The Evil Luna

Mate bond

I needed to look for someone that could unlock my witch ability, I headed to the door prepared to find a way to sneak into the dungeons but to my utmost dismay, the door was locked.

I glared at the door, wondering when the devil locked it.

Pacing around the room, it was then I became aware of its extravagance, even with the dull colours it's intricate design made it majestic, befitting for a king that he indeed was.

There was a small bookshelf at the other end of the room just next to the closet.

I ran my hands over them, wondering what kind of book he usually read and randomly picked one.

Boldly written at the front page was 'A witch's spell' I was surprised to see such book considering how deep the werewolves hated our kind.

Curiosity had me there, I opened a page but it was blank, the next page wasn't though.

Five words were scribbled in it, 'leran thou Karen thai'.

I could tell it was a spell, but I didn't know it's meaning or what it was for.

I moved to sit on the laid bed, shuffling the pages and they were a few more spells but there wasn't any words that spoke of it's meaning or use.

I didn't know when I fell asleep, untill I felt something cold graze my cheeks and then trailed down my lips, I was awake and instinctively knew who it was but I delayed opening my eyes.

The fingers caressing my lips, stayed for a while, until I couldn't pretend to sleep anymore.

"You look like you badly don't want me to stop" it was all I needed to sit up at once my eyes glaring back at him even if only an amused smile grazed his lips.

"I wasn't pretending" I felt a need to defend myself.

"I never said you were"

There was a knock before she could come up with another lie.

Gwen walked in with a smile, there was this look in her eyes when she looked at the king, like a mother would look at her son, I noticed he always softened in her presence.

"My king... Would you consider letting her go for a moment, she needs to eat and take a bath."

I was conscious of how tender she spoke as if we couldn't bear to part away from each other and that was when I became aware of how ambiguous our position currently was.

I was curled up in the bed and he was sitting at the edge of the bed, his face so close and intimate, I jerked up and climbed down from the bed nodding to Gwen as I left without giving the king any glance, I felt embarrassed.

"Did I interrupt you and the king?" She asked with a grin while loosening the straps of my dress.

"I needed to help you freshen up that was why" she continued.

"Well... It was about time I did" I grinned back. Trying my best to shrug off my embarrassment, I wanted to explain that nothing was happening and she interrupted nothing but I knew the more I tried defending myself the more it would sound like I had something to hide.

Dressing me up for the night , I had a feeling it was a routine Gwen wouldn't let slip for anything, and would be something I needed to get used to.

I thought of asking her if she knew any witch but she might get suspicious. I needed to ask without sounding like I was up to anything.

"Gwen?"

"Yes mi lady"

"Is there a witch like me in here? I just don't feel safe been the only witch among so many werewolves" I pretended to look sad.

"My dear... The king would have any heads that dare to touch you"

"How would you know that?"

"No one would ever want their mate to be hurt, not to mention the Alpha king, not when he would feel the mating bond stronger than any other man would"

Now, I was curious about how the mating bond works.

"How does the mate bond works?"

Gwen smiled at me and as if reminiscing, her fingers moved to caress a particular spot in her nape.

"For the male... There would be a constant need to be close to their mate, they would be jealousy, a need to possess and lust..."

I swallowed at that.

"All of this emotions are hard to resist, especially the lust, there would be a constant need to ravish her it's why the mating ritual is always performed immediately after you find your mate"

"What do they do in the mating ritual?" I couldn't hold my curiosity.

She whispered three words that I didn't really stop to digest, even now I didn't want to think about it.

"Like the new hairstyle?" I was pulled out of my dazed state by Gwen's words.

I looked into the mirror only to be surprised by my own reflection.

She packed my hair into a bun with beautiful edges and curls that escaped the packing to fall on either side of my face.

My honey coloured hair was usually packed In a pony tail or left cascading down my shoulders and it was the first time it looked this beautiful.

"Thank you Gwen, I would like to retire for the night"

She nodded and left.

I waited until I was sure no one was near my room. I began to roam the walls of the palace, I needed to find my way into the dungeons.

Something in my head urged me to go back but my legs wouldn't work with the warnings.

After avoiding some guards who were dozing off at their post I muffled my footsteps knowing how sharp their hearing was.

The sound of footsteps walking hurriedly towards me made me push the nearest door I could find in panic, my back to the door as I closed my eyes to take in deep breath to calm my racing heart knowing how i could be found by that.