Chapter 84

Changes.

(James)

Leaving my Alpha in a time of need goes against every fibre of my being, every nerve in my b*dy is

screaming at me to go back into the medical centre. I get it though, he needs to be with his son and his

son needs his mother, so it’s my job to collect her and bring her to him. Once I walk over to my car I

see Faye standing beside it in her little denim shorts and popping bubblegum. I sigh as I get closer to

her, I can almost feel the hostility rolling off her.

“Get off my car, Faye.” I say as I press the button to unlock it,

“You’re going to get her, aren’t you?” I can hear the anger behind her statement, she doesn’t want

Anna on Pack land.

“Yes. I’m going to get the Alpha Heir’s mother because he’s badly hurt.. Now move out of the way or I

will run you down.” I tell her as I shove out of the way while opening the driver side door.

“She can’t come here, she’s been banished.” I close my eyes and pray for patience before spinning

around and getting really close to her face.

“She wasn’t banished she asked to leave, she can be allowed back anytime the Alpha wills it and right

now? He wills it.” I watch in pleasure as her face goes ghostly white, “I suggest you pis s off because

you don’t want to be here when I get back with Anna.”

I don’t stick around to see if she leaves, I jump in my car and start driving towards the north boundary.

I’m kind of ashamed at the pride I feel at finally telling Faye off, she’s been asking for it for weeks and

today she just chose the wrong time to push my buttons. As I pull up to

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the Pack boundary I know my day is about to go from bad to a downright nightmare. Anna isn’t alone,

she’s standing next to her little red car with a dark haired man, he’s leaning against the car and seems

to be whispering in Anna’s car.

‘Alpha, she’s not alone.’ I tell Fraction over our link.

‘What?’ Fraction answers quickly.

‘She’s with a guy, a shifter from the smell of him.’ He’s not blocking himself well at the moment so I feel

the rage coming off him as I say this.

‘Just get her here.’ He tells me, before closing the link, I feel the walls he has erected in his mind slam

back up. He started blocking us well before Anna left but since she left it’s become worse and the walls

are stronger than ever. The only reason I have been able to reach him today is because of his worry for

Thomas.

(Anna)

James sits in the car for so long I’m almost convinced he isn’t going to get out. I feel Mac’s hand on my

shoulder as I take a step towards the boundary, his hand stops me and I look back at him annoyed. He

shouldn’t even be here but thanks to him taking up residence in my home he heard every word of my

conversation with Patrick. He insisted on coming, something about not walking into the lion’s den

alone.

“What’s taking him so long?” I ask Mac.

“You’re here with a male he hasn’t seen before, he’s probably checking with the Alpha.” I spin around

quickly so I’m facing him.

“I told you not to come, if this stops me from getting to Thomas I’m going to kick your a ss.” I try to

sound intimidating but Mac simply

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throws his head back and laughs.

“Sweetness, you couldn’t beat your way out of a paper bag.” I pout at this because I know he’s not

wrong. “Don’t worry, we are going to fix that.” Hearing a car door opening I turn around to see James

walking towards us, he looks good in his plain black t-shirt and jeans.

“Anna, you brought a friend.” James says once he’s an arm’s length from me.

“Mac this is James, James this is Mac. Can you take me to Thomas now?” I introduce them quickly,

I’ve already decided not to tell them Darryl sent him as I don’t know who knows and who doesn’t.

“Follow me in your car, and Anna?” He looks me dead in the evest while he speaks, “remember why

you are here and don’t let your friends cause any problems.” He doesn’t give me the chance to answer

before he’s turning around and heading back to his car. Turning back to my own car I see Mac is

already sitting in the driver’s seat so I open the passenger door and just sit back while Mac follows

James’s SUV.

“Nice guy.” Mac says as he moves the car.

“He normally is. I guess this is the James rogues see,” I mumble. James is normally warm and kind to

me but this James was hard and distant.

Something tells me I’m about to see a whole new side to the Pack. I look out of the window as Mac

drives us towards the medical centre. I’ve only been gone for a short amount of time but I can already

see so many changes. The streets were once filled with people milling around and talking and now I

see the odd person who seems to be running from one place to the next. No one is talking to anyone,

they all seem to be in their own little world. The park’s grass is all lumpy and looks like someone has

driven a car over it. This makes me feel a little sad because I have so many happy memories of

Thomas in that park. All too soon and not soon enough we are pulling up in front of the medical

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centre. I feel myself stiflen as I see Faye standing in front of the medical centre doors.

I watch as James gets out of his car and holds one finger up to me, asking me to wait. He heads over

to Faye and seems to speak to her.

“Is that her?” Mac asks me

“That’s her, she is the bi tch Lama,” even I can hear the saltiness in my

Voice

“She doesn’t seem like much, a little chunky on the hips for laugh at this and look over at him. I see he

has a smile on his face..

my taste.” I

“What do you think he’s telling her?” I ask Mac,

“You can’t hear them?” I shake my head no. “you’re more disconnected to your wolf than I thought. Il

e’s coming back.” I watch as James heads towards the car and opens the door.

“Come on.” James says as I undo my belt and step out of the car. my eyes instantly focus on Fave.

She’s staring me down from her spot next to the medical centre doors. “Don’t worry she won’t say

anything. She has her orders from the Alpha.” I nod at him as I follow him towards the doors, Mac gets

out of the door and catches up to me.

Faye watches us as we walk past her and into the medical centre, just as James said she doesn’t say

anything to us. Although if looks could kill I would be on my as s and burning up. James walks us past

the reception desk with Alice manning the phones and leads us straight to the surgical floor. I know

Fraction is near because Winter starts becoming very active. I can feel her jumping around in my head,

dying to get her hands on her mate. The second we round the corner and I see Fraction sitting on one

of the cra ppy blue chairs all the breath in my lungs whooshes from my chest.

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2018 Nouchers.

I knew seeing him again would be hard but knowing that I can’t run over to him and have him hold me

is proving harder than I thought.

“You brought a friend,” Fraction says as a way of hello.

“This is Mac, he was there when Patrick called,” I tell him as I bow my head to the floor. Fraction

doesn’t say anything else as he just looks at Mac. The two of them seem to have a silent conversation

before Fraction looks back towards the doors opposite us.

“Doctor Lee will come get us when we can see him.” Fraction says to the doors. I nod my head as I

take a seat in one of the blue chairs. I want to ask him what happened but I can almost taste the

tension in the air so I don’t feel like I can. Mac sits next to me, he’s like this sentry standing by me to

keep all the bad stuff away.