Wolf Pack

“Are all couples formed by SoulMeet?”

“Yes, everyone is. That’s why there isn’t much dating in the Pack, because at any Moon Ball, you can meet someone else. And Soulmeet is not something you choose or have influence, it just happens.”

“And can I have a Soulmeet, even though I’ve only been a wolf for such a short time?”

“Ah, my beloved Luna.”

He sighed and smiled.

“You’ve been a wolf since you were born, you just discovered that now.”

“Why didn’t you find me sooner?”

I asked without thinking, it was stuck in my throat and it bothered me in a way. Why just now, why didn’t he want to look for me before, why hasn’t he taken care of me since I was 3 years old?

“Oh my child.”

Tears welled up in his eyes.

“This is very complicated, I wanted so much, but at that moment it wasn’t possible, you were safer with your adoptive parents. Believe me, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, giving up raising you. But it was the right choice for you, not me. It was for your safety. I can’t tell you everything right now, but when the time comes, you’ll understand.”

He was crying, hugged me tight, I still had doubts, but he was very true in what he said, I felt that it was real, and that it was difficult for him not to raise me.

We walked a little more, and when I looked at the pier and had a certain lapse of memory, I saw myself small, swinging my feet sitting on the edge of the pier, my head hurt a lot, I blinked hard and stopped walking for a few moments to breathe.

“Are you okay Luna?”

“I…I think so, I had a memory…my head is hurting.”

“I think we’ve had a lot of information and memories for today, let’s go home.”

He said as he hugged me tight, and kissed the top of my head, we walked back to his mansion, but on the way we saw a very distinguished and beautiful lady, tall, with wavy red hair, she looked a little younger than Hughes and her eyes were the same blue color as his.

“Alina, nice to see you, come see Luna.”

Hughes said with a smile on his face.

“Wow, but she has become a very beautiful woman, my dear, is everything okay?”

Alina said as she took my hand, at her touch, it was as if everything calmed down, the headache subsided, and I’m sure I was surprised by that on my face, because soon she smiled saying:

“I’m a healing wolf, you must have felt my touch. Some of us have some different gifts. Your grandfather here may not have told you, but he’s a leading wolf, he has the skills to lead packs.”

It made sense.

“Luna, Alina is my sister, she can make you tea for that headache, her teas are miraculous.”

We arrived at the mansion and Alina went to the kitchen to make tea, and soon Jack arrived, greeting everyone there and giving Alina a hug.

“Luna, it’s getting dark already, would you like me to take you home? Or do you want to stay?”

Jack asked me worriedly.

“Don’t get me wrong, but I’d like to go home, it was too much for one day.”

Alina smiled and nodded and handed me the cup of tea and with each sip my headache lessened.

“But you’ll be back soon right? And you’re coming to the “Moon Ball”, won’t you?”

Hughes asked me with a twinkle in his eye.

“Yes, I can come.”

I replied smiling as I sipped my tea.

“Agreed then.”

I nodded, finished my cup of tea, and walked with Jack to the car.

“Hughes gave you a tour of the Village?”

“Yes, he told me a little about the story, we walked around the village, and I even saw the Ball set up.”

“Oh yes, the Ball, glad you’re going to the Ball.”

Jack smiled and stared at me for a few seconds before turning his attention to the traffic.

“I had a memory…”

The words escaped my mouth, it was so simple to talk to Jack, it was as if I spoke with my own mind.

“Memories of when you were a kid? Like the one you had when you first met me?”

he asked worried and still driving.

“Yes, I saw the pier and I was sitting there dangling my feet. The memory was quick but intense and I had a horrible headache.”

“That’s why you’re having one of the Alina’s tea?”

“Yes, it helped a lot.”

When I realized we were already in front of my building.

“It was one of those days, rest and have a good night’s sleep, tomorrow I’ll pick you up at the end of the day, okay?”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Take my card, and call me anything.”

When I took his card, my fingers touched his, and I instantly felt a shock, it was as if physics had left my body, and I immediately got excited and my heart sped up, my breathing came to be panting, I looked at Jack and he was panting too and with flaring nostrils and clearly nervous and embarrassed.

“What was this?”

“I… I don’t know. I must be electrified from the car, I don’t know.”

I took his card, it said “Jack Eastwood, director of Claumann lumber”, said goodbye and went up to my apartment, took off my clothes to shower, and before getting in the shower, I tried to test transmute myself, took a deep breath and tried to remember the sensation I had running, when I opened my eyes, I was in wolf form. I could analyze myself more calmly, looking in the mirror I saw my gray eyes that were very bright in the shape of a wolf, my paws and my claws were white and clear, and I was the size of my dinner table, really big.I took a deep breath and reverted to human form, took my shower, had dinner from the fridge and went to sleep. I was really exhausted, for a few minutes I was thinking how I was doing the same thing the night before and I had no idea that in one day my life would change so much.