His Beta and His Mate

Things Are Going To Change

I immediately couldn't stand and fell to the ground. Serria and Brianna were at my side but I just shook them off. What do they mean I died?

"I didn't die, I felt the whole thing. The burning didn't stop for like two hours and then I was fine." I couldn't accept this.

There was silence for a minute till Brianna spoke up. "Also, all of your injuries have healed. So we think that this was your werewolf side trying to heal you but your human side couldn't handle it and it just stressed your body out to the point where it couldn't handle it anymore. But then your werewolf side kicked in and now you're back."

I started to shake my head back and forth. "I couldn't have died. I was conscious the whole time."

Serria then cut in, "Nicole you're heart stopped beating for a whole hour."

I held my face in my hands, "oh god no."

What happens now? I'll turn into a wolf? Yea right.

There was a revving sound of an engine and tires across the dirt ground made me look up in alarm. There were no vehicles around that I could see. "Did you just hear that?" Brianna asked me curiously and with slight alarm in her voice.

I looked at her with wide eyes, "what do you mean? The truck that's being annoyingly loud? Yes I hear that."

Her face instantly paled, "Niki that truck just turned off the highway."

This time it was my turn to go pale, the front part of my body fell forward and my hands caught me before I face-planted. I stared at the ground and tried to breathe as I heard the truck grow closer and closer to us. For some reason I knew who it was.

I could feel them both getting closer. One was magnetic like I needed to be beside them right now and I was kind of relieved that they were finally here. The other one was weirder because it felt like I needed to listen to it and help it.

I knew it was Cody and Nathan but I wasn't sure exactly how I knew that.

"Can you hear me?" Serria said, "like in your head I mean."

I looked up a her questioningly, "what?"

She sighed and I could tell she wanted to roll her eyes but she held back. "If you're a werewolf you can be linked into our pack link then you would hear someone in your head, so can you hear me?"

I shook my head, "no, I can't hear you in my head." I got this weird burst of courage from somewhere - I'd blame it on adrenaline if I didn't think I was turning un-human - and stood up from the ground. I stood up tall and almost winced when the truck came into view. "But I can feel them," I said and Serria looked at me with worry.

The truck came to a screeching halt and it wasn't turned off before Cody jumped from the drivers seat and ran towards us. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me. "Niki?" He questioned and I saw tears well up in his eyes. They were already red so I figured he had been crying for a while but I didn't understand why.

"Why are you here?" I asked. He was taking another step forward but he stopped.

He looked at me up and down as if I wasn't really there, "Niki you died..." He said it slowly as if I didn't know what had happened.

I did I just wouldn't take it for an answer.

I turned to the group of girls who looked afraid and ready to cry, "you called them?"

Serria shook her head very fast as if her life depended on it, "we didn't call anyone because your heart started again."

"Niki," Cody cut in again, "I felt you die, no one needed to tell me."

He took a step forward but I stopped him by taking a step backwards. Behind him the other guys had gotten out of the truck and I didn't know why but I was angry.

"This was a girls camping trip!" I shouted to no one in particular. "We were going to have fun and train and I was going to learn all about werewolves and it was just us girls!"

I took a few breaths because I felt my body was getting hotter. Maybe because I was getting madder, but I didn't know for sure.

"You should have stayed home," I looked right at Cody. "I was fine. I felt the whole thing happen. I know I was alive because my whole body was burning!"

I had the sudden urge to growl for some reason but I suppressed it. Then I took a deep breath, why was I so angry anyways? I shook my head to try and shake off this anger that was coming from nowhere but it was no use.

"WHY AM I SO ANGRY?!" I shouted at the top of my lungs towards the ground.

"Niki," Cody said slowly but I didn't want him to talk so I took another few steps back from him until I got this burning pain in my chest and I stopped. Then I fell to the ground because my legs gave out.

I felt my head hit the ground and there was this commotion going on around me but I let my eyes snap shut so I didn't have to watch what was going on. My body just got hotter and hotter until it started to feel weird. I like someone started to poke me with a stick all over the place. Then I felt like jello and the heat went away.

I almost felt normal if it weren't for the hair in my face. I groaned and opened my eyes. No one was around me and I tried to sit up but I couldn't get onto my butt so I looked down.

My hands were white paws.

I blinked a few times then looked upwards towards where I knew Cody was.

He held his hands up in surrender, "Niki I know this may be weird for you but you're just going to have to listen to me."

I stood up but I stood on all fours. I couldn't help but look backwards at my body which was all white and furry. I felt this weird thing so I moved it and a tail swung from my butt and I jumped up then looked at Cody.

He was staring at me with wide, pleading eyes. "Niki you've just turned into a wolf, but don't freak out."

Don't freak out? He's kidding me right.

I'm covered in fur and I have a tail!

"Please just calm down and I can help you out." He kneeled down in front of me a few feet like I was going to bite him or something. But I'd never bite him.

I stepped back and my foot and hand moved at the same time as if I already know how to move in wolf form. This was really weird and to be honest I didn't trust Cody enough to change me back. What if I was naked. I don't want him to see me naked.

So I looked down at my new... paws... and tested them out for a second before deciding I was ready for this. I'm going to do this.

I started to turn away from Cody and towards the forest behind me. "Niki, what are you doing?" He asked me in a warning voice. "Niki I can outrun you any day."

I looked back at him once and shook my head then took off as fast as I could. I don't know how I ran, but I did. And it was faster than I've ever ran before.