Luminescent: Crescent Wolves by Cate Maroon

Author:Cate Maroon [Maroon, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

I woke the next morning in an empty room, in an unfamiliar house. I could hear Jackson and the others downstairs talking in hushed voices, presumably not to wake me. The smell of bacon wafted up the stairs and alerted my stomach to how hungry I was. I grabbed a hoodie and threw it on over my pajama top—after all, they said they wanted me to treat this like my home. I made my way downstairs and followed the sound of the voices into the kitchen. I was surprised to see that not only was it eleven thirty in the morning, but that the twins had not gone to school.

“Good morning,” Jackson said, handing me a coffee.

“I can’t believe I slept so late. Have you guys been up long?”

“Just a few hours,” one of the twins said like it was no big deal.

“Work starts early on the farm,” Hunter shrugged.

“Are you hungry?” Jackson asked.

“Starving.”

We all grabbed a plate of food and joined Max who was at the table reading the paper. We ate in silence, everyone enjoying the pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.

“Do you guys need any help today?”

“No, we are just about done until we have to get the cattle in tonight.”

“Can I help? I wouldn’t feel right staying here and not chipping in with the work.”

“Sure, if you really want to.”

“I do. What’s everyone’s plans for the rest of the day?”

“Me and Hunter are going to a cattle auction,” Max said looking over his paper at the boys.

“We were just going to hang around the house,” the twins stated.

“Correction, you are going to tidy up the house, starting with the pig sties you call bedrooms,” Max said, not bothering to look over his paper.

As soon as Hunter had finished eating, he left with Max. The boys all gathered around the sofa, flicking through the television channels until they found something which caught their attention. Jackson and I went upstairs, him going to clean his room, while I went to put away my clothes. Once I had finished, I decided to help out with the housework. Jackson helped and between the two of us, we made light work of the upstairs with the exception of the everybody else’s bedrooms. After we had finished, we went downstairs to motivate the twins.

“Are you two going to sit there all day?”

“Most of it.”

“What about your rooms?”

“We will do it; Dad and Hunter won’t be back till it’s time to get the cattle in.”

“Just go and do your rooms, so me and Kayla can clean up down here.”

“Fine,” the boys moaned in unison, before reluctantly getting up off the sofa and going up to their rooms.

“I can’t believe how messy the twins are,” I grimaced as I pulled an empty chip packet from the couch.

“You will get used to it. Boys their age are animals,” Jackson laughed. “When we are finished in here, do you fancy going for a walk? We could take a picnic basket?”

“Yes, to the walk but can we do a rain check on the food? I’m still stuffed from breakfast.

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