Inevitable Calling

Girl bonding

The car ride was silent at first as Wesley drove the three of us, including Muffy, to my parents house. Theo had allowed me to contact my parents to let them know that I was on my way with Muffy and they had contacted her parents to let them know that she was okay and was with me.

“I’m glad my brother had finally found you, now he can stop stropping at everyone to find you.” Victoria blurts out, snapping me out of my thoughts. She chuckled when she saw my confusion.

“Yeah, the night both of your beasts bumped into each other, he came home furious. He had your mobile phone and jeans in his hands and demanded that you was found. When we stuttered in awe, he practically roared the house down shaking.” She giggles at the last part while looking a little timid.

“There was major lust in his eyes, something about you got him hooked on you.” She comes to a finish, looking dazed.

“I can see why, you’re very pretty and you smell delicious.” She admits, snapping out of her daze while giggling shyly.

“Umm…I, uh… thank you, I guess.” I stammered as she smiled like a shy wolf.

I then let out a sigh and looked out of the window; Muffy scooted closer to me and rested her head on my arm while letting out a content sigh.

“I’m so jealous of you.” She admits, going rigid.

“Why are you jealous of me?” I ask, holding her hand.

“Because you have a Prince claiming you! Everyone at college are going to envy you and wish to take your place!” She exclaims.

“They can try to take her place.” Victoria interjects as she files her claws before dusting herself as she shakes her head.

“So what’s the story with you and Jordan?” I ask Muffy, arching a bow.

“Nothing much, we disappeared to have a chat in private and next minute I know, he was kissing me. We stopped after a couple of minutes and looked around awkwardly. I then asked if he wanted my number and he said yeah; we started to kiss again then you appeared with His Highness.” She smirks as she said the latter.

“Do you want to see him again?” I ask her and her eyes were twinkling.

“Totally, he’s a great kisser and he’s really funny.” She squeals with excitement; Victoria and I laugh at her.

We arrived at my parents house shortly and Wesley parked the car outside the entrance. Everyone, except Wesley, got out of the car and walked towards the porch. I opened the door as it was unlocked; I ushered Muffy and Victoria inside. We walked towards the living room and my parents were sat down on the sofa, cuddled.

Awe, bless them.

“Hey, Guys!” I beam at them, running to their embrace.

“Hi, Baby!” My mother beckons, squeezing me tight.

“Hi, Muffy.” My father greets her as he slides his eyes to Victoria with a c*cked brow.

“Oh, that’s Princess Victoria, Theo’s sister.” I explain with a enthusiastic grin on my face; Victoria grins back before greeting my parents.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you both.” She beams at them.

“Oh, there’s no need for that, you’ll be family soon.” She follows up with as they bare their necks at her.

“Your Highness, we are respectful enough to esteem your royalty.” My father replies with a light smile on his face.

Victoria nods at him but makes it known that she accepts his and his mates existence.

“Anyway, it’s my brother you need to worry about. He’s more uptight than I am.” She brushes off, winching at the fact she said her brother is uptight.

“Speaking of, you should really pack some things together before His Highness frets.” She urges me, looking slightly agitated.

“I won’t be long.” I oblige as I stand up.

I run up to my bedroom and walked towards my wardrobe. I pulled out a pink suitcase and opened it. Deciding which clothes I wanted to take with me, I chucked everything into the suitcase. I then walked towards my desk and packed my college things before grabbing an empty toiletries bag.

I quickly strolled to the bathroom; filled the toiletry bag with: my toothbrush, toothpaste, shower gel, razor, and hair conditioner. Once the bag was filled I sauntered back to my bedroom; I squashed the toiletry bag along with my make up bag into the suitcase. When I was satisfied with what I had packed into my suitcase, I zipped it shut and dragged it down the stairs.

My dad was waiting at the bottom with a worried look on his face, he also looked scared to let me go. I stopped to look at him before letting out a sigh; I then gave him a hug.

“Don’t worry about me, Daddy, I’ll be fine.” I assured him as he quietly growled while pulling himself away from me.

“I am worried about you, little Pumpkin, it wasn’t that long ago that I had to fight Joel off you.” He gnarled, thinking of the memory.

“I can assure you that my brother won’t hurt a single speck on your daughters body.” Victoria chimes, looking certain.

