Wait! Werewolves Exist?
Chapter 50

AMBER.

I could hear voices bleeding through the darkness. They were muffled as though I was listening from underwater. I recognised Ellies voice and tried to hold on to it. I used it to pull myself back to consciousness. My eyes flickered open, and I saw Becky sat next to me. She looked worried. I followed her gaze with my eyes and saw Ellie talking with the woman in the white coat. Who I now realised was a doctor. There was no sign of Jason anywhere.

I felt Becky holding my hand and giving hers a little squeeze. She looked at me in surprise and gasped. “Doctor Hill, She’s awake.” Both Ellie and the doctor came rushing over. “Amber, thank the Goddess!” Ellie exclaimed. I smiled weakly at her and tried to sit up, I failed. The doctor placed her hand on my arm and told me “Just rest, my dear. Don’t try to push yourself.” Her voice was soothing, like warm honey. I relaxed back into the bed.

I asked them what had happened. I was still feeling kind of fuzzy. They looked at each other without answering me. They all looked slightly unsure. “To be honest, we are not really positive about that.” The doctor told me. “From what the Alpha described and what I saw for myself, well ummmm” she paused. “What? What’s wrong with me?” I asked, hoping I didn’t sound as nervous as I felt. “It’s almost as if you are experiencing the connection of the mate bond.” She said hesitantly. “I have to ask, have you found your true mate, and have you solidified that bond by mating and marking?” she asked me. Even though I’m fairly sure she already knew the answer.

I told her the truth, that I was honestly unsure about whether I had found my mate. I explained that my wolf had been magically suppressed for years, and I was only just starting to get her back. I also told her that I had experienced things with more than one man that Becky had described as ways that you will know your mate. I also said that I hadn’t marked anyone, and the last guy that I’d slept with was Chris. I looked at Becky and said “I thought the mate bond is meant to be a good thing? So, how can something good make someone hurt this badly?”

The doctor decided to explain as Becky still hadn’t answered me. “When true mates have mated and marked each other, their bond becomes solidified. If one were to cheat, the other would feel a horrendous amount of pain. It has actually caused some weres to lose their wolves completely. The wolf just couldn’t handle the heartache of being betrayed by their mate. However, this seems more like when one mate is being hurt in some physical way, possibly even their life may be in danger, and the other one can feel their pain as their souls are joined as one. Though as you haven’t mated and marked with your true mate, it can’t possibly be that. To be honest I’m not at all sure what is happening to you.”

She went on to tell me that she wanted me to stay in overnight for observation as I’d been unconscious for a while. I was about to protest, hut Ellie gave me a look that warned me to do as the doctor told me. I nodded and told the doctor that I would stay. Ellie looked pleased, and Becky laughed quietly to herself. I’m guessing that she’s been on this side of that look many times. Ellie left shortly after having given the doctor strict instructions to call her if anything changed. Becky offered to stay with me, and I gratefully accepted.

When it was just us, she told me about Doctor Hill. She had been the Lakeside pack doctor since my grandparents were in charge. Everyone liked her. She had listed her mate years ago. They hadn’t had any children. She had chosen to be alone ever since as no one could take her mates place. I had liked her myself. She had a wonderful bedside manner and put me at ease. Her long grey hair was pulled up into a neat bun, and she smelt of pineapple and sweet peas.

Doctor Hill popped her head around the door to check up on me, and just asci was about to answer her. It happened again. That pain hit me. It felt like knives that were on fire being dragged across my body. The doctor and Becky gasped and stepped back suddenly. There was a bright light, and the pain stopped. Becky reached out and touched my arm. “Amber? Is that you? Or is it Star?” she asked tentatively. I looked up at her. “It’s me, Amber. What made you ask that?” I asked in return. She told me that my eyes were glowing silver and the light that I had seen had come from me.

I didn’t have time to process this. I looked at the doctor, pleading with her to make it stop as the pain ripped through me again. Their faces began to fade as I passed out again.

ELLIE.

I got home and filled Peter in on everything. We had closed the restaurant when Doctor Hill called telling us about Amber. I felt honoured that she had asked for me as well as Becky. There was no way I was going to let her down. I felt a love for that girl already. I loved her as if she were my own daughter. I knew that it was probably partly to do with the fact that she was of Lakeside Alpha b***d. Amber was born to be our Luna. As such, my wolf Rose loved her too.

Peter took my hand and told me that he didn’t want me to worry too much. I was instantly filled with a feeling of dread. He told me that he had tried to get hold of Adam to let him know that we would be closed this evening but hadn’t been able to reach him. So he’d gone over to his house, and it was empty. It wasn’t like Adam to just disappear without telling anyone. Something had to be wrong.