"Nothing is wrong, okay. You guys should go ahead, I will catch up", I replied as I was smiling brightly, with butterflies fluttering my stomach.
My parents agreed and Left, as my brothers followed in toe. I bent down to clean up the mess from the slice I had earlier dropped. After disposing it in the garbage, I reached out to the sink and began to wash my hands under a warm running water.
The sun was still peeking above the trees that covered our pack territory. It shined through the window in front of me, there by lightning up the entire kitchen. Like an alarm, Alaric began screaming.
"Here!!, mate!!".
The butterflies in my stomach turned into a zoo of animals. A strong scent consumed me, as I began hearing the sound of footsteps walking towards me. The smell was strong like a smoke. I turned around quickly, my hands still soapy and wet.
My eyes widened as I met a familiar pair of dark emerald eyes.
“Dave?”,
It was actually Dave the soon to be alpha. Dave stood at the other side of the room, with his eyes narrowed as he stared at me. I couldn't speak, as no words came out from my brain.
And though my wolf was very loud, I still had nothing to say. I found myself stuck in complete silence. I was in disbelief that of all the werewolves in the world, I had to get stuck with Dave as a mate.
Neither of us had spoken a word to each other, we just kept on staring at each other. The silence was eating me up slowly. The only sound in the room came from the water droplets dripping down my fingers onto the floor.
I swallowed a saliva in my throat.
"I.." I began to talk but couldn't finish.
He stepped towards me, his body stiff. I couldn't sense nor see any life with him in his eyes. They were just dark clouded pools of empty feeling. Alaric had strangely gone silent, leaving me alone to drown in my thoughts.
Then before me, he bent down slightly, his hand gripping the side of the sink behind me, trapping me and making me unable to move.
He let his head hang, his lips hovering over my neck. I felt his cold breath on my skin, and I waited for him to say something. Anything at all, but no words came out of his mouth. Dave's breath was shallow, but I could feel his heart beating abnormally fast. He straightened himself and just stared down at me. I squeezed my hands so tightly.
"so you aren't going to say anything", I finally asked through gritted teeth.
I was angry and confused. Angry at this situation and at his unhelpful silence.
"Granted, I was speechless myself, but I didn't want to have been the one to speak first", he said, and then remained silent and just continued staring lifelessly at me.
His hands moved towards my body, gripping me in tightly. His rough hands moved like a snake around my waist.
I felt goosebumps erupt my skin. The feeling was so much weaker than what others had described occurred when their mate first touched them.
My wolf perked up a bit when he touched me. She began to call out to his own wolf to respond, but his wolf stayed there dead silent. I bent my head to the ground.
"let me go", I demanded coldly, my hands on his chest pushing him away from me.
My body was on fire, from all the mixed emotions ignited inside of me. My animal instincts begged from any response from his wolf, but my humanity felt no connection with him. His eyes never broke eye contact, it was obvious that he was full of lust. And out of no where, his lips landed on mine.
I was told that when you and your mate share a kiss, that it would be like fireworks erupting inside of you. But it wasn't the case in my situation. See that nothing was moving me, I pulled my head back, disconnecting my lips from his.
"Mate", my wolf said annoyingly as his hands respectfully dropped on his sides once more.
I sighed,
"Dave, I'm….", before I could finish my sentence, Dave walked away in disappointment.
He just walked away like nothing had happened, and left the pack house entirely. The loud sound of the door slamming shut shook the whole house. I lost control of my body and fell to the ground. I felt anger and confusion as to why must he be the one to be my soul mate.
"Why had he looked at me with such empty, lifeless and lustful eyes", I said to myself.
His eyes were so cold, and his body language unreadable and confusing.
"You don't like your mate", Alaric lamented,
but I didn't respond. I only sat in complete silence on the floor, still attempting to make sense of what had happened.
"Good evening everyone. I'm so glad that we all were able to make it to this long awaited important occasion. My Luna and I are ready to pass on the alpha title to our son Dave. He will be a great Alpha to our amazing Wheatstone pack",
my ears wiggled as I heard the alphas voice from outside. I have been lost in thoughts for hours, and i hadn't realized how long I have been sitting on the floor.
The sun had already gone down taking its light with it, and the kitchen was swallowed in complete darkness. I picked myself above the floor, and decided I had to join my family at the gathering.
If I was to miss this ceremony, then they would question me harshly, and I’m already quite sure that they would be worried about me by now. Meanwhile, for the time being, I didn't want anyone to know what had transpired between Dave and I.
When I stepped outside the pack house, the yard was completely decorated.
Pack members had already been seated on different tables, and it seemed as if I was the only one absent. Our Alpha Nathan and his Luna Mirabel stood on the stage speaking into the microphone that was placed in front of them.
I was actually expecting Dave to be on stage with them, but Dave wasn't on the stage.
