Chapter 130: Chapter 130
"Werewolf" Adrian said as he knelt in front of me "We’re werewolves" My head snapped up at he ’we’ and he sighed "look I’ll explain later but right now Ethan is seriously hurt and hopefully we can get him fixed up before Lily comes back, we don’t want to scare her it’s bad for the baby"
I nodded mutely and ignored his hand as I stood up, keeping a safe distance from him as I followed him to the house where we went up the stairs to a room that was filled with medical equipment. Ethan was lying on a bed with a lady working over him she kicked us out of the room. We all sat around, not sure what would happen when Lily came bounding up the stairs and to us, her eyes were red from tears and she looked like a mess, nothing like her usual confident self
"Where is he? Where’s Ethan?" Her voice was filled with fear and as if on cu the door of the doctor’s opened
"I’m right here, Baby" A voice said and we saw Ethan step out of the room shirtless with gauze around his mid-section and holding on to the door frame looking to be in pain. Lily let out a sob of relief and fear and ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. Ethan used his free hand that wasn’t holding on to the door frame for support, to hold her as close to him as possible, clinging to her as if he had been dying till she came and was the only thing that kept him alive.
"Why are you walking around? Shouldn’t you be resting?"
"I told him that" The doctor said getting out of the room "he really needs to rest, it was a close one and he could’ve died but he’s going to be alright. It won’t heal if he tires himself."
"Don’t worry, I’ll make sure he takes it easy" Ethan grumbled under his breath and Lily shot him a look "What was that?"
Ethan smiled and hugged her closer "yes, ma’am"
I smiled at the obvious love the both of them had but felt someone nudge my elbow. I looked at Adrian and he motioned for me to follow him, and then I recalled what had REALLY happened.
"You’re a werewolf" I said carefully once we were outside "Who else other than the one I saw"
"Almost everyone in this house except for the kids, they haven’t changed yet."
"And...you...I don’t even know what to ask. This is impossible."
"Look, Nate. Me being a werewolf doesn’t change anything between us. I’m still me."
"Y-You change into a freaking WOLF. You hurt people" I shrieked at him, not believing what was happening.
"I don’t hurt anyone. That wolf that attacked Ethan was a newly changed one, they’re disoriented at first and attack any human in sight. Only the alpha can get their submission after their change and they’d be normal. We don’t hurt anyone"
"Alpha" I said remembering what the girl had said "So...Ethan?"
"Is the alpha, yes. That’s how he made her back down. Nate the only thing that’s different about me is that I change to a wolf from time to time"
"Do..you..eat animals?"
"not in wolf form, we eat the same stuff you eat except more because our body needs more food to sustain itself."
"Full moon?"
"Myth"
I closed my eyes "This is crazy" I whispered "Oh god, why didn’t you tell me?"
Adrian sighed "I didn’t want you to freak out and leave me"
"So..you’re a werewolf and you live in a...pack?" Adrian nodded and I took a deep breath "Anything else I should know?"
Adrian looked hesitant but after a while he said "There is one thing"
"more than this?" I said and then took a deep breath "What is it?"
"Well...Nate, you’re kind of my mate"
"You’re..w-what?" Just breathe, Nate. I told myself
"A mate is a soul mate, every wolf and human has one but when you’re a werewolf you know who they are because your wolf tells you. And Nate..." He looked at me seriously "you’re my soul mate"
"Soul mate? As in, the person you spend your life with?" I asked, gulping. A part of me felt ecstatic but the logical part of me knew this was too much.
"Exactly, we were made for each other Nate. You’re my mate, I’ve known it ever since that night all those years ago."
"And when I ran away?"
"It was hell, for a wolf, finding your mate blinds you to everyone else, you want to stay with them all the time and protect them, know they are alright. I didn’t even know where you were and that killed me"
Guilt overwhelmed me and I looked on the floor "So...what would bing your mate...require exactly?"
"You make it sound like a job, Nate. It’s a relationship, mating is like marriage and even more serious. It’s being completely in love and not being able to stay away from each other especially after the mating--"
"What’s the mating?" I interrupted him.
He sighed "At first I bite you and then when we...you know...do it, I have to bite you again. It seals the bond"
"B-bite?"
"Yes"