Part of the Pack

Chapter 3

Jacob and I head down to the garage to do the finishing touches on the truck. "Do you want to talk about it?" Jake asks for the 4 millionth time "No," I say as  I focus on the paint on the roof. I hear him sigh and focus on the mechanical parts of the truck again.

 When I finish the painting I climb in the cab and am hit by the smell of tobacco. I shake my head and climb out to grab the essential oils again. Once the cab smells nicer but it is not completely gone I climb out. "Please," Jake asks me as we climb up to the house "N-O, Jake! That is final!" I yell back at him as I stomp back up to the house. He keeps nagging at me to tell him what my dream was about and why I was screaming. I stomp back into the house and into the kitchen followed by Jacob "It can't be that bad," he whines after me. "Jake......SHUT UP!!" I roar at him suddenly out of breath, I feel I am starting to shake with anger. Billy wheels into the kitchen at the moment I want to rip Jake's head off. "Maggy why don't you go outside," Billy suggests calmly to me, I just nod my head at him and walk out the door and start to sprint. Before I reach the tree line I start to shake again and I can feel my eyes glow. I jump over a fallen log and I feel like I am starting to shift when I hit the ground I am in a new body, a furry one. I look down for my feet but instead, there are just furry white paws, I jump backward and let out a yelp. I look back over to the house and spot Billy on the lawn, he looks confused. I start to pad back over to him but he puts his hand out like he is telling me to stay where I am at. I just nod my big head and he smiles and wheels back to the house. I sit and wait for him, I start to wonder what he is doing is he just as confused as I am? He comes back out a while later and I get up and start to pad over to him again. "I told Jake to go over to Embry's house for now," Billy says as he reaches out a hand to me. I gently put my head in his hand "I have never seen a white wolf before," I hear him murmur to himself. He seems marveled by my color of fur. I hear a truck pull up in the drive and I snap my head in the direction of the noise. "It's ok," Billy assures me because of my alertness, another man in a wheelchair and one pushing him. They both stop short when they see me, the one in the wheelchair's eyes widen. "Quil, Harry, this is what I called you about," Billy explains to them "Is is Jake?" the won standing asks. "No," Billy tells him "Then who is it?" the one in the wheelchair asks Billy. "This is Maggy, the girl I adopted," he says turning back to me, I take a few hesitant steps forward to the men. I eye them both before I turn around and run. "Maggy!" Billy yells after me but I keep running, I stop when I can't hear him anymore and breathe.

 Once I am calm enough I start to shift back, when I am back in my dominant form I lean against a tree. "Breathe, just breathe," I say to myself as I take deep breaths. When I look down I see that I am still in the clothes I wore earlier, they are just a little worn. I catch scents of the forest around me, the moss, the grass, everything! It's amazing, I start to head back to the house taking my dear old sweet time. Looking at everything through new eyes, sharper, more defined like I am looking through a magnifying glass. Everything seems brighter now and everything lighter like air. I finally can see the clearing and sigh. The place already feels like home to me now, I could never leave. Billy spots me through the window I lift a hand up with a small smile. Billy and the other two men come out into the yard as I walk up to Billy "Sorry," I say as I rub the back of my neck. "It's fine," he says as he puts his hand on my arm "Maggy, this is Quil Ateara and Harry Clearwater, Harry, Quil, this is Magdelina Havilliard," Billy says introducing us. "Nice to meet you," I tell them as I nod my head as acknowledgment "You too," Quil tells me still looking confused. I look over to Harry and see that he is looking at me confused, now I am the one looking confused also because I don't know why they are confused.