Ashlyn gave a small scream as Micah suddenly, dropped to his knees, already sprouting fur. He was an alpha and as such his transformation was fast and pretty painless. In the blink of an eye, Micah was gone, and in his place was the wolf from the fence. The wolf sat on his haunches and stared at Ashlyn. It’s eyes were the same as Micahs but they were glowing strangely. She still felt the same pull towards him that she does to Micah. Hugging her knees and huddled against Marks side she whispered softly “Micah?” She gave another squeal as the answer came inside her head ‘No, my beautiful mate, Im Zander, Im part of Micah. You know me too’ she was panting softly in panic, Mark was trying to calm her, rubbing her back and encouraging her to breathe, but it was Zander who managed to calm her. He stalked over and pressed his nose into her neck before wriggling his head under her arm and sitting down again at her other side. He seemed to be even bigger than Micah, drowning Ashlyn in fur. Ashlyn snuggled into that fur that she had been wondering about since she saw him at the fence, it was even softer and fluffier that it looked, Ashlyn was more that happy to be curled up against him like this too, because Micah was right, he was the wolf that she saw on the fence. Zander slowly settled down on his side, letting Ashlyn sit leaning against his stomach and ribs. He chuffed, self satisfied and gloating almost at his father and mark as Ashlyn sat playing with his fur gently.
Rowan gave a chuckle. Moving a dining chair closer to the group. “Zander, I need Micah back now. You can bond later” Zander threw his head to the side and closed his eyes.
‘Tell him I’m gone, I’ll let Micah listen but I want you’ Zander told Ashlyn. Even as Micah fought him for control, clearly he was clinging to control with everything he had. “Z…Zander? Urm…. I think you should do what your supposed too… we can… uh… talk more later” Ashlyn whispered. ‘Oh my little mate, but I like you touching me and whispering doesn’t make a difference, they can all hear you still’ Ashlyn can hear a distinct laugh in her head as she blushes deeply.
A moment or two later, the voice is gone, replaced with a calm presence, Ashlyn can’t explain how she knows but somehow she can tell that Micah is back. Rowan starts to speak again “Micah has come to an arrangement with his wolf, who is a little excited to be with his mate, they will be staying in Zander’s form for now, Zander is convinced that you are cold Ashlyn and need his fur to keep warm” there was a hint of amusement in Rowans voice as he said this, Micah huffed and put his chin on her shoulder.
“He told me he liked me playing with his fur” Ashlyn admitted sheepishly.
“Not to worry, wolves will say anything to spend time with their mate, and as you don’t have a wolf, you are both Micah and Zander’s Mate. Now I know people have been saying this but no one has really explain it to you have they?” At Ashlyn’s shake of the head, she didn't want to bring up more stereotypes from books and films, that didn't seem to go over well last time, Rowan continued, “actually, a few of the books do get this bit fairly accurate. The gods select a soul mate for every wolf, we refer to them as our mate, we have a bond with them to help us find them and some pairs will even develop a mark on their body, almost like a tattoo or birthmark, when Micah saw you at park view, he was obviously as he is now, in Zander’s form and unable to talk to you. But he heard your name and we managed to find out a little bit about you. He orchestrated to break you out and brought you hear as we have heard, because being apart from you would have started to make both of you sick. Already neither of you were sleeping well away from the other. Micah was very irritable and angry, he was impulsive and rather reckless. A mate bond, for a wolf is something to cherish, our mates are our world usually, there is no one more important and we are never quite the same without them. Often the male half can be very possessive and overprotective, as you might have noticed, I don’t know if women are just better at hiding it or if the bond genuinely affects them differently. It is hard for us to let our mates out of our sight and have other men around them, especially unmated men. This tends to get better once we have marked our mates, unfortunately, Micah is going to have to wait to mark you, legally he cannot until you are 17.” Somehow, while his father was speaking, Micah had managed to get himself wrapped around Ashlyn even more, he now had his back paws between her and Mark, his front paws by her other leg, his head and tail in her lap. He nudged her hands now to encourage her to stroke him. She smiled down at him a little. Rowan took this as a signal to continue “I know this is a lot to take in, but it not all bad, as you have already found out, you can communicate telepathically with your mate, you’ll be able to do that with all the pack when you join officially, you both take comfort from being near each other, you’ll both be stronger with each other and it will only grow as your bond strengthens, you’ll heal faster, get sick less, you’ll know when either of them lie to you, you’ll be able to find them, you’ll be able to pick up on their feelings. You’ll feel complete and content when your with your mate.”
