52 - Strange sensation

THALIA ZAHARA.

As I blinked, my soul strongly desired to faint with the hope that when I woke up, the majestic sight in front of me would be nothing but a dream where a fancy wolf spirit claimed to be my wolf.

But nothing happened. That moment became more real as the wolf refused to disappear.

“Are you calmer?”

“Are you…?” I took a step closer. “Are you really my wolf?” I finally tried to come to terms with the truth of the moment. “M-my wolf?”

“I am here for you, Thalia. Take your time.”

“But-”

My brows knitted with many emotions. “You are real? I finally have a wolf? I can… I can finally feel my wolf? How? But… how? Oh…” My fingers ran through my hair. “My dad would have loved this, he would have… Oh my. This is crazy!” My confusion turned into insane laughter. “This is amazing!” My feet started to leap with joy. “Ha ha ha. This is freaking cool!” I didn’t care if anyone could see me, the joy in my heart needed to be expressed.

Once I was done, I faced my wolf.

“Do you have a name?” I asked.

“You can give me one. I belong to you.”

“Oh…” Unlike my father, I suck at naming things. When we had a pet frog, I named him Frogly, that’s how terrible I am at it. I don’t wish to give my wolf a name that sucks. “Can I name you some other time? I don’t want the name to suck.”

“I certainly don’t want to be named Wolfly.” She laughed. Hearing that made my heart soar.

“This is so cool,” I grinned like a teenager whose crush just confessed to her. “I finally have a wolf.”

“I will always be with you. In the next couple of days, I will be by your side so that you can quickly get used to my presence. Afterward, I will subdue my presence and communicate from your soul.”

“What powers do you have? Super strength? Healing? Telekinesis? Everything?”

“That is up to you to find out, Thalia.”

Is it weird that my wolf is calmer than me? Ahh, whatever? It doesn’t matter.

“What can we do today?” I started to think. “Should we just walk for hours? Or should I start to learn how to shift into your body?”

“Thalia, I am not running away. Let’s take things slow and-” The lights around her rear end brightened and her tail started to wag.

“What is it?” Her breaths became excited and soon, I felt that in my soul. My body tingled in anticipation of what I wasn’t aware of. “What is it, wolf?”

“Mate,” she growled. “Mate.”

Her words must have injected a strange sensation into my system because seconds later, my body and soul started to act weird. Every part of me burned with an unfamiliar desire, my heart shook in desperation for something I was yet to realize and worse, a feeling was awakened in my sexual parts. Even my breasts felt the intensity of that change. In the confusion of that moment, my feet turned without my telling them to, and I finally saw the reason why my wolf and I became the way we were.

I have heard many stories about people’s encounters with their mates. When I compared those stories to what I felt with Octavius, their stories seemed to be piles of lies.

But not anymore. I finally understand what they meant by the souls of destined mates submitting to one another. I now understand why Alpha Ezra’s demeanor toward me changed so easily.

“Thalia?” the man in front of me called, his eyes showing that he was worried I was not speaking. “Is something wrong?”

“Huh…” I glanced at my wolf who was now standing beside me, her excitement yet to disappear. “N-nothing. I mean, there’s nothing wrong. I was just deep in thought.”

“I thought you’d be in the room, but you weren’t. Did you take a walk?”

“Uhm… yes.” Why is it suddenly hard to construct simple answers? I took a walk.”

“My request this morning must have startled you a lot. I apologize for-”

“No!” He frowned at the sharpness of my statement. “I mean, you don’t have to apologize. It was a nice… quite a nice hug.”

“Oh. That is a relief.” He held out his hand. “Let me walk you back to the room. I have some questions to ask.”

“Take that hand, right now!” My wolf swiftly instructed and as though she was my puppeteer, I took his hand.

I mean… this is not the first time I’ll be holding this man’s hand, but this time is obviously different. The moment our skins came in contact, the growing heat in my soul pushed a gasp out of my mouth. I quickly masked that wolf and told my wolf to suppress the new emotions trying to flow out of my soul.

“You won’t be able to keep it in for too long. Our heat is coming soon,” my wolf replied quite mischievously. “Let’s see if you’d be able to keep it in.”

“Thalia?”

“Yeah?”

“What do you think about having a party?”

“Parties are good. But for what?”

“The people of the pack wish to meet you.”

“Do they wish to meet me, or the Luna Queen?” I think this conversation is about to be an extension of the discussion with Emmag about taking on Queen duties.

“Both. I know our union is a contract, but to the people, based on the few images of us that have been pushed out, we are their Alpha and Luna. Regardless of the privacy of our mating ceremony, we have to reveal our union to the people of the pack.”

“Oh. The party Octavius threw that time is something similar, right? He threw that party so that people can get to know who he chose as his Luna.”

“Something like that, but not as boastful. If you don’t want to do it, I understand.”

If I’d be making myself more useful in this pack, attending the party would be a good start.

“Let’s have the party,” I replied.

“Really?” He didn’t hide his surprise.

“I don’t hate the idea.”

“That is well noted. You can be in charge of planning the party if you wish.”

“Hmm…”

“Oh, speaking of, do you still wish to meet with the psychiatrist? He intends to leave soon.”

“So much keeps happening within days.” I sighed. “It’s easy to forget that the man is still around.”

“Should I send him off?” he asked.

“Not yet. I still have burdens in my heart. I should speak to him at least once. I don’t mind meeting him today after I wash up.”

“I will inform Emmag to make necessary arrangements.” We finally reached the room, so Ezra let go of my hand. “Also, about the party, we are obligated to invite other leaders.”

I chuckled. “Octavius would jump at that invitation.”

“And he might come with his Luna.”

I almost snarled. “Whatever. I can handle them. If they try nonsense, I will kick their butts out of our pack.” Alpha Ezra’s eyes narrowed with silent admiration. “What?” I asked amid a fight to keep my twitching lips from smiling.

“You seem different, Miss Thalia.”

“I do?”

“You should go in. You said you needed to wash up.”

“Oh.” I suddenly don’t wish to leave his side. I want to stay with him a little longer. “I should wash up.”

“You should.”

It took a lot of strength to get my feet moving. But, once I found myself on the other side of the door, I stared at my wolf who remained giddy while I cupped the intense feeling in my groin with the hope that it would be enough to suppress it.