I woke up that next morning feeling refreshed for the first time in awhile. I stretched and sat up in bed. I looked at the time and I saw it said a quarter past six. I got up and went to go start the shower. I got undressed and stepped into the steam-filled shower. I used my cucumber melon body wash. I scrubbed my hair and got out and wrapped a towl around me.
I put on my cucumber melon lotion and walked to my closet. I decided on wearing my retro wrangler jeans with a blue ariat shirt. I also grabbed my jean jacket and my boots. I dressed and went back to the bathroom and blew my hair dry and brushed it, then braided it. I added some mascara and lip gloss. I walked downstairs to grab a quick bite to eat.
I looked at the time again and I saw it was seven, so Dean would be here in just about fifteen minutes. I grabbed a blueberry muffin and grabbed a glass of milk. I went out to the horses and threw four flakes over the fence for them. I decided, since I still had a few minutes, I would give them a good brush down. I heard the roar of his engine before I even saw the car.
He pulled up in his mustang again and got out, walking over to me and the horses. He had a soft smile on his face when he reached us. He pulled me into a hug and gave a sweet kiss on my forehead and I couldn't help but blush.
"Good morning beautiful."
"Good morning Dean. Are you ready to go to school?" I asked.
"Yes, I am." He went to pet Midnight and Pendleton before leading me out the gate and to his car. He opened the door for me and I slid in.
"You ready for the second most enjoyable ride you will have?" He smirked at me. I looked at him and frowned.
"Second enjoyable?" I questioned.
"Yes. I will be the most enjoyable thing you ever ride." He winked and smirked at me. I'm sure I was redder than a tomato. He chuckled and drove off.
The car ride was fun. He took corners so fast and seats sucked you back into them. There was also a vibration from how powerful the motor was. It caused your whole seat to vibrate and caused my lady parts to stir. I began to shift a little when I thought I heard Dean.
"Isn't he fine looking..." There was a soft purr in her tone. I looked around but only saw me and Dean in the car.
"Did-did you just hear that?" I looked at him confused.
"Hear what? I can only smell you right now and it's driving me nuts." He looked at me and smirked. I looked away, blushing even harder.
"Only you can hear me love. My name is Em or Emerald. I'm your wolf." She said softly.
"No way!" I shouted excitedly. Dean looks at me confused. "My wolf is talking to me!" I grin.
"Oh that's awesome! What's she saying?" He smiled happily at me.
"She said her name is Emerald." I beamed at him.
"Tell her that her mate's name is Alistar." He smirked.
"Did you hear that, Em?"
"I cannot wait to meet him and Dean. They are both scrumptious." I could feel her smirking.
"She said that she's excited to meet both of you." I smiled up at him and he returned it while parking the car.
I feel her sink into the back of my mind, but I can still feel that she is here with me. Dean walks to my side of the car and opens my door for me. I climbed out and he took my hand as we walked into the school. So many eyes staring at us made me want to shrink into the back of my mind with Emerald.
"Are you okay?" He looked down at me. I just nodded and walked closer to him. He seems to notice me being uncomfortable and wraps his arm around my shoulders and pulls me close.
"Ugh, what does she have that I don't?" I heard some girl say.
"We are his mate idiot..." I heard Emerald mumble and I let out a chuckle. Dean looks down and frowns. "It was Emerald, she made a funny comment." I smile.
School passes by in a blur and since its Friday we have the next two days off. Me and Dean decided that I should come over to his house so we could finish our history project today. Then we have the rest of the weekend free. We are in his car on our way to his house when I ask Emerald something.
"Hey Em?"
"Hmm...?" She sounded like she was asleep.
"I'm sorry if I woke up. I have a question for you. How do you know that Dean and his wolf Alistar are our mates? I thought we would only know that once we changed?" I asked.
"Well, I can't tell you the exact reason. But I will say that we are very special. We have special powers and they will come to you when the time is right." I could feel her smile. I just mentally nodded at her.
We pulled up to a huge iron gate with four wolves howling at the moon. He punched in a number and it opened. He drove through. He drove for a few minutes then stopped at a gorgeous four-story log house, well more like a mansion. It had windows covering the whole front side of the house. I had a wrap-around-porch that started and stopped on each side of the windows. The higher floors have balconies that you could walk out on.
He walked around and let me out and we walked up to the door. The door had two wolves howling up at a crescent moon. He opened the door and allowed me in first. My breath was taken away.
"You might wanna close your mouth Amore." He laughed.
"You-you live here?" I asked him, wide-eyed. He just shrugged his shoulders and walked in front of me.
"Well, this is the pack house. This is the main floor. It has a kitchen, game room, dining room, bathrooms and a few guest bedrooms. The second flood is for visiting alphas of other packs. The third flood is for the Beta and Gammas families to live. Then the fourth and final floor is the alpha floor." He says as if it's no big deal.
"Wow..." I said, looking around.
