Chapter thirteen

I decided I will try to escape AFTER breakfast. Because I couldn't just leave without trying the stuff that was displayed on the table. It looked like heaven.

To be honest, I was a yogurt with cereal and a cup of tea kind of girl, so seeing so many options in front of me decided for me.

I decided to go with a single waffle, too shy to take more, but Alec, like sensing my inner battle, just grabbed another one putting it on my plate.

"Thanks" I mutter a little bit embarrassed. The fight in me is long gone at the moment. Despite the fact that I might not see his friends again, I don't want to give them a reason to want Alec mated to a gorgeous lycan than a mere werewolf.

I pick the maple syrup and start covering my waffles with the delicious sauce. I could feel stares at me and I raise my eyes at them with an innocent look.

"I like my stuff with a lot of topping" I say trying to defend myself, now with my waffles in a pool of maple syrup.

"I wouldn't have it any other way" chuckles Alec, putting two waffles on his plate and covering them with maple syrup just like I did.

I bite my lip, unable to keep under control the butterflies in my stomach. A man that likes to eat as much as me and that doesn't judge me for it? Damn. He is making reaaaaally hard not to fall for him even more.

I'm screwed.

While eating, I gather enough confidence to pour tea into my cup, adding some ice cubes so it wouldn't be too hot.

They all eat in silence, but from time to time they talk and joke. I think I saw a grape flying over my head.

When I finish my waffles, I add two more but this time I cover them with Nutella and then add some condensed milk. Ñum!

I feel the searing gaze of Alec and I meet his curious eyes. I roll my eyes at his criticism and cut a piece and bring the fork close to his lips so he could try it. Alec first stays still looking at me, deep in my soul, probably wondering why I was acting so docile now when before he had to drag me here.

He slowly opens his lips and puts the fork inside his mouth and he closes it around the fork and, without breaking eye contact, I pull back the fork and fuuuuuck that was so hot and sensual. Why is he so hot? His lips weren't thin, they were full, but mine were fuller, and his straight nose that is a little bit crooked in the middle makes him look so manly and desirable.

He then proceeds to chew, still looking at me and then I lower my eyes to his throat when he swallows, watching his Adan apple move and I think I growl.

I instantly look down clenching my jaw. Ugh! Couldn't I control myself? Is as if, all of the sudden, wasn't able to control my sexual needs and desires. Before meeting him, I didn't think much about sex, telling myself that it would happen when I feel attracted to a man. But now... I could only think about jumping his bones. Tear that shirt of his and pass my tongue all over his body, and savor his golden skin.

That warmth I felt last night start making a presence in my chest and I have to grab firmly the chair I was on to control myself. What is this? Why do I feel like I can't control myself? It was like some outside force was pulling me from the inside out, making me feel moody.

"Riley?" I hear someone call me.

I grit my teeth and stand up, feeling a sudden need to run. The chair screech when I pull it back and I walk looking around, an exit. I needed an exit.

"Riley!"

I feel two hands on my arms turning me and Alec looks at me with worry but then his expression turns to one of surprise.

"I need out!" I grit out, breathing heavily.

"Love, I need you to calm down, okay?" he says leveling his eyes with mine.

"I can't! I don't know what's happening to me!" I say feeling my eyes sting. I grip my head and growl. My wolf was moving furiously in my mind, unable to stay still.

"Unbelievable" I hear someone mutter. "Her wolf must have started the process to shift into her lycan".

"But they just met yesterday" I hear another voice say.

"It probably is because Alec is the lycan prince and her wolf and his lycan's instinct are telling them to mate but Alec's lycan knows he can't mate her until she is fully lycan or else she wouldn't be able to survive the mating process".

I hiss in irritation and lock eyes with Alec, feeling this insane need to kiss him, to mark what's mine, and to mate. Alec seems to notice the lust in my eyes because his eyes turn black with lust. From his chest comes a growl, ready to pounce.

"Take her out for a run, we can let Alec mate her before time" says Carter gripping firmly Alec's shoulder who bares his canines to him, annoyed that his friend was stopping him from mating me.

In a rush, Carmen and Rebecka drag me outside, and without wasting a second and not caring for the clothes I was wearing I shift and start to run heading to the woods, growling and baring my teeth to the air. Fuck. I felt like a crazed animal in heat. It was so fucking annoying. So glad the cold weather was helping me to cool off.

My resolve to not want to run through the palace garden in my wolf form went to shit.

Great. Just great.

I feel Carmen and Rebecka's presence behind me, giving me space and I thank them in my head.

I don't know how long we run, it must be hours because when we stop, my wolf was slightly panting.

I feel calmer now, relaxed and just to get rid of my last drop of violence, I pull from a root just for the fun of it, and pull it hard, loving that it hadn't broken.

When I feel like I'm done, I let myself fall to the snow and shift back to my human form, not faced by the snow under my body.

The girls follow suit and lay on either side of me, also breathing heavily.

"What is happening to me?" I ask, staring up at the blue sky.

"When you two met last night for the first time, your wolf and Alec's lycan accepted each other, and your wolf started the process of shifting into a lycan" starts explaining Carmen.

I instantly sat up, shocked at the new information.

"I'm going to be a lycan?!" I ask raising my voice. Me?? A lycan?? Well, I wasn't expecting that.

"Yes. Lycans are very powerful creatures, and they can only mate with another lycan. If a human or werewolf mates with a lycan, they might not survive. Lycans have so much energy in just one body, that only the same body and kind is going to be able to hold such amount of energy" follows Rebecka.

My mouth hung open, unable to utter a word.

I guess I have no other option, now that my wolf was starting to shift and mold to a lycan, I have no other option but to accept and embrace this new change. Though I am going to miss running in my wolf form, I love running in my fours paws, but oh well.

"But... So fast?" I murmur, still a bit dazed.

"Well, it came as a surprise. We took a few weeks if not a couple of months to finish the process of shifting into our lycans. But we suspect that your fast shift is because of who your mate is. Alec being the crowned prince and heir to the king's crown, is more powerful and dangerous. And because of his title, his enemies will want to use you against him, so his lycan is pushing your wolf into shifting faster so you will be able to protect yourself faster and easier" explains Carmen and I have to close my eyes to absorb her words.

"That and because the process can make you moody and you are now more vulnerable, so Alec's lycan wants you to shift into your lycan as soon as possible so you would be out of danger sooner."

"I guess that makes sense" I say expelling a breath, my brain already tired from the run and the new information. Too much to take in. I play with my fingers, unsure to ask what I have in mind. "Is there..? Uhm... A way to reverse the process?"

They both gasp and sit up to stare at me.

"Why would you want that?" chokes Rebecka, her eyes looking like they were about to pop!

I lower my gaze, feeling ashamed.

"I don't know if you know, but uh... Alec is not planning to mate with me" I say finally and they both keep staring at me.

"What makes you think that?" says now Carmen, frowning at me.

I gnaw the inside of my cheek. I shake my head standing up.

"Let's head back" I say instead and without saying another word, I shift and start running toward the palace, with my head pounding. I could use this opportunity to do my escape, but with the girls following close behind I had no chance.

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