Carys' POV

I open my eyes and all I see is darkness, I can hear the stiff pillow beneath my head rustle as I move my head around. There's a dim light shining over familiar red hair. The auburn locks hide Jana's head which is rested next to mine. She moves gently, and then quickly sits up straight. She looks at me. "You're awake," I don't say anything.

I look around the dark room and see Rhydian awkwardly curled up on a stiff looking arm chair. I seem to be in some kind of hospital. I try to move my hands to rub my eyes but they don't budge. I've been restrained. Jana reaches over to turn the light up. I can see more clearly that my arms are covered in scratches, some have been dressed. My legs are in a similar state. The scratches overlap the scars Kincaid left me. I really hate that I still can't heal with the moon. "Shan and Rhydian brought you here, we're at Segolia." She whispers, trying not to wake Rhydian. She hasn't noticed that he's already awake and looking right at me. His eyes are full of sorrow, and pity. "Do you remember anything? You were tossing and turning in your sleep." I turn my head away from her and look out of the window at the city.

Of course I remember. It's all still going on. My mother's voice had become warped, it was her voice still, but her words weren't soft and delicate, they were sharp and vicious. 'We didn't want you at first, now we can change you.'

When I was young, there were some kids in my primary school who used to tell me that I was an accident, and that my parents wish I wasn't born. I had a complex about being loved and hated, which is why it's so hard for me to let myself get close to people. People like Jana. I never told my parents about the bullying, so I never really got the reassurance I needed. I just started to brush it off as I got older and the kids got bored of harrassing me.

'No one wanted you here in the first place, so just do them a favour and go. You know what to do.' She said. I can't leave now, I'm imprisoned. I want to leave. I don't want to keep putting everyone through all this hassle. Everyone feels obligated to watch over me because Rhydian and I are technically family. They don't really care about me. I'm just a burden. 'You could be with me now.' What does she mean?

"Carys?" Jana says. I don't turn my head. I slowly close my eyes and pretend to be asleep again. "Carys?" She whispers. I hear her stand up and I feel her presence move in front of me. She bends down slightly and kisses my head. "I love you." Why is she lying? For all she knows, I'm asleep.

"She must be exhausted." I hear Rhydian say. Jana gasps.

"Oh, I didn't realise you were up." Jana says.

"I got about 10 minutes sleep," he pauses for just a moment, "She's going to be okay you know, maybe she just needs human medicine."

"It's not fair." Jana's voice breaks, she starts to cry. I try hard not to cry myself.

'See what you do? You upset everyone.' My mother's voice says. 'Figure it out.' Figure what out?

She wants me to do something, maybe if I figure it out and do it, she'll leave me alone and I'll be okay.

When I wake up the next day, I see the clock on the wall. It's 3pm. Rhydian is standing with Dr. Whitewood on the other side of the room. They don't notice I'm awake.

"The scan showed some severe chemical imbalances in her brain." Dr. Whitewood says to Rhydian. When did I have a scan? They must have knocked me out again. "She's suffering with Psychotic Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Normally I wouldn't be allowed to discuss this with you but considering your family and you're now 16, I can make a small exception."

"Well technically we're not family, we're a pack, and we share a sister." He says. Dr. Whitewood flicks between pages on her clipboard.

"No, says here she's you sister."She says. Rhydian and I don't share any parents. "We did DNA tests with both of your blood, it's a new thing, Segolia wants all employees, Wolfblood or Human, to be on the hospital record. We thought it would be safe to keep yours and Carys' too." Rhydian takes the clipboard and stares at it.

"No, that can't be right, there must have been some kind of mix up." Then he looks at me.

"We don't make mistakes." Whitewood looks at me too. "Carys, you're up." I just stare her. I'm so dehydrated that my eyes don't even well up. "We'll get you something to drink and some food." She takes the clipboard from Rhydian and leaves the room. He stands there in shock. I turn my head back to face the window. I just want to get up and run but I can't. I'm strapped down to the bed like a mental patient. That's what I am now. How did I let it come to this?

"I don't understand." Rhydian says. I hear him pacing the room. "So you're my sister, who is who's parents?" He comes to my side and looks at me. I keep my focus on the view in front of me.

I lie almost completely still for hours, Rhydian changes between pacing and sitting. At one point a nurse brings in food and water, but I still don't move.

At 7pm. The door opens and we both look over to see Jana. She comes to my side.

"Are you alright? Sorry I wasn't here sooner. Maddy's parents made me come home and explain everything." She says, but I just turn again and look away.

"We're brother and sister, Carys and me. Whitewood ran DNA tests." Rhydian says.

"What? But you don't have the same parents? That doesn't make sense?"

"I know, I'm going to get my parents down here, they're having that DNA test too. I wanted to wait until you got here so Carys wouldn't be alone. I'm getting to the bottom of this." He walks out of the room, Jana doesn't stop him. She takes my hand. I look at her.

"Carys, please talk to me. I need to know what's going on in your head." She looks exhausted. Her eyes have dark circles under them, and her hair is a mess. I can't keep putting her through this.

"I keep hearing her voice. My mum." I say, my throat is dry so it comes out quite croaky. "But it's not her, the things she's saying. She would never talk to me like this."

"What's she saying?" I don't answer.

"I'm just scared." I say, one small tear falls down my cheek.

"Scared of what?" I just look her right in the eye. "Hearing your dads voice too?" I nod and begin crying. She hugs me, although I can't hug back. "What happened to your arms?" She asks.

"My mum's voice was- sort of- playing tricks on me. She was telling me there was bugs on me and stupid stuff like that. I scratched away at my skin until I was sure they were gone. They were never there. Please take the straps off." I say. At that moment a nurse comes in carrying a tray of food. It must be dinner time now. I still haven't touched my lunch.

"Nurse, she's alright, please can you take these of of her?" Jana asks. The nurse puts the food on a table.

"You have to stay calm Carys." I nod. She unties me and I immediately hug Jana back. I realise how selfish I'm being. I pull away and sit up in the bed. The nurse pushes the table of food over to me and pulls off the lid. There is a sandwich and jug of water with a glass. Jana pours me a drink and hands it to me.

"The pack have relocated to the mountains near here. When we weren't home earlier today, they got worried. I've seen dad. Rhydian won't be long. We can figure this all out." She says. Taking my hand. The doors burst open. It's Ava.