Chapter 8 (To Love or to Obey)
Brady is obeying Sam's orders and staying away from Amy. That is until his Grandpa invites her over for a backyard camp out. Brady gives in, seeing as it's his birthday. Amy and Brady start joking around and she calls him a chicken. Brady can't stand this and they end up going to the beach. Brady and Amy go skinny dipping when something feels off to Brady.
Chapter 9 (Close Encounters)
That's when I saw it. A couple of meters away there was a shark. It must have been attracted by all the splashing Amy and I were doing.
"Amy, swim to shore!" I ordered like an Alpha male.
Amy didn't hesitate and started swimming to shore in a panic. She had no idea what was going on, but I must have scared her with the tone of my voice. Everything was moving in slow motion, my wolf senses allowing me to see everything in and process it in milliseconds. Amy was splashing all over the place, spiking an interest in the shark. The shark changed its course from me to Amy. A loud growl erupted from low in my chest. Amy's head snapped back, eyes wide with fear after hearing such a noise come from me. I swam as fast as I could to Amy and wrapped my arm around her, pulling her towards shore. Amy resumed swimming and that's when I felt it. A yelp exploded out of my mouth as the shark sunk its teeth into my thigh. Searing hot pain spread from my thigh, down to my foot and up my chest. The pain was almost unbearable. I could hear Amy's shriek as she registered what was going on. Amy's shriek allowed me to fight through the pain and quickly turn to swing my fist at the shark. The shark recoiled in pain and I figured I must have landed the punch on it's nose. This was our only chance to get to shore before anything else happened. I wrapped my arm around Amy tighter and we continued our panicked swim to shore. Everything was moving in slow motion it seemed like every stroke I made was like fighting against running water. My legs now completely engulfed in hot pain that made me unable to move them. I know it all happened within five seconds but it all felt like minutes. As we were swimming I noticed that I was no longer pulling Amy, but she was pulling me as little frightened gasps escaped her mouth, occasionally. My right leg was numb and cold, now. My body was heavier than normal, I could barely hold onto Amy anymore. She pulled me up on shore, obviously gaining strength from an extreme adrenaline rush, and started sobbing.
"Don't cry Amy, why are you crying?" My voice sounded so quiet and far away.
Amy kept shaking her head back and forth while sobbing. She grabbed her pyjama top and started wrapping it around my thigh. I lifted my head, that now felt like a bowling ball, and looked down. I saw blood leading from the water's edge, through the sand, to where we were.
"Damn, I've lost a lot of blood..." I tried to smile at Amy.
"Oh god..." Amy managed to say through her sobs as she applied pressure to the wound.
"...I'll be okay..." I smiled trying to reassure her as she my vision started to get darker.
"We have to get you home so your grandparents can drive us to the hosp-" Amy stopped mid sentence as her head snapped around to look at something.
"Brady..do you hear that?" Amy placed her hand on my chest while whispering to me.
"hmm?" I couldn't hear anything over the ringing in my ears.
I tried to look around but I couldn't move my head. It hurt to move my eyes through the dark haze that was getting thicker.
"Oh thank god it's you!" Amy stood up then blushed, pulling on her bra and pyjama bottoms.
Amy then disappeared out of my vision. I wonder who it is. Do I have pants on? I think I'm still naked, well that sucks. Ughh someone needs to stop spinning me, I can't grip the sand. Where is all this black in my vision coming from? Is the world fading away? FUCK. I knew I should have recycled...
Collin's face suddenly appeared in my vision, he was hovering over me. Collin leaned in and scooped me up as he whispered quietly, so only myself could hear it.
"Good luck being the knight in shining armor when you're just the helpless damsel in distress."
That's the last thing I remember before blacking out.
What's going on? My everything is sore and my thigh is throbbing...I think I'm in bed, there's a comforter on top of me or something. Who's in the room? I can hear them breathing.
I opened my eyes and then quickly closed them. "Uuungg!" It's fucking bright! Did I fall asleep on Amy? Oh god! I was attacked by a shark and Collin came to rescue me. Fuck. Is that Collin breathing? Is he waiting to finish what the shark started?
I opened my eyes quickly and kept them open this time, surveying my surroundings. I'm at Emily's. It's not night time anymore. Collin isn't here. Amy's asleep on the floor. Amy's asleep on the floor?
I attempted to sit up and winced as movement with my right leg was impossible without searing pain. I continued to sit up with as little movement of the lower half of my body as possible. I watched Amy, curious as to why she was here. She was wearing what looked like something that Leah would wear. Her hair was a hot frizzy mess and what little make up that was left on her face was smudged. Amy was breathing deeply and I could tell she was out like a light. I swung my legs out from under the covers and winced again as I did so. I was sitting on the side of the bed when I looked down at myself. I was dressed in loose shorts and a clean t-shirt. My thigh now wrapped in gauze rather than Amy's pyjama shirt. Curious I started peeling back the medical tape, slowly.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" A voice demanded, coldly.
I nearly fell on my face as my whole body jumped in fear. As I winched in pain I looked up and saw Leah standing in the door frame, arms crossed over her chest.
