The Legacy of Kilkenny by Devyn Dawson
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ABEL
I keep thinking about the kiss, it won’t leave my head no matter what I do. It is bad enough I have trouble sleeping, but that kiss didn’t help matters. I haven’t kissed a girl since the eighth grade prom so I’m not an expert on kissing but it felt right. It is the worst feeling ever to have a girl say she only kissed you to distract you. Fail.
Oh man, the dogs are barking. Just what I need, Parker to be outside of my window, or one of those Irish wolves waiting patiently for me to go outside so they could gobble up my guts and throw me out in a field never to be found again. Allie came in my room complaining about my window being open and how the stupid dogs won’t shut up.
“Abe, come here, you should see this. There are two giant dogs in the front yard. Com’er”
I have a role to play, hopefully there will be an Oscar for my acting abilities. Ha! “I don’t think those are dogs Allie, they look more like wolves.” It’s true, so now to convince her wolves are common in Piedsville.
“Those are big damn wolves, dogs or whatever they are. I wonder why they’re in our lawn. You haven’t been leaving food out for the neighbor’s dog have you?”
“Yeah, I just can’t stand for her to be left outside alone all of the time. They go out of town almost weekly. Bad habit on my part.” Great excuse for the wolves. Now to make them go away. I have no idea who they were but I am getting tired of them making the dogs bark. I popped my screen off my window and stuck my head out. “Scat! Get out of here. You’re making all of the dogs bark and my sister and I can’t sleep! Go away!” I’m sure Allie thinks I’m slightly mental.
“I don’t know how you did it, but look, they’re gone. That was really bizarre Abe, talking to them like their human. You’re kinda off. Just sayin’. Let’s go make some ice cream, I need something sweet.”
The next few days are chaos at its best. I had every O’Connell Pack member on my case about going back with them. I took test after test, from martial arts to memory tests. My abilities are more in tune and I can actually feel my blood under my skin, I can feel it coming alive. I wasn’t going to go back with them. Even if they offered me money, it was a no go from me. They are persistent to say the least. I can sense them all, I know their real feelings. Half of them want me dead, especially Patrick, and the rest? They want to befriend me. I just want to be left alone. I am a little tired of everyone. I just want some sleep and time with my family.