My Egyptian Alpha

Chapter 2: Remembering

He was gorgeous with golden fur and yellow eyes. His fur was a bit short and stiff like I had seen on the stray dogs, but he was definitely a wolf. A werewolf. I heard him saying in my head. This is what we want to hide from the tourists. And you are one too. His lips didn’t move so I looked around to see who was talking. It's me. Rami. The wolf in front of you. I looked at him. A sudden urge to pet him hit me. So, I did. The muscular body relaxed under my touch. If he was a cat he would have purred out loudly. I could feel he was satisfied from my touch.

He shifted back. A very undressed Rami was now standing in front of me. Showing muscles his clothes previously had hidden. A blush crept up my cheeks as I looked further down his body before I quickly looked away. “We are mates. No need to feel shy around me” he said, but I could feel he was a bit shy as well trying to hide that fact. He grabbed the clothes which had fallen to the floor when he transformed and put them on.

“Mates?” I asked. Already having an idea what it meant. 

“Yes. Werewolves have mates. Or soulmate is the more correct term, but we just call it mate. It is a stronger bond of love for your significant other than a human would feel. Also, it can only happen from werewolf to werewolf. You seem to be very oblivious to our kind. Why is that? Your father even seems to be an Alpha according to what you were saying.”

My father a werewolf? An Alpha at that? I giggled at the thought. He was a very kind person sometime indifferent. He could never lead anyone in a wolf pack. Yes, he could run a business, but that was very different. Wasn't it?

I am finally free! I heard a female voice yell in my head. I looked around with wide eyes. That was the same voice that had yelled MATE. Hi Rose. I'm your wolf. Our mate got me out of the prison she said. Prison? I responded to her.

Rami waited patiently. He understood that I had a conversation going on within myself. Yes Rose, prison. The prison your father, the Alpha, scared me into. I growled. My hand covering my mouth from the unexpected sound. Rami nodded at me and encouraged me mutely.

Your father’s business is his everything. He sacrificed everything to be on the top. Even his own wife's and child's wolves. I felt her rage inside me and I could feel how my mood went dark too.

I remember clearly what happened. He was a power abuser and he also used to punish us physically. Your mother once threatened to leave his abuse. It's near impossible to leave a mate. Especially an Alpha mate. But he could sense that she was serious about leaving him.

She wanted to marry the owner of his competing business. That's when he abused us for the last time. He hit us so hard that we fell unconscious. Both we and mother. He killed the man. That's how me and mother’s wolf went into hiding. You suppressed the memory of the trauma and continued to live like nothing had happen.

I gasped as I suddenly remembered everything. My father’s power abuse as an Alpha. My father’s power abuse as a businessman. And my father hitting me and my mother on multiple occasions.

I whimper remembering my mother scream when she heard the news of the death of the person she was supposed to marry after divorcing my father. It was shrill. How upset she was when she knew father had stolen the man’s company. Her howl as he hit her unconscious and the fear when he came for me. The pain he had caused me by doing that.

I fainted.

Wake up, wake up! I heard the voice in my head say, it was stressed. I tried to open my eyes. The light was too bright. I blinked a couple of times until I adjusted to the lights.

“She is waking up!” I heard a female voice announce. I looked around confused. A woman was standing and looking at me. A very beautiful woman at that. She looked like someone I knew, but I couldn't recall from where. She looks like your mate, dumbass. She is probably his sister. The voice in my head said. And I remembered everything. I tilted my head.

“Where am I?” I asked. This was definitely not the office I had been sitting in earlier.

“Hello there. This is my room” the female said. “I am Warda. Rami’s twin sister. We are basically name sisters, you and I. Warda means Rose in Arabic” she giggled. Her laugh was like a tranquil thrill to the ears. I closed my eyes.

“How is she! Is she awake?” the door was almost ripped off its hinges as Rami stormed in and ran to my side as soon as he spotted me. “I'm here. Whatever you experienced that caused this, it is the past now. You are with me now” he assured me while he took my hand and stroke it as calm as he could.

His scent overwhelmed me. It was out of this world and I inhaled it.

“Sooo... should I leave you guys alone?” his sister said as she pouted her mouth. Then she grinned sheepishly and left. I was clueless. What did she mean? Rami rolled his eyes and growled at his sister as she closed the door behind her.

“Don’t mind her. She just loves it when something happens.” He stood up from the chair and sat down beside me in the bed. His presence made my entire body shiver. “Don’t worry. I won’t do anything before I mark you as mine.” He must have misunderstood my shiver as fear. Maybe for the better. I wanted to know more of what was going on. 

“So, if I am a werewolf, how do I transform into a wolf?” I asked curiously. “This is instinct. Your wolf will guide you” he said. My wolf huffed. She was clearly offended because I hadn't asked her this obvious question first. Of course, I know. Wanna try? I smiled and nodded and felt my body starting to tingle. 

My sight excelled. My nose became a snout before my very eyes. Literally. And then to the worst part. Every single bone in my body moved around and exchanged places. It was painful as hell and I let out a howl. “Don’t worry. It will not hurt as much next time. This is your first time” I heard Rami say from afar while I tried not to throw up because of the pain I was enduring. 

Suddenly all pain disappeared, just like that. My view was lower than usual, but the vision was clearer and more detailed. The smell of musk and apples was overwhelming as Rami got closer to me. He looked at me. Inspected me and my form as a wolf. I was a wolf! My inner wolf cheered out loudly in my head. 

Yay, finally. Common, lets run. Maybe we can race Rami? Common, common she pushed. I shook my head. Running was not the first thing on my agenda. I had to find a mirror, needed to see how I looked like. I looked around. The mirror was thankfully on the floor, so it was easy to see all of me. 

I was a huge wolf. My fur had the same color as my hair. Strawberry red and wavy. Like the fur of a golden retriever, but I was definitely not a golden retriever. My eyes were green. I looked absurd and stunning at the same time!

 “You look gorgeous” Rami confirmed. I looked at him, nuzzled his hand and licked it. He is so gorgeous too my wolf yelled. I agreed. “So this is what European wolfs look like, huh. You saw me. We pretty much look like street dogs on steroids.” He looked annoyed. 

Then he looked at me again intensely. “You, on the other hand, look like a premier first price wolf and you are mine. The others will be so jealous.” Something dark came over his face. Like the thought bothered him. 

The door flew open and his mother strutted in. “Dear, someone wants to...” she saw me and gaped. I tilted my head at her as her eyes became watery. “Oh my, what a gorgeous wolf! Is she...? Are you..?” the mother couldn't even finish her sentences. Rami nodded and said something in Arabic. 

His mom came closer and let her hand out for me to sniff. She smelled like lavender. Not my favorite, but it kind of suited her although she was not a very calm person. “Welcome to Egypt, dear” she said to me and smiled brightly. I grinned back at her and she laughed. I just realized it could seem very intimidating with a wolf showing their teeth. My wolf laughed at me for being silly, we were all wolves here. I huffed back at her. 

“It’s her first time” Rami said. “Oh, she is doing a great job then. The first thing I did as a wolf was running. I ran all the way to Alexandria in less than an hour” she laughed loudly. I looked at Rami. I wanted to transform back, but didn't know how. 

Hey dummy. Have you forgotten about me? Your wolf. I know how to turn us back.. I rolled my eyes and let her control me. The tingle in the body was less at this point. “Ooh she is transforming back!” the mother exclaimed. It hurt horribly, but less than when I transformed to wolf. Back as human I felt a breeze on my body. I let out a scream as I realized I was naked.