I sneaked in, making sure to be unnoticed, and sat down with my family whose table was at the middle of the stage."Where have you been?","And what have been keeping you up stairs?", My mother scolded, but I didn't respond.She couldn't ask further questions as she was in the mist of a lot of crowd. I wanted to make up a perfect excuse, but as I was about to speak, there it was again, "That scent that smells of smoke". Dave walked on stage and stood close to his parents. As he looked up, our eyes immediately caught each other. My wolf was howling, "mate!!, Mate!!", She whined. Dave altered a few words, while Mirabel encouraged him by rubbing her hand on his back. All this while Dave stood on the stage, we never broke eye contact as he grabbed the microphone into his hands, bringing it closer to his mouth.Dave stood confidently on the stage, holding the microphone. His gaze swept across the crowd, his eyes finally locking with mine. It was intense, penetrating. My heart skipped a b
Mirabel’s voice, once soft and pleading, turned ice-cold, her eyes burning with fury.“Esmeralda was chosen by the moon goddess herself, and you spit in the face of that blessing for some worthless girl like Eudora?” Her voice cut through the air, dripping with disdain. She took a step closer to her son, eyes hard.“It’s all because of her, isn’t it? She has you under her spell, making you forsake your duties as Alpha, making you a disgrace to this pack!”Mirabel’s hands clenched into fists as she continued, “I should’ve known it was her doing—the minute you started rejecting your mate, I knew! But mark my words, Eudora will never sit as Luna of this pack. If you won’t reject her, then I will banish her myself!” Her voice rang with the authority of an elder, her aura growing stronger, igniting the room with tension.Dave’s father, Nathan, sat in the corner, his face grim and tired. As the former Alpha, he had spent years guiding the pack with strength and wisdom, but this… this was di
“No! Not them!” I screamed with every ounce of strength I had left, my voice cracking under the pressure of my anguish.“I’ll go. I’ll leave the pack. Just—just leave my parents out of this,” I pleaded, finally giving in to the crushing weight of defeat.“No, sweetheart,” my mom whispered through sobs, her face already streaked with tears.I tried to stand, my legs trembling beneath me, and reached out to my father’s arm for support. Disoriented, I clung to him as though he were the only thing tethering me to this world. Nathan’s expression softened, and although he had released Dave, his son stood stiff and silent, watching me with cold detachment. There wasn’t even a flicker of empathy in his eyes.“I’m going to find a way to come back. I won’t stay away from my family forever,” I sobbed, my voice thick with emotion. “I love you all so much.”Father looked conflicted, his voice choked with emotion as he said, “I can’t let you go, my dear. If you leave, we all go.” He glanced at my m
"Just be quiet, okay? I’m hungry!" I yelled angrily, my voice shaking with frustration and exhaustion.The wolves growled, low and menacing, as I stepped closer to the carcass. Their glowing eyes followed my every move, and the largest of them, who I assumed was the alpha, stepped forward, baring his teeth. I froze, my stomach rumbling in defiance of the danger in front of me.The alpha's snarl deepened, his warning clear. I was invading their feast, and I had no right to their kill. Fear spiked through me, but my hunger was overwhelming. "Please," I muttered, my voice shaky but pleading. "I’m starving. Just let me have a bit... I won’t take it all."The alpha held my gaze for a moment longer before stepping back, his growl lowering in volume. The others, still wary, followed suit, reluctantly giving me space but keeping their distance. Finally seeing an opening, I took the chance. I grabbed the antelope’s leg and pulled it towards me, my hands trembling as I tore into the bloody fl
We finally got to our final destination, and I was brought off the truck. My eyes fluttered open slowly, as I began to realize the strange surrounding. It was so dark in there, and I could barely see myself, but I kept on perceiving a foul smell. The funk of defecates and urine made my stomach stir. My ankle and wrist were explosively painful as a result of the rough hands that were used on me. I suddenly noticed a faint flickering light peeking through the small hole at the large door in front of me. I began to crawl towards the wooden door, but I couldn't go too far; as I was chained against the muddy gravel floor beneath me with a rusted chain that shackled my weary ankles. The smell of a burning flesh began to spread throughout the entire room. I stood up slowly with a lot of energy, my whole body trembling in fear. I tried to find a way to open the door, but the door had no handle. Seeing that I was locked from the outside, and I couldn't do anything to open the door, I pee
Hearing this words suddenly made me go dump. I lay in complete darkness for hours, with my eyes wide open, hugging my myself and hunted by the struggling final breath of the she-wolf across me. She whimpered in pains and cries for death until she finally got choked on what I assumed was her body fluids. The voice kept on replaying in my ears, filling my body with goosebumps. Tears couldn't stop flowing from my eyes. I was caged in this empty room, swallowed in darkness, awaiting what so ever that was to befall me. I was feeling so much pains both physically and emotionally, and my body felt like it was doing to leave me at any moment. Seeing the torture this woman was subjected too, already made me realize that I won't be able to endure such a torture.All I could think of was my poor parents whose last image of me was my confused, and homeless figure being banished away from the Wheatstone pack. It was so sad that I couldn't even say goodbye to them or my little brothers. The
"Alpha, I think we should leave her here, as she would end up slowing us down", the panicked voice came yet again."Just shut it. I won't loose another one", he yelled at the guy. "Let's go", he ordered.My vision was too blurry to see much of what was happening around me. I could no longer breath properly, neither could I feel the weight of my body. I suddenly felt a hand grip harshly at the root of my hair. The alpha threw me over his shoulders like a sack of which I was at that moment. I was just slipping in and out of consciousness, and I found myself going inconsistently through time.My lungs were as if they were collapsing, and I was still unable to say a word as every breath seemed like a struggle for me. Frantically, I began breathing steadily through my nose and mouth, trying to inhale as much air as possible.Unconsciously, I let out sobs and screams, but it all fell on deaf ears as my words never left my lips. Trapped in my unconscious body, I began pleading and beggin
As a warrior of the Wheatstone park, waking up every morning, and carrying out my daily training wasn't a new thing to me.During the night, I ensure to have a long and peaceful night sleep, to avoid being quickly stressed out for the next day.It was dawn already, and all the werewolves of our pack came out for our usual training. I had already covered lots of laps, just to make sure I was able to end at or before 5mins, but I just wasn't able to do so even when father kept on encouraging me to do more. I ran so fast, even faster than the others. After I had completed so many rounds, but wasn't able to meet up to my expectations, father decided that the training should come to an end, and at the spot, I stopped. I was completely exhausted, already soaked in my own sweat. I was breathless, and my heart beating faster than ever. "How many minutes is it dad?", I asked father. "Five minutes and six seconds", he said looking at the stopwatch he held at his hand."Good shot Esme, you di