Carys' POV

"I love the wild, every night under the stars, every night with you." I say as I look away from the beautiful sight in front of us, and over to the even more beautiful sight next to me. "I miss the human world, but I'd miss you more if we were parted."

"I'm so in love with you." Jana kisses me. "We can always be together now." She looks at the watch that she keeps a secret from the pack. "We should go back, my father will be worried about us." She stands up, reaching her hand out to me. I've been so much happier lately, even though I have nightmares about my parents and sometimes wake up screaming and shouting. The pack get angry at me sometimes but Jana would never let them hurt me.

Sometimes I hear my mums voice, when I'm hunting or fishing, just things I remember her saying to me a lot. She called me 'Cherub' when I was little so I hear that a lot. And there's a lullaby she used to sing to me when I was a baby, sometimes I hear that when I get stressed. It's a welsh lullaby, so I have no clue what it means, but I like it. Even if it does sort of scare me, the fact that I can hear things that aren't there.

We walk hand in hand through the moon lit forest. The pack have relocated to Wales for spring. I thought Jana would be skeptical about staying in the wild, but she never seems to give a second thought when it comes to being with me. She always makes sure I'm happy, she says her happiness is my only concern. When I'm happy she's happy too.

Once we come back to the camp, there seems to be some kind of drama. Some of the pack are crowding around the fighting ground. Jana pushes past them, pulling me with her, we stand beside Gerwyn. Ceri is next to him trying to calm everyone down, I see a Wolfblood I've never met before, she has blonde hair and I can tell she's empowered, perhaps an Alpha of her own pack. I can also tell by her look that she is tame. The pack growls at her, creating a riot. Ceri turns to Jana and I.

"Carys, I really think you should go back to the den." She tries to block my view of the girl, but I push past her, sniffing the girl. I know who she is straight away. "That's her. My daughter." Ceri is emotional, she then turns to Gerwyn who comforts her, reminding her she needs to be strong for her pack. I grab Jana's hand. She looks at me, I'm scared, I wasn't expecting this.

"Quiet!" Jana shouts. The pack complies, still respecting her as their former Alpha. "What's your name?" She asks the blonde. Approaching her.

"I don't answer to your kind, where's my sister?" She asks, her eyes turning yellow. She has a London accent, almost similar to Rhydian's. "I know she's here, my instincts are strong." She starts walking in my direction. She sniffs. "It's you." I back away. "I'm your sister, I'm sorry you were kept from me. My name is Ava." Jana walks to me, taking my hand again. I don't say anything. All the things that have happened in my life have broken my confidence.

"Why did you come here?" Jana asks her.

"I told you, I will not answer to you."

"Yes, you will." I say quietly, refusing to look her in the eye.

"I came to find you. I could feel it -" She grips her chest. "- in here, I could feel it when he died. I followed my instincts, they lead me to a village in Newcastle, Stoney Bridge. I talked to people, I found Rhydian, I knew he was my brother, I could feel that too. I didn't tell him who I was, but this family have strong instincts and he figured it out. He told me about you, that you had gone into the wild, near Wales. Why are you living like this Carys? There's so much more to the world." She takes another step towards me but I only back away more, pulling Jana with me, I stand slightly behind her.

"Give them privacy." Jana says to the pack, they unwillingly return to their work. Ceri and Gerwyn remain where they are. Jana looks at me. "Shall I leave you?"

"No, stay with me. Let's all go to the den." We walk as a group to the tee-pee that Ceri lets Jana and I share. It's big enough for us all to sit. You could cut the tension with a knife.

"I'm sorry Ava," Ceri says. "I was so young, too young to keep you."

"I have no time for your apologies, you're 24 years late." Ava snaps at Ceri.

"Don't talk to my Alpha like that." I say, the fire in me is slowly rekindling. "What is your intention?"

"When I found about you, all I could think of is how much you must be hurting. I'm mourning too."

"I'm fine, I have a pack, I have love." It's not a lie.

"When he died, I felt like part of me had died too, so I know better than anyone that you're not fine."

"You don't know anything about me, you didn't even know I existed. I can't be mad at you for that, I know, but how dare you come here and tell me what I'm what I'm feeling?" I stay strong, yet calm.

