Alpha Meera and the Peasant King

Take A Step

Take a step

 Damion promised he would see me, before I traveled home. I made him promise, because I wanted to see him again. I admired the tales he told and the manner he told them. 

Initially, I felt I was going to die, when he punched me hard to wake the wolf in me. Millions of thoughts were on my mind, while I healed.

This was the best year of my life. I only turned nineteen, few months back and now I have a super power!, I kept kept thinking and fantasizing what it would be like when I began to run in the woods and move side by side with packs. 

Everything was both crazy and terrific _the thoughts alone seems exciting but the shock and trauma that was sure to follow was inevitable. Mum, Dad, Paulina, Diana, everybody. How were they going to react? 

I stayed up, fantasizing and evaluating the inevitable shocked,trauma or maybe doom, that waited patiently in ambush, for me.

Werewolves aren't supposed to be real, they only exist in cartoons like Nickilodeon or in movies not in real life, yet here I was, a she_wolf, alive and healthy, schooling in Oxford, amidst a bunch of normal people. 

My alarm clock begins to buzz, a little bit violently, I turn it off and whispered beneath my breath. 

"That's trice in a row now you noise maker." I yelled. Forgetting it was dawn. 

Paulina turns to me. 

"What!" I looked at her more intensely. It wasn't Paulina, it was her boyfriend Prince.

"How on Earth did you get in here and wheres Paulina." I yelled, stood up and hit the bulb switch. Light flooded inside the room at once and revealed the presence of Paulina sleeping calmly under beside her boyfriend Prince. 

Prince squeezed his eyes and waved a protesting hand towards the bright light from the wall. 

I stood in front of the light switch, hands on my waist and a scowl on my face. 

Why was I displeased at the presence of Prince all of a sudden? Normally, I just ignore him when ever I wake up to find him next to Paulina. I could only remember one occasion in the past when I yelled at him for sleeping over in high hopes Paulina was going to come back to the dormitory that night. P

"You know Del, I think your getting all naughty and jealous these days." Paulina snapped. 

"This ain't the first time Prince is coming over, you shouldn't frown at him that way by, come on girl, it's 5a.m in the morning!"  

I felt both weak, jealous and stupid. 

How about I turn into rip her throat off this instant? I contemplated. Then I remembered what Dad's words on resentment.

' they fly away too soon after the foolish deed has been done. ' 

I felt tears lodged between my eye lids. I closed my eyes tight so they could fall off but no, they don't. I switched off the light bulb and walk slowly, back to bed.

"Get the hell out of here Prince." Paulina said, getting out of her bed. 

 Prince gave me a demented smile, and puts on his sleeve. 

"Good night beautiful ladies. Oh,

 it's morning already," he blew Paulina a kiss, shutting the door behind him as he leaves. 

Paulina came to my bed.

"What do you think your doing?" I jerked a little. She stares at me in disbelief. 

We both stared at each other for a few minutes, saying nothing. 

"Damn it, Paulina I told you Prince could come over, sleep over, do whatever he wants, I haven't got a problem with that.  You of all people should know me already." I yelled.

"It's fine Del, you don't have to explain, we can't begin a Saturday morning fighting come on." She smiled. 

Paulina stretches out her arms and I hugged her.

 "You know you were supposed to take me out yesterday, girl your such a p***y!" We chuckled.

"Damn, I forgot, how come you always remind me a day after"

I bite my lip and roll my eyes at her, Paulina pushes me away in a playful manners. 

"Am gonna spoil you next Friday," she promised. 

But I don't take her serious this time, because it's the one millionth time she said that this month. 

"Girl you smell like books, did you go to a library in your dream?," She smiled. 

"Hell yes," I said giving her the middle finger.

"Okay, go take a shower, you've got a date and a long journey home!" Paulina raised her brow. 

I grab my towel and head for the bathroom. "What a day," I mumbled.

"Sweetheart this is just dawn, wait until it's dusk." Paulina remarked. 

"Babe, your terrible. How did you even hear that?" I snapped, turning the shower on. I didn't want to heat the water or anything, I just wanted to cool my weary head and body.

The bathroom knew just what your body wanted  each time you entered it. 

It accepted you with all your filth, and keeps the secret of your nakedness to itself. 

"Ohh… no," I yelled.

"Damion!" 

"Who's Damion?" Paulina looked perplexed. 

I picked up my red gown, wore my panties in great haste, and hurried out of my dormitory. I bumped into Mandy and a new black girl.

"Really sorry about that," I said not looking back.

I kept running wildly, yelling an apology to everyone I bumped into.  

Most of the students yelled at me, others stared at me critically but it didn't matter, only Damion mattered right now. 

Finally, I got to the building.

Personally, I didn't expect to meet him when I got to the building, but I was certain he would wait for me. 

"Damion, Damion…" I kept yelling, but to no avail. 

No, not yet, I wasn't disappointed yet. 

"Damion!" I shrieked one last time. 

"Come on Del, your gonna wake those sleepy security men again," he smirked. 

Gosh, Damion was wickedly sexy when he did that. I rolled my eyes at him, and scowled, trying to hide my desperation and desire. 

"Your not gonna say hello?" He raised his bushy eye brows. 

"Why did you take this long to show your face?" I questioned. 

"Oh, really?, I'm the one who's showing up late now?" He sighed in disbelief.

 I looked away, not minding my despicable demeanor. 

Damion walks towards the light switch, he reaches for it and I quickly hide behind a desk. 

Gently, calmly he walks straight to where I stooped and gave me a tap.

No time to dance around, your travelling today, not so?" He said. 

It wasn't the type of questions that needed an answer_ It was a rhytorica l question. 

Damion eyes gazed firmly on me. I frowned at the way he rolled his eyes, although I fancied it inwardly. 

"Come off it Damion" I yelled. 

He doesn't move, or take his away. It was rather disturbing. 

I gazed at my dress and body_ embarrassed, I turned around quickly.  

My eyes bulged out. I wasn't putting on any b*a. 

"I won't stare at it Del. I give you my word." Be promised. But I still felt embarrassed. 

It was normal for girls to expose their boobs in campus, especially on a weekend like this, but I wasn't under that category, I was different. 

'Who cares ? I said beneath my breath, I hurried here to see Damion and as a result I left my bras so?'

 I mustered courage and looked up to him. 

He smirked. 

Damion's eyes turns red and his skin turns hairy, I jerked a little. 

His fingers became claws and his gentle voice became hoarse and throaty.

 "Come on, go ahead and try it" he said in a throaty voice. 

"I can't."

"Yes you can" 

"Damion I can't." I insisted. 

"This is what we are Del, come on just close your eyes, concentrate and see it happen."

I shut my eyes, inhale deeply and pinched my self very hard. Nothing happened, I pinched again, nothing still. 

"Damn it," I cursed. 

I pinched my self harder, closed my eyes and stopped thinking completely. 

Gradually my skin changed and my fingers turned to claws, I became a semi_werewolf. I opened my eyes and my vision became clearer and lengthier. I shut my eyes took a deep breath and I shifted back to human again.