Three for Thorn

My father, the ruthless bastard, is basically ruining my damn life.

I had no idea whatsoever about my father calling their parents for some made up bogus reason to help him out with some false scheme.

Why would he do that? Why would he lie to them? The only attack I can remember is when my mother died but that was two years ago and from what Sun had told me about his parents death that happened three years ago.

A year's difference between the two of them so it doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever as to why my father would even call their parents at all.

I've been sequestered in their guest room all day debating on what I should do. After Sins meltdown toward me Lila stayed with me for a while up until her mate Marc came and got her.

Now I'm desperately trying to decide if I should just take the chance and leave here on my own. Sin definitely doesn't want me here that much is definitely clear to me.

Slay and Sunny makes it seem like they don't mind me being here at all but after Sins declaration this morning I can't fathom the idea that they would actually want me around. Not after what my father did to their parents.

Although they did have a couple of she wolves go out and buy me some clothes and accessories that I needed, that did make me feel special but I can't stay where I'm definitely not wanted.

No. I have to get out of here. With my decision made, I look down at my hand viewing the ring that mother gave me for my birthday when I was just sixteen. Maybe I can pawn it for a bit of cash to survive on, for at least a little while.

Although it pains me to have to do it, I cant see no other options laid out before me. Sighing, I sit down on the edge of the bed twisting the ring on middle my finger.

Why does this all have to be so damn complicated?

I guess that's what I have to do then.

Hopping off of the bed I slowly creep my way over to the bedroom door. Opening it a small crack I peek through the opening eyeballing the hall. Letting out another sigh, I step out of the room looking both ways down the hall. With no one around to see me, I take off.

Sprinting down the stairs hurriedly. I jump from the bottom stair headed straight for the front door.

Blowing out a breath when I finally make it outside without no one being any the wiser I search the grounds for a means to escape. I'm fucking surrounded by a massive amount of trees. Fuck!

Traipsing over to the edge of the forest I thankfully noticed a dirt road that leads away from their house.

Choosing the dirt road instead of the foreboding forest I take off into another run. With my hair flowing wistfully behind me I leave the Vallors house with no fucking regrets at all.

How far back in the woods do these guys actually live?

I have been walking this damn dirt road path now for what seems like freaking hours.

There has not been one stupid car go by the entire time I've been walking. I'm exhausted and I want to kick myself for not thinking about bringing me any water or food along with me.

The sun is almost about to set and I haven't the foggiest idea where the hell I am. I hate being an unknown territory.

Trees is all see. Fucking trees! I grumble to myself kicking a rock in front of me down the dirt road.

I should at least be thankful that there's at least a small cool breeze to cool me down some.

Why did I think this was a good idea again?

"Because you wanted your freedom!" My wolf Maya invades my thoughts suddenly nearly making me piss my pants.

"No, I couldn't stay where I wasn't welcomed Maya. You saw how Sin reacted. He can't stand me!" He actually hates me.

"That's only because of his wolf, Malice is in control most of the time. Malice is a very cantankerous wolf. He's not like the other two." Figures.

"Regardless Maya, he doesn't like me. Besides, with this stupid prophecy hanging over my head I can't take the chance to be with them now. They might actually get hurt or worse." I couldn't live with myself if something happened to either of one them.

"You are going to need them Thorn. More than ever now. Can we please go back?" Man she's sounds whiny.

"No Maya I already told you. Please don't make this any harder." I plead.

"I'm not making this harder. You are. What do you think is going to happen when they find out you ran away from them?" I don't care.

"Hopefully they won't find me.Why are you on their side anyway? Aren't you suppose to be on mine?" Traitor.

"Because they are so yummy." Of course that's where her mind is at.

"Is that all you can think about?" Horny ass wolf.

"Don't blame me. I'm being deprived here!" Seriously! She's acting like a damn bitch in heat.

"Oh shut up its like your always in heat!" I complain.

"Can you blame me? They are hot! I wouldn't mind being tied up...." I cut her off.

"I said shut up!" I know just how damn hot they are. She isn't freaking helping any.

"Fine!" She grumbles slipping back into my mind.

Damn wolf!

"I can buy myself flowers

Write my name in the sand

Talk to myself for hours

Say things you don't understand" I sing to myself completely bored as I keep travel down the dusty road.

