The Spirit Wolf

Prologue part 1

It was on my sixth birthday when I started to get sick, flashes of pain would run across my small fragile body and a fever burnt away all my hydration. My dad, the Beta of our werewolf pack, had left immediately to seek out the best supernatural doctors... all of which could do nothing for my deteriorating health. werewolves hardly ever got sick, so they assumed i was poisoned by something (or someone).

I lay in bed in the hospital room clutching my twin brother's hand as tight as i could while we listened to our parents argueing with more doctors. They mostly used words i couldent understand yet. My brother and I were only in grade one this year. It had been two weeks that i had been in this hospital bed and Keenai had hardly left my side. We had watched the shadows on my parents' faces grow darker each day. I also felt weaker each day.

I watched my brother get a serious look on his face as he turned to me, his little eyebrows scrunched up, I could see he wanted to ask a  hard question. "Ash, d.. do you think you are gonna get better?"

"Dont be silly Keenai, you are stuck with me forever... I promise" I smiled in reassurance at him.

He squeezed my hand tighter in his and put his head back down on the side of the bed.

I heard a soft knock and looked up to see my mom standing in the doorway, she gave me a forced smile. " Come you two, bed time, Keenai you have school in the morning... off you go." 

Keenai looked between me and mom before kissing my head and leaving the room grumbling. Mom came and took his chair by my side, she swept my hair away from my eyes and started humming a lullaby to me, i closed my eyes and fell asleep in her arms.My dad came and kissed my head before he lead my mom out aswell.

I woke up the next afternoon shaking and screaming in pain. My parents ran into the room in a panic, my mom had tears pouring down her cheeks as she gathered me up in her arms begging it to stop, I didnt understand what. When i had lost all of my energy the shaking stopped and my body loosened up in her rocking arms, but the pain was still there. My eyes were shut tightly but i could feel that my mom was still crying. My dad had left to get the pack docter, mr Cainley, when they came into the room he gave me something that stopped the pain. My dad called my mom to go talk to them outside but i squeezed her hand, asking her to stay. " I'm here, I'm not going anywhere... I'm right here." 

I looked into her eyes as my own filled with tears " Somethings happening mom, I can feel it coming, I dont wanna go yet..."  She grabbed me tighter and i felt her body shake around me "No, oh my poor baby, I wont let you go, you.. you cant leave us, not like this... oh please no!" 

We were both crying when my dad came in. He pulled us both into his big arms and just held us until we had both calmed down. He was the rock in our family, strong and calming.

It was a while later that Collin, the pack messenger ran into the room. " Branagh, Siobhan, The Alpha wishes to see you... i'm sorry to interrupt."

They each kissed my head before silently leaving, closing the door behind them. I thought about my brother, glad that he wasn't here to see me like this. I felt a warmth seep into my body and i fell into a deep sleep, it was the best sleep i had had for a long time, It was painless and carefree...