk in and meet me at the door. There faces matching my sisters, my Mother has tear stained eyes
"What are you doing here?" My Father asks
Before I can answer my Mother cuts in
"probably to gloat" she scoffs and sniffles
I frown
"no Mother... I wanted to talk" I repeat
Again she scoffs and rolls her eyes, but none the less all three of them move to the side to let me pass. I look back at Lena and she mouths 'I'll be out here if you need me' I respond with a thank you and a smile.
They lead me into the living room and my Mother throws herself dramatically on the couch. Bervely places herself on the side of a chair positioned incorrectly by the movers but she doesn't move to fix it. My Father stands by my Mother and all their eyes turn to me.
My heart quickens and I take a breath
"I just wanted to say I forgive you" the air leaves my lungs
"I forgive you for treating me differently, I forgive you for lying to the one person you should respect and for trying to take that happiness away from me...I don't have the capacity to feel hatred for you anymore. If we don't speak again I want to know that I at least tried to fix this" I finish and I meet all there eyes
They look at me with the same face. Shock. It's amazing that someone like me can come from a family like this.
"We treated you differently because you deserved it" my Mother bursts into tears and now it's my turn to be shocked
"Deserved it? What did I ever do to not deserve your love?" My throats tightens and tears well up in my eyes. How could she say that?.
"Because you-" she cuts off by my Father turning and hugging her
"Claire, this is a very stressful time for your Mother....maybe you should go" he says with surprisingly no hate
I sigh and almost turn to run away from the family who never loved me. Even now...I gave them one more chance and still I'm not enough. I catch Bervely's hazel eyes and she quickly looks away like she and the rest of my family are hiding something. I ignore it and turn away. Heading straight for the door.
I swing it open and run into the person outside. I expect it to be the movers but I'm surprised to see a familiar face. I quickly sniffle and try to mister a small smile
"hi Sonia, I haven't seen you in a while....how are you?" I ask hoping she won't ask about what just went on
She doesn't respond with a smile and she looks exhausted "are you alright?" I ask and reach out to pull her into the house, she follows without resistance.
My family comes around the corner and I wish I could just leave, but not without knowing why Sonia is like this first. "Sonia?" My Father says coming up to her and replacing my hold with his as he leads her into the room we were in moments ago.
I follow and my Mother runs to go get her a glass of water. Bervely sits next to her
"are you alright?" She asks
"I just got the results" she says
"I've been gone the past week. The clinic I sent our former alphas and lunas blood supposedly lost it. I had one sample left of their blood and wouldn't let anything happen to it-" she paused as my Mother comes back in the room, she doesn't meet her eye
"I went to the clinic and forced them to let me test it myself....I know what happened" she looks away
I'm as still as a statue, trying to comprehend her words and what's to come next. From the way she looks it seems bad but it was just an accident...nothing happened but an accident. When your mate starts to die it's possible, especially an alpha and luna, to die together. My heart stops at the thought of it being anything else...I can't take anymore heartache.
"They were poisoned...wolfsbane"
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