The little white fox shifter: Book 1 of the Lost series (Under MAJOR Editing)

Safe in the arms of a friend

"I think I would just like some soup, please." I said in a small voice while looking down at the beautiful table. (Told you, I like oak wood) I traced a spot on the table that was shaped like an eye.

I smiled at a memory from four years ago, about a playful argument about an eye on an oak wood table, one when I lived with some of my only friends.

Memory

"Come on, Eina! It looks like my eye!" My best friend exclaimed. "No it looks like mine!" I exclaimed back. We playfully glared at each other then burst out laughing.

"Yeah, your right Eina. It does look like your eye........if you were a tree!" We continued laughing till we fell out of our chairs and on the floor, then proceeded to laugh even more.

"Come on, Tammy. Let's face it, I am a tree!" I then stood up shot my arms up from my side to face parallel with the ground and stood very still.

Tammy sat up looked at me and burst into more peals of laughter at the look on my face. I had a deep frown on my face, trying to imitate grumpy cat.

I couldn't stand anymore and I fell to the floor in peals of laughter right next to her. After our giggling had subsided I slipped my hand into hers, and looked at a recent picture on the wall of Tammy, me, and her older sister Sarah.

"Tammy?" I asked with a slight frown on my face. "Yes, Eina?" She answered strait away and turned towards me with a curious face.

"Will you always be here with me?" She paused her curious face and it morphed into a serious one, and even with her being two years older than me, it was still very rare to see one on her always worry free face.

"Yes, Eina. I will always be here with you, even if something bad happens, I will always be here." With that she squeezed my hand harder and pulled me closer to her. I smiled and buried my face into her hair.

'She'll always be here with us.............'

End of memory

I was snapped out of the memory by a bowl being placed in front of my eyes on the table. I looked up to see the woman smiling and saying "I hope you like chicken noodle soup, dear."

I smiled and nodded my head and started to eat. She sat opposite me and watched me silently. I didn't notice before now but I was very hungry.

The woman frowned at my obvious appetite but said nothing. After I was done I realized I had finished the soup in under three minutes.

I smiled sheepishly at the woman and rubbed the back of my neck self consciously. I giggled a little and said "I guess I was hungrier than I thought."

The woman smiled slightly and said "That's okay, dear. There's plenty more where that came from." Then she frowned at me and said more seriously "When is the last time you ate. You nearly inhaled that soup."

I blushed as bright as a tomato and looked at the table, once again tracing the eye shaped spot. I thought seriously about the last time I ate but I couldn't remember.

I shrugged my shoulders still not looking up at the scary woman. Yes, I just said scary woman. She is very scary while she's looking at me like that.

I could practically feel the anger rolling off her in waves. I could also hear her blood pressure pick up in her anger. I gulped audibly and unconsciously started to sink lower into my chair.

The woman practically growled as I did this. She took a deep breath and that seemed to calm her down. I sighed in relief and slowly sat up strait.

I looked up at the woman after a full minute of akward (Sp?) silence. Her eyes were full of masked emotions.

I cleared my throat loudly and said "i-I nev-never caught your name." Her eyes softened a bit and she said "I'm sorry, I forgot. My name is Ethel. What's yours?"

I hesitated a bit but said "Eina. My name is Eina." She smiled and said "Oh, what a pretty name." I smiled a little sheepishly back at her then cleared my throat, remembering why I interrupted her on her porch.

"May I use your phone, please?" I asked. She smiled some more then gave me her cell phone.

I hesitated before asking "Do you mind if it is a long distance call?" She shook her head. Then I hesitantly dialed the phone number and brought the phone up to my ear.

After a couple of rings someone picked up. "Hello?"

I swallowed then said "Sarah? Is that you?"

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