Chapter 2 - Anya

“What do you mean you’re not coming?” I asked as I started to pace back and forth at the porch of the packhouse, feeling the familiar anxiety and irritation I recently got every time we end up quarreling over the phone: “Are you trying to pick a fight with me? We agreed on this, tomorrow I'm shifting, and the party is already prepared, the guests…” 

“I’m not coming because I want a break-up, Anya,” he replied rather coldly. 

I froze, I can’t believe the words that I am hearing from him right now. 

“What?” I asked, still unable to process what he just said.“We just talked yesterday and everything was fine, what happened?”

“Yesterday is yesterday,” Mikey said, “and today I realized that we are not suitable to be together.”

 “But we had already been together since the day I was born!” I trailed off as I tried to control the tears from falling from my eyes, “Is this a prank?”

“Anya,” he said, sounding frustrated. Mikey was never frustrated with me. “Don’t make it more difficult as it already is. I’m breaking up with you, and it’s over.” 

But you promised! I wanted to retort instantly but I swallowed that with bitterness. I closed my eyes trying to control my emotions. Fighting with him won’t do me - us any good. I don’t know what happened to him, he never allowed me to go to find him, but I don’t think he’s in his right mind.

“Okay,” I said finally, “But don’t you think we at least deserve to talk about the break-up face-to-face? When can I meet you? And there’s our mate bond, I’m turning 18, and you’ll need to meet me if you want to–” I bite my lower lip to hide the trembling in my voice, “to REJECT me.”

There was a long silence before Mikey finally spoke, “The mate bond isn’t going to happen. I was wrong when I said you are my mate. You are not, and I already found my destined mate.”

My tears started to fall and my chest was in so much pain. 

“Goodbye, Anya,” he said and the phone went dead. But I wasn’t there to listen, the world started to spin.

“Anya?” Someone called my name and found DK not far from where I was, concern filled his face, “Is something wrong?” he asks as he slowly walks towards me. 

“Don’t come near me!” I shouted and he stopped moving. The last thing I wanted was for him to see me like this and give him the opportunity to say I told you so. 

“What’s wrong, Anya,” he asked worriedly. 

I look at him while clenching my chest. What the hell is wrong with me? I close my eyes as I try to control the pain that was spreading all over my body. That started at my chest, to my muscles, and now to my bones. 

“Anya,” DK called my name as he places his hand under my chin. I wanted to push him away from me because I don’t want him to be a witness to my pain. I don’t want him to see me like this. But I was too weak to even do that. 

‘Yes, you’re weak, that’s why he left us.’ I hear my mind say making me burst into tears. 

“Anya!” DK shouted, “Can you hear me?” He asks as he pulled me close to him. As he slaps my cheeks lightly which made me look at him and I found myself staring at DK’s ocean-blue eyes. 

“Can you hear me?” he asked again, but this time his voice was a bit lower than before. 

I nodded as I snap out of the trance that I found myself in. 

“What are you feeling?” He asked, his voice was laced with so much concern. 

“Pain,” I blurted as reached for his shoulders for support as a jolting paid made me scream.

“Anya,” I hear DK whispering against my ear as he pulled me into his arms, “Listen to me, I don’t think we have enough time. But I think you are shifting now,” he added as I felt him lifting me off the floor. 

“What?!” I shouted as the pain made it harder for me to think of words to say. 

“Don’t worry,” he said reassuringly as he put me down on the ground while he remove his leather jacket and places it on the ground before lifting me and letting me sit on it. Once I have settled on it he held my face between his hands. 

“Anya, listen to me, you are about to shift. But it will hurt you more if you resist it,” he said softly as he worriedly looked at me. 

“It’s not time,” I said crying as the pain becomes stronger.

“Your wolf is coming, and there’s no way to stop that,” he explained. 

“But Mikey’s not here,” I shouted as a jolt of pain hits my spine. 

“I am here,” DK said calmly, “I will never let anything bad happens to you.’ 

“You don’t understand,” I said as I try to get up. I need to call Mikey. He needs to know. 

“No! You don’t understand,” DK said irritably, “He’s not here Anya, I am. You’re fucking boyfriend is not coming back and I’m sorry about it. But right now, right now that’s not important. What’s important to me is you. If you’re afraid that you’d find out that you’re Fated to someone else other than that fucking asshole I will stop you. And if you found out that you are Fated to me, I will reject you. So now, please think about yourself and shift.”

I look at the man in front of me, trying to see his lies but there was none. All I see in his ocean blue eyes was worry, worry for me.

I held onto him as I screamed with pain. Honestly, I couldn’t count how many times I screamed and I don’t know how long I was crying and screaming in front of this stranger. But what I noticed was we were no longer alone. 

But before I can say something to them, I felt a much stronger pain as I felt my bones breaking and rearranging, until I saw my arms covered with shiny white fur. 

“You’re beautiful,” DK exclaimed. 

I looked up and saw DK smiling at me. It was not an arrogant or sad smile. This time it was a happy smile. I was about to thank him but before I can do anything else. I felt my body being pulled back into the passenger seat as I hear an angry voice say,

‘It’s your fault that he left us!’ The voice sneered but I can’t see who was talking until I hear my wolf look around at the people who witnessed as I shift. 

“Wow!” Uncle Justine exclaimed as he smiled at me, “She’s beautiful.” 

Instead of being happy, my wolf started snarling at him. And was about to jump at him and bite him but DK got in the way. 

I can feel DK’s arm around my wolf’s neck holding my wolf in place. 

“Calm down, beautiful,” he said in a soothing voice but my wolf wouldn’t stop. She shook her body throwing DK away from our body. As she jumps at DK’s sportscar denting it. 

I can hear my Mom’s worried voice as she asks my Dad what was going on. I can hear my Dad giving orders but I didn’t understand what it was. I was frozen in shock when I saw the leather hood of Dk’s car. The way it was torn apart because of my wolf. 

‘Stop, please!’ I begged my wolf. 

‘No!’ She hissed angrily, ‘Because of you I lost my Mate!’ 

‘Will fix this,’ I said, ‘Just stop.’

‘No!’ She shouted and was about to destroy DK’s car when we felt a sting near our butt and then it was followed by another and another. I now know what my father was saying earlier. I just never thought that I would be thanking him for shooting tranquilizers at my wolf.

I felt my heavy body fell, and everything went black.