But, then again, Sandra—always the smart one—already picked it up. Her own eyes widened, she looked at her friend, "You know him?""O-Of course, I know him. I bumped into him that very day with you, remember?" Ismena was trying to throw her friend off."But that was a long time ago, and besides, he addressed you by your name too." Sandra isn't someone that can easily be thrown off. She added, "And it looks like he is here to see you... isn't that right?" That part was directed to Alphose.Alphose, caught in the middle, was speechless but for an entirely different reason. Apart from the question he was asked, he broke out in cold sweat for an entirely different reason.A minute of uncomfortable silence passed."We have to talk." He directed to Ismena at last."O-Okay." To Sandra, he said, "We'll be back in a minute." He inclined his head slightly. "Oh, of course," Sandra responded, baffled by the situation.Why am I breathless just by seeing him again? She thought as she watched them
But, even with all the excitement, she was trying to contain, she was still holding her breath while waiting for Alphose to get himself under control.When he did, all the corded muscles in his arms and neck relaxed. He released a very deep breath too, before he turned to face her. His eyes were back to gray again. "Are you okay now?" She asked him, concerned."Yes." A nod, "We have to bring her back with us to Naturiah, Ismena. You have to explain everything about what I am to her.""I have no idea how to tell her everything. She'll think I've lost my mind." She pointed out, truthfully.Alphose thought so too. His head was working too.Is it really a good idea to bring her to Naturiah? What if she isn't his mate?The idea hurts, more than it's supposed to. He has waited for his mate all his life. "I think we need time. Time to tell her everything and also time to explain to her that she needs to follow us to Naturiah." Ismena suggested."I know that. But time is the only thing we d
"Yes. Oh, yes. Yes, I'll go." No hesitation. Nothing. Her eyes were just filled with trust.It made Ismena emotional and she shook her head, "But, Sandy, you don't even know where it is.""Don't care. What matters is that you're there—wherever 'there' is—and you're going there with me, and we're going to spend more time together.""But Sandy, what about your work?""I can always take a break. Remy, that dog, knows I'm long overdue for now." She smirked then.Ismena smiled too, at the reference to her boss. "Well, that's true. Oh, Sandy, I'm so happy you're going with me—"The door opened and Alphose entered again. "We don't have much time left, Ismena. We have to go now."Ismena nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."Alphose allowed himself to look at Kassandra then, "What about her?""She's—" Ismena began.But Sandra cut her off, raising her hand up, "Her, is also coming too."Their eyes locked.For a moment, Sandra would have sworn that the world around them stilled. Alphose's face might
His claws lengthened. Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down. He is determined to get to the root of all these. For the first time in his life, he and his cougar are attracted to the same woman. It's not common, and that is why he has to keep his hope alive.They got to the final path and Alphose told them to come down. He paid the taxi driver and waited for the driver to leave completely. Then, he turned and looked at Ismena for guidance.Ismena turned to her friend, "We'll have to walk for a while from here. What do you think, Sandy?""I'll sure love to walk," Sandra said, stretching herself. "After sitting down for most of the day, walking is a good idea. I have to admit that this is a long journey. I don't even know the part of the country we're in anymore, that is if we're still in the country. We took the flight before the rides, after all."Ismena walked with her friend, smiling. "No, we are nowhere near the U.S anymore.""I figured." She nodded, looking around. "
Another burst of laughter rang out from Sandra. This time around, it went on forever."You must have fallen down and hit your head on something, my poor Mena." She finally said. Turning towards Alphose, she added, "Shouldn't we bundle her and talk her to the hospital to get her head checked out?"She speaks the truth, Kassandra." Alphose replied.Sandra started laughing again.Ismena and Alphose looked at each other helplessly. They are not getting anywhere with the woman at all."Okay, okay, okay," She raised her arms in front of her, palm out, "Okay, I don't wanna be unreasonable, so let's say you're right. You're a changeling, right?""Yes, I am." Alphose answered, resigned."You're a mountain lion, right?""Yes, I am.""I wanna see." She declared, amusement brightening her eyes. "Let me see your animal."Her best friend and Alphose shared one of those looks again. This time, Ismena directed one of those wide-eyed glances toward her too and she was shaking her head, "Hell no, you h
Sandra fainted.The instance Alphose changed into a cougar, her eyes rolled back into her head and she dropped to the ground before Ismena was able to reach her.Ismena couldn't even bring herself to blame her friend. Looking at the huge, gray mountain lion, she would faint in this situation too. She did faint in that situation.The memory made her lips twitch. Her eyes raised towards to cougar a few feet away from her, "Well, you can shift back to your male form. As you can see, she is out like a light." She said the words nervously.It might not be her first time seeing these changelings in their animal form, but they still make her very nervous.The cougar shifted back into a tall, bulky man. Alphose walked forward to stand over Sandra, he watched her carefully."Well, I did advise her to hold that thought." He said, non-committally.Ismena snorted, "Yeah, right. As if holding that thought was enough to save her poor heart. It's not exactly easy watching a man morph into a giant li
Degar noticed too. Unable to do anything, he just followed the Alpha King with the rest of the team trailing behind him."Alpha Cronus?" Wolfaraine called.The Werewolf Alpha came out from behind Degar, "Yes, Alpha King?""You can finish up with the rest of our business with Yatch's Farmland. According to Alpha Josiah in the Oklahoma branch, everything is running smoothly. So, for now, my business with the human world is done."Cronus felt incompetent. "I'm sorry for dragging you all the way here—""It is alright. Do not ever hesitate to place a call to me whenever situations like this come up.""I'm truly sorry about the attack from the Wolfhunters. Damn bastards." He muttered, his eyes going to his left leg momentarily, "I am very glad to hear that you killed them all.""It still baffles me though, how they were able to attack immediately after he moved back to the mansion." Alpha Degar joined the conversation, his brows furrowed in thought, "The Alpha King was at a hotel for a wee
"Eline said, she'll be back from work before noon so that all of us can go out and get some fresh air together." Sandra reminded her best friend as she paced the floor restlessly."Well, I'm tired of being indoors, I wanna go out for chrissake," Ismena grumbled."You mean the same 'out' you went and was chased by a big Cougar who happened to be a child of barely twelve years old, right?" Eline's eye arched up as she mocked her friend.Ismena stopped pacing and glared at her friend. "I see that you and Eline have been talking huh?"Sandra grinned, "What's a girl supposed to do? You've been carrying your big, cranky ass around the house for the past few days, it's so hard to have a reasonable conversation with you."Unable to say anything about that, Ismena pursed her lips and continued pacing. She HAS been cranky, she admitted to herself inwardly and it's for no other reason than the fact that she misses Wolfaraine badly. It's been two weeks and two days. She misses him too damn much,