Wait! Werewolves Exist?
Chapter 73

CHRIS.

I lay in the hospital bed, feeling sorry for myself. I had meant what I’d said to Adam earlier. If Amber had to have a mate that wasn’t me, them I was honestly glad that it was him. Adam was a good man. Yet, at the same time, It was hurting me that I had to let her go. I had fallen for her during our time together. It was hard not to. I hadn’t fully realised just how much until i lost her. Now I had to come to terms with the fact that I had lost her for good. I also wasn’t looking forward to telling my dad that it was over. She has a mate. No sooner had I thought that the door opened and my parents came rushing in.

My mum was at my side in seconds. She took my hand and told me how happy she was to see me. My dad stayed at the end of the bed. “How are you feeling, son?” He asked. I smiled weakly. “Healing slowly. The wolfs bane has almost all been flushed out of my system.” I told him “to be honest, my pride is the thing that’s hurt the most.” He began to laugh, and my mum shushed him playfully. It was wonderful to laugh and joke with them. For a while there, I had genuinely believed that I would never see them again.

I told dad that we needed to talk seriously. Mum excused herself to go and get coffee, leaving us to it. I cleared my throat nervously. “Dad, the thing is… Well….. you see it’s about Amber. She’s got a mate. It turns out that Adam, the man who saved me, is her true mate.” I said slightly sheepishly. I hated to let him down. He reached out and touched my hand “None of that matters right now. I don’t want you to worry about anything other than getting stronger.” He told me. I let out a breath that I hadn’t realised that I’d been holding. What a relief. I thanked him and relaxed back into the pillow.

ALPHA GARETH BAXTER.

I watched as Chris drifted off to sleep. I had meant it when I said that I didn’t want him to worry about the whole Amber situation. Not that I was giving up on it, mind you. I had a plan to get what I wanted. That was Amber as Chris’s Luna. I knew what she was. I had always known since she was a little girl. I also knew what that meant. I knew what it could provide my pack and my son. I wasn’t about to give up on all that just because she had found her mate. Adam had seemed like a good man, and I was truly grateful for what he had done for Chris, but he was just an omega wolf. The powers that were granted to the mate of a silver wolf would be wasted on him. It was for the best.

ADAM.

I had spoken to Joe earlier about leaving Night Forest and heading home. He had told me that he would talk to the Alpha and come to speak with me later. I was in my room waiting to hear back. I so desperately wanted to go home. I didn’t know why, but something in me needed to be there. I could feel Rusty pacing around in my mind. He was unsettled, too. I rushed over to open the door when it knocked. Joe greeted me cheerily and came in. We sat down in the big, comfortable, royal blue, velvet armchairs to talk. He told me that Alpha Rivers was OK with me leaving, but that he had some conditions.

First the Alpha wanted to have dinner with me this evening. He said that he wanted to get to know his nieces mate as we would soon be family. His second condition was that I waited until after the council member had arrived to take my account of things tomorrow. Thirdly, and according to Joe, this was the condition that the Alpha was most adamant about. That Joe accompanied me back to Lakeside. He said that it was for protection. incase the blonde witch was lurking, or Jason had anyone waiting for a chance to finish the job. I graciously accepted all his conditions and his invitation to dinner. Joe told me that he was looking forward to coming to Lakeside with me. We chatted for a bit, I warned him that Lakeside was very different from Night Forest. He chuckled and told me that different wasn’t always a bad thing. I couldn’t help thinking that if we had grown up in the same pack, Joe and I would more than likely have been good friends.

KIM.

I had been slowly working my way around the outside of the border to the Night Forest pack. I was trying to replace any weakness that I could use. I needed to replace a way in. I wanted to get Tanya out of there, not only because she’s my sister, but also because it would be nice just once to be the sister that saved the day, instead of the screw up. Tanya had had to get me out of so many situations over the years and had never hid her disappointment that I wasn’t as powerful as her or as smart. This was my turn to save her arse. To show her what I was capable of. First though I had to replace a way into this f*****g place.