The Blue-eyed Wolf In The Woods novel Chapter 4

I threw my arms around my wolf's neck and buried my face in his fur. I inhaled deeply to make sure I would remember his scent and the way his fur felt on my face and neck forever.

His coat was glossy and slightly coarse and rough on the top layer, but as I buried my face deeper I could feel the soft downy fur that was underneath. Smooth and silky, hiding underneath.

His scent was a mix of pine and dirt and cold.

I would never forget.

I held onto him for a long time, and he let me.

I snapped out of my flashback when I heard a loud crash come from downstairs.

I quickly grabbed my black heels, a cardigan and my evening bag that held my phone, money and lip gloss and headed downstairs to see what the ruckus was all about.

My mom was picking up some pots that had fallen down in the kitchen. While my grandpa was at the stove stirring the boiling pasta.

"Mom are you okay?" I asked as I picked up a stray pot that had fallen.

"Yes honey, just dropping things as usual." She chuckled to herself.

"Mmm, smells delicious, what's for dinner?" I asked my grandpa.

"Well, I'm only stirring the pasta, but your mother made a delicious shrimp scampi to go with it."

"Yes! My favorite!" I cheered and smiled broadly.

"That's why I made it, happy birthday sweetheart."

My mom handed me a small green bag with ribbons and tissue paper stuffed inside.

I sat down at the table and began to open it.

Inside was a small black box. I quickly opened it, excited as to what it could be.

I couldn't belive it. I stared at the silver charm bracelet in awe.

It was one of those chunky charm bracelets that had five charms.

One was a wolf, howling to the sky, next to it was a full moon charm. One was a large "K" for Krystal, next was a clear crystal star, and last was silver heart, shaped like the one I wore around my neck.

I smiled and opened up the bag.

It was two crystals. You would think with a name like Krystal I would hate people giving me crystals. But I really actually love crystals.

Collecting them is one of my hobbies.

My room is full of them, in each corner and open space I have carefully placed crystals of different colors and sizes.

One crystal was an amathyst skull. I had never seen such a cool crystal. It was just like the famous crystal skulls, except it was made of the most beautiful purple amathyst. The second crystal was a clear blue crystal wolf. It was beautiful. I started at it awe struck.

The blue was the same blue as my wolf's eyes. I couldn't believe he found such a beautifully carved crystal.

"Wow, grandpa, where did you find these? Their beautiful!" I smiled.

"I got them at a garage sale over the summer, nice older lady, she said they called to me, because I had to give them to someone I love. I knew that someone was you."

This was truly becoming the best birthday ever. They had never managed to find me things so perfectly made for me. I never thought they bothered to realize the things I liked so much. My heart swelled with love for them both.

I hugged my grandpa, and then sat back down to finish my dinner.