Possessed

I have to know what happened. The moment I saw him, something inside of me awakened. I’ve always known he didn’t die. If I dive deep enough, I can feel he’s alive. I can feel the bond between us isn’t broken. It’s still there. I still have feelings for him, and I could feel the pull between us. An invisible cord was pulling my body in his direction. But after years of waiting, years of suffering, I’ve blocked those feelings. I wanted to protect myself. And now he’s here. But at the same time he isn’t. That wasn’t Ethan, that wasn’t my mate. I turn around in my bed to lay down on my other side. Aura is still mourning, hurted. And I’m crying with her.

I don’t know what I have to think. Why is his wolf dead? Aura said she couldn’t feel him anymore. But why isn’t my bond broken? Why does it seem like he’s not recognizing me? So many questions…

But I have to know. There has to be an explanation for this. Eve mentioned something about the Chosen Bloodline. We know the Shadow Pack is after Eve; but why is Ethan working with them? And they were strong, stronger than us, werewolves, and that’s strange. I just don’t get it.

Avery closes her eyes. Tired of the moarn, cries and worries she falls asleep.

---

-Adam POV-

“Eve! That was amazing. Did you feel it?”

I look at Eve, proud but exhausted. It was a hell of a night. I lift her up in the air and turn around in circles.

“Adam! Stop! I hate this, please put me down on my feet. ADAM!” Eve yells.

I smile. I love teasing her, but I don’t want her to get angry so I carefully put her down. I look her into the eyes and I kiss her on the lips. “You were amazing over there, Eve. I felt your aura, I could see it too! It was not very strong - but it was there!”


“Yeah, I know. It was weird. I felt strong and confident. Although he scared the hell out of me. I could feel all of my energy centered in my body, it was quite nice though..” Eve says, while she frowns her forehead - thinking of that moment. “But what about Ethan, your father? That was weird too. Have you spoken to your mom?”

Adam shakes his head and walks away from Eve. He doesn’t want to talk about it. “No, I haven’t. She immediately ran to her room and closed the door behind her. Obviously, she didn’t want it to explain to me. And to be honest: I’m sick of her secrets too. I don’t even want to talk to her. Forget it.” Adam makes a movement with his hand, pretending he waves his mother away.

“But what next, Adam? He declared war on us. What does it mean?” Eve whispers.

I can see she’s afraid. I can feel it too. Her fears are slowly dripping through my angry feelings. I’m getting confused. Every day our bond is getting stronger but that means I’m getting more details about her emotions and worries too. Not only the good ones, but the sad ones as well. And I’ve trouble keeping up with those. I’m just a sixteen years old boy, still in puberty. My own feelings are quite tough alone and mess with me a lot of times. Now I’ve to deal with hers too. It’s hard.

I walk over to Eve again and give her a hug. I’m not sure how I can help her, but my body intuitively says she can use a hug. “I don’t know, Eve. Our pack hasn’t been in war for ages. I can’t remember stories of it either. I guess there’s nothing more we can do than prepare.” I answer her worries.

“But, but… We are chosen ones, right? Nobody is stronger than us. I mean, you have seen your mother. What she did with my dad. She’s incredibly strong. And you! Look at yourself, you're a freaking druid! That’s amazing. Oh! And we have Crissie, she took me away from the Shadow Pack - and you said it’s not the only thing she can do!”

I nod. Those are all strong points.. “But you’ve heard what Levi said! You’ve seen Morris.. He was incredibly strong, he’s not normal, Eve. There’s something strange about this all. And I guess we need to find out.”

Eve nods. She knows he’s right. It’s not going to be easy, we cannot think about this too lightly.

Eve lets go of my body and lays down on her bed, staring at her white ceiling. She’s biting her lip again, so I can tell there’s something going on. “Tell me..” I say.

I look at her surprised face and smile. “I know there’s something, Eve. I can see it on your face. You’re biting your lip, you always do when you’re nervous or something.”

She sighs. “It’s just, I don’t know how to say this… Uhm..”

She continues biting her lip and a big frown is shown on her forehead. Her hands are fiddling with her sweater.

“Well, this evening I found out I’m not only good at mindlinking. I - uuhhh - I can read them as well..”

This surprised me. “You… what?” I’m confused, not able to digest the information.

“I can read minds. If the mind is weak enough, I can see what’s happening inside. Well, kind of.”

I feel how disgust is filling my body. “You can read minds? Are you reading mine? That’s awful! The mind is private, how..?” I’m too confused to complete my sentence. What is she saying? Can she read my mind too? Does she know everything I’m thinking? What?

“No, no Adam! Please, listen to me. No, I can’t read yours. It’s not that I can read any mind, or that I know everything anybody is thinking about. It’s just... confusing for me too, you know. That man, Ethan, is not the man everyone thinks he is. Do you remember the moment your mom called that name? How she asked him if he knows her? Well, that moment I saw a conversation going on in that guy's head. Like subtitles. It said: ‘No, you don’t recognize her. She’s nothing!’. It took me a few seconds to understand I was the only one seeing those words, that conversation. After that, I look around and it was like I just got a key to their minds. I saw words, parts of conversations going on in the other's heads, the strangers. I was afraid, so I blocked it after that.”

I listen to Eve's explanation, but it doesn’t calm me down completely. “Sooo.. What are you saying, exactly?” I ask, still confused.

“Adam, I think somebody is controlling his body, his mind. And the other's too. ”