Life in the pack part two... "It is the only way, Alpha," Hannah said, as if pleading on my behalf. Was my life really worth saving to her? Or was it her nature and her career field that made her this way? Anytime now, Kaden would reject the idea, and he would say no. I closed my eyes, waiting for the word to come out. I waited a few seconds, but the words I had expected never came. Instead, its opposite did. "Yes, I will do it," he sounded, and it was like I was suddenly drenched with water. My eyes shot open immediately. "What?" I was deeply confused. Why was he doing this? "How soon do we get this done?" Kaden asked Hannah. "Soonest, Alpha. The full moon is in two days, and the shift would come naturally. You both must have been marked and mated before that time if we are going to save her wolf and her life," Hannah answered. "We will get it done tonight," Kaden announced, like it was the simplest thing to say in the world. Does my word not even matter in this? It is my ow
Deity Forbids . . . I hadn't realized I had fallen asleep until there was a knock on the door of the room. I rose up, realizing that I was still naked and it was morning. How had I slept for so long? I wrapped the linens around my body, but not without noticing the bloodstain on the sheets, the proof of my lost virtue. I carefully hid it as I watched Kaden enter the room. He closed the door and stood by it, staring at me. "I'm sorry," he apologized. I felt the guilt seep through the bond for a moment before it faded away. He was locking me out of his mind, and I couldn't even think of peeking into his mind in the first place. I nodded in acknowledgment of his apology. The deed was already done, and there was no need to cry over spilled milk. I had done enough crying last night. As a matter of fact, I had done a lot of crying since I arrived at this pack. I got up from the bed, ignoring the fact that his gaze was still fixed on me, making sure that the linens were wrapped around
The Slightest Possibility . . . "I hadn't thought of the possibility, the slightest possibility, that I might be pregnant because I have been caught up in my own emotions and my own inner battles to have thought of it. I immediately placed my hands on my flat belly. This possibility was far from the slightest if Kaden had not used protection during our sexual encounter. Werewolves were far more fertile than humans. The full moon was already a day away, and werewolf females' hormones are heightened to prepare their bodies for mating. Mating done during the full moon always resulted in a child unless the female had difficulties. Days before the full moon, there was still a strong possibility of getting pregnant since we were still partly wired like human females and all mammals. I still menstruated, and then there was the heat. If I was yet with child because of the full moon, the heat came once a month for like three to four days, around the time a human female would ovulate. The
The Shift Under The Full Moon . . . The pack was buzzing by the time I woke up, and howls could be heard everywhere. Everyone must be anticipating the full moon that was coming tonight, but I only thought of the pain I was going to endure and the pain Kaden would endure as well. I woke up early today. I hadn't slept much. I took my shower around five a.m., and when I was ready, I made my way, with slight difficulty, to the pack kitchen to help those who were preparing breakfast. They were a bit surprised to see me, but they allowed me to help, although they made sure I was given minimal work despite my protests. Were they afraid to overwork me, fearing the Alpha's wrath? They should know by now where I stood in Kaden's life, and that was nowhere. Breakfast was ready. As much as I would have wanted to eat in the kitchen, the head of the kitchen, Nathaniel, informed me that it was against the Alpha's orders to eat anywhere other than the dining halls. He explained that it was Kaden
15. Call me by my name . . . Kaden was leading me by the hand deep into the forest, a part I have not thought of venturing into myself, I don't know much about the pack grounds since I have only spent my time in the pack house, Kaden's house, the pack clinic and the dining halls. I could hear the howls of the pack members from several directions, the full moon was almost approaching and they all could feel it coming. The sparks of the bond between us are heightened in me and I feel it strongly, my wolf is already scratching at the surface, I feel her closer to me, the moon has brought her closer to me. Kaden stops abruptly and I stop as well. "The pack members would not intrude on us here" he says, he lets go of my hand and I take in the surroundings before me, there was a small lake a couple of feet from us and fireflies surrounded the water dancing in the moonlight , there were scrubs everywhere and I finally understand that this was a meadow, I had not expected a place l
A New Dawn . . . After Kaden had led me out of the forest, he invited me to stay in his house, I wanted to decline because I feel as though we are moving at a fast speed but I didn't, why?, I could not provide a proper answer—maybe I wanted to be close to him in anyway or maybe I just wanted to please him. We have spent so much time apart as mates. Most mates get marked and mated in the first three days of meeting but there was also the rare cases like Kaden and I. I feel sad thinking that our mating process had been inspired by obligations but I could not change the past no matter how much I wanted to. As I rest on Kaden's chest, I listen to his steady heartbeat that was calming to my soul and body, I could not properly sleep in spite of Kaden's warmth,—I was scared that if I closed my eyes and let the sleep consume me, I will wake up and this would all be a dream. "Sleep" Kaden voice sounded groggily, I look up to see him staring at me "I can't" I mumbled "Why?" He as
Another Possibility . . . "I am expecting a pregnant female to come in today Luna" Hannah reported, I was helping her organize some files, I frowned at the title, though Kaden had claimed me in front of his pack, the binding ritual was not done yet and I have began to see Hannah as a friend, three weeks has gone by since my mating with Kaden, and approximately two weeks and six days since I had my shift and Kaden suggested we gave our relationship a try. "Okay—Hannah I would prefer if you still called me by my name" I voiced. I still had trouble sleeping, I still believed this all to be a dream and I woke up each morning dreading that Kaden would once again despise me but he hasn't, he still held my hands to the dining halls, he still fed me and walked me to the clinic and came in the evening to walk me back, then we would have dinner and he would cuddle me to sleep, we don't have much of a conversation but I know Kaden is trying and I don't want to push him, "But you are Luna"
The Meadow . . . "You are pregnant!" Hannah gasps and I immediately snapped my head at the image on the monitor, I am with child. "Congratulations Anna!" She beamed, I was still recovering from the shock "H–how?". My mind was trying to process what was before me, my gaze was still at the monitor where my baby was appearing before me, there was a life growing inside me. How had I not noticed a slight bulge in my stomach? "Anna, I know this is surprising, I am as surprised as you are, I can't even smell the baby on you, I think you should be three weeks far along and Alpha babies take five months to fully form" "Five months?, I thought it was six" "That is for other wolves, the Alpha babies are strong and they develop faster, Kaden would soon hear the child heartbeat as well but it is still odd that your scent has not changed" Hannah sniffed me "it hasn't changed , should I call the Alpha?" "No!" I immediately responded, we were working on our relationship, now there was a