I was walking towards the kitchen, almost dying of starvation. I pretty much skipped when I stepped off the last stair. I was so.....refreshed? I had slept the whole night through with no nightmares.

I was humming a tune as I opened the fridge. Finding nothing, I strolled around the kitchen aimlessly for a good 5 minutes before the bananas all the sudden looked appealing.

I rolled my eyes and walked over. Could've they looked good when I walked into the kitchen? Why did I have to search through every cupboard first?

I flipped it around and peeled it from the bottom like a normal person. Whoever says they open it from the top, I don't believe you. It's literally impossible.

I spun around fast, as I took a bite. Then, ran and slid on my sock-covered feet. I looked up from my snack a second to late.

"AH!" I yelled out in fright before I fell backwards and lost my balance. I stared up at the ceiling, dazed for a second.

"Fuuuuuuck" I groaned and rolled over. I sat up to see everyone rush into the kitchen. Ryder was at my side in a second, pulling me up.

"Are you okay? What did you do!?" He asks me. I held up my hands, that were......empty!?

I quickly scanned the floor and saw the banana had flown to the other side of the room. How?....

I looked over to my friends and saw they all had shocked faces.

"What?" I questioned, really confused. No one spoke until Bryli smiled and told me.

"You never swear. I just didn't think you were capable." My eyes widened. Had I sworn?

I walked through the front door and face planted. My leg scraped up against the shoe rack on the way down and was now bleeding.

"Fuck!" I swore and tried to get up. I did, with an amount of struggle, and limped towards the kitchen.

I looked away from my blackening calf and saw the devil twins staring at me with smirks. Oh shit.

"DADDY! The bitch over here swore!"

My eyes widened. An angry Dan stormed down the stairs, in pants and messy hair. He was pulling a shirt over his head.

Melissa followed after, her hair and makeup everywhere and a robe on.

They were fucking.

My skin crawled. Great! I interrupted Dan and Melissa's fucking and now I'm gonna pay for it.

"Fucking hell" I muttered under my breathe. I heard a gasp and my head snapped over to the person.

Sara the fucking whore. Hooray! Note the sarcasm. I could deal with those two, and Melissa, but Dan really scared me.

"She did it again daddy!" That little slut tattled on me. Dan eyes were full of nothing but rage.

Oh shit. I was in for it.

"Fucking hoe! We were in the middle of something! Don't swear!" I gulped when Dan stepped closer. I opened my mouth but all the sudden a stinging sensation had my face turning the other way.

Fucking man-whore had slapped me. I put my hands on my cheek, that was a fucking great idea.

Dan kicked me scare in the stomach. I cried out and fell to my knees. He didn't stop though.

"DON'T"

Kick

"FUCKING"

Kick

"SWEAR"

Kick

"SLUT"

Kick.

I felt like puking. He turned away and dragged his fucking whore back up the stairs. The bitch twins turned to me and grinned evily.

They both beat me for another 15 minutes. I could barely breath when they were done.

I'll never swear again.

I looked around and noticed that I did indeed swear. I gulped. Waiting for the scream of Sara or the sting of a slap, but nothing ever came.

They were gone. Ran away. I was safe.

I chuckled awkwardly and said.

"Yah, very capable, just uhhhhh" I dragged out the word as I thought of an excuse.

"I just didn't want to upset my mom. She didn't like swears." Everyone's faces turned suspicious but sympathetic at the same time.

"Well common, I need to tell everyone what happened yesterday." Ryder announced as he started pulled me to the living room.

We all sat down on the couch and turned to Ryder. He looked at me nervously before starting.

"Well.... So, pretty much, there have been rouge sightings for a couple days now. Just yesterday, the border patrol mind-linked me telling me there were some rouges here asking for me personally. When we went, there was a group of about 7. The leaders were a father and son. They....."

Ryder trailed off and he looked at me. I started to get worried. I put my hand ontop of his and nodded. He took a deep breathe and racked his free hand through his hair.

"...they were here for you Mariah."

What the fuck.

I blinked my eyes and looked at him. "I'm sorry. What."

He looked at me sadly before turning away. I watched his jaw clench and eyes harden. He stiffened under my touch.

"They were here for you Mar. They fucking said that a shitty prophecy said the son was supposed to fight me for you. He said he would win. So that little dick came and pretty much tried to get me to give you to him. I would never do that. He called you his mate. I'm your mate!"

He growled the last line, standing up and I noticed just then how black his eyes were. I jumped up beside him and grabbed his fisted hand.

"Ryder. I'm right here. Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere." I spoke as softly as I could. My technique seemed to be working because I noticed the normal diamond blue returning to his iris.

I slowly pulled him back to the couch and let him use my scent to calm him down. I still thought it was a little, well a lot wierd but I didn't want a huge-ass wolf in the living room right now.

I slid my fingers through his hair until he pulled back and smiled at me gratefully.

"Don't worry. It's gonna take more than an oversized dog to keep me from you." I told Ryder.

Everyone looked suprised by my response. Probably thinking I would go into owl mode again but I knew Ryder and my friends would protect me from the roog- rouges.

"Anyway, I'm going to get more food because the fucking table impaled me and i dropped my banana soooooo Bye."

I announced as i pat Ryder's chest then stood up and strolled out of the room.

When I entered the kitchen I grabbed my old banana off the floor and smashed it down into the table.

I smirked down at it.

"That's what you get for tryna kill me."

I was talking to a table. I was definently still sleep deprived.