Chapter 5

Once we got back to Wolford we went our separate ways. Actually, he's the one that departed from me to go talk to Lucas. For half the day I was trying to avoid Haden's irritating questions. There's only one place I could go and not be followed by Haden. The gym.

The gym was always open and I could always depend are one person who I know would always be there, and that was Brittany. She practically lives off of work out routines. Connor or no Connor, she can't resist her love for the gym. Even if she only worked out to be the best Dark Guardian she could possibly be.

After making a quick pit stop to the room, I was off to the gym.

The gym was filled with novice, a few guardians, and only one static. There Brittany was running on the elliptical with pride. She had her long black hair pulled back in a clean pony tail while her ears were plugged with her headsets. I got on the elliptical beside her and started with a slow jog. When she noticed me she took out one ear plug.

"This is strange, you only run outside." She pointed out. "Is this another act of denial or something? What the forest is bringing back memories?"

I narrowed my eyes at her. "This wasn't my doing. Some of the Mountain region animals are acting up and are finding their way into the forest." She stopped her four mile run and leaned over the arms that separated our machines.

"Connor told me about this just last night. Some Mountain wolves attacked one of our campers not to long ago. Kayla described them being disturbingly skinny. The Elders think there might be hunters up north. The animals are already vulnerable, the last thing they need is to worry about going hungry. It's hard to find food in the mountains during dry summers like these." She explained. I stopped the elliptical so I could focus more on the conversation. 'Who ever did this . . . knew what they were doing.'

"Have they figured out what the hunters are after?" I asked without thinking. Brittany made a come-here motion with her hands.

"I'm not suppose to tell anyone this, because it could scare people." She whispered lowly in my ear. Then why are you telling me? "Lucas and Rafe found three dead wolves around the mountains. They all had silver bullets jammed in their hearts. The welders think this could be the work of Bio-Chrome, but I seriously doubt it. Lucas thinks our secret has been spilled." I pulled away from her hoping it was nothing serious, but her eyes were dead serious. The thought of our secret being out, kind of sickened me. If this how only a few people were responding to us, how would the hole world respond to us. Will they banish us?

"Can we not talk about this right now, people are beginning to stare." I lied, but my lie turned out to be the truth. There were a few shifters looking this way. She straightened herself up and glared at every noisy person she saw.

"Your right. . . Dumbbells?" She asked stepping down from the elliptical. I nodded following her to the dumbbells in front of a huge mirror. I grabbed a 15lb dumbbell and sat down on the bench that was provided to us. Brittany grabbed two dumbbells and switch arms on each pump.

"So, where's Connor? Aren't ya'll like mates now?" I questioned keeping a good paste.

"He's on animal patrol. Speaking of mates, have you decided what you're going to do for your transformation?"

"To be honest I haven't even thought about my transformation yet." All I can think about is Trey and Drew. Not that I haven't thought about a choice earlier, but right now it seems kind of rational.

"I suggest a pity mate." I looked at her blankly.

"Brittany, me and you both know that's bull-crap."

"Well the Elders sure as hell are going to let you go by yourself, definitely not Elder Wilde."

"I wouldn't know I haven't seen them lately."

"Well I'm sure as hell not going to let you go by yourself." You did, but I didn't want to bring that topic up.

"What about Drew?" I blurted in a whisper. What the hell?

"What the hell? What about Drew?" She repeated nearly dropping her dumbbells.

"I don't know. . . I don't even know where that came from." I admitted. Slowed down my pumps and lowered the dumbbell switching to the next arm.

"Well it had to come from somewhere, Olive." She eyed me.

"Well, you said pity mate."

"Yeah, but I didn't say a particular name."

"And what's so bad about Drew?"

"I just don't like his attitude."

"You probably don't see it in a humorous way."

"And what's so humorous about it?" I truly don't know why I'm defending this guy. I don't even know how to answer Brit's question.

"I don't know, he's just not as bad as you think he is. That's all."

"Olive-"

"Hey." A male's voice interrupted. I turned and looked up at Connor who was looking at Brittany. He must have just got back because the sent of wet dog was on him.

"Hey" we both replied. Our tones were totally different. For a moment I felt like the third wheel while they were sharing gazes. Awkward . . . Brittany has really fallen hard for Connor as he for her. Did I ever fall this hard for Trey?

"I see you've been keeping her company." He looked at me this time.

"Yup, and now it's your turn. I got too . . . hit the shower." I stuttered. I got up and put my dumbbell back.

"Hey, are you going to the Sly Fox tonight?"

I released a sigh. "Sounds like a plan." At the moment I wasn't thinking about hanging out with people. I just really need sometime to think. I walked out of the gym and toward the rooms. What am I going to do about my transformation? What, I only have like eight days before the full moon that I've forgotten all about. I sure as hell don't want a pity mate, and there's always Drew. But I don't even know him, he probably has other plans anyways . . . What am I saying? What does he even have to do with anything; he's just any other shifter in the woods. No one important . . . Right?

I walked into the room finding Haden making out with Daniel in the middle of the Room. I coughed, quickly tarring them apart in embarrassment. "I do remember there being a rule about," I gestured to them with a flimsy hand, "This." I smiled.

"Sorry." Daniel chuckled. "I'll leave ya'll to it." He pushed past me with a friendly smile and closed the door behind him.

"Where have you been all day?" she asked changing the subject. "I've been looking for you all day."

"Why, so you can give me your sympathy? If that's why, then I don't want to hear it."

"No-"

"Then what, what do you want?" I interrupted.

"I just wanted to apologize for making you upset." She whispered. Now who's the ass?

"No, I'm the one who should be apologizing. I've been acting tense since I got here. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I know your going through a lot right now, so I'll leave you alone." She walked out of the room. I grabbed an outfit from my unpacked bag and jumped into the shower.

My hair was shriveled up as soon as I got out of the shower. I threw my dirty clothes on my bad and landed on my bed. A good nap wouldn't hurt before I head out to the Sly Fox.

It was dark at first but I was back in the forest. I could hear the river running near by. I looked forward and saw Trey standing in front if me. He was so close I could almost feel his touch. His blonde hair was in his face but I could still see his clear blue eyes.

"Olive." He said softly. I felt chills ripple throughout me. He leaned in to me and covered my lips with his. Some how his kiss didn't feel the same. It wasn't him that didn't feel the same; it was me who didn't feel the same. His arms circled around as I just kept my hands on his chest. The kiss was soft, conferrable, safe, but not as desiring as it use to be. Then stuff started slowly changing. His arms became bulkier as his features became sharper. The kiss deepened with unexpected hunger and a hint of a dangerous vibe. It felt like I was kissing a true wild animal. I couldn't help but comb my fingers through his shaggy hair . . .

I slowly pushed away not wanting to let go and looked into familiar light brown eyes. Drew. . . The emotions in his eyes were so vivid it almost felt like everything that was going on was real. While I stood here in his arms, half of me wanted to push away from him, but the other half wanted this moment to last forever. So I just rested my head in his chest.

My surroundings have also changed. It was night time and when I looked up there was a full moon hanging over us.

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