Wolf Girl (Book 3)

Chapter 10: Rhydian

Rhydian's POV

"Anwen? As in-"

"Carys' gir- ex-girlfriend," Anwen says. I look her up and down and give her the evil eye.

"Anwen, would you excuse us for a second?" I don't wait for a reply before I tug Jana away. "What's going on? Carys is freaking out, she's run off up the mountain, Maddy and Dad have gone after her, but she's really upset."

"She's in shock. Can you blame her? As long as she's not alone, she'll be fine," Jana says. I'm worried but Jana and I need to stay here and get rid of Anwen. We walk back over to her.

"Let me speak to her," she demands.

"No, you shouldn't have come here in the first place, go home. We'll get her to call you or something," I lie. "Now is a really bad time," I say, tugging Jana away again. I look over my shoulder, Anwen just stands there staring at us. We pick up our pace to a sprint until we're out of her sight and back at camp. I hope for her sake Anwen takes my advice and leaves this place.

The pack are all annoyed at me for sending them on a wild goose chase. But I ignore them and make my way over to mum.

"Are they back yet?" I ask.

"Not yet, can someone please explain what's going on?" She asks.

"This girl that Carys used to- like date, she just showed up. I think we got her to leave, but it's brought up some bad memories. She'd basically been stalking Carys since before she even moved to Stoneybridge," Jana says.

"We need to go home, mum, like now," I make my way to the tent to get Bryn.

"Rhydian, wait, we can't leave yet," I ignore her and continue into the tent, mum and Jana follow me.

Bryn looks worse than he did before. He's covered in sweat and his wounds are still bleeding, and now oozing green stuff. He's not completely unconscious anymore, though I'm not sure that's a good thing. He's breathing so heavily and letting out these tiny little moans. One of the pack healers is at his side, keeping his temperature at bay with a wet scrap of fabric.

"He's getting sicker, there's no way he'll make the walk home without human medicine," mum says. There was a time when mum frowned upon human medicine, but now that her cub is in danger she's willing to do anything.

I try to gather my thoughts. "I'll carry him, me and dad, we'll carry him back."

"I'll help too," Jana adds, "Ceri, we can't stay here."

"His body can't take it, it's too much for him," she says.

"Then I'll go back and get Whitewood, I'll bring her to him!" I shout.

"Rhydian!" Mum takes me by the shoulders. Her eyes fill with tears, "He needs real help. Now."

"Do you mean.."

She nods, "He won't make it that long," she's deadly serious. Bryn's in real trouble. "Just go and find your sister and come back here, we'll figure something out."

Jana and I do as she says. We head deeper into the woods, following dad, Maddy and Carys' scents all the way up the mountain. We pick up our pace and the trees grow further and further apart until there's none. The slope gets steeper, the wind blows colder and we can almost touch the clouds. We get higher and higher and see three blurry figures at the top.

Carys is crying, hugging herself. Maddy goes to her side and takes her hand. Dad hovers a few feet back, unsure of what to do. I let Jana go to her side while I stand back with dad, who's shaking.