2. Werewolf?
1574 Words
I opened my eyes and found myself in a magnificent bedroom. I don't deserve to be on such a gorgeous bed; it's so soft. I pushed myself off of the mattress to sit up, and the first thing I saw was the muscular back of a man sitting on the edge of the bed on his phone. Beautifully sculpted from my point of view.
"When you're done staring, let me know". He said with his back still facing me.
"Uh" I was short of words.
He then turned to face me. Wait, It’s Detective Michaels! How is he here? How am I here?
"Did you sleep well, princess?" He asked with concern as he placed his fingers on my forehead. “Your fever is gone, thank God".
I remembered what happened at the hospital and dared to ask: "You-You killed Mr. Meyers?"
"Yes". He stated, without remorse.
"And your superiors, they won't ask questions?"
He laughed.
"What is funny?" I retorted.
He tried to keep a straight face. "You haven't realized by now that I'm not a detective?"
"What? Who are you then?"
Just then, the doors were opened and a young girl in what seemed like a maid's uniform ran in. "Alpha! They're here". She said anxiously.
"Calm down, Rowena, I'll deal with it, stay with Esnie". Then he put on his tee shirt and left.
The girl came to sit on the bed, facing me. She stared at me with curiosity until she expressed: "You're so pretty. The alpha is lucky to have a mate like you".
"Hmm-what? Alpha? Mate? What are those?" I asked, genuinely confused.
She stopped talking and pinned her lips together with her fingers.
Detective Michaels or alpha or whatever his name is, entered a few minutes later. “Rowena, you may go now, everything is sorted out".
She smiled and skipped her way out of the master bedroom while he came to sit on his previous spot, admiring me for some reason. His green eyes were the most unusual shade of green I had ever seen. I know I have not seen a lot of people, but I’m sure he is not what an average guy looks like. Face well sculpted and eyes; deep and mysterious like the sea.
"Who was Mr. Meyers" I asked
He didn't seem too thrilled about the topic, but he answered nonetheless. "He was your husband. Abusive husband." I could feel his blood boil as he said that.
"I don't remember anything". I felt dizzy just trying to look past waking up at the hospital.
He placed his palm on my forehead. "You don't need to stress about it, look to the future, I think that is most important". He assured.
I nodded my head and asked another question. "What is an alpha?"
He looked down, probably searching his mind for an answer. "An alpha is a leader."
"So, you're the leader of...wherever this is?"
"Yes". He responds with a small nod.
"And what is a mate?"
His countenance changed. "Rowena told you that, didn't she?"
Not wanting to throw Rowena under the bus, I said no. But he was certain it was her. He excused himself immediately. I hoped I didn't get her into trouble.
***
A woman in her late forties or early fifties entered. She wore a white shirt and black pants, her hair tied up in a bun and her eyes resembled the alpha’s. Behind her is another woman dressed just like Rowena. The woman in a white shirt touched my face lovingly with the back of her fingers, then, she turned to the woman behind her. "Give her a nice warm bath". She looked at me again with a warm smile. "Finally, the moon goddess has answered my prayers. My Jace will have his Luna by his side to give him strength".
What? I was about to ask her what she meant when she kissed my forehead and rubbed her nose against mine. Then she whispered: "I promise to be the best mother-in-law to you".
"Mom, What are you doing". The alpha guy entered.
The woman laughed. "Nothing, just speaking to my daughter-in-law. Quick, Ana, give her a bath, it will soon be time for dinner".
The other woman, Ana led me to the bathroom. I took off my clothes and she noticed the marks on my skin. "I'm sorry about this". She said apologetically and helped me get into the bathtub filled with scented water.
"I can't even remember how I got it". I told her.
"I don't know if I should be telling you this, but it was your animal of a husband who did this"
"Mr. Meyers?"
"Yes". She said with a frown. My scars seemed to vex her more than they did me.
The water was soothing, especially down there. It was warm and relieved me of the soreness I felt in my lady part. When we were done, she helped me wear a simple yellow dress, and then she tied my brown hair into a ponytail. I followed her downstairs to the dining table, which was abnormally long and filled with so many people. They were maids serving food, even Rowena was among them. She saw me and we smiled at each other. I reached the table and they all welcomed me.
A grey-haired man sitting beside the woman who referred to herself as my mother-in-law, stood up and embraced me with one hand. "Welcome to our family, Esnie". He greeted with a smile. "I'm Gerald. This is Fiona, my wife". He pointed at the woman. "This is my son, Jace". He pointed to the alpha dude.
"And this is my son, Tremaine, Jace's younger brother". He pointed at another guy next to Jace. "These are Fred, Mina, Sar..."
"Gerald, she could faint from hunger while you're busy introducing her to everyone". Fiona laughed, and everyone at the table joined her in laughing.
"Right. You sit beside Jace". He made me sit on the chair close to Jace, the alpha dude, who was avoiding eye contact with me.
My eyes caught sight of someone else at the table. “Detective Ross?” I asked with skepticism.
The guy looked at me and smiled. “I’m not a detective, but my name is Ross, I’m the Second beta in chief.”
“Okay, nice to meet you.” I returned the smile.
“Likewise” He bobbed his head. His eyes went to the alpha dude sitting beside me and he(Ross) quickly looked down at his food. Strange.
We all dug into our respective plates. Gosh! I was so hungry. I tried to comport myself as I ate, so they wouldn't think I'm a pig. When we were done, Jace was about to excuse himself when his mother stopped him. "Where are you going, young man?"
"Uh, to water the plants". He answered without thinking.
"I'm sure they can wait till morning. It's time to tell your mate the truth".
His shoulders dropped. “Do I have to do that now?"
"Yep" She nodded.
He reluctantly sat down and faced me. His eyes changed color as he made eye contact with me. I've never seen anything like it. He appeared anxious. "Uhm, I, I am alpha Jace of the Fangs pack. Uhm, I studied at the..."
"Are you trying to grant her an interview or something?" His mother teased. Everyone else laughed except him.
He continued. "Your scent drew me to you at the hospital some days ago, and when I saw you, I knew you are my mate, and now I would like to ask you to accept me as your mate too". He closed his eyes for the most part.
"Could you explain the whole mate thing? How am I your mate? You mean your soulmate?"
"Exactly, Yeah, soulmate".
"And you're an alpha? Of Fangs, a town?”
"It's a secret town, hidden from all humans... except you now. We're,, we're-". He was finding it difficult to say the words.
Then came his mother's voice: "werewolves".
I turned to her thinking she was joking, but her face was as serious as serious can be.
"Werewolves? As in werewolves from movies?"
Tremaine scoffed. "We ain't no way like those. They don't do us any justice... Jace could show you a demonstration if you like."
"Shut up, Maine!" Jace ordered, exasperated.
"I would like a demonstration like he said". I seconded.
Jace threw death glares at his brother but got up and offered me his hand. I took it and he led me to back door where a forest greeted me. I was scared to go with him. But he reassured me that I was in safe hands. We walked a few meters in and he went to pull out some clothes from where they were hidden in the stem of a tree. Then, he moved away from me and stood facing me. "Promise me you won't hate me after this". He pleaded and I nodded. "Okay, here it goes".
As I watched, his bones started to rearrange and expand. It was quite painful to watch but it looked like he had become used to the pain. He went from a standing position to all fours and his face elongated to...a snout? Gradually, he rose back on his feet, completely changed into a monster! A huge, grey, fanged, clawed, hairy monster!
I don't know how my body gave in and I passed out.
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