Lost (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 7

The man growled at Connor. Wait. Growled? What in the world is going on down here.

I suddenly felt a sharp pain start spreading from my stomach. I screamed in pain and crumbled to the ground but the man caught me before I hit the floor. "Ahhh!" I screamed as the pain got worse. I heard my bones cracking and breaking while the others watched in horror of what was happening to me.

It felt like hours before the pain stopped. I was left lying on the ground panting heavily. The pain was so excrutiating that I still felt sore all over. "Babe, it's okay. Come on. Try and stand up." I tried to stand up on my own two feet but all of the sudden I fell back down not being able to balance weirdly enough.

The man chuckled and I looked as he turned into a wolf in front of my eyes. Am I going crazy? The wolf used its snout to lift me up so that I was standing on all fours. I looked down and saw that I had furry paws instead of legs and I tried to scream but all that came out of my mouth was a howl.

I looked at the man and suddenly, his voice was in my head. 'Hey beautiful... Don't worry. It's just me. Now, my mate, we are going for a walk for you to get used to being a wolf.'

I nodded my gigantic wolf head. 'What's your name?' I whimpered and tried to tell him that I had no idea how to talk to him. He seemed to understand what I was saying. 'Imagine a connection between us. Then use that connection to convey messages to me.' I nodded again and closed my eyes, imagining a string connecting the two of us together and tried. 'Hello?' I called out. 'Hi babe. So what's your name?'

'Um... I'm Clarissa but people call me Clary.' I answered. 'Clary... That fits such a beautiful girl like you...'

The man- or should I say wolf- helped me up, putting most of my weight on him until i could walk properly. We walked deeper into the forest and by the time he asked me to change back, I could already sprint.

Another man walked towards us and passed the man some clothes. He went behind a tree and came back out human and wearing only a pair of basketball shorts. 'Um... How do I change back to a human?' I asked him. "Just picture being human again. You in your human body." He gave me the clothes and I went behind a tree like he did and tried to imagine myself as a human. I opened my eyes again and looked back down to see myself naked but in human form and quickly put on my clothes to avoid catching a cold.

I walked out behind a tree to see the man waiting for me. "Come on. Let's get back to the others." I nodded my head. "I told you my name... but you never told me yours." I said. The man looked at me and chuckled. "My name is Alexander. But you can call me whatever you want, mate." There is that word again. Why does he keep calling me that and what does it mean?

"Why do you keep calling me mate?" I asked him. He looked at me and turned back to the road we were walking and acted like he didn't hear me. I guess he didn't want to talk about it...

We met up with the others a little while later and I could see a little fear in their eyes. What is going on? "Clary? Are you alright?" Jace asked and I nodded my head.

"Come on. Let's go before more of them come back." Alexander said before turning around, grabbing my hand and pulling me with him.

The rest of our group followed behind us.

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As we kept walking, I could see a clearing nearing us until houses and people came into view.

Where is this? Everyone turned their heads when we walked into the clearing and bowed. What is going on?

He was still holding my hand as we walked towards a gigantic mansion. I could feel Jace glaring at our hands from behind. I gaped and looked around as we entered the mansion.

"Ben, bring our guests to their room." He told a man. The Ben guy led everyone towards the left. When I tried to move together with them, Alexander pulled me back towards his chest, causing me to land in an awkward position with his arms around me.

I quickly pulled away from his arms even though I felt safe in his arms. I could feel sparks where he had touched me.

"Umm...Yes? Why did you pull me back?" I asked him. "Cause you won't be sleeping with them." He sighed and said, "Just come with me." He walked towards the right side of the house and up 4 flights of stairs before leading me a complicated series of turns before reaching the end and opening the door.

he opened the door and walked in while I followed behind him. I looked around and gaped. This was a room for a freaking king.

On the left was the bed against a wall in the exact middle. There was a door on the wall beside it which I think is the closet. The balcony was right next to the bed too, on the right of the bed. The right side of the room was the bathroom and it was gigantic!

"Sit down." He told me and I sat on the edge of the bed while he sat next to me.

"Look. You wanted me to explain why I call you my mate. So I'll explain it to you now." I looked at him. "A mate is a soulmate. They are made for each other by the moon goddess. And you are my mate."

I looked at him shocked.

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So you guys might have known that she had some emergencies, so that's why she was unable to update it herself. However, she would be giving me her book whenever she finish writing a chapter aaaaaand I would be helping her to update!

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~Abby