The sun has set causing the darkness to blanket the land.

Trees. Trees. And more trees.

Yes I think I'm losing my damn marbles, the boredom is starting to get to me. Maya stopped talking me now and all I hear is the wind rustling through the leaves, along with crickets, and hoots of some owls.

This is the longest damn road I have ever had to travel in my life and there still hasn't been one damn blasted car drive by. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Just trees. Pretty little creepy ass trees. Trees. Trees. Oh and did I mention trees.

A wolf howls in the distance. I instantly stop in my tracks. Searching the area around me I feel a shiver creep up my spine. Chilling me to my bones. I may be half wolf but the sound of the wolf howling in the distance is ominous while I'm here alone the dark. By myself, with nobody freaking around for miles.

Why did I do this again?

Oh yea, because my life literally sucks at the moment. I'm not wanted anywhere. Well that's a lie. I'm wanted by my damn demented father. I get nauseous just from the thought.

Nervous and a little frightened I continue on my journey albeit a bit slower than when I first started. I'm wore out and hungry again.

Damn why didn't my stupid ass remember to bring some food along?

The ominous wolf howling kicks up again startling me as I come to a halt on the dirt road. I search the area around me yet again. Terrified.

Seeing a faint light in the distance, I smile, finally. Civilization! Yes! About time!

Taking off in a sprint I run toward the faint light as I draw closer to it I see that the light is coming from a small cabin that's a little bit off from the dirt road.

Should I? Or shouldn't I?

Is main question that keeps circling around in my brain but when my stomach lets out a grumbling roar the decision is made for me.

So I slowly make my way up to the cabin when a delicious fragrance suddenly hits me. I pick up my pace a little only thinking about the scrumptious food. As I come to the door I falter.

Standing in front of the cabins door, I hesitate, debating with myself now if I should knock or just keep on going. I mean, there could be a serial killer living in there after all.

But before I can make my mind up the door suddenly swings open making me squeak. Damn! I think I just tinkled on myself.

"Who the hell are you?" The guy standing at the cabin door stares at me with a deep scowl on his face.

I open my mouth then close it again not sure if I should to tell him who I actually am.

"I-I'm Thorn." I tell him, yea I can't lie worth a shit apparently.

"Okay Thorn why are you at my door in the middle of damn night?" He grumbles at me rudely.

Middle of the night? Really? I didn't even realize.

"I smelt food." I tell him dumbfounded I think my damn brain went on vacation.

He looks at me curiously probably trying to figure me out.

We both stand there glaring at each other for a few seconds I start to feel very uncomfortable under his grueling gaze.

"M-maybe I....maybe I should...just go. Sorry to disturb...you." I stammer out nervously backing away from the grouchy man at the door who won't stop glaring at me.

"Come in." He finally says with a huff opening his door a little wider as he takes a step back watching me avidly.

I hesitate again, not sure about what to actually do.

"Well are ya hungry or not? I don't have all damn night!" Rude, I think to myself but only hesitate a second longer the option of having some food in my empty belly finally wins out.

Painstakingly slow I walk through the doorway into his cabin never taking my eyes off of the grumpy beast standing slightly beside me.

Once I'm in the cabin I hear the door shut behind me when the lock clicks into place I shutter. Maybe I made a huge mistake after all?

"Over here." The grouch says waving his hand at his dining room table where there's a bowl of some type of soup sitting on it plus homemade bread.

I nearly swoon from the smell that hits me. Yes! I smell bacon. Nearly drooling I walk over to the table. Standing at the edge of the table I wait for Mr. Grumpy Pants to sit down.

He walks by me grabbing another bowl from his cabinet he takes it to the stove, spooning out some soup into it he then places it on the table opposite of him.

"Sit." He commands me. I don't waste a another second I sit down on the chair obediently just as he ordered me to do.

He grabs a spoon out from his kitchen drawer, turning he hands it to me I gratefully take it from him.

The grumpy man sits down in his chair opposite of me, without saying a word he begins to eat. I take the opportunity his given me to start eating myself. The delicious potato soup with chunks of bacon and cheese hit my tastebuds making me groan loudly from the delightful taste.

