Little Red Wolf

Chapter 4.

Realization  “What the actual f**k!” I yelled then stumbled back a few steps and since I was not looking where I was going, I fell on my ass. The black wolf came slowly closer without making a sound nor breaking eye contact with me, and I just stayed on the ground, leaning on my elbows, very still until the enormous creature was right in front of me. It stood there for a few seconds before it laid down, tilted its head and let its long pink tongue hang out of its mouth puppy-style. My mouth was still a bit open, but I shook my head then sat up straight and slowly reached out for the big puppy. The black fur behind his big ears had already been heated up by the sunrays. It was the most exhilarating feeling to touch this huge animal which I took a few minutes to appreciate before I stood up. When the wolf got up, I realized just how big this animal was, I am 5 ft 3 and the wolf was easily a foot taller than me. The wolf turned around smacking me gently with the tip of its tail and made its way back to the bush where the wolf transformed back into Alexander. He stood still looking very uncomfortable for a few minutes before he let a smile appear as he said: “hey if you could close your eyes or turn around that would be great!”. My eyes widened before I swiftly turned around on my left heel and I shrieked “Sorry” as I felt my face pink up once again. “I know you’re eighteen and that you´ve probably seen quite a bit already” he said confidently and with an auditorily noticeable smile. I am not eighteen? I didn’t really want to tell him that but before I even got a chance to correct him, he continued: “but I like to wait with that bit, especially when it’s with a girl as beautiful as you”. Me beautiful? Was I dreaming this? He did just call me beautiful, right? Did I imagine that? Why does he think I am eighteen? Do I really have to tell him? A voice in my head, which seamed strangely familiar, sneered “yes of course you do Amaya!”. The unknown voice in my head startled me a bit but not as much as the warmth I suddenly felt on my back, it felt like the sun in July. “I know they didn’t tell you” I heard Alexanders dark yet soothing voice right behind me. I froze for a second before I turned around to face him but when I turned around, he was nowhere to be seen. “There is so much I have to tell you Amaya, there is so much you don’t know” Alexanders voice gave me a clue of where he was standing but when I turned in the direction of his voice I couldn’t spot him. Confused and slightly disoriented, I spun around to catch a glimpse of him when he suddenly appeared right in front of me which caught me by surprise and coursed me to step back and loose my footing. Alexander caught my hand before I hit the ground and the second our skin touched; I saw it. I felt it, whatever it was our eyes were locked and I could see him, I mean I could really see him, the essence of his being. There was a warm transparent red light embracing him, well embracing the both of us. In that moment I knew he was mine and I was his, I knew he would never lie to me and that he would always support me. Alexander looked as shocked as me standing frozen with his lips slightly parted. After what seemed like a minute, he pulled me up so I could stand on my own, then he said: “I didn’t know that”. I only managed to push out: “you didn’t know what?”. “we’re mates” he said with gratitude all over his face. I did not know what that meant, wait did he mean that we were friends??? Please do not let that be it I looked confused at him. “don’t worry I will explain, but there are more important matters to discuss before we get to that” he said, smirking at the end of the sentence. I could not hold it back, I had to say it: “I’m not eighteen!” covering my mouth right after the last word had left my lips. He took a deep breath while staring at me with pity in his eyes before he said: “a lot of what you think is true is not, but I’m not sure you can handle it all”. I pulled my head back a bit and said: “that’s not up for you to decide, tell me what you know right now! All of it! I have the right to know”. As his breath met the bottom of his lunges and he exhaled he nodded and said: “you’re right but brace yourself”. He took another deep breath as he looked to the sky, exposing his neck to me. Even his neck was delicious.  Then he looked me dead in the eye and said: “You are eighteen, your parents lied to protect you. You are a werewolf, more specifically you are a Luna. The school is not like any other school and you-…”. He stopped clearly at two minds on whether to continue. “The last parts are not for me to tell you, ladybug” he said bending his head to the side while smirking provocatively. The well-known anger came over me as I screamed: “don’t call me that!” and I moved to give him a small push on his chest, but when I pushed him, he flew back 15 ft as if he was hit by a car. My hands grabbed my mouth and my eyes were as big as ever. He quickly got up and laughed completely uncontrolled as he brushed off the dirt. “omg I’m so sorry!” I yelled with an apologizing look on my face. He walked towards me still laughing and said: “Amaya relax I’m fine, I’m actually more than fine, my mate is badass”. He stopped right in front of me with a huge smile on his face he did a squat, put his arms around my upper-thighs and lifted me up. I froze, what was this? Not that I really cared as long as we could keep doing it. Dark brown eyes looked lovingly at me while he rested his chin against my stomach, and I melted inside. Felling bold, I reached for his hair and I combed my fingers through his dark locks causing his eyes to close in pleasure. After a few minutes he opened his eyes and put me back on the ground, the second my feet landed on the ground and his touch left me, I put my hand on his cheek. He put his hand on mine as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes and allowed them to meet with mine, I felt my breathing get shallow. I wanted to kiss him, and why the hell shouldn’t I? “Do it!” the familiar voice in my head from earlier demanded which made retract my hand from his face. “it’s just your wolf babe, don’t be scared of her” Alexander said with a calm voice that reassured me. “she will be your best friend and help you, well she is you” he explained. Stuff like that would usually have freaked me out but my mind could not decide which part of newfound information to freak out about and therefore just did not have any kind of reaction at all. I was simply a sponge at this point, soaking up everything he told me and accepted it as absolute truths. After staring into the abyss of his dark eyes for ages, I managed to find my starting point: “I’m eighteen?”. “yes, there is of cause a longer story to go with that, but your parents had to lie to protect you” Alexander said in way that indirectly asked me to save my questions on that topic. I just looked down and nodded. “I’m a werewolf?” I said shaking my head in disbelief. Alexander put his index finger gently under my chin forcing my eyes to meet his once again and said: “yes, but you are very special” again with the no explanation. “you are just repeating yourself now with explaining anything!” I shouted at him while crossing my arms and simultaneously hiding my closed fists. He looked at me with an apologetic face that only seemed to piss me more off. “ladybug, I’m s …” he did not get to finish the sentence before I transformed into my wolf.