Nix sees this and walks over to me and puts an arm around my waist snapping me out of it. Principal Grimm walks over to me to tell me to go back to the dorms and there will be an assembly explaining everything tomorrow.
"What will you tell them?" I ask, already knowing the answer.
"The truth," is all he says.
I nod and turn around to walk to the girl's dorm with Nix beside me and Zane on the other side.
"This won't end well," I say, looking forward.
"What do you mean?"
"If everyone at the school knows, word will get out and I will be hunted for multiple reasons. I can feel it, this won't end well. I don't think I should go back to school."
"For how long?"
"I don't think I should go back at all."
He looks at me with a saddened expression, "okay."
"Okay?" I ask shocked.
"Yeah, if you feel you cannot go back there, then don't."
"Thank you."
He smiles, "you can come stay with me at the pack house."
"But you won't be there, you have to be at the dorms."
"If you aren't returning to school, neither am I."
"You should really go to school."
"I have already made up my mind."
I sigh knowing there is no point in arguing with him, "fine."
We make it to the girl's dorm and Daniel is waiting outside. I run up to him and give him a hug.
'Geez, how many guys friends does she have?' I hear Lupus whine.
I roll my eyes. Stupid thoughts pushing through.
"Daniel! Thank god you are okay."
"I should be saying that to you," he chuckles.
"I was afraid you were taken or something and that is why you suddenly disappeared."
"No, nothing like that."
"How's your mom?"
"She is alright, it was just a little scare."
"That's good," Nix walks up to us, "Nix, this is Daniel, Daniel, this is Nix, my…mate."
Daniel looks surprised while Nix looks proud, "That's amazing Chara! I am so happy for you!"
"Thank you, Daniel."
"I am Chara's guide, Daniel," he holds out his hand and Nix shakes it.
"Nice to meet you."
"I am actually about to move my stuff to the pack house. An incident happened today, and I don't think I am going to go back to the school."
"I know, you did good today Chara. You also handled the Aluca situation very well."
Nix looks confused, "how do you know all of that?"
"Once I see Chara, I know the important things that has happened since I last saw her."
"Oh, that's handy."
"That it is."
We head up to my room and pack my stuff, then head over to the pack house. I teleport Nix and Zane first and then Daniel and I with the bags. I teleport mu bags to the guest room I was staying in and then teleport to the Livingroom where Zane, Nix, and Daniel are.
"I hope Liam won't mind me staying here."
"I am sure he won't mind at all; you are my mate after all."
"True. I have decided that after tomorrow I want to go search for my dad."
"Okay, we will do that." Daniel says.
"Can I join?" Nix asks.
"I don't know Nix; it could be dangerous, and you are the next in line for the thro…"
I am cut off, "all the more reason for you to let me come because you are the next in line as queen of the throne."
"What?" I ask confused.
"You are my mate which means you will be the next queen of the werewolves."
I just stand there speechless. Great, I have even more pressure on me not messing up. Just peachy.
"You okay Chara?" Nix asks.
"I'm fine. I need to go…talk to Talia about tomorrow," with that I teleport out of there back to Talia's dorm.
"Hey Talia."
"Chara! How are you feeling? I am so sorry about Altair. I don't know why he is like this, he used to be so nice."
"It's fine Talia. I wanted to talk about tomorrow."
"Oh, you are going to have a blast."
"I don't want to go."
"You have to go, it's your birthday party!"
"I am not going to the school anymore. It isn't safe. Everyone will know what I am and I don't want to go to a party with all of them."
"You have to come, trust me, you will have fun."
Looks like I can't get out of this one, "fine, I will be there. Bye."
She waves goodbye and I teleport to the boy's dorm where Jared, Mikhail and Lina are.
"Can I talk to you guys for a moment?" I ask them.
"Sure, come on," Mikhail says, taking us towards his bedroom.
"So, I am guessing you guys are wondering what happened today."
