Toy Wolf

Elise is Eight Years Old

Elise couldn’t wait for EJ to come over. I was getting all my chores done at the speed of light. I found my brothers in the living room. I smiled greeting, “Hi guys.”

Dakota and Dalton smiled at me. Dalton asked, “Wanna play hide and seek with us, Elise?”

I nodded, “Sure!” They grinned, “You go hide and we’ll find you.” I snorted, “I don’t think so. You guys hide for the first round, and I’ll find you.”

They pouted but when I closed my eyes and started to count, they took off running. I tried not to laugh because they were loud. When I opened my eyes, my dad was standing there smiling at me. I crossed the floor and gave him a hug. He hugged me saying, “Good morning sweetie. I see you’re playing with the twins.”

I nodded. He winked, “Have fun and keep them out of trouble.”

I snorted, “I am only one person. They need an army of watchers to stay out of trouble.” My dad laughed and went to his office.

As I walked out the door my dad’s Beta walked in. I waved, “Good morning, Drake.”

He smiled, “Good morning, Elise. My boys have joined your hide and seek game, so you have two more to find than you thought.”

I frowned, “Melanie didn’t join too?”

Drake shook his head, “She went with her mom to the toy store. She’s been begging to go since she spent time with you yesterday.”

I wondered why. I shrugged and walked off the porch.

It didn’t take me long to find my brothers. We found Jason and Tristan last. I complimented them, “T, you are too good at this game.”

Tristan snorted, “Because I know the secret to being good. You can’t just run and hide. You have to mix your scent with other things, guys.”

I rolled my eyes. Dalton and Dakota called, “We hunt next.” I sighed knowing nothing good would come of this. They ran into the house to count. Jason, Tristan and I quickly split up.

After twenty minutes of waiting to be found I stood up and started walking towards the house. Tristan jumped out from his hiding spot. He acknowledged, “This doesn’t seem good.”

I snorted, “Is it ever with those two? You’re their future Beta, you have to anticipate these things from them.”

Tristan laughed. Jason answered, “I’m with Elise. Nothing good is happening.”

We ran back to the house. The second we walked through the door I saw what looked like flour on the floor. The smell told me it was powdered sugar. Tristan groaned, “Uh oh.”

Jason snorted, “I’ll go get Jared. Maybe he can snap it clean before your mom sees it.”

I rushed into the kitchen. I whisper yelled, “WHAT are you two doing?”

Dalton frowned, “He started it.”

I told them, “I’m ending it! Start cleaning this up right now!” Dakota threw more flour at Dalton. Tristan warned, “Guys, your mom’s coming! Hurry up!”

My mom rounded the corner as Dalton retaliated with more powdered sugar. She shouted, “WHAT IS GOING ON?! PETER KYLE, YOU GET OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!”

My dad came quickly in with Drake right behind him.

Ray, my guard, came running into the house. I smiled at him. He was actually from my mate’s pack. Ever since the Fairies showed up things were different according to my mom. It was my normal though. I’d known since I could remember that EJ Conners was mine and I was his. Ray was sent here to protect me by Eric Conners, EJ’s dad. I hadn’t know that, but it all came out when I was almost kidnapped.