CHAPTER 4

"We can shift today if you'd like. Out in the woods after we get some more clothes for you. You know formal ones," she sighs. "My wolf is itching to shift as well."

"What rank are you?"

"Well, technically I am a Delta won't become a Beta, but I am Zavier's sister so I have Alpha bloodlines," she says, lifting herself. I finished the rest of my coffee and threw in the trash, content with the amount I had consumed.

Well, the rest is the past. Dress shopping isn't something I enjoy, but shifting was something I could not look forward to.

We made our way into the forest on the other side of the Alpha house and the Pack houses. It was the biggest and thickest forest I have come to see, and that excited Aria deeply. She was growling inside to shift. Caroline went behind a bush and so did I, stripping myself of my clothes and shifting quickly. I have come to find myself shifting faster and faster with the times I shift.

Shifting is something normal for me. A habit. I used to shift every morning and go for a run as a part of my cardio training. My white wolf stepped out from the bushes and I saw a white wolf with red tones and amber eyes staring at me. She huffed, and sniffed me, noticing that I was Nylarizza. I did the same and found that it was Caroline. She went into playing position and I found myself tackling to the ground, triumphantly curling my tail to the lower part of my back like a husky would. I let her up and she grunted, slightly frustrated how I won our little games so easily. She ran, moving towards a body of water.

I followed, but before I knew it, my paws reached shallow water. A small stream that was very wide. Small creatures lives here like like tadpoles. I stuck my muzzle in the water and threw it up again,making it feel like a little bit on rain was dripping down on my fur.

Caroline let out a peppy snort and rolled around in the water, her pelt soaking wet. I let it a wolfy grin, my teeth forming the smile. Caroline found a smaller fish and grabbed it by the tail and wing it all me, throwing the fish at my face. It wiggled on my nose for a moment as I stood, blinking, before it fell back into the water. I grunted and mind linked her.

What as that for?

I don't know, just having. She paused, her ears lifted and her nose stuck up in the air. My heart tugged at me, my nose catching a scent that I would never forget. My heart now hammered as a huge black wolf with the brightest blue eyes emerged from the undergrowth, his paws barely getting wet from the stream. He growled at Caroline and she ran off, leaving us alone. I gulped as he sniffed, taking in my scent then rubbing up against me.

He's staking claim.

He nipped slightly behind my ear and lick my neck, taking in more of my scent. His wolf was almost in control, and I could barely control mine as well as he continued to press his nose into my neck and lick my face. I decided to give into his affection for once and lick his nose. His surprised look made me give him a confused look.

He wasn't pinning me down or anything, just simply showing me affection, and I replaced that. That's when he was able to earn my affection back. He pressed his side up against mine, and I could feel Aria trying to talk to Zavier's wolf. Zavier slightly growled and I pressed the perch of my head underneath his jaw inside the crook of his neck, comfortably resting there. He satisfied grunt made Aria push harder for control.

And I let her.

Since Nylarizza let me taken over, I decided to be daring. Alpha was fully aware that Nylarizza let me take over and he did the same, his eyes glowing brighter. I licked his neck and he growled viciously, making me grunt with satisfaction.

He caressed my ear, licking my inner and outer ear softly. I never knew Zavier's wolf, Hunter, had so much control. Well, and then he didn't. He pushed me down to the ground, the stream water only barely touching my ears. I let Nylarizza back into control.

Zavier was on top of me, and I bolted away, shifting quickly and pulling on my clothes before walking inside the Alpha house and sitting in the couch. Well, I guess my time with Caroline was short, but I'll see her again, I know it. Zavier came in about ten minutes later, his wolf still hardly under control. I smirked, knowing that I was the reason he could barely keeping himself under control and lay down, covering myself with a blanket.

Now we'll see how this all plays out.

ALPHA ZAVIER LAVEN POV

She drove me crazy. Sure, I have found other women attractive, but Nylarizza... Damn... I can't control myself around her, especially when she teased me and ran off. To be honest, it made me way more attracted to her, and my wolf always howled when she does that.

I have found her biting her lower lip without her noticing and it makes my wolf's heart pounded harder than ever before. Earlier when she let her wolf take over, I knew I was doing something right. Not forcing anything upon her.

I almost could't do even that. It is too hard not to claim her already, place my kiss upon her pink lips, trace my fingers down her body and have her all to-me to no one else's. I wish I didn't treat her like my property, but the mate's bond wishes me to be too possessive.

I ran my hand through my hair multiple times, making it look like I was in a major fight. At least I was trying with her, unlike my pack. I was taught to be strict with them, and that's why we're the leading pack in the entire country. I wasn't wanting a mate. This was my last year at that dreaded gathering and I was prepared to go to an unmated pack female to bear a heir to my pack, by then Nylarizza was there in a revealing red dress, her black hair in waves past her shoulders. Her eyes were brown with a hint of green on the inner rim. I almost grinned at how she defended her fudge, but I was infuriated.

I let that go when I saw her hurt. I hated seeing her tears. My wolf growled at the memory so I went down the stairs, thanking the Moon Goddess that I still owned a regular shirt and some sweatpants. I saw Nylarizza on the couch, her lips parted and her hair cascading over her face, her arms spread out and one of her legs was on top of the back of the couch. Her blanket covered have of her torso and strung above the top of her legs.

Her black leggings showed her gorgeous figure and made my wolf urge to mark her. I contained him inside of me and lay behind her, positioning her so that we were spooning. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close, whispering into her ear. "Oh Nylarizza, my mate. You don't know how much you have changed me already. I love you, I need you, I couldn't live without you. You are my treasure and I will never let you go." I felt her breathing hitch and I sucked in a breathe, knowing she was awake. She smirked and chuckled in her sleep. "Oh, shut up," I growled before shoving my nose in the crook of her neck and did a final large breath before I felt her snuggle up closer to me.

"Now you're speaking my language," she whispered before falling back to sleep. I raised my eyebrows and shrugged before falling asleep with her.