We just sat there for ages. I stared out the window silently, and sensed Tom and Shannon looking at me.
Rhydian loved me.
How had I not seen that before?
When I transformed for the first time on Holy Island, he took care of me. We were always laughing and playing, even if we did have a couple of arguments in between. Oh, I miss the arguments. I miss his laugh. I miss him…
Suddenly, I burst into tears and fall to my knees with grief.
I loved him too, and the pain of never seeing him again was unbearable – we never even said goodbye properly!
I felt Shannon's hands on my shoulders, and heard Tom leave the room hastily to retrieve me mam and dad.
My body shook with despair. He was my friend, and my true wolfblood mate, I knew.
"Maddy!" my mam said anxiously, rushing in with dad.
She too grabbed hold of my shoulders to calm me, but my agonising frustration erupted out of me, and I screamed with the deepest of despairs. I felt myself go hot, and my blood began burning below my skin – my veins were darkening, and my body shook…