Month: February 2018

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He shook his head and chewed his lip a little. If it had been his dad that had caught him in the kitchen, he might have run before even saying anything, but he figured at least that Anya probably wanted to try to get to know her nephew. He just wasn’t very good at being sociable with almost anyone yet, even his own siblings.

“Dad might need you,” he mumbled. “Angelo said that’s why you’re here. Because they needed you to help with bringing him back?”

He still didn’t have much of a grasp on the technicalities of the whole resurrection thing, and it had been difficult on the emotional front too, but he’d agreed that they should try no matter how he felt about it.

She nodded as she adjusted her jacket again out of habit. It was a nervous tick and not one many people saw that often. Controlling her emotions was something she was usually better at.

“Yeah, he needed an..anchor I think was the word used? It’s all mumbo jumbo to me. I’m more here because he’s my brother and I know he needed pack to help in case he wasn’t in a good state when he came back,” she explained, shrugging a little.

The whole thing had gone better than she had expected, truthfully, and she was relieved that Isaac was stable enough to be near any of the kids.

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Quinn nodded, fidgeting nervously and trying to force himself to stay put at least long enough to be polite before he ran back to his room.

He didn’t know if she was going to ask him anything about the past, or what she’d already been told about him, but getting a conversation out of him would take a little patience and effort since he didn’t seem particularly curious beyond just confirming that they were related.

“You don’t have to eat in your room, I can go,” she offered, not wanting to stress the boy out more than he already seemed to be. It made her heart ache to smell any distress on the kids when they had already been through so much. 

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“You’re my aunt, right?”

She’d startled him, but Quinn was getting better at not bolting immediately whenever that happened, even though this time was just a moment when he’d forgotten to check if anyone else was around before he came out of hiding. Still, the kid’s posture and the spike in his anxiety were evident even without the heightened senses of a wolf.

“Yeah, I’m Anya. You’re the oldest, right?”

She knew his name was Quinn and she had been told a few topics to avoid like the plague, but she hadn’t been told much else. His guardians had seemed to believe that everything else was up for him to discuss as he felt comfortable, and, while she agreed, there were still some things she felt she needed to know in approaching him.

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@ofviolentdeath

Manson and Angelo were out, but Manson had texted Quinn to tell him that there were some leftovers in the fridge he could heat up if he got hungry since he’d been reluctant to come out of his room very much over the last few weeks, especially after they brought his father home.

He hadn’t meant to avoid Isaac, but he was finding the whole thing incredibly difficult to adjust to and his fear and memories of the past had him too terrified to even be in the same room right now.

Anya leaned in the doorway, keeping her distance from the boy but still wanting to at least see her nephew. So far, she wasn’t doing too great with any of the kids despite trying. 

“I was starting to think you were an actual hermit,” she mused aloud, a sweet smile on her lips as she looked the boy over. He looked a bit like Isaac when he was younger.

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Isaac ruffled the little girl’s hair a little as she plopped down. He could understand that perhaps not all the smallest pups would be as apparently fearless as Genesis was around new people, but Cadi had more ability to explain that it was okay for Salem to be shy than he could right now.

As soon as he was playing with her hair, Genesis curled against him like a content little pup, her eyes closing as she practically vibrated happily. 

“That’ll make her sleep,” Cadi warned, relieved when, for once, Genesis didn’t argue or cry over being scolded. She was getting better at it and Cadi was getting better at acting like a parent, so she was just relieved it was working. 

“Not tired, wanna play with papa,” the pup whined, making a sad face the two older wolves.

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Isaac laughed again, almost as joyful as the child in his lap. He didn’t mind in the slightest if Genesis had no boundaries around him. He was just glad to see that she had such natural and carefree curiosity like any child her age should.

He held still as she dove her little fingers in his long tresses, even when she accidentally tugged at a strand that hadn’t been completely detangled, but he didn’t even flinch, confirming what Cadi had said she could do with a firm nod.

“Salem wouldn’t come cuz he’s a punk,” the child babbled, trying her best to braid his hair like Cadi did to her own. She didn’t get it at all, but she was twisting his hair into more knots. 

“Genesis, your brother is not a punk, he just doesn’t like leaving your aunt Sable,” she chided, slightly exasperated at the child’s words. 

Genesis immediately sat down and pouted, not liking when she got in trouble. “Sorry momma..”

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The look on her face had Isaac playing along, nodding at her question. She seemed like she was young enough that she hadn’t yet lost any of the innocence kids had at that age, so he’d happily pretend to be whatever had her looking at him like he was something out of a fairytale.

He’d noticed that she didn’t seem to care about the notepad, so he figured gestures might be better for communicating with her as he pointed to himself, then made a gesture for ‘tall’ and then playfully bared his teeth and curled his fingers like claws to signify wolf, before pointing to her, gesturing for ‘small’ and repeating the wolf face but hunching his shoulders and pulling his hands in closer like he was pretending to be a tiny one.

Her eyes widened further until her eyes about bugged out of her head. “I knew it!” she exclaimed, turning to look at Cadi like this was the greatest day of her life. 

His gestures for wolves were not lost on the child and she giggled brightly. It was enough to make Cadi smile sweetly, fully relaxed as she watched them play. “Momma Cadi said I can call you papa!” she chirped happily as she practically stood up in his lap and began playing with his hair. 

“Told you she has no concept of personal space.”

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“Makes sense,” he muttered in acknowledgement, just barely dodging as a couple of the pups came barrelling past in their chasing game.

“Not likely to even tell anyone I know what I am now, much less where this place is, to be honest.”

She swatted at the pups as they darted by, but her expression was soft, almost loving as she did so. The kids were little trouble makers, sure, but they were family.

“You’d be surprised how well some normies take to our kind. Now go on, Arkos don’t bite.”

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The little girl’s comment had the wolf chuckling as he stood back up. Indeed, he must have seemed as such to one so small and young.

He took a step back to let them both into the room, sitting down on the bed so that Cadi could let Genesis down and allow her to explore on her own terms. He still had the notepad nearby, flipping it back to the first page he’d written on earlier. He wasn’t sure if Genesis could read yet, but he held up the sign anyway to greet them both.

Genesis didn’t even bother to glance at the notes as she pulled herself up onto the bed and sniffed around. He still smelled like Cadi had when she had come home so that helped. Without much thought, she climbed into his lap and stared up at him wonder. 

“Are you a giant?”

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Isaac had been taking the opportunity to rest more, dozing peacefully but not quite fully asleep so the sound of knocking had him awake in seconds and getting up to cross the room to open the door.

He smiled warmly at the sight of Cadi before his gaze fell on the little girl, so tiny in comparison to his full-grown werewolf stature that he immediately felt the need to crouch more to her level so he didn’t seem so intimidating.

Cadi smile in return, still a little hesitant, but not quite as shy as she had been earlier. “This is Genesis,” she introduced as she lifted the pup up in her arms so he didn’t have to crouch or anything. 

Genesis stared at him with wide eyes before whispering loudly to Cadi, “He’s a GIANT!”.