Addilyn

Chapter Three

Addilyn woke up the next day, surprised to be in her bed. She vaguely recalled the day before. She remembered the pain, the fever and collapsing on the floor. She recalled lying there for hours. She didn’t remember finally passing out or getting into bed. But she sat up, relieved that the fever was gone. She felt so much better.

Smiling to herself she stretched and got out of bed. She felt so good. Stronger. But she smelled bad. She chalked it up to the sweating that happened from the fever. She needed a shower before she did anything. She walked into the bathroom and started the shower when she heard Liz come into the room.

“Good morning!” Addi called out, peeking her head out of the bathroom door. She was met with a concerned look on Liz’s face. “Hey! What’s wrong?” Addilyn asked her, her own concern growing as she watched Liz.

“Oh! You’re better!” Liz said, relief clearly taking over her body. “I found you on the floor last night. You were burning up.”

“Ooohhhh… so that’s how I made it to the bed!” Addi exclaimed. That answered that question for her.

“Yeah. I checked on you a few times. I was coming in now to check again. Are you feeling better? I was thinking I would take you to the doctor this morning.” Liz told her, her eyes running over Addi, checking her.

Addi shook her head. “No, no need. I don’t need to see a doctor. I feel great today. Probably just a bug. But whatever it was, I slept so well last night. I feel great, amazing! So well rested.”

Liz looked at her again, her eyes searching. Finally she seemed to accept that Addi was okay. She sighed and then smiled. “Okay! Go have your shower. You smell! When your dressed and ready, come downstairs. We’ll have breakfast then go to the stables. Ginger had her foal this morning. I thought you’d like to yo see it? This afternoon we have party planning to do.”

Addi smiled and gave Liz a hug. “Yes! A baby horse? Oh yes! I can’t wait to meet the new addition!” She squealed.

“You smell, girl! Oh gross! Get in that shower! Let’s hope the soap is enough to get that stench out!” Liz laughed.

Addi laughed and pulled Liz in tighter. Liz laughed before shooing her away to get into the shower. She heard Liz laugh as she walked away. Addi looked in the mirror and saw how awful she looked. Her hair was a mess from the sweat and the fever. But she had colour in her face and looked to be almost glowing. Addi turned and stepped into the steamy, hot shower. The water beating against her muscles felt really good. As she lathered her soap she pushed the thoughts of her sudden illness out of her mind and turned them to meeting the new foal in the stables.

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An hour later Liz stood in the stables with Addi, watching her gush over the new foal and his momma. Liz kept her distance from the horse. She knew right now the horse wouldn’t stay calm if she went near her. Liz had spent so much time working to earn the animals trust- mostly for Addi since she loved horses so much. Liz wanted Addi to have horses since she loved them. Addi was telling ginger how beautiful her baby was, maintaining her distance. The horse had a very quiet nature with Addi. Most animals would freak out over being close to a werewolf. They get very unsettled. Even before they change and are children- it was it the animal could sense the inner wolf. But they didn’t with Addi. Either they couldn’t sense her inner wolf or they truly sensed her kindness. Whatever it was Liz knew it was special.

“What are we going to name him?” Addi asked as they walked towards the house.

“ I’m not sure.” Liz said. “I thought you could name him.”

“Really?” Addi asked, her excitement bubbling.

“Sure!” Liz laughed. It was hard to not be in a good mood around Addi when she was happy. “What’s it gonna be?”

“I have no idea! I’m gonna have to think about it.” Addi responded.

When they got back to the house Liz could sense her family had arrived. She had texted them to come but they were early. She didn’t plan for Addi to be home when they got there. She had made nail appointments for Addi and her friend Lena. It was an excuse to get her out of the house but it was also for the party.

“Addi, go get ready. I’ll call down to have your car pulled up. You can go get Lena and grab lunch before your nail appointment.” Liz suggested.

“Sounds good.” Addi answered, peering down the hall, curiosity written all over her face.

“Go on. They are here for party planning.” Liz told her. “Don’t ruin the surprise.”

Addi smiled and waved at the family members waiting in the foyer. They smiled at Addi and waived back at her. Liz watched Addi hurry up the stairs to get changed. She texted the staff to bring Addi’s car up and turned to meet her family.

“I thought” her brother started. Liz shot him a look and a low growl escaped her lips. It was enough to shut her brother up. The rest of the family knew enough to keep quiet until Addi left.

It was only a few minutes before they heard Addi call out good bye as she headed out the door. Liz didn’t utter a work until the car was out of the driveway.

"Jacob, I thought you were smarter than that!” She started.

“What? She won’t hear me until the change starts. We are still a few days away from that.” Jacob stated.

“No. We’re not. That’s why I called you all. She started the change last night.”

“What?” Her mother gasped. “It’s too soon.”

“I know.” Liz replied. I don’t have an answer for it.

“There’s an old prophesy that says that the one to unite the packs will be unlike any other. They will be stronger than any wolf ever.” Her dad responded. “Maybe Addi is the one. We’ve protected her all her life because we knew our pack would kill her after your sister gave birth to her. Your sisters death caused a lot of issues. An alpha dying in birth means the pup gets killed in the struggle for power. With this- she’s at even bigger risk than we ever thought.”

“We told them she died that night. They’ll know when she changes that she’s alive because her line will be intact still. Hers was never severed since she’s meant to be the alpha.” Liz said.

“Is she ready?” Jacob asked.

“As ready as she can be. All that’s left is to tell her so she’s not confused.” Liz responded. “I’m not ready for that.”

“Liz! You should have told her years ago.” Her father chastised.