Jasper
I shouldn't have told her like that.
I looked into her eyes and I saw so many emotions in them. The confusion is the biggest.
She had gotten off of the bed and stood there looking at me like I was crazy.
"I think you should leave," she told me in a panicking voice
"I can't, not until you believe me," I told her
"I don't believe you and if you don't leave I'm going to start screaming," she said in a voice that sounded like she was challenging me.
"Amaya-" I said getting off of the bed and getting closer to her.
That's when I heard the most ear-bleeding scream ever. I quickly put my hands to my ears to cover them. Thanks to my super hearing it made it ten times worse.
"OK, OK. I'm leaving." I yelled over her screams.
Once I said that she stopped. I looked at her one more time and left. I stopped at the door.
"When your ready I can explain," I told her without looking back with my hands in my pocket. I walked out of the door and closed it. I hit my head on the closed door.
Then it hit me. We interacted with the first step of the mating process.
There are three levels before the actual mating process. Touch, verbal, and marking. When you have skin-to-skin contact for the first time with your mate you take the first step. Then you must verbally accept each other. Then, of course, the marking and the mating but those don't matter if you didn't do the first steps.
I walked down the stairs to hang out in the living room, I knew people would be in. Once I walked in my sisters walked over to me. I leaned against the frame of the archway.
"Is she okay we heard screaming?" Jess asked
"She's so dramatic. She screamed because I told her she was a shifter." I said rolling my eyes.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Ally and Jessica yelled
Ally came up behind me and smacked me on my head, I had to scratch it.
"You can't just tell someone that they're something that is meant to be fake in their world," Jessica said in a knowing voice. She did have experience on this topic, her mate is a human.
"Basically what she's saying is, don't be so direct with it. Now go back up there and fix this." Ally told me
"GO," she said pushing me out room.
As I walked up the stairs I had to find out what to say to her. How I should say it to her?
I opened the door to her room and saw her standing by the window. She wasn't facing me so, I stood there looking at her.
She had a full head of curly hair that reached to her shoulders, her arms were crossed against her chest, and she had one of my graphic t-shirts with shorts that looked great on her. Her dark skin color looked shiny and silky in the sun that had been setting She was chubbier than imagined for my mate but I love her any other way. Her thick thighs made her that perfect, I couldn't wait to put my head in between them
"Why- can I sense you, even when you're not near me?" she said not looking at me.
"Come with me," I told her with my hands still in my pocket
"What?" she said turning back to me
"Why in god's name would I do that? I don't know you, "
"But you trust me." I walked up so that we were two feet away and stopped. "If you didn't you would have moved."
She looked away from me in a shy way.
I lightly grabbed her hand from her chest and pulled her closer to me. I could feel the sparks in our touch. She tried not to look into my eyes but, I lifted her chin so she would face me.
"Come on" l pulled her arm and walked outside the door.
"If you try anything I'll scream again," she said which made me chuckle I love the banter that we are falling into
We went up and down the palace to get to where I wanted to take her. It was a sacred place to the pack. It had a bridge to get to it that had walls filled with windows.
"Where are you taking me?" she said in a whiney voice
"Just follow" I replied
I stopped in front of two large doors. I pushed open the doors to show her.
It was a room filled with statues that were eight feet tall and towering over us. They were built over the years, every pack in Eardwulf. In the center, there was a larger statue in the middle with glass on the roof over her letting the sunlight come through the roof. There was grass at the bottom of her feet with different flowers, and in her hand were Night Lillies with a crown on her head.
"Who is she?" Amaya asked
"She is the moon goddess. Selene. Creator of shifters" she walked closer and closer to the statue.
"Shifters?" she asked
"Shifters can change into different animals and beings," I told her looking at the statue
"She made shifters?" she asked turning back at me
"Most. But there are some special ones who we call newbreeders."
"Newbreeders?" the little curiosity in her voice made my heart beat faster.
"They are shifters that we're not born one. Most are bitten like you -. Never mind" I wanted to warm her up to the fact.
"Most?" she asked
"Others have a curse on them," I told her looking back at the statue
"You stopped when you said most were bitten, why?" she turned around and I think she caught on to who it was.
"Ok so if I do go along with this idea that I am a "shifter", will you explain things to me," she asked
"Sure let's go with this plan," I told her
"If you were a shifter then you would know that we're mates. Soulmates and that we have a connection, " as I told her this I walked closer and closer to her.
"The more we touch the more we need each other. That's why you can sense me even when I am far" I finally got right in front of her and this time she looked me in the eyes.
"Wh-what are you are talking about?" she said sounding dumbfounded
"What is it going to take to believe me?" I asked her. I got even closer if that was possible.
