Haunted (Adam, Connie)

[lilly]

Lilly looked up at the starry sky above her, her dirty, matted blond hair falling down away from her face to her shoulders. Just another couple of days before the full moon, and then her wolf would take over. She didn't have to worry about hurting anyone though. She was still too young, especially in wolf form, to cause anyone any harm. She couldn't even really protect herself because she was so young. However, she would make sure to get away from all human contact before the full moon... People tended to try and take her to the pound when they saw her during those times. They just thought she was a half breed dog with a little wolf in her, and she had woken up in the pound more often than she could count with a stomach full of dog food that made her queasy for awhile afterward.

Her stomach growled and she glared down at it, pressing her palm hard against her stomach to make it stop. She was well aware of the fact that she hadn't eaten anything in two days, she didn't need the audio sound effects to add onto the constant reminders. She looked at her torn, dirty clothes and wrinkled her nose. She hated being dirty, she was actually a bit of a clean freak...But living on the streets didn't really allow her to be picky about the condition she was in. Normally, she could shift into her wolf form and get someone to give her food, but lately even the meat shops that she counted on for food had shook their head at her sadly and turned her away. She was starting to become desperate. She wouldn't steal though, no matter how hungry she was.

Her blue eyes scanned the darkened alley that would be her home for awhile. It had places that would protect her from the rain, and since she hadn't found any motel rooms that had been left unlocked that night, this was the best she could do. Plus, the other streets were preoccupied with either other street kids or older homeless people...And most of them weren't very welcoming to another person, no matter how young. So, the ten year old child stayed away from those places, and any other places where people would feel compelled to call child services on her....She had already been placed in the System once... She wouldn't do it again.

She knew that she couldn't afford to go another day without eating...She knew her bodies limits, and she was on hers. She was already sickly thin, all skin and bones. She had been living on her own for sometime now, and the streets was a rough way to live, especially in this place. So, with a disgusted kind of acceptance, she went to the end of the alley, closer to the streets, and jumped up, pulling herself into the dumpster. She hated trash food, but sometimes she was lucky and found half eaten food that was still good. She could sniff the food and tell how close it was to expiring, and she wouldn't eat anything bad unless she had no other choice. She grunted as she fell onto a wooden box, rubbing her butt tenderly. She was a klutz, that much was certain, but she couldn't really help that fact. She had always been a klutz, always would be.

[otwinotragidyo]

*~Connie~*

Married life was wonderful. Connie was snuggled against Adam’s side, her head resting against his shoulder that deliriously happy smile curving her pretty lips. If anyone had told her four months ago where she’d be standing today she would have given a brave laugh and then cried later knowing that would never happen. Her life was to hard, how could anyone love someone like her? Yet her she was happily married, happier then she’d been in years, all because she’d taken a chance and flown to New York and met him by chance… or fate. She sighed tipping her head back to smile at him, standing a bit straighter and kissing his jawbone, something she did often. She opened her mouth to say something when a smell drifted across her nose followed by a thump. Her wolf perked, ears at attention and all senses went on alert. Suddenly she was curious. Her head snapped down a darker alley and looked, her blue eyes narrowing trying to spot the wolf least that was what she thought she’d smelled, and she wasn’t normally wrong when it came to her senses. She stopped her walking, turning and stepping into the alley. Knowing it was dangerous but also Knowing Adam was right there and her wolf would come forth at a simple thought.

She and Adam had been learning together to become completely one with their wolves. “Adam…” She whispered, glancing at him taking a dragging a deeper breath scenting a pup. A wolf pup. Odd there weren’t many wolf pups in the city.. and even less actual werewolves children, it was hard for children to survive as wolves… but then again, she and her twin brother was there as living testament it could be done.

She bite her lip casting a nervous glance at her husband. She loved that. Loved the fact he was here, that he was her’s, that he loved her. Taking a breath she moved into the alley, moving into towards the dumpster that had thumped earlier. She grabbed the edges, her stomach already revolting at the idea of being near this thing let alone about to stick her face in there and probably come face to face with a rat. Adam better have smelling salts or something on him cause if it was a rat she was positive she’d pass out on the spot. She pulled the lid up and out of her way peering in, it was dark for a half a second, blinking she adjusted and saw….a dirty, scraggling child was there. A rat. Well it was an uncharitable thought but really she was a horrid sight, so dirty and tattered. Her heart melted though, and she was sure she might cry. Who would do this to a child? Who?! Well the answer to that was obvious.. someone like her parents or obviously this childs’. She swore that if they’d done this to her because she was wolf she’d tear them to pieces, it wasn’t fair. “hello” She said softly picking her head up and glancing up at adam. “I’m Connie”

[vagus32000]

Adam held his wife close against him and sighed contentedly, how lucky he was to have such woman by his side. Connie was everything he had dreamed about in a woman and he had never felt more happy in his entire life. For ounce everything seemed to be going right. No heart breaking good-byes. No corpses looking to start a war. It was a perfect day and nothing could make it turn out rotten. Nothing in the world. Adam knew that such happiness was long overdue for him.

He caught the scent of a young wolf right when Connie did and looked at her. "Yeah," he whispered. "I smell it too. Seems to be coming from the alley." He smiled at her when she nervously looked at him. "I got you back my love." He followed her into the alley and helped her open the dumpster lid and peered in. A gasp left his lips at the sight of the poor little girl. Who could possibly do this to their child? What kind of parents would dump their kid out on the street? Perhaps she didn't have any parents? That thought broke Adam's heart. He could see under the dirt and grim that she was a pretty little girl and her eyes spoke of her innocence to him. He thought himself a good judge of people and this child seemed to be a good lovable child to him. "Hello little missy," he said. "What are doing doing in this dumpster?"

[lilly]

Lilly stopped looking around for edible food when she heard footsteps coming toward her. For a moment, she thought that it was one of the many spirits that came for her at all hours, but then she breathed a sigh of relief when she caught the scent of two werewolves coming down the alley from one of the holes that had rusted into the dumpster. She figured that if she stayed still, they would go and never know she was there... She just hoped that they weren't wanting to throw any trash in here... The last thing she wanted was for a soggy trash bag to come tumbling down onto her head.

She heard the lid open, and she scrambled back as far as she could into a corner, expecting a trash bag to come over the rim... Instead, she saw two faces, a man and a woman. She pulled her legs tightly to her chest, her blue eyes scanning first the man, and then the woman.

Hello. I'm Connie. The pretty lady said. Lilly lowered her eyes and looked at her dirty skin and clothes self-consciously. She hated being dirty... But there wasn't anything that she could do about it. Her blue eyes moved to the man quickly as he spoke, her body trembling slightly. She was afraid of men... It was a man who had turned her into a lycan... A man who had beaten her more times than she could count. Men were to be feared... She had yet to meet a man that could be trusted.

She swallowed hard before speaking, her icy blue eyes lowering to her hands. "Looking for food..." She said, her voice raspy from lack of use, and it hurt her dry throat to talk. She coughed slightly, causing her throat to hurt even more.

It embarrassed her to be this dirty in front of these people... Usually when she was around people, she was in her wolf form.... She had come to find that people were much kinder to stray animals than begging people... they would feed her in puppy form before they would do anything other than try to take her to some stupid child services place. She didn't want to go back into the System, all she wanted was some food... And no one seemed to understand that... She had decided it was much easier to just get food in her puppy form.