I drove us to heaven's lake. it was cool,windy but peaceful. Its the place I come to be alone,to think or to cool down. It's kinda my Happy place, and the water in the lake was always a bright, sparkly blue it sometimes looked like there were diamonds under the water.
"This is a nice place to hideout." Enrico said as we walked out of the car and onto the banks of the lake.
"Yeah, a great place to clear a foggy mind"
"You know you still haven't told me what happened in the meeting."
I heaved out a sigh. "They don't want me Enrico. The council thinks I'm not capable of being alpha. They think I'm weak so they've decided to let Raul take my place."
"Well that's a knife in the chest. What did your father say?"
"Nothing, my father arguing with the council over me is useless. They'd never listen. But I did ask him to give me a chance so I can try and fix myself."
"And.....?"
"He's given me upto the end of the year."
"Well at least you've got half the year remaining, that's a lot of time."
"Yeah, though I'm yet to come up with a plan."
"Start with the pack doctor."
"Been there a million times and all they say is I'm fine and nothing's wrong."
"That's odd."
"You think? I can't shift, I have zero wolf abilities, I doubt I'll ever find my mate, I can't even sense my wolf! And yet I'm supposed to be the alpha of the largest and strongest pack. Sometimes I wish I was-"
"Finish that sentence and I'll slit your throat Armando!"he snapped at me. "How many times do I have to tell you to stop speaking such nonsense. Get it together man, this is no time for a pity party so stop being a pussy!".
I looked at him and he had a scowl on his face, his eyes were no longer their usual green,they were indigo,which for me meant I was going to get another famous four hour lecture from Roman, Enrico's wolf.
"Before you lecture me Roman. I'm sorry, I won't do it again, I promise" I said hoping to talk my way out of the lecture.
"You promise?"
"Yes, I promise"
"Good."
Enrico's eyes flashed between green and indigo before turning back to their usual green. I bent down and sat on the grass by the banks with my knees to my chest and my elbows rested on my knees. I tilted my head back so I was looking up at the sky.
"Goddess above, please help me." I said in a whisper as I closed my eyes.
"I know where we could start." Enrico said, he stretched out his hand to help me up and I took it as he pulled me up.
"Where?" I asked once I was one my feet.
"Follow me." And with that, he started walking into the forest that surrounded the lake.
"Sure".