I put my hand on the side of her cheek and pulled her closer. She took a deep breath in and I moved in closer.
Amaya I was put in a hard place. I didn't know what to do. His hand on my face felt so right, yet so wrong. I just met the guy, he had kidnapped me and held me as I cried. I moved my head to the side so now his face was next to the right side of my face. Then he chuckled. "I wasn't going to kiss you, I was just proving my point," he said backing up, I missed the feeling of his hands on me and his body warmth. I turned to him confused once again. "What?" "You felt the sparks this proves that we are mates and that you're a shifter," he said and I think I heard hope in his voice. But I still didn't believe the werewolves or shifters whatever they're called. I guess he saw the disbelief still in my eyes. His face slowly went hard. His body stiffened and his eyes got darker. "You still don't believe," he said more like a statement than a question. "No, I'm-" he grabbed my wrist before I could finish my sentence. He dragged me out of the room, his grip started to hurt. "Hey,
Jasper Pov I was shocked when I heard Amaya say that. I loved how she could just stand up for herself. Most girls would have cowered next to me but, Amaya stood her ground."You got a feisty one there, cousin," Mason said "Cousin?" Amaya questioned. "Oh, he didn't tell you? Our moms are sisters." "So you were hitting on someone you know is with your cousin? Wow, what a great cousin you are" "Hey, I saw a cute girl so I shot my shot." "And you missed. Come on Amaya we have a few stops to make." I turned Amaya away, walked with her into the palace, and took her to the pack doctor the only person I knew that could help Amaya talk to her wolf. Once we got there, I knocked on the door and heard someone shout "come in!" I opened the door and the pack doctor was in front of the cabinets on the side of the room. She was wearing a dress under her white lab coat with her hair pinned back a little. "Alpha. Luna. To what do I owe this visit?" she asked looking at us. "She is a newb
Amaya I woke up and the faint smell of cinnamon apple wrapped around me. I thought that Jasper was next to me but there was nobody there. I lifted my head and saw that his shirt was next to me which means... A shirtless Jasper is running around. I got up to go find Jasper to give him back his shirt. As I walked up and down the palace I realized I don't know where his room was. As I walked the hallway I missed having my sister with me to do dumb things with and so I wasn’t walking the halls by myself, I had made up my mind to ask for my family once I get the moment as I was going to turn the corner I saw Jasper talking to someone.She was a girl who looked around my height. She had pale skin and rich blonde hair. She was wearing a skirt that was a little too small for her. She saw me and then started to smirk. She looked back at Jasper. "Let me show you how much I love you, " she said before she pulled Jasper into a deep kiss. I felt a little pain in my heart as they kissed. I
Jasper I had walked from our conversation because I know if I stayed there any longer then I would have said too much. I walked out of the palace and into the woods next to the training grounds, I took off my clothes and shifted. As I ran in wolf form I had one thought on my mind, as much as I am ready to have Amaya as my mate I’m not ready to trust newbreeders. My mother was a newbreeder. My father was going to be alpha and had not found his mate yet so he had to marry his step-inmate Marie and they fell in love. By the time he meet my mother he had already had my two older sisters with his step-inmate, and he tried to have a relationship with my mother. She was in love with him but my father was torn between the two. They had me and I was crowned future alpha because I was born from the pack’s true luna and alpha. My mother tried to raise me as my father was with his step-in mate but it only hurt my mother. One day my mother snapped and hurt Marie after an argument, my father banne
Amaya After the girl left I went into the bathroom to try and freshen up. After today I was so tired, I had to make sure there was clothing that would fit me before I went into the shower so I wouldn’t forget. Luckily the closet had a few shirts, shorts, and other things that I would need. Once I got out of the shower and dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, I felt a sharp hot burning pain in my body from my feet to my head the pains mainly lingered in my chest. It hurt so badly I fell to the floor, I gripped my chest in pain holding in my screams. The pain slowly started to go away for a minute and I gladly welcomed the air into my lungs As I was taking deep breaths, the pain started again this time ten times worse, I let out a bloodcurdling scream to try and relieve the pain. I was so lost in the pain I didn’t realize it when someone came into the room. “Amaya?” someone called, it was a voice I had not heard before. I looked up to see a guy that looked around my age, he had a muscula
Jasper I went to Amaya’s room hoping to feel better, hoping that I could explain to her why she was in pain last night but I came to find out that Elijah was with her last night. I knew I could feel someone with her but I thought it was Melina or a maid, the fact that it was a male made my wolf angry, and me anxious. But I was left confused and stunned. I was confused about how she was able to move as nothing happened. When my father would be intimate with Marie my mother would not be able to move for the next week or so, but Amya looked as if nothing happened. And I was stunned at how angry she was with me, I thought the mate bond would have more control over her. Every time Jacob would apologize to Melina for sleeping with someone or my father would come to apologize to my mother for the pain she felt, they would say it was okay and continue as if nothing happened. Yet Amaya is holding a grudge against me as if the mate bond isn’t doing to her what it did to them. I try not
