chapter 132 Thirty

Evelyn's POV

“What did you do?” I ask wondering if he destroyed another city. Or hurt someone I knew the

possibilities of what he could have done were endless and the suspense was worse than if he would

just spit it out.

“I am the reason you ended up in the foster care system” he says making me confused, how

could he possibly be the reason I ended up in the foster care system. He didn't abandon me there.

Oh, that would be so gross and nasty if he turned out to be my father, well technically he is old

enough to be my great grandfather, I think. I would have to remember to ask how old they are.

“What do you mean, you're not my father are you because that would be just plain nasty?” I

ask. Thaddeus chuckles “definitely not a relation, but I am the reason you ended up in the church.”

“How so?"

“Well remember how my aunty said you smelt familiar?” I nod, remembering his aunty and

father stating the same thing.

“My aunt and father were following me and stumbled across you just outside of Parse, your

parents were killed when I destroyed the town, they were living in. So, my father and aunty heard

you crying and dug you out of the rubble. They didn't know what to do with you, so they dropped

you to the old nun convent” he says watching me carefully.

I sit up trying to make sense of his words.

“What were their names do you know?" Thaddeus nods his head running his hands up my

thighs making me look down at him. I didn't know how I felt, shocked if anything.

“Yes, Michael and Sara Carter,” he tells me, so that means my parents were married. I nod.

“Anything else about them?”

“Just that by the autopsy reports your mother recently given birth and that they both had drug

charges and petty crime charges on their records” Evelyn Carter I thought, hmm think I prefer my

made-up last name Harper.

“I like Harper better?” I tell him and he looks confused, and I can feel confusion through the

bond.

“You're not mad?” I shake my head; how could I be mad at something he did before he met

me? Not only that, if my parents were drug addicts and criminals, chances are, I would have ended

up in foster care anyway.

“No, chances are I still would have ended up in foster care anyway,” I tell him.

“You're not mad at all?” he asks again shocked by my reaction.

“No, I'm a little shocked but I didn't know them to miss them and besides, I have been on my

own all my life. I have no family, never had one so bit hard to miss something I never had right?” I

tell him.

“We are your family, and you can share mine if you want them” Thaddeus chuckles pulling me

back down on him. He kisses the top of my head.

“Dinner is ready” Orion sings out from downstairs. I sit up again.

“Good, I am starving” I tell Thaddeus before pecking his lips and hopping off him.

Thaddeus and I walk downstairs and discover Orion and Ryland made Tacos. Sitting at the table,

I help myself and Orion hands me a glass of coke. Biting into the Taco, my belly rumbling

embarrassingly loud.

“Good?” Ryland asks and I nod.

“You need to remind us if you're hungry Evelyn, we don't eat as much Thaddeus and I. And

Ryland hunts when he shifts so forgets to eat real food.” I nod enjoying my food. Thaddeus still

watching me when I remember I wanted to ask how old they are.

Taking a sip of my drink, I ask.

“How old are you?" Orion chuckles.

“I am surprised you haven't asked already honestly; I wonder if it would weird you out” he says

biting into his Taco. I shake my head not really caring but also curious.

“I'am 101, but I stopped aging at 30,” Thaddeus answers, which wasn't as Old as I thought he

was going to say. Looking to Ryland he answers.

“172,” I snicker that was old considering he looked a little older than Thaddeus.

“What age did you stop aging?”

“35” he answers, and I nod. Looking to Orion he snickers shaking his head.

“What?” I ask.

“Nothing I can't remember exactly I only know the century.”

“Century?” I squeak. Exactly how old was he if he can’t remember.

“Time wasn't as easy to mark back then. I was born in the fourteen hundred and changed when

I was, I think 27.” I choke on my taco at his answer.

“So, you're like 700 years old?"

“I think so, maybe a little less,” he says, and I take a sip of my coke trying wash down the taco

that nearly choked me to death.

“What was that like?” Orion chuckles.

“Definitely different than now, no electricity. Everything by horse and carriage. Kings and

queens” I nod trying to imagine what it would have been like back then to live.

“Do our ages bother you?”

“No but would have been handy to know you in school, I sucked at history and geography, you

would have been handy back then. Walking talking history book” I laugh and Orion nods.