"I think I figured it out," Jared says, "You are Chara from the prophecy. That is why you can turn invisible, read minds, and heal yourself and others."
I can't believe they didn't bring up the invisibility thing earlier. I totally forgot I used that to battle with Killian when I first met him.
"How did I do?" Jared asks.
"Spot on," I reply.
We talk for a little bit about myself and what I am going to do about the war. After about an hour, I say goodbye and teleport back to the Livingroom in the pack house. I hear a startled shriek and I notice someone is sitting on the couch. It just has to be Katrina; she gives me a dirty look.
"What the hell are YOU doing here?" she asks me.
"Unpacking."
She looks furious, "you better not still be trying to take Jason from me."
"I never did, and I have a mate anyway."
"Who's the unlucky loser?" she laughs.
"I am, but I wouldn't go calling me a loser if you know what's good for you," Nix replies from behind me.
She looks shocked and scared. She decides to just get up and leave the room, probably to find Jason.
"Sorry about her."
"Don't worry about it. I have dealt with her before. She actually had a force shift because of me, it was quite amusing."
"She didn't hurt you, did she?"
"Not at all, I used my mind control to make her shift back."
"Wow, that is awesome! You make me love you more and more every da…" he trails off realizing he said he loves me.
"It's okay, Nix."
He lets out a sigh of relief, "so, are you excited for your birthday tomorrow?"
"Not really, I didn't want to celebrate it, but Talia insisted on throwing a party for me. I just don't want to face the students at school."
I see a mischievous smile cross Nix's face and I look at him curiously, "what is it?" I ask.
"Oh, nothing. You will see tomorrow."
Oh no, I hope it's nothing bad.
"Don't worry it isn't," he says.
"What? I didn't say that out loud."
He hesitates, looking joyous, "I could see it on your face."
I can tell he is lying, but I don't know why. I brush it off for now and I go to my room and go to sleep.
I wake up to someone choking me and my eyes shoot open to see Altair. My eyes widen as his hands grips tighter.
"Do…it, you…coward," I manage to spit out.
He throws me across the room and against the wall.
I jerk awake, I am on the floor across the room coughing my lungs out. My ribs feel bruised and I think two are broken. I am lying on the ground think of the dream that was too real. I reach up to my neck and wince, there is a bruise. Did Altair somehow hurt me through my dream?
All of a sudden, my door swings open and Nix rushes over to me and sits on the ground.
"What happened? What's wrong?"
"Altair…he somehow got to me in my dream and the injuries happened in real life," I cough out.
"Heal yourself and then I will help you get to bed," he says.
I heal my ribs and then the bruise on my neck, "how did you know something happened to me?" I question Nix.
"Zane came and woke me up," he says pointing over to Zane standing in the doorway.
'Thank you, Zane.'
'You are welcome.'
Nix picks me up bridal style making me chuckle. He places me down on the bed and goes to leave the room. I stop him from leaving.
"Wait, can you stay with me please. I don't want to be alone after that."
He nods, trying to hold back the smile that creeps onto his lips. He slides under the covers and tries to give me space. I roll my eyes and grab his hand pulling him in closer to me, so he hugs my waist. I hear a purr rumble in his chest; I chuckle softly. I close my eyes and fall asleep. I wake up and feel a tingling sensation around my waist and down by back. I realize that Nix is still holding me in his embrace. I expect the sensation to fade away like it always did, but this time it stayed, and it felt so nice.
I hear a yawn from behind me, "good morning, Chara. How was your sleep?" he asks. His voice sounds even sexier than usual, it was amazing.
"Good, how was yours?"
"Amazing with you in my arms," he smiles and I smile back.
"We should probably get up to get ready, Talia has god knows what planned."
He laughs, "alright, I guess we really need to get ready, I don't want Talia biting my head off."
I laugh, "I think she would be too scared to do that."
