7 Chapter Seven
After everything they just told me, my past doesn't even come close to comparison, I knew Austin warned me, but I was not expecting what I heard. I feel a lot closer to the guys than I did before.
Everyone watched a couple movies, but none of us ate, so once the boys left, I asked Liam if we could order some pizza, but instead he decided to make some food in the kitchen.
"On a scale from one to chef Liam, how good of a cook are you Nicole?"
"Um, I'm pretty sure it's one to chef Nicole, because I bet I cook better than you." Laughing at the seriousness of my tone, Liam smiled at me, not a smirk, but a genuine smile.
"Yes Ma'am. If you say so. What do you feel like cooking?"
"Do you have the stuff for chicken alfredo?" WHAT?! It's my favorite I can't help it.
"I do, but you said you can't stay late, so how about I take you home and we have it another time." Agreeing, I texted mom to tell her we were on the way and she offered to let Liam stay to eat dinner, so I told him and he agreed.
Pulling into the driveway, I get out the car and instantly pain shoots through my entire body, I feel my bones bending, my teeth aching, grasping the ground trying to stop the pain, I let out a scream.
Almost as if reading each others' minds, I feel Liam hoist me off the ground as my mom opens the door. My bones are breaking, over and over again consistently, as my teeth sharpen to points, I feel dizzy, lightheaded, I can't breathe, I'm panting, hyperventilating, trying to catch a small breath, and nothing is coming. I feel my mom rubbing my back as she tells me to inhale and exhale, Liam is running his hands through my hair, trying to calm me down. Before I know what's happening, I see a huge wolf with white hair, and violet eyes, staring back at me, as I'm looking at the mirror in the living room where they laid me down on the floor.
Still confused about what is going on, I try to scream but it comes out as a howl. Liam and my mom seem unfazed by the sight in front of them, my mom smiling at me, Liam looking at me with admiration in his eyes, when suddenly I hear a voice in my head
"There's one thing we failed to mention before, we didn't say anything because we weren't sure, but now that we know, I think your mom and you need to talk, I'm going to go, and give you some privacy." Just as I try to ask him to say, I hear my mom say
"Liam, if you don't mind hanging out, you might need to help me explain what's going on and why she's going through this now. I'm not a wolf, you would know the process better than me." If mom isn't a wolf, then that means dad was. Wait, did I really just say my dad was a wolf? I've got to be dreaming. It's not possible. Wolves are fictional characters that only exist in dreams, movies, shows, or someone's imagination. My dad was a lot of things, but he was not a werewolf.
I'm a werewolf? I take this moment to look at my wolf again. She's beautiful. Through my thoughts, I hear Liam
"Nicole, can you hear me? Put your paw in my hand." Putting my paw in his hand, I feel sparks shoot through my body, at that moment I started to notice how sexy his voice is, the way my name rolls off his lips. It's like nothing I've ever heard before. Coming back to reality, I hear Liam talking to me
"Nicole? Nicole? Listen, you need to shift back, you can't stay in wolf form too long on your first transformation. You could get stuck like this forever. Think about your human form, will yourself back to your body, tell your wolf you want to go back. Tell her to let you shift." Doing what Liam says, I told my wolf to let me go, I imagined my human body
"Don't force your shift back, you're wolf might never come back out again. She has to let you go back." Willing myself back into my human body, the pain I was feeling earlier, is back again, but this time more bearable. I can feel my teeth shrinking, and my bones retracting and bending back to normal.
After what felt like forever, I could finally feel my legs under me, trying to catch my balance, I grabbed on the closest thing to me, my mom. She caught me, helping me stand up. Once I maintained my composure, I looked at my mom, then at Liam, wondering who was gonna speak first.
"Nicole, it's time we finally talk. You, Liam, and I." Her tone completely serious. I knew it was going to be a long conversation.
"What do you want to know baby? I know you have to have thousands of questions."
"I guess, I want to know how you're not this thing, but I am."
