The Unforgivable Mate Curse (long story ongoing)

Extra - Black Wolf IV

We left the packhouse early in the morning, traveling through the woods, where we would find the smaller pack, tribes, and others that lived far away from the human world. I saw Fae, Mermaids, Dragon, Dwarves, Elves, Snow Lions, Unicorns, and a lot more. Some had the possibility of transforming to humans, so they have bigger places to live, others preferred to stay hidden from humans. Their auras were all different, each with different power on their own. In the evening, we got to a dark town. Clouds surrounded the sky, no light came from them, like a shield. The buildings were dark, with not a single splash of color in them. The only light would be of streetlamps, scattered on the sidewalks. Some light in the windows of the houses.  We got inside what looks like an old tavern.

Clara got first and a small girl came to her. “The corner table like usual” I looked at her but followed. The tiny girl got us to a corner dark table, not too many lights on it. We sit down. From there I could see all around and was sheltered enough not to be seen when someone went in.  The girl waited. 

“Two beers, and the daily menu.” She nodded and walked out. “Did you notice anything strange about the girl that just attended us?” She speaks to me. “No” She narrowed her eyes at me. “Focus. You need to be aware of your surroundings.” I looked at the girl again, that was going from table to table. She did not seem to have an aura. “I don’t see anything on her.” She sighs. “Maybe after you eat, you will be able to focus more.” She looks at the door like she was waiting for someone. 

“How do you know this place?” She turns her attention to me again. 

“I was not always at the castle. The best place to look for her was always in the dark, the underground, the place where the night creatures join.” I think for a while. I knew she was off the castle for many years, only coming back a while after my mother's death. When she talks about her, could she mean her daughter? “Did you ever find her?” She masked her face. I could tell now, that whenever the subject hurt, she put on a blank and masked face. 

“Once. With the Moon Goddess Stella.” I was curious. “What happened that time.” Her face was trying to hide some sort of pain that it could still be seen in her eyes. “The Moon Goddess death.” I gasp. The little girl came to bring the beers, we stopped chatting. I directed my attention to her. Sensing my eyes on her, she gave a small smile without showing her teeth. There was something around her, not an aura but something that moved on its own. She then left. 

“Is it possible for an aura to move?” Clara looked at me. “You can see it! Good” I looked at her. “What is it?” She gulps on her beer and puts it down again. “That is a spell or a potion to restrict her true aura.” I was gulping on my beer listening and stopped. “A spell or potion to restrict?” She looked at me amused. “Yes. Sometimes it is needed to hide who we really are. It can be a restricted spell or a potion to make you look like something else.” I put the beer down. “How would need something like that?” Her eyes become a little dark. 

“There are creatures that are more connected to the origins than we are. Some of them have oppressing auras that can make a person cry, auras so powerful that can kill just by looking. Some like to come to town to also enjoy the night, so they have to mask their auras.” I gulp. “So what creature is she?” Getting closer to me. “A death dealer.” I got my back on the chair and picked the beer up. I will need it. 

Later the girl came with a dish that I assume was something edible. Like some meat, and potatoes with the skin on. I looked at Clara, who was happily eating. I was picking up the fork when the door opened, and I got attracted to a person that got inside.

She had white skin, caramel hair that waved down her back, red lips, and a dress that hung on her curves. I got the desire to go directly to her and kiss her on the spot. Wait? What am I thinking? Clara notices my sudden change. “That my boy is a succubus.” I looked back at her getting out of my daze noticing that all the men in the house were looking at her. She just passed by directly to the bar on the bottom. “She is just waiting to see who makes a move first. Can you see her aura?” I looked at her again but got in a daze. It was hard to break contact. My desires were urging me to be the first to go to her. 

‘Snap out of it.’ My wolfs screams in my head. I shake my head and look at Clara who had a strange look. “Have you ever been with a succubus?” She asks. “No.” She raised her brown. “Are you sure? Because you are completely getting sucked in by her pheromones, if it was the first time seeing one, you should not be so easy to bait.” I look at her. “I haven’t.” 

“What you are feeling right now, did you ever feel it before?” I was trying to remember, but I don’t recall being this addicted to someone. 

‘Catherina’ My wolf spats. 

‘I don’t feel like this with her.’ He hisses. 

‘Yes, you do. Every time she comes up to you. You act like this.’

Clara is looking at me intently. “There’s a she-wolf on the pack. She sometimes comes to me, and I can’t control my human side around her.” Clara's eyes widen. “A She-Wolf? Are you sure?” I pass my hand in my head. “She smells like a werewolf.” Her eyes never leave mine. “You have learned on this trip, that sense of smell and appearances can change.” She then got back to her food while I tried to not look at the succubus again. She got her date after and went away with the man. 

We finish eating and order a new round of beers. A man got inside and went near the girl that was serving. He was white as snow. I could tell right away he was a vampire. I looked closely and could see the aura around him. He was pestering the girl and she was getting tired of him. Clara started looking when he tried to reach out for the girl, but she evaded him extremely fast. 

“Fool. If he touches her skin, he dies for good this time.”  A big guy got out of the kitchen into the middle of both. His head went all the way to the ceiling.

 “Already told you. If you keep pestering my girls, I will show you hell.” He looked at the big guy, his head looking up. “I just wanted to take out for a stroll.” The guy put his arms over the chest. “She doesn’t want to.” He looked at the girl behind the big man. “She can tell me that.” The man's voice got darker. “I SAID SHE DOESN’T WANT TO.” The vampire backs shrunk. “Ok, Ok. I am leaving.”

Clara starts to drink again while I stand watching the man. He was bigger than me. I noticed the aura around him, which was being controlled but I could still see it. “Is he a dragon?” Clara looked at me. “Bravo, you could tell.” I look at her. After a while, Clara asked for the bill and paid. We got to the street and started walking around. We cross an alley where I see the man and the succubus going at it. Seems here is everywhere you can. I stop looking at the scene. There was something, some sort of light coming out of him and going into her. Clara got near me. “That is life force. Succubus eats your life force so that she can stay alive and young.” I looked at her and back at the scene. 

‘That could have been me.’ I say to my wolf. 

‘Maybe that is why we are so tired after you got off with the other one.’ My wolf says.

 ‘Only one way to find out.’ 

“Clara can a she-wolf be a succubus.” She stops and looks at me. “NO.” 

‘See, she can’t be one.’ I spat to my wolf. 

“The succubus could never resist a mating. She needs to feed. In the end, if she were a she-wolf, she would kill her partner. The Moon Goddess never pairs them up for that reason.” She then came closer to me. “You better be careful around that she-wolf. Maybe she is not what you think she is.”

‘See.’ My wolf claims victory. I just roll my eyes.

“How can I fight against the pheromones?” I was walking side by side with Clara. “Use your head, not your body. You have enough knowledge now to recognize the people around you. Use it.” I looked at the sky. “But if it is my human part that can’t resist, how can I stop it.” She stopped and made me look at her. “Think of something that is more important to you than sex.” I look into her eyes and remember her. Her dark hair, her honey eyes. 

“Yes. I can think of something better.”

“Time for us to get back.”

The moon descended in the sky when we started to go back.