Fighting For My Mate: Blood Moon

Chapter 10

Christa POV

     Once Amanda and I found the glamour spell to make me look like a different person, we put it into practice.

“Okay, here we go!” Amanda says as she stands in front of me with an old worn-out book in her face. It says you need to say these words out loud and think of the image you want to become! Sounds easy enough, right?”

“Sure. Easy. Okay, I can do this!” I say as I close my eyes and shake out my limbs to try and loosen myself up. 

“Okay, repeat these words.” She reads out. 

From one body to another,

From image to image, 

Transform me into another.

     As I repeat the words, Amanda, just read to me, I can feel the magic working throughout my body and keeping my eyes closed.

“I think it’s working! I can feel it!” I told Amanda.

“Um, Christa? Are you imagining what you should be imagining?” 

“Yeah! Why?” I ask, confused. 

“Because! Well, here. Look for yourself.” She says as she turns me around towards the mirror! I immediately scream when I see myself. 

“What in the world, Amanda! What just freaking happened? Why do I look like this?” I yell out as I go into panic mode, I can see Amanda trying to keep it together from not pissing herself in laughter.

“If you even mention this to another soul, I swear I will turn you into a lizard and keep you as a pet!” Amanda fake gasps at my obvious empty threat.

“You wouldn't!” 

“Fine! But I will figure out something horrible embarrassing about you and get you back!” 

“Fine, okay. Not a soul, you have my word!” 

“Now, how do I change back to normal?”

“Awww, but I think you look so cute like this!”

“Amanda, I have the head of a cat on top of my body with a tale! I want to change back!” I say as my voice gets higher and higher in panic.

“Okay, all you have to do is repeat the words only backward.”

“Okay, once again, I close my eyes and repeat the spell backward, and slowly, as I open my eyes, I look into the mirror and see that I’ve gone back to myself. 

“What happened? What image did you have in your head when you did it the first time?” Amanda asks curiously. “For a split second, I thought about a cat video I watched earlier. It just came into my mind! But it was only a second!” 

“Okay, well, now we know you need to be completely focused when you do the spell,” Amanda says as she thinks, looking around the room.

“Aha, I have an idea!”

“What is it?”

“Take this magazine and pick a girl from it. It doesn't have to be a famous model. Actually, don’t pick anyone who would be easily recognized. That would draw too much attention, and that's the opposite of what we are going for.” She tosses me the magazine, and I carefully look through the pages. 

“How about this girl?”

“Hmmm? Nah, too plain. You need someone who could catch Eli’s eyes and really tempt him!” I keep searching the pages until I get to the perfect one. 

“This one! She’s perfect.” Amanda leans in to take a look and nods her head in approval.

     I stand up with the magazine in my hand, and while I repeat the spell, I look at the girl I want to change into. Once again, I can feel the magic working through me from the inside out. Before I know it, I look identical to the girl in the magazine. The only difference is I stayed the same weight and height. Everything else is different. My boobs are bigger, my hair is shorter, and my lips are much much fuller than my own. I stand there studying my new body in awe of being someone else entirely. I turn to Amanda.

“Well, what do you think?” 

“What do I think? I think this is going to be the best prank of all time, is what I think! Now, let's get you into some sexy clothes and seduce that mate of yours!” 

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     I was so nervous walking up to Eli’s office; I felt as though my heart was going to beat out of my chest. Amanda walked with me, encouraging me that I could do this. If I could make Eli believe I was someone else entirely, then even he couldn't refuse me from being out and about with the rest of the pack. We needed this to work! Amanda was excited about this because she and Eli love pulling pranks on each other, and she had told me she's been trying to come up with a trick to get him back from the last prank he pulled on her, but apparently, it's difficult pulling pranks on him. So, she's using this opportunity to pull one over on him. 

     Right before we get to the door, Amanda stops me and turns me to look at her, both of her hands holding onto my shoulders,

“Look, you’ve got this! There is no way he's going to know it’s you under this!” She says as she waves her hand up and down my body.

“What if he feels our connection?”

“All the better! He’ll be confused and flustered all at once! He won’t know what hit him,” She chuckles, “now take a deep breath and go get em’!” She says as she faces me forward and smacks my butt hard.

“Ouch!” I say as I turn to give her a stink eye but then continue to Eli’s office door while rubbing my bum. 