“That's one way to look at it" he states. I finish my Taco when Thaddeus passes me one of his.

“Does food taste the same to you guys?”

“Yes and no, some things taste the same but for me mostly everything tastes bland except

blood” Orion answers.

“Tastes the same to me but I was born not changed and same for Ryland, so I can't really

compare” Thaddeus answers.

When we finish eating, we end up watching TV, When Ryland suddenly gets up.

“Where are you going?’ I ask as he walks past the lounge I was laying on with Orion.

“To go for a run?” he says bending over and kissing me. Hopping up, he raises an eyebrow at

me.

“What are you doing it's a little chilly outside?”

“I want to see you turn into a fluffy poodle” Ryland huffs.

“I am no poodle” he states but holds his hand out for me and I grab it, Thaddeus and Orion

following. We walk out back, and I sit on the step, when Ryland starts removing his clothes dumping

them on my lap.

“Does it hurt?” I ask as he stretches in just his briefs. He shakes his head.

“Not anymore, used to but now I can shift fast it doesn’t hurt just a strange sensation.”

“Do you have to worry about fleas?” I ask curious exactly how much like a dog, werewolves are.

Orion laughs and snorts at my question.

“What? I actually want to know,” I tell him.

“No Evelyn I don't get fleas,” he states dryly.

“What about...”

“Do you want to watch me shift or ask a million questions?” he says.

“Both,” I state before the breeze picks up making me shiver. Thaddeus grabs me pulling me

onto his lap and wrapping his arms around me, trying keep me warm from the breeze. It was very

chilling here tonight; it was usually warm even of a night.

I watch as Ryland crouches on the ground before I hear bones snapping and moving and can't

watch, instead clenching my eyes tight shut. The sound alone was horrendous. When I hear no more

snapping, I open my eyes and see a black wolf, his fur looking blue under the moonlight. Hopping

up, I walk over to him and run my fingers through his fur. He rubs himself against me like a cat,

making me laugh and nearly knocking me over. Even in this form he was nearly bigger than me.

“So, the whole werewolves and the moon is a load of shit?” I ask, looking to Thaddeus. He

shakes his head.

“But it's not a full moon?” I tell him before looking at the sky.

“No, but full moons make werewolves stronger, they harness the energy of the moon, makes

them faster a little crazed if they're not careful.”

“What about you? You're part werewolf, right? Can you shift?” Ryland takes off heading for the

trees and I walk back sitting on the steps between Thaddeus's legs.

“I can, but a little differently to Ryland, for one I remain on two feet not four and I get fur, but

my face doesn't really change, and I also don't like shifting. Prefer this form.”

“Why?”

“I don't know just never like shifting. I have more vampire DNA then Lycan, so it feels a little

unnatural if that makes sense.” After a few minutes Thaddeus got up walking back inside and Orion

and I followed.

“When will he be back?” I ask yawning. It was getting pretty late, and I wanted to go to bed

soon.

“Probably not till morning, come you should sleep,” Orion says following Thaddeus upstairs.

Sleep came easily, the driving had really taken a toll on me. I was exhausted.

Waking up the next morning, I raced to the bathroom needing to pee. Only when I do I freeze.

No, no. Why do woman have to be cursed with periods, and how awkward being in a house full of

men and vampires. Washing my hands, I duck out looking for my handbag only to find one measly

pad before ducking back into the bathroom. Now I needed to get more. What a topic to bring up in

this house, I thought horrified.

“Evelyn are you okay in there” Orion asks when I hadn't come out too embarrassed. Could they

tell?

“Ah yeah”

“That doesn’t sound like a good yeah,” Orion asks. My face flaming red.

“Could you um” God I have never ever had to ask someone to go to a shop for me. This was

humiliating and I usually kept good track of these sorts of things but being here with them I forgot

about the monthlies.

Opening the door, I see Orion standing there a concerned look on his face.

“What wrong?’ he asks and I know he can feel my embarrassment through the bond.

“I ah need feminine products,” I tell him looking anywhere but at him.

“Ah, yeah we don't have those here.”

