New Beginning

CHAPTER EIGHT

Continuation from previous chapter…  

Rafael’s P.O.V

I sit here in front of Daniel. I can see he looks defeated. He sits with his head between his hands. Suddenly I feel someone trying to break through the mind link. I open up the mind link. ‘Alpha, there is someone here at the Northern border who wants to see you. She claims she is your sister.’ I reply through the link. ‘Are you sure she said she is my sister? What is her name?’ I ask curiously. ‘She said her name is Sheila Kingsley.’ What is she doing here? ‘I will be right there. Keep her there until I arrive.’ Suddenly I see someone clicking their fingers in front of my face. I shake my head to see clearly. I look up and see it’s Daniel. “I apologize, what did you say Daniel?” I probably did not hear him because I was busy mind linking. It must have looked odd for him. “May I eat now?” He asks in an irritated tone. “Sure Daniel, help yourself. I need to go and take care of something quickly. I won’t be long.” And with that said I stand up and walk out the door.

Daniel's P.O.V

Thank goodness. Now I can eat in peace. I grab my tray with food on and start munching one of the burgers. This is delicious! While I sit there alone, eating my food I can’t stop my wandering thoughts and think back at what Rafael told me. He can’t possibly be my uncle… can he? I try to think back to when all this drama in my life started… Suddenly there is one memory that comes to mind… 

(Daniel’s 16th Birthday, 1 and a half years earlier)

I wish my mom would just leave for her shift at the diner now. My friends are waiting for me, a block away, we wanna go to a bar and celebrate my 16th birthday. My mother and I celebrated earlier by eating cake, my favorite, black forest cake, which she baked herself. She gave me my gift, a beautiful sterling silver pendant with a round symbol that has a wolf howling at the moon. I know it's not much, but what ever my mother does for me I appreciate so much. She has been a single parent for 16 years now, and she always tries to give me whatever I need. 

“Daniel, Aunt Anne is here to pick me up for my shift at the diner! Your dinner is in the microwave! Be good! Love you!” My mom shouts from the front door. “Sure mom, thank you! Love you too.” I listen to the front door close. Great! I immediately text my best bud, Shawn, who is like a brother to me. ‘Sup dude, you can come. My ma left’ 

I check myself in the mirror. I’ve got a black jean on with a dark green button up shirt, which makes my forest green eyes pop out, and black Nike sneakers. I put my black leather jacket on, because it’s cold outside. It is after all Winter. I gelled my pitch black hair in a messy style. I also put on the new pendant my mom bought me. Suddenly I hear a car hoot outside. It must be Shawn and Barry. I run out of my room, down the small hallway to the foyer where I get the front door keys on the table next to the door. I go out, lock the door, and run quickly to Shawn’s car.

(15 minutes later)

We walk in to the bar with our fake ID’s. We’ve been coming here, with fake ID’s, since we were 14 years old. We are all taller than our usual age group pupils are. 

We started drinking and dancing with hot girls. We had shots, one after the other. After about 4 hours later a fight broke out, because Barry was flirting with another man’s girl. We three got kicked out of the club, because of the fight. We were all quite drunk by now. 

I heard a girl in the alley next to the bar shouting. My friends and I decided to check it out. We walked into the dark alley and saw five guys bothering the girl. The one guy had her pushed against the wall with her hands pinned above her head. He was kissing her in her neck, but she was trying to get away. 

“Hey man, get away from her you bastard!” I shouted at the guy. The other four guys turned around first. One of the guys started speaking. “You guys better f#ck off. Or you are next.” WTF is wrong with this guy? Just then the other guy let go of the girl he had against the wall. She fell limp to the ground. He had blood smears on his mouth. What sadistic sh!t is going on here? 

“Guys I think we better leave…” I said this in a slurry tone to my friends, like I said we are already kinda drunk. “Too late.” One of the @ssholes said. The next thing I know is that we are surrounded by these five guys. Whoa… That was fast… I must be drunker than I thought. 

