Filed to story: Wolf Crying Mate of the Alpha by Jazz Ford
Nina nudges me and shifts back into her human form. I shift back, too.
‘That was amazing. We can both shift now, and we are fated mates!’ Nina squeals and plonks herself happily in my lap. I nuzzle my face into her neck and breathe her Lavender and Mint scent in.
‘You smell so good.’ I say. She giggles at my nose, tickling her neck.
‘You smell like chocolate and freshly chopped wood.’ She laughs.
‘Really?’
‘Yep.’ She grins.
My mouth crashes onto hers without warning, and we share a passionate moment.
‘Shall we skedaddle the rest of the way back home?’ she asks once we break the kiss.
‘Yes, let’s go.’
Embraced in my arms, she waves her wand around. ‘Skedaddle Dash, Skedaddle Dash, Skedaddle Dash.’
We blink multiple times until we reach Shadow Crest, except we land in the water of Shadow Crest Lake.
We burst into laughter in the middle of the lake. It’s still dark, but the sun will rise soon.
We kiss and wrap our arms around each other. Nina stops for air and removes her wet shirt and bra and flings it onto the grass. I remove my clothes and do the same. As we explore each other’s bodies, we make love. Our teeth protrude and we tease each other, running our elongated teeth across the nape of each other’s neck, readying ourselves to mark each other. My teeth sink into the nape of her neck and hers sink into my neck. A euphoric sense takes over us as we mark each other. We are officially mates. Nina is officially mine.
We lie on the grass as the sun rises; we sleep as we wait for our clothes to dry. It’s almost lunchtime when we wake.
Nina is smiling and flinches when she touches the mark on her neck.
‘Tender?”
‘Yeah, but that’s expected.’ She smiles.
‘We better get dressed. I can’t wait to announce that you are my mate.’ I smile.
Holding hands, we giggle and laugh together as we walk through the town of Shadow Crest. Everyone stares and whispers. We arrive back home at the packhouse. Still holding hands, we enter together to see our families at the dining table about to have lunch.
‘Magnus.’ My parents yell excitedly.
‘Nina!’ her parents yell happily.
Everyone runs over to us, including Zak, Josie, Flint, May, and Pipsqueak.
They come to a stop and look down at our hands holding.
‘Magnus, what is going on?’ Mother asks, confused.
‘We broke the curse, I told Nina I want her, I love her, and want to be with her even if it means me never shifting and her never gaining her wolf and that we don’t need to have the mate bond to know we love each other. We kissed, and she shifted. I can shift without pain as well. And you should all see her wolf! She is so magnificent and beautiful.’ I turn Nina towards me. ‘Just like her human form.’ I say and kiss her in front of everyone.
Everyone is crying with tears of happiness. My dad and Leon shake hands and our mothers hug each other.
There is a commotion outside. I open the front door to see half the town is yelling.
‘What is the problem?’ I yell.
‘There she is the witch!’ people yell, pointing at Nina behind me.
‘This witch will soon be your Luna. Be careful what you speak!’
‘We will never accept a witch as our Luna. She doesn’t even have a wolf!’ Another person yells.
I smile at Nina to shift. She immediately morphs into her wolf and everyone gasps at her unique and beautiful black wolf with the white star.
‘Your Luna is one of us! She may be half-wolf- half-witch, but you will all love and respect her the way I do! Anyone that upsets or aggravates my fated mate that the Moon Goddess blessed me with and blessed you all with, to be your Luna, will suffer great consequences at the wave of her wand.’
‘What consequences?’ Someone asks.
‘Nina has my blessing to turn anyone of you into a frog have you disrespect her.’ I say.
Nina is trying not to laugh; she knows she can’t turn anyone into a frog. Not yet anyway.
The crowd gasps and dissipates, worried Nina will turn them into frogs.
‘I’ll see you all at the ceremony announcing Nina and me as your official Luna and Alpha.’ I say, waving.
***
One week later.
Nina and I walk hand in hand into the ceremony hall.
My parents await us on the stage. We walk up together and stand facing my parents.
‘It is with great honour I hand over my status as Alpha to my first-born child, Magnus.’ My dad says.
‘And it is with great honour I hand over my status as Luna to my son’s fated mate, Nina.’ Mum smiles.
‘With that said, I announce to you your new Luna, Nina, and your new Alpha, Magnus.’ My dad says.
The hall erupts with cheers.
I stand behind Nina and wrap my arms around her and place a kiss on the top of her head. She leans back against my chest and looks up at me, smiling.
‘You can let me go now.’ She blushes.
‘Nina, I’ll never let you go.’
The end. A new story will be starting now.
Nina kisses my cheek and takes a seat at the desk beside me.
‘Magnus, is there anything else I can do for you?’
‘Could you please hand me the Shady Crest status report?’ I say as I set aside a pile of paperwork that I had just finished signing on the desk.
Rolling up her sleeve, Nina waves her wand ‘Levitate’, she says. The paper rises and swirls in a circular pattern, one page at a time, before settling in a neat stack in front of me.