The Surfer or the Wolf

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Mila’s POV

Isaac jumped up excitedly and lent me his hand, I took it and he helped me up from the couch. He started to look a bit nervous and fidgety, I furrowed my eyebrows at him.

“Can I hug you?” He asked softly.

My heart ached for him, I realized how nervous he must have been to tell me about him being a werewolf. I was still in shock and not sure how I felt about it all, but I was surprisingly calm about it. The thought of vampires though, sent a cold shiver through my spine.

I smiled at him and reached my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me. He willingly obliged and pulled me in for a very tight hug. He held the back of my head and breathed in deeply, I could feel his heart regulate.

He pulled back and grabbed me by the hand as he led me out of his bedroom and out of the packhouse. I just noticed now how grand and beautiful this mansion was, I was obviously too much in shock to notice it last night.

“So your brother is the leader of this place..and your father was before him?” I asked him. He looked at me puzzlingly and nodded.

“Why are you guys so rich? I mean..how do werewolves make money, I don’t get it?!” I questioned him. He looked at me with big eyes and then laughed.

“Well werewolves can live hundreds of years, Mila..and the bigger the pack is, the more wealthy they are. Humans used to worship werewolves, so they gave them all their riches. Over time, my ancestors invested in companies and businesses in order to not look suspicious. My family donates to charity and shares with the entire pack though, but yeah I guess we are kinda rich.” Isaac chuckled.

Kinda?! Was he kidding? I rolled my eyes at his last comment.

I followed Isaac into the forest, he led me in in between the trees and then stopped. He turned to me and grabbed my waist.

“Are you sure you’re ready for this?” He asked me nervously and I nodded to him confidently.

“Ok..just know that neither I or my wolf would ever hurt you, we love you too much.” He said gently.

My eyes sprung open in shock. What did he say?

“You..what?” I asked him, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

“Damn..sorry, I’m really tired and it slipped out.” He said panicked.

I placed my hands on his chest and pleaded for him to look at me.

“You love me?” I asked him, feeling my heart beat faster and faster.

No? I mean how could he already love me? We’ve known each other for a week!

“I don’t want to scare you, Mila..but yes, I do. Werewolves feel more deeply than humans, i’ll explain more about this later, ok?” He said softly, I nodded at him.

He let go of me and started to remove his clothes.

“Whoa whoa! What the hell are you doing?!” I asked him furiously, which made him laugh.

“Relax, I don’t want to ruin my clothes and then walk back home naked later.” He said grinning.

I rolled my eyes at him and turned around to give him some privacy. All of a sudden, I heard bones cracking and I turned around quickly to see Isaac’s perfect body sprouting fur all over his body and transforming into a gigantic black wolf.

I gasped, he was magnificent. I felt instantly pulled to him, I reached for his face and ran my fingers through his black fur. He purred at me and gazed at me with his beautiful blue eyes.

His tail wagged happily as he playfully circled me and rubbed on my body. He grabbed his clothes in his mouth and laid down next to me, looking at me expectantly.

I figured out after a few seconds that he wanted me to climb on him, I hesitated a bit but decided to do it. I hopped on and wrapped my arms around his neck. He got up and bolted through the forest.

I couldn’t believe how fast we were going, at first I was a bit scared but then I felt completely liberated. The wind through my hair felt amazing. At first everything was a blur, but if I squinted my eyes just right, I could see the entire forest clearly.

Isaac started to slow down as he approached some sort of clearing. He bent down and I got off of him. I looked around me and I realized that this place looked very familiar. I had been here before..I think.

I turned around and Isaac was walking to me, he had transformed back into his godlike body and had put on his clothes.

“What’s going on in that pretty head of yours?” He asked as her grabbed my waist and looked longingly into my eyes.

I smiled at him. “Oh Isaac, that felt soo amazing! Your wolf is so beautiful..”

“Thanks, you have no idea how happy I am right now, Mila!” Isaac beamed.

“This place..I think i’ve been here before.” I said, confused.

He nodded at me. “This is where I first saw you.” I frowned at him, what was he talking about?

“A few years ago, I was coming here to meet with Devin. I was picking up some reports for my brother, but when I got here, you were laying down here and crying. I watched you for a few minutes, I almost came out to comfort you but Devin beat me to it.”

“You were here that night?!” I asked, shocked. I can’t believe that I had been so close to Isaac before, I can’t help but wonder how he would have consoled me. Maybe if he had, I wouldn’t of started a relationship with Tyler at all.

Isaac looked at me nervously. “I just wonder how our lives would have turned out if I had met you that night..” I said softly.

“I wish I had, Mila.” Isaac said as he leaned in and rested his forehead on mine.

I felt tingly all over, I reached up and kissed him softly. I still couldn’t get over how his touch made me feel.

“Hey..do werewolves have like a power to attract another person, like..romantically?” I asked curiously.

He widened his eyes at me and laughed.

“No? What are you talking about?!” He asked laughing.

“Well..I can’t help but feel really attracted to you..I don’t think I could have stayed away from you even if I tried. Which is really weird, cause I never get this close to anyone that quickly..” I said calmly.

He stopped smiling instantly and panic washed over his face. He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed.

“Well..I guess there’s one more thing I should explain to you. Every werewolf has a mate..” He started.

“Oh..Whitney mentioned being your brother’s mate. But she said it meant that they were married?” I asked.

“Yeah well..being married is a lot like being mates.” He continued.

He explained to me in detail all about the moon goddess and how every wolf is like half of a soul, and how she paired every wolf with another to create one soul. He explained how they were drawn to each other and how they fall in love instantly and forever. He went on to explain it to me for a while.

So..mates were attracted to the other’s smell, like I was towards Isaac. Mates could feel sparks course through their body when they touch each other, very much like how I feel when Isaac touches me. It all made sense now..

“Isaac..am I your mate?” I asked.

“Yeah babe, you are.” Isaac smiled.

“But..i’m human? How?!” I asked nervously.

“Werewolves can have human mates, Mila. It’s quite common.” He explained.

“So what does this all mean?!” I asked.

“It means that I will love you fearlessly until the end of time. I won’t force this on you Mila, I know this must be pretty shocking, I understand that you need time to think about all of this. I’ll wait for you, however long it takes.” He said gently.

I grabbed my head and tried to process all of this.

“How about I walk you home?” Isaac asked, I simply nodded at him.

He walked me home and kissed me softly before leaving me to my thoughts.

I didn’t even have time to think for a second before I heard knocking on my window. Hesitantly, I made my way to my window and opened it.

“Hey. Can we talk?” Tyler asked as he stood outside my window.

Oh great..