Filed to story: Wolf Crying Mate of the Alpha by Jazz Ford
I hand her the book, but I don’t let go. ‘Promise me you won’t get caught casting magic?’
‘I’ll try my best to not get caught.’
‘That’s not really a promise, Nina…’
‘I suggest you study as much as you can tonight from the book because I’m only letting you borrow it for tonight.’
‘One night?’ she protests.
‘I’m not risking you being exiled or hunted down, Nina. If you need to study the book in the future, then we will do it together so I can at least keep a watch out for anyone snooping around.’
She looks at the spell book in thought and looks up at me and nods.
‘Deal.’
‘Tomorrow is your wolf ceremony; it’s going to be a busy day. Read what you can now and get some sleep. You will need all the energy you can get for your first shift tomorrow night.’ I smile.
She walks me to her door and closes it behind me. My wolf wants to shift and go for a run. He is very restless all night. I struggle to get any sleep. Everyone is having breakfast. I’m surprised to see Pipsqueak at the table but then remember she is Zak’s mate, so it’s only natural she lives in the packhouse with him now. We give each other a smile and a wave. Zak enters the dining room with a growl and pulls Pipsqueak from her chair.
‘Mine.’ He growls, glaring at me.
‘Gee, is it normal for the mate bond to make you so possessive?’ I ask.
‘Sure is.’ Mia laughs.
‘The mate bond is a funny thing to experience.’ Seth smiles at Mia.
‘It’s the most magical feeling.’ Mum says. ‘It’s like static electricity when you touch each other. You can’t stop thinking about your mate and yearn to be with them every second of the day. You feel broken and empty whenever you are apart. And let’s not forget the mind-blowing s*x you have.’ Mum laughs.
‘Mum!’ I growl.
Almost everyone at the table is blushing.
‘What? It’s only natural, dear.’ She shrugs.
Amelia clears her throat.
‘Nina will get her wolf tonight. I’m so excited.’
‘Yeah, exciting.’ Nina mumbles.
‘Let’s hope there is no drama’s this time, unlike Zak’s wolf ceremony where Nina had been kidnapped.’ Mum says with a nervous laugh. Nina leaves the table as soon as she finishes breakfast. She runs upstairs and runs back down, now wearing a backpack.
‘I’ll be back in time for the ceremony.’ She yells.
‘Okay sweetheart.’ Leon says.
I decide to sneak out and follow her. She ends up by the lake and pulls the spell book out.
‘Aqua Bedew.’ She says, twirling her wand. I watch as all the water comes together like a tornado. All the water from the lake is gone and continues to swirl up in the air.
‘Cool.’ I say, standing behind her. She flinches in fright and the water from the lake drops like a giant blob. The impact causes water to splash onto us.
She glares at me, drenched in water.
‘You scared me, Magnus! Don’t sneak up on me like that again.’
‘Sorry.’ I say, ringing my shirt out.
Nina moves over to a dry area on the grass. I sit opposite her.
‘What are you doing, Magnus?’
‘Monitoring you so you don’t get caught.’
‘I will not get caught, Magnus.’
‘What spell are you going to try now?’ I say, changing the subject.
‘There is one here called The Blinking Spell, which says to focus on an area you can see in the distance and wave your wand and say Skedaddle Dash. This will port you in that area. This spell can make you blink or teleport up to a one thousand metre radius at a time.’
‘Think of how quickly you can get to school with that spell?’ I laugh.
Nina rolls her eyes and stands up. She walks roughly five metres away from me and looks past me into the distance.
‘Okay, here goes nothing.’ She says, waving her wand. ‘Skedaddle Dash!’
She disappears for a split second; I suddenly felt a weight on my lap. I look down to see Nina blushing as I hold her like a baby in my arms.
I burst into laughter. ‘I like this spell a lot.’
She shoves my chest and crawls out of my lap.
‘That’s not what was supposed to happen.’ She growls.
‘Well, you must have wanted to be in my arms, Nina. The magic only ports you to where you want to be within a one thousand metre radius, remember.’ I say, waddling my index finger at her.
‘You’re so stupid Magnus, don’t think so highly of yourself.’ She blushes. ‘The spell didn’t work properly, that’s all.’
‘I’m sure.’ I smirk.
This time Nina faces away from me and stares at the other side of the lake. She twirls her wand ‘Skedaddle Dash.’ She yells. Her body blinks and instantly appears on the other side of the lake.
‘I did it!’
‘You did it!’
‘I can’t believe I teleported that far!’
There is rustling from a nearby bush. I gesture my finger over my lip for Nina to be quiet. As I approach, a rabbit hops out of the bush. I’m instantly relieved after thinking someone had been watching us.
‘It’s just a rabbit, Nina laughs.’
Nina twirls her wand ‘Skedaddle Dash.’ She says and instantly appears in front of me, giggling.
‘Tremendous Nebulus.’ She says with a wave of her wand. A thick cloud forms in front of her. She twirls her wand around, making it spread out over the lake.