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"
father merely grunted in 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
welcoming. She turned back
glance, and I rolled
parents in the living
either side if he stretched out his arms. The bed
my *
first
the corner, surprisingly, still piled high with high school notebooks and papers and drawings. The walls were dotted with mold along
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and I shivered as I remembered cold winters in here
warm.
take a minute," I said as I began rifling through my desk drawers. "It has to be here
hadn't uttered a word, although I could feel a heady mixture of anger and confusion and maybe even a touch of awe slip
connecting us.
"What are these?
at a cluster of fashion magazine pictures that had been cut and pasted together; a model's smiling face taped
said. I walked over to the wall, pointing out a cluster of sketches that resembled those Frankenstein- esque creations. "Eventually, I taught myself to sketch that way. I'd make a
as he reached
it from the wall with the utmost care, studying it closely. "You were talented even then," he murmured, his fingers tracing the
to my work then, if only to hide the tears that sprang to my eyes. But as I rifled through some old papers in a drawer, looking for anything resembling a birth certificate, I felt Edwin's arms wrap around me
you lived like this," he murmured, pressing a
burying my face in
wasn't always like this," I said softly. "My first home was much nicer than
standing in the doorway, her eyes narrowed. She
now?" she asked, her tone flat. There was no curiosity in her voice, no concern or interest. Just a statement of
around me. I straightened, meeting her gaze, remaining in his embrace. "I always have been. My wolf
wondering if she'd have any questions, or even **k a smile at the fact that I'd found my
told me sooner," she said,
fully. "I just found out myself. But even if I'd known before, why should I tell you anything? We don't talk We never
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