The Golden Wolf

Chapter 5 The Hospital

Freya’s pov

After Maze and I leave Alpha's office we walk to our rooms to change clothes because what we were wearing was dirty. I go in to my closet and grab a plain black tank top and a pair of tiger printed leggings. I bought the leggings after I shifted for the first time. I put on a clean pair of socks and put on my black tini shoes that have pink bottoms. I go into my bathroom to brush my long blonde hair. It gets a golden shine to it when it's healthy and in the sun. After that I head into the hall to wait for Maze.

I could feel Hope was still pissed. I could feel it rolling off her in waves. She hated the Idea of someone hurting her friends. The closest thing we have to family. Maze, Cynthia, and I were orphans. That could be a reason we all got along together so well. 

“Hope, how are you feeling.” I ask.

“Pissed,” she growls.

“You wanna go for a run later tonight, I will let you have control if you let me see what your doing and you don’t do anything stupid.”

“Really?” She asks.

“Yes” I haven't let her have control to run yet only on the first night I let her.

Maze comes out a few minutes later. She was wearing a red tank top with a leather jacket and black leggings. Her boots were leather too. She had a small leather bag on one shoulder. “What's in there?” I ask.

“My hair brush, phone, phone charger, earbuds, and a deck of cards.” She answers me. 

“Okay, let’s stop by Cynthia’s room to grab some clothes for her, and her phone.” I say. 

“Sounds good to me.”

After we get there we unlock the door with the spare key she gave us and grab a pair of pj pants and an oversized t-shirt. We grab her hair brush and the leave-in conditioner. We walk over to her nightstand and pull out her phone from the drawer. We put the stuff in the bag and left making sure the door was locked on our way out.

We get to the hospital. “Where can we find Cynthia?” Maze asks a nurse.

“In room 47.” replys the nurse.

The room wasn’t hard to find. But we weren't expecting what we saw. There was a tube in her throat, and wires that lead to a heart monitor. There was a I.V. in her arm. Her neck was bruised and swollen. 

Hope whimpered at the sight. “Let me out” she screamed in my head “I wanna go kill that bastard”

“No, I can’t let you do that.” I tell her but she doesn’t want to listen.

“Look what he did to Cynthia, imagine him getting loose in the territory. He could hurt you or Maze.” She growled but in the last part she whimpered it.

“I know, I’m scared he’s gonna come back to finish what he started. But the Alpha said we couldn’t.”

I look up at Cynthia, could this affect her first shift. “Stay here with Cynthia, I wanna go ask her doctor something.” I tell Maze she nods at me and I leave.

“Do you know where I can find Doctor Mike? I need to ask him a question.” I asked the same nurse from earlier. 

“He’s in his office down the hall.” She answers me.

“Okay, thanks” I say.

Knock. Knock. Knock. “Come in.”

“I have a question about Cynthia.”

He looks up at me, “and what might that be,” he asks.

“Will her being in that coma prevent her first shifting.”

“When is that supposed to happen?”

“In 6 days from now. Her 16th birthday is halloween.” I tell him.

“No, but if she shifts with the artificial airway in her throat it could get jammed in her throat and kill her in her wolf form or when she shifts back to her human form. It may not, those are just possibilities. But if we take it out right before she shifts she might heal.” He says. “Thank you for letting me know.”

“Your welcome, good bye.” 

I start walking back to Cynthia’s hospital room my stomach growls. I should go get food. Looking up at the clock on the wall I see that it's 6:45 p.m. almost dinner time. Deciding to see if Maze wants me to grab her food I head to ask her. 

“Hey Maze, you want some food? I’m about to go get me some.”

“Sure.” 

“Okay I’ll be back soon.” I tell her as I leave. 

When I get to the pack kitchen I grab 2 of the to go boxes. They are for if you have someone in the hospital, or wanna eat somewhere else. Omegas often make one for the Alpha when he has a lot of work.

I fill them with mashed potatoes and gravy. With a t-bone steak, garlic bread, and rice. Deciding to grab a couple cans of coke to drink with our dinner. 

When I got back into the room Maze was sitting in a chair playing on your phone. I say “BOO” and she nearlies jumps high enough to touch the ceiling. I laugh at her.

“You hungry?” I ask her, still laughing.

“Ohhhh yesssss give meeee.” she says reaching for her food.

“Oh no, I didn’t hear the magic words, looks like I get it all.”

“Give me pretty pwease,” she begs.

“Okay fine you can have the food.” I say, “but I need a hug for the drink.”

“Come here, I'ma give you a big hug.” She tells me

After we hug I give Maze her food and coke, and I dig into mine as we eat in silence. 

“Hey I’m gonna go for a run and let Hope have some freedom.”

“How long will you be?”

“I have no idea. However long Hope wants to run for or till we get tired. Mindlink me if her condition changes.” I say before I leave.

“Hope are you ready for a run?” I ask as I walk behind the tree line.

“Yessssss” she answers

“Do you remember the deal?”

“Yes I do.”

“Okay, you may have control.” I tell her as I take my clothes off behind a tree.

I can feel my bones snap and break. They move around under the skin and twist to form a tiger. My face feels like it's getting pulled on until I have a snout. I feel it as the whiskers push out from my cheeks. My hands break more like shatter to form paws. My nails elongate and sharpen into claws. My tail then forces its way out at the same time as my fur.

My fur coat is black while the stripes are gold. My eyes are golden. The tips of my ears and tail are gold. My claws are gold too.

Once the pain from the shift is over I take off into the woods before I slip into darkness.