Loved - Anaya Phoenix (the mitten read aloud .TXT) 📗

like I, it makes me look small and victim-ish. His side smile widens showing white teeth,
“you don’t have to be scared” he tells me,
“I’m not scared.” I tell him, I cross my arms “your just a stranger and I don’t know you”
“you’re a stranger too but I’m not talking to you like I’m scared” he tells me, as if he’s smarter than me. He is but that’s not the point,
“my daddy says I’m not supposed to talk to strangers,” when he continues to look me I add “I’m not scared”. After a while of him staring at me and making me feel really weird he asks,
“do you always do what your dad says?” I frown, not always but I try to.
“not all the time, but I try really hard to” I tell him, I don’t know why. I shouldn’t even be talking to him! As soon as I think that daddy crashes through the bushes and snaps his head to look around, his eyes find me and instantly I’m scared. I stand up but daddies eyes are on the cat-boy, mommy comes next her eyes are on the cat-boy too and I feel like I have to protect him. He hasn’t done anything wrong, they shouldn’t look at him like that.
“hi mommy,” when I say her name she looks at me with blue eyes, I suck in a breath. Why is she scared, did daddy do something to her? I swear if he did something to her I’ll punch him in the –
“Elizabeth come here, slowly” daddy says carefully. I frown, why is he talking like that? His eyes actually aren’t on me, there still on the cat-boy, is there something wrong with him? I look around to the cat-boy to see he’s standing up, his eyes are like a diamond except more roundish. There’s a sort of orange-y glow around him that looks like it’s beating. Standing up I come up to his shoulder, and since the sun is just starting to come up I see in the sunlight his hair has a reddish tint. He sure is pretty,
“Elizabeth” mommy snaps “come here, right now” her eyes are turning what daddy calls raspberry. She shouldn’t feel threatened, it’s just a cat-boy he isn’t even a big cat.
“why?” I ask, I’m very confused why can’t I spend the morning with the one thing around here that’s around my age.
“because I said so, now” she holds out her hand “come here”. I don’t want to go, I’ve done so much for her, I’ve always loved her when she didn’t love me, I’ve stood up for her when daddy gets upset, the one time I want to do something that’s fun for me I can’t do? No, I stand still,
“no” I tell her, that’s when daddy goes into a wolf and I hear a very loud growl that doesn’t come from him or me.


I knew there were othere shifters near by but I never thought we’d run into one. Ever! Especially puma shifters, who the hell would think their would be puma shifters in Oregon!? And what would be the odds that one of their cubs would see mine? My wolf asks, of course I cannot give him the answers I’m still focusing on the female puma that stands looking between me and Elizabeth. I want to snap at him and tell him to focus but I don’t have to because the cougar growls at Elizabeth and immediately my wolf emerges and races to elizabeths need. But what shocks everyone including the cougar is when Elizabeth falls to the ground writhing in pain.


The sound that explodes from me is scary, it’s guttural and shriekish. Whats wrong with her, why is she writhing and grunting and screaming her mind off? I’m there before Michael is and I pick her up in my hands, whats wrong with my sweet little baby girl? I know the tears are coming out, but it’s the speed that their coming out that’s scaring me. I’ll be all dried out before I can even really start crying. She’s screaming my name over and over begging me to do something but theres nothing I can do. I don’t even know whats going on!


My insides are moving around! Their burning and twisting and mommy isn’t helping! She’s just holding me, that does nothing t still hurts. Everything is shrinking and growing very fast, the cat-boys eyes are the only thing that make me calm, both in his boy version and his cat version. They’re the only thing that keeps me from crying until the darkness comes.


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Publication Date: 12-14-2011

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