The Son of Wolves (A Grey Wolves Series Fanfic)

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Five days. In five days, a full moon will shine over the forest and it will be time to preform the ritual.

I rolled over in bed and looked at Percy. He was sound asleep next to me with his arm wrapped around my waist and the other behind my head, acting as another pillow. A smile spread across my face when I remembered how I had wanted to sleep in my room, without him.

He had just finished brushing his teeth and I had been in my bed reading a book. He walked in through the door separating our two rooms and saw me in bed.

"Well," he said. "Are you going to scoot over and make some room for me?"

I looked up and shook my head. "Nope. You, sir, are sleeping in your own bed in that room." I jabbed my thumb behind me, towards his room.

He feigned shock. "You really think that I'm just going to say ok and slouch back to my room? I thought you knew me better by now, Crystal."

"I do know you, Percy. It's just that I need the entire bed because I move around in my sleep. One minute , I could be lying peacefully on my side and bam! I roll over and kick my leg, shoving you off of the side of the bed and onto the cold hard floor. Now, I truly think the both of us will sleep much better in separate beds-"

Before I could get another word out, Percy grabbed me from the middle of the bed and pulled me over to the right side of the bed. He then ran around to the other side and got under the sheets before I had a chance to protest. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me toward him until I had my face smushed against his chest.

"There, now you can't move and kick me during your sleep." He sounded so sure and confident with his plan that I had to laugh.

"Seriously, Percy. I can't make you any promises about you not waking up with a black eye or a bruise."

He released his hold on me just enough so that I could pull back and look at his face. "I won't ever let you go, Luna. Not now, not ever, and certainly not because you think you're going to become a ninja in your sleep."

I smiled at his little joke and laid my head back down on the pillows, knowing that there wasn't anything I could say or do to make him change his mind. After a few minutes of staring up at the ceiling lost in thought, I turned on my side, and saw that Percy was sound asleep.

Now, a few hours later, I'm awake again but not just lost in thought. No, my mind was up and running, thinking about what I would have to do in five days.

Personally, I didn't know what I expected. Maybe I was thinking more along the lines of doing a backwards rain dance around a bonfire and saying a specific code or incantation. In five days, there is going to be a full moon and Peri, Percy, and I would walk out into the forest clearing surrounding the mansion. I would then undress, so as to not ruin any clothes once I phased, and Percy would pour a passion vine-infused water all over my body, while Peri did some Fae magic. Supposedly, under the light of the full moon, with my mate standing by my side, a Faeire casting awaking spells, and the water , my wolf would resurface, allowing me to phase at will.

But those aren't what I was concerned about. My mind was worrying about another thing I would have to do. I would have to take Percy's blood. Once the water was poured on me, I would have to bite Percy's neck and drink some of his blood. When I had found out, I had said something along the lines of, "What, are you kidding me? I thought we were werewolves, not vampires!" And Jen had replied, "Oh come on, Crystal. We all love a good bite every now and again from our mates." I had wanted to die right then. I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me whole, but it didn't. I was mortified after hearing her comment with Percy still in the room. Jen was smiling wickedly, of course. Percy had just laughed.