“But His Highness is known for losing his temper. He’s also a Lycan, which means he’s twice as powerful as any werewolf or Alpha! Not only that but he’s also royalty. I don’t mean to show any disrespect to towards yourself or your family, but if my daughter defies His Highness at any time he may lose his temper and hurt her without meaning to.” My father defends my honour, trying not to sound like he’s being rude towards a Princess.

“I understand and respect your concern completely, but on behalf of my brother, all I can do is assure you that he will do anything to make sure neither himself or anyone else harms your daughter. If you’d prefer, I could always suggest to my brother that he’d come meet you himself and explain to you his intentions.” She kindly offers with a soft smile on her face. My father was silent for a while, debating whether or not he wants to take up on her offer before answering.

“Perhaps His Highness would pay a visit anyway?” There was light sarcasm in his voice but it was also a question.

“Of course, he would want to formally introduce himself to his future Princess’s parents.” She answers sweetly.

The atmosphere fell awkward for a few moments as I stood there feeling slightly dizzy. The conversation my father had just had with the Princess had me whirling in my brain. She was so gracious with my father and a part of me wondered if it was real or fake. Victoria was too kind for her own good.

She arches her brows at me when she realises I’ve been staring at her in awe, I blink before baring my neck at her. Not wanting to piss off His Highness I urge us to return to the Manor.

“Since my suitcase is packed and I’ve seen my parents, I think it’s time that we returned to the Manor. I wouldn’t want High Highness getting impatient.” I drip my voice with sarcasm as I speak of Theo with such formality, while a smirk tugs around Victoria’s mouth.

All of us are now stood besides Theo’s car saying our goodbyes. I hugged each one of them before I grew the strength to pull myself away from my mother.

“I’ll make sure Muffy gets home safe, Hun.” My father assures me as I stand there, feeling slightly sad.

“Don’t worry about me, Chica, I’ll be fine” She says to me as she enthusiastically bellows me to get in the car.

I laugh before letting myself in the car, followed by Victoria. Once we were both inside, Wesley started to pull out and I waved at the people I love until they were no longer inside. I could see that they tried to stay strong for me but they also looked worried. They don’t really have a choice, I’m not a little girl anymore.

“I bet this is a lot for you, huh?” Victoria observes as I chew my thumb while looking out of the window.

“Yeah, it is.” I reply, snapping my gaze towards her; she lets out a sigh.

“I just want you to know that my brother lets his beasts temper get the better of him sometimes and makes mistakes but he deserves a chance to prove that he’s not a monster.” She tries to assure me with hope in her eyes.

“I don’t think your brother is a monster.” I admit, giving her arm a quick caress.

“You say that now, but this is just the beginning. I’ve seen what my brother can do and it ain’t pretty.” Her eyes went a little dark as she speaks; I look at her with sincerity in my eyes.

The car ride was sweet and short; we pulled up to the Manor and Wesley shut off the engine. The three of us got out of the car and Wesley insisted on carrying my suitcase inside after protesting that I carry it myself.

Theo wasn’t in sight when I walked inside the Manor, Victoria led me to their bar while Wesley kindly carried my suitcase to Theo’s bedroom. Apparently their bar was in the basement since Victoria was leading me somewhere downstairs.

When we reached the bar, I looked around the room to see that Theo was slouched on a luxurious red sofa; drink in hand with his head facing the ceiling: Cane was playing pool with two men I’ve never seen before.

A warning growl escaped form the corner as Theo caught them staring at me. The men snapped their gaze towards him and held their hands up in defence.

“Come here, Dollface.” He beckons me and I oblige.

I walk towards Theo’s extending arms ignoring all eyes on me and he pulls me down on his lap; he buries his face into my neck like he always does then lets out a relieved sigh.

“I’m very satisfied that you came back, Snowflake.” He murmurs into my neck, my waist in one hand with a drink in another.

“I had no choice.” I gulp as I whisper seductively in his ear.

His hand tightened around my waist as he casually sets down his drink on the table in front of us. He then grabbed the other side of my waist with his other hand and slouched further into the sofa as he tilted my body to face him better.

I don’t know what was going on in the background as my back was to everyone else in the room, but Theo snapped at them to occupy themselves to forget his and my presence.

We didn’t do anything s*xual but there was tension in the air as Theo and I were in a particular embrace. He kisses my neck as he mumbles,

“Even if you had managed to wiggle yourself away from me, I’d find your sexy a*se.” His mouth formed into a smirk as he rested it on my chest.

