The Lycan King and His Mysterious Luna Chapter 21

More hours pass and the pain only gets worse. Seraphina and Celestia take some of the pain, but as they said, it doesn’t help that much. Last count, we are nearing 16 hours and I still have not shifted. My body collapsed a while ago, and Alex has been sitting with me on the ground. He looks so defeated. I know he hates that he can’t take the pain away and make this easier for me. My parents left for a while to make sure all was well at the pack house. The rain came and left quickly thankfully so the blanket I had was enough to keep me dry and warm. Beta David was sent to the pack house to meet Gamma Ethan and get some food and rest. The sun will be up in a few hours, and I still have not shifted. I cannot go through this another night. My mother tried feeding me some soup, but it only came back up. The water she gave me after that stayed down and felt cool on my dry throat. Suddenly Alex is on his feet and his brows are furrowed. I wonder what he is thinking. I didn’t have to wait long because he turned and looked at me and then at my parents.

“My love I think I know why you aren’t shifting. I didn’t think about it earlier and I’m sorry that I am just realizing it but are you fighting the shift?” Before I could answer I felt my mind-link connect to Alex and both my wolf and Lycan yelled “Yes” to him. I held my head and whimpered from the pain. “We’re sorry Freya” they said in unison.

“My love you must stop fighting it and let it happen. The pain will still be bad but not as bad if you just go with it. Let your wolf and Lycan take over and do the work for you.” I hear what he is saying but I don’t know how to do what he is asking. The pain is too intense, and I realize that naturally I have been fighting against the shift. He tells me to relax but that is nearly impossible.

“I can’t do it! Stop telling me to relax!” I’m panting in between screams and tears are pouring from my eyes. He looks like he is thinking, and I can see pain in his eyes. “I didn’t mean to yell at you. I’m sorry.”

“No baby I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I am going to have to do.”

“What are you talking about?” my mom asks.

Instantly I thought he was going to reject me because I won’t shift. My heart starts pounding in my chest so loud that I can hear it in my ears. As if he can sense my train of thought, he looks at me and smiles.

“Don’t even think that way my love. I will never reject you. If you didn’t have a wolf, I would still accept you as my mate.” I smiled at him. Is it possible to love someone this quick because I think I love this gorgeous man. I don’t just mean his looks, but all of him.

“Alpha and Luna, you may want to go back to the pack house for this next part. Actually, I must insist you go back to the pack house. Please don’t make me order you. I don’t want my in-laws to hate me for commanding them to do something. I’m already going to feel bad for what I’m about to do to your daughter.” Then he looks back at me. “I’m very sorry ahead of time for this my love. Please don’t hate me.” I watch as his eyes glaze over and so do my parents’ eyes then they clear, and I see them nod to him before they both tell me they love me and walk away. I look back at Alex with questioning eyes. He smiles at me weakly before standing tall at his full height and I can’t help but stare at him.

He takes a deep breath and looks at me with sadness in his eyes before schooling his gaze and staring at me. “What are you...” Before I can finish, I feel his aura radiate outward and hit me with so much force that I lose my breath for a second.

“SHIFT NOW!” He yells with all the authority of an Alpha and my body starts to spasm and my bones start to break and change over and over again never keeping one shape. Hair spreads on my hands and arms before going back under my skin, and it does that a few times as well. My screams turn to howls and there’s an echo of a deeper howl. My wolf and Lycan are both screaming at me to just do as he says and not fight the shift. Suddenly the pain stops and my body collapses on the ground with me panting and gasping for air. When I finally catch my breath, he does it again and my body does the same thing. Somebody please just kill me now. This can’t keep going or I swear I will kill my own self.

“Freya Cabrera, I command you to shift!” This time my body starts to contort as it has before, only everything seems to be staying in place. My bones twist and reshape, my skin is covered in hair and my screams of pain are loud guttural howls. I’m panting as my body morphs into that of my wolf and for a few minutes I lie on the ground, but when I try to stand up on my new legs, pain hits me again and my body starts to reshape with my back straightening and now I’m standing on two legs and my paws turn into clawed hands. My face is more human shaped and has less hair on it now. I try to move but I’m still shaky from all the pain and shifting. I don’t stay in this form long and shift back into that of my wolf form. My body collapses onto the ground again but this time nothing else happens.

