She-Wolf Chronicles: Magical Doubts (2)

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Mitchie's POV

I sighed as my paws hit the forest floor, the wind blowing against my red and black fur while the forest trees blurred as I ran full speed. I felt exhilarated as my wolf howled inside of me and my heart beat began to speed up.

It had been two months since I had last shifted into my wolf, and I have never felt so free. I promised myself that I will never take resist shifting for that long again.

As I ran, the sun shone brighter, lighting my way through the forest. I had woken up at dawn, too miserable to sleep any more in the house.

Everything here reminded me of my father, and if I concentrated, I could still smell his scent in the house, and it hurt. Even now, I avoided the meadows and clearings where we had previously held pack meetings, or had strolled through when I was little.

But, I was glad that my grief wasn't fuelling my Witch as it would have done all those weeks ago. I was happy that I was able to control her just as much as I was my Wolf.

I sighed as I moved in a different direction. Yesterday had been a nightmare even without my grief and pain.

Tom and Derek were relentless with their anger, and if Craig and I didn't have such a hold on them, I think they would have torn him to shreds. Well, that and the fact that Nick was an Alpha and stood his ground.

But we still had to push them out of the house to make sure they didn't have a fight. And once they calmed down we made them promise to go straight home and leave poor Tiffany alone.

If I was honest, it would have been really funny if I hadn't felt so sorry for that poor girl. I hadn't even met her yet, but I knew that she had gone through much more relationship problems than I did.

But though Tiffany didn't deserve it, Nick certainly did, which was I had smirked at him and had said just two words to him before I went to bed, "Karma, brother."

I stopped when I neared the lake, and lay down after I had a quick drink from its clear water.

It was the same lake that I had gone to when I had first shifted into a wolf - when I had escaped the competition and the secret arrangement of my mating with Derek.

My wolf purred as I chuckled. I can't believe that I made such a fuss over the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I guess, at the time, if I had known that Derek would be the way he is, would be the person to keep me sane and whole, I wouldn't have put up a fight.

As always, my mood lifted and my thoughts calmed as I thought of my mate, and I found that I missed him. I was so used to sleeping in the same bed as Derek that it ebbed at my already grieving heart last night.

"Angel? Where are you?"

I jumped, when I heard his voice in my head. I hadn't realised that Derek had opened our connection.

"I'm at the lake," I said to him. "Why?"

"No reason, it's just you hadn't picked up your phone when I called to check whether it was safe to go to your house. And then Craig said he hadn't seen you this morning when he got up." His voice was filled with worry, and I instantly felt guilty.

"Sorry, I should have left a note. I just needed to shift into my wolf. It had been so long, and it the forest was calling me..."

"And you had to escape the house for a while." He finished my sentence, but his worry lessened slightly. "Do you want me to come to where you are?"