Chapter 16: Daddy
Melanie's POV
I wasn't sure what happened. The only thing I remember was that I was in a lot of pain from being shot. I remembered mommy carrying me. Then I don't know. I don't remember anything after that.
The next thing I knew I was waking up in a cold room and I was a little girl again instead of a wolf. I opened my eyes. When I tried to move a little someone stopped me.
"Don't move. You'll hurt yourself more" I recognized the voice as my daddy. I looked up and saw him sitting next to me. I smiled.
"Daddy" I said happily.
"Shh. Baby go back to sleep. You need to rest"
"What happened to me? Why am I a human again?"
He sighed. "You're not going to go back to sleep are you?"
I shook my head 'no'
"Of course you would inherit the stubbornness that runs rampant on your mother's side of the family"
"I'm very stubborn" I said.
"I can see that young lady. Now please don't move"
"I want to get closer to you daddy" I defended.
I was shocked when he grabbed me gently and carefully placed me on his lap.
""You were really badly injured. Your body couldn't handle the pain anymore so you lost consciousness. Scared your mother and I to death"
"Really?" I asked, shocked. "I'm really sorry"
He held me a little tighter to his body. "It's okay. You didn't mean to. You phased back into a human on the way back. It happens sometimes. It's a good thing to. Your grandfather was able to get out all the bullets out of your body so you could heal properly"
"What's phasing? I never heard that word before"
He smiled. "I keep forgetting how new you are to this. It's what we call it when we turn into wolves or back into a human"
I snuggled into his warm chest.
"Now can you please tell me why you went into the woods on your own in the middle of the night in the first place? Why would you leave the house?"
"I wanted to look for mommy"
"So you put yourself in danger because your mom wasn't home when you woke up? Melanie why would you do that?"
"Because I missed her"
"Really? Don't you realize that your mom would have come home eventually? She would never just leave you. She loves you and she definitely does not want you to put yourself in danger every time she has to leave you"
"Ever since I ran away and we found each other again I never wanted to be separated from her again. I missed her to much"
"She missed you too. Believe me. She loves you and every time you're off on your own she gets terrified for your safety. So do I. We don't want anything to happen to you. We all love you and if something happened to you we would all go crazy. You could've been killed by those hunters!"
"I'm sorry" I cried. He held me a little tighter to his body.
"Daddy?"
"Yes?"
"Sometimes I can't control it. Phasing I mean. Sometimes I get really upset and it just happens and I can't stop it" I admitted.
He took a deep breath before saying "That's normal. With time you'll learn to control it better honey. Don't worry"
"But I hurt someone" I said nervously. I had never told anyone that. Not even mommy.
"What do you mean?" he asked me sounding extremely worried.
I got really nervous and my heart started beating faster. Daddy rubbed soothing circles on my back and that made me feel a little better.
"I never told anyone any of this. Not even mommy" I admitted. "I'm scared"
"Melanie it's okay. You can tell us anything. We're your family. We love you. Nothing can change that"
"Okay. At school there were these two girls that were bullied me all the time mainly because I'm smaller then them. One day after school it was really bad. I got so angry and upset that I turned into a wolf. That was the first time it happened. I attacked them without even thinking about it. I nearly killed them daddy!" I cried.
Daddy didn't say anything as he hugged me.
I sniffled. "They told everyone a bear attacked them. But I'm scared daddy what if it happens again? They were mean but I shouldn't have hurt them like that and I'm scared of doing it again"
Daddy didn't say anything. Did he think I was a monster now? Maybe I shouldn't have said anything.
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