'Get behind me Chara,' I hear Zane say.
'I got this Zane; I don't want you getting hurt. Please go get Liam.'
'I can't talk to him though.'
'You may not be able to talk to him, but you sure as hell can bark and tug on his shirt.'
'Okay, be careful.'
'Always am.'
With that he ran upstairs to Liam's office. I then focus my attention back on Katrina. She is on all fours and is almost done her transformation now. Lucky for me she is smaller than me by quite a bit. She charges at me and I raise my hands to hold her in place. I can hear her snarl and growl at me, trying to get out of my hold. I don't know what I should do right now, maybe I can get inside her head. I close my eyes and try to enter her mind; I feel a lot of angry. Through that anger I feel the string and grab it. She stops fighting and I let my hands down. I can hear Zane behind me with who I am assuming is Liam. I command Katrina shift back into her human form and she does so. I let go of her string and come back to reality. Katrina is still fuming, but she is also confused on what just happened.
'Luckily, we practiced that today, huh.'
I laugh at Zane's comment.
"I am sorry for disturbing you Liam. I was not sure what to expect."
"It is okay. I am glad you are alright though. When Zane was going crazy outside my door, I got worried that something happened."
"King Liam, did you not notice that SHE called you by your first name? She should be punished; she also calls Jason by his name as well."
"If I recall, you just called my son by his first name when he has repeatedly told you not and as for her calling me Liam, I told her to. Now leave us before you are the one getting punished."
She hurries out of the room.
"I am sorry about her; she is obsessed with Jason. She is just a power hungry she-wolf if you ask me."
"I have to agree with you on that one."
Zane lets out a bark of agreement as well. Both Liam and I laugh.
"Can I talk to you in my office for a minute?"
"Of course."
We make out way upstairs and into his office. He gestures for me to sit in front of his desk as he sits on the other side.
"How did you get her to change back?"
"Very to the point," I chuckle, "Zane and I practiced my mind control power today in the woods, and I could make him shift into different animals. Therefore, I thought I could do the same for Katrina. Turns out I was right."
"That is amazing. Usually only alphas can make a wolf shift back to human and if it was a force shift, that doesn't always work either."
"Oh, I didn't know."
"I guess you will continue to surprise everyone each day. I also wanted to ask, since I am guessing you will be here often with Jason, what you would like me to call you around my pack and the powers they will know you have?"
"I have told Jason's friend that I am Kate, so I will go by Kate Smith here. I also told them that my powers are teleportation, telekinesis, and shifting. While I am here, I will not use any other powers unless necessary."
"Okay, I do my best to keep your secret from my pack."
"Thank you. I was wondering, does anyone else in the pack goes to my school?"
"No; however, Jason's older brother will be coming back home soon, and he will attend."
"Okay, that may be a problem considering at school they think my third power is pyrokinesis, not shifting."
"We will cross that line when it comes to it."
"Okay, thank you."
Jason comes back from his run with Luke and Ryan not long after my talk with Liam and he is filled in with what happened. He is angry with Katrina, but also with himself for not being there. I told him it was no Biggy and I took care of it. Not long after I teleported Zane and I to the girl's dorm and into my room. We get ready and go to bed, exhausted.
The next few weeks fly by and they were pretty good. Zane has helped me with my powers as Daniel has been kind of MIA. I also go over to Jason's pack a lot and we have become much closer. It has been quiet in the sense of Aluca and Luca, or should I say Altair. There has been no word of Jason's brother which give me a sense of relief since I don't have to worry about him finding out about me. It is getting warmer out and school is almost over. I get up out of bed and head off to get ready. I throw on a pair of jean shorts and my stark industries t-shirts. I love marvel so much!
'Really, you are wearing that shirt to school?' Zane judges.
"Yes, I am, I love this shirt!"
'Okay then,' he then transforms into a small Russian Hamster.
I pick him up and put him in the front part of my backpack that has a little blanket in it for him. I walk out of the dorm, with an apple in hand, and walk towards the school.
'You okay back there Zane?'
'Yup, this blanket is so soft and comfortable!'
I chuckle. I finish my apple just before walking into the school. I walk in and head to the cafeteria where Jason and I meet.
"Hey Kate, how's your morning?"
"Pretty good, but Zane was judging my shirt choice."
"Really? I love it! Marvel is great!"
