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Nathan's Pov.
"Nathan, I lied to you." Not subconscious says. "What?" "I lied about what we are, we're not human." If I was awake right now I'd give not subconscious the angriest look.
"If we're not human, what are we?" I ask, struggling to contain my anger. "Remember when I was telling you the story about Outilissa and her mates?"
"Yes." "Well we're a bird shifter and I'm your inner bird." I don't even know what to call her anymore, explains. "What do I call you then?"
"Adira." "Well, Adira, what the hell kind of bird are we?" I can't believe I'm a disgusting supernatural. My whole life has been a damned lie.
"I don't know. You've never shifted. We could be anything from a hummingbird to a golden eagle." Fucking great.
"Nathan, you have to wake up. You can't leave us." A familiar voice says as I feel a pair of hands wrap around my left hand. "Please." I feel warm tears fall on my hand as the voice continues begging.
"I'll try to heal us faster. But we're not werewolves, we don't heal quick as lightning." Adira says from somewhere deep in my mind.
"Please hurry. I need to get back to my men." I tell her as I focus on the words the voice is saying.
"Nathan, after your surgery you slipped into this coma. Please, come back to us. Come back to me." Is it Cole or Brantley saying this? I don't think it's either of them, their voices aren't this deep. That means it's Luke begging.
No, that can't be. Luke is the epitome of what a leader should be. Leaders don't beg, this must really be affecting him.
"I love you to death. You can't die." He whispers. He loves me? No, it must be like a sister. He can't love me like a lover.
A Few Days Later
"You said that we won't know what kind of bird we are till we shift. When are we going to shift?" I ask Adira.
"I don't know. It has to be soon. You're twenty-one now. You should shift any day, I'd think."
(I looked and can't find anywhere that I said how long she's been in or how old Nathan is during her time in the marines. So I guess she'll be 21.)
"Nathan, please wake up." A voice beckons to me from the world of the awake. A bark follows the beckon.
"Captain. I have to see Captain." I tell Adira as I fight the coma I'm in. "Captain!"
"Did you hear that Luke? I think she said Captain." A voice says. "Captain!" I feel my lips move, I must be talking but my eyes won't open.
A bark to my left lets me know he's here with me. I desperately try to move to my left, trying to get to my dog.
I feel my eyes open slightly and I see him. "Captain my buddy." I grin at him. "Oh thank God you're awake!" Brantley sighs in relief.
"You really thought some little ole shrapnel could take my life?" I tease the three of them. The look of yes we did crosses their faces.
"Y'all were wrong!" "Nathan, we have something important to tell you." Cole says with a look of dread.
"Spit it out, I'm feeling sleepy." I yawn. "You've been medically discharged from the marines." If I was drinking I'd spit it out in shock.
"What? That damned doctor should've just let me die." I fume. "The doctor didn't actually discharge you, the werewolf kings did." Bentley explains.
Mother fucking werewolves ruin everything!
"I have some explaining to do." I yawn as I feel my eyelids close on their own. "But it can wait."
The Next Day
I wake up and yawn. That was a good nap.
Huh, none of the boys are here. They must be off doing other important things. Like actually being in the marines and not being discharged by two fucking stupid werewolves.
"Calm down. When we see them again we can reject them." Adira says. "Good idea."
All of a sudden the door opens and in walks Luke. "I'm glad to see your awake." He beams at me as he sits in the chair to my right.
"Tell me more about this damned discharge."
"We got a call from Commandment that the werewolf kings had a special order. An order that would medically discharge you and that you'd be sent to them once discharged from the hospital." Dirty fuckers.
"How do you know them Nathan? It's not everyday Commandment calls saying the werewolf kings want you discharged immediately." He looks worried.
"Call in Cole and Brantley and I'll explain." Oh this is going to be hard.
Once the boys and Captain are in my room and the door is shut I start talking.
"In high school I was always getting in fights, often beating the shit out of my opponent with an insane amount of strength. I was playing the last softball game of my senior season when I heard mine growled from the stands behind me. After the game I was leaving when two werewolves came up to me and snarled mine. I was ready to fight them but instead I drove off in my truck. I guess they finally hunted me down."
"What does the strength have to do with the story?" Cole asks curiously. "I'm a bird shifter." I almost choke on the words. Scowls cross all three of theirs faces.
"I'm sorry guys. If I'd known I was a supernatural I would've just lived in the woods for the rest of my life and never joined the marines. And as for the werewolves, I thought they'd never find me. That's why I never mentioned them." Not a word is said from any of them.
"If you hate me forever I understand." It'll kill me if they hate me, but I will understand. I kept secrets from them.
Captain nuzzles my hand with his head as if to tell me everything's going to be alright.
"You're getting discharged from the hospital in three days since you can heal with that bird shifter magic." Luke bites out before storming out of the room with Cole and Brantley close on his heels.
"Oh Captain, my life is over." I rock side to side, trying to get on the floor.
Eventually I got there with a thud, pulling my heart monitor and iv cables with me.
(The following words in italic are the song Today My World Slipped Away by George Strait.)
I hit my knees and told God how much I hurt. Nothing left of my heart. It's gonna be so hard to make a new start cause today my world slipped away.
Tears drip down my face and I feel Captain lick them away.
We buried the plans we made and tonight I'm alone and afraid cause today my world slipped away.
All my friends say I'll make it alright, I'll recover and start a new life. But that'll be so hard to do cause livin' ain't worth livin' without you. Cause today my world slipped away.
I can't stop the tears from flowing. I haven't cried like this since Dad died.
I've lost my best friends forever. And I've been discharged from the marines. I might at well be dead. This is pure hell.
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