I woke up to Erica whimpering "no.. please.. I'm sorry.." she whispered just barely loud enough I could hear, instinctively I caressed her cheeked "shhh.. It's okay.. It's just a dream" I cooed. She relaxed, I tried to distance myself but she seemed to look troubled again as soon as he moved away. 'She's wanting the same thing I want..' I thought as I pulled her to me. She instinctively snuggled into me and I relaxed, then fell asleep.
The sound of church bells woke us up. When she realized we were cuddling, she scrambled out of the bed. Her face turned red which was amusing, I smirked at her "what's wrong?" I asked, she opened her mouth to speak but the door opened and my father came inside before the door was locked behind him.
I jumped out of bed in rage "I promised answers" the king said, I froze at the side of the bed "can you go to him so i can talk to both of you without having to look back and forth?" the king asked Erica, she nodded and went to stand beside me. I relaxed somewhat when she was near, which distracted me as I gazed at her intently.
A cough from my father brought my attention back to him, I blushed a bit embarrassed. "I know both of you have felt something for each other, everything you feel is completely normal" he paused as he looked at me, I drew in a breath as I realized he was specifically telling me that.
"You are mates, the moon goddess that made werewolves has fated you to be together. Also, you are both werewolves. The power you both have is of a werewolf, you haven't transformed yet but you will both be transforming today." The king informed, his face serious and he looked at each of us individually.
"How do you know that we are.. Mates?" she asked, glancing to see that I was still intently watching my father. The king raised an eyebrow "I know my son, he may only show you sometimes but I can tell" he answered "so this is why you rushed me.. How do you know when we will shift and what happens when we shift?" I asked.
"My wolf can tell, what happens when you shift.. It will be painful, you will pass out from the pain, from there you will meet your wolf inside your head, your wolf will take over your body, you will mark each other, you will go into heat, you will mate, you will make her pregnant, you will shift back and mate again to seal the bond and then you will get ready for war. Three against three packs, our allies will be coming here and our enemies won't be too far behind. Also I will die before you shift so you will have to do this together without me" he finished.
We were both stunned, we were trying to process his words as he collapsed onto his knees. He held his chest and his breathing became strained "father!" Callum shouted as we both ran to his side. "Listen, I don't have much time." he said as we nodded our heads "You're new mom will die with me..... my beta that will come to take my body will help you both.... don't trust the snake but... if the castle is taken over... use the tunnels... the snake is busy with her eggs... she will be in there but I don't think she will do anything.... our allies know about them.... if you are to use the tunnels... just know that those that are with you will be.... allies" he finished.
He fell sideways to the floor, his breathing slowed. My father looked at me just as my mother had always looked at me, I started to cry. His eyes closed as he stopped breathing, I felt sharp pain in my heart. I heard Erica screaming, I screamed as well. My whole body felt like it was being torn apart, darkness welcomed me as I passed out.
I felt like I was standing on a floor but everywhere around me was black, then out from the dark I heard something coming. It was a wolf, the wolf came near me so I could see it clearly. The wolf was light brown with brown eyes, it was huge. My height is six foot and this wolf looked five foot tall, it looked wide with muscles.
'holy shit' I thought
'my name's Necrosis, we are the king of werewolves' it thought
'we?' I thought
'you and I' it thought
I nodded, it started walking past me and sniffing the air.
'where are you going? what do you smell?' I thought
'I'm going to take over now your body has adjusted after you shifted into my form, I smell our mate. I must claim her' it thought before it ran into the darkness. I followed behind, I watched. Erica's wolf looked a foot shorter than mine and about half as wide. Her fur was black just like her hair and her eyes were still blue, our wolves smelled each other.
They touched noses as a greeting before my wolf bit hers and she bit mine, soon after they started going at it and I turned around. I knew I was going to be next, I don't know how to explain it but I could feel that I would be forced to do this because of our bond being created and when it was complete... I would be in love, I already had feelings but I was trying to fight...
I turned to see they were done and my body shifted back, I met with my wolf in my mind again. He held his head high, I tried to walk to where he came from but my it was like there was an invisible wall in the way. I could see myself getting up, still naked from the shift and her as well. I looked at my wolf in confusion.
'just wait until you are both done with the ritual, then you will become a new version of yourself again' it thought
I nodded my head, I sat down in what I'm assuming is my mind and watched as our human selves bit each other and when they started going at it. I looked away, It was so weird looking at us from third person perspective.