"I agr..."
I am cut off by a loud, powerful growl. I turn around to see the most handsome man standing at the entrance of the cafeteria. He has a sharp jawline and dark brown hair, but he is too far away to see any details though. His eyes lock in on mine, I turn back to face Jason.
"Who is that?"
"That would be my brother, Nix. I was about to tell you before he made an entrance."
I laugh, "well, at least you tried to warn me so thanks."
I hear footsteps approaching, then a hand goes around my waist. Without thinking I burn the arm slightly. The person retracts their arm.
"Hey, what was that for?" I look up to see Jason's brother rubbing his arm.
"I should be asking you that. Why did you put your arm around me?"
He looks over to Jason and Jason looks at me with a shocked expression. I was already too late to try to read what they were mind linking about.
"What?" I ask, confused.
"Nothing," Nix replies.
"Mmhmm." I reply.
'What do you think that was about Zane?'
'I have no clue, sorry.'
"I am going to go to class, see you later Jason."
I walk away, wondering why Jason was looking at me like that. I am definitely asking him during power practice. The first two classes drag by and they were so boring. Lunch time comes around and I decide to go to the bleachers to eat my muffin. I sit down and take Zane out of my backpack. I take out my math book after I am done with my muffin and work on tomorrows homework since I have some time to kill. Someone sits down next to me and I automatically assume it is Jason.
"Hey Jason, what's up?" I ask not looking up from my work.
"Um...sorry to disappoint love, but I am not Jason."
I shoot my gaze to my side and see Nix. I can feel Zane trying to hide himself, so Nix doesn't see him. I now see that his eyes were emerald green, as if they hold the whole forest in them. He really is handsome.
"What are you doing here?"
"Just wanted to come by and say hi."
"Well you did, so bye."
I need to keep him away from me, I can't have another person know my secret and I am not sure if I can trust him yet. I need Daniel to tell me if I can trust him, but I haven't seen him in a while.
"Come on, let's just talk." He pleads.
"Why?"
"I don't know, I want to learn more about you."
"Sorry to disappoint, but I am nothing special and I need to do my math homework so..."
"Okay, I get it. I will go."
He sounds hurt. I can't wait for power practice so I can talk with Jason. Someone sits next to me a few minutes later and this time I look up to see who it is.
"Thank god it's only you."
Jason looks confused, "Why?"
"Your brother was here bothering me a few minutes ago. At first I thought it was you."
I feel Zane crawl over my lap to sit in between Jason and myself. Jason gives him a pat and Zane lays down.
"So, you aren't a big fan of my brother?"
"Well, I don't want to get close to people because of...you know. So, I will just stick to you being my only good friend for now at least."
He nods.
'He is acting weird.'
'I agree.'
"Come on, let's go get ready. Come on Zane."
We get up and head to the change rooms. I come out with running shoes, a pair of tights and a workout shirt. As I make my way over to jack, I throw my hair up into a high ponytail.
"Good afternoon Jack, how are you?"
"I am good, thank you Kate. You ready for today?"
"Yes, anything special for training today?"
"I was thinking of a mini in class tournament."
"Sounds like fun."
"Hopefully it won't be too much on the new guy."
New guy? Oh no, don't tell me it's him.
"I think he will be fine though considering he is first in line for the werewolf throne."
"You have got to be kidding me," I mumble.
"Are you okay?"
"Peachy."
'This day just keeps getting better and better doesn't it Chara?'
'Oh, shut it Zane.'
'Geez, someone is snappy today. Is it your time of the...'
'ZANE!'
'Okay, okay, I will be quiet.'
I bring my backpack over to the bleachers and open the pocket with Zane in it, so he can watch. I walk back over to the group as everyone is now on the field, except Nix. Maybe he won't show. I walk right up in between Jason and Brett.
"Hey guys, we are doing a mini tournament today. You excited?"
"Oh yeah, maybe I will beat you this time," Jason says, Brett and I laugh.
"Yeah right. She is the number one fighter in the school, and you aren't even in second place. I don't think you will be beating her ever. No one will."
"Oh, we will see about that." I hear a deep voice say from behind me.
I turn my neck to see Nix, "yeah, good luck with that one buddy." I tell him.
"Want to make a bet?"
"Why not."
"Okay, if I win, you go out on a date with me."
"And what if I win?"
