The Alpha's Mate

Chapter 15

    Chapter 15:

I'm supposed to shift in 10 minutes and I'm freakin the hell out. Jaiden said that he would be there with me the entire time, but I doubt that will help anything. Nicole has been informing me on the basic werewolf information, but I still feel so unprepared.

"Violet, are you even listening to me?" Nicole demanded, glaring at me when she sees my blush.

"Huh? Oh umm yeah, right, the Alpha is the head and the Omega is the bottom" I blurted out, trying to find some useful fact to help me out of this situation. Apparently it didn't work because she rolled her eyes and glared at me.

"We've already passed that. I was telling you about werewolf pups." She seethed, "Werewolf pregnancy's only last 4-5 months. We also age differently, we will grow normally until we reach 26, then our aging slows down and we will only age 1 year in 6 human years."

"So basically, I'm gonna outlive all my human friends?" I asked shocked. I was about to add something else but the searing pain in my back interrupted me, "J-Jaiden" I gasped out as my eyes search for him and I crumple to the group. I hear a door slam open and footsteps rush in my direction.

"I'm here baby, right here," He soothes as he encircles his arms around my body, "It's all gonna be alright."

I can feel him walking down the stairs, the slow rocking of his movement doubling the pain. I struggle to remember what Nicole told me about the shift process. I know that all of my bones will break and then reform into the shape the werewolf, but I don't think she properly prepared me for this pain.

"Make it stop!" I cry out as my arms began to sear with pain along with my back. I feel my fingers start snap, one by one.

"It'll be over soon sweetie, it's all gonna be ok." Jai chokes out, almost like he can feel my pain. He gently sets me down on the cool ground, causing me to whimper at the loss of his touch.

"Don't leave m-" I break off with a ear-piercing scream as my whole body stars to break. It's so painful that I wanna black out, to not have to stay in this pain.

But it won't stop, it never stops, the pain just keeps coming. It feels like hours, but it was probably only minutes, until the pain stops. I slowly open my eyes and look around, I'm in a small clearing in the forest, surrounded by trees. I carefully stand up on my feet. That's when I notice that I'm a considerable amount shorter than I was before. I glance down, expecting to see feet, but instead I am staring right at paws. I let out a yelp and quickly look around. I'm slowly beginning to panic, I have no idea where I'm at and I don't know how to shift back.

During my freak out I failed to notice the delicious smell of sweet oak fill the clearing. At least until I hear a soft chuckle. I snap my head in the direction of the laugh, and listen to the words that follow. "Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" I slowly trail my eyes up this unknown person's body and meet their eyes. As I looked into their eyes I got this overwhelming feeling of love, admiration, lust, and safety. When all those feelings hit me at once, I felt so free and exhilarated. It felt like I was floating in the clouds.

As I was looking at this man, I knew that I would lay down my life for him in a hot heartbeat. I wouldn't even hesitate. On top of these feelings, there was something oddly similar about his beautiful crystal blue eyes, almost like I've seen them before. And that voice sounds so familiar, sounds so much like someone I know. I can feel my eyes widen in shock when I recognize who it is, Jaiden.

'Mmm I would so lick his abs right now' An unknown voice comments in my head, causing me to scream (ok, maybe bark). Am I go crazy? Did the werewolf shift cause me to start hearing voices in my head? Oh my God. I'm about to have a panic attack.

'Oh calm down wimp, I'm your wolf... I thought you were supposed to be smart?' The voice comments. I think I'm developing schizophrenia.

'No, you are not schizophrenic. My names Gaia (guy-ah) I'm the first White Wolf created in the past 100 years." Gaia said with a snarky tone

'Great, I have a snarky brat in my head' I snapped back

'I am not snarky!'

'Are too'

'Am not'

"Darling? Are you ok?" A concerned looking Jaiden pulled me out of my argument with my wolf. I nod my big wolf head and try to tell him with my eyes that I want to shift back.

"I can see that you want to shift back," He smiles slightly at my eager nod. "Just think of what you looked like this morning when you looked in the mirror. Think of your beautiful features and your long curly hair and bright hazel eyes." He murmurs as he walks towards me and runs his fingers through my fur. I snuggle into his warm hands as I momentarily forget about shifting.

"I need you to think darling," Jaiden said sternly and removed his hands. I pouted but closed my eyes, I imaged myself in the mirror this morning and in a couple of seconds, I felt cool breeze on my bare skin. I snap open my eyes and search for Jaiden. He's still kneeling in front me. I can't keep my eyes off of him. It's like I have this need to keep him in my sight at all times. I steal a kiss from him when he was getting ready to say something. He chuckles slightly and I look at him curiously, silently asking him with my eyes for the reason of laughter.

"Now do you understand why I refused to let you leave?" He smirked.

"Oh shut up, that was definitely my wolf," I snap back.

"I'm sure baby." He teased and held out a t-shirt of his to put on. I gratefully took it and pulled it over my body.

"If I ever wanted to shift again, how would I" I ask curiously, still watching him in awe. I can't believe this is how he has ben feeling this entire time. It's so... overwhelming.

"You would focus on your wolf, just like you just did, and then you would let your wolf take partial control." He explained as he held out his hand for me to take. We started to head back to the house in a comfortable silence. I thought about what had happened in so little time, I've only been here for a couple of weeks and my life has already done a complete 180. Though I can't say that I would change a thing about it.

Damn right you wouldn't Gaia chimed in, making me smile.