Chapter 14 - Evan

We all ran back to our pack as fast as we could, dodging trees and jumping anything in our way. While it only took a few minutes, it seemed like forever.

My best friend, Amanda, was critical. She collapsed 5 days ago at a shopping mall and the doctors aren't exactly sure what's wrong with her. She can't speak and her mindlink is unstable. I can get an image here and there but they make no sense.

It's obvious she's under some sort of Alpha command but we can't figure out how or why. Our Blood Alpha tried to reverse it but it didn't work and she's getting worse.

Amanda is one of our medics and is loved greatly within my pack. I can't understand why someone would do this to her! She wouldn't hurt a fly! She's slowly dying and I feel so helpless!

My mother was waiting at the door of our infirmary, with a set of clothes for me.

"What's happening?!" I demanded.

"I think it's time to say goodbye, Evan." She said sadly.

"No. I'm calling Doc. Maybe the Mahani can help. They are at the Sinclair Pack right now." I answered.

"I don't think Blood Alpha Montross will approve. You better ask first before you call."

I didn't care at this point. Let the Blood Alphas fight it out after. It was worth whatever punishment I got if it saved Amanda. I may have not been able to save my little Megan, my mate, but I'll be damned if I lose someone else.

I ran up to my room to grab my phone and called Doc.

"This is Delta Four, how can I help you, Evan? Doc is on a mission."

"I know she's at the Sinclair pack, I was just there. She said if I needed help to ask and I'm asking."

"What's happening?"

I told her all about Amanda and that she was dying. "Please! Can you desolve an Alpha command when my Blood Alpha couldn't?"

"Hold on, let me ask Blood Alpha Cooper. Why didn't Blood Alpha Montross contact us before now? You know he's going to ask."

"I don't know! He's willing to let her die than ask for help!" I yelled into the phone.

"Hold on, Evan. Don't hang up, okay?"

"I won't. "

The next couple of minutes felt like hours. I wasn't expecting the next voice.

"Evan, are you still there?" asked Blood Alpha Cooper.

"I'm here. Can you help?"

"There was bad blood between us and the Montross pack a few generations ago and we aren't allowed on your land. We would only be able to help if Amanda was brought to us. And the repercussions of that could be exile for her and whoever helps her." he said gravely.

"So if I bring her to you, you will try to help her but we probably will be rogues after? I can live with that. If she dies I'm leaving anyway because he let her die!"

He said nothing as my mind raced. How can I get her there alone? She's unconscious. Would the Sinclair Blood Alpha get involved?

"Tell me how to get her to you and I'll do it."

"If this is what you want, here's what to do..."

*******

I set everything up then went back down to the infirmary to find several people in the room, including my mother. I pulled her to the side and hugged her as we mindlinked.

"I love you so much and I need you to trust me. Can you get these people out of here, so I am alone with Amanda? I'm taking her out of here."

"Can the Mahani help?"

"Yes. But they are forbidden to enter our land so I have to remove her. I'm not telling you where so you can't be forced to tell HIM," I said. In letting her die, he was no longer my Blood Alpha. I'm done here.

"I love you. Be careful and let me know what happens. Promise me."

"Promise."

True to her word, my mother got everyone gathered out of the room. I walked to the bed and held her hand. Giving a minute for the hallways to clear.

I gathered my best friend into my arms and carried her out to my car, only to find the Blood Alpha's son leaning on the passenger side door. He's only 12 and hasn't come into his wolf yet, but it's assumed he's the next Blood Alpha.

Silently, he opened the back door of the car and motioned me to put her inside. It took me a moment to regain my wits and I carefully put her in. He shook my hand and walked away.

If his father banishes me from the pack, I could probably come back once he takes over. It's a nice thought but I have bigger issues right now.

I jumped in the driver's seat and left my pack, maybe for the last time. I didn't look back, I looked straight in front of me, just like Doc taught me after the massacre. When I couldn't save Megan.

Don't look back, she told me, the what ifs will eat your soul. She was right.

I drove to the first human town, about an hour away. Doc and Blood Alpha Cooper were waiting in an abandoned gas station parking lot.

He opened the back door and took her hand in his.

"He needs to contact her wolf first. Then he can release the Alpha command if there is one. We have a medical team en route. They should be here in a minute." Doc told me.

Amanda let out a whimper that was half human and half wolf. I could feel the power flowing through the car. I wanted to reach back and touch her but I knew not to, instinctively. Not a word was uttered as I watched her for any sign of the danger being over.

Come on, Amanda! I need you to live!

Just as a med van pulled up, I saw her eyes flicker open. She looked to Blood Alpha Cooper and then over to me.

"Thank you," she squeaked out.