"I will do whatever you want."
"You're on!" I hold out my hand and he shakes it.
He has no clue what he has just done.
"Oh, dear brother, you have no idea what you have just done. I wonder what she will make you do."
"I hope I can be there for it, whatever it will be. I bet it will be awesome!" Brett exclaims.
"Oh Brett, you can bet it will be." I reply.
"Okay everyone. We will start with Britany against Pelan."
They take their stances and then start fighting when Jack tells them to. Britany wins by throwing a strong gust of wind at Pelan and she fell, knocking the wind out of herself. Next is Jason against Nix. They both transform into their wolves and I see Nix look at me as his eyes shine yellow for a split second. I have to ask Jason what that means. Nix's wolf is slightly bigger than Jason's, but no where near mine. He has a snow-white coat unlike Jason's which is dark brown.
"Begin!" Jack shouts.
Nix takes no time to lung at Jason. Jason jumps out of the way but gets scratched along his side. He turns around quickly, so his back is not to his 'enemy'. He growls at Nix. Jason jumps over Nix and onto him back. Nix was able to shake him off and while Jason was disoriented from the fall, Nix jumps on top of him and holds his paw to Jason's throat so he has to surrender. Brett ends up beating Britany and I could not be prouder. Britany was fuming afterwards. Brett comes over to me.
"Look at you, beating an elemental power! I am so proud of you Brett." I give him a hug and I hear a growl rumble out of Nix's mouth.
"What is wrong with you?" I ask Nix.
"Nothing," he grunts and faces the field.
Jason whispers something to him to which Nix stay silent. I just roll my eyes.
"Okay, now we have Nix going against the school's number one fighter, Kate! Good luck."
Nix transforms into his wolf and I prepare myself.
"Begin!" Jack yells out.
Nix wastes no time lunging at me. I sidestep and push him sideways with my telekinesis causing him to fall over. He looks at me with shock and confusion. He collects himself and starts circling me, so I do the same. He is looking for a weak spot which I don't have. I decide to teleport behind him, and he looks confused. I give a strong push with my telekinesis and this causes him to flip over. He retaliates quicker than I thought he would, and I could teleport away, but instead I let him think he is going to win. I look up to see Jason giving me a worried look and I give him a smirk. He seems to know what I am doing. I am knocked to the ground and Nix gives me a wolfish grin. I read his mind for a second.
'I knew I would beat you. I can't wait for that date my...'
My connection is cut off with the sound of his growl and I bring my arms up to grab his front legs. I slowly increase the heat and I can see the pain in his eyes. I keep pushing the heat into his paws until he jumps off me which he lasted twice as long as Jason does. I pin him down with my telekinesis and he tries to wiggle away, but he can't. After a few minutes, when most people would get too tired to hold him, I remain strong, and he gives up. I let him go and he shifts into his human.
"Told you I would win." I smile as I walk over to my friends.
I can feel his eyes on me as I walk away, he is so weird, not Jason weird though. This is a whole new level.
"I knew he would lose," Jason tells me, "that is the first fight he hasn't won."
"Really?"
"Yup, so congratulations! Thank you for taking his enormous ego down a peg." Jason, Brett, and I burst out laughing.
"Hey!" Nix says from behind me.
"What? It is true," Jason retaliates.
I pick up my backpack so I can sit in between Brett and Jason.
"Can you make room for me?" Nix asks and instead of moving away from me, Jason scotches closer so he is squishing me. I let out a laugh.
"Not what I meant Jason," Nix says, annoyed.
I throw my arms around Jason and Brett, "sorry to break it to you Nix, but you can't make my boys leave me, they love me," I smile.
Nix growls.
"Dude get your wolf under control," Jason tells him.
I read their minds to listen to their mind link.
'She said you guys love her,' Nix says with an angry tone.
'You need to calm down, you don't need a force shift.'
'But I don't want her hanging around you guys, I want her to hang around me!'
'Man, come on. I know she...'
"Kate! You in there?" I hear Brett call out.
"What?" I ask with a confused tone.
"You spaced out there for a second."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I am just really tired."
"It's okay."
"Are you still coming over after school today Kate?" Jason asks and I feel like Nix is anxious to hear my response.
"Sure."
"Awesome, come on. We should get going, class is over."
I nod and we make our way to the changerooms. We meet out at the front of the school and before getting there I take Zane out from my bag and he shifts into his retriever.