Suddenly I feel an agonizing pain and something piercing into my neck. One of the f#ckers are biting me. I try to pull away, but I’m too weak. The same is happening with my friends. This guy suddenly pulls away. I feel dizzy like I’m going to pass out any second. I hear faint whispers. ‘He has royal blood, we better get out of here’. I don’t know if I’m dreaming or what, I’m already on the floor. I try to open my eyes but I can’t.

The only thing I remembered after that is waking up in the hospital. No one really knew what happened to us, but their only explanation was that we lost a lot of blood. My friends and I made it, but that poor girl we tried to help, passed away even before she got to the hospital. Rumors where spreading fast about the incident, about us three who survived and the girl that died. I did not know the girl, but it’s still bad.

(Back to the present where Daniel is in the VIP waiting room of the Hospital)

I take the last sip of my espresso coffee and put the empty mug on the coffee table. Now that I think about it… That was definitely when it all started. I had no problems before then. My friends and I are known as the Bad boys of the school, so no one ever dared to look for trouble with us, and that’s also the reason why we were so popular among the girls. 

Anyway back to the topic… Since my 16th birthday there were always people after me, but I always managed to get away, because of my good fighting skills. But now they are after Adelaide as well. I just can’t seem to solve this puzzle. I’m brought out of my thoughts by someone knocking on the door. 

I stand up and look at the door. “Come in!” I speak loud enough for the person to hear me. The door opens and a guy walks in. He looks in his early twenties and has blue scrubs on. He must be a doctor. He speaks. “Good day sir. I’m looking for Mr Daniel Kingston.” He sounds very professional and formal. 

“Yeah, that’s me. Do you have any news on my friend Adelaide?” I look at him with a concerned face. He walks to me. “I’m pleased to meet you Daniel. I am Dimitri Kingston. I am Rafael’s younger son. I’m your friend’s Doctor. I’m here to give you an update on your friend.” He holds his hand out for me to shake. I shake his hand. Well, if Rafael is speaking the truth then Dimitri must be my cousin. Anyway, I first want to confirm all of this with my mom. 

“So what is the update Doctor?” I get straight to the point. I need to know how she is doing. “Your friend seemed to have had a sprained ankle a while ago. My understanding is that she has had to put a lot of pressure on her ankle by running away from the guys who kidn*pped you. That caused her to sprain her ankle again, but that’s not all. She broke her ankle.” I look at him with a shocked face. 

My poor Adelaide… Daniel again with the ‘my Adelaide’ I just can’t help it. In this short time I’ve grown so fond of her. “So what now? Will she be okay?” I sigh deeply. I can’t help but feel like this is all my fault. I should never have approached her at the party, but then again, what would have happened if I did not stop that bastard. 

He looks at me with sympathy in his eyes. “Don’t worry Mr Kingsley. We operated on her ankle, and her ankle will heal just fine. We put a cast on her ankle. She must have the cast on for at least three weeks. After that she can wear a moon boot. Once the cast is removed, we can also remove the stitches.” 

I really hope she’s going to be all right with this situation. “Thank you for the update Doctor. When will I be able to see her? I ask with a small smile. I’m excited to see her again. “She is currently still in the recovery room, sleeping of the anesthesia. I will let a nurse come and get you as soon as she wakes up. You must excuse me now, I have another patient to attend to. It was great meeting you Daniel.” Wow! Gone are the formalities. I guess his father already told him the story or theory or whatever it is. “Likewise Doctor. And thank you for taking care of my friend.” We shake hands and we give each other a smile. Then he walks out of the waiting room.

I go and sit on the single-seater sofa again. I’m so relieved that Adelaide is all right. I wonder what is taking Rafael so long? There is so much we must still discuss and those giant wolves are one of the most important topics. And I need to know what he meant when he talked about the things that happened in the past. What can those things possibly be? I wonder if it has anything to do with my father.

