Chapter 4 - Cure for the Grumpy Pup-py

I could hear voices all around me but none I recognise, a warm body lay still beside me clutching onto my arm and the only thing that ran through my mind was Alexyn, Alexyn, Alexyn! I jolted up from where I lay yelling his name only to received gasps from the people that stood around the room I quickly got to my feet and growled at them, my eyes darting around the room until it landed on the couple from the forest they’re the ones that had my brother, my wolf gave them a dangerous growl, “ Where is he?!” Still on the bed I fell on my knees feeling absolutely nothing. I growled again as no one made a move to answer me but received a growl myself from one of them, my growling just got louder as I heard the door open and shut, I made an attempt to stand but a pair of arms wrapped around my shoulders that sensation I could feel then his voice seemed to have suddenly reach my ears, “ Towi, please stop, I’m okay. They won’t huwt us.” I could smell them they’re all wolves but two held most power well one out of the two, they must be the alpha and beta, but of what pack? I turned to Al hugging him closely and took in his scent, it always calms me down whenever I tend to lose control but something feels off right now, it can’t be them, it could be Al because my normal reaction would be to attack only if we feel threatened but right now I feel none of that. My wolf is Alvira, whenever she comes out someone dies unless Al tells me not to. Al keeps calming me but my focus in on everyone else in the room, “ Towi, I’m hewe, please change back.” I know he doesn’t like it heck I hate the way I look when I get mad, my eyes turn red, I have claws and fangs, Gamma Caydon says my partial shifting shows only a fraction of the power I have but I don’t want it if it scares Al so much. Knowing he won’t look me in the eyes I had to trust him, trust my wolf so as much as I wanted to stay on guard my body was exhausted and slowly I could feel my wolf retracting herself. “ Al, look at me, it’s Tori. We’re sorry for scaring you.” He looks up at me with a full smile on his face and hugs me tighter, “ I missed you please don’t sleep like that again.” I gave him a confused look, “ What do you mean?” And on cue a man in a white coat spoke up, I wanted to growl at him but Al held onto me, ” You… got a few frostbites… from being out in the cold for too long, we feared for the worst but being of alpha blood your blood was able to seep through your frozen cells. The effects left your body extremely exhausted and so you’ve been unconscious for a while, for one week exactly but don’t worry you’ll be up and running in no time.” He smiled at me and for some reason it just bugged me, he attempted to speak again but I could tell he thought I didn’t understand a thing he’d said, ” I understand, that’s why I feel so numb… I trust my brother that none of you are a threat, we won’t attack.” Someone else spoke up, ” We?” I turned to look at the wolf and gave him an annoyed look but Al answered for me, “ She means her wolf, her name is Al too.” Leave it to Al to diffuse any and all of my annoyed situations. This time the alpha spoke, “ Hello, my name is Reese Layden I’m the alpha of this pack and this is my mate Aniela, my beta, Kade, gamma Ron, his mate Rean and those two are Patricia and Harvey, they’re the ones that found you and your brother. We want to help you, will you tell us want happened to you and why you were by yourselves.” I couldn’t help but give them curious looks, the beta scoffed at me and once again Al reassures me, ” Towi they‘we good people and nice too.” Sighing I look directly at him, he may be naïve but he’s good at reading people and right now I don’t feel threatened at all so I gave in, ” I won’t lie I don’t trust any of you but I can feel your sincerity and I thank you. We won’t cause any problems for you, as soon as I’m better we’ll leave.” The woman, Patricia I think spoke, ” No! Please, don’t leave. I mean…” The man beside her held onto her she looked like a glass ready to break, Al got off the bed before I could stop him and ran towards her, ” Al! What are you doing?” The way she held onto him is the same as what mommy used to do to me. The alpha added, ” I’ve already decided you and your brother are welcome to join my pack, there’s no way I’m letting the both of you wonder around any longer.” Alvira or Vira for short decided to finally join the conversation, mind linking me, ” It’s no use Rydian, Al’s wolf has bonded with hers, a mother, her wolf will fight for him, that’s for sure.” Their mouths were moving but I was focused on Vira’s words, ” I don’t care, she’s not his mother, Vira, draw him back.” As if hearing my thoughts Al looks to me, ” Towi I want to stay, please.” Vira chimes in, ” Give in to him, he needs this and we can’t keep running around, being in a pack is better then nothing as long as they don’t find out who we are. We are still pups anyways.” I know I am a pup but hearing someone call me that just ticks me off and she has a point I can’t keep being selfish, out there trouble found us more times than I can count and I couldn’t take care of him by myself, he almost died because of me. I couldn’t help the growl that escaped me from what Vira called me. I blocked out Vira and shockingly in front of me sat Al yelling at me, ” Towi! Towi! Wye!" He tried to slap me with one hand while using the other to cover his eyes but I caught it before it made contact, “ Al. “ He smiled guiltily at me, ” You stopped listening so I…” I just shook my head and looked to the alpha, ” We accept your invitation. Thank you, my name is Rye and you know my brother’s but I’d prefer you call him Cal.” Al couldn’t hold back his excitement and started jumping, giggling and hugging me then got off and ran over to Patricia. They all seemed genuinely happy except for the beta, I couldn’t help but think what his problem was and then it hit me, his scent, well something about him smelled different. I know that smell I’ve smelt it before, he’s a half-blood I thought and Vira confirmed it, “ His half warlock isn’t he Vira.” I could almost see her rolling her eyes at me, I’ve had half-blood friends in the wild while with gamma Caydon and Doctor Georgina so I couldn’t help not smiling at him, it seemed to annoy him, well more fun for me than. The beta was the first to leave, I couldn’t help but ask, ” What’s his problem?” The Luna smiled at me saying, ” He’s just attending to his beta duties. I already have rooms picked out and decorated for you, I hope you like it.” I immediately had to ask, ” What about my brother?” The she-wolf Patricia answered for me, ” He’s staying with us, I hope that’s okay with you.” I almost growled but held it back, ” No, he stays with me.” This time the female gamma spoke, “ Why don’t we come to a compromise shall we? While you’re in the hospital Rye, Cal can stay with her until your better?” I growled at her but then her mate stood defensively in front of her, “ I said no!” Al pitched in, ” Towi, you should sleep. Don’t wowwy I’ll visit you evewyday. I love you.” Of course if he wanted something I’d give in, I can’t believe I just showed them my weakness. Before he could leave I gave him a reminder, “ Non dimenticare il tuo allenamento.” (Don’t forget your training) Like me Al had his own training routine, 30 minutes of meditation before and after sleep and we’d mostly train when we had the time and now we’d…, he’d have no reason to skip it. He looked to me with a pout, “ Do I have to?” Tori replied, ” If you want to learn, yes, you have to.” He slumped his shoulders but gave me a hug and a kiss and grabs Patricia’s hand dragging her towards the door then I added through the mind link, “ You’re getting better at this than I am.” This put a big smile on his face then he ran out with Patricia in tow. Everyone walks out leaving the alpha with me, ” Rye, I can tell you and Cal have been through a lot and I know it must have been hard but I want to thank you for accepting. I grew up just like you, a rogue pup and so I want to thank you for risking your trust. Get some rest I’ll check on you later, there’s still a lot of things we’ll have to discuss.” And with that he left the room and sensing Al’s happiness I decided to do as he said.