Chapter 7

         The sound of the parlor door woke me up from bed.

Theon didn't return from wherever he went to last night and Bullet also left with him, so I assumed he was the one that just came back.

I stood up to check in the parlor and I saw him taking off his jacket, he didn't even spare me a glance as I stared at him, I suddenly felt invincible as he walked pass me, nearly hitting me on my shoulders,maybe what he said about me being invincible when I wore black was true, he wasn't really being serious...

Or was he?

And I noticed he didn't even look happy either.

Whatever that was wrong with him wasn't any of my business.

I walked back to my room as Bullet followed me behind, I didn't notice until I sat on my bed and saw a huge wolf staring at me from the door way, maybe he was looking for Clouds.

I went outside to release him from his cage and they both began playing outside, I don't really like them playing outside because I don't want them to attack anyone passing by, clouds has almost killed a guy with his bite but luckily he was rushed to the hospital and that's why I had to get him a cage.

The animals followed me back into the house and I lead them to the kitchen where they were going to have breakfast, I knelt down to pour out the dog food from the can into Bullets plate.

I looked up and noticed a different color on his white hair, just by the side of his mouth, and even a little stain on his fangs, I looked closer and it was a red liquid, maybe he had got himself involved with one of my nail polish.

I went back to my room after feeding them to check if any of my lipsticks or nail polish was ruined but none of them were.

Remembering he was a wolf, that stain must have come from blood, but whose blood exactly , or he just ate raw meat, where would he even-

My phone began ringing and I went to the bed to pick the call from my elder bother.

" hey Eugene"

" how're you" he asked

" fine, how're your wife and kids, greet them for me"

" why don't you come over and greet them yourself"

" oh" I wish I could but I was just occupied with work.

" you know I'm-

" always busy" he completed my sentence for me, I guess he was now use to the same thing I tell him every time he wanted me to pay a visit.

"So you can't even create time to visit me, is that how busy you are, even for your own family"

I didn't know what to say as the silence grew, or at least I could say something that would calm him down.

" or is it because we aren't your real family" he said just before I could open my mouth and speak.

I never expected him to say such a thing,is this  how bad I made him feel.

I know he was my foster brother but just because of that doesn't mean I wouldn't pay him visits.

" Eugene, you know it's not because of that, ok fine, I'm coming over today"

At least I could search for time come and visit him.

I haven't even seen my step brother ever since high school.

Eugene cut the call after rejoicing.

Things must have gotten confusing between my two brothers.

Ok, let me explain

I was adopted by Eugene parents when I was 6 years old.

My real mum died when I was still very young and my dad remarried to another woman who had his child.

My step mum never liked me and planned on getting rid of me but  never had the chance to, not until my dad passed away from an illness which gave her the full authority over me and she dumped me in an orphanage home before  Matthew, my foster father adopted me and that was how it all happened.

He flew me out of the country, and I forgot to add, I'm African.

Matthew came to Nigeria for some business purposes and he came to find someone in the orphanage without having any thought of adopting a child, but it all Changed when he saw me, he heard my story and pitied me.

I lived in California with his two kids and beautiful wife Marianne, they never treated me like the odd one, I never felt so alive and happy to be with them, sometimes I forget they aren't my real family.

As for my step brother, I met him later in the future, he became a student in the school I attended and we became best friends, we never found out we were related until I followed him to Nigeria during the Christmas holidays and his mum, my step mum recognized me, she apologized about everything, well, I had no choice but to forgive her.

I think the story is getting to long, this is eventually my child hood life, not completely but almost.

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I was driving out of Eugene house after the amount of hours I had spent at their house.

At least today I wasn't that busy as I expected and I spent the rest of my leisure time at their house, and it was really fun though.

I looked at my watch as I approached my house, I don't think Theon must have gotten back this early, he left before me and it was almost seven and....

I looked closer to be sure if what I was hearing was right.

A man was shouting and when I drove closer to see what was making him shout...

I froze when I saw Clouds and Bullet, digging their canines into a man's  skin and Theon was there, standing few meters away from the scene, he was just staring like nothing serious was happening right in front of him.

He looked at me and when he saw that I've noticed what was happening,he called the two animals to get back into the house while the man started running away, his whole body shivering with fear and dripping blood.

I was shocked to the point I couldn't move, I needed to help that man, he could die, but it was already late, before I could stand up and chase after him, I couldn't find him, he had already ran away.

I started walking back home, I was damn angry at Theon who stood and watched everything that happened without even trying to help the man.

I opened the door and quickly went inside his room without knocking.

" why didn't you do anything?" I said, the anger in my voice beginning to show.

His lips parted about to say something but I cut in before he could say anything.

" you watched them attack that man and you stood and watched, do you think that man is going to survive the numerous bites they left on his body"

" I was inside the house when I heard the sound, I went outside to check what was happening and it was at that moment you came  back and saw the same scene I was staring at and -

" why did you let them stay outside, have you ever seen me leaving any of them to play outside except they are locked inside their cages" I was trying hard not to increase the volume of my voice.

" well I didn't even know they were going to attack the man, and he isn't going to die, it wasn't long enough before I came out and stopped the dogs" he turned his face away from me, approaching the window.

" he isn't going to die?, did you see the way he was bitten, he was bleeding, heavily bleeding"at some point I started becoming scared, what if he died and I would be arrested for it.

" nothing is going to happen to him, even if it is, it isn't bad enough to cause his death, now can you leave or you want to watch me undress"

I was about saying something else but the last sentence he said, made me walk out of his room.

I sat on my bed as I took off my shoes,he wasn't going to die, only severe injuries he could at least survive, but those animals had a death sentence canines, but he should be smart enough to to take himself to the hospital.

I think I should stop thinking about negative things that could happen, by the way I had work to do.

I sat down in front of my desk and put on my laptop, wore my glasses I only used when it was time to work on my laptop.

The light of the screen affected my eyes.

Damn I was so tired that I didn't even know when I closed my eyes and accepted the darkness that took over my vision.