Amaris did not know if the wolves in the woods were friendly or if they were the ones who had been hunting her. She decided that the best course of action was to run away, until she found someone that she could trust, and then she could stop running and let someone know where she was. She had only just realized that she had left Anna at the meeting without telling her that she was going somewhere. Not only that, but Adam had announce that she was there and that they were going to have a ceremony involving her so they surely would be out looking for her in the woods. She was sure when she had gone out the door that a few of the people in the back row had seen her go. She made up her mind to find them in the morning light and pretend that nothing had happened except that she went out for a walk in the woods to clear her head. Gran had warned her about trusting people and at this moment she was feeling a bit paranoid toward all these new people that she had met in the last few days. The

Amaris continued through the woods with Anna and her family following behind. She is not sure how she knew, but she knew exactly where Lyle had taken Gran. There was another underground bunker in the woods. Amaris led them straight to it, but did not know how to change back to her human form to open it. Anna saw that Amaris needed help with the hatch and changed back to her human form to open it. Her father went out and stood guard in the direction that they had just come from while she did this. Anna held the hatch while her mother, who had also changed back to human, jumped down into the tunnel. Anna called out to her Dad who followed them. Amaris went in and then Anna went last to be able to close and lock the hatch. This tunnel entrance was a lot larger than the one that Gran had brought her to earlier and it had tunnels leading out of it. As they began to move down the tunnel they heard rustling and looked into the room where the sound was coming from. It was Lyle and he was takin

Lyle looked at Amaris. She was the most beautiful woman that he had ever laid eyes on. When he had first seen her and realized that she was his mate she had been a young 13 year old girl. Just starting high school, and just discovering herself. Even then she had been kind, smart, witty, and always looking out for others. Anyone who had paid any attention to her would know that this girl would grow to be something special. Lyle looked at her now as a woman. One who was destined to be his mate. After having watched her for four years he knew that she would be able to lead his pack, and lead them fairly and to better things. Lyle began simply with a basic explination. "Mates in wolf packs come in two forms, true mates and chosen mates. Chosen mates are when two people choose to be mates for life. True mates are when you see the other person for the first time and you just know, you get that feeling of electricity and of an overpowering magnetic attraction. That is the most powerful bo

Amaris and Anna finished their cocoa and decided to go check on Gran. They went back to the tunnel entrance and found the room that she was resting in. Gran was unconscious and had not yet come to." Amaris gently brushed her hair back from Gran's face and put her hand on her forehead. Amaris did not feel a fever. She next reached down to Gran's wrist and checked her pulse. It felt steady and it comforted Amaris. She stared down at gran and Anna put and arm around her and gave a squeeze. They stood like that for a few minutes. They could hear voices out in the hall. Anna lifted her head off of Amaris' shoulder. "We need to get her looked at. She should be awake by now." Amaris said. Anna looked at her and worry was written all over her face. The girls decidied to see what they were going to do about getting some medical help for Gran, Walking back to the door the door way, the girls saw Lyle along with Anna’s parents talking animatedly out in the hallway. Amaris and Anna ca

Amaris had no idea where their final destination was. They had been on the water for several hours. The sun was high in the sky by this time. They would simply look like tourists to any on lookers except for the fact that none of them had any safety gear on. No helmets, no life jackets, nothing. They only had their backpacks and their paddles. Lyle seemed to have a destination in mind. He led with Gran and Continued without stopping. Anna and Amaris both had paddles, but since the river at this time of year was low and therefore fairly tame they did not have too much to do. There had not been much for rain in a while. Finally they came to a wide bend in the river and a huge sand bar in the center of the curve. It appeared that in times of heavy rain or in the spring thaw this was under water but the rest of the time it looked like it was a favorite play ground for the local otters. There were hundreds of foot prints up and down the sand.Lyle pulled his kayak off here onto the sand and