Four days had passed and Azura had still not awaken. Ty grew more restless with each passing moment. He stayed with her at night and tried to visit as much as he could during the day, but he had important matters of the pack to attend to. Food had grown more and more scarce as the hunters brought back less and less. The lake which served as their primary source of water was beginning to dry. Crops began to either wither or not yield vegetables. Members of the pack were growing anxious and scared. This had been going on for months and the hunters now went deeper into the forest to hunt, but this was too dangerous to continue doing.
Azura went down the hall and came down the stairs, following the trail Ty left of his unique fragrance. She had gotten down to foyer when she paused in confusion. She could smell the mint, but there were so many doors, she didn’t know which one to choose. Looking around, there wasn’t anyone in sight. She thought maybe she would knock at each one until someone answered. She followed her nose to the door in the middle. She was about to knock when the door swung open and her eyes widened in a bit of a shock. It was Ty standing in the door way dressed very handsomely in a green long-sleeve shirt and khaki pants.
Ty led Azura out to the patio. She realized that this was the view she had seen in the paintings of scenery in the foyer. It was very breathtaking. There was an enormous lake and snow filled mountains in the distance. “Ty, who did the paintings in the other room?” she asked him curiously, as he began to light the fire pit that sat in the middle. He smiled, “The ones in the foyer? My mother did those. After my father passed she needed something to get her mind off of it. Then we realized she had a gift.” “Wow, that’
Azura woke up sweating and panting. Her dream felt so real. She couldn’t understand what the dreams meant. She was startled by a knock at the door. She threw on a robe and went to see who was there. When she opened it, Regina stood in the hall smiling. “I’m sorry if I woke you Azura,” she said seeing Azura’s hair a mess and still in pajamas. “Oh not at all, Alpha Regina. What can I do for you?” she asked, surprised by her visit. “Azura, please, call me Regina and I wanted to ask if you would accompany o
Just as Kiara had said, there was a game night at the Lupinn household. Kiara and her parents arrived at sunset and were in the Lounge Room with Regina. Azura had taken a nap exhausted from the long walk she had this morning, wrapped in the gorgeous quilt she had seen in the Square earlier. Ty had one of guards that followed them purchase it and place it in Azura’s room before they got back. She was so surprised when she saw it that she hugged it while she slept like a baby. Ty had been out tending to a couple of important matters of the pack while she rested. Jay had arrived with his mate, Tara when Ty finally returned. Derek came in next
The sunlight flooded Ty’s room and he woke, suffocating a pillow. His arms had been wrapped so tight around it that it hurt as he pried them apart. He looked on either side of him, but he lay alone in his king size bed. His heart ached and his body felt weak. He wondered if he had only dreamed of Azura sleeping beside him last night. As he got out of bed, he noticed that his body was aching and he thought maybe he was coming down with a cold. He washed up and went downstairs for some orange juice to boost his immune system. When he entered the dining room, his mother sat alone, enjoying a boiled egg and he realized it must already be noon.
Azura woke in an unfamiliar place, covered in flies and her head pounding. She looked around, while swatting them away and saw the rotting corpses of both human and wolves. She gasped and tried to back away from them. Looking up, she realized she was in a giant hole. WTF she thought, her heart pounding, where am I? Azura, you need to find a way out. The familiar voice in her head spoke to her. She checked her boot for her dagger. She sighed in relief, they forgot to check her boots. It was nearly sunset and she could hear the faint voices of men above her, laughing and cursing.
“You said it was…a silver-back wolf?” Regina said hesitantly. Ty sat on a chair next to Azura, grasping her paw. He looked at his mother, “Yes, a silver-back, he looked seasoned…I was almost too late Mom. A minute later and he would’ve ripped her throat out,” Ty swallowed hard, the words almost hurting as he said them, “She put up a great fight. He looked pretty banged up, missing an eye and gashes on his throat, but she was outnumbered, even in her wolf form.” “And you didn’t know she was wolf?” Regina asked anxiously. “I mean I guess I sensed it, but after I saw what she could do I figured she was something else,
The knock at the door continued. “Enter,” Ty said, annoyed. He and Azura broke away and made themselves look inconspicuous. James entered the room, clearly feeling the tension Ty was exerting from being interrupted. “Ahh, Azura, you’ve shifted which means you are doing a lot better,” he said to her smiling. She returned a smile, “Yes I am, thank you very much for your help.” He picked up the stones from the floor and motioned for Azura’s hand, where he placed one and it turned green. “Yes, your perfect health has returned and you may take your leave from The Infirmary.”