The next day, Rhydian took Maddy and Olivia for a picnic in the forest. There was a massive clearing a little distance from the house and Rhydian thought his plan would work perfectly there. Maddy just thought it was going to be a normal picnic so she was surprised when part way through it Rhydian just asked the question.
"Maddy, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I don't care if we're too young. We're soul mates and that's all that matters to me. I love you and I don't care if you say no because I will keep asking you until you say yes." Rhydian said looking her in the eye after he had asked her. She was holding Olivia and she was in shock, that much Rhydian could see.
"Yes." Maddy whispered. She wanted to spend every single moment of her life with him as well and nothing was going to stop her from doing just that.
"But we don't tell anyone. Our parents would flip when they hear it so we tell no one. It can be our little secret." Maddy said.
"I like the sounds of that and I don't have a ring on me at the moment so it will be easier to keep the secret." Rhydian smiled.
"Okay. Now, let's take little missy here to the park. She's getting a bit bored." And with that, Maddy, Rhydian and Olivia packed up and headed to the park.
Tom and Kara hadn't really spoken to any of their friends. They saw Shannon and Jimmy and school, but they barely spoke to them. They had been keeping a secret from their friends and they didn't think they would be able to keep it if they saw them. In the end, Tom snapped and he and Kara went and talked to Rhydian one night when Maddy and Olivia were sleeping.
"Rhydian, what we're about to tell you could come as a shock." Kara said.
"Okay. What do you want to tell me?" Rhydian asked. He was really confused as to why they were telling him and not Maddy or Shannon, but he didn't say that to them.
"We've been keeping this secret for a long time, but we thought that time had come to tell someone and we thought that you would be able to keep the secret." Tom said.
"Okay." Rhydian replied. He wished that they would just get on with it before Maddy or Olivia woke up.
"Well, a few years ago, my dad took me to this party. His work mate was getting married and they were throwing an engagement party and my dad had just split from my mam so he took me as his date. I Wished that I hadn't gone with him though." Kara said looking down at her feet. Tom wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.
"What happened Kara?" Rhydian asked, looking at her with curious eyes.
"My dad's friend's brother's son was mucking around with his mates inside and I happened to go inside for a couple of minutes to use the toilet. They were hanging out in the kitchen and when they saw me the brother's son came at me. I kicked him as hard as I could and ran to the door, but before I could get to the door, the son's mate blocked my path. I tried to dodge him, but he grabbed my arms and pushed me up the stairs and pushed into the son's room. A few seconds the son came in and he pushed me onto the bed. I'm not going to say anything more than that." Kara said, tears running down her face.
"You don't have to go on." Rhydian replied.
"Yes I do. Anyway, a few days later, my dad found out what he had done and he called the police. The police got a restraining order on him because he kept on calling me. In the end, he was locked up because he had ripped up the restraining order and had come after me. And that was the last I heard of him for four years. And then, a few days after Olivia was born, I found out that he had been released from prison. I suddenly kept getting emails and calls and letters from him telling me that he was sorry. I ignored them and with Tom's help I deleted the emails and burnt the letters. And then a few days after that, he starting following me everywhere. One day, I was walking home from school when he came up to me. He wouldn't leave me alone and he grabbed me. I pushed him to the floor and kicked him. I ran as fast as I could to Tom's, but he caught up with me and started to drag me to his car which was parked around the corner. Tom heard my screams and then pulled me away and punched the guy in the face. I called the police and then they took him to the station again. He escaped a few days later and now they can't find him. They think he left, but I can tell he hasn't. I am constantly feel like I'm being watched. At first I thought I was just being paranoid, but when I told Tom he felt the same thing. We have been keeping watch from then on and I've seen him twice." Kara was crying. Tears were staining her sleeves and Tom was trying not to get up and kill the guy.
"We want you to help." Tom suddenly said to Rhydian.
"Why do you want my help?" Rhydian questioned. He was slightly confused.
"We just want you to talk to him. You could stop him. I know you could. We need someone's help and who else then a Wolfblood." Kara said. Rhydian had never told Kara that he was a Wolfblood so he glared at Tom he looked down to his feet.
"What would I be doing exactly?" Rhydian replied after a few seconds with a small smile.
Tom and Kara looked at each other and then Kara turned to Rhydian.
