We ran for a couple hours in complete silence until Tigerlily told me I could take a break.
‘Kitten, what’s a mate?’
‘A long story,’ She didn’t snap at me for calling her kitten, so there was definitely something wrong.
‘We have time,’
‘Fine,’ Giving in that easily? This isn’t my wolf, my wolf is a stubborn bitch. ‘I already told you about the mating process, right?’
‘Yeah…’ I shuddered, remembering the horrific moment when she revealed all of this information to 12-year-old me. The only reason she told me at that age is because my first period came and I thought I was dying.
‘I left some details out,’
‘NO! NO! NO! I DON’T WANT THE DETAILS! I STILL NEED TO EAT!’ I pleaded with her. Not again, I can’t handle the talk again!
‘It’s not like that!’ Tigerlily snickered, howling with amusement.
‘Oh…’
‘Every werewolf has a mate. A mate is a being chosen by the moon goddess specifically for you. They are your other half, and the one you’re supposed to go through the mating process with,’
‘So he was trying to start the mating process with me?! GROSS!!!’ I screeched in our Mindlink. ‘What if we run into another mate? Will they try to meet with me?!’
‘Hun, each wolf has only one mate,’
‘Oh, so we don’t have to worry anymore because I killed him!’ A grin formed on my face. But… Some part of me started feeling sad, and I almost let out a whimper. I shoved that yucky sadness down, because the emotion made no sense to me.
‘You didn’t kill him,’
‘What?! I tore his stomach open! How can he be alive?!’
‘If you actually killed him, then you would be in a massive amount of pain,’
‘Why would I feel pain? And why isn’t he dead?!’ I have never, ever failed to kill anyone. He should be no exception! A growl escaped my throat, while relief filled my body. Why though?
‘Mates share a special bond, so we would feel if he died and we would be devastated and unable to heal from his death. Lucky for us, you aren’t close to him, which means we won’t feel pain if he does. Also, he isn't dead because he's an alpha and alpha's have faster healing than regular wolves, if you forgot.'
‘I didn’t forget,’
‘I can feel when you lie,’ She hummed.
‘Whatever. Now, how do you get rid of a mate?’
‘We can’t get rid of him, so instead we have to run,’
‘I hate running away and I’m tired,’ I whined. ‘Are you sure we can’t kill him without getting all depressed?’
‘Well, you could go through the mating process with him-’ I don’t want to do it with him. A shiver went down my spine as a dirty image popped in my head. The shiver is just because I’m so disgusted by him. Yeah, that’s the reason for it.
‘You can start thinking of places far away from here, while I eat and sleep. We’ll leave in the morning,’ I declared.
‘Atta girl,’ She purred.
‘Are you sure you’re not secretly a kitten? You really sound like one.’
‘Shut up,’
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