"So Thorn why are ya traipsing around in this woods after dark?" The grumpy guy ask although I shouldn't keep thinking of him as grumpy any longer at least he was polite enough to offer me some of his delicious food.

"I don't know." I tell him, what else can I say? The less people know about me the better.

"Ya don't know? What have ya got amnesia or something?" He ask.

"Something like that." I mumble taking another bite of the stew and bread.

"I think your lying. Don't ya think it's a lil bit rude to come to a man's house and eat his food that he so graciously offers ya for ya just to lie to him?" He ask cocking his eyebrow at me. Why is talking in a third person? Odd.

But he has a point I just don't know how much I should actually divulge to him. He is a stranger after all.

"I'm running from my mate." There that should do it. I feel no need to explain it any further.

"So I take it that ya are a mate to one of them Vallor boys then?" How does he know? What? Do I have it stamped on my damn forehead?

"Yes." I simply state.

"Well I be damned. Which one?" He ask me. All three?

Instead of telling him that I compromise with my fib. "Sunny." I lie.

"Got yourself a good one right there. So why are ya runnin from him?" This is getting to get a little bit to personal.

"What's your name?" I ask changing the subject. He looks a bit shocked from the sudden change of subject. I feel a bit guilty about it but I ignore my conscience and just take another bite of the soup and bread.

"My name is Barrik. Nice ta meet ya." He says with a little southern twang.

"Likewise and thank you so much for the soup. I was starving." I tell him as I finished up my bowl of soup. Slopping up the last drops of the soup with a piece of the bread. Feeling stuffed now I lean back in the chair sighing in contentment.

"Welcome it's the least I can do for ya. We are neighbors after all." I just love the southern hospitality. Why didn't Sin develop that habit?

"He's to classy for that." Yea right!

"Glad to see your back." I say sarcastically to her.

"I didn't leave I just took a nap." Really?

"Okay then."

"What? A wolf has to have her beauty sleep." Wow the ego my wolf has is astronomical.

"Sleep sounds good."

"At a complete strangers house? I don't think so!" She argues.

"Where else are we going to sleep?"

"The woods?" What the....?

"Hell no!"

"Fine!" She grumbles before going quiet on me. Ugh.

She's giving me the silent treatment again. Damn wolf!

"Talkin to ya wolf I see." Barrik states, while smiling over at me.

How did he know?

"You know I'm a wolf?" I ask him curiously.

"Of course. I smelt it on ya." Why does everyone keep talking about the way I smell! Do I offend?

"What are you?" If he knows about wolves then he has to know about other supernatural beings right?

"I am what ya call a bonafide vamp." He gives me an enormous smile clearly proud of being a vampire. His smile is so infectious I can't help but to smile at him in return.

"I've only met one other vampire before. He is so sweet. His name is Tristan, he's my brothers best friend." I tell him when I mentioned my brother I start to get a little sad.

I wish I knew exactly where he was or what my damn father did to him. I can only pray that he hasn't hurt him or done worse.

"There's plenty of us around. Im surprised ya only met one of us with ya being a wolf and all." He states with confusion on all over his face.

I was sheltered, that's why. My father always kept me away from others. He even had me home schooled. I couldn't understand at the time why my brother was allowed to go to a regular school and I wasn't. But now that I know about my father it makes the reasons for it all the more clearer to me.

"I didn't get around much." I lie again. The lie taste sour on my tongue. Barrik doesn't deserve my lies. He's been so nice to me. The guilt is starting to eat away at me.

"I understand that. Well if ya need a place to crash for the night ya more than welcome to crash here. I have an extra room in the back. It's not much but it will do ya in a pinch." He generously offers me now I'm really feeling really guilty. I feel a knot in my gut start to form from being so deceitful to him.

"Thank you. If it's no bother that is." I weakly smile at him. Why can't I just be honest?

"Tisnt a problem at all and ya are very welcome." He says rising from the table he grabs our dirty dishes from it taking them both to the sink.

"Let me wash those for you." I rush to say, springing up from my chair quickly.

"No. No what kinda person would I be if I made my guest do my work? I got it. Ya just take a seat and after I warsh these up I'll show ya to ya room." He says it so politely that I feel ten times worse now for being deceitful to him.

