My Silver Mate

Truth

[Samara]

I couldn’t deny that something was different. Something was just not the same. It was hard to pinpoint the differences because I felt…strange. I glanced over at Evan and sighed. The madman had come to take me out of the hospital, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to leave. I was physically healthy. My wounds, my bruises, and my scratches had all disappeared. It was as though they had never been there before and the speed of how quickly they healed was just not normal.

“Are you ready to face the truth, Samara?” Evan asked, as I looked down at myself. I had been given a pair of jeans and a sweater, clothing that was not my own. I sighed softly as I looked around the hospital room. While I hadn’t been in here as long as it felt like, it was still strange to suddenly be leaving.

“Sure, why not,” I muttered as I took the lead and left the room. Evan was quickly accompanied by two other men, whom I chose to ignore. Evan led us out of the hospital and, for the first time, I was given the opportunity to see that I wasn’t in Oakville. I wasn’t in the little town, and I frowned as I looked out at the tree line that surrounded Evan’s pack. Surely this wasn’t real.

“Follow me,” Evan urged, and I was tempted to roll my eyes, but I was too busy taking in my surroundings. The hospital we had come out of was rather small and I was able to see all of the small homes that had been built randomly around the area. It was the strangest thing, and I couldn’t quite understand what it was that I was looking at. Evan led us to one of the bigger houses, a house that he referred to as the packhouse. I wasn’t sure what the significance was, but I didn’t comment as I was led inside. The house itself was built with stone and wood and reminded me of a cabin. It was nice and the inside was decorated like a cabin. One thing that did make me feel uncomfortable was the number of people that would stop what they were doing to stare at me as we walked past. It was extremely uncomfortable, and it made me feel as though they were studying me. I didn’t like it. I stumbled over the threshold of what looked like an office and one of the men grabbed my arm to steady me.

“Are you all right?” he asked, and I nodded as I hurried into the room and sat down on the couch. I was surprised when he closed the door, leaving me entirely alone with Evan.

“Samara…this is my office, and this is my pack. I have to inform you that the Mayor of Oakville has contacted me because…well, your family and your friends are searching for you,” my eyes went wide, and I gasped in surprise. It wasn’t as though I hadn’t thought about them, but to hear that they were searching for me, made me feel sick to my stomach. “I have been avoiding him, but eventually he will either show up himself or send his law enforcement out here to look for you,”

“Ok,” I whispered. I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to say. I wanted to return home. I didn’t want to be here and, while I had accepted the fact that something was different about myself, I didn’t believe that I had magically become some sort of magical creature with healing abilities that defined science.

“Samara, on the night of your attack, a rogue wolf entered our pack and stole something from us,” Evan said, and I nodded. He had told me this already, but obviously, he wanted to remind me that it was important that I be safe once I had returned home. That was if they – if he – allowed me to leave. “The moon medallion is what helps all of us to shift into our wolf form,” he went on, and I sighed softly. I already knew where this was going. “But that is not the case for you…at least…not for your first transformation. I know that you still don’t believe me and right now I wish there was more I could do to try to convince you,”

“Hmm,”

“The full moon will affect you and you will transform. I beg you to reconsider,”

“I want to go home, Evan,” I said firmly. “We came to an agreement,” I kindly reminded him. The agreement was that I wouldn’t say a word to anyone about what had happened. That I could return home so long as I remained quiet. Since I didn’t believe anything Evan had told me, I figured it would be an easy secret to keep. However, I had promised that I would return if, at any point, I felt the need to understand what I had become. Apparently, after the first transition, that was when other abilities would manifest. I didn’t believe it and I wasn’t worried about the full moon.

“Indeed, we do have an agreement, Samara, but I would much prefer it if you stayed here until the full moon has passed,” he argued, but I didn’t say anything to him as he stared at me. Evan sighed and then he nodded as if he had somehow come to a decision about something. “Ok…well, I’ll drive you into Lakeson so that you can make your phone call and that will be that,” he then said, and I breathed out in relief. I still felt unsettled, but I was desperate to return to my life. My very normal life. I didn’t want any of this and while I could appreciate their assistance in helping me heal, I just wanted to go home. I stood up and nodded.

“Ok, take me to Lakeson,” I said.

“Have you thought about what you are going to tell people?” Evan asked as he led me out of the packhouse.

“Not really, but I’ll come up with something,” I said with confidence.