Chapter Fourteen: Yet another blast from the past!

The bushes rustled again, and out crept a stark white wolf. Its fur gleamed in a way, black fur can't, but still had the same effect. It growled lightly, but it didn't feel threatening, more like a friendly gesture. It seemed as if she, were sharing in a good laugh with us. I glanced over at Chris, and he was perfectly at ease, a smile on his face.

"Why sneak up on me like that, Lucille?" he asked teasingly. I glanced between the two of them, sensing a friendly relationship. I released my tense muscles, as the wolf letting out a cackle sort of yip.

She transformed before our eyes, going instantly from four legs to two. Somehow she made it through the whole ordeal fully clothed, and a smile on her face. Her long golden hair hung in wavy childish way, her eyes shone with the air of a jokester. All around she seemed like the type of girl that was rebellious and never allowed herself to be pushed around, but also could crack a joke at any time. "Well you should have paid more attention, now shouldn't you?" she said with a brilliant smile.

"Umm....excuse me for interrupting, but who is this?" I asked politely, the air around this girl made me just want to be friendly, and the friendliness made me sure this wasn't another person Chris was engaged to.

"Oh, sorry...." Chris started to say, but tapered off from a look from the girl, "I can introduce myself, thank you very much! Hello, darling, I'm Lucille, but I very much prefer Lucy. Me and Chris go way back, but I'm willing to trade him for you, he's been getting a little annoying lately.." she teased, sticking out a hand for me to shake, which I gladly took. "I'm McKenzie, but trust me, I prefer Kenz or if you are my little brother, Kenzie." She smiled at me, "You know I like your spirit, see ya Crispin, you're out of here, I've got me a new bestie now," she said looping her hand around mine.

Chris just laughed, "Sure take her, she's more trouble than she's worth," my mouth dropped open in shock, but he just gave me a wink. He was totally different yet again, with this person, I began to wonder how many personalities he had and who he showed them to. "You know I might just take you up on your offer, I have a lot of catching up with Kenzie, you know!" Lucy chirped, tugging me away. I tried to twist around to see Chris, but he just smiled and walked away into the woods.

"Wait...what...catching up? Do I know you?" I asked, suddenly confused, was everyone containing multiple personalities. She smiled, but still tugged me along, away from the direction of the house. Her eyes shone, but not like before, now there was a sense of sadness.

"Okay, if you aren't going to answer my questions about my past with you, can you at least tell me where we're going?" The woods were getting deeper and darker by the minute, making it kind of eerie to be in here at such a late hour.

"Why you got an appointment, Kenz?" she said with a grin, beaming down at me. Yeah, down at me, why was everyone suddenly taller than me and I was only slightly under six foot, what did that make her?

"As a matter of fact, I do. It includes a four-year old and tucking him in."

"Oh, little Jakey, I really have to see him again, haven't since.....well the incident." She said it so casually, but my eyes widened at the thought that she knew both of us somehow.

"Ugh...yeah..I guess so," I said, getting very uneasy and antsy under her hand that was tugging on my arm, the only thing I knew about her was her name was Lucy. But I do guess if Chris trusts her, than I can too, maybe.

Then, just when I was almost positive I had gotten stuck with a person that belonged in an insane asylum and she was going to dump me off a cliff, a cabin came into view. I halted tears coming to my eyes as I recognized it instantly, "The house...." I whispered, it was the same one the murderers had killed my mother, the same one I was first kidnapped in. But it couldn't be, they burned it to the ground, I saw my father kneeling in the ashes, crying over the loss of us.

"How is it here, it was burned down?" I asked Lucy, looking up into her sad eyes. There were tears overfilling her eyes also, and her voice was filled with the same amount of emotion mine had, "They rebuilt it in the honor of your mother and father, and supposedly you." Her voice cracked in the middle of the sentence.

At that moment, I wanted to take back my thoughts about her being insane, and hug her. But why would a normal pack member be filled with so much emotion over just an alpha's family, I mean I hadn't seen Chris really cry openheartedly over the loss? Then she grabbed my hand and tugged me inside the doors, leading me to the living room.

Sighing she held a hand over her eyes as she plopped down on the couch, moments of silence passing between us. Until finally she spoke, "Do you want to know about your prophecy or not?"