Jasper I went to Amaya’s room hoping to feel better, hoping that I could explain to her why she was in pain last night but I came to find out that Elijah was with her last night. I knew I could feel someone with her but I thought it was Melina or a maid, the fact that it was a male made my wolf angry and me anxious. But I was left confused and stunned. I was confused about how she was able to move as nothing happened. When my father would be intimate with Marie my mother would not be able to move for the next week or so, but Amya looked as if nothing happened. And I was stunned at how angry she was with me, I thought the mate bond would have more control over her. Every time Jacob would apologize to Melina for sleeping with someone or my father would come to apologize to my mother for the pain she felt, they would say it's okay and continue as if nothing happened. Yet Amaya is holding a grudge against me as if the mate bond isn’t doing to her what it did to them. I try not t
Amaya “It’s difficult because I still want to be luna and I will be luna, newbreeder” the end of her sentence had so much hate in it, I was a newbreeder not by choice but I still was who I was. “I’m sorry to pop your bubble but that makes no logical sense. If you are made for someone why would you want someone else, someone who wasn’t made for you,” I stated clearly no one ever said no to miss diva “Because before you come I was meant to be with him and no one, not even you will take that from me. It's my birthright” every word that left her mouth had a cocky tone to it. “Okay, clearly this is a topic that will not be settled easily so how will we fix this?” I asked turning to alpha Micheal “Well, um, I’m open to all ideas,” he said, throwing up his hands in the air and leaning back into the chair. “So this is how you're going to deal with this. Let an idea fall onto your lap and go with it” the man said who stood near the sofa with a woman to his side. I had put two and two to
Amaya Walking into the castle, it looked as if it was an ancient Roman chapel. The windows had stained glass with different artworks and designs. We stopped in front of a foyer that had two sets of stairs that split into two with staggered chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The pillars that held everything up seemed to have been renovated, but they still gave off the vibe of an old castle. Lynda stopped in front of me and turned with a grin-eating smile. Lynda and Isabel didn’t give me a reason not to trust them but ever since I became part of the world someone has been trying to hurt me or kill me. “You don’t have to be afraid. The smell of fear is basically pouring out of you” Lynda said looking me up and down. I frowned my eyebrows and looked at her as if she was insane, with the question of how someone can smell an emotion. “Lynda specializes in empathy. She spent years learning to read people” Erica says walking right to me. “I don’t take offense to it, you’ve been through
Amaya I have come to peace with my emotions. The pain, the dullness, the anger. It’s still there, but I tell myself it doesn’t hurt. It wouldn’t be the biggest lie I’ve told myself. I stare at myself in the mirror, not knowing who looks back at me. I try to think back to my life before all of this, about how that was almost a year ago. I wanted so badly to return home to my parents, friends, and school, but now I want to become who I was meant to be. A knock at my door made me snap back into reality; Erica opened the door and walked to me. She wore black leggings with a hoodie; here, she had only worn things a princess would wear. The capital was in Colorado, and even though events on the other side of the barrier didn’t affect the other side, the weather was the same for both. “You ready?” she asked, squeezing my shoulder. I nodded my head and walked out of the now-empty room. I tried to leave all the clothes and other things they had given me while I was here, but everyone enco
Jasper I knew it was coming, I tried to prepare myself but in that moment nothing mattered. The pain that was on her face and the emotions that radiated off of her was enough for me to know that the pain was more than she could handle. I had to shift and move around people to try and catch up to her. I could feel both connections fighting inside of me, one longing to be with Amaya and the other wanting to stay loyal to Chloe. My heart and soul wanted Amaya but I knew I could never have her again. I ran out of the door that she ran out of, not being able to see her. I followed her scent into the woods that were behind the building, I ran trying to catch up to her. I could see her leaning against a tree, her silk dress lit up with the yard lights that were scattered around on the ground. She had her eyes closed inhaling and exhaling deeply, she opened her eyes and turned to me. “What are you doing here?” she asked out of breath. “I had to make sure you were okay,” She pushed hers
