CHAPTER 6

　　She was proved right when the bones on her shoulder broke together with her legs.

　　"What is happening?" she thought in fear. Why were her bones reforming again?

　　The spikes on her body broke and fell off her body, including the scales. Her body grew bigger, along with her draconic tail.

　　Her face began to extend and her ears became pointed like an elf but it got covered with black scales. Her hair fell off and several rows of scale appeared on her scalp.

　　"ARGHH!" she hit the sand with her hands as her backbone elongated again.

　　"Thora, are you gonna watch me like this?" she asked in her heart as her rib cage started re-arranging. Her teeth fell out and new ones grew out, sharp and pointy.

　　Scales started forming over her body in three rows. Two huge wings with spikes at the edges grew from her back.

　　The purple crystal that was stuck in her throat broke and she swallowed it.

　　Her eyes changed to purple and two horns came out of her head. She roared in anger and frustration and lightning came out of her mouth. Her horns lit up with a purple light and she increased in size again. New scales that were larger and sturdier than the earlier ones covered her from heck to tail. Her underpart was golden with red horizontal lines.

　　She stamped her leg on the stream bed causing a great amount of dust to scatter. They took a long time to settle.

　　At this moment, Thora opened her eyes and rose.

　　"Congratulations on shifting into a first-phase dragon."

　　"First phase?" Lavana asked weakly.

　　"Well, we dragons must go through 3 phases. This is the first phase. Still, you made it. So congrats, girl."

　　"I don't wanna listen to you anymore. Go meditate." Lavana spoke with a grievance.

　　"Whatever!" Thora vanished.

　　It was then that Pamela and Oceana returned with big smiles plastered on their faces.

　　"Congrats, chap!"

　　"Felicitations, kiddo!"

　　They said in unison.

　　"Hmph. I don't wanna talk to disloyal spirits." Lavana said unhappily.

　　"Oh, come on. You saw for yourself how she is. We can't handle her. Do you know how much we admire you for being able to stand against her?" asked Pamela.

　　"Resist my foot! I was literally beaten up emotionally and mentally. How was she even bound to me? Why are there even three of you? What is the mystery?" she bombarded them with questions.

　　Both looked at each other and laughed nervously.

　　"Eh, we'll answer that when we wake up again. We are very tired, so..." the pissed lady interrupted Oceana.

　　"So you wanna go sleep again? All three of you love to sleep so much!" Lavana stated.

　　"Yup. Especially since you haven't found your mate. We don't have enough energy to keep awake. Plus you will experience the final merging of all three form soon. We need to conserve energy for that. So we really need to rest. Don't worry, you are still invisible for 30 minutes. After that, the spell will fade." explained Pamela, with Oceana nodding.

　　"So when will I experience the second phase of dragon shifting?" Lavana asked.

　　"Eh... after you find your mate."

　　"So I must find this mate of mine first/ Okay, you guys can go enjoy your beauty sleep." Lavana blocked them from being able to communicate with her.

　　She looked towards the surface and immediately her wings flapped fast, enabling her to get out of the stream in a second.

　　Landing on the shore, she looked at her reflection in the water.

　　Her current dragon form was quite majestic and she could spit out lightning, but she still had 2 more phases to go through.

　　"My beloved mate, wherever you are, please come find me soonest and take me out of this damn pack." she suddenly remembered the last time she danced- the day her entire pack was destroyed.

　　Her eyes shone bright, and she transformed back to human form in pain, but it wasn't that severe. She was in a crawling position; completely bare.

　　"All of you in this pack, keep smiling. Keep smiling as much as you can coz I will take my revenge on all of you. Not even a newborn will be spared. All the humiliation and depression that you made me go through for over a decade, I will pay you back a thousand times. Mum, Dad, Austin and the rest of you beloved pack members, I will pay what I owe you. I will make them bleed willingly until they drop dead on our ancestral land. I will reclaim it and rebuild the pack. This I promise you all." she said in tears, bowing seven times.

　　Then she got up and turned around. She is returning, not as some eternal punching bag.

　　...

　　2 days later.

　　Chase's room.

　　The Alpha's son was due to take over duties last year from his dad, but because he hadn't found his mate, his father still held the authority.

　　He had gone to many packs to search for his beloved mate whom his wolf was always excited about. He imagined how she would look- slim, two heads shorter than him, ample boobs, mind-boggling backside, tiny waist, beautiful skin, waist-length curly hair, beautiful face bare of any make-up and she would smell like peaches!

　　He wished to find her every day. Today, there was a party for the pack to attend. He had to be present. He chose a nice outfit from the new clothes he'd bought when he went out shopping a week ago.

　　His mates were already acknowledged Alphas as they'd found their mates. Why was he different?

　　"Chase, our mate... our mate is gonna be at this party. I'm sure of it." his wolf said excitedly.

　　"Stop giving me hope. She isn't in this pack."

　　"No, this is different. Hurry up. We need to arrive at the party..."

　　Chase sighed in defeat.

　　"Okay fine. I'm gonna get us there in seconds. Stop nagging, okay?"