"Who is this?" Nix asks.
"This is Zane." I state not wanting to say he is a pet, but also not wanting to say he is a chimera just yet.
We begin to walk towards the Riverwood Pack. We were silent most of the way, but every so often I can feel eyes on me. I need to talk to Liam about Nix.
We are still five minutes out from the pack house, and I decide to link with Liam.
'Hey Liam, it's Chara. Are you busy?'
'No, free as a bird right now. Why?'
'I am on my way to the pack house with Jason, Zane, and Nix. Would you be able to meet me? I just want to talk about a few things.'
'Of course, I will meet you in the entry hall and we will go to the office.'
'Thank you.'
'Anytime.'
I drop the connection.
We come out to the pack house and walk in the front door.
"Ah Kate, how are you?" Liam greets.
"I am very good, how are you Liam?"
"Great. Come on." He gestures for me to follow him.
"I will see you in a bit," I tell Jason, "come on Zane."
We follow Liam into his office. I sit across the desk from him.
"What do you need to talk about Chara?"
"I had some questions about Nix."
"Does someone have a crush?"
I laugh hard, "not at all. I just wanted to know, is he was usually weird and awkward?"
"No, that is not like him at all."
"Weird. He gives me an odd vibe from him, not to mention the way he acts."
Liam thinks for a minute. I highly respect him, so I never read his mind. If he doesn't want to tell me something, then he has a good reason for it.
"I also have another question."
"What would that be?"
"In power practice, we had a little tournament and Jason went against Nix. When they shifted, Nix looked over at me and his eyes glowed yellow for a second. Why is that?"
"That would be his wolf, Lupus. When a werewolf's wolf is in control, their eyes go yellow or orange to signify it. That means that his wolf took control for a second. Weird."
"Why is that weird?" I question.
"Well, if Lupus is going to take control it is usually in a fight, but he only took control to look at you by the sounds of it."
"Why?"
"I have no clue."
I feel like he is keeping something from me, but I don't pry.
"That is all I wanted to talk about, thank you."
"I hope I will see you at dinner."
"Wouldn't miss it." I smile. I leave the office with Zane and meet up with Jason and Nix.
Nix gets an annoyed look on his face and then leaves.
"What was that all about?"
"Dad wanted to talk to him."
"Oh okay. You want to go for a run since he is not here?"
"Always."
Zane and I transform quickly into our wolves while it takes Jason a few moments longer. We take off into the woods and I can easily take the lead, leaving them in my dust. I stop when I arrive at a waterfall about fifteen minutes after we left the pack house. I sit down in front of it and just watch the waterfall. Soon enough the others catch up and sit beside me.
'It is beautiful here,' I tell Zane and Jason.
'It really is!' Zane responds.
All three of us hear a howl ring through the forest.
'Who was that?' I ask.
'That would be Nix, he is coming over here. You should shift back, you too Zane.'
We do as Jason says and Jason shifts back as well. I begin to take off my Stark Industries t-shirt and then my shorts. I am left in only my underwear and bra. I jump into the nice lake water. Jason then does the same, removing his shorts and shirt then jumps in. Zane follows Jason. We were fooling around, and I splashed Jason and in retaliation he begins to tickle me, causing me to laugh hard.
"Jason...stop...tickling," I laugh.
"Not until you apologize."
"...never..." I chuckle.
He continues to tickle me until a loud growl comes from where our clothes are.
"Nix calm down. We were just playing around," Jason says.
I could see that Nix is not calming down, he continues to growl and show his teeth. Nix eyes begin to glow yellow. Oh no. I push Jason and Zane behind me, I can feel them wanting to protest, but they both know that I am the one who can beat him. Zane does not want to go into his true form unless it is a real threat.
"Nix, you need to calm yourself," I tell him.
He growls again, but with me strength this time.
"Lupus? You need to calm down and give control back to Nix, okay?"
He goes to growl again; however, he looks me in the eye this time with a look of shock. He didn't know that I knew his name. I decide to read his mind to make sure he isn't going to attack.
'Let me say hi, please Nix,' I hear Lupus whimper.
'No, you will mess everything up,' Nix replies.
'But I want to go over to her. I want to get to know her. I want her to know that she is my mate!'
'I know, but we need her to figure that out by herself.'