Clues

-Crissie POV-

“Dad, Joshua asked you something. Why is there something about dragons in this box?”

It seems like my father is far away with his thoughts. “DAD!”, I yell. He suddenly looks at me: “Sorry, my dear, you were asking?” I sigh. Typical. “What’s about the dragons? Why is there a reference to the dragons in my box?”

“Darling.. You’ve been searching in books about magic right? You think you’re a mage, well… I’m not sure about that.”

“What the hell? Do you want me to show what I can do? Look…” I’m frustrated. What is he thinking? I’ve been making portals, I can teleport myself. Fireballs are coming out of my hands, what does he mean ‘I’m not a mage’?

I’m making circles with my hands, and soon a portal is showing. It’s easy, now I know how to make one. I see how my parents are stunned by the sight of it. After the portal is completed, I stretch my arms and say: “Come, don’t be afraid. The portal is closing within the minute. You can just step into it.”

Joshua’s smiling, he goes first. He steps into the portal and he’s gone. “See? It’s OK. Dad, you can go. I’ll go together with mom.” Mom’s looking terrified, and I don’t want to let her go alone. Although dad seems a bit worried, he carefully steps forward, into the portal. “Mom, take my hand. Trust me, please. It’s safe.”

She then takes my hand and we both disappear into the portal.

-Adam POV-

We’ve been in the hospital for hours. It’s frustrating, we’re still not done. I look at Eve, she’s drawing something. I didn’t know, but apparently she likes to draw. She’s very good at it too! Her hair is falling smoothly around her face. I love the dark color of her hair. It’s not completely straight, but it isn’t curly either. Her hair has a nice flow to it, and almost reaches down to her middle. She’s biting her lip while she looks concentrated at her work. She’s also doing that when she’s nervous, it’s almost cute. An overwhelming feeling is entering my body. Oh my goodness, I can’t describe how much I love her already. And the fact I’m not able to heal her, is making me crazy. We’ve tried this morning. I’ve tried to heal her, but her body wasn’t responding. The more tests we’re running and the more things we try, the more I think these pains aren’t physical. And if that's true, it means my healing is limited to physical injuries.

“Eve?”

I look up and see Dr. Rose entering the room. “The first results are back, and I’m sorry to say, but it’s all clear. We didn’t find anything, yet. I think the Shadow Pack was right: there’s nothing wrong with your head. But we still don’t know what’s wrong with it, either.”

I look at Eve and I see her hope disappearing. I’ve talked her into this. She didn’t want to run all those tests, anymore. She was afraid, she couldn’t handle the disappointment when the doctors are going to find something bad or didn’t find anything at all. And I feel guilty, right now. I’ve pushed her to run those tests, thinking it was going to be alright.

“I’m so sorry, Eve. It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have pushed you to do this, today. I should’ve listened to you when you said you didn’t want to. I’m so, so sorry!!” I’m almost crying, and I want to hug her. But the moment I reach her, she slaps my hand away.

“Don’t... Just, don’t touch me!”

It’s like a dagger is stabbed into my heart. “Please, can you both leave me for a while? And can somebody call my mother? She’s the only one that’s allowed in my room for today.”

I step backwards, shocked by the rejection of my mate. I feel how my wolf is awake, and shocked by her words too. He’s crawling under my skin, he’s restless.
“But, Eve... ? I said I’m sorry, alright? It’s not a big of a deal - we just leave the hospital and rest. It’s OK. Why do you want me to leave?” I start to feel angry. “Why do you reject me? I’m your fucking mate! You can’t do this to me!” I’m yelling at this point.

Eve’s turning around and is now looking straight into my soul. Her big brown eyes are cold. “I’m not rejecting you, Adam. But the fact you’re thinking this ‘isn’t a big of a deal’ is saying enough. I need my mother, right now. You don’t have the right aura at this moment. Leave!”

Stunned by her words and cold tone, I turn around and walk away.

When I’m outside, I feel all those emotions. I’m angry at Eve. How could she? But I’m also mad at this situation. Why can’t I heal her? Why can’t I just be happy and live my life in peace? “AAAAARGGHH!!” I yell out loud, and I’m not even trying to control Ace.