“Such a c*cky wolf you are.” I tease him as I smile through my eyes.

“I have every right to be, I get what I want.” He teases back, nipping my lip with his fingers.

“Maybe I should change that for you, give you a taste of not getting what you want.” I continue to tease him as a defiant growl escaped his throat. I let out a cheeky laugh at his annoyance.

“I dare you to defy me, sassy little snowflake.” He taunts, cupping my chin tightly as he stares into my eyes.

I smiled devilishly and his eyes darken as he realises I silently agreed to take on his challenge. My smile widened as he looked fierce. I snaked my fingers along his muscled arm and closed my palm tightly around his wrist before snapping it away from my chin.

A series of rumbles escaped his throat as he grabbed both of my hips again; he gulped hard as if he was trying hard to suppress his inner beast. My palms were flat on his chest and I slowly slid them down to his stomach.

“You’re playing with fire, miss sass.” He barks as I continue to give him teasing smiles.

It took me a few seconds to realise that I had been more flirty with Theo than I ever had been with Joel. The relevation stunned me, Theo could tell something had distracted me a little as his expression became slightly confused.

“Everything okay, Biscuit.” He asks me calmly.

“Yes, everything is okay, Your Highness.” I answer with sass in my voice. He arches a brow and sighs.

“What’s wrong?” I purr as I move closer to him, his hands were twitching around my hips.

“You’re challenging me by teasing me, it’s riling me up.” He exasperates, taking a swig of his drink before sitting it back down.

“I’m sorry, I’ll stop.” I mumble, feeling embarrassed; he sighs again in defeat while pinching the bridge of his nose.

“You’re putting me in a predicament, Muffin, a predicament that I really want to act on but I’m trying to contain it because I don’t want to upset you.” He explains with frustration in his voice.

As a reward for his patience, I find myself doing something that I wouldn’t do so quickly after meeting someone new. I cupped Theo’s cheeks as his expression changes; I planted my lips onto his and gave him a passionate kiss.

I regret rewarding him because he scrunched my hair into his fists while deepening the kiss. The atmosphere intensified as everyone in the room whistled and goaded as we kissed.

“Theo, people are now starting to watch.” I groan into his mouth.

“I don’t give a f*ck, you little fiend, you’re provoking me and I’m starting to lose control.” He fires back, gripping me hard.

He bites on my lip as I snake my fingers through his hair, I tease his tongue with mine and he groans. I couldn’t help but slide my hands under his shirt, feeling his six pack.

I liked what I felt and arousal hit me harder as he fully growled before lifting me out of his lap and standing me up. He turned me around and held my arms behind me; everyone was definitely watching the show and my face was bright red while I was breathing heavily.

“Vic, please go find something to do with this girl before I fully lose control.” He orders her as he leaves my side and walks towards the bar for another drink, sounding exasperated.

Victoria saunters towards me and gently holds my hand before walking me back upstairs. Neither of us said anything until we were in her bedroom. She sits me down on her bed before walking to her wardrobe and had a little laughing fit. She rooted through her wardrobe, letting out a sigh.

“What size swimming consume are you?” She asks me, filling the thick air.

“Umm, ten.” I answer feeling quite embarrassed.

“Let’s see… ahh… here we go.” She mutters to herself, picking up a violet-purple laced one piece while also grabbing a red-orange floral bikini set.

“Girl, you sure did a number on my brother.” She says, giggling before walking towards me with the swim sets in her hand.

“A number?” I obliviously ask her.

“Yeah, I’ve never seen anyone do that to him before. I could feel serious amount of lust radiating off him.” She gives me the purple swimsuit as she plonks herself next to me, smiling.

“Honestly, I don’t know what came over me. Ive never been that confident with anyone, not even Joel.” I admit, shyly looking at the swimsuit in my hand.

“Come on, I want to take you to our swimming pool, I’m sure you’ve guessed by now that we have one.” She winks at me and I giggle, she then leads me out of her bedroom to the pool.

Victoria showed me two of their pools, the first one she showed me was outside. It was quite small but big enough to swim in; it was perfect for a hot day. Which after my make out session with Theo turned out to be one. She then led me to the second pool which was inside.