"I lied. I'm sorry. I am running from my mate that part is true but it's not just from one of them. I'm mated to all three of them. Sin...well Sin doesn't like me too much....at all actually. He doesn't like me at all and they all have issues with my family so I couldn't stay there any longer because I didn't feel welcomed. I'm so sorry I lied to you. I hope you can forgive me. It's just that...you've been so nice to me and I've been....well I've been misleading you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." I confess to him in a rush my guilt overriding my own damn senses but I couldn't abide my own guilty conscious any longer. I'm a terrible person.

"Okay then. Well....thank ya for telling me the truth finally. Don't fret girlie it will all work out. I forgive ya. You just didn't know me is all." I sigh out in relief my guilt is starting subside a bit now, making me feel a little better.

"Thank you for understanding. But I don't mean to cause you any problems. If the offer is still on the table for the spare room I will gladly take but I will be out of your hair in the morning I promise." I tell him basically pleading.

"It's not a problem girlie. Here let me show ya to ya room for the night then." He says leading me to the spare room of his. I couldn't be more grateful for his help.

"Thank you so much Barrik. I will repay you somehow." I tell him as I walk behind me down the hall.

"No need for repayin nuthin girlie it's what neighbors do for each other." His generosity is completely immeasurable.

Barrik shows me to the spare room as I offer him my deepest gratitude. After he leaves me I hit the little twin size bed quickly thereafter falling to sleep instantly.

Waking up groggily to loud voices ringing throughout the cabin, I scrunch my face up in displeasure.

Sleepily, I grumble, raising up off of the bed listening to the screaming voices intently.

"They found us and they are mad!" Maya informs me a little scared.

"What? How? And how do you know?"

"I'm just good that way." Of course.

"Really?" I ask sarcastically.

"Well you asked." I guess I did.

"If you don't want them to find you here you need to run. Fast!" She shakily tells me.

Jumping up from the bed I search the little room but unfortunately it only has a little window no bigger than a damn shoebox. Just my damn luck.

There's no way my fat ass can squeeze through that! Fuck!

The voices are starting to get closer now. I hear footsteps coming down the hall with no way to escape the room my stupid ass climbs under the damn bed.

Although it's dusty under here and I'm a complete moron for thinking I can hide under the bed, for some reason I feel like I accomplished something. I know stupid right?

Well I try to look for the good in everything.

Hearing the bedroom door open suddenly with a very loud bang. I jerk, closing my eyes shut tightly.

Okay, it's official. I have completely lost it. My dumb self is laying under the bed thinking that if I close my damn eyes they won't be able to find me? What kind of idiot am I?

"Come out Thorn. Don't make me get on my knees" Slay demands gruffly.

"Now there's an idea. I would love to see him on his knees." I bet.

"Oh, shut up!" I grumble.

"Rude!" I just roll my eyes at her.

"Thorn if you don't come out this second I'm going to tan your hide." Slay threatens.

"Oh, I would love...." I cut her off again.

"Shut up!"

"I'm coming!" I finally tell him. Sliding out from under the bed.

"He would like that." Maya purrs.

"For fuck sakes you horny ass wolf lay off it. Can't you see I'm in deep trouble?" I grouse.

"Maybe he will spank you." Now she has me thinking sinful thoughts. Damn!

Clamoring to my feet, I stand in front of Slay, Sin, and Sun as they are all glaring at me, I feel completely ashamed and embarrassed all rolled into one.

"You had us all worried sick Thorn. What we're you thinking?" Slay says definitely pissed.

"She obviously wasn't!" Sin adds with a lopsided smirk plastered on his face.

I don't know where it came from but I catch myself actually growling fiercely at Sin. He backs away from me when he hears my ferocious growl toward him. I mentally pat myself on the back.

"We're going home now!" Slay says grabbing me by my wrist roughly as he starts to drag me from the room.

I yank my hand away from his scowling up at him angrily. "Don't touch me like that!" I snarl at him. He shocks me by barking out with laughter.

"That done it. You are coming home with us and I'm going to spank that luscious plump ass of yours." I gulp loudly. Staring frightfully at him.

He can't really mean it? Can he?

"Oh yes he can and you better obey your master!" Maya pipes in happily.

"Oh shut up!"