"I'm sorry. I want a relationship with you, I want to know you and Rhydian. I have been parted from my family my entire life." Ava shows us her vulnerable side. I take a deep breath.

"I can't go back to the human world yet, at least not permanently, I have to wait until I turn 16 next month. So if you really want to know me, you will either wait until then, or you can stay here."

"Carys, I don't think that's wise." Gerwyn says, he hasn't spoken to me the whole time I've been here, I think he's still upset with my father for breaking Ceri's heart. Ceri and I both ignore him.

"I will stay in the village, we can meet whenever you want."

"You will also fix things with Ceri, she's my Alpha and you will respect her in order to earn my respect." Ceri gives me a broken smile.

"Fine," Ava turns to Ceri. "I will need time, I have only just discovered these things about my life. I've had no time to heal from the pain." Ceri nods.

"Thank you." I smile. "Jana and I were planning on visiting the old pack tomorrow, go back tonight and I will see you then."

"Okay." We all exit the den and see her off. Ava tries to hug me but instead I extend my hand and we shake. Gerwyn looks displeased. Not about the handshake, about the fact I'm trying to befriend her, and the fact that she's here.

"Gerwyn, go and help Aran and Alric find food." Ceri says. He may also be Alpha, but Ceri's the one in charge around here.

I watch as Ava runs off into the distance. Jana and I are still holding hands. Jana squeezes my hand gently to get my attention. She looks at me. "Do you want to go for another walk before we go to bed?" She asks.

"I think I want to go on my own, I need some head space." I don't look at her. I start to walk off.

"I don't think you should go alone, it's dark and you don't know these woods as well as I do." Jana gently pulls me back.

"I won't go further than our tree, I swear. I know my way back from there." She lets go of my hand and I head off through the camp and out towards our tree. We always sit under it, we've walked there everyday since we came to the wild. It's the biggest tree for miles, in both width and height. I've been attracted to it since the moment I saw it, it's beautiful because it's different. It's like me and Jana because we're different too.

Although Jana knows I can look after myself, I can tell she doesn't like the thought of me being out in the woods all on my own.

Everything good always comes to an end, but the bad stuff never stops. As soon as I'm content, the world takes my happiness away from me. I'm not displeased that I've met Ava, since Ceri told me about her I've been curious about her. But I just know her being here is going to ruin everything, she was right about the instincts that this family have. Dad and I have always been a little different than other Wolfbloods, but I didn't know that until I met others. Rhydian and Ceri have also have very strong instincts.

Right now my instincts are telling me to be careful, telling me not to trust her right away. At least not until I talk to Rhydian about this, I'm nervous to talk to Rhydian. Obviously I still consider him a friend, but he wasn't that friendly last month. I sit against mine and Jana's big tree, Jana must think I'm mad for having such a special connection to a tree. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that I'm close to home, my old home. I was nervous about coming back to Wales, but I knew it wouldn't be like it was before if we're living in the wilderness. We've been away from Stoney Bridge for about a month, it's only 3 months until I turn 16 and I can go home, with Jana. We can finally start a proper life together.

I concentrate on everything around me, in this pack, we're not supposed to use Eolas or Anceon until we're 18 but something made me desperate to use Eolas. I moved to a crouching position, feeling the cold dirt beneath my palm. I was barely using Eolas for a second when I saw something that I knew was right in front of me, without using Eolas. This large clump of rocks was opposite our tree. I knew it was there, it hadn't especially stood out to me before but I always knew it was there. I stand up and walk over to it, it's dark out but the moon and stars give me enough light to make out that it's not just a clump of rocks. I walk around to the right side of it, and I see that it's a cave, it goes under ground. It kind of reminds me of a giant rabbit hole. I go inside and immediately realise what this place is. I panic but I don't move. It's pitch black in here, but I know where I am, without seeing I know. I can feel her here with me. It's like she's the reason I found this place. "Anceon..." I hear a very faint whisper, but I can make out her voice. Why can I hear her voice? Am I going crazy? "Carys, use it." I hear her again. My mother.