The Shifters Heart(not continued)

Chapter 11

I looked at my mate with no feelings. I wish I had them, but I couldn't bring the strength to even show one emotion. She looked at me with lots of emotion, but I was void of it.

She looked hurt, and I tried to at least show a sparkle. By the sad look on her face, I guess it didn't work. I looked at the girl next to her. She had told me to shift back, and I didn't remember how.

I don't remember how. It's been too long....

She sighs and instructs me on how to do it. When I do, fire spreads through every bone as it snaps and goes back. I neigh in pain, but it turns to a raspy screaming. I wear what I wore 3 years ago.

A torn shirt and shorts, no shoes, the necklace and my tattoo. My hair was down in my eyes, It looked like a small forest in my face.

I had a stubble. When the sad look didn't leave my mates face, I knew I still had no sparkle in my eyes, no emotion.

On the other hand, the familiar girl stiffened. So many emotions flooded her eyes. Love stood out, like my mate.

Did I have two mates? Suddenly, a flashback knocks me to my knees. I hold my pounding head and let the pictures fly through my mind.

Hands on my shoulders kept me anchored to the ground, but I still couldn't hear or see anything except the pictures. The sparks told me that my mate was on my right.

The hands on my left filled my loneliness. It felt so similar to my sisters hands, it made me wake up from my daze. Slowly, I bring my head out of my hands.

I look at my sister, the one I couldn't recognize.

"K-Katie?"
My raspy voice scratches my throat, making me wince. Her eyes fill with uncontrollable amounts of joy, and she hugs me tightly. I slowly hug her back.

"K-Katie I t-thought that y-y-you l-left."
I stutter, unable to say the words correctly. She looks at me, confusion in her eyes. She shrugs and hugs me again.

I look at my mate, and study her. She was beautiful. She had long brown hair, and she was really tall. She had the build of a runner but the muscles of a fighter.

She wore shorts that stopped mid thigh and a plain black tank top. She still has the bit of sadness in her eyes, probably because I still feel no emotion.

I put an arm out and she walks to me, hugging me as well. I rest my nose on her neck and breath deeply, as she does with me.

Her scent is honeysuckle and an assortment of fruits. It's very good, and almost a turn on. Almost. I let out a breath at the same time she does.

Spirit takes control and whispers.
"Mate."
She whispers the same and my heart leaps for the first time in years. I don't care about my sickness, or that I'm not in a herd.

Well, until pain spreads through my body, and I go limp. I am covered in sweat, and my body is on fire. Both girls hold me up, until I'm set on the cool ground. A man looks me over, then speaks quickly to the girls.

"The sickness has taken over his body, preventing him from moving. It may not seem like it, but he's in a lot of pain. We need to put him in a coma."

I hear a sob.

"Just for a few weeks, until he is fully healed."

I'm picked up and carried away. I just watch the ceiling as it passes. It goes from a barn to a clean ceiling with white lights. Black dots fill my eyes.

I'm set down on a bed, and a small pain in my arm tells me that they have injected me with something. I groan, and my hear drops to the side. I welcome the feeling of sleep.

Katie's POV

They carried him away, and me and Jen were held back. They said that they had to help him first, before they let us see him. They were putting him in a coma so his body would heal.

Even as he recognized me, he still held no emotion. He was like a empty sack, a shell. Even when he looked at his mate, he still held no emotion.

His temperature was very high as I hugged him, but I didn't notice because I was happy he had returned. I don't like how he stuttered. It might be because he hasn't spoken in a long time, since he didn't remember how to shift back.

Or it was because he was afraid of us, because of what Drake did. Even in human form, you can see every whip mark with detail. It was painful to look at.

When he collapsed, he felt like lava, which is not good, because we are naturally like space heaters. I frown when they hold us back, and wait for the ok from the pack Doctor.

I waited with Cody, his arms snakes around my waist. His chin rests on my shoulder, and I sit on his lap. Jen, for the first time in a long time, looks hopeless.

And she looks scared. Scared for her mate and scared for the type of relation ship they might have. We all knew her wolf was on edge, she wanted her mate, and you don't ignore and alphas wants.

Her eyes were black and we knew that her wolf, Johanna was in control. It was difficult to not bow down at the immense power radiating off her like a waterfall.

Finally, the doctor walks out and bows. He doesn't want to make her snap, unpredictable.

"He is ok. We managed to put the fever down and disinfect most of his wounds. He is going down fast though, he needs to be in the herd again."

I nod. When I thought of his stutter, I couldn't help but ask what it was about.

"Why does he has a stutter? He never had one before."

"It might be because of the emotional stress or he is frightened. I would have to get a brain scan to be able to know for sure."

I nod. I'm too busy biting my fingernail to answer. We walk back, to find a sleeping Jared. He has a tube going down his throat to help him breath and he is hooked up to all kinds of machines.

Jen lets out a small sob and rushes over to grab his hand. I stand there, too shocked to move. I only make my way over when a hand rests on my shoulder.

I look at my brother. This wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to be ok, and well. We were supposed to have our mom and dad, and not watching him slowly die.

I didn't realize I was crying until Cody's thumb wipes away the tears. I send him a grateful smile before turning back to Jared. If he didn't remember me, I doubt that be remembered his real name.

I turn and head to my room. Cody stays to make sure that Jared's ok. I lay on my sheets, thinking.

Eventually, I drift off into a restless sleep.

Hai, za girl up dere is Jared's mate!!! Yas!!!!

-Deamun