Mine to Claim

Chapter 24

"Goddess! Look at her," whispers someone beside me but I am so engrossed in watching my sister shift into her wolf for the very first time, I forget about everyone around me.

Sierra goes down on her knees and then walks on her knees, getting closer to the newly shifted wolf who looks smaller in size. Sascha's wolf's legs are shivering as if they cannot hold its weight.

Sierra whispers, "Nikita, please show her that I mean no harm."

I nod at her words and push a soothing wave through her mind. Her wolf comes forward as if wanting to play with me but then goes down, falling in a pile of fur and legs. Sierra catches the she-wolf and coos at it and whispers something in her ears.

Slowly, maintaining eye contact with Sascha's wolf, Sierra then starts ripping off the clothes that are clinging to her wolf body. Her clothes tore off when she shifted but we let them be on her.

"Steady, pup. Little more to go," coos Sierra while holding onto the wolf with one arm and then making quick work of detangling her torn clothes from her body. Soon, Sascha's entire wolf is on display with her shiny black coat.

"So beautiful she is, isn't she, Fenris!" whispers Sierra while looking up at Fenris. At Sierra's words, I realize that Fenris has gone quiet, so have all the people around us.

I look up at Fenris and nearly gasp in shock when I see his eyes watering at the sight of our sister's wolf. Sierra spots that too because she quickly gets up and wipes off his eyes, not letting anyone else apart from me see his unshed tears.

Pulling at Fenris's hands and startling him out of his thoughts, I watch as Sierra makes him kneel in front of Sascha and I watch as Sierra picks up Fenris's trembling hand and puts it over Sascha's wolf head.

"Try communicating with her. You have a family bond with her," whispers Sierra to Fenris and he dazedly nods at her.

Closing his eyes, he continues stroking Sascha's wolf head while Sierra wraps an arm around him for support. He seems to be leaning on her unintentionally. I envy her selfless nature.

Slowly he nods his head and then opens his eyes, the blue orbs now shining brightly. His wolf is no longer worried. It's calm. Everything is alright.

"She spoke. She's well. Feeling disoriented but in good health," he whispers while stroking Sascha's wolf head and dropping a quick kiss on her head. Sierra giggles beside him causing Fenris to straighten in his stance and then he gets up, walking towards me.

Pulling me up on my legs, he hugs me hard and I gasp at his strength.

"Thank you, sestra. Nasha sem'ya teper' polnaya!"

Tears stream down my cheeks as I take in his words. Our family is indeed complete. Nodding my head and looking at him through my tear-filled eyes, I laugh when he laughs. He's happy.

"Let's take her back to the guest house. There we can try and make her shift back. She needs to rest before she can go for a run," whispers Sierra while supporting the she-wolf as she attempts to stand back but falls again.

"Okay," whispers Fenris and then looks back at me. "Can you teleport there?"

"Yes," I answer and then walk towards Sascha. Touching both Sierra and Sascha, I close my eyes and imagine the guest house allotted to me.

Landing in the living room, I and Sierra both hold onto the wolf as she collapses because of the uneven land shift during the teleport.

"There, there. It's fine," whispers Sierra while keeping a hold on Sascha. "Can you shift back, Sascha?"