The Silver Claw

Chater Three: The Explanation

Eli's Pov

And at that moment I realised, Theo Lawson was my mate.

Ezekiel, the Lawson's father, greeted Theo as he walked in. He hadn't noticed me yet, but that is ok, it doesn't matter, right? Just because he's my mate and he hasn't realised doesn't mean he has to notice me straight away. "Ah, son, sit, sit, I want to introduce you to the Adam family" he nodded and sat next to his eldest brother, Mateo. I looked at him and admired his features. his beautiful brown, untamed hair, with bright green eyes, and his smile when he laughed at something Mateo had said. He was beautiful.

"So son, I believe you go to school with Eli here, so you probably already know that he is a spirit, plus I have told you that there family is, but I want you to know them better, so this is Parker and Iza, their parents" he waved at my parents and said "hi" before his father continued "and this is Dominic, Caleb, Violet, Scarlet and obviously you've met Eli" he nodded hello to everyone and smiled at me with his beautiful smile. His mother then began talkin.

"ok so I hate to get straight into this, but you have obviously heard about the murders, and it is someone like us" his mother said, and I whispered to my mother "what do they mean "someone like us" mother, what are they?" I asked. My mother chuckled and said "they are werewolves, couldn't you sense it" I nodded and looked wide eyed at the rest of the group. Theo then chuckled and asked "ah, so you didn't know?" I nodded shyly and hid my head to cover up my blush. "it's ok, that you didn't, not a lot of people do" I nodded again and then asked his mother a question. "um, but if you don't mind me asking, how can you be sure it was a werewolf, and not a vampire, or a sp-spirit" I said and she looked at me and then forward and nodded, to who, I don't know. "good point, we don't, but we can only guess. You see Eli, a new pack is in town and we have reason to think they are powerful and big, bigger and more powerful than us, therefore they are a threat for everyone." I nodded and she continued talking.

After the meeting finished, I talked to London and Theo and learned more about werewolves. Theo told me their story of origin and I told them mine.

"so many moons ago, the moon goddess, Mala, was born. When she was 12, she was bitten by a wolf, which happened to carry a disease, a disease which made her turn into this beast. A beast which can turn into a wolf. She was the first werewolf. After time, more of our kind came to be, and by now we have over 200 packs with 45 to 85 people. We don't turn on a full moon, we can turn when we want, and some of us, especially un-mated werewolves, cant control it sometimes and turn on emotion. We learn to control it through time and eventually you can choose when you turn. I am the beta of my pack and I live for it. It has its downs, but all in all its fun. Um, so yeah that's about it I think. Oh wait, we all have a mark on our lower back, which tells people what pack you are in, your position in the pack, and if your mated or not." Theo concluded his speech with a "yeah so, that's us, Wolfies" and we all chuckled before I told my families story.

"Caleb, get your ass over here and help me tell um the spirit story crap" my younger brother, Caleb, came in to the room we were sat in and we told our story. "so one day, many centuries ago, Salena, our goddess, was born. She had majestic Powers and was hunted for them. One day, she stumbled upon a small town, riddled with werewolves, Vampires and witches. She took refugee in the small town, and so the first spirit family came to be. That's our story do you want to know anything else?" I asked and they nodded, and Theo asked "do you have mates? Ooh and do you have like groups with ranks and um, London? Any questions" I chuckled at him and looked at London. "can you explain what spirits are, father and mother would never explain when we asked" I nodded and began answering their questions, Caleb helping every now and then.

"so we have mates, with we can tell by what our animals colour is, if it is a natural colour, we have found a mate, it is unnatural, then we don't have a mate. In order to go through with the mating process though, its- well, weird, uh Caleb! You explain it" my brother glared at me but explained non the less. The others payed close attention to our story. "to go through with the mating process, you must mark your mate. This can be by biting them if you are a territorial Spirit or giving them a hickey and so on. Then you, well, mate with them. And boom, its done. But the mating must be romantic and loving, not just desperate one-night hook up type shit my brother-mph" I shoved a hand over Caleb's mouth, and he looked and me a grinned. "so yeah that's that um, as for groups and such, yes we do. We have Bands. There are 4 rankings. The Elders, the Alders, The Indlings and then the Roughlings. I am a Alder and my father and Mother are Elders. The Elders and Alders make the laws and rules and govern the Band. The Indlings and Roughlings are like the members, no real purpose but to be warriors and fight if need be." They all nodded and then I began to explain what we were.

"spirits are beings that can turn into any type of animal. We have an animal inside of us, in my case, a fox, and they have a whole different persona than us. We can manipulate an element of earth if we so wish and you know the rest." They nodded then father came in and said we had to leave. I said goodbye and gave Theo a piece of paper. I hope, just hope, that when I eventually tell him he's my mate, he wont reject me. I couldn't live with it.