Something came flying above us and I turned my head, there it was, the silver grey wolf, Ambers wolf, and another dark brown one that was huge and made Ambers wolf look like a baby.
They were baring their teeth at Natasha. I looked behind us and saw two other wolves baring their teeth as well, looking like they were ready to lunge at her.
" Avery. Stay calm." I nodded my head. The bigger wolf changed back and right there in front of me stood James. Naked. Holy crap, whoever created him must have had a mold of a Greek god. Now that is what I call magic.
I quickly averted my eyes away from James when I realized I had been staring at his naked body. After a minute or so, I mustered up the courage to look into his eyes. He had a big smirk on his face, and his eyes held mischief in them.
" You like what you see?" James asked as he straightened his back.
" Please." I scoffed "Don't flatter yourself." I swallowed hard when I heard my weak words leave my traitor of a mouth. " I'm not, sweetheart, you're flattering me." I felt my cheeks heat up and I probably looked like a tomato right about now.
" Natasha, get away from her. Now." James ordered.
" What why?" I said in a high pitched screech that even made me flinch.
" It's nothing. We have our differences. That's all," Natasha responded. She gracefully stood up and bowed her head to James. She then turned to me with a heart-warming smile.
"Until next time, Avery. It was nice to meet you. I will make sure we meet again." I gave her a small smile in return.
" I would really like that." I said.
Before Natasha could walk away, there were sounds coming from the woods. Branches snapping and a low growl. Everyone's heads snapped to the sound in the woods and I quickly got up on my feet. James shifted and got into a fighting stance a few feet in front of me.
Natasha quickly ran to me pushing me back
" Avery, get behind me!" She screamed as she was now also in front of me, blocking any view I had.
" Don't move, understand!?" She said with a stern voice. I nodded my head frantically.
My heart was beating hard in my chest and my palms were getting sweaty. But I couldn't help but wonder what was going on. I peeked from behind Natasha and saw an amber-red colored wolf emerge from the woods. The wolf's hind leg was injured.
James roared loudly and it held so much authority that even I wanted cower back In to a corner.
'What the hell?'. The wolf immediately bowed its head and showed its neck. I read about this in books. It was to show submission. James shifted back and so did the wolves behind us. One was Alex and the other one I didn't recognize.
Alex threw a pair of shorts at James that he pulled on. Amber still hadn't shifted back. Instead she took a step back towards me. Never averting her eyes from which I'm assuming was an intruder.
"SHIFT!" James demanded...loudly.
The wolf whined and shifted back. It was a girl. Her head was still down. She had red beautiful hair and porcelain skin. But when she lifted her head, I gasped in shock
"Lydia?"
"Lydia?"
Me and Natasha exclaimed simultaneously.
My eyes shot to Natasha's and we stared at each other for a while before Natasha broke eye contact and looked down at the ground. Guilt written all over her face.
I ran up to Lydia, cradling her in my arms.
"Lydia what are you doing here? And are you-"
I couldn't finish the sentence. Something dawned on me. Like a lightbulb going of in my mind. I let go of Lydia and looked back at Natasha. They knew each other. Lydia was a werewolf. Natasha knew about me and she knew James, which meant...so did Lydia.
I looked back at Lydia, her face full of guilt, tears rolling down her cheeks.
" You knew." My voice came out weak, like a quiet whisper.
" Avery I can explain..." She pleaded. She tried standing but quickly fell down again and that's when I saw her leg. A bone was sticking out from under her kneecap and blood was oozing out in waves.
" Oh my god, Lydia! She needs a doctor!" I yelled at everyone standing around us, in desperation.
"Damon!" James called for the guy that I didn't know.
" Take Lydia to the pack doctor." After he had given the order, Damon nodded and lifted Lydia in his arms. She screamed in agony as he treaded as carefully as possible. James' gaze left Damon's and went to focus on Natasha, who was staring down at the ground.
" Natasha. Do you know her?" Natasha's eyes lifted up to find mine and she looked so sorry.
" Yes, she's a member of our pack." She sighed and shook her head.
" Mind link Damon and tell him to take her to your office. I can fix her injury quicker and we can talk." She said and looked at James.
"No," I said. I was too tired. Too tired from everything that had happened today. I was in no mood to talk to anyone let alone hear another lie. This would have to wait until tomorrow.
"I don't wanna talk. I want to sleep. I want to take a hot shower, get out of this air chocking dress and these tortured heels, and just sleep!" I was done.
" Please, I can't do this today." I said.
" Avery, please, we can expla-" Natasha tried pleading her case but I wasn't hearing it.
" I said no. I'm not saying we won't speak, I'm just saying we won't speak today, tomorrow we can talk about everything and you can all explain yourselves and come up with new lies for me to belive but tomorrow." I emphasized the last word. With those final words I straightened my back and started walking back to the house. However as I reached closer I had the awkward realization that I had no idea how to get in... I turned around slowly facing Amber, who was still in her wolf form, James and Natasha. They all smiled big when I looked at them like a lost puppy. I just shrugged and pointed to the house.
James started laughing and Natasha soon followed. The sound made my heart warm despite everything happening.
James started walking towards me, still laughing. He took my hand and together we walked back into the house.
I was so excited for that hot shower and to then crawl in under the sheets. Letting go of reality for just a moment to let sleep consume me.