There is a huge antler chandelier hanging from the ceiling above us. With stairs in front of us going up. To the left is the dining room and kitchen. The kitchen has a double fridge, double freezer and a double oven. To the right is a game room or living room. It has a 110 inch TV and surround sound. There is a huge tan U-shaped couch sitting in the middle of the room but towards the back.
Right below the TV, there were so many different game systems. I've never seen so many before. They had an Xbox, Nintendo switch, play station, Xbox kinect and a few others. They also had shelves upon shelves filled with different DVDs. I looked at Dean in shock.
"Alright, let's go to my room so we can finish this project." He took my hand and we started up the stairs.
"Dean?"
"Mmhmm?"
"What are gamma, beta and alpha?" I asked curiously.
"A gamma and beta are the alphas' third and second in command or best friend. They help him run the pack. The gamma usually trains the warriors and deals with security. The beta does that too when the gamma can't. The beta also works on the business side most of the time. The alpha is the leader of the pack. What he says goes. Before something changes, he must approve it first. He is the one that is the best at everything. He's the best fighter, the best tracker, the strongest and the smartest," he said proudly.
"Hmm... seems like an alpha can be kind of self-centered and have control issues." I rolled my eyes.
"Some are, but most aren't. Most are very loving and caring towards their pack members. They are only controlling to protect everyone."
We stop walking and I notice we are stopped in front of a door and Dean opens it for me and I walk in. I looked around and I saw a four-poster bed in the middle of the room against the window. The walls were dark gray with light gray trim. The bed had a black comforter with dark gray sheets. There was a nightstand on each side of the bed with a lamp on it.
There was a big seventy-five inch TV hanging on the wall with a cupboard filled with movies below it. There were two doors that went out to a balcony that overlooked the forest. There were two doors as well. I assumed one was the bathroom and the other was a closet.
"The door to the left is the bathroom and the one to the right is my closet." Question answered.
"Do you mind if I go use the restroom before we start?" I asked him.
"No, not at all. I'll go grab two computers. I'll be right back." He said, walking out the door. I walked to the bathroom.
I walked into the bathroom and my jaw dropped again. There was a huge rock shower that had a waterfall in it. Then next to the big window there was a large clawfoot tub that could hold two people. I looked at the sink and I noticed it had a his and hers sink. There were cabinets below that held towels and other essentials.
There was another door and I opened it and found the toilet. I did my business, washed my hands and walked out. I saw the two computers lying on his bed. I walked over and sat down and started one up. I worked for about 10 minutes and I noticed he still wasn't back. So I got up and walked over to his door, but I heard some sounds outside the door. They sounded like growls. I frowned but reached for the handle and turned it. Opening the door, peaking my head out.
I looked down the long hallway and I saw three huge wolves fighting. One was dark gray and the other two were dark brown. One of the brown ones saw me and charged towards me. I slammed the door and ran back towards bed. The door flew open, revealing an angry large wolf staring at me. I looked for something to defend myself with but came up short. The wolf slowly stalked over to me.
"You will feel pain but let it engulf you. Don't fight it or it will hurt more." Emerald said. I mentally nodded, willing to do anything to save myself.
The next second I felt an excruciating pain all over my body. I felt my bones breaking and rearranging. I felt my mouth elongating. I felt my ear grow to a point and I felt fur coming from my pores. But just as fast as it started, it ended. The next thing I knew, I was standing on all fours.
I glanced down and I saw pearl white paws. I looked at his full-length mirror that was on his wall and I saw a pure white wolf with dark emerald green eyes looking back at me. There wasn't a speck of any other color on her. She seemed to be the same size as Alistar. I looked back at the other wolf and shock was written all over his face as he took a step back.
"We no longer smell like humans. We smell like a wolf and a witch now." Em said through our mind link. "Now let's get rid of this mutt." She growled out. I nodded and lunged at him.
I caught him off guard and had him pinned to the ground, snapping my jaws at his neck, but he threw me off and I hit the wall. I stood back up and he lunged at me. Luckily, I pushed him off me and we were circling each other. Then we both lunged at each other but a black blur ran across in front of me, tackling the other wolf. I turned to see who it was and it was a familiar black wolf. I smiled.
They went back and forth fighting. They were clawing, biting and tackling each other. Finally, the black wolf landed on the brown wolf and bit his neck. I heard a sickening snap as I watched the brown wolf fall lifelessly to the ground. The black wolf turned and looked at me, tilting his head in confusion.
I walked over and rubbed against him. I nuzzled my head into his neck. I felt the sparks and they were so much more intense than before. I licked his nose and stepped back, sitting on my hind legs. The black wolf walked to the bathroom and then just a second later Dean walked out staring at me.
"Mia?" He asked, confused.
I nodded and walked over to him, rubbing against him. He ran his fingers through my thick white fur and it felt so good. I purred and laid down at his feet. I looked up at him.
