GwenThe first time I thought it might just be a coincidence that I saw Lisa walk into that hospital. But it's now three days in a row. Something has to be going on.It wasn't my business but something happened yesterday when I was going home. Two nurses rushed toward the car to help someone out. The person violently struggled, screaming to be released. To my surprise. It was Lisa. I wanted to ask Collins if he regularly saw her visit the hospital. I asked him a day ago if he knew Lisa and he said he does. They were from the same colony.I didn't want to ask him any more questions then because I wasn't as curious as I was now. But nothing was holding me back from finding what I wanted to know. "Collins.""Yeah." He raised his head to look at me. "You said you know Lisa Grimwood, right?""Yeah, I do. Is anything wrong?" he asked, looking concerned."She's been coming to the psychiatric hospital for three days now and at the same time in the evening. I was only wondering since you've
GwenJust as Collins promised, we showed up at the hospital to see his aunt. She's a nurse and a pretty young woman in her thirties with chin-length hair. Her features made her look younger. There was a bit of resemblance between them that could be seen with keen observation. They both had the same shape of mouth and eye colour. "Aunt May." Collins hugged her. "Collins. How's my favourite nephew doing?" she grinned. "I'm great.""How's everyone at the clinic?" "Fine. It's all work, work, work and making new animal friends."She looked at me, then at Collins. "Who is she? Did you bring her to see a doctor? Is she sick?""Sorry, I should have introduced her sooner. She's Gwen, my friend and partner at the clinic.""Oh, Nice to meet you, Gwen.""Nice to meet you too." May turned her attention back to Collins. Collins continued. "She's not sick. We're both here to ask for something. "Go on. We have like twenty minutes to talk before I go see my next patient.""It's about someone. We
GwenBack at home, I couldn't help but repeatedly replay that woman's call in my head. Something tragic must have happened to Lisa as well as that woman. Could she be her mother? And what exactly happened four years ago? I wondered who was being referred to as a poor boy and a poor girl. What did she do to them? Her father too. I can't! I screamed. My brain was about to explode from all these questions and thoughts. All my inner self was saying to me was that whatever happened four years ago, the bottom line was that Lisa was dangerous. She's sick in the head. Jasper had told me he wouldn't be making it to the woods to hunt tomorrow. He had to assist his mother with something. He was much better now. It was as though the case with Nancy never happened. He has moved on quickly which was great to see. I realized that just sitting idle doing nothing here was kind of draining me. I was bored. There's just an hour left for me to prepare to go to the clinic. I think I'd rather leave n
Jasper I set out to see Reginald. It was the same time Gwen would be leaving for the clinic. I decided to drop by her house so I could take her. And later when she's closed I'll go pick her up. I could spend little time with her, as I wasn't going to be meeting her tomorrow in the woods. My mother wants me to take her to her aunt's place tomorrow to pick up a few items. She lives at the Bayview colony. "Jasper, you're late. She just left," Mrs Esmeralda said. "Is that Jester?" a firm and high-pitched voice asked. "Jester?" Mrs Esmeralda looked at me confused and then turned back and said. "No. It's Jasper."I hear footsteps approaching. "I know that, but I prefer to call him Jester." I don't need someone to tell me who this person was. Only one person could call me that. But why does she try to piss me off by calling me that? And what was she even doing back here? I looked up at Zara. "Hi." "So I heard Gwen is working at an animal clinic."I nodded "Yeah.""I just got back. I
GwenJust as Zara promised, she came back. I never took her words seriously. When she promised me that she was going to come back, honestly, I didn't believe she would or if she ever did, that she would be back this soon.I thought her business with the Silverblade knights was more important than me and it would take her forever to return or perhaps never return at all. I was thankful she helped save me from those guys. I appreciated her with a nod. I couldn't hug her like I did Jasper. She was still a stranger to me and she refused to tell me anything about why she left or who my father was. However, I felt sad after I left her standing there to meet Jasper but later discovered she was gone. It was as though I had pushed her away and that was never my intention. I couldn't pretend that I knew her well, and keep a fake smile like everything was alright. When Jasper told me she followed him to surprise me and that it wasn't long that she arrived in town, I felt I should have thanke
GwenI dragged slowly alongside Collins who's lost a lot of blood now. I thought about how we were going to defend ourselves but a large tree trunk stopped us. Someone had hurled it at us. We were quick to move out of the way, which caused us to fall and roll on the ground. "Arrggh!" Collins cried, holding his leg. "Sorry! Hang in there," I whispered. I had no clothes to tie on his feet to stop the bleeding. We usually dropped our clothes at the entrance of the woods, just beneath the trees. It's true. Lisa had been the one chasing us. She shifted into human form. My mind couldn't wrap around how someone who was supposed to be in the hospital would be here, trying to hurt us. People didn't know she was sick. If they knew, and she was seen here at the hunting grounds barely after three days of being admitted to the psychiatric ward, then she would have been reported and dragged away from here. Lisa laughed, she was holding a blade. Her body was smeared in blood, Collins's blood. "
GwenA blow to my chest throws me off guard. Blood spewed from my mouth. I coughed out more blood and the coughing made the pain more intense as it surged through my body. It seemed my ribs had cracked. "Bitch! You're going to die. Nothing is going to stop that from happening."I was tired of begging her to let go. Her tenacity made me realize she wasn't going to give up. "Then I'll fight you back until only one of us stands," I muttered. "Alright then." She shifts into her wolf form. I shift too, my legs hit her muzzle. She takes in the blow without flinching and instantly her claws dig into my back and begin to slice. The pain had me howling. I struggled out of her hold. I could feel blood trickling down my back from the cuts she'd inflicted on me. I'm still an amateur when it comes to shifting and fighting in my werewolf form compared to Lisa who had found her strength and learnt to shift for years. I didn't allow that knowledge to deter my spirit from fighting back. I looked
GwenBarely thirty minutes after waking up, a tribunal was set up by the pack community. The hearing of my encounter with Lisa is to take place at an Assembly hall commonly called the 'Moonlight Tribunal Hall. My father drove me, my mother, and Zara to where it was going to take place. I learned that Lionel was at school and that Collins was at the hospital, still unconscious. It was going to be me versus Lisa now. I could see Jasper enter the hall. Seeing him walk into the hall made tears well up in my eyes. At a point when fighting Lisa, I thought I was never going to see him again. He searched around the hall quickly as if looking for something. Since I woke up from what I'd like to call a mini-death, I haven't seen him until now. His eyes fell upon me. He smiled and waved. I waved back. He rushed over to meet me. "How's my strong mate doing?" he asked, wrapping me in his arms."I'm okay. Like it never happened." I liked that he called me his 'strong mate' like I really was. I