When we got to the second pool I was in awe, it was huge - bigger than the outside pool- and luxurious, of course. There was a mini bar with a jukebox next to it, there was a seating area next to the mini bar. At the end of the swimming pool there was a sauna next to a little changing room which Victoria led me to so we could change into our swimwear.

When we fully changed we dipped ourselves into the pool and, my God, it felt amazing! Victoria laughed at me as I screamed with excitement. After a few minutes of settling into the water she spoke first.

“You and Theo are bonding quicker than you think, you know Lycans are very powerful so his aura pulls you in tighter than you’d expect. I say you’re doing a number on him because he hasn’t marked you yet. Lycans mating process is a lot different to a regular werewolf’s: Lycans find it a lot harder to find their mates, it’s rare that we do. All wolves are territorial over what’s theirs so you can imagine that when a Lycan finds their true mate, they want to start the mating process instantly. Theo should have marked you the second his eyes laid on you but you got away. And when he found you again, he worked out that you’re a shy girl who feels overwhelmed easily. But watching you two makes me see that it’s driving him crazy because he wants to mark you right now. When I saw your little show, I could see that he was fighting with not only himself but with his beast too.” I sat in the pool feeling mixed emotions as I listened to Victoria talk.

“I don’t know what to say… I mean, in my eyes: you meet someone new, you take your time getting to know them. I don’t want to rush with Theo, what if he decides he doesn’t want me in the future? What if he’s hooked on the feeling he gets when I’m with him but what if it doesn’t last? I was with Joel for a year and to be quite honest, I didn’t feel half of what I feel with Theo. I’m not used to being in this situation, I’m used to feeling ugly and unattractive. Sure, Joel would compliment me and declare his love for me but never made me feel… lust, or as half as sexy as Theo makes me feel just by the way he looks at me.” I blurt out.

“I hear what you’re saying, I understand that you feel insecure about yourself. It’s normal for a girl; I understand that you’ve only just met Theo and a lot has happened. But you forget that we’re predators with humanity inside us. For wolves, it’s completely different and if a wolf is attracted to you: it’s not just infatuation, it’s destiny by the moon. For humans: it takes humans a long time to build their bonds and to properly fall in love. So that’s why it’s the law that we mark and mate when we find that particular wolf, it’s also why we can’t ignore our callings.” She pauses, looking at me waiting for a response. And when I don’t respond she continues.

“I know you know this, it’s common sense for every wolf. But if you want my opinion, I think that you haven’t done much exploring with your ex-mate.” She confidently admits.

“I’m curious, do Lycans wait for their true mate or do they get involved with other people regardless of being mated or not?” I ask her, feeling dumb that I even did.

She laughs at my question but reassures me that she’s not taking the mick out of me.

“We prefer to wait for our true mate but like I said, it’s harder for us. So to answer your question, yes, we do get involved with other wolves. But only when we haven’t been marked or mated properly. Technically, it’s not against the law to have multiple relationships with different wolves, it’s only when you’ve gone through the mating process that’s against it.” She quietens, letting me have a say.

“Have you been with many wolves?” I casually ask her as she chuckles at me.

“I’ve been with a few, some relationships have been good and some have been bad. I’ve even been with a human once.” I gasp as she says she’s been with a human, laughing at me some more.

“Yeah, that also isn’t against the law. It’s very difficult given that they’re so delicate compared to us. But it can work if you have patience and willing to adapt to their needs. Some humans even wishes to become a werewolf; the only time a werewolf bites a human that’s willing to become one or even gets off the adrenaline, isn’t against the law.” She explains.

“So if a werewolf bites a human with consent or even asked, it’s not classed as a crime. But if a werewolf bites a human without the human’s consent, it’s classed a crime and can get sentenced to either prison or executed?” I ask her and she nods at me for clarification.

“Wow, I’ve learnt so much from you today. We’ve bonded quite well and I’ve only just met you.” We both giggle to each other as Victoria playfully pokes my nose.

“I agree with what you said about getting to know Theo before rushing though, especially for a person who suffers anxiety and finds things overwhelming. I think that you both should adventure down your calling path on your own; there will be times where you’re constantly at each other’s throats and there will be times where you can’t stand being away from each other. I feel that there is something between you both and I believe that you know that, but because it’s new for you both you’re still getting a feel for each other.” I blink at her as I process her words.

“Wouldn’t you agree with me?” She asks me as she raises her brow suggestively, I inhale a deep breath before answering her.