*Go, buddy. Have a nice run. Take over. I don’t want to think right now.*

Within 2 seconds I’m a big, black, furry wolf and running away of the scene.

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“Mom?” Eve’s looking at her mom. “What’s happening? Why am I feeling this way? I’m scared, am I going to die?” Eve starts sobbing and hugs her mother.

“Shhh, my lovely. It’s going to be alright. I know for sure.” Bonnie says to her. After she comforted her daughter, she says: “Maybe I need to tell you something.”

And Bonnie explains. “I’m not sure if you know already, we’ve been apart for a while. But we are Alpha's, too.”

Eve suddenly sits up and asks: “I know, I found out earlier. But what about Joshua?” Bonnie nods. “Your father and Joshua are Beta’s. But I found out I’m an Alpha too, when I was younger. I’ve always been stronger than anyone else of my age. Even boys couldn’t fight me. I was having the aura, too. So it was only logical, I was a born Alpha. That’s why you are too, but Joshua isn’t. Your biological dad was my fated mate, and he was Alpha too. But your father is a Beta. And Joshua is too. He will always be a strong Beta because of my Alpha heritage, but he isn’t going to be a pure Alpha.”

Eve listened to Bonnie and asks: “Your fated mate? You mean Thomas, right? I’ve heard about him in the hospital of the Shadow Pack.”

Bonnie nods. “Yes, Thomas.” And Bonnie start telling. About her mate, about James who killed him and about the life they lived, as rogues. “But the moment you get really sick, we asked this pack to let us in. They treated us as their own. They didn’t ask questions, at first. They accepted us immediately and they helped you get better. I will always be grateful of that.”

“But how? How could I be that sick, if I’m a wolf? Why couldn’t my wolf heal me?”

Bonnie smiles, and says: “Who knows? We’re not immortal, but I think the Moon Goddess had her own reasons. I think she wanted the chosen ones all together and she brought us here, close to Luna Avery.”

It took Eve awhile to let it sink in. “Wwait… All the chosen ones? Are there more than the two of them, Adam and the Luna?”

“Oh you silly girl. Yes, they are. In fact: they’re in this room..” Bonnie says.

“But it’s only the two of us…. oooooooh..” Eve’s completely blown away. “We are chosen ones, too?”

“Yes, sweetheart. We are too.” And Bonnie explains her everything about being a chosen one. The bond between a chosen one and the moon Goddess, but also the special powers a chosen one houses to protect the wolves.

“So, I have a special power, too? What is it?” Eve asks.

“I don’t know, Eve. You will find out yourself, one day. Have you ever noticing something strange or different about yourself?” Bonnie asks her daughter.

“Well, now you’re mentioning it. I was able to mindlink a member of the Shadow Pack. That’s something, right? Shouldn’t I be able to do that? I mean, I’m not a member of that pack, right?”

Bonnie stands up and starts walking to the window. “It could be…” She’s staring out of the window and the moment Eve thinks her mother has forgotten about her, Bonnie starts talking: “You know, the moment I heard about your headaches, I thought about the past. You’ve had them before.”

“I had what??” Eve asks, surprised.

“When you was a little kid, you had unstoppable headaches too. You ran away. It took us days to find you. It was terrible… We weren’t able to mindlink you, either. So we thought.. We thought…” Bonnie’s voice cracked while she’s thinking about what could have happened. “... but you were OK. We found you sleeping at the foot of the mountains, close to the Shadow Pack’s borders.”

Bonnie then turns around, to face Eve. “The headaches stopped and you never had them before.”

Eve started thinking. She thinks about the mountains, apparently her young self already liked them. “But what could’ve caused them? I mean, what did you do to stop them? What was different the days before and after I had those headaches?”

“The moment we found you, you mindlinked for the first time.”

“So…? I don’t see the connection..”

“I think these headaches are connected to mindlinking. Every wolf is experiencing some headaches the moments before their wolf tries to contact them via mindlinking. When you’re not used to it, it causes pain.”

“Yeah, I get thet. But I mean: I can mindlink perfectly. Why is it causing those headaches right now?”

“I don’t know, my daughter, but I’ve the feeling it’s connected in some way. You have to find out yourself. I don’t think any doctor can help you with that.”