Mutt ~GxG~

Chapter 18

I call it a Maned Lyenafish, a maned hyena plus a lionfish.

She was beautiful in every sense. She is beautiful in every sense and even more so now that I'm lying beneath her, her shoulder length hair falling over me as we kissed, experimenting with our every touch. Leah pulls away, my arms falling off her neck. I lift myself up and Leah sits beside me, her hand still on mine.

"That was indescribable." She whispers. I smile knowing it was the same for both parties involved. I lean my head on her shoulder and she plays with my hair.

"Will your family be okay with me?" I murmur. I can't see her expression but I feel her lips touch my forehead gently.

"They already love you," I'm a bit in a bit of shock at how domestic this is. I've only ever really seen my brother and Zoe be even half as affectionate as this. My parents never did this as far as I knew and I usually avoided highschool couples altogether. Too much drama, especially when they find out they aren't compatible. Honestly I always thought the mate bond was overrated but this. I could say I would go through everything all over again just to be with her but that wouldn't be the truth. The truth is that if I could choose, I would never go through that. People have it so much worse than me but I almost wish I wasn't born. I was the product of an affair after all and if that never happened then neither would I, sure, but my parents wouldn't have to suffer. My brother wouldn't have to suffer. I haven't been through as much as others, people have it far worse than me. I'm being selfish, I know but if I wasn't born then I would never have met Leah. Or maybe I would still exist, as someone else. But then I wouldn't have my brother.

I didn't want to lose anyone, even if it would be better for them.

"I can hear you overthinking." Leah grumbles. "Stop, it's dumb." I chuckle softly as I squeeze her hand. I can't tell her everything yet but someday. Maybe it's just the mate bond speaking.

"I have to go back tomorrow, my brother will be worried."

"Just go with me to school, he can drop your stuff off there."

"I think he might be a bit," I shudder disgustedly as I think of all the sex my brother and Zoe would be having. "Busy."

"Then we'll drive over and pick your stuff up."

"No way in hell."

"Why can't w-"

"No. Trust me." Leah shushes right up and there's a comfortable silence before I ask her something.

"Are we sure your family will be fine with me?"

"My pa might have a fit when he realizes that carving you might not be very easy but he'll be fine." I giggle at the thought.

"And that's it?"

"Definitely." I grin up at her before we're rudely interrupted by one of the siblings (they're really pridemates but I'll just call them The Siblings™) calling us down for dinner, to which Leah responds by growling loudly. I get up, feeling the loss of her warmth and pull her down by her wrist.

"C'mon, I don't wanna miss out on your dad's cooking." Leah just smiled and allowed me to drag her.

The meal was pretty smooth, a baby arugula and strawberry salad as well as a huge fish (I think salmon) which made my bear, cat and eagle go wild. My wolf preferred yesterday's lamb but never mind that. The man also made a batch of muffins that I absolutely loved. After we finished the meal, we kinda just sat there and talked for a bit and then Leah squeezed my thigh and leaned in to ask me a question.

"Are we telling them?" I pause. Do I? I mean we're pretty early on and young so worst case scenario they don't like me but I doubt they're gonna kick me out after being so kind to Laith's mate. They seem like nice people and not telling them felt like hiding vital information, especially since Leah was supposedly a future alpha. I took a deep breath before intruding on the conversation.

"Um, p-pardon me but I have something to say to everyone." I say cautiously. "I am not really a cat shifter, er, I'm kind of a mix. I- er, long story short, I'm a mutt. The table was silent before Leah's pa interrupted.

"God you could'a told me earlier! I'm already done the cat model. I just needa paint it now, and now I gotta start over!" He grumbles "Well now, spill, no point in hiding the truth much longer, what are ya then?" I chuckled awkwardly. Leah didn't even really know this.

"I'm part golden eagle shifter, part brown bear, part brown tabby and part red wolf."

"I think pa's on the verge of having a mental breakdown." Nicholas comments.

"How the fuck do I carve that?" He whispers. Tora, hearing him curse, hits him on the back of his head.

"There are children here!" She exclaims.

That went pretty well I think. Well dinner's over and the people on cleaning duty are doing their thing so Leah leads me back upstairs.

"I'll never get tired of your dad's cooking."

"Yeah yeah, good to hear." She seems distracted and I'm not sure why.

Wait.

Her hair was a lot shorter and more of the thick hairs started growing on her limbs. She was shifting, although unintentionally.

"Hey Leah, you're uh, getting a bit hairy."

"My lion really wants to meet you." I nod, unsure of what else to do.

"Uh we can shift and go for a walk with me in my cat shift." My cat purred at the prospect of meeting her mate while my wolf yipped jealously.

Leah nodded. "I'll get my mom to get the car ready.

"Which one?" Leah's half shifted eyes flick over to me.

"Lenina, she's having a work break."

"Alrighty then, let's get shifting." I point to the bathroom to which Leah nods and walks into said bathroom while I start stripping in preparation to shift. This'll be fun.