Wait! Werewolves Exist?
Chapter 53

AMBER.

My head had been going around in circles since Becky had told us what Adam had overheard. So that’s why Chris had suddenly left. He was being held prisoner. Also, now it’s possible that Adam had been grabbed, too. Did Jason know? Or were his men acting without his permission? I didn’t want to believe that he’d had anything to do with it, but in my heart, I knew he had. I’d had that nagging feeling about him that I hadn’t been able to shake. Maybe I should have listened to it more. I needed to replace a way to help them.

I was glad to be home, and the pains seemed to have stopped. Doctor Hill had told me she thought that maybe it was caused by the bond with my wolf, but she didn’t really know. Now that I was alone, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and reached out with my mind. “Star, are you there? Are you OK?” I asked. The reply was weak, but it was there. “I’m here, Amber. I am weak because of the pain placed on our mate bond, but I’m here. I just need a little time to recover.” She almost whispered. Wait, did she say mate bond? So the doctors initial thought was right. Somewhere, my mate had been going through hell. They were hurt, and I was feeling their pain. “That’s right. He needs you.” Star told me quietly. I called Becky. Hopefully, she could help me figure this out. She was helping her parents, but told me she would be up soon with lunch for me. I thanked her. How did I get so lucky as to have a friend like her.

I must have dozed off on the sofa because I was woken by the front door knocking. I figured that it was Becky, so I got up to answer. I was still feeling quite weak myself, so I figured it might be easier to give her the spare key. When I opened the door, I was shocked to replace that it wasn’t Becky at all. Kim stood there, looking defiant. She looked me up and down and sneered. I knew I looked a bit of a mess, but was that really necessary. “I’m looking for Chris.” She told me her voice dripping with attitude. “I know that he came to see you. Where is he?” she said. I looked confused. How did she know he had come to see me or where I lived for that matter. Chris had promised that he’d cut all contact with her. Had he been lying to me? Was he still seeing her? I sighed “Look Kim, I’m not really in the mood to deal with this. I’ve just got out of the hospital, and I’m tired.” I was about to tell her about Chris having been taken when she interrupted me. “I don’t give a s**t how you feel. Chris is mine now, so you had better tell me where he is. Oh and stay the f**k away from him while your at it. You’ve got yourself a big bad Alpha now haven’t you. So just let me have Chris.” She ranted. A few thoughts crossed my mind. How did she know about Jason? I couldn’t see any reason Chris would have told her that, even if he was still seeing her. So where was she getting her information? Also if she knew Jason was an Alpha then she obviously knew all about werewolves. Had she always known? Did she know about what I am?

She stepped towards me, a menacing look on her face. “Are you listening to me?” she spat. I was about to answer when I got a whiff of something on the breeze. It smelt like medicine. I heard Star speak quietly “Witch”. I opened my mouth in surprise. How had I not known. All these years had anyone been who I thought they were? Her eyes were starting to glow a strange yellow colour, and I noticed her fist clenching. “She’s going to hurt you. Stop her.” Star warned me. How was I meant to do that. As her hand came up, I instinctively raised my own “Stop” I said forcefully, and I don’t really know what happened, but she froze. Her eyes darted around, looking shocked, but she couldn’t move. “Good girl, now make her go away.” Star said. “Leave” I said, concentrating on Kim. She suddenly flew backwards away from my door. She looked angry and a little scared as she landed in a heap on the ground. She stood and was about to try again when a growl came from behind her. She turned to replace Becky looking mad as hell. Kim looked back at me and then vanished in a flash of yellow. How could I have ever thought that someone like that was really my friend.

Becky came rushing over to check that I was OK. “Who the f**k was that?” she asked. I filled her in and she looked a little puzzled. “You never told me that Kim was a witch. That changes everything.” She said. I asked what she meant and reminded her that I hadn’t known she was a witch. I hadn’t even known witches were a real thing. She told me that there was every chance that Chris was under a spell when he slept with her. She said from what I’d told her about the things Chris had told me about it, it made sense. I had to agree. What I didn’t understand is why she was so obsessed with him.

I told Becky about what Star had said to me and about what I’d done to Kim. She sat there nodding. She told me that her research had said that silver wolves had special powers, so that made sense. She figured that was why I could feel the pain through the mate bond even before mating and marking. She looked uncomfortable and worried as she said this part. I asked her if she thought that Chris was my mate as we knew he had been taken and was probably being hurt. She shifted in her seat. It might not be Chris she said quietly. I asked what she meant, but she said that she had to get back to her parents and would check on me later. Why was she acting so weird?