Mine, Forever Mine

Chapter 2: Family Matters

After learning about my family, I sit there quietly. "How is this possible?" I ask Kane. He turns to me, "Our family was given the gift to shift. Our first ancestor was given the gift, and it passed down. All of us are wolf shifters. You'll shift when you turn 16, in a few weeks." I look at him, turn into a monster like him? I say in my mind. I'm not a monster, Alexa. I hear Kane say. I turn and see him on his phone. "Kane, did you say that?" I ask. Say what? he asks again. I was looking at him, and he didn't talk. "You can talk through your mind with all wolves." Kane says, out loud. "And can they read your thoughts too?" I ask, hoping not. "Yeah, that's how I knew you said you were going to turn into a monster like me." He says sadly. I lay my head on his shoulder, knowing I hurt him by thinking that. "I guess tomorrow you should get to know the pack, since you'll know who when you meet them." He tells me. "One question though?" He asks me. "Where did you get that bite on your ankle?" I look down and see a bite mark. "That wolf." I answer him. He snarls and the navy blue smoke envelops him again. He snarls again and looks at me with anger brightening his eyes. He comes to me and lays his head in my lap. I pet him on the head and gently scratch him behind his ears. Soon I start nodding off. He licks my nose, waking me up. Gently he take my hand in his jaws and carefully takes me to my room. I lay down on my bed and Kane curls up at the foot of the bed, watching the door. "Goodnight, Kane." I yawn. I hear a small bark back. I smile and fall asleep.
I sit up in bed, and stretch. Kane walks past me, "Morning Sleeping Beauty." I laugh, "Morning, moron." I go into my bathroom to clean up. I brush my teeth and hair, and wash my face. I go downstairs to make breakfast. "Alexa, today I need you to dress up nicely. But good for the cold. Tonight you'll be attending a pack meeting, so you can meet possible future pack members." Kane tells me over breakfast. I nod, "so like a sweatshirt, jeans, and my Vans will be fine?" I ask. "Yeah, I'm basically wearing the same thing, but being a wolf elevates my body heat. So I can wear a tank top and not get cold. I'm just gonna wear some jeans, my Converse, and T-Shirt." He replys. I nod, and take our plates to the sink. I wash the dishes then head upstairs. I grab my long sleeved T-Shirt, and put on a maroon sweatshirt over. I slip into my black skinny jeans with small holes on the thighs and tears on the knees. I put on my all black low top Converse. "Kane! I'm going over to Declan's house for a little while!" I yell before I walk out the door. I had already grabbed my skateboard, so I got to his house faster. I walk up to Declan's door, and knock. I hear some shuffling on the other side of the door. Then Declan's older brother, Luke opens the door. "Morning Alexa." He says cheerfully. "Morning Luke." I say back with a small smile. I've always had a small crush on Luke, but I never really told him. Declan shoves him away and smiles, "Hey Alexa." I laugh, "Hey Dec." He lets me in, and we go to the living room. "So Alexa, what are you doing today?" Declan asks me nervously. "Going to some get together with Kane." I reply, "Why you asking?" I ask turning to him. And before I realize it, his lips are pressed against mine. He pulls me closer by wrapping an arm around my waist. I don't react and he pulls back, staring into my eyes. "That's why I asked. I was going to ask you out on a date, Alexa. I really really like you, and I hope you could give me a chance." He pleads, his eyes glimmering with hope. Just then Luke walks in. He takes a deep breath through his nose, and then lets out a growl. I see his eyes changed from the light brown to an icy blue color. Then a navy blue smoke envelops him just like with Kane. Instead of seeing a white wolf, a pure black wolf is growling at Declan. The same blue smoke envelops Dec, and a similar black wolf is growling back. Except Dec has a white mark on his chest. They growl and I lay a hand on both their heads, calming them. Soon after, the blue smoke envelops them and they sit on each side of me. "Luke, how could you?" Is the first thing I say. "Do what?" He asks, sounding confused. "Didn't you bite me last night? When you were chasing me in wolf form?" I say. He looks up at me, "No. I was home all day yesterday. Why?" I turn to him, "Last night when I was coming home, a coal black wolf, like yours, chased me home. Right before I got to my yard, it bit down on my ankle. After that, a tattoo appeared. I came to show Dec that." I say, then slip off my left shoe. I take off the sock and pull up my jean leg. They both growl.