"Chloe you have to know that what I'm going to tell you isn't going to be like anything you've ever heard before." William says and I nod my head urging him to move on with it while trying to slip a t-shirt over my exposed body.
"Yes okay, now can we move this along?" I still have friends here that I plan on spending time with.
"We are what's known as lycanthrope, or werewolf. It is said that in the 17th century wolves were dying out. Wolves were a natural part of the wild and the moon-goddess didn't like that so she merged the wolves spirit with the humans spirit. Only some got the werewolf traits and they were greatly feared through out history. We decided to create packs in different parts of the world. In most states there is at least one pack and up north in Canada is where some of us live too. Each wolf has a mate. Each wolf will imprint with his mate and they will live their whole lives together. When one dies the other dies too. You should also know that werewolves don't live as long as humans, they live longer, but when a human mates with a werewolf they become a lycanthrope too." Okay, so this is a lot to take in but I am actually not freaking out about all this. If what he's taking about is actually true than maybe the imprints softening the blow.
"Okay, I think I get it but why am I not freaking out? I mean anyone in their right mind would be except my three best friends over there." I laugh at he last part remembering that they're behind me.
"We suspect that Grace and Max will imprint when they touch. Thats why they were so out of it on the jet like you and William who we know already imprinted because he didn't let you fall on your ass." Finley smirks and I hear William let out a low growl.
"Can we control our dumb ass comments?" I snap at Finley.
"So wait, once I touch Max or he touches me we will imprint?" Grace says stepping up beside me.
"Yes, that is what we think will happen because you couldn't keep your eyes off him and he couldn't keep his eyes off you." William says.
"Okay, so when we were in the bedroom I swear we head you talking about ranks. If I'm not mistaken you said your Alpha and Finley is Beta. What is Max?" I ask William.
"Yes Chloe I am Alpha of the California pack, or at least I will be once I turn 21. Finley is Beta currently because his father passed away and Finley took his place. Max is head warrior once he turns 21 and can take his dads place." William explains.
"If your Alpha what does that make me?" I ask hesitantly.
"You, my mate will be Luna of the pack."
"So what will happen? I mean I'm not stupid, I know that the imprint will draw us closer together so what's going to happen?" I ask.
"Well as time progresses the more time we will need to spend together or our bodies will feel drained and weak." He explains.
"Okay, but my dad is going to be suspicious and wonder why the fuck I'm hanging out with some guy thats two years older than me. And I'm guessing that as time progresses that I wont be able to sleep without you. How am I suppose to explain that to my dad?" I half yell. Thank god Veronica took my dad out for lunch downtown.
"My mom will take care of that. Your dad loves her and she loves him. She knows whats best for a girl." Finley winks.
"Okay now that that problem is off the table, where do we go from here?" I ask.
"I say we let Will get to know you and I'll take your friends to the beach." Finley says as Max lets out a low growl. "Grace you might want put a full piece swimsuit on and swim shorts or Max is going to go ape shit." Finley sounds serious.
My friends run into my room and come back out in full piece suits and head out the door with Finley and Max. Now it's just William and I standing in the kitchen.
Awkward!
The beach is right next to the house so they should't be gone long...Hopefully.
"So, what are some of the things you like to do?" I ask rocking back and forth on my heels.
"Well, I like to swim and read. But there are some things that I like to do that don't really have a name and they're hard to explain." His voice is like heaven to me.
God this is pretty much the only time we've spoke besides the first night and I'm already falling hard. Must be the imprint...
"Okay, I would like to put out there that I am deadly afraid of loosing my family and friends. I don't know what the hell I would do without Grace, Emily or Lucy." I say trying to ease the awkwardness.
"Luna, with me, you will never have to worry about anything. You can relax around me." William says coming close to me and hugging me. I feel oddly comfortable in his arms; It feels...right.
"So do you want to watch a movie or something?" I ask as he lets go of my body.
"Sure." He laughs.
Ugh, his laugh is perfect.
We walk out into the living room and turn on the Hunger Games and start to watch. Just as the movie begins I feel William tense up and I can feel his worry.
"Whats the matter?" I ask bolting up.
"Somethings wrong. We need to get down to the beach, now." William bolts up and I follow right behind his not worrying to shut the television off.
"What the fuck is going on William?" I ask in a panic.
"I have no idea but Finley's calling and he sounds panicked." Calling? What is he talking about?
"Calling?"
"Oh, through the pack we have a bond and through the bond we can read and speak to each other through our thoughts." That must have been why they were being so quiet on the jet.
As we run towards the beach I feel thrown back by something. I feel fear and pain hit me like a brick but I know I must keep going.
"What's wrong Chloe?" William stops.
"I feel pain and fear. It just suddenly hit me like a brick." I explain.
"Your bond to the pack must also be growing because he pain is coming from Max and Grace and the fear is coming from Finley." Wait, did he say Grace? What the fuck is happening?
I start to run at full speed again. If something has happened to Grace than I have no idea what I'll do.
I see Grace and Max laying on the ground and my heart almost breaks. Lucy and Emily are in tears and Finley looks as if he's having a panic attack.
"What the hell happened?" I shout as I run.
"We don't know. Max and Grace just collapsed. We called emergency and they said not to touch them unless we are trained." Finley says.
"Lucy, we took first aid last year help me out here." I motion for her to come to the bodies.
I check for a pulse in Max, it's there but it's faint. "I have a pulse." I say.
"Grace doesn't have a pulse!." Lucy says breathing heavily.
"Look for any bumps on the head, broken bones or open wounds on the exposed body." I instruct. "And than start CPR."
Max doesn't have anything wrong with him, it's like he collapsed because Grace did. Wait, William said what happens to one, happens to the other once they imprint. "Did they imprint?" I ask as I reluctantly back away.
"Yeah. Grace was messing around and Max caught her as she was about to fall. If they weren't before then they sure are now." Finley replies.
I motion for Lucy to move and I check Grace's head for any wounds. I feel a bump on her head and it's quite large.
"When did she bump her head?" I ask.
"Um, I think she fell yesterday riding her skateboard." Lucy says.
"Well I think I found her problem..." I say with wide eyes. I hold pressure to the wound to help with the pain I know she's feeling.
I hear the sirens of the paramedics and hope to god that nothing has ruptured in her brain. I keep my clam and don't freak out but the more I think about what it could be the more I want to panic.
"William and Finley, you need to get Max out of here. There isn't anything the hospital can do for him, it's Grace thats hurt." With those words William and Finley pick Max up and run him up to the house.
The ambulance approaches us and I continue to hold pressure to her head wound.
"Whats the problem?" One of the paramedics asks as he jumps from the back.
"She hit her head yesterday and from what it looks like to me she could have injured her brain somehow. All I currently know is that she's slipped into a coma and didn't have a pulse." I say not taking my hand from her head.
The paramedics pull out a gurney and lift Grace onto it.
"Are we able to ride with her? Grace, Lucy and Emily are here with me and they're kinda my responsibility." I beg.
"Sure, lets go if there is possible brain injury than we need to get her to the ER stat." With those words we jump in the back of the ambulance as fast as we can.
Next stop, the ER.
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So my lovely readers, what do you think?
A lot happened in this chapter.... I hope Grace is okay. What do you think about all of this? Chloe now knows that William is a werewolf and that she is his mate.
Do you think you would have handled this as well as Chloe did?
Thank you all for reading and please remember to vote on this chapter!
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-Maddie
(Updated and edited on June 17, 2016)