The Transfer novel Chapter 56

After reuniting with my uncles and cousins, they were moved off to settle in to where they'd be staying the night. Majority of the packs were staying the night, as the meeting wouldn't finish until lord knows how long, and most didn't want to be running through the woods late at night.

Liam claimed that he had convinced Henry to let us stay the night. Which I was glad about. I would've been quite irritated if I wasn't allowed to stay for the night. I needed to reunite with my family.

"Where's this mate of yours? I still haven't been introduced," Monique asked me. I looked over at her and rolled my eyes.

She was my favourite cousin. The one I was definitely closest with out of all my family members. She was my age, only two months older. I got along with her the best.

"He's busy with pack stuff. You'll meet him later. Are you coming to the party after?" I looked at her as Piper dabbed something sparkly on my cheeks. She was doing my makeup for the meeting. She'd persisted.

I had been hesitant at first, but then all the girls; my cousins and Lila, Cass, Piper and Kendall started to make jokes about making me look so good that Liam couldn't stay away. Then, I didn't even want to leave the cabin as such.  

I had to attend the meeting. I was technically the Beta female, and I had to sit with Liam. It was mandatory. Unfortunately.

I'd rather sit in my room and stare at the wall for countless hours.

"I think so. I don't really want to, but Amanda would beat my ass if I didn't," Monique said, giggling at Amanda who sat across the room, straightening her hair. She turned around in her seat and shot her sister a look.

"Don't pretend that you don't want to go, Moni. We all know that you only came on this trip for the hot boys," Amanda replied before continuing with her hair. Everyone in the room giggled.

There weren't many girls in my family. My father had two brothers. Gregory and Kasey had two daughters; Monique and Amanda. Lucian and Vivian had four sons. My mother had a lot more family than my father did, but I hadn't seen them in a long time. They fled when my mother was murdered and I hadn't seen a single one of them since.

"Parties are fun. We all have to go. I'm not going to walk around like a chicken without a head. I need to have people to talk to," Lila said in a sing-song voice as she applied her mascara to her eyelashes. I sat back in my seat a little more and Piper sat back and smiled at me.

"Let me do your hair now that your makeup is done," Kendall said, jumping up from the bed. She walked over to me and began to fiddle with my hair.

"Where's your dress, Ali?" Lila asked me. I sighed out. My dress was all the way out in the woods where my father's house was. My brothers and I, including my father all stayed in it. I hadn't been back to the house yet, and I was nervous to. There had been a lot of memories in that house.

I wasn't excited to see it and experience it all over again. There was still a deep red blood stain on the carpet. We'd tried to cover it up with a rug, and as stupid as it looked on the carpet, we never touched it once we put the rug down.

"In my house. I have to go back there to get it before the meeting," I replied, glancing towards her. Piper looked down at her wrist watch and rolled her eyes.

"Be quick with her hair, Kenny. We've all got to change and she's still got to go grab her dress," Piper said. Amanda hummed from behind us.

"Yeah, we've got thirty minutes until the meeting starts. We're supposed to be arriving to take our seats at ten to," Amanda said. I sighed and shook my head. I didn't want to be late.

"Are you coming back to the house to grab your dress?" Samaya questioned me out the blue.

"Yup. I'm about to leave the cabin to come and grab it. Then I'll walk there with you," I replied. I hadn't realised how much I had missed my brothers and all my family. It was insane how weird it was not to wake up and see them every morning.

Then again, it would be strange to not wake up to Liam or Ezra and Jenny anymore.

"I'll save you a beer," Samaya called to me before we shut off the link. I smiled and rolled my eyes as I felt Kendall run her fingers through my hair.

"You're all done. Go get your dress, girl," Cass told me. I smiled and got up from my chair. I turned around to look at all of them. The girls all looked so pretty with their hair and makeup done perfectly.

"Gorgeous. Now hurry up," Monique said, motioning for me to head to the door. I nodded and left the cabin. I headed out into the woods, walking quickly through the trees and shrubs. I could smell where my brothers and cousins had been earlier and followed the trail.

When I came up to the house, I sucked in a deep breath. I entered the house and froze for a moment. Nothing felt different.

It was the same as I had left it.

I shut the door and walked through the house. I heard the voices of my brothers and cousins and smelt the beer that they were all drinking. I headed down the hallway, walking slowly.

I peeked into all my brothers' rooms as I passed them, and saw that they were still all the same. Messy and disgustingly gross.

Of course, Beckett's room was clean. I knew it was only because of Lauri though. She hated mess. I remember that her and Beckett used to get into arguments all the time over Beckett's messy room.

I came up my parents' bedroom and held my breath as I pushed the door open. It was empty, the room illuminated by the setting sun shining through the window. Nothing had changed at all. The side my mother used to sleep on was still made neatly and all her things were on the nightstand.

Her favourite perfume bottle had the cap off, and her little jewellery box was open with bits of necklaces and bracelets spilling out. I smiled at this and walked into the room slowly.

My gut twisted as I approached her things. They were all so beautiful and so wasteful. It was a shame that no one ever used them anymore.

My beast nudged me towards her perfume bottle. I picked up it and held it to my nose. I sniffed and sighed at the wonderful scent. It was beautiful and sweet.

I decided that I would wear it.

I turned around and took the perfume bottle with me. I headed to my room and shut the door behind me. My room smelled like dust and sadness.

It overwhelmed me for a moment. I stood still and took it all in, letting the emotions in the room swirl around my new aura. It was so different.