 Rafael P.O.V

Once I am outside the hospital I change into my huge chocolate brown wolf and run to the Northern border. As an Alpha my wolf is naturally bigger than any other wolf. As I am nearing the Northern border, I can smell her scent. 'Yes that is definitely my youngest sister’s scent' my wolf ,Rufus, tells me. 'It’s better to make sure, because witches has the ability to copy scents and change their appearances' I tell my wolf. Once I stand between my two warriors, I change back into my human form, luckily I still have my clothes on. Our pack’s witch, Morgana, blessed the entire pack so that if we change into our wolf forms our clothes stay intact.

My sister looks at me with a worried expression. I immediately start speaking. “Sheila, it is so good to see you.” I go in for a hug and she immediately responds to the hug. We hug each other tight for a while. I know she is my sister because I can't sense any black magic in her aura.

Suddenly Sheila starts sobbing. I pull away from the hug and hold my sister at arms-length by her shoulders. Before I could speak she starts talking through the sobs. “Brother… it… it’s so… goo… good to… see… y… you too…” I look at her with a worried expression. She wipes the tears away with the back of her hands and takes a few deep breaths. I give her a chance to calm down. 

“I just wish it was under better circumstances.” She says. I scrunch my eyebrows together and ask. “What do you mean Sheila? What’s wrong?” She looks up at me with tear filled eyes. “I think he’s got him. He is going to kill him.” She starts sobbing again and I look at her with questioning eyes, because I still have no idea what or who she is talking about. “Sheila who are you talking about?” 

I take my hands off her shoulders and pinch the bridge of my nose with my thumb and pointer finger. I need to stay calm. I’ve never been good with handling emotional people. I guess I just don’t know how to deal with it. It’s since my parents died 18 years ago that I lost my ability to feel any emotion. 

“It’s my son, he went to a party at his cousin, David's house. David informed me that he just disappeared at the party. Daniel was supposed to sleep over at his place. Apparently his girlfriend's, best friend also went missing.” I give her a warm smile. 

“Sister, come here…” I take her in for a big bear hug and I hold her tight. While I’m hugging her, I start speaking. “Sheila, please stop worrying. Daniel and his friend are here. They are at the pack hospital, because his friend got hurt.” She pulls away quickly. “Are you serious Rafael?” She looks at me with wide eyes and a stunned expression. “Of course I am serious. Has your big brother ever lied to you?” She hugs me again. “Thank you Raf. I didn't even care about the risk of coming here. I know Robert might have scouts watching your territory to see if I might come here.” She pulls away from the hug with a worried expression on her face.

"Don't worry about that sis. I have guards patrolling the area constantly. We chase away anyone that comes near our territory." I put my hand on her left shoulder and give it a reassuring squeeze. She give me a warm smile in return.

“How did you find my son, Raf? Was he in your territory?” She looks at me again with a worried expression. 

“Actually no, we were busy chasing after some rogues that trespassed on our land. We chased them into the rough area of Cape Town and that’s where I caught his scent. I immediately tracked him down. I was just in time, because some rogues were trying to kidnap him and his friend. His friend was in a bad condition and I offered to bring her to the pack hospital since it is the closest hospital.” She looks at me wide-eyed. 

“Did you tell him about all of this? You know? Werewolves and supernaturals?” It seems like she is scared that he will find out about our world. “No I have not told him anything yet, but he saw some of my wolves and I told him I will explain everything later. I did however tell him that I’m his uncle. I think it’s time he learns the truth. And by the truth I mean everything from his past and what he is.” She looks at me with an angry glare. “That is not for you to decide Rafael! My son has been doing perfectly fine without knowing about his past!” She shouts at me with an angry tone in her voice.

“Sheila, let’s get back to the pack hospital then we can discuss matters in a peaceful manner.” I take her by her hand and start leading her to the pack hospital. I turn around and address my guards before we walk of. “Keep up the good work guys.” I like to praise my pack for their good work. It makes them feel proud and then they do an even better job. They both respond. “Yes Alpha.” 

