Chapter 1.
The birthday.

It has been One year since i left with my pack and left Rhydian as a lone wolf, the last thing i said echo's in my mind "I love you" repeating in my head every time i think about him which is all the time.
I lay in the damp leafs of the forests bed, light beams though the leafs of the trees above me my eyes following the particles of dust dancing in the rays of early sunshine, the smell of the moist earth beneath me fills my lungs. The rest of my pack are asleep but i lay here awake thinking about him thinking about how much has changed in the past year, my hair has grown since being in the wilderness it flows down to the middle of my spine where it lays the ends curled in a playful manor, i've grown taller however still small for my age the reason i'm awake when the rest of my pack are fast a sleep is because of my age. Its my 17th birthday and all i can think about is him wondering if he has changed, wondering if he still remembers me.

The rest of the pack starts to emerge from a deep sleep the first being the alpha of the pact Jana, next being my parents who have become less protective of me since living in the wild. The pack starts making plans for the day discussing where they will hunt and who will protect the camp where we are staying. My parents are sent to collect wood to build the fire that had gone out last night, i still lay here staring into the depths of the sky i sleep further away from the pack still believing i don't belong here the only place i belong is the place where he is.

My parents emerge from the edge of the camp with bundles of logs and tinder for the fire, they place them down and start to head over to me im still laying on my back however sensing there present i pull my body up and rest my back on the trunk of the tree i was sleeping under.

"Morning mads" Daniel said in a cautious tone trying not to disturb me, "Happy birthday".
"Thanks" i said trying to sound happy, although i was depressed i still wanted to make sure the others around me were not the same.
"Jana said you can go to the town and call Shannon and tom if you want" said Emma, i've only been in contact with my friends twice this year once when we were in Devon for the day visiting my cousins and once on Christmas, every time i called them i never heard about Rhydian they said he was unwell or he was away this just made me miss him even more.
"where even are we" i said sounding angry, it has been weeks since we last moved and ive never known where we were all i knew was it was hotter then were we were last time.
"Somewhere in the east of whales, the town is just a couple of miles to the North if you hurry you can get there and back by sundown"
"Ok, ill see you then" i got up and wiped the leafs of my jacket and tried to remove as much debris from my hair as possible before throwing on my extra hoddie that i used as a pillow last night. It was cold but i found the lighter in my jacket pocket and used the flame to heat my hands up, i started to walk into the forest before pulling out a joint from a tin in my other pocket, i managed to get when we were at my cousins. I lit the joint and placed it my mouth breathing in the smoke trying to forget the past i looked around at the forest seeing the light bounce of the trees making the hole place looks so beautiful and that's when i began to run. I ran with all my speed my feet barely touching the ground with each pace i am very graceful when running however seem to fall on anything when i walk, each breath i took inhaling more smoke making my mind more clear and numbing my pain.

It seemed like at least two hours before i got to the clearing of the forest and could see building in the far distance i hurried over being cautious not to be seen running at such fast pace. I got nearer to the small village it was dull the walls of each house painted in a faded grey there was a road leading of into the distance and that was it there was a small dock where boats were tied up at and a small shop. It was the smallest "town" i've ever seen it must of been a small fishing village at least 200 people could live here. I carried on walking on the road leading up to the village when i got closer to the shop in the village i could see a small phone booth i got inside it smelled strongly of fish so i decided to make it quick i rummaged though my jumper pocket searching for some loose change my hand felt something cold and i remembered i slept with my knife in my jumper pocket scared the pack would turn in me at night, i let out a low chuckle thinking how stupid i must sound and placed 20p into the coin slot of the telephone i got out a crumpled piece of paper that had Shannon's number scrawled on i typed in the numbers on the pad and placed the phone to my ear, ringing...