Everyone shared a look of confusion and when I looked up at Joey, he shrugged his shoulder like he had no idea what that meant. Elder Collins flipped through the binder before taking out a pieces of paper before handing one to everyone on the couch.
As soon as I grabbed it, I saw a black-and-white drawing of a wolf with a woman standing by it’s side with it’s hand on it’s back with the background resembling the skies. The title said True Soulmates True Mates with some text underneath that I scanned over to to start reading about this whole corny soulmate talk.
True mates is another term for Soulmates a person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament within the bonding terms between a human and wolf-form. They are said to be limited to one every hundreds of years, needing approval of diagnosis within the patriarch. The Moon Goddess chooses those to be known as true mates due to their fusion of personality traits, choice of beliefs, and mental outlook.
Those in a true mate relationship will have the abilities of a more powerful communication within the brain, higher chemical release of sexual endorphins, a sense of inner calm when skin blended together in touch, and compatible pain each will feel the pain of the other in each severe scenarios.
Compatible Pain is not limited to deep incisions and/or lacerations. Depending on depth of wounds, both parties may be inflicted meaning when one deals a wound, the other will as well and can be lethal to both. True mates will die as one.
I look up with a wide-eyed look as everyone also looks shocked at the bold line that we all must’ve just read. Joey’s grip tightens on my waist before he puts his hand in his hand with a long sigh of stress as he lets the paper fall to the ground. Lila clears her throat as she sets her paper on the coffee table before leaning on her knees. So if Joey or Kade gets injured to the point of-
Don’t, Joey interrupts and his mom gives him a very sympathetic look as she seems indecisive about what to do. I pick up the paper again, needing to see what else it says about the bond that we have.
The patriarch will need to produce an investigation on the severity of the bond considering each pair of true mates acquires a difference in compatible pain. The investigation should include a initial exam to create a base on the pain levels of each individual, a reversal shock to each individual and assess how the other handles the electricity, and any more means of deciphering the situation.
I looked up at Collins. We’ll need to go through some sort of testing ?
He nods at me. Yes, we looked through some documents and books and realized that every time a pair of true mates surface, then they have to go through a round of testing for the elder council to figure out how severe the bond is.
How severe ? Joey asks, lifting his head and I notice the slightly terror on his face along with the way his knee shakes up-and-down on the ground. I reach over, setting my hand on his that’s running up-and-down his pants covering his thigh.
With each bond, the severity of it is different. If it’s really severe, then just one cut can also affect the other. There has been one recorded bond where that happened and for the most part, it was a very delicate situation. But for you two, from what we’ve seen, just intense wounds will affect the other, he tells us.
Do we need to be worried about this ? Conner asks.
Elder Collins lets out a sigh, leaning forward to set his elbows on his knees. Keep reading.
Chasers will continue on their quest to find true mates due to the rarity of their bond. They will do their own experimentation on each pair they find to inspect how their bond works. True mates should be worried when in the presence of the chasers because the experiment can easily become fatal.
A chill ran through my whole body as I set the paper down on the coffee table and Joey slid his arm around my shoulder before kissing the side of my head when he noticed my feelings. I set my head against his chest as I feel everyone’s eyes staring at us once they finish reading the paragraph. Melissa clears her throat. Chasers are hunters, right ?
Yeah, Collins whispers and I can hear movement before feeling the couch dip down next to me. The smell of Lila’s perfume assaults my nose as her hand sets on my shoulder. I move back from Joey’s chest to look at her and she gives me a soft smile.
It’s going to be okay, we’re going to make sure you’re okay. We have protection and plans in place that will prevent anything from happening, she whispers to us. but we have to be strong, alright ?
I nod my head, lifting my head up to show a small sense of pride in the pack and the protection that we have on our side. Joey looks up at Elder Collins after scanning the paper one more time. Does this mean that if one of us gets hurt then he’ll heal the same way that I do ?
Collins shakes his head. Not necessarily. After reviewing the documents, we found out that if Joey is the one to get hurt, then yes, you both will be healed using his werewolf side. But if Kade is the one to get hurt, then Joey will heal using his werewolf side while Kade will heal just like a normal human.
Is it only between a human and a wolf ? Cody asks.
That’s what we believe, yes.
We’re going to take a second to breathe, we’ll be back, Joey says, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the backyard that was chilly, making me pull my sweatshirt over my body more. I watch as my boyfriend moves towards the picnic table where he sits and places his head in his hands. I walk over to him to straddle the bench so I’m facing him before setting my hand on his back to lightly run along his spine.
What’s going on ? Talk to me, I tell him, making him look up at me.
If something happens to me, it also happens to you, Kade. I’m the alpha, things are going to happen that I can’t control and- he starts, but I interrupt him by placing my hand against his cheek.
You just said it, Joey, it’s things that you can’t control. There’s nothing that either of us can do to control any of it, except implement more protection, but other than that, all we can do is hope for the best, I whisper to him, brushing some of his hair out of his face.
I don’t want for you to be hurt, he whispers and I hate when I see the glistening of tears forming in his eyes, pulling at my heart strings.
And I don’t want to see you hurt, baby, but it’s nothing that we can control. We’ll do the best we can, but we can’t be afraid of everything our whole lives, alright ? That’ll take all the fun out of life.
He turns on the bench to face me, reaching out to place his hand on my neck to pull our lips together as a tear falls down his face. I tighten my grip on his hair, never wanting to let go of him. He pulls apart, setting his forehead against mine as he sniffles slightly as wet trails continue to drip down his cheeks. I love you so much.
I smile, giving him another soft kiss. No, I love you so much.
Why us ? He blurts out after a minute of silence.
I shrug my shoulders, continuing to rub my fingers through his hair. Like the book said, we were perfectly suited for each other. We don’t have to let this be a bad thing, there are some good things about it.
He smiles. Like what ?
Well, we have a better mind link, when we touch, it’ll make both of us feel better, I tell him as I let the tips of my fingers lightly run over his arms to make goosebumps appear on his skin. we’ll have better sex.
He lightly chuckles, giving me another kiss. Well, we already do that.
And it also means, we were truly meant to be together. We weren’t just randomly chosen by the goddess or… I don’t remember what you say, I tell him.
Moon Goddess, it’s believed that she picks all the mates. Some people even call her ‘the spirits’, he tells me, bringing his hand up to wipe his cheek free of the tears.