My sister and I continue to walk to the pack hospital. I decide to break the silence. “How come I can’t sense your wolf sis?” She gives me a quick glance and then looks down in shame. “Raf, you have to understand, when I first ran away from Robert I had nowhere to go. As you know he is in the North West which is in the upper part of South Africa. I just kept going with my baby and the little bag I carried with a few of our things. I ended up in Knysna, also here in the Western Cape. There I was lucky enough to meet a nice lady who knew what I was. She gave me a job at her Diner, where I still work at.” 

I keep on listening to my sister’s story. I wish she did not have to suffer like this, on her own. But I know she had her reasons. “Annerina Cordelia is her name. She also happened to be a witch and helped me to bind Daniel and my wolfs' powers. So our wolves are locked away. She also put a cloaking spell on us so we can’t be tracked. The only people who can still recognize our scents are you and Amelia.” I look at her skeptically. She is still looking down. 

“You have nothing to be ashamed of Sheila. You did what you had to do to keep you and your son safe. I just wish I could have helped more. But I knew you did not want to involve your family since Robert is the king and our pack doesn’t stand a chance against him. Luckily our sister, Malia is mated to an Alpha in America. I heard her son is here in South Africa? I would love to meet him some day.” She looks up at me and gives me a warm smile. 

“You would love him. He is a great kid.” We stop in front of the Pack Hospital. Sheila looks up and looks stunned by the enormity of the hospital. “Seems like your pack is doing well, this hospital looks like a mansion!” She says out loud. I can’t help but laugh at her. “Come on. Let’s go in so I can take you to your son.” We walk straight to the VIP room and I open the door. 

Daniel's P.O.V

I'm still patiently waiting for anyone to let me know if Adelaide has woken up. I'm quite bored sitting here and waiting for what seems like an eternity. I decide to grab one of the magazines on the coffee table to read. Not that I really like reading but oh well what else is there to keep me busy. 

Suddenly the waiting room door opened. I startle because normally someone knocks before they just enter. When I look towards the door I understand why the person did not knock… It’s Rafael… He immediately looks at me and speaks. “Daniel, there is someone here who eagerly wants to see you.” He looks at me with a serious expression plastered across his face. 

“Who is it?” I immediately ask with a worried tone. He speaks again. “You may enter now.” He says with a commanding tone. The person walks in and I’m totally taken of guard. My eyes widen as I look at the person. “Mom what on earth are you doing here? And how did you know where I am?"   

Sheila’s P.O.V

I’m so relieved that my son is fine. I could not help myself when I ran to him and gave him a hug. I know he does not normally like it if I show him any kind of affection, but this time it’s different. He hugs me back, but not long after he pulls away from the hug. 

“Mom what are you doing here?” I look at him skeptically… There is so much I have to tell him. “Son I thought you were kidn*pped. So I came to your uncle for help, because I know he is the only one that can help me.” He looks at me shocked and wide-eyed. 

“So what Rafael told me is true? He is my uncle?" He has a stone cold face now. I know he is enraged because I did not tell him about this. “Daniel, please listen. Come on, let’s all sit down and we can discuss this. Everything I did was to keep you safe.” He takes quick strides and sits down hard on one of the sofas with his arms crossed against his chest. 

I walk to the sofa next to him and sit down. Rafael also sits down next to me on the double-seater sofa. “Well… I’m listening…” He says in a sarcastic tone. Just as I was about to start speaking, there is a knock on the door. Rafael speaks. “You may enter.” A young girl, which looks about 20 years old or so, comes walking in, dressed in a nurses’ uniform. She has dark brown long hair which is in a high ponytail. She walks inside and starts speaking to Rafael. 

“Good day Alpha, Doctor Kingsley said we should inform the younger Mr Kingsley if the patient starts to wake up.” She looks rather shy to speak to her Alpha. “Thank you nurse. Please tell Doctor Kingsley we shall be right there.” Rafael says with a stern tone. “All right Alpha, I will let him know.” She walks out.

Adelaide’s P.O.V

What is going on? I’m trying to move my arms and legs, but they feel stiff. I try to open my eyes. My eyelids are moving by I can’t seem to open them. I hear voices in the background but none of them are the angel’s voice I heard, before I passed out. Oh no! Did those bad guys kidnap me? 