"You're not a thing, you're a werewolf. It's okay to admit it. It's okay to say it. The reason you have the gene for it, but I don't is because, your father, was a wolf, he was cruel, abusive, but he was also an Alpha, meaning he was strong, he owned a pack, the neighboring pack of this town. We moved here because Liam and his family owned this territory, I know I told you it was because of my job, but at the time I didn't know what to tell you. Liam now owns this entire town. He's the Alpha of the pack." Trying to wrap my head around what was just said, I turn my head to Liam
"Why now Liam? Why do I feel so attracted to you, why do I love the way my name sounds when you say it, why do I feel so jealous when you're with some other girl, why do I always want to know what you're doing, why do I want to be with you, when we're already together? Why do you make my head spiral and we just met? What is going on?" Both my mom and Liam look at each other, nodding her head towards me, signaling Liam to talk, he proceeds to answer all of my questions
"The day we met, I knew there was something about you, but I wasn't sure what until your episode outside. Every wolf is born with a soulmate, someone to share their deepest, darkest secrets with, to love them, and cherish them, even in their worst moments. She makes them specific to each wolf. And you are my soulmate, the one who's supposed to be my best friend, the one there for me in my darkest times, the one to share my secrets with, the one to share my worst moments with, the one who's supposed to love me, and the one I'm supposed to love. I know this is a lot, and I know you're confused, but now that you shifted, you're going to feel everything with heightened senses. Everything that you felt before, will be heightened by a hundred, including your feelings for me." Hearing what he just said, I realized he said my feelings for him. How did he know? Has he known since the beginning?
"I've always known. My feelings for you were always stronger because of my wolf side." What the hell? Is he reading my mind?
"Yes. I am. Our minds are linked now. You can read my mind too, but you need to talk to your wolf first, get to know her."
"How?"
"Just talk to her, and she will respond. Right now, I think we should get you upstairs, I know you're tired now." Looking at my mom for approval, she nods, and I inform her that he will be staying the night, she nodded her head, smiled, and said
"Alright, good night princess, good night Liam, I have work tomorrow, so I will see you guys later." Walking upstairs to my room, Liam started a shower for me.
Once I was in the heated shower, I used the time to try to talk to her.
"Hello? Can you hear me?" Nothing. I try again.
"Hello? Are you in there?"
"I'm here, I can hear you, but you don't have to speak out loud, I'm in your head." My wolf replied.
"Oh. I didn't know that." I stated without speaking.
"It's okay Nicole. You'll learn, thank you for letting me out earlier, I was locked away for a long time with no communication to you." Noticing she used my name, it reminded me that I didn't know hers.
"Do you have a name?" I asked not really sure how this works.
"Yes, I have a name, it's Winter, your favorite season." She must know that from being part of my mind. Turning the shower off, I stepped out, grabbing my towel, when Winter started shouting
"WHAT'S THAT SMELL? It smells amazing, OH MY GOSH!!!! Is that our mate?!" Smiling to myself, I Answered her
"I guess so Winter. I'm new to this as well." Walking out of the bathroom, after getting dressed, I see Liam sitting on my bed watching tv, I smiled as him.
"Guess what." I said
"What?"
"Her name. It's Winter."
"Does that mean you guys talked?" Looking at how handsome he seemed sitting on the bed, it gave me another question I wanted answered.
"Yes, we did. But I have another question."
"Okay, what's up?"
"Earlier you said we were soulmates, does that mean that we're supposed to be together now?"
"It means, we get to finally get to know each other for real, and now I don't have to push you away and be an asshole, because you know the truth. You know about my father, and how he murdered my mother, and many other people. When I told you he was in jail, I was telling the truth, but he's actually in the pack house jail. You know that I'm the Alpha here, and you know you were born to be a Luna, and you know you're my Luna now. You know everything." Not wanting to talk anymore tonight, I felt a sudden urge to sleep. I asked Liam to move over so I could sleep, and he did just that. But before going to bed, I said
"Good night Liam, good night Winter." Both replying with good night, Winter and I let out a huge yawn at the same time. With that I drifted off to sleep, letting Liam's comforting smell consume my body, and wrap me in a tight blanket.
