Soul Mate

Chapter 44

Satin couldn't believe that the guy she secretly despised was actually Sebastian's mate! There was just no way.. the goddess must be playing some sick cruel joke on her.
Sebastian was hers. No one else's. Mate or not. And she would do absolutely anything to have him.
She had been gone for only a year but everything had changed.. it hadn't even been that long! Or had it? That idiot had managed to totally steal her spotlight. She would teach him a lesson of his pathetic little life! StreamVille was her town, she ruled it! Not some rainbow boy.

She slowly paces in her room, seething with anger. She had gotten back from Sebastian's awhile ago. It was late but she wasn't about to go to bed without a concrete plan on how to approach her current predicament.
But she was certain of one thing.. she needed to take River out of the equation.

" You need to let it go. Sebastian isn't our mate. I've been telling you this since forever." her wolf says.

" You don't know anything!! ANYTHING! You're just some useless wolf who can't even defend me in times of danger. You are weak! And if I happen to realise your true mate, I will reject him, so I can watch you suffer!" Satin barks out.

Her wolf whimpers and stays silent.
She hated the thing! If it were possible she would kill it off! Everything that was happening was solely it's fault.
She had been born a common wolf.. which is why she tried to climb up the social ladder.. and what better way to achieve that than dating the Alpha's son.
She had hoped to become Luna but now her dreams were all crumbling to dust before her..
If only her wolf had been born warrior!
But the stupid thing was a runt.. no wonder she never gave it a name. It didn't deserve one.
Stupid wolf!

She marches into her bathroom and faces her mirror. Her fingers softly caress her smooth face..

Iam beautiful.. she thinks to herself.

Then an idea struck her, and an evil smile spread across her pretty face.

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River Blair.

Today was the day we tell the Alpha about my wolf. Since it's already past midnight. I was nervous, and a little scared. I didn't want to be at the receiving end of his wrath. From what I'd heard, the guy was ruthless when mad.
When I got home from the stream, you know after the award winning sex I had, I tell my parents everything. Well apart from what happened at the stream but they figured it out anyway. That's something I couldn't hide. My mom was ecstatic.. she wore a cheshire grin like she was the one who had been mated. It was creepy to be honest.
The prophecy however quickly sobered her up. I was surprised to know that she had heard about it before. Apparently it was a story that her parents told her as she grew up. It was repeated throughout her generation. Her grand parents told it to her parents and so forth. Kinda like a tradition.
And when she was a teenager, apparently she met a strange lady who told her she would bare the saviour of the werewolf race. She didn't take it serious... Well till now.
We were all gathered in the living room, trying to make sense of everything.
When mom suddenly gets up and rushes upstairs. We look at each other confused.

" Is she okay?" Greta asks dad.
He simply shrugs, the poor guy was used to her antics.
We hear her rummaging around upstairs, then comes flying down the stairs out of breath.
She was holding a little box in her hand. It's shaped like one of those boxes that hold rings. It's silver and beautiful.

" What's that Mel?" dad asks.

She takes her seat and holds out the box.

"This is something my mother gave me. She said it was passed on to her by her mother and so on. She told me I would know what to do with it when the time came. I didn't understand it then, but I think I do now. With everything that's happened, you getting a wolf and now the prophecy. When I was growing up, my mother always told me the story of two great wolves who would save us all from self destruction. She said our race was tainted with evil, wolves turning against each other and commiting atrocities. It's only the love between these warrior wolves, and will of power that would right all wrongs." She pauses and looks at each of us, I guess for dramatic effect or something.
" Of course me and my sister thought it was just talk, we never took her serious. But then before she died, she gave me this little box, and told me to guard it with my life. And never to open it. That I would know what to do with it when the time came. Even with my stubbornness, I knew when not to take things lightly. So I never opened it. And I guarded it with my life." She finishes.

" So you think that time is now?" My dad asks, looking at her with curiosity.

" I don't think, I know. I know it deep in my bones. Something just tells me the time is now."

We don't question her judgement, but eagerly look on waiting to see what treasures the little box holds.
My mom takes in a deep breath and hands it over to me.

" You should be the one to open it."

I nod, then take the box from her.
I stare at it, taking in its shiny silver cover before flipping the top open.
Inside lies a thick silver pendant. It's strap delicate and smooth. I lift it up and something drops to the ground.

It's another strap.

I place it on the table and continue to examine the one am holding.
Two wolves are drawn on it. Only that the other is... I squint my eyes and gasp at what I see.
It's an image of two wolves, just like in the book. But with a slight difference. It's nolonger a reddish brown wolf next to the black one. But the Huxembeast!!

I realise the pendant can be broken into two.
That must be why there were two straps. To make two pendants. I snap it in two and give the half that has the Huxembeast to my mom.

" I think you loop that strap through here to make another pendant." I tell her and she immediately gets to work.
When she's done, she hands it to me and I hold both of them.

" Now what?" Greta asks, looking impatient.
Honestly I didn't know. Perhaps I should wear the other half?

" I think this one belongs to Sebastian, and this one to me." I say as I hold both of them.
" Mom, come help me put it around my neck."

She does as told, pushing my hair out of the way and clasping the pendant with the black wolf around my neck.
The moment the pendant touches my skin, it begins to glow and I feel a jolt of electricity shoot through my entire body.
I hear gasps from around me and I look around.
I let out a shocked gasp of my own.
What I see both excites me and terrifies me at the same time.
My entire body was glowing!!
Like some light was stored inside me and was releasing these beautiful rays of brilliant light.
The entire cabin begins to shake, like we were having an earth quake. The water pipes begin to rattle dangerously before they start to snap.. letting out a low rumble.

We were definitely going to need some serious plumbing!

The kitchen pipe bursts open and water shoots out of it in all directions!
Greta starts to scream as dad runs over to try and hold the leakage.

What was happening!!??
I was starting to panic.

My ears fill with the sound of rushing water and I look around frantically already worried that we were going to be hit by a huge wave. But I don't see a thing.
The sound was deafening!
Water starts to leak from the ceiling and Greta screams louder.. mom was just standing frozen in her spot as her cabin floods from unknown water sources.

Sweet goddess!!

" You need to come down! Your panic is causing this.." zane screams in my head. I barely hear him over the sound of running water in my head.

" What is going on???"

" It's our power! We have the power over water.. the pendant must have unleashed it. The more you panic, the more we lose control." he rushes out.

Deep breaths, deep breaths.. I've got this.

As I control my breathing and erratic heart beat, the deafening sound slowly dissipates and the glow dies down. The kitchen tap stops flowing and all is quiet..
I look around at our flooded cabin dumbfounded.. as realisation downs on me.
If Padre Gonzalez could control fire, and bend it to his will, then water must be my element.

Sweet Goddess and her creation!
I could wield magic!

That explained alot... Like why I had this weird fascination with water. Why it calmed me down.
Why I was never afraid of it.
Am still caught up in my thoughts when my mom speaks..

" What just happened!" she must have finally found her voice.

" I think I know." I say, as I clasp the pendant in the palm of my hand. They all stare at me, waiting for an explanation.

" I just unleashed my power."