Chapter 6

Rhydian's POV

I followed Mrs. Smith to the main tent in the middle of the large camp. Mrs. Smith slowed down, making me do the same. There were, what seemed to be, the entire camp inside the tent. I saw Jana standing proudly on the rock in the center of the tent. I stood next to Mrs. Smith with Maddy pulled close in my arms. A few people around us gasped when they saw Maddy in my arms. "Maddy has been hurt. We need help from the healers, immediately!" Shouted Mrs. Smith. Everyone looked at us. Gasps could be heard like a wave. Moving from one side of the room to the other.

I saw Mr. Smith elbow his way through the crowd of people. Once he could see Maddy fully he stopped bluntly in shock. His eyes locked onto Maddy's face. After a few seconds of trying to understand why his little girl was bloody, unconscious, and in the boy's arms that he thought that he would never see again. His eyes flicked up to me. His face went from shock to anger. He marched up to me and looked me right in the eyes. "What happened," he was trying to hold back his anger.

I opened my mouth to try to reply but before I could I heard Jana shout my name. I looked over Mr. Smith's shoulder and saw Jana standing on the center rock, staring me straight in my eye. "Jana, please, Maddy needs help," I begged.

Jana was the pack leader, no one did anything in the pack without her say so. Jana stared at me. She looked shocked but it didn't look like she was shocked because of Maddy's injured body in my arms. It look like she was more shocked that I was here. My eyes moved from Jana to a group of boys that ran in behind me. A guy with brown hair that I thought he was named Adam was leading the rest of the boys that I only remembered a little. Adam and the other boys stopped with shock, a few feet away from us when they saw Maddy. Ms. Smith was the only one that didn't do that. Then, Adam walked up to me and Maddy quickly. And looked at her, checking her over. "What happened," he asked. I heard Mr. Smith mumble, "That was what I asked."

"She was attacked by two wolves. I found her on the ground with the cuts on her chest. I fought the wolves off then carried her back here," I answered.

Everyone started to ask me questions after that. All I heard was, "How did you know where she was;" and "What happen to the wolves, you couldn't have made it out unharmed?" the questions started to be shouted at me, as I shouted back, I felt two hands move up and wrap around my neck. A small, weak voice came out of Maddy in my arms. "Would you stop yelling? I'm in enough pain without all of you yelling and giving me a horrible head ace as well."

Everyone went quiet. One of the boys that ran in with Adam that had black hair said, "Sorry." After hearing his voice I remembered him, I think his name was Mathew.

She turned in my arms slightly, so her head was resting on my chest. I saw her face cringe in pain with her eyes shut. It hurt me to see her in pain. I saw a tear run down her face.

"Hey, it's going to be ok," I whispered close to her face so only she could hear. I gently rubbed my thumb over her back to help calm her down. Wait, why am I trying to calm her down? She was the one hurt and she seemed calm about it but me on the inside I was flipping out.

I pulled my head up to look at everyone around us. "We need to get her to the healers, now!" I said trying to keep my voice calm. I saw a few older people walk up until they were standing right in fount of me. "We are the camp healers. Follow us to our tent," said one of the oldest looking men in the group in a relaxed voice. They all started to walk away and I followed with Maddy still in my arms. In the two months that I was here, I never saw the healers. The healers didn't have to do chores or hunt. They didn't have to do any work. Because they were also the elders. The elders where considered, even to the alpha, to be very intelligent and to have a lot of wisdom. So, the elders would only be called out if they needed to speak to the camp. Otherwise only the alpha would get to see them and only when the alpha needed advice. I wondered why they were out in the main tent?

As I followed the elders/healers to the healing tent. I saw that every tent, other than the main tent, was trashed. Just like when I use eolas. I will try to ask someone what happened later but my main priority was making sure Maddy was going to be ok. The farther we got from camp the less I could hear the voices of the people in the main tent. They were most likely talking about Maddy. I looked down at her and I could see her staring up at me with questions in her eyes. I could also see pain in her eyes. I can't believe that she is still awake. I could see her struggling to keep her eyes open. "I promise it's going to be okay," I said to her. She tried to smile up at me but with even at that small movement I saw her eyes snap shut and her face cringe.

When we got to the healing tent the healer told me to lay Maddy down on a bed that they had in the tent. "Please stand back, Rhydian," said a woman with gray hair and a wrinkled face. I hesitated but I did as I was told. I saw that Maddy wanted me to be by her side but before I could three of the healers surrounded her. One of the healers grabbed some sharp object and then joined the other healers. I heard a whimper came from Maddy. I could tell that she was scared and I couldn't blame her. I tried to get over to her but Adam and Mathew held me back. "They are going to help her. Let them do their work," said Mathew. "She's scared. I need to be there with her," I said half shouting. "Get him out of here," said one of the healers. Adam and Mathew started to pull me out. I struggled but couldn't fight them. They pulled me out kicking and yelling but once I was out they shut the door in my face.