I used my wolf teeth to grab Trevor by the shoulder and began to drag him back towards the allies. The fight was won now. KJ,Fowler, and Chason had arrived. KJ was staring at me with an expression that said he had theories I was exactly who I was.
The Conners all had their powers back now… with the Lyons… so of course the fight was over. This was a dumb move by the Ring. I spotted my grandparents, on my dad’s side, standing near my mom. I wondered where the Haskins were. At least no one in my family seemed to have no clue who I was.
I threw Trevor at my brother’s feet. Both had murderous looks on their faces as they pounced on him. I looked at Paige who was staring at me with her mouth hung open. She totally knew. I honestly stopped questioning how Paige knew things, but I didn’t doubt she knew exactly who I was.
I glanced around and noticed everyone was looking at me. Eric had shifted back. Freya took in Oden in an appreciative gaze. Grandpa Ben took a step towards me, and it rocked through me that I couldn't just shift back…. I wasn’t ready to talk about this. I had to run.
I took off running back towards Black Mountain. I heard EJ yell, “DON’T LOSE HER, ALEXANDER!” So, EJ didn’t know who I was. Xander couldn't lose me even if he wanted to… and he definitely didn’t want to lose me… because he was chasing me. Besides…my mate could feel my emotions…. so I wouldn’t be hard for him to find.
My wolf would call out to his... if he stopped chasing us anyway… there was a whole thing going on. Fowler yelled, “BEST OF LUCK ALPHA ALEXANDER, SHE’S FAST! HOLY SHIT! NO FUCKING WAY! NO! RIGHT? NO.” Their voices faded.
I could hear Xander running not too far behind me. I ran back to the pond I had been dancing at. I jumped into the water. Before I surfaced, I could feel ripples in the water and knew Oden had jumped in too. I swam to the edge and climbed out.
My paws were at least clear of blood now, and back to being white. I noticed it really was a shimmering kind of white. Just like the wolf I’d met… It really was Freya... me… gosh this was weird. Whatever the case... I was all white again. I stared at my reflection in the water.
Oden came over and nuzzled Freya’s neck before he shifted back. Xander asked, “Lovebug, I’m so damn sorry you shifted alone again. I understand if you’re justly pissed off about that. Freya told Oden you tried to link us all. I’m so sorry.” My fiancé hugged me.
Eventually Xander asked, “Do you know how to shift back?” I tilted my head because in theory everyone did but in actual practice, I wasn’t sure. I asked Freya, “Do we know how?” Freya snorted, “Yes.” In the next second I was on all fours but in human form.
I shouted, “I HAVE CLOTHES ON?!” Freya laughed, “Yes, we don’t lose our clothes or anything on your person when we shift.” I sat down and took deep breaths, “Oh my god… oh my god.” Xander’s arms went around me. My mate whispered, “It’s ok, Mel.”
The need to be with him consumed me. I could finally be marked and mark my mate back. I turned around, straddled the man, then kissed him hard. I pulled back somewhat demanding, “Mark me.” Xander startled, “What?”
I shrugged explaining, “I shifted, and lord knows we are going to have to talk about all that for hours... weeks… days... maybe months… I don’t even know how long… with a whole dang group of people. So... mark me.”
Xander popped us into his treehouse. My mate clarified, “Are you sure?” I answered, “God, yes. I’ve never been so sure of anything in my entire life.” Xander smirked smugly saying, “Good.” My mate pushed me back onto the bed.
I couldn’t help but feel a thrill run through me because I would have his mark, and he would have mine. We had a lot to figure out, but we were each other’s. Always and forever. I couldn’t bring myself to care about the hours of conversations heading our way.
Right now... I was going to get myself marked. Freya cheered, “HELL YES WE ARE!” I blinked instantly understanding why my wolf had wanted to wait to mark him. Xander would have a white wolf on his neck… with my name. Well… as far as reasons go to wait… that was a good one.
Freya snickered, “I’m glad you agree, but I knew you would. Oden agreed too for the record. He’s known what we are since he heard my name.” Wow. I mean I figured they talked about…but since he heard her name was a hot second.
Xander kissed me. In an instant, all other thoughts but being with him and finally marking each other, flew out of my head. It was finally happening. That longing inside me would be quenched and we’d be fully mated.
A Legend
Alexander’s heart was so full. my mate, my Lovebug, my Melanie had agreed to marry me. After all these years of imagining us together, and this ring on her finger, it finally was a reality. I couldn’t believe my mate was genuinely surprised I’d asked.
Of course I would ask her to marry me. I wanted her and our life together. I popped us back to the house. We couldn’t keep our hands off each other even on the way into the bedroom. I cursed myself for not just popping us straight into the bedroom. Oden agreed, “Missed opportunities.” I snorted at my wolf.
I just couldn’t get enough of Melanie. I’d ruined countless numbers of pillows trying not to mark her. It was just so damn hard not to. What got me was when Melanie did it. A lot of feelings crashed down around me, and I couldn’t help but wonder if that’s how she’d felt every time I’d had to do the same.
My family instantly shot me curiosity and the hope I was ok because of my feelings. My dad sent me strength definitely getting to the root of reason in the bond. It hurt that my mate didn’t mark me. It felt like rejection which was bullshit. I wanted to mark her, Melanie wanted to mark me. I’d been hurting her. Oden whined sadly.
When we’d finally fallen apart, I popped us back to our room in Black Mountain. My mate’s eyes almost immediately fluttered shut. I kissed her forehead and popped to the gym. I started with a heavy bag and heard someone groan. It sounded like Toby.
EJ popped next to me in the next second. My big brother put a hand on my shoulder, “Alexander, are you ok? I don’t understand what’s going on. From the happiness I felt from you earlier I figured it all worked out. Then you felt rejected. Aren’t you engaged? There’s no way Ladybug would say no.”
I punched the bag off the holder and turned. I explained, “I am engaged. I’m just so sick of not being able to mark my mate. Tonight, she bit a pillow so she wouldn’t mark me. I’ve done it countless times, but she hasn’t. It felt awful, EJ.”
EJ frowned reasoning, “Melanie can mark you.” I gritted my teeth, “Freya thinks we should wait so we can do it together. Which I get because that’s how I imagined it would go, but it felt shitty when Mel bit the damn pillow. Hell, it felt horrible in a way I can’t accurately describe, and my mate has probably felt that way every time I’ve had to do that.”
“A piece of me feels like my mate didn’t want to mark me, even though it’s not true. Given that Mel thought I didn’t want her for the last four years, this has to feel devastating for her. I’m so fucking over it. I can’t believe I’ve made her feel this and didn’t know. I want our damn Hackura bond. I want to mark my fucking mate.”
EJ squeezed my shoulder saying, “I get it. Not completely if I’m being honest. I do know that it was hard not to mark Elise after she got her wolf. I know that’s not the same because I could mark her when she turned eighteen. I don’t want to think about her not being able to mark me or vice versa.”
I reiterated, “It’s fucking awful. Melanie’s mine and people keep pointing out she’s not marked. If it was up to me, she’d have been marked the damn day I saw her. Then I’d feel like an ass because maybe she never would’ve shifted into Freya. Or this could all be for nothing. Mel could shift if I had marked her and it would be perfectly fine.”
