Pack law

Wikipedia

The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face and breast of a woman. She is mythicized to be treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are gobbled up whole and eaten by this ravenous monster. 

 

Caitlyn POV

We decided to spend the day together since we really didn’t have the time to really get to know each other. So James took me to the safari park near our houses. We were waiting for a car in a restaurant, just sipping on our juices and talking.

“A wolf of course.Now its my turn what your favourite colour?” I asked he thought and said: “Your eyes.” I gave him a stern look and he sighed.

“Fine be like that. Its green.” He gave me a look.

“Your deepest secret.” I growled. “Come on babe.”

I rolled my eyes and said: “Actually, you know both of them. My dyscalculia and the fact that I’m a shifter.”

“Liar, liar.” He taunted. I tried to stare him down, but he gave me an alpha look. I raised my brows to show I wasn’t impressed and he smiled.

“Please, Mate?” he begged. I growled, but nodded.

“Fine, but if you’ll use it against me you will only be able to eat through a straw.”

He looked insulted and said: “I would never hurt you and I would never betray your trust you know that. I’m your mate.” I bowed my head and nodded.

“I know baby. I’m afraid of heights.” He looked at me.

“But you jumped down to the canyon.” I looked at him.

“Of course I bloody did, I thought my mate could’ve been dead.” He nodded and gave me a melting smile. I blushed and looked at the road.

“Our cars here.” We greeted our tour guide and got into the car.

“Good day miss, sir.” The man said. His name tag said Larry.

“Well hello Larry.” I said. James greeted him with a small nod. We sat ourselves down and two elderly woman came walking into the car when Larry had greeted them once they were seated we took off.

“Aren’t you two just the most adorable couple.” One of the woman said, James shot me a ‘What the f*ck’ look and I giggled.

“Thank you ma’am. I’m Caitlyn and this is my boyfriend James.” I said friendly. The other woman reached out and pinched James cheek. I almost couldn’t control my laughter.

“We are Bea and Harriett, Puppet.” She cooed at him. He was bright red and at a loss of words. I nearly choked on my laughter and grabbed my stomach.

“Oh, look a wolf.” One of them exclaimed. I looked outside and took a few shots just to not seem suspicious. I wasn’t really interested. If I wanted I could pet a wolf all day. I was more interested in the lions, or even the rhinos. We drove past a cheetah and I cried out and grabbed James arm.

“Look how fast he is.” I exclaimed. James unclasped my hand and smiled before leaning in to me.

“You’re faster, honey.” I frowned, way to ruin my fun.

“Hush, puppet.” I hissed, laughing at his red cheeks. He grinned and kissed my cheek.

“Sure make me blush, honey. Just you wait till we’re alone.” I blushed and gave him one of my most charming smiles.

“You promise?” he laughed and pointed out of the window.

“Look, those are the rhinos you wanted to see.” I quickly got a few snapshots and leaned back against James chest. When we drove past the giraffes we saw a young one.

“Look Jimmy, It’s a baby.” I cried out. James smiled and rubbed my arms. The two elderly lady’s giggled and started talking about the young animals on the farm they grew up on. I took that to mean that  they are sisters. I told them I had two younger brothers and told them few of the things they pulled at school. When we arrived at the restaurant we went inside and took a table together.

James went to order and I sat down with the lady’s and talked with them. When James came back we where laughing and criticizing famous man. James shook his head and laughed at us as the conversation turned to our significant others.

“My Marty always left the table hoping he wouldn’t have to help cleaning it.” Bea said.

Harriet laughed and said: “Arthur, just couldn’t remember to keep the toilet seat down.” I laughed, and that’s what made them turn to me.

“Dear what does your boy do?” I gave James a loving smile and said:

“He tends to overreact.” He growled deep in his throat. If I wasn’t a werewolf I wouldn’t have been able to hear it. I gave him a glare.

“And he won’t admit he’s whipped.” I continued, he shot me an angry glare that reminded me he was an Alpha and does not enjoy being criticized. I shrugged the feeling off and gave him a serene smile. He growled deeply again. I gave him a stern look and turned back to the ladies. We talked about nonsense, till it was time to head back to the car. I reached for James’ hand but he pulled his away. I asked the Ladies to wait for us over by the car and turned to James.

“What?” I asked a little hurt, he growled again.

“I made a joke of it last time, but do not tell anyone I’m whipped.” I laughed relieved it was something like that.

“I’m the alpha.” He growled and that rubbed me in the wrong way.

“And what am I a ladybug?” he rubbed his neck and looked at me.

“No, you’re my mate, my Luna, but I am the alpha.” He said. I shot daggers at him and growled so fiercely he took a step back.

“What so now I’m less than you? You outrank me?” I asked coldly. He started to shake his head.

“The last time I checked I was in line for the alpha-ultra.” He frowned at my comment.

“Low blow, Baby. I mean we are equals, you can tell me I’m whipped in private as much as you want, but not in public. I don’t go around telling people that your whipped now do I? Lets just agree to be equal, ok?” I nodded. He just completely stole the wind from beneath my angers wings. I grabbed his hand and smiled.

“Lets just go.”

James POV

“Look down honey.” One of the ladies said. Caitlyn had buried her face in my shirt when she noticed we were driving past the edge of the cliff. I rubbed her back and shot the ladies an awkward smile. I softly muttered something comforting in her ear and mentally snapped at myself for panicking, purely because she was scared.

“Its gone, gorgeous.” I said as soon as we drove away from the edge. She looked up to me and out the car window, She leaned against me and let out a big sigh of relief. She looked as pale as corps and the relieved look on her face made me want to go outside and fill up every gap in the earth. While I was at it I might as well flatten all the mountains. Suddenly my attention was brought back to where I was by my mate rubbing my arm.

“You’ve got nice muscles, honey.” She said calmly. I grinned and looked her over.

“You don’t look bad yourself, Cat.” I muttered. She grinned openly at me.

“So Dear have you solved our riddle yet?” Bea asked.