Okay so I liked the handsome man's mother and I could see that she liked me too. As she talked with me, telling me stories about Zukile and how he was when he was growing up, she touched my face, brushed my hair and held my hands in hers. A person like me who lacked and craved affection, I was basking in it all. After making sure that I would be fine with being alone with his mother, Zukile left with his father. Tami and I exchanged numbers and made plans on when we were going to go out, just the two of us. She showed me her favorite places we could go to on the net. She said she was so excited that she'll finally get to shop with her daughter in law. Every time she referred to me as her daughter in law, which was a lot, I got a mini stroke. I saw myself relaxing more and more in her presence as time passed by. I liked how she seemed to find something to compliment me about.
Zukile: "How do you like my mother baby?"
Me: "I like her. She's very nice and sweet." I told him smiling up at him.
Zukile: "I knew you were going to like her. I'm glad." He took my hand and brushed his lips against it. This was hours after his parents had left. We were on the couch watching tv. I was laying on the couch with my head on his lap. I yawned. "You're sleepy?"
Me: "A little bit."
Zukile: "We'll go to bed in just a few minutes. Let me finish watching this." I just nodded.
Me: "My family is coming back tomorrow." He didn't say anything. "Zukile?"
Zukile: "Yes my precious one."
Me: "Did you hear me? My family is coming back tomorrow."
Zukile: "So?"
Me: "S-So...I need to go back."
Zukile: "You're not going back to that house."
Me: "What?"
Zukile: "Baby you're not going back there."
Me: "But-."
Zukile: "After everything you've told me, do you expect me to be okay with you going back into that hell hole? What kind of man do take me for precious one?" I bit my lip not knowing what to say. "You're not going back there. That's final. You're staying here with me. Your home is with me." I blinked back tears. There's nothing I wanted more than to stay here with him but I knew my family, they wouldn't allow it. I just knew it. Something told me they were not going to approve of the relationship with Zukile and I.
Me: "T-They won't allow it."
Zukile: "They won't have a choice but to allow it."
Me: "But-."
Zukile: "Do you want to stay here with me precious one?"
Me: "Yes."
Zukile: "Then it's sorted."
Me: "I don't know a lot about relationships but I know that moving in with your boyfriend after a week of dating is not normal."
Zukile: "You will come to know and understand that what we have and mean to each other surpasses any human norm precious one. We are fated. Even before you were born, you were mine and I was yours. No one, and I mean no one will take you away from me. So put your worries to rest and do as your heart tells you." He made it sound so simple. "That's because it is simple."
Me: "Can you really read minds?"
Zukile: "Only yours."
Me: "Why?"
Zukile: "Because you're mine."
Me: "You make no sense."
Zukile: "Soon I will." He told me. "Tomorrow I will officially introduce to the pack."
Me: "The pack?"
Zukile: "The family." I bit my lip.
Me: "Do you have to?" I asked softly after a short while.
Zukile: "Yes precious one. It's important that they know you and pay their respects to you."
Me: "This sounds like a cult of some sorts. Are you sure you're not in anything illegal?" He grinned.
Zukile: "I'm sure baby."
Me: "Mmmm...okay." I yawned.
Zukile: "Let's go sleep."
Me: "A-Are w-we s-sleeping t-together today?"
Zukile: "Yes. I want to sleep with you in my arms tonight." I blushed.
Me: "Oh."
Zukile: "Come, up you go." We got up and went to the bedroom.
That night when I slept wrapped securely in my boyfriend's arms, I dreamed a weird dream about the black wolf and I. We were running side by side in the forest. I knew that he was mine and I was his. That we were bonded mates and our unity was going to change the supernatural world. In the dream they were also other wolves. They were in different sizes and colors. The black wolf and I were standing in front of them and they were paying respects to me.
He was driving me to school. I couldn't stop thinking about the weird dream I had last night because of the way it felt so real. Usually when I dream, I never can recall all the details that happened after waking up but with this one, I can. The black wolf was the same one that I saw in the forest that day. The one that had healed my ankle. The one that had the same eyes as my boyfriend. I looked over to him. Could he...? I shook my head and laughed at my ridiculous thoughts. There was no way.
Zukile: "What's funny precious one?" I shook my head.
Me: "It's nothing." He looked at me with a small smile on his face like he was on some secret or something. "What?"
Zukile: "It's nothing." I was about to say something when my phone rang. My eyes widened and I held up my phone to Zukile for him to see. "Answer it precious one." Was he crazy? I shook my head. " Do you want me to answer it for you?" I quickly hid my phone inside my backpack before he could make a grab for it. He chuckled. My phone stopped ringing and I sighed in relief thinking it was over but then it rang again. I looked to Zukile in panic.
Me: "W-What do I do?"
Zukile: "Give me the phone baby." I shook my head. "Then turn it off." I released a sound that a mixture of a groan and a cry. Zukile parked the car on the side of the road. "Give me the phone." I shook my head. "Now precious one." The authority in his voice was not to be disobeyed. I took out my still ringing phone from my backpack and gave it to him with shaky hands.
Me: "P-Please d-don't." I begged him with tears in my eyes. He looked at me and the phone and then he sighed. He declined the call and put the phone in his pocket.
Zukile: "Come here." He pulled me into his arms. "Why're you crying baby?"
Me: "I-I'm s-scared."
Zukile: "Of your family? Precious one, they won't do anything to you. I'll tear them into shreds for even trying. So don't worry." I shook my head.
Me: "I-It's not that." I sniffed.
Zukile: "Then what?" He pulled back and looked at me.
Me: "The-They will break us apart." He smiled. He took off my glasses and wiped away my tears. "You're n-not worried?" He shook his head.
Zukile: "Nobody will break us up baby."
Me: "But-."
Zukile: "Listen." His eyes glowed. "No one who dare tries will see the light of day." I felt that threat vibrating in every inch of my body. "Do you hear me?"
Me: "Yes, I hear you." His intense glowing eyes stayed on mine and then he kissed me. When we came back for air, his eyes were back to normal. He put back my glasses on my face.
Zukile: "Sit back." I did as told and he drove off.