‘Tighter Rie!’ I hissed at my sister for fear I won't be able to hold on much longer. I went to my secret chambers and I made sure this beast was taken care of. I expected to be able to come back to my room and rest. What I didn't expect was to be begging my closest sister -Rieka- to tie me to my red oak bed posts and guard the room in case I were to break free and go on a rampage.
‘This is as tight as I can get it brother. Relax. You know I'll deal with it if you escape.’
I grit my teeth and clench my jaw trying to restrain myself. At first, I didn't know what was causing my animal to lose its composure and go completely rabid. Then I realised the strong stench emanating from every corner of the castle. It was like being trapped in a rat trap. The worst part is that it's not an unpleasant smell.
I would be able to survive an unpleasant smell. I've smelts rotting carcases, trolls and swamps of corroding flesh and i’ve managed to come out unphased. But this Intoxicating scent. It's making me forget how to breathe or speak. It's making my brain turn to mush ; my dick to twitch. I've never felt so aroused in my life. And I know what the source is.
‘Hårbyn, what's causing this? Tell me, so I can get rid of it. You know I'm the only one that can hold you from doing something you’ll regret but even I can't stop you completely. If you were to lose control, there would be huge repercussions, you know this.’
I shut my eyes and squint as a bead of sweat drips down the side of my face. She’s right. I can trust her to help me bring an end to this. She's the only member of my family I would give my life for. I grip the enchanted chains she tied around my hands and clench my jaw for a millionth time before I gained the strength to speak to her. ‘Listen to me Rieka and don't talk until I'm finished. There is a human in the castle.’
‘What!’ she roared and I knew it was coming. I raise my tone slightly to alert her that I need her to listen and not speak.
‘There is a human in the castle. I found her trying to kill me a couple hours ago. I was going to kill her of course, but there was something different about her that caught my eye. I wanted to study her. Find out what she's hiding and what makes her so intriguing. I was going to take her with me on the quest where I'd be able to dig out all of her dirty secrets. But it seems she has some bizzare effect on me because I can smell her from here and it's driving me insane.’
I finally managed to look at her after struggling to open my eyes for what felt like hours. She looks at me with her deadpan expression. Like all of our siblings we don't express much emotion. Except anger or shock every once in a while. That's what I start to see forming on her face. A shocked expression. Then she crossed her arms and I knew this was the beginning of her scolding.
‘Are you insane? Not only did you fail to immediately eradicate a huge threat to our kingdom but you also decided to keep her around and take her to your trial as a toy to entertain you because you think there's something different about her.’ she rolls her eyes. ‘You've lost your mind Hårb. Moreover, you're not allowed to have anyone with you on the trial! Do you want to fail the trial and never get the throne?’
‘Can we do this later? When I don't want to kill everyone within a 10 mile radius.’
She rolls her eyes again. I swear she loves doing that shit.
‘ Tell me exactly what you're sensing.’
I clear my throat after feeling like I forgot how to speak ; I try to describe what I'm sensing to her. I close my eyes and focus on what is attracting me and causing my other side to start acting irrational.
‘I can feel her. It's like being able to sense her desires or her emotions. I usually hear dozens of sounds and thoughts from other creatures every day but now, it's like my body is pulling me towards her.’
I relax my eyes even further and I hear my sister's voice gradually getting more distant.
‘What else?’ she asks me.
‘I can hear her. Her heartbeat. The sound her hair makes on the silk pillow when she moves. Every breath she takes.’
I open my eyes and look in the direction of my sister.
‘Tell me what this is Rieka.’
Rieka has a grim expression plastered on her face. Whether it's confusion or her trying to understand the situation, I don't know. Her - what used to be - full lips are now thin and sucked in-wards as if she were frowning. Her eyes are studying me and her hands are on her hips. She definitely knows what this is. She just doesn't want to tell me.
‘Speak woman. I can feel these restraints loosening. We don't have much time sister for god's sake!’
After some motivation, she sighs and begins.
‘If my predictions are correct, you're reacting to her pheromones. It shouldn't be possible because she's a human and their pheromones should be weak in general, but maybe it's got something to do with the fact that you're sensitive to all sounds, smells and so on.’
She comes closer to me, moves one hand to her chin and assesses my body. I could practically see the thoughts spinning around in her head.
‘Yes. that would make more sense. Since you’ve never come across a human before, it would make sense you would react like this. After all, they act and feel differently from us and since you can pick up certain things on a different level from everyone else, it would only be natural you're reacting irregularly.’
‘Are you telling me I'm smelling scents like you?’ she sighs and pierces through me with her eyes.
‘ They're not called scents Hårbyn. They’re pheromones. I can smell them because wolves smell them naturally and since I was born with one gift like every other member of our family and mine was the gift of shifting specifically into a wolf , I can smell pheromones. You’ve always been able to do it as well for some reason. Remember when you were younger and you used to tell me how horrible and evil the creatures talking to mother smelt like?’
‘yes. But I thought that was just the fact that they had terrible hygiene and most of them lived in horrible places in the kingdom.’ I gape at her. I know my siblings are not supposed to help me with my powers as instructed by our parents, but giving me a heads up with what I was experiencing would have been nice.
‘No Hårbyn, those are pheromones.’
I try wiping a bead of sweat off my brow that was becoming increasingly irritating. It seems like these so-called pheromones are becoming stronger but I'm slowly getting the hang of controlling them myself. Well… somewhat.
‘How do I make them stop Rieka?’ I ask her, clearly struggling to get the words out. After a little while she starts laughing and I swear I nearly jump at her throat.
‘You can't stop it Hårbyn. It's instinct. Animals release pheromones voluntarily but also involuntarily. For you, this girl is something completely new and different so you'll be able to differentiate her from everyone else in this kingdom and therefore, smell her pheromones even if she's releasing the faintest odour. Which no one else can pick up.’
She sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose.
‘None of this would have happened if you killed her immediately. Trust me, I know how you feel right now. My wolf can detect pheromones as you know. It's what they do best. But I don't know why you're the only one that's smelling hers.’
‘I don’t fucking care!’ I interrupted her desperately.
‘I’m losing my mind sister. Since you seem to know so much about this, do whatever you think will bring an end to all of it.’
I focus all my strength into staring at my sister to show her I'm serious. I want this all to stop. This human will not ruin the most important time of my life.
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