Growing Up Human

Chapter 12 Maddox POV

I felt Lila drop her aura and I ran over to her. Her facial expressions gave me all the information I needed. Kyle opens our mind link. What the f**k was that dude? I don't know if she's not 18 yet, she shouldn't be able to use her alpha aura like that nor should it be that powerful. What he asked, confused" How do you know she's an alpha? I didn't even know she was a werewolf till this. I looked at him from across the lawn. Get everyone inside and I'll explain everything later. As Kyle takes the group inside, I hold her back, dropping the link. When people are out of earshot, I turn to talk to her before I can even get a word out. She blurts out, I'm so sorry I don't know what happened, I don't even know how I did that. I blinked at her in shock. First off, you're not in trouble, I just want to know if you're OK. Second, I need to know what you were feeling when it happened, like what emotion was strongest. She gave me a confused look and I took her hand. I feel a buzz when our hands touch and I can tell she feels it too. I promise I won't hurt or punish you. Danial presses forward anxious because we are so close to her. Mate, she is mate, he says to me. I agree she's our mate, but I wonder why we can both feel it so early. She doesn't turn 18 for 2 more days. When she takes a deep breath to speak, my eyes snap from her hands to her beautiful lips. My eyes wander to her cute little nose and her jaw-dropping hazel eyes. Well, I was so angry my whole skin was so itchy and it felt like I had a really bad sunburn, she confesses. I nod my head, trying to wrap my head around what she’s saying. Still holding her hand, I turned and walked towards the library. Before we got to the doors, I turned and asked her," Hey I think I know someone who can help. It'll take a couple of days to get him here, but would you like to meet him and maybe get some answers? She looks at me and thinks about it and says sure maybe he can tell me what my dreams mean. I freeze dreams. What kind of dreams do you have? I ask concerned well every night I see a huge dark gray wolf and hear this heart-wrenching howling. Ok, I say opening the door for her. I’ll add that to the list of questions. Oh hey, I say don’t tell anyone about the dreams or what happened out here today, OK? She looks at me puzzled but nods OK and goes inside.

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After we get done with the group's Kyle and I walk to his car and head to the pack house. So are you going to tell me what that was all about? I sigh and know I can’t hide it forever. I found my mate, Lila. The only problem is she’s not 18. He looks at me with his mouth open. I asked her what emotion she felt when that crazy aura thing happened and she was so angry that she was trying to shift without knowing it. I think. He goes quiet and I can tell he’s thinking. Is Daniel sure? Like sure sure. No, not really, but we held her hand and we felt a buzz, not sparks like we’d been told, but it would make sense because when she turns 18 she’s going to be a strong alpha. Ok here’s the big question, he says, turning on the road that leads to the pack house. Why does she smell human if she’s a werewolf? What happened to her parents? I don’t know that’s what scares me the most. She might be the most powerful werewolf we know and if she can’t control it then that also makes her the most dangerous.

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Walking out of my dad's office in the pack house, I went through the phone book before finding the phone number that I needed. Dailing the number on my smartphone, I hear the phone ring 4 times before someone answers. Hello, what do you want? Regan This is Maddox, Andrew's son. I have a question. Ask already I don’t have all day. He says angrily. Do you know a werewolf with the first name of Lila? The other end of the line went so quiet I thought I dropped him. Hello? Regan? Are you there? I said on the phone. Is she with you? No, she's at the school. Stay with her and do not let her use her powers till after her birthday. Oh ok I'm a little worried. I’ll be there in a week and bring her to me. Then, goodbye. The phone clicks off and I have more questions than answers. Taking a deep breath, I walked through the pack house and out to the playhouse. Its basically a space for the next generation of pack leaders to move into until they take over their roles in the pack. I open the door to my room and flop on the bed. It was past 11:30 and I didn't feel like driving the 30 minutes back to school. As I played on the bed, I started thinking about Lila and what she said about that dark gray wolf. I lay in bed for an hour and still couldn't go to sleep. Danial, sensing my anxiety, came close to the surface using my eyes to see. Instead of lying down and staring at the ceiling, why don't we go on a run? We missed the pack run last week and the next one isn't for another 2 weeks. That's a good idea. You're getting fat and you need exercise. You'll regret saying that later he growls in my head. I rolled my eyes at him, walked downstairs, and out the door we shifted quickly and walked over to the fountain. Danial takes a drink of water before tossing his fur and stretching. In the reflection of the water, I can see our blue-gray fur. In the moonlight. We looked so much like my mother's wolf it was scary. In my mother's bloodline, all the female wolves have the same color of fur and eyes. When I shifted last year and saw my wolf for the first time it was like looking right at her. My Mother was killed by some humans hunting in our territory when I was 7, along with my much younger sister. That was the first time I ever met Regan. He helped our pack heal after her death, though I don’t think he ever did. My father and stepmom were shocked when I shifted for the first time. To be honest, so was I. Danial suddenly jerked, which brought my attention to what he was doing. Danial, why are we so close to the school? I ask him. Danial? Hey, what’s wrong with you? I say trying to take back control. With my body on autopilot and getting closer to the college with every step, my anxiety of just bursting into the square at 1 am and someone spotting me that wasn’t a werewolf or worse would tell my father was overwhelming. Trying to feel for Danial again made me realize he wasn’t in my head. My thoughts were completely my own. I burst through the trees to see someone walking towards the dorms. Adam, you have to stop Danial. I couldn’t get control, letting the panic slip through the mind-link when I realized where I was headed.