After catching my breath, when I look up at him, I don’t have to look up too far because now we are about the same height when I stand up, and he is just staring at me in shock and awe. I mind-link him and ask him what is wrong, and he just smiles and shakes his head at me. “Nothing is wrong my love. You are just absolutely the most beautiful wolf and Lycan I have ever seen.” He smiles again and if I could blush in this form, I know that I would be right now. Exhaustion is slowly leaving my body and being replaced with a powerful energy. This energy fills me from everywhere and I slowly stand up. Looking down at my paws, I can see fur so white with a kind of light blue tint. I turn my head and can see my tail is the same color. I wonder to myself if I’m the same color all over or if the bulk of me is another color.

Knowing I need to see myself; I look at my mate who is still smiling at me. I mind-link him. “I want to go for a run. I want to see my wolf.” I’m practically bouncing and prancing all around him at this point. A deep laugh rumbles from his chest and not only me, but my wolf and Lycan stare at the gorgeous man in front of me. His laugh sounds the same as it did in my dreams. Is it possible that I was dreaming about my mate? Does that ever happen? “Okay my love. Lets go for a run. My wolf and Lycan would like to see their mates as well.”

He answers me without the mind-link and then starts stripping off the only article of clothing he is wearing, his pants, and I quickly turn my head giving him privacy. I know we are mates and everything, but I am not ready to see his most intimate parts just yet. The sound of bones breaking and realigning brings me out of my thoughts, and I turn my head back to him. Standing before me now is the biggest wolf I’ve ever seen. He is bigger than even the Alpha wolves I have seen. As he steps near me, I take in his midnight black color, that is so black it looks blue. The blue in his shiny coat is darker than mine. His body rubs against mine leaving his scent on my body and I lean into his big body. He must be about a foot taller than me and that is saying something because I am very big for a she-wolf as I am a bit bigger than a normal Alpha wolf.

Moving away from him, I give him a wolfish grin and lick his snout before taking off into the forest. I’m surprised at how much faster I am now. My body seems to zip through the forest like lightning and I can hear paws thundering behind me and I speed up, not wanting him to catch me just yet. The wind blows through my fur, and it feels great. My wolf and Lycan are having fun finally being able to be free and even happier that their mate is with us. I tell my Lycan that she will be let out as soon as my wolf is tired. During my taking in of the sights and sounds of the forest, I neglected to keep listening to the most important sound and when I realized I hadn’t heard his paws in a while, I quickly stopped and started sniffing the air. I couldn’t smell his scent and now my heart started to speed up in panic. Where is he? Did I run too far? I start spinning in circles trying to pick up his scent. My wolf starts to whimper and so does my Lycan. I sit on my haunches and let out a sad howl. Suddenly something runs at me and tackles me before I have time to react and me and the object go tumbling through the forest. My instincts kick in after the initial shock wears off, and I use my back legs to kick the attacker off of me and I roll to the side and get in a defensive stance as a deep growl rumbles from my chest warning them away from me.

Laughter enters my mind and my hackles start to relax as I notice the wolf in front of me. He is sitting on his haunches and if wolves could smile, I’d say his wolf was smiling at me. His head cocked to the side as he looked at me. “What’s the matter baby?” I could see a smirk on his wolfy face, and it angered me a little. It wasn’t that he was laughing but more that he scared me when I couldn’t find him.

As the anger was building, a thought entered my mind, and when he wasn’t paying attention, I tackled him and bit his tail before taking off into the forest again. I heard him yelp in pain then take off after me. “You can run my love, but I will find you.” I giggle in my head and keep running until I reach the place I’ve been trying to get to this whole time.

When I could see the lake, I slowed my steps and walked to the edge and looked into the water. I was pure white with what looked like light blue tips all over and not just my paws and tail. I stared in awe at my reflection. I was beautiful. An equally beautiful black wolf was suddenly next to me, and I leaned into his body taking in his scent and a calming feeling came over me. He nuzzles against me, and we lay down looking out over the water. We don’t speak and that’s good because there are many thoughts running through my mind at the moment. Why was my shift so horrible? How was he able to command me when we are both Alphas? My father has trouble doing that and I’m in his pack. Why did he send my parents away to make me shift? Will he be taking me with him back to his pack now? I will miss my parents and brother, but Alex is my mate, and I’m sure he will want me to go with him. This has been one hell of a night and I have no idea what tomorrow will hold.