We get out of bed and Nix heads back to his room. I throw on a pair of ripped jeans, put on my friend's t-shirt and finally tie up my converse. I walk out of my room to Nix standing next to my door waiting for me. Butterflies burst through my stomach when I look at him in the eyes. What is happening to me? Am I having a stroke? Nix leads me to the kitchen puts his arm around my waist sending electricity through his touch. We make it to the kitchen and Nix makes me bacon and scrambled eggs. The bacon was perfectly crispy, and the eggs were extremely light and fluffy. They were delicious. We sit eating side by side and every time out elbows brush against each other, I feel the tingling on my skin. Jason walks into the kitchen just as I was finishing my breakfast.
"Hey Chara! Happy Birthday!" he cheers.
"Thank you, Jason, do you mind if I talk to you alone for a minute?"
"Of course," he says hesitantly.
I stand up giving Nix a reassuring smile and lead Jason out the back door and onto the soft grass. We sit down and I think of how I should start this conversation.
"What do you need to talk about Chara?"
"Um…you see…I have been feeling weird ever since this morning. I don't know how to describe it."
"Try your best," Jason encourages.
"Okay, well, every time Nix touches me it is as if electricity shoots through is touch and when I look in his eyes, I get butterflies in my stomach. Do you know why I am feeling this all of a sudden?"
"I think I do. Today is your eighteenth birthday and most people cannot find their mate until they are eighteen. This means you are now being affected by the mate bond. I don't know why I didn't think of this before. Sometimes if you meet your mate around sixteen or seventeen you can tell that they are your mate."
"So, this means that Nix is my mate," I can't believe it.
"It does. I am so happy that you are now feeling it, how do you feel about it?"
"I don't know, I am happy that I have these feelings towards him, but it comes on so strong. I don't know what to do with all of these overwhelming emotions."
"I know it seems hard right now, but it will get easier and make more sense the more time you spend with Nix."
"Thank you, I thought I was going insane, or having a stroke," I chuckle and so does Jason.
"Come on, let's head back in."
I nod and we walk back in the back door that leads into the kitchen. I see Nix with a childish grin on his face. Did he really listen to our conversation?
"Sorry," he says, his smile not wavering.
"You really had to listen to our PRIVATE conversations, didn't you?"
"Of course, I did, I want to know if anything is wrong, but by the sounds of it, there isn't anything wrong. Quite the opposite actually."
I blush slightly and excuse myself to teleport to Talia's room. I need to talk with her about this. I walk over to her bed where she is sleeping. I shake her slightly.
"Talia," I whisper, "Talia, wake up."
She groans, "What do you need? What time is it?"
"It is after ten thirty Tal, come on I need to talk to you about something."
"What is it?" she asks groggily as she sits up on her bed and I sit down on it.
"I can feel the mate bond between Nix and I."
Her eyes shoot open from there half-closed state and looks at me, "that's amazing! I am so happy that you have a mate!" she wraps me in an embrace.
"Thank you. Tal, I am glad that I feel it to. I feel so complete when I am near him now. I can't believe that just a few days ago, he annoyed me to death. Now, I want to be around him. It is very different from before. It no longer feels forced on my part."
We talk for a little bit more about nothing in particular. We watch a movie or two and soon she says that I have to go back to my room and get ready. I teleport back thinking of what I should wear. I don't even know the formality. I open the door to the closet and gape at the piece of fabric the dangles in front of my regular clothes. It has a note attached to it.
'Chara,
I hope you like this dress, I picked it out for you to wear for your part. I can't wait to see you again!
- Nix'
A smile forms on my lips and I pull the fabric over my curvy body. It is a bright red, strapless dress that is tight until my bellybutton area and then it flows down from there to my midthighs. I strap on a pair of bright red and white converse because there is no way I can walk in heals. I hope Nix doesn't mind.
I let my curly hair fall past my shoulders as I add some extra curls here and there. I put on dark red lipsticks and some mascara. I walk downstairs to a wonderful sight waiting for me at the bottom.