can't leave her alone. I'll just have to call Michael and see if he can help me. Given how long we've been friends he may be my best option.
I picked up my phone and gave Michael a call. I told him how I couldn't explain everything over the phone and he said he would be right over. I gently lift Ava's head off of my chest and laid her back down on the pillows. She made one tiny moan of a sound and was back out again. I knew she must have been exhausted from the last couple days. I went to the kitchen to clean the mess I made this morning from breakfast and fixed some coffee. Lord knows we will all need it. Within thirty minutes I hear someone at the door. Michael must have run here because that was fast. I opened the door to a wolf panting. He definitely ran.
"Michael could you shift back please? I cannot talk to you like this." The wolf bowed his head ran around the house and within a few minutes Michael came walking back. Thank God I keep clothes for him stored in the cabinet outside.
"So John, what have you gotten yourself into this time?"
Michael and I were working on our third cup of coffee each by the time I was through spilling my guts about everything that had been happening in the past few days. It seemed like such a long story for something that has been going on for just a little while but then again it's been a story in the making for some time now.
"Wow John. This is crazy. So let me see if I have this straight. You are in love with Avalon?" I just nodded in agreement.
"Yes."
"You've only just met her a couple days ago?"
"Yes."
"But you've been talking to each other online for a year now?"
"Yes."
"Avalon is married to a jackass."
"Yes."
"You've known her since she was a little girl because you knew and cared for her parents."
"Yes."
"Her husband has no idea about any of this."
"We think not, yes." Michael looked at me for a minute and then continued.
"Vampires attacked Avalon and her friends earlier this morning when they were on their way home and you interceded as a wolf so they have no idea it was you."
"Yes."
"Avalon is now asleep in your bedroom because you’re worried that vamps may be after her."
"Yes."
"Am I missing anything John?" I had to think for a second and then added;
"And she may also become a shape shifter like us." "What?!" Michael was stunned.
"Well, both of her parents were shape shifters, they are the ones that taught me how to control it and how to live basically. I know that doesn't mean she for a fact will inherit the trait but that doesn't rule it out either. There is a real possibility she could become a shape shifter and one reason why her mother wanted me to look after her."
Michael stopped and shook his head like he was trying to get everything in his head to line up.
"So it's possible she might change at some point?"
"Yes. She also doesn't know that either or that I am a shape shifter. I doubt she even knows they exist." Michael was pacing at this point.
"But usually the change happens at an earlier age doesn't it? Shouldn't she have already changed if she was going to? I mean we both did."
"Not necessarily. From what I have been told and can figure out it can happen at any age but it typically happens sometime between the ages of ten and thirty which gives her plenty of time since she's only twenty-five." Michael shakes his head in agreement. "Okay. So you've gotten yourself in deep this time my friend."
"Yes I have. See why I called you? I need to figure out if those vamps were just a weird coincidence or if they were after Ava and I have no idea where to start."
"Don't worry John. I'm on it. Give me some time and I will find out whatever I can."
I knew I could always count on Michael. Just then we heard someone coming down the stairs and I turned to Michael and whispered
"Remember she doesn't know anything." I could tell from his nod that he knew what I was talking about. So I breathed a little easier once Ava was down the stairs and in my sight.
I would never get used to seeing her or her beauty. She was just so beyond beautiful and she