Raphael's hand felt comforting to Rose. It made it slightly easier for her to continue the story...
"When the PI and our friend arrived, we told them about the three humans in the area who knew about our true nature.
Dr. Dixon had found out over 40 years before when our grandparents emigrated from Holland. Grandmother was pregnant at the time with Aunt Nadine and Aunt Sylvia and she went into labor. Dr Dixon hustled them into his office before Grandfather had a chance to carry Grandmother away. You know, normally the pack handles births, we don't normally use doctors. In the office Grandfather changed and almost ripped Dr Dixon's throat out. The doctor was lucky there were problems with Aunt Sylvia - I don't know what exactly - and Dr Dixon helped and so Grandfather let him live. He's handled any doctor stuff we needed ever since.
Arthur Fortrin, the game warden, tracked us after a kill we made in the woods. We hunt deer in the woods, you know? He'd never betrayed us before and he was away during the time Silver and Ebon were shot.
And that left Barry Wu, my brother Colin's partner with the police. My older brother is the only one of us who has what you'd call a job. And he trusted his partner with his life, but Barry as a great marksman was of course suspicious. It was difficult for Colin..."
It had been difficult for all of them. Rose took a deep breath before she continue.
"We thought that nobody else in that area knew what we were. I mean, we're careful, our life depends on being careful, on not letting anything slip. We live on a farm outside town, we are taught not to change form in school or anywhere else in town.
During the investigations, the friend of our pack got shot in the shoulder and my father got hit by a ricochet. Both survived and are in fact fine again, but it was... frightening. And then Peter, my twin brother, walked right into a trap one of the killers had set for him..."
Here she just had to pause, the memories were so overwhelming.
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"When the PI and our friend arrived, we told them about the three humans in the area who knew about our true nature.
Dr. Dixon had found out over 40 years before when our grandparents emigrated from Holland. Grandmother was pregnant at the time with Aunt Nadine and Aunt Sylvia and she went into labor. Dr Dixon hustled them into his office before Grandfather had a chance to carry Grandmother away. You know, normally the pack handles births, we don't normally use doctors. In the office Grandfather changed and almost ripped Dr Dixon's throat out. The doctor was lucky there were problems with Aunt Sylvia - I don't know what exactly - and Dr Dixon helped and so Grandfather let him live. He's handled any doctor stuff we needed ever since.
Arthur Fortrin, the game warden, tracked us after a kill we made in the woods. We hunt deer in the woods, you know? He'd never betrayed us before and he was away during the time Silver and Ebon were shot.
And that left Barry Wu, my brother Colin's partner with the police. My older brother is the only one of us who has what you'd call a job. And he trusted his partner with his life, but Barry as a great marksman was of course suspicious. It was difficult for Colin..."
It had been difficult for all of them. Rose took a deep breath before she continue.
"We thought that nobody else in that area knew what we were. I mean, we're careful, our life depends on being careful, on not letting anything slip. We live on a farm outside town, we are taught not to change form in school or anywhere else in town.
During the investigations, the friend of our pack got shot in the shoulder and my father got hit by a ricochet. Both survived and are in fact fine again, but it was... frightening. And then Peter, my twin brother, walked right into a trap one of the killers had set for him..."
Here she just had to pause, the memories were so overwhelming.