"Do you know how to change back?" I shook my head no. "Think of yourself as a human. Think of your eyes, hair, arms, and legs. Think of your fingernails, your lips, your face and your skin. Concentrate on that. It might be painful at first but it will get easier over time." He said while he stroked my fur.
I did as he said. I thought of my bright green eyes, my blonde hair, my heart-shaped face. My plump lips. I thought of my arms, legs and my tan skin. Then I felt a burning pain badly, but it didn't hurt as badly compared to when I first changed. I opened my eyes and I saw that I was on my hands and knees, naked. I blushed and tried to cover myself.
"Here you can use this." Dean said, handing me a shirt and looking away. I grabbed it and threw it over my body. It stopped just above my knees.
"Thank you..." I blushed and looked down. I felt my arms warp around my waist pulling me down next to him on the bed. I looked up at him.
"Why do you smell so weird?" He frowned.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"He means that he can smell the witch too. Let me mask it so he can't.We shouldn't tell anyone about us being a hybrid just yet." She said, then I felt like a shield was over me slightly.
"You smell like... wait never mind... That was weird. How are you feeling after your first shift?" He asked, rubbing my shoulders.
"I actually feel really good. It's weird, I feel stronger. I feel more like myself." I smiled up at him.
"Good." He smiled down at me. "What did your wolf say about me?" I frowned. "Am I your mate?"
"Yes, you are my mate. But I still want to get to know you first before anything happens." I looked at him and smiled.
"That's fine. I said we could take this at your pace. But can I kiss you? It's been killing me not to." He whined and I laughed but nodded at him.
He doesn't wait another second, he brings his lips to mine in a gentle, loving kiss. I kissed him back and wrapped my arms around his neck to pull him closer. He slides his hands down my back to my butt and lifts me up. He sets me on his lap so that I'm straddling him, with a leg on each side of him. He then just rests his hand on my hips. I break away for a needed breath and he continues to kiss me. He kissed me on my cheek, then to my ear, and down to my neck.
Where my neck and shoulder meet, he stops and starts to kiss just there. It sends shivers down my back and straight to my core. I unintentionally grounded my hips against him, needing just a little bit more contact. I felt a bludge just at my entrance, the only thing separating us was his basketball shorts.
"Mia..." He groaned out.
"Dean..." I moaned out.
"We need to stop, you don't want this right now." He said huskily.
"But you do..." I whispered in his ear.
"Mia, you would never forgive me if we did this right now. I want this to be perfect for you. I can wait." He said as he pulled away.
Then it hit me. My gosh, I was trying to get him to sleep with me! I face palmed mentally. We defiantly needed to stop! Wait, this isn't something I would normally do. I heard Emerald giggle in the back of my mind.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted a little action," Emerald said, smirking.
"Emerald, don't you know what happened to me three years ago?" I said angrily.
"Yes, but Dean is nothing like that. As you can tell, he wanted to keep going but stopped because he knows you're not ready. I won't do that again, but just give me a little more action here and there." She whined.
"Emerald, this is my body. I will do what I want with it, so you will just have to wait." I said, looking at Dean.
"Was it emerald?" He questioned. I nodded. "Yeah, they can push forward sometimes and try to take control of our bodies sometimes. But most of the time they listen to us." He smiles and brushes a strand of my hair away from my face.
"I'm so tired..." I yawned out and rested my head on his shoulder.
" I just mind linked your dad and told him you were staying here tonight because of the rouge attack and that you shifted. He said he understood and that they would come by tomorrow to check on you." He said, setting me on the bed. " I will be right back." He went to stand up and I grabbed his arm.
"No please don't leave!" I blushed and looked down. He got on his knees in front of me.
"Why? I'll be right back, I promise." He said softly.
"Because the last time you left so much happened and I don't want to be alone right now..." He was quiet for a minute then spoke.
"Okay, Sammie is bringing you some new underwear since you don't have any." He smiled, then turned towards the door. "She just left them at the door." He went to the door and grabbed the bag and handed it to me.
"Thank you." I went to the bathroom and put them on. I washed my face and walked back out into the room. I saw Dean making a bed on the floor and I frowned. "What are you doing?"
"Making my bed? I figured you would want the bed?" He asked.
"Just sleep in the bed with me, I would feel bad if you slept on the floor." I walked over and put the pillows and blankets back on the bed. His eyes widened.
"Are-Are you sure? I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
"I am fine, I feel comfortable in your presence. It relaxes me." I smiled at him. He nodded and I crawled into bed. He followed.
I moved so my back was against his chest and my head was resting on his arm. I felt him take in a few deep breathes and his arm draped over my waist. I was slowly drifting off to sleep when I heard him speak.
"Goodnight Mi Amore. I know I said I wouldn't say this yet, but I do love you. Sweet dreams my love." He said as he kissed the back of my head.
I smiled and fell into a blissful night's sleep.