“I do.” I say, closing my eyes.

“You know when I told you that my brother sometimes let his beast get the better of him? And when I told you that I sometimes have bad relationships?” She quietly asks me, snapping my eyes open.

“Yeah, what about it?” I ask curiously ask back.

“Well, recently myself have been through something terrible. For three years I was with a Lycan called Derek, he was great at first but then he had messed me about. Anyway, my grandmother had passed away recently and had a funeral; five days ago things got really messy, Theo was in a rage that I have never seen before. Everyone was terrified, my father had tried to calm him down and demanded an explanation for his outrageous outburst. My mother surprisingly had told him to allow my brother to continue on his rampage and he had looked at her shocked but then fell silent as she had given him a look to say, just trust me on this.

Theo had roared the building down, revealing the horror that Derek had tried to hit on my mother and then r**** my younger cousin after catching him hitting on my mother to silence her.” I gasped as I covered my mouth in horror as tears started to well up in Victoria’s eyes.

“What happened next?” I urged her to continue.

“I used my aura to get him to look at me and when he did my face told him to rip Derek to shreds. I had previously told Derek that if he messes up one more time I would allow Theo to rip his head off his body and feed his body parts to actual wolves. So without hesitation, Theo picked Derek up as if Derek was a tiny little child and carried him out into the woods. No one saw what he did to Derek but we knew. Theo had come back with a s***h in his stomach and was fuming.”

“Wait, that was when I ran into Theo that night! I remember seeing him hunched as if he was in pain, I saw a big cut in his stomach” A smile creeped up on her face as I cut Victoria off.

“As I was saying, he screamed at everyone to find you as he had found your mobile phone and jeans. It was if something in him completely changed, he didn’t care about anything but to find you. Because he was already furious with Derek, no one dared disobey him. He started to get more grumpy as a couple of days had gone by and that he still hadn’t found you.

So you see, this is why I’m telling you that my brother has a very very bad temper; it’s why I’m saying that once a wolf finds their calling mate, you can’t ignore it. He wasn’t just grumpy at the fact he couldn’t find you he was actually also sad. It was as if he couldn’t live without you.

I’m also telling you about my brother’s temper because even though the people he loves the most pisses him off, he would do anything to protect us. The only way you could piss my brother off is if you defy him in a serious situation or put yourself in danger.

Of course it’s normal for everyone to get annoyed or moody every now and then, but there are times where you do not make Theo angry. You may frustrate him but he’d never let him or his beast harm you.” She finally stops speaking while letting air into her lungs.

“I understand everything you have said to me, I really appreciate you opening up to me. It makes me trust you.” I say with a light smile on my face.

“Promise me you’ll keep what I have said to yourself. You are welcome to talk to Theo about it and let him know that I have told you but we respect our privacy and Theo wouldn’t be happy if you spoke about it to other people.” She keeps strong contact and I give her it back to show I understand the seriousness of her plead.

“You can trust me, I would never talk to other people about private conversations. The only people I confide in really is, my parents and Muffy.” I assure her as I give her a quick squeeze.

“I’m happy to hear that, Girly.” She gently soothes as she returns my squeeze.

I spend about five minutes enjoying the quiet as I move my arms about in the water, Vic sips from her drink while letting out a satisfied sigh.

“I’ve really enjoyed this girl bonding that we’ve just had together.” She says out of nowhere with a hint of glee in her voice, I turn to look at her with a smile on my face.

“As have I.” She laughed as I splashed a little of water in her face, splashing back.

“I knew that we would get along, I felt easy when I first felt your aura.” She admits, winking at me.

Just as we giggled, a boisterous herd came sauntering in. Both Vic and I glanced over before looking back at each other, laughing at the commotion. We watched them as if they were entertainment: Cane walked over to the jukebox to play music while the two boys, I haven’t properly been introduced yet, do cannon balls into the pool, splashing water in our faces; Cane laughs at them as he walks towards the edge before jumping in himself.

And as for Theo? He had perched himself down onto the sofa that was in full focus of my sight; he had a drink in his hand and he looked rather exhausted. He was watching me in the pool, his eyes were glued to my body. Acting like a little girl, I blushed at him and battered my eyelashes at him. He laughed at my coyness and shook his head, Vic was giggling at the side of me while the boys messed about in the water. Theo took a swig of his drink before walking towards the pool, he put the drink down besides me and got in.