Amaya I didn’t know whether to consider the coronation as a wedding or a very overdressed prom. Erica took me outside the barrier to get a dress that the people of the town didn’t make. Due to the multiple attacks that the pack has had, we got a lot of security. It was just Erica and me, she started to ask me about my life. What was I majoring at college, what was my life like growing up, and what was my love life like? I would answer by being careful not to overshare, but I also knew she was only trying to get to know me so I didn’t hold it against her. “When we get to the castle, I just know Isabell will adore you,” She said looking down at her phone and texting someone. “Isabell. She’s the youngest princess right?” I asked. “Yes, our parents had her just five years after they had you. The wolves that are on the board wanted another werewolf, but the witches wanted another witch, and the witches got their wish.” she joked. We slowly pulled up to the first store, we stepped out
Amaya The drive back to the barrier was like a breath of fresh air. There wasn’t any chaos, no one to tell us what we were meant to be doing; just us alone. Sadly, we didn’t get to stay in the hotel as long as I had hoped, but being with Jasper was all I had wanted. When we pulled up to the barrier entrance, it seemed different than when we had come. Once we passed through I could tell something was wrong, we had gotten into the pack’s territory. The border patrol was gone, Jasper looked around to see if anyone was there. We finally got to the palace to find everyone in one of the meeting rooms with a round table in the center and couches along the side, yelling back and forth. Micheal, Jacob, Woods, Princess Erica, and Prince Brandon were all yelling around the table. “What is going on?” Jasper asked once we entered the room. Everyone turned their heads and let out a sigh of relief. “Jasper, I’m so glad you’re safe,” his oldest sister said, coming to give him a hug. Brandon and Er
Jasper Once we passed the barrier, we quickly started diving to our destination. It was as if Amaya was racing time itself, once we got out of the open road and started to encounter traffic I could feel the breath I was holding in release at every stop light and sign. “Where are we going? You need to be pushing a hundred?” I asked as we stopped at a red light. “Well, I haven’t been out of that town for months and neither have you, so we are going to the one place where we can party, drink, eat, and have fun,” she said, turning her head to me. She looked at my hair and started to laugh. “On second thought, you're not going anywhere with your hair like that,” she said as she ran her hand through my hair. It sent a warm spark that surrounded my head as I closed my eyes and leaned into her touch. She took away her hand which made me quickly open my eyes to see that the light had turned green, she continued to drive into the city. The sun had just started to set when I realized where w
Jasper It was slowly but surely getting closer and closer to my birthday. I hadn't liked my birthday but this was the cherry I didn’t need on this horrible day. I had been strategizing how I would run the pack with Amaya and Chloe, ideally, it would be Amaya but I needed to plan for the worst. I wanted to stay in the fantasy that there was a chance that we could be together, and that my father hadn't made a horrible decision for me. As my birthday came up so did the responsibilities of becoming alpha. My father was giving me all of the passcodes and telling me how he had organized the pack and all of its information. I hadn’t liked his way of setting it up so I planned to change it. I spent the rest of my time organizing the files and folders the way I wanted them. I was not the only one who had to prepare to step into a leadership position, Jacob and Elijah and to have lessons on what they do for the former beta and third in command. “So after that, the alphas for the southern
Amaya I never thought my powers were useful or could be used for anything useful. But clearly, Jasper thought I could. As we left the orphanage I couldn’t stop thinking about a conversation I had with my royal siblings. After leaving the woods behind the palace and walking in, I wanted to talk to them, just us. I walked to the hall where the room was and walked in right as they were about to leave. “I want to talk to you,” I said looking at them as they were talking to some workers. They dismissed them, leaving after they bowed. “What is it that you want to talk about so urgently?” Brandon asked “I know that I have a low chance of becoming luna of this pack and or Jasper's mate but I want peace. I want to know that I can leave and not hurt him. Is there a way to make the bond go away without rejecting each other?” I asked, I know the only way to make the mate bond go away was rejection and I’ve heard what it does to people and I don’t want that to happen to us. “There is a way to
Jasper I knew telling Amaya what my father did would cause more problems in the future, but it wasn’t just my life that was being affected negatively. Amaya turned a few months ago and found out that she had powers and was royalty. I walked with her to different games and had her try some of our pack’s food, it hadn’t been that different from the food they make in the human dimension. As we were talking, John and another senior member came up to Amaya and me. “Ah, Jasper, I am so happy to see you having a good time.” he said in a cheerful tone.” “Yes, me too,” I said, trying to be professional. He looked over to Amaya who was standing next to me then back at me as if asking me to introduce him. “ Amaya, this is John. This is Amaya, my mate.” I said. He squinted his eyes at me as if I had said something I shouldn’t have. I knew that saying she was my mate would anger him but the moon goddess chose her to be with me. “Ah, it is nice to finally meet you. You have slowly become