     I’m standing in front of Eli’s door with all kinds of thoughts running through my head. I force myself to close my eyes and take a deep breath as I lift my hand and knock. I can hear Eli shuffling around in his office when I hear him call out, “Come in,” in his deep husky voice. Just the sound of his voice makes my body react to him in ways no one else’s ever will. I’m so nervous now that all I can do is stand there, unable to say a word. So he repeated, “I said you can come in.” Still, I am frozen to my spot with fear of what will happen when he opens that door. I can hear Amanda whispering to me to go in, but I can’t get my body to move. What if he allows me to come onto him? What if he enjoys my touches? Will he know it’s me? All of a sudden, I can feel Amya coming forward to help me out. 

“We got this. I’ll take it from here! This will be fun!” Amya says, giddy.

     Before I know it, I can see everything happening as if I was the one doing it, but I wasn't the one in control; Amya was. I was a little jealous that she could move our body so seductively and yet gracefully at the same time; she just oozed s*x appeal. Even her voice made me sound different. I watched as we made Eli nervous. I was proud that he wasn't allowing us to seduce him and stayed utterly loyal to me, even with a beautiful woman doing her best to tempt him. While we were doing our best to get him to give in to us, we heard uncontrollable laughter from Amanda. At that point, Amya gave me back control of my body again. I felt relief flood through me that he didn't fall for our act. 

     Amanda comes walking into the office holding her stomach, crying in laughter.

“Oh my goodness, Eli! The look on your face is freaking priceless! This was the best prank by far I have ever pulled off!” She says, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Amanda would like to explain to me who this woman is and why you're laughing at the fact that she has barged into my office to hit on me? Are you going to explain to Christa why I have another woman’s scent on me? Huh?”Eli says, raising his voice in anger. 

Something came over me, and I put my finger over my lips to quiet him and wrapped my arms around him for the most passionate kiss I have ever given him. Unfortunately, it didn't last for long before he gently pried me off him, looking at me perplexed. When I hear Amanda closing the door behind us, I say the spell backward once again and change back to myself in front of Eli. To say that he looked shocked is putting it mildly. He stood there, still leaning against his desk with his eyes wide and his mouth moving as if he’s trying to say words, but nothing is coming out.

“It’s ok, Eli, it's just me, Christa,” I say as I gently take his hand, but he quickly pulls his hand away from me. I knew at that moment I messed up and my stomach dropped. He narrows his eyes at me and asks, 

“How do I know it’s really you? If you can make yourself look like anyone, how can I know it’s you?”

“Because Eli, don’t you see? Our connection never went away. No matter what, it remained. That’s how you know it’s me! Please, Eli, don’t be mad at me. I just wanted to show you that I can hide in our pack in plain sight, and you don’t have to keep me cooped up in our apartment!” Eli’s eyes soften as he looks at me, and he takes in a deep breath as he takes me up into his arms. I can tell that not only does he want to confirm our mate connection, but he genuinely missed me. 

“It’s ok; I’m not mad at you, and I understand why you did what you did. But you…, ” Eli points at Amanda and narrows his eyes at her, “you, I am pissed at!”

“What? Why me? It was the only way I could get you back from the last prank you pulled on me!”

“Yes, but you used my mate to do it!” Amanda raises her hands in surrender.

“Ok, ok, I see your point. Next time, I won’t use your mate for my benefit!” She says as Eli lets out a low growl at her. 

“Sheesh, it was just a joke! Somebody's grumpy today.” 

“Tomorrow… you get to train the younger pups about to age in!” Eli orders Amanda. 

“Seriously? You know I hate training the newbies! It’s so tedious!” 

“Which is why I’m putting you on schedule for the next 4 days!”

“Ugh, fine!” Amanda says as she rolls her eyes and walks out of the office, slamming the door behind her to show her own frustration. I can’t help but giggle at her temper tantrum. 

“So… you figured out a better way to disguise yourself, huh?” Eli asks, pulling me in by my waist.

“Mmmhmm, with Amanda's help, of course! So, what do you think? I had you fooled, so there is no way anyone else would be able to tell who I am with this glamour spell! I would love to be able to interact with my future pack!”

“They’re already your pack!” Eli corrects.

“Yes, but not to them. They don't even know who I am as a person and their future Luna, and as their Luna, shouldn’t I get to know the people of this pack?”

“But they won’t know you as their Luna with the glamour spell over you.” 

“They don’t need to. Once Lex is taken care of, and he’s no longer a danger to us, we’ll reveal my true self to them, and they will already know who I am!” Eli stares me in the eyes, shaking his head in awe of me.

“My mate. My beautiful and intelligent mate. How did I get so lucky?” He says as he gently brushes his lips to mine before he pulls back slightly. I lick my lips, ready to taste him again. 

“Shouldn’t I be asking you the same thing?” Eli smiles the biggest, most magnificent smile I’ve ever seen from him, and it immediately makes butterflies flutter around in my stomach, and my knees go weak.