Chapter 152 Audrey

My stomach twisted into knots into knots at the sight of that peeling paint, that overgrown lawn, those cracked windows. letting in the cold late-autumn air.

The sight of my childhood home brought back a flood of memories I had tried hard to forget. The house looked even more dilapidated than I remembered, the porch sagging slightly and the windows clouded with grime.

Edwin pulled up to the curb, and we just sat there in silence for several long moments. My throat bobbed painfully as I stared up at that place through the windshield. "We don't have to do this, you know."

The sound of Edwin's voice, smooth as butter, caressed the inside of my head. I turned to look at him and saw a gentle, if not pained, expression. I had warned him that my childhood home was... a mess, although I hadn't dared to send those images through our bond.

I didn't even want to remember them myself, let alone burden him with them.

Drawing in a deep breath, I shook my head and said softly, "It's fine. We just need to grab a couple of things and then we'll leave.

"You sure?" He covered my thigh with his hand. His touch sent a wave of warmth through our bond, trying to soothe my anxiety.

*Positive." I nodded, even though I felt my wolf curl up tightly inside of me as if trying to.. hide.

Edwin nodded, his jaw set. We walked up to the door, dodging weeds that had sprung up through cr**ks in the concrete path

I didn't bother knocking. As we entered, the musty smell of neglect hit me harder than ever scent of stale cigarette smoke, old food, and something unidentifiable made me wrinkle my nose.

with

my

enhanced senses.

The

My parents were in the living room, as usual, my father glued to the TV and my mother absently flipping through a magazine. Neither looked up as we entered.

"Mom, Dad," I called out, my voice wavering slightly as we stood in the doorway. "Tm.. I'm home. This is Edwin, my fated. mate"

response, not even looking up from the flickering screen. My mother gave Edwin a once-over, her lip curling slightly in distaste. Her eyes flicked over me, and

anything but welcoming. She

and I exchanged a glance, and I rolled

in the living room, we climbed

touch each wall on either side

my *

first

little desk in the corner, surprisingly, still piled high with high school notebooks and papers and drawings. The

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cold winters in here

warm.

began rifling through my desk drawers. "It has

word, although I could feel a heady mixture of

connecting us.

"What are these?

a cluster of fashion magazine pictures that had been cut and pasted together; a model's smiling face taped onto a random dress taped

out a cluster of sketches that resembled those Frankenstein-

eyes softened as he reached for the sketch. "May

closely. "You were talented even then,"

eyes. But as I rifled through some old papers in a drawer, looking for anything resembling a birth certificate, I

like this," he murmured, pressing a gentle kiss to

his arms, burying my face in his

this," I said softly. "My first home

creaked. We turned to see my mother standing in the doorway, her eyes narrowed. She looked between

you're a werewolf now?" she asked, her tone flat. There was no curiosity

meeting her gaze, remaining in his embrace. "I always

moment, my mother was silent. I waited, wondering if she'd have any questions, or even **k a smile at the fact that I'd found

wish you'd told me sooner," she said,

fully. "I just

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