Alpha camp

20

Tess pov.

I wake up my head fuzzy. Asher is looking at me funny.

"What?" I slur my body feels numb.

"Tesses calm down." Justin says looking me over

"I am calm!" I say loudly. I look down and see ivs in my arms that looks like wires. I pull them out making blood stream down my arm

"Woah woah what are you doing!" Asher says standing up

"I'm not a robot!" I tell him pulling out the others

'Tess your acting insane stop' my wolf says

'I'm not a robot!' I tell her

"Love you can't pull those out!" Asher says I Freeze.no I don't freeze I completely melt.

"What did you just say?" I ask turning to Asher be smirks.

"Sit back and relax" he says pushing me back while Justin puts in the wires. "I have to ask you something very serious" I nod to him "is this the last book? Like their has to be more! She can't stop here!" He says

"I knoooowwww I cried for days! I mean what about Warner and his brothers! They never told James! I just need one more book! Why can't I ever be happy!" I groan he smiles at me with the biggest smile I've ever seen. So does Justin Why am I doing something wrong

'Tess. Your acting funny stop he thinks your crazy!' Sophia says my stomach drops. He's making no fun of me.

I straighten up as much as I can and wipe any smile off my face.

"I'm sorry for my outburst" I say Asher looks to Justin. They frown.

"You don't have to be sorry Tess" Asher says. I stay quite as my wolf whimpers

I suddenly remember what happened my father. Hitting me over and over. I'm front of Justin and gale. I reach up and touch my face. I wince. He tied me to the tree. Every time he hit me with that. Thing. I would wince and hug closer. The bark would dig into my skin. I pull up the paper shirt I'm wearing and see scraps all over my stomach. Along with blisters from my birthday present that haven't yet healed. And I remember I shifted

"Justin. What happened after."

"You didn't hurt anyone tessey" I glare at him. And he smiles lightly.

"How'd I get here?" I ask

"You passed out." Asher says.

"I need to go back" I say scratching at my skin it feels so tight.

"No you don't" Asher says whole Justin looks me up and down.

"Why are you scratching?" He asks

"My skin." I says scratching more

"Jeez" he drags his hand down his face "no wonder you haven't been healing properly You need to shift Tess. You can't go that long with out it"

"But. I can't" I say.

"You could. In my special spot" Asher says

"Excuse me?" Justin arches his eyebrow

"It won't be safe Asher." I tell him. If I hurt I hurt him. I don't know what I'd do.

"I Trust you Tess" he says Resting his hand in mine.

But I don't trust me. I think to myself.

I slowly get up and Asher helps me walk to his spot. Justin left to see gale while we did our thing. I hold Asher's band as we walk. I'm still sore from yesterday.

Once we arrive at the field. I get nervous. I don't want to hurt Asher. Or anyone.

"Can you climb up that tree. High enough that I can get you?" I ask him. He nods and climbs the tree almost to the top. I go to the middle of the filed.

I let Sophia take over. Making my bones break and change form. It hurts but not as bad as when my father breaks my bones.

I feel a rush of anger wash over me when I shift. I growl loudly and lunge for the first thing I see. Which happens to be a rock. I bit it, and scratch it. Causing it to break. I notice a movement in the trees. I growl again and run to the tree. I get up as high as I can. Which isn't very high. I snap at my prey. Then realize It's not a bird or a bunny. It's a boy. A beautiful boy.

The rage leaves me and my eyes return to normal. And I grin at the boy. That for some reason I want to call colt A purple butterfly passed me. I yip and chase after it. I get up on my hind legs trying to catch it but it flys high. I return to my normal stance. And it lands on my wet nose. I look at it though crossed eyes. I bite at it And it flys away again

The boy had come down from the tree and is laughing at me. I run to him tackling him and bark in his face. He laughs again. I roll off him onto my back exposing my belly. Which Asher rubs malign my leg shake.

I get up and nuzzle his side. Then lick his cheek

"Tess!" He groans laughing wiping his face

I want to tell him. I'm not Tess this isn't Tess. But I can't actually do it.

"Hey. It's time to shift love you need to eat"he said holding my big head in his hands I nod and walk behind the tree. And shift. I look out from behind it. Coving my body with the foliage

"I'm nude" I whisper he laughs.

"You want clothes?"

"Very much" I tell him

"Here" he laughs. Handing me shorts and a t shirt I slip them on and walk out "you look good in my clothes" he says looking me up and down I blush slightly.

"How was she?"

"Your such a cutie a swear" he laughs.

"She didn't eat your face off?" I'm shocked. I almost killed two off my members when I first shifted.

"Obviously." He chuckles "you chased a butterfly"

"God. What and embarrassment." I pinch the bridge of my nose. "I swear she's a child"

"You know. That's just a part of you. But you choose not to show it."

"Oh and you show yours?" I ask as we begin to walk back to the pack house.

"Um on some occasions. Colt is very protective of the people he cares about. And he's kinda Intense."

"Really. You don't seem intense to me. Your more laid back." I say

"Of course you'd think so. Your always so serious" he nudges me.

"I don't feel like I am right now" I tell him

"yeah. You seem to be unwinding a bit." He says intwining our fingers. I arch my eyebrow

"I'm making sure you don't fall. Your still injured."

"Yeah cause I'm injured sure we'll go with that" I scoff and giggle.

But holding his large hand in my much smaller hand. I feel. As though I'm not Tess and he's not Asher. We're. Us. And for some reason I always want it to be us. Not her and him. Us.

I tap the beat of a song in my head onto his knuckles. As I do in each finger tip.

Sparks ignite.