CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

We played the game for a while and at a point it started to get boring for me plus I started having the worst headache in history. It was making my head pound, my eyes heavy and my ears to ache. I winced because of the sudden cheer from the game. I rubbed my temple to ease the pain but nothing worked. I stood up and headed to the kitchen to drink water so I could feel better, I was staggering to walk because my vision blurred a little and it was difficult to think straight with all the noise coming from everywhere. I managed to make it to the kitchen as I gulped down a bottle of water but the headache was far from stopping, it was getting worse as the seconds ticked. I wanted to get out of there, I felt caged and suffocated. I needed to breath in a wide space. I was catching my breath on the kitchen counter when Camilla came up to find me, "Hey, I have been looking everywhere for you" she said while touching my hand I snarled at her to remove it because it made me feel hotter than I was already, she removed her hand in shock as she glanced at me surprised at my reaction. "What's going on with you?" She asked in alarm. "I don't know, I suddenly feel uneasy" I told her She was about to reply when she got a chime on her phone and she read the message out loud "Looks like Rohan is having fun at their own party, this girl has been clinging to him all night" she said My chest grew hot when I heard this, the heat grew and spread throughout my body. My vision turned red. My wolf ambrosia was protesting because another girl was laying claim to him. My whole body was repelling against it. "Stopppppp...." I spit out in a voice that doesn't sound like mine at all. Camilla gasp in shock "Avilla! We have got to get you out of here" "Your eyes...." She whispers as she looks around in fear of someone seeing us I reached out to grab her hands but a screeching sound made me look down at a pair of hands that didn't look like mine either. My nails were long and sharp. I withdrew my hand, my senses were ten times sharper than normal and my senses were on overload. I glanced at the mirror in the kitchen, my eyes were all black, no whites at all. I was changing and Camilla knew it, she grabbed my hand and led me out the backdoor and into the woods at the back of the house. We went deeper to avoid trespassers from the party, the smell of the trees and nature made it worse for me. "It's okay, it's going to hurt but I promise I won't let you hurt for long" my wolf ambrosia said to me. I believed her but it didn't mean the pain wasn't still there. "Come on Avilla, you can do this. Channel your wolf and give her control" Camilla urged I growled at her to back off and let me concentrate. I was about to snap at her but my leg bent in an awkward way that sent me tumbling and screaming out in pain. The bone snapped into two and I screamed again, it was a good thing that the music was loud and we were miles away from the party scene. "That's okay, you are doing it" Camilla still urged me I wanted to curse her out but I was in so much pain to do so right now, my body feels like I am giving birth and my bones were bent in a way that didn't seem possible in a human body. "Ahhhh!!! It hurts" I kept screaming as my bones kept popping and breaking. My clothes were ripping apart as the bones formed into that of a wolf. I didn't realize what was going on till Camilla pointed it out. "Aww your wolf is so beautiful!" She cooed at me I wanted to talk back at her but all that came out was a whine. She seemed to be laughing at my stupidity. "You okay?" My wolf asked me "Yes I am fine, a little sore but fine" I told her "Good now let's take our new found ability for a test drive" she suggested "How?" I asked How am I supposed to do that if I didn't know what I was doing or where I was going? "Don't worry, I have bonded with Ezra, Camilla's wolf. She will shift when we adjust and help us" she said That was when I really appreciated Camilla's help so far. I stood on all fours but my legs felt wobbly and I crashed back into the ground. I tried again till it was steady, they still felt shaky but I got the hang of it after few walking steps. My vision felt clearer and brighter now, I still couldn't believe I turned into an animal. I looked for Camilla but she was watching me while she leaned on the tree. I cocked my head as if to say "let's go for a run" She backed away from tree and took off her clothes, she crouched on the floor and she just shifted, her transformation was easy and very beautiful to watch. It was entrancing and very simple the way she did it pain free and without the drama like I went through. It looked easy for her and probably because she has been doing it since she was little. She changed into her wolf and it was beautiful, a brown wolf with white patches on its fur. I wondered how my wolf looked. Would I be beautiful and dreamy like hers? "You ready?" A voice I didn't recognize asked me I think she must have seen my defensiveness because she introduced herself. "I am Ezra, Camilla's wolf, now let's go" she urged and she took off running deeper into the woods.