The Royal Alpha

Chapter 41: Full moon's here!

SIERRA

"Why are you leaving early? The full moon's tomorrow." Tatiana asks nervously as we stand at the gates to bid farewell to Caliana and Lycidas.

Instead of a car, Lycidas has a motorcycle. I never would have thought that the quiet and brooding Lycidas owns a motorcycle and surprisingly is quite fond of it. He straddles the monstrous vehicle and waits patiently for Caliana who is lecturing me about how I have just healed and shouldn't participate in anymore duels. I nod innocently and try to control the urge to roll my eyes at her motherly affection.

"Baby?" Lycidas calls her and I breathe a sigh of relief as he comes to my rescue. Caliana turns to look, no, glare at him for disturbing her rant and I wave my hands for him to take her away before she decides to give me anymore of her stifling lectures. Tatiana just chuckles watching the drama but I ignore her.

"In a minute! I am doing something important here!" exclaims Caliana pointing at me.

"And what would that be?" Lycidas asks cheekily earning an eye roll from his mate.

"She tends to get into trouble. I need to warn her since I won't be here to patch her up and then Fenris will scold me later when he finds out," she says shaking her head. I pale at the mention of Fenris.

"What did he say about me?" I ask quietly.

"It is nothing sweetie. He just told us to look after you." Caliana walks closer to me and takes my hand, squeezing it.

"Well, if he was so worried about my wellbeing then he shouldn't have drugged me," I say bitterly remembering Tatiana's confession about scenting drugs on me the night of the claiming ceremony. Caliana wisely keeps her mouth shut, moving back a little and I sigh. I don't want to make her sad. She's going to suffer anyway through her heat.

"Come on. Please go and lecture Lycidas not me. I'll be fine. Tatiana is here with me and don't worry, I will look after her," I boast making her laugh and Tatiana to scowl playfully.

"You take care of our friend." I wave my finger at Lycidas who playfully salutes me, lending a hand to Caliana as she climbs on behind him. She waves at us and then they both zoom past us towards their pack.

I hear a huge sad sigh from beside me and turn to look at my roommate. She looks pale and so sad I totally understand how she feels right now.

"I miss Zion. I feel left out here but on the other hand, I don't want my first time with my mate to be during the mating heat. How bizarre is that?" asks Tatiana.

"Hey, don't worry. I am going to be here and if you really want to go to Zion now, then you should go. I know that you feel that he might be obligated to make you feel better during the heat and then later his bond towards you will dampen. But that's your insecurity speaking. Where is my level-headed friend?" I ask to lighten up her mood. She shudders as she hears me talking about the heat and I know that I've hit the right spot. I hug her. She looks so lost, so unlike the rock-solid personality of Tatiana Lupe.

"I'll think about it. I just need some time to think, you know. Will see you later?" she asks, her voice thick with unshed tears and I nod watching her leave.

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A slight rustling startles me from my train of thoughts. I look around to see a blond wolf and from the scent of it, a female one, walking towards me. She looks strangely like the one I encountered on the day of the claiming ceremony. I completely forgot about my first kill until this moment where the exact replica of that she-wolf stands a few feet away from me. Taking a deep breath and cancelling out the background smell, I focus on the wolf in front of me, realising that she strangely smells familiar. My doubt is confirmed when the wolf shifts into Amora and the fact that she is completely clothed. An unexpected growl slips from my lips and I watch in fascination as she curls her upper lip in resentment at my threat. Fascinated that she looks slightly different from the other day. Her eye colour is black, completely black not even a hint of her irises which is quite different from the previous green which confirms that she isn't a werewolf like me, she is something else. Maybe her irises are black but then Fenris's eyes also turn black sometimes. Is it because some wolves tend to have such a trait? But Fenris is a werewolf, he's my mate, he shifts into a naked werewolf, not a clothed one, right? She starts walking in my direction and I prepare myself to dodge whatever spell she throws at me.