“Well duh I need to go to a shop,” I tell him. Orion scratches the back of his neck, and I could

tell he was a little uncomfortable with this topic.

“I might be best off going. It's over three hours by car, just tell me what you need, and I will go

get them.”

“Pads and tampons?” I tell him wondering how he doesn't know, like he is as old as dirt surely,

he has been around woman but now he was making this more awkward than it needs to be.

“Okay, I will go get those. Need anything else?” I shake my head and Orion grabs a jacket

before walking downstairs and I follow after him.

Thaddeus walking out of the kitchen with a glass of juice in his hand. “Where are you going?”

he asks looking toward Orion who was putting his shoes on.

“To the shop for Evelyn,” he says.

“What's wrong?” Kill me now, how fucking awkward.

“She has her period,” Orion says, and Thaddeus makes a face. “Don’t pull faces, I am already

embarrassed enough besides, you have a sister and a mother.”

“I'm not,” he says with a shrug just as Ryland walks in naked only just getting home from his

run.

“Where are you going?" he asks Orion. For fucks sake, I think to myself.

“We got a bleeder” Thaddeus states.

“A what?" Ryland asks as I shake my head pinching the bridge of my nose. Men, fucking men

enough said.

“Evelyn” Thaddeus states. Ryland looks over at me raising an eyebrow before it suddenly clicks,

and he makes the same face Thaddeus did.

“How long does that last for?”

“A couple of days now stop being bloody creeps, its natural bodily function” I tell him.

“To you maybe, not to us” Ryland states before going upstairs laughing at my red face.

“I will be back in about thirty minutes” he says, and I nod.

While waiting, I make some toast and coffee before sitting down on the couch and watching

some morning show. Ryland has a shower and Thaddeus was hanging out washing which looked so

strange seeing them do normal things. When he was done, he vacuumed. Finishing my breakfast, I

wash my plate and tidy the kitchen when I hear the front door open. Orion walks in with a huge

duffle bag. Thaddeus turns the vacuum off before Orion walks over to the dining table. He empties

the bag on the table making me gasp.

“Did you buy the whole store?”

“There were so many, I didn't know which ones to get,” he states.

“Least you won't run out for a while,” Thaddeus states picking up a packet before dropping it.

“More like a lifetime. These aren't even pads, these are Depends, for like old people who need

nappies,” I say picking it up.

“It was in the isle. I thought they were period pants,” he states, and I feel my face heat up.

“Well, looks like I have enough here to last till I actually have incontinence issues when I am an

old lady” I state shaking my head. Thaddeus and Orion look at each other giving each other a

strange look.

“What?” I ask confused.

“Nothing it doesn’t matter right now,” Thaddeus says just as Ryland walks out.

“You need that many for a couple of days, and what is that? Looks like a diaper,” he says picking

up the packet of depends.

“That's because it is and no I don't need all these just this packet” I state holding up a small

packet. Before chucking the rest back in the bag. Ryland opens a packet up. “looks like a surfboard”

he states, and I snatch it off him.

“Well, if you're done embarrassing me, you can go away,” I tell them taking the packet and

marching upstairs. I can hear them laughing amongst themselves. Man, the next couple days were

going to be long. I would need to remember to get the depo shot so I don't have this discomfort

happen again, bloody man babies.

The next week past by slowly but when Thaddeus went to the city to get supplies with Orion

and Ryland. I used that opportunity to finally reply back to Lana. She ended up ringing me.

“Hey,” I answer my phone happy to hear her voice

“Can you come see me today?” she asks.

“No, I am not in the city anymore. I can try to meet you in a couple days. Can you get to Leven,

it's halfway to where I am?” I tell her.

I hear her ask April before she answers.

“April said she can drive me to meet you.” I didn't like the idea of having to see April but knew

it would be the only way to see Lana, so I agreed.

“Okay, how about the park near the train station at around lunchtime on Monday?” I ask and

she asks April. I hear April tell her that would be fine.

We chat for a while before hanging up, now I just had to try and convince one of them to take

me to either meet her or wait for a chance to sneak out and find a way to get there. Hopefully, they

agree, or I might have to take Thaddeus's mustang from the garage that he never uses. I knew how

to drive, but the whole problem would be getting the keys.00