Annie woke up with her hand rubbing her forehead, trying to ease the headache.
Her eyes flew open the moment she remembered what she saw last night and the sight that greets her terrifies her.
She's in an unfamiliar room, extremely spacious, golden bed frame, king sized bed, beautiful florescents, glass doors where she could see her reflection, and above all, that familiar scent that drove her crazy.
A familiar electricity pulls her eyes to her right hand side to see Jordan watching her with dead beat eyes, it was obvious he had no sleep the night before.
She remembered what she saw the night before and nothing this time, stopped her from screaming at the top of her lungs.
“Aaarrrggghhh!!!” She pulled herself further away from him and ended up falling to the ground.
With his jaw set in a hard line, Jordan stood up and went to the other side of the bed to attempt carrying her up but she squirmed and continued screaming.
She closed her eyes and ears with her palms, pulled her body together and towards the wall, away from him while crying and screaming.
Angry, with his hands hanging in mid air, Jordan clenched his teeth and jaw harshly before standing erect.
He punched the wall and it caved in, Annie didn't stop screaming and crying.
Her tears broke everything in him, and for once in his life, he wished he were normal.
He walked out of the room and slammed the door.
Annie's tears began to cease and she stopped screaming, her voice was already hoarse and her throat dry but she started hiccuping.
Outside the room, Jordan came face-to-face with his mom who gave him the I-told-you-so look.
He ground his teeth in anger and left.
His mom sighed and motioned for a maid to come.
The maid came, with her head bowed “Yes, your majesty.”
“Go tell the cook to make a full English breakfast and a small cake as brunch, but get me a glass of water and am orange juice first.”
“Yes your majesty.”
In less than 30 seconds, the maid returned with a tray, and in it is a glass of water and another of orange juice.
She calmly opened Jordan's door and went in to see Annie, crouching on the floor by the bedstand, at the wall, her eyes red but vigilant as her eyes locked on who came in through the door.
The Queen exuded a soothing aura that somewhat calmed Annie down but she still didn't let her guards down.
Zither, the Queen, smiled at her, as she sat on the other side of the bed.
“I never for once, thought meeting you for the first time in this kind of state.” Zither said first.
Annie was still watching her but said nothing.
“BTW, I'm Zither, Jordan's mother.” She gave Annie a very warm smile.
Annie was dumbfounded ‘OMG! His Mom! And here I am, whining like a kid.’
“I... I... I...” She was at loss for words.
“It's ok. I get it.” Her warm smile, never leaving her face. “Your throat must be dry, come have water and orange juice.”
Annie immediately noticed how coarse and rough her voice was but still stared at her with a guarded look.
Zither chuckled “Even if you don't trust me, trust that Jordan will never put you in harm's way.”
Annie visibly relaxed, crawled to the bed since her legs had lost all power to function, and she crawled to the other side of the bed where Zither sat with the tray.
She took the juice first and gulped it down before drinking the water.
The moment she was done, someone knocked on the door and Annie flinched, Zither have a reassuring smile before standing up and moving towards the door, she opened it and came back to sit beside Annie with a full English breakfast.
“Help yourself, I know you must be starving.”
Annie literally swallowed every bite and in a few minutes, she was done.
A satisfied look came on her face and she relaxed her body on the bed.
“So... Should we go down to the real talk?” Zither, suddenly turned serious.
Annie turned vigilant too “Yeah.” her voice, no longer coarse.
“Good. I'll tell you a story. You know about the Greek gods and goddesses, Medusa and so on. There's one that isn't majorly classified cause we try as much as possible to keep our existence away from the other world. She's called the moon goddess. The story of werewolves, moonlight and so on is true, just not all parts.” Zither paused and looked at Annie who was listening with rapt attention.
She nodded, satisfied and continued “There are a lot of supernaturals in this world baby. There are demons and witches, werewolves and Lycans. Full demons are extinct now because God hates them being here on Earth, so he pushed them all, down to where they came from, but the damage is done. They've mated with humans out there and already had children who have demon blood but luckily, demons aren't so potent, so only very few are lucky to have as much as just one child. Witches aren't really a nice bunch, so I'll classify them as the worst, tho they're exceptions, they make potions and cast spells, werewolves are half human, half wolf, and unlike what stories say about them living on blood and can't stop themselves from changing into their wolf form every full moon is a lie. Cause they eat normal food and some are even vegetarians, but they sometimes go hunting in their wolf form to chase down deers and so on.”
She paused and saw pure curiosity in Annie's eyes before continuing “Werewolves first turn into a wolf at 18, but special ones do so earlier, their wolves are like their subconscious, but better. They can talk with each other, mentally and can take over the body. Lycans are wolves too, but superior. They're bigger, stronger, with better heightened senses. Demon blood wander the Earth separately and blend right in, some don't even know they're demon blood, most witches stay in covens and caves, alone or a few together, Werewolves are much larger, so they are subdivided, in each country and a couple of states, they stay together with a leader called Alpha and the leader's mate called Luna. Now, when the moon goddess made werewolves, she knew it would be hard for them to find love and most humans will run away the moment they realized they're not human, she made mates for them. A mate is someone you're supposed to spend the rest of your life with, you'll have this everlasting connection and it's mutual, doesn't really matter if the other is human or werewolf, the only difference is the feeling is much stronger in the wolf, it doesn't matter if you're seeing him or her for the 1 millionth time, there's this thrill and undeniable attraction, still lodged in there, that can't be stopped, it's called mate bond. Every werewolf can only feel this after they've transformed, so even if they're both werewolves and love in the same pack, they won't know till they transform. Pack being a group of werewolves with a leader. Demons have special powers, but I won't go into that, all witches do is make potions and cast spells, but they once planned to make mankind their slaves, so a group of Lycans fought them, which was an easy win cause all supernaturals are immune to spells. They found a wizard that locked the witches powers, so no matter what they do, they can only make mediocre spells now. Werewolves have advanced hearing, eyesight and they're unusually strong and fast, a werewolf as skinny as you won't have any trouble beating up a human as big as Jordan but Lycans have ×10 everything werewolves have, a Lycan as skinny as you will beat the Rock or Bautista in the ring, and easily.”
Annie's mouth slightly widen “Oh.”
“So they're the strongest of all supernaturals. And just like werewolves, they have a pack, but just one, since they're not really too large in number to be spread out. And they stay here, the current Alpha or king is my husband.”
Annie's eyes and mouth widen “So you and Jordan, all of you are...” She shifts from Zither.
Zither didn't comment on the new distance between them “No, I'm demon blood. But it's recessive in me, I have no demonic ability. Well Jordan is a complex one, first of his kind, the demon isn't recessive in him, neither is his Lycan. His demon is dormant but stronger while his Lycan is active but not as strong as his demon. But it isn't a problem for him cause his demon almost never shows up, and of course, he's human too. Because of his nature, he's the strongest supernatural, he has all demon and Lycan powers with none of their weaknesses, so he has like two subconscious. He's the only wolf or Lycan that can half transform without any serious consequences, hence last night.”