“I have a question…. Why can I smell him? I don’t mean like BO or anything, like he always smells like trees and grass after a storm and books” Ashlyn asked in general
‘Because I’m your mate, I’ll smell like things that attract you, you smell like fruits to me, the sweetest fruits’ Micah said in her head, at the same time as Rowan said “even human mates find that their lycan mates scent is noticeable to them, like a very strong perfume. What a wolf or anyone smells like to their mate, is different to what they smell like to other people, for example to me, you smell like fresh running water, air dried sheets, with hints of baby smell and something a bit sweet.” Mark nodded in agreement with that assessment before adding “a woman’s scent will also change to everyone when shes pregnant, the babies scent mixes with hers until its born, and after she looses her virginity… just information that can be useful to have. Once you two are fully mated and marked, you will always smell a bit like Micah and he will always smell a bit like you, not like now because you’ve been touching, but like it get threaded into your scent almost. It’s hard to explain, but don't panic if he starts to smell different as you get closer” Micah huffed and flicked his tail at Mark “hey, if you want to educate her yourself then change so we know what your saying and what we need to tell her, idiot. It’s not my fault you want your fur stroked like a man whore” Ashlyn laughed a little at the one sided teasing, Micah kicked Mark with his back paw, baring his teeth a little, but his body was too relaxed and the kick too light for him to be serious.
Ashlyn turned back to Rowan, pointing at mark “what’s he mean when he says fully mated and marked?”
Rowan looked slightly uncomfortable, like he didn't want to be having this conversation, they didn't even know how much she knew about sex and relationships. “Oh… well…. Marking is just a small bite on the neck, it leaves a mark like this” he pulled his shirt away from his neck to show Ashlyn a neat little scar in the crook of his neck “it strengthens your bond and cements it” he coughs a little “if both parties were really determined, before marking each other they could… how should I put this… have intimate relations with other people”
Mark was laughing at Rowans discomfort like it was a form of entertainment now. “He means if Micah doesn’t bite you when your old enough you can both learn to ignore the pain and fuck other people. But you’ll never have as much fun as you would with Micah and you wont find anyone in this pack who will fuck you, you’re the Luna” Mark explains “and part of the bonding process with your mate is fucking them, thats what we mean when we say fully mated and marked, they’ve fucked and bitten each other” he turned to Rowan, “she has had sex and relationship education, they offer a full curriculum at the hospital, and Ashlyn was doing pretty good in most things. We should get the teachers to assess her and try to get her GCSE’s if she wants too” Ashlyn could hug him, but Micah was now wrapped right around her like a snake and wouldn't let her move. So she just grinned and nodded, the blush still on her cheeks.
“One more question, you keep talking about a bond between a man and woman, what about a gay or lesbian wolf? Would they get a mate of the same gender then if they are attracted to each other or would their mate still be of the opposite gender?” Both Mark and Rowan looked dumbfounded and just looked at each other, not really having an answer, Micah laughed loudly in her head before he spoke ‘being gay doesn’t occur to our gods, we’ve never had the situation come up in our pack, but its 50/50 the gender of their mate and they can try to build a bond without sex and sleep with other people or they can reject their mate by not completing the process’
“There is one or two more things that I may as well share now. So, the pack has a tradition of Alphas Marking their Luna publicly, the elders may insist on a public mating too. But we can cross that bridge when you are old enough.” Ashlyn paled slightly at this, hoping that they didn't expect her to go through with it, Micahs growl displayed his displeasure at the prospect too, Rowan either doesn’t notice or chooses to ignore them. “The college of mages is going to send someone over, a young man called Kit they have decided will be best suited to the job. He will send word when he is finished with his current assignment.”
Ashlyn gave a sigh “I need a break” she mumbled, getting up and padding into the kitchen, she got herself a can of coke and headed into her room, shutting the door gently behind her.
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