Five Inner Wolves

ARIA

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"Are you shy? This isn't our first time, you know?" Orion, my boyfriend, and mate, whispered teasingly into my ears as he grabbed my waist with both hands.

My cheeks heated up as I struggled to keep eye contact and not make this awkward.

We'd both snuck out of family dinner to have some fun in my room. No, it's probably not what you're thinking. My father and I had moved into Orion's house a month earlier, after my eighteenth birthday. After... The incident.

Anyway, my room was lit up with a calm blue light, and I had a decently large bed with a fluffy white duvet. Orion and I had been kissing when he suddenly wanted to take things further.

"B–but I'm not ready yet," I muttered softly as I tried breaking away from Orion's hold to no avail.

His clear blue eyes stared deep into mine and I could see the longing in them. His throat bulged as he swallowed saliva while trying to hold in his desires.

A smirk crept up his lips as he whispered. "We've done it once, don't you think it's about time we did it again?"

My eyes fluttered as I hesitated. Was I really ready for it? After that night? Last time, we'd both been drunk, and I regretted it deeply even though we were mates.

Suddenly, Orion's hands trailed down my back before slowly lifting my shirt. His hands proceeded to crawl down my back until his fingers grazed my ass crack softly.

Yup, that would do it.

I finally mustered enough strength to turn Orion around and shoved him onto the bed. "Oh, uh... Will you look at the time? We really gotta go to bed if we don't want to get late for school tomorrow."

Orion rubbed his head, probably because of the force of it hitting the bed. He looked up at me like I'd gone insane, his brows creasing into a frown.

"Aria, what the–" he tried speaking but I wasn't about to hear it.

I ran away, opening the door without looking back and stepped out of the room, forgetting the fact that it was mine.

Crap... This was not my night.

I rushed back into the room and left the door wide open before gesturing at it. I gave Orion an apologetic smile as he slowly got up.

"I'm sorry... I'm just not ready yet." I heaved a sigh.

I could've sworn I saw his eyes twitch but eventually, he nodded and walked toward the door. I stepped aside to make way for him and diverted my gaze in shame until he got outside.

"I guess this is a good night, then." He smiled wryly, placing his hands into his pants pocket.

I nodded sheepishly before adding. "Yeah... Good night kiss?"

Orion rolled his eyes before stepping forward and planting a kiss on my lips. I wrapped my arms around his neck as I took in the taste of his mouth against mine. The strong scent of his cologne swept me up as our chests pressed together.

My stomach danced and I felt like I was levitating. Eventually, Orion removed his lips from mine and winked at me.

"Our nights wouldn't end with only 'good night kisses' for much longer, Aria." His voice was a low rumble, tickling the back of my head.

I gulped as I watched him walk away down the hallway before I shut my door behind me. Ugh, moon have mercy!

'Sorry, Alpha. That would have to wait.' I apologized to my Alpha wolf, the most active of my five wolves.

Yup... I have five inner wolves. And each of them had a name according to the vibe they gave me.

There was Alpha, the most active and dominant one who's been with me since I was little. The rest started awakening after my eighteenth birthday.

The others were Nightshade, Mystic, Lunar, and Chaos. The last one, chaos, was the least active and honestly felt non-existent sometimes. But I could always feel her, lurking deep inside.

Anyway, Alpha growled in protest of my unwillingness to take things further with Orion than just kissing and touching, but I ignored her as I took off my clothes and hurriedly had my bath.

My head could get really crowded sometimes with all the noises from my wolves. Funny enough, I could understand their animalistic sounds a little too well, since they were my wolves.

I was a special case, kept a secret from the world. I was a five-fold werewolf, the only one in existence apparently.

For years, I'd thought I only had one inner wolf... Which was my Alpha wolf. However, on my eighteenth birthday, which was the day a werewolf would finally be able to shift fully into their wolf side, I made a shocking discovery.

I have five wolves inside me! Not one, not two... FIVE.

And for some reason, the Alpha of my pack has been trying to hunt my ass down ever since this discovery was made, forcing my father—his brother— to flee with me to our current location... New Orleans.

New Orleans was home to one of the most formidable and largest werewolf packs in the world, the Silver Moon pack. And Orion's father is the Alpha of this pack.

Anyway, after I was done washing up, I dried myself with a towel and soon got out of the bathroom. I got dressed into my pajamas and was soon ready for bed.

"Relax, Alpha," I whispered out loud to my most dominant wolf. "We'll just have to be patient. Don't worry, I'll be able to move on from that night and then we can allow ourselves to have fun with our mate."

It had always been me and Alpha against the world. Among all my wolves, I was closer to her. The others felt more like "bonuses" or something and weren't of much use in my life.

As I drifted into sleep, however, I was restless as my Nightshade wolf, the second most active among my wolves, began howling inside me for no apparent reason. Gosh, she always does that every night!

I gritted my teeth as I tried ignoring her. This was my life now… like it had always been since I turned eighteen. I'll get used to it soon enough.