"I..I'm doing stuff!" I stated loudly.
Amy mumbled something that couldn't be English and rubbed her eyes before sitting up. She looked at Leah then to me, groggily.
"Morning?" She murmured, struggling to stay upright.
"Way to wake her, stupid." Leah rolled her eyes at me as she walked into the room.
Leah gingerly picked Amy up off the floor, bridal style. Amy cuddled into Leah's neck like a giant baby and I swear I saw the corner of Leah's lip turn up into an itty bitty little smile.
"So..what happened?" I scratched my head, awkwardly.
"Well Collin heard your loud yelp-well I think the whole reservation heard it. Anyways he then heard Amy's scream and flipped his shit. He ran to the beach and saw the bloody hormonal scene. He knew he had to save you so he brought you here and Emily patched you up." Leah looked down at Amy, who was now asleep in her arms. "Poor Amy was so scared and half naked, I lent her some cloths after her bath and she fell asleep here, on the floor." Leah motioned at the floor where Amy once laid, still holding her in her arms.
I put my head in my hands.
"How pissed is Sam about the whole not seeing Amy thing?"
Leah snorted at me. "Good luck."
"One more question, why are you so nice to Amy?" I looked up at Leah, one brow raised.
"Maybe I'm just mean to everyone but Amy so it seems like I'm nice to her." Leah returned the brow raise right back at me.
I sighed loudly and stood, hobbling towards the doorway, almost vomiting from the pain it caused me. When I turned to look back Leah was trying to lay Amy down on the bed, but Amy was holding on really tight. Leah looked too tired and gave up, laying in the bed next to Amy for a nap. I partially thought Leah wanted to stay close to Amy anyways. I walked out of the room and left Leah and Amy to rest. I knew I was in trouble with Sam but when he called my name in such a menacing tone it frightened me, like a child caught with a hand in the cookie jar. Collin had obviously told Sam everything, I could tell from the anger in his voice. As I walked outside I tried to mentally brace myself for the alpha I was about to face.
"Yes?" I questioned, respectfully.
"I am EXTREMELY disappointed in you for putting Amy in danger."
I nodded, bowing my head in shame.
"But I am aware of how unfair it was for me to forbid you from seeing Amy."
I lifted my head slightly, looking up through my eyebrows, hopeful. Sam seemed to notice and tightened his expression, making him look frightening and in charge.
"That is why I am revoking my previous order to stay away from Amy."
My head shot up, I was grinning like an idiot, looking Sam right in the eye. Big mistake. As an Omega you should never stand tall, the Alpha will see it as a threat. Sam growled and bared his teeth to me, puffing his chest and planting his feet. I knew I was well out of line and lowered my head so my eyes were directed to my feet. Sam stood his ground and watched me, his teeth still fully exposed. I can imagine this would look very strange to an outside observer but I knew my place in the pack. My job was to be like the class clown, to relieve tension within the pack. In wolf packs the Omega at this time would roll onto their backs, exposing their stomach to the Alpha, to show they are prone. I did this exact thing and laid in the grass, on my back. Sam's position shifted and he closed his mouth.
"You and Amy may do as you please but you must not argue with any member of the pack about her. She will decide who she will be romantically involved with."
I slowly rolled onto my stomach, keeping my gaze low, so I didn't aggravate the Alpha again.
"You will not do or say anything that would make Amy view anyone in a negative way. I have told...the pack the same."
He's talking like a teacher, not directly blaming anyone but blaming everyone.
Even more slow then the previous movement I stood, being sure my head was bowed.
"I expect these orders to be followed." Sam's voice was quiet and menacing.
I nodded once to Sam. He smiled a little at me.
"Alright enough serious stuff, how's your leg?" Sam's voice changed from serious Alpha to a concerned friend.
I knew now I was no longer an Omega, now I was a fourteen year old boy. I stood up looked at Sam straight on.
"Well you should just be more concerned for the shark." I smiled smugly.
Sam rolled his eyes and motioned for me to follow him inside. I hobbled beside Sam, into the house where I could smell fantastic food being made.
"Oh boy Emily, what are we having?" I called out, excited.
"You'll have to ask Amy." Emily answered my question.
Emily was sitting at the table with Claire in her arms. Claire was drawing as usual. I turned around to see Amy in the kitchen with Leah. I did a double take. Leah was sitting on one of the counters, beside where Amy was cooking. Both girls were looking at me, Amy with a smile and Leah with a bored look.
"I'm making pizza!" Amy stated. "We were talking," she motioned towards Leah "And I bet her that I could make the best pizza she had ever tasted." Amy smiled sweetly.
Emily laughed and said "I hope you're making enough for all the boys, they get very hungry."
Amy nodded and went back to work making another pizza, while swatting at Leah's hand as it tried to steal ingredients. I decided to leave the girls be and went into the living room where I saw Collin. He was smiling so wide I thought his mouth was going to fall off. As I walked into the room he pushed off the wall and moved closer to me. I narrowed my eyes into a glare and spat the word "what?" at him.
"I know something important about your imprint with Amy," He sneered in my ear.
