Possessive Alpha Kaden ✔️

Chapter 14

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Mystery.

My life is clouded with it.

From when I was little, I never understood the layers of mystery that surround my existence, and in some ways I still don't. I never understood why I couldn't play with the other pups my age, or why I couldn't go camping with my school in the neutral territory a few miles west of our house. My dad always looked at me and said it was too dangerous, even when I was constantly supervised by other members of the pack.

By the time I was twelve I understood why my dad was protecting me, but I didn't understand what was wrong with me.

My first shift happened when I was at school. I was sitting in my history classroom when a bone splitting crack shot off, my leg twisting painfully underneath my body. It was utter agony, I had never felt a pain like it. Not even when I broke my leg learning to ride a bike with Lyle or when I fell headfirst down a flight of stairs because I fell over my dad's slippers.

They had carried me home and given to me to my father who was utterly confused as to why I was in so much pain. A normal shift is supposed to take around three hours, the pain is supposed to be hard but bearable. My pain on a scale of 1-10 was an 11, and that was me playing it down to my dad, to make him think I was strong.

My dad couldn't work out why my pain was worse than that of anyone else combined, even more so than the late shifters when their first shift is in adulthood. My father couldn't understand, but he understood after I fully shifted a day later, way longer than any wolf shift ever recorded.

Shiva was the same size as an adult wolf, even though she shouldn't have been. Your wolf is supposed to grow with you, celebrating birthdays and christmas with you as you grow and mature together. At the same time. Shiva was a pup at heart, with the strength and heightened senses of a fully capable, fully adult wolf. Because she was still a pup, and it's in her nature to develop, she developed her skills to far greater than that of even the most powerful alpha on the planet.

I had to be kept a secret.

And once again, I'm being kept in the dark as to what exactly I am, and what I'm capable of.

Last night, my mum and Dad didn't give me a very helpful overview of what they knew in regards to me suddenly being able to move water with my mind. They just shared a look with each other, the secret looks between them that only they understand as they mindlink one another.

"Come, let's sit." They had said as they led me into their new living room.

They basically told me everything in riddles, every sentence and phrase encrypted with obscure phrases, finishing everything with "You will understand in time, Luna will show you the way."

I'm not a massive fan of cryptic puzzles, or phrases that make zero sense to me. It requires me to actually think about what a person is telling me. I was never good at riddles or "who am I" games, because I can never click the pieces of the puzzle together in my head to make a bigger picture.

I'm always left with jumbled pieces that I know are connected, which leaves me infuriated and almost hating myself.

Just by looking at them I can tell that they know exactly what's happening to me. I'll admit I'm crap at interpreting things, but I'm very good at reading people. I can tell when someone is upset or someone is hiding something from me.

Like now.

I mastered this skill just by being in the presence of Sophia for too many years. Because she wanted to be the best warrior this pack had ever seen when she was little, she always bottled up her feelings to appear tough and in control.