“Doctor Kingsley. It seems like the girl is trying to wake up.” I hear a female’s voice, she must be talking about me. “Nurse please go and inform Mr Kingsley that the lady is busy waking up.” This time it’s a man speaking. Who is this Mr Kingsley? Is it the guy who kidn*pped me? I hear the female again. “Sure Doctor, I will go straight away.” 

I start panicking… I have no idea where I am. I have no idea who these people are. Suddenly I remember about Daniel... Oh no! I wonder what happened to him? I continue to struggle to try and move my arms and legs. My eyelids seem so heavy. I feel someone standing near me. It must be the ‘Doctor.’ “Come on sweet lady. I know you can do it. Just keep on trying.” He takes my hand in his. I hear someone walking into the room. He removes his hand. 

“Doctor, the Alpha said they will be here shortly.” It’s the nurse speaking. The bad guys are going to be here shortly? Oh no, no, no… I feel my heartbeat picking up. The monitors start beeping indicating the rise of my heartbeat. The Doctor tries to calm me down. “Please calm down. You are in good hands. He takes my hand again.” Suddenly my body starts shaking. “Nurse hurry! Get a sedative injection ready. I think she’s having a panic attack.”

 No! I hate needles! I hear loud footsteps storming in. “What is going on here? Why is she shaking like that?” The angel’s voice I heard earlier… I only realize now that it’s Daniel’s voice. Thank the heavens he is all right. And that means that, hopefully, we are safe. I immediately feel my heartbeat slowing down… And I stop shaking.

I feel someone else taking my hand and it feels like tingles erupts from where our hands meet. I hear the Doctor speaking. “Daniel, we were just about to inject her with a sedative because she was having a panic attack. It seems the injection won’t be needed anymore.” “I thought you said she was busy waking up?” I hear Daniel say. The Doctor speaks again. “She was busy waking up. Then she started with the panic attack. I actually think your voice calmed her down. So keep on talking to her. Maybe it will help. The nurse and I will leave you two alone for a while.” I hear two pairs of footsteps disappearing out of the room. 

“Adelaide… Please wake up. I’m so sorry you ended up in this mess.” I can hear Daniel speak with sadness in his voice. I try to open my eyes again. I want to tell him that none of this is his fault. I hear him sigh loudly and the next thing I feel is him taking my hand in between both his hands and he rests his forehead against the back of my hand. 

“Please Adelaide… I need you to be okay, because at the moment nothing feels okay in my life.” My heart breaks for him. I try to open my eyes again. This time I manage to open them a bit but shut them immediately because of the bright light. I open them slowly… Once my eyes are fully open I look a bit to my left and see Daniel’s head resting on my hand. He’s beautiful pitch black hair is such a contrast to the whiteness of the hospital room. 

“Dan…” I try to speak but my throat feels sore and dry. Daniel immediately lifts his head up and looks into my eyes. I can get lost in his forest green eyes with specks of yellow. “Adelaide, you’re awake! Let me pour you a glass of water.”

He let’s go of my hand and I instantly miss the warmth of his hands. He stands up and pours me a glass of water from the pitcher that is on the bedside cabinet next to my bed. “Here, take a sip.” I lift myself up with my elbows and he helps me to take a few sips of the water. “Thank you Daniel.” I manage to say with a hoarse voice. My throat still feels kind of sore. 

“You’re welcome Adelaide.” He puts the glass back on the cabinet and I lie back down. “I am so relieved that you are okay Adelaide. After I punched Dylan lights out I immediately went looking for you. When I saw you, you were passed out and there were three guys hovering over you. I had terrible thoughts running through my brain.” He looks at me with worried eyes. 

“I am fine now Daniel. You have no reason at all to worry about me. And by the way, none of this is your fault. Where are we anyway?” He tells me about everything that happened after he had found me. Dammit! I must phone Lydia. She must be worried sick.

To be continued...