Chapter Eight

The picnic was amazing, we really got to catch up apparently he'd done a heck of a lot when he was travelling.

"So you're telling me the guy just smashed a shop window and walked away like it was nothing," I say shocked, he was telling this story about a guy he came across on his travels, a very drunk guy.

"Yeah just randomly, but I have to admit it was quite funny" he laughs remembering what happened making me smile "I never forgot you, you know every day I was wondering what you were doing" he smiles but I look to the floor, I guess since I found out about us being mates I was worried if he just forgot about me and went with other people, I know he isn't like that but when you find out your mate has been travelling around the world, I guess you don't know what to think.

"Don't worry I never had any girlfriends or anything like that when I was away, the only person I thought of like I said was you and only you" he says like he knew what I was thinking making me smile, he takes my hand but his phone ringing spoils the moment.

"Hello, wait slow down," he says I still didn't know who he was talking to but from the sounds of it the person wasn't happy, he puts the phone on speaker putting it between us.

"You and Savannah need to leave right now, don't bother coming back to this house at all quickly go back home but don't stay long," my father says really fast on the other end making me panic looking up at Ryan as he continues "pack some of your things and leave don't come back ever it isn't safe, whatever you do don't try to look for your mother and me, make sure you look after Savannah don't let any harm come to her or you," he says but he has to stop as we hear our mothers shouts in the background.

"They're here we need to try and get away, give the phone to me," she says my father must have passed her the phone cause her voice was louder than our fathers panicking one in the background "you two need to look after each other now, just remember that we love you," she says as a huge crash could be heard with even more shouting but the phone goes dead.

We don't speak and just sit in silence for a few seconds before Ryan springs in action, he stands up quickly picking some of our stuff up taking my hand making me stand.

"We need to leave," he says making us run out of the woods and towards our car where he rushes me to get in.

"Are we gonna go back to help them?" I ask as I put my seatbelt on but he just shakes his head.

"No you heard what they said it's not safe for us," he says but I speak up before he could finish.

"They're our- I mean your parents Ryan, we can't just leave them," I say but he just shakes his head taking the other turning away from where they were.

"You're my mate, I'm gonna protect you over anyone that includes my parents, you're my main priority Savannah, they even told me that," he says grabbing my hand in his but I just sigh and look down, it feels so wrong we shouldn't be leaving them we should go back and help them like they've been doing for us our whole lives. I felt like I had too since they adopted me, if they didn't I could have been put with some really mean people and might have never met Ryan.

"Nope that's wrong, he's our mate we would have found him no matter what," my wolf says in my head, wow I haven't heard from her in awhile.

"I forgot about you," I say making her speak up kind of annoyed.

"I'm always here Savannah just at the back of your mind, waiting for a time when I'm needed," she says making me smile, it's weird I only got her a few days ago and I feel like she's always been a part of me.

"And you were needed now?" I ask, it's weird I feel like I'm talking to myself but I'm not at the same time.

"Definitely! You were doubting if we'd ever find mate that was the perfect time for me to speak up, and yes I've always been a part of you ever since you were born, so even though I only was able to talk to you a few days ago I've with you since day one" she says making me smile but a question came to mind.

"If you've been with me ever since the beginning, does that mean you know who my birth parents are?" I say but she seems to start disconnecting with me, I try to fight her to stay connected but it wasn't working.

"That's correct, but I think it's your job to find out who they are," she says before she fully leaves making me snap back to reality being back in the car with Ryan.

"Talking with your wolf" he says looking over at me but I just nod smiling "mine started to get annoying after a while, he kept telling me to tell you how you were my mate but I couldn't do that, even though I wanted too" he smiles making me smile with him.

I stare out the window for awhile my wolf said she knows who my birth parents are, I wish I could remember them but I was obviously much too young to remember anything like that, as much as I've tried to these last couple of days. I must have only been a newborn when I was given up for adoption? that's what age you normally are.

"You just turned a year old when you were taken from your parents," my wolfs says speaking up again but the way she says taken made me question everything even more, before I could ask her she blocked me out.

"Get some rest," Ryan says snapping me out my thoughts once again but I shake my head "you've had a busy day? I'll keep driving, again your my main priority Savannah you're the only person I care about now," he says while reaching in the back pulling a soft throw blanket from the backseat.

I decide to listen to him as I was actually getting tried, I wrap the blanket around me slowly drifting to sleep with Ryan's hand in mine.