Howlers #4

"Alpha? You mean you're not human?" Lizzy asked in a high, panicked tone.

"Yes, I'm a werewolf," Alaric replied flatly.

"Don't come near me!" Lizzy reflexively dragged her body to the corner of the bed and started crying in a curled up position. Her entire body shook violently and the girl began to sob as she realized the harsh reality she had just found out.

Alaric stared wide-eyed at the fear on the girl's face. The man sighed softly as he realized that it was not easy to convince his human partner to marry. Although he could coerce and was used to coercion, somehow this time he seemed unable to do so.

"Calm down, I don't mean you any harm," Alaric coaxed in the midst of Lizzy's unending crying.

Alaric did not move from his seat at all, the man waited patiently for his woman's crying to subside.

"In that case, please send me home. I want to go home today." Lizzy began to lift her face and looked into Alaric's yellow eyes.

Alaric shook his head with a smile. "No, you can't go home because this is where you belong now. You will stay with me."

"I disagree! Stop making unilateral decisions because no one will stay with you!" Lizzy yelled in Alaric's face and made the alpha's patience erode even more.

"You can't run away from this destiny, darling! The Moon Goddess sent you to me because you are my eternal mate!"

"You're wrong! I'm not your mate because I'm someone else's! I will get married but not to you!"

"The fate bestowed by the Moon Goddess can sever any ties that previously existed between you and whoever you consider your mate, Lizzy. Because I am your true mate, you are my soul."

For a few seconds, the room was silent. The crisp laughter that came out of Lizzy's mouth broke the silence. The girl laughed loudly as if she was laughing at the funniest joke.

"Tell me that this is all a joke, will you? I can't stand all this theatrics so please stop pretending that you're not human." Lizzy slowly got off the bed and wrapped her body with the blanket.

"I never imagined that romance between humans and werewolves really existed. It's just a fairy tale like the one I wrote in my latest novel. A lot of people like those kinds of stories but I don't think they're real." The girl laughed again when remembering those ridiculous things.

Lizzy really thought that the events that happened to her were too coincidental with the cutesy stories she had written and so she wanted to laugh. The fantasy romance that made her name and sold thousands of copies. High fantasy that led to her success as a young writer.

"Have you read my novel all the way through?" she asked again, leaving Alaric even more confused. Alaric thought all the babbling was a Datura effect.

"I haven't read any books," Alaric replied flatly.

Lizzy rolled her eyes. "You know, as interesting as you are, I can't see your cool side if you don't read books."

"I don't care because werewolves don't need to read books."

Alaric got up from his seat and walked away from the bed. He headed towards the exit and changed his form instantly to make Lizzy believe that he was really a werewolf. A dashing alpha.

Lizzy was wide-eyed with what she saw, her legs trembled and her knees suddenly felt weak. The girl backed away slowly as the werewolf's steps approached, her back hit the wall and her steps were locked by the alpha's eyes.

Alaric in wolf form has bright gray fur and warm amber eyes. His fur was soft when it touched Lizzy's cheek, his eyes burned warmly and the savage impression imagined by Lizzy did not appear at all in Alaric's wolf form.

"Now you must believe that I am not fully human," Alaric said in wolf form. His tongue lolled out to lick Lizzy's ear and sent chills down the girl's spine.

The girl didn't know what to say now. All the funny things that a few minutes ago became a laughing matter, evaporated as if they never existed. However, besides fear, the girl seemed to feel another feeling. A strange warm feeling when she was confronted with the big yellow-eyed wolf.

Alaric stopped licking the girl's ears and said he would go to the pack and send someone who would fulfill all of Lizzy's needs. Not a word did the girl manage to say as Alaric left. Now she was left alone in a strange little hut and Lizzy began to think of ways to escape.

The girl gazed out of the open door and the wolf howl was the first thing that greeted her as soon as her feet stepped on the cold snowy ground. Lizzy undid her intention to run away because she didn't want to take any significant risks.

If a few moments ago she laughed at a coincidence that was only considered a joke, this time the girl sobbed over the coincidence that befell her life. The romance between humans and wolves was a cruel irony that she had to endure at the moment. Lizzy really did not expect that what she wrote would come true and be experienced by herself. In that instant, she regretted writing the story and asked God to spare her from this punishment. Lizzy was sure this was her punishment.

Lizzy missed home terribly and could not imagine her parents' worries during her disappearance. She couldn't remember exactly how long she had been in that strange place with the wolf. But now she no longer cared about how much time had passed, with new determination, Lizzy looked for the best way out of this cottage. It was only at that time that she really observed consciously the state of the cottage. The girl circled the cottage with various thoughts as she observed the shelves full of medicines.

Lizzy only realized her shoulder was wrapped in bandages when she found a mirror. She looked at her body which looked unkempt with bruises in several parts. Lizzy tried to unwrap the bandage on her shoulder and a bite mark appeared clearly imprinted on her shoulder. The bite mark glowed faintly, and Lizzy never knew that Alaric had marked it physically as well as with a magical bond that kept Lizzy from leaving him.

Could the wolf really have marked her as his eternal mate? Asked the girl to herself. Her tears melted when she realized that she was really destined to be the mate of a werewolf. She knew that the mate-bond could not be rejected no matter how hard she resisted. Lizzy continued to look at herself in the mirror with clear melts from her eyes. Without her realizing it someone opened the door of the cottage and the figure was now standing behind her.

From the reflection of the mirror, Lizzy recognized who was coming.

"Connor?"