We are, Emily and me are currently seated in Kia's room, with Emily wearing a slightly worried expression, quite the contrast to her calm and peaceful one. I heard footsteps approaching from the corner of the corridor.
'finally, Kia's here' said the voice again. I almost jumped at it.
"Did you hear that?" I asked Emily.
"What dear?" Emily frowned, looking around to check what I heard. Kia entered the room locked the door. She made herself comfortable on the bed in between me and Emily.
"I was thinking about the approaching footsteps, of course now I knew belonged to Kia, but, earlier when didn't knew that, a voice spoke out that kia's here" Emily let out a sigh, took my hand into hers and started lazily drawing circles with her thumb. Her expression still full of worry.
"Do you remember the fantasy wolf novel we read couple of months ago?" It was Kia's turn to talk to me. I nodded as she placed her palm on my knee, giving it a gentle squeeze. Her eyes scanned mine for something but, I caught a little fear in hers.
" The werewolf's are not fantasy. They are real. They exist among humans." Those three sentences from her, set my heart racing and a scowl rested on my face. Is this another prank, she's trying to pull on me? But the seriousness in Kia's voice and the expressions of Kia and Emily said otherwise.
'she's not joking Lily' I heard the voice again.
"What are you implying Kia?" I struggled to form those words. My throat felt dry and lumpy. My voice barely a whisper.
"That you are also one of them!" My eyes almost burst out of their sockets and I felt it difficult to breath.
" Not just you girl, we are all werewolves" My head felt dizzy. Emily was in a moment beside me with a glass of water which was resting on a table, few feet away from us. How did she get it so fast, without spilling? that would probably remain a mystery to me forever.
" Oh dear! take deep breaths!" Emily handed me the water and I gulped down the contents. After a little pause, Emily came to her spot and took my hand into hers.
" I know it's very difficult for you, being thrown into an unknown world. Do you want to sort out things with your wolf first, or want us to fill you with all the required information?" Emily said with the same worried look she's been wearing since the morning.
"My wolf?" I questioned in disbelief.
"The voice in your head?! It actually belongs to your wolf" Kia explained.
"I think I should talk to the one's who are right in front of me first." I still feel very uncomfortable about all of this.
" You can ask me anything you would want to know." Emily said with a smile.
" So, the book we read, was it written by a werewolf then?" I asked in disbelief when the answer is rather obvious. Kia nodded and smiled at me.
"So, the concept of mates, that the book was all about, like the male being very possessive, caring and loving towards his partner? Is that all..? that's fake right?" I asked kia.She shook her head this time.
" Every thing you read in that book is completely true."
"Then, which means as I am eighteen now, I could find the person who would be my mate?" My voice turned a mere whisper by the end of the sentence.
Kia nodded and a lone tear escaped her eye. Why is she crying? Wait!
" Kia, yesterday... when Ivan said you got rejected..." I trailed off my sentence. Kia nodded "By my mate. yes!" I had nothing to say anymore.
" Mate is considered a blessing from the Moon Goddess. They are, to us, werewolves, more than what a spouse to humans are! The other half of our soul. The person who is like missing pieces of our soul." Kia's eyes went lifeless. Her face drained color and went as pale as a ghost.
"As you read it in the novel, rejection from your mate almost shatters you to pieces, because once you lay your eyes on your mate, your body, soul and every thing in you craves only for that one person. Even though mates reject each other,..... the bond.... the bond doesn't break" She is a weeping mess by the end of those words.
I couldn't help the tears streaming down my eyes. We wept quietly in each others arms. I can't believe my friend's hurt so much and here she is, in front of me, to help me with my problems. If Moon Goddess is what is the one responsible for the destiny of werewolves then, I am really thankful to her for blessing me with a friend like Kia.
Emily kept saying sweet words, to sooth our pain, and after a while, looks like it worked. When every thing seemed fine, Emily started speaking again.
" Kia, you know you can't miss the ball tonight right? It's a royal order that every wolf is supposed to be present at the ball" Kia nodded faintly.
"Lily. now that you are also one of us, the royal order must be obeyed by you too." I nodded and gave her a small smile.
" A ball?" I questioned Emily.
" Yes! king Alpha Logan has invited us all to the party which is Queen Luna ceremony for Queen Elanor." A king and Queen? My curiosity perked up.
"Queen Luna ceremony? That is like marrying his mate, right?" I asked unable to hold my excitement. The thought of being in presence of royalty got me all excited.
"Well, yes. But, just that our King has taken a chosen mate." I frowned at Emily's explanation.
" He is a King as well, a person who's been pressured by elders over mate, about 25, and finding one's true mate at such age is some thing next to impossible. So, he decided to take a chosen mate and make her the Queen Luna, also the fact that she is pregnant only added to it."
The King of the werewolves, who is supposed to be the role model to others is taking chosen mate rather than wait for his true mate? when it is frowned upon take a chosen mate in werewolf community? this is so confusing.
I excused myself before getting myself more puzzled and locked myself in my room. I want some time with my wolf.
I can't believe I'm not a human to began with. Now that I think of it, If Andrew is Ivan's friend, is He also a werewolf? In that case why was it kept secret from me?
'Don't jump to conclusions Lily. You should talk to Andrew in order to find out' My wolf said to me.
'Hello baby! what can I call you?' I asked.
'Emma! Andrew is our brother. He always wants the best for us. I think we should talk to him first before jumping to any conclusion' I smiled in approval. My wolf is quite smart to began with.
Lily Blue, a teenager, eager for her 18th birthday which is not even a week far, excitedly travelled to New York, to celebrate her birthday with him. Her only family, left after the death of her parents. Little did she knew what fate had in its store for her.
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