Her grayish hair turned brown just like before. Her eyes went back to its dark-emerald color and she’s no longer pale.
Her body stopped trembling and I heard her heartbeat thump normally again.
Is that it?
“It’s done.” Zeke announced.
I looked at him for a while and watched as he sighed while looking at his mother. Calm now. At ease.
“We’ll… leave you to rest.” I said, turning my head to Zynia. Her eyes closed for a moment as she breath in. Then she looked at me and shook her head.
“Thank you, Alpha Aiden.” she smiled. “Though I don’t need the rest anymore. Why don’t you call your mate?”
My jaw tightened, unable to speak.
She smiled even wider. “I know she have a lot to ask. Didn’t she?”
I closed my eyes. Yes, she does have a lot in her mind.
‘Ash…’ I called to her inside my head. I can feel her heartbeat somewhere in the ancestral. Again, she was startled.
‘Aiden?’ I closed my eyes upon hearing her voice inside my head.
‘You can come down here…’
It took a long silence before she answered. I understand why. She’s been waiting for these truths and facts about her…
‘Right now?’
‘Yes, baby. Now or whenever you’re ready.’
I don’t want her coming here if she isn’t. Again, silence filled between our portal. But she responded with the answer that I expect to hear from her.
‘I’m coming now.’
Ashira’s POV
The sound of my footsteps echoed everywhere as I walk down the steep stairs but my heartbeat was louder.
It was all I could hear which increases the feeling of nervousness and excitement as I look forward to what information I would find.
‘Are you okay?’
I must be taking a long while in getting there that Aiden got worried. Well, when it comes with this matter, I was expected to jump-run to them since he saw how thirsty I was to gain new things about my abnormality.
Yet, I was acting otherwise.
Its funny how the tables have turned. Not a long while, I was the one asking Aiden that same question.
While at the garden, I felt an emotion that he’d never flowed to me before.
Longing, but this time, not for me.
Sadness. A deep and dark sorrow.
Pain but from missing someone.
His parents. I guessed. I’m not sure but who else, right?
‘Yeah. I’m almost there…’ I answered.
My eyes are screwed shut when I took a deep breath, halt my steps and stilled the inhaled oxygen on my lungs.
Calm yourself, Ashira.
‘You have nothing to worry about.’ the wolf inside me said. I can see her image pouting and almost telling me that I’m over reacting with all of this. ‘We’re still like everyone else.’
My lips parted from what my wolf said to me. I lived for a month knowing my abnormality but this is the first time that I heard this. And even though I kept repeating the exact same words inside my head, the way my wolf uttered it strikes straight into my chest.
I’m not alone in this.
I have my wolf. I have Aiden. I have my family and friends. And they all accept me for being me, and not from what I turned to be.
I exhaled and opened my eyes. I started moving my feet again but in a faster pace this time.
When I turned the long hallway, I smelled something… different. A scent I never smelt before. Ever.
It’s sweet. A part of the scent was disturbing senses. I’ve been around a sugarcane factory and its like that. It’s too sweet to bear.
I stopped in front of a door where I sense four people inside. I crinkled my nose and rubbed it yet the scent was still there.
While Aiden’s scent is intoxicating, this scent is almost irritating.
The door opened and I saw Aiden beside it. I almost jumped when his eyes met mine and accepted to myself that I might act the same around him. Forever.
His big frame was blocking my sight and I can’t see anything but him. But I’m sure they’re here. I could smell Zeke and that… sweetness.
He smiled at me and gestured for me to enter the room by gliding himself to the side. I caught glimpse of Zeke who was standing right next to a bed and a woman. She was also looking right at me.
I stepped inside the room without breaking eye contact with her.
Zynia…
Once inside, the irritating sweetness become stronger that I can’t help but to lift my hand and cover my nose.
No, it didn’t help. I closed my eyes shut and sighed.
I heard the door closes then an arm snaked on my waist right after. I don’t need to check who it was.
“What’s wrong?” Aiden asked in a whisper. I turned to him and he mirrored the creased formed in my forehead.
I was about to answer but Zynia chuckled that took my attention. I looked at her but I can feel Aiden’s eyes stayed on me.
“You’ll get used to the scent in a few minutes, Luna Ashira.” she said. Her voice was calm and kind. I understood that she was talking about the scent. Wait, what?
“W-What was that?” I asked, strutting.
“What is it?” Aiden asked. He finally took his worried eyes off me and turn to Zynia who’s smiling to us.