Oaths Shattered Book 4 of the Royal Series

THE FIRST SHIFT

chapter 24

Ray pov

it was two days before the annual ball, and i was dreading this dreadful thing, i have decided to have a date for this thing, but i told her if she had found her mate there to go to him because i wasn't going to stop her, if she does not then so be it, Foxy and I have been off and on for years, it was normally her that would break it off because i would never promise her anything, well if that's how she felt so be it, i really didn't care, i consider her a friend it's the only reason why i asked her to come with me, she had rolled her eyes, and said to me

“The only reason why your wanting a date is because you didn't want to walk through those doors a lone, i will go with you but we will not be holding hands or be arm to arm, and yeah if i find my mate im going to him,” i was happy to hear that because that's what i wanted her to do, she had found her dress, it was a light green sleeveless dress with a slit down the side, was very beautiful, but im not matching that dress, i rather wear my jeans and a black shirt, that's my trademark there, well might as well head to the damn office, i feel like sometimes i spend most of my life in there, but that's what we all do, we handle business and that's what i do, i can not believe that in two damn days this dreadful ball will be in full bloom. i will be glad when its over, i had decided if i do not find my mate then, then i will be mateless, i will not have a chosen mate, won't do it, if i did she might just destroy the pack, and i’m not letting that happen years of working and building, nope not letting that happen at all, I knew i needed to get some stuff done, so i decided to get work over with, i looked at my bank accounts, making sure everything was alright, then i looked at the banks that i owned, making sure everything was going alright with them, signed paperwork read some emails and made a few phone calls, i was finally done, poured me a glass of Rum downed that glass made me another, i knew i had to wear a tux at that ball, that's the only time i would wear that dreaded thing, when i wore a tux i feel like i am choking because of the f*****g tie. I’m going to skip on the tie this time, does not say i had to wear one, i knew there were many that didn't even wear the jacket that went with the suit, so i'm skipping on that as well. as far as i'm concerned i could skip the whole suit s**t all together, but i knew the royals would be there, and i do not want to disrespect them at all, I know Hayley would strip me from my alpha title faster then my head would spin, I was thinking so hard that i didn't even notice my office door opening, my best friend and beta Donnie walked into the office,

“So what got you thinking so hard you didn't even notice i walked inside this mess,” I had to blink a few times before i answered him, i guess I zoned out, who knows,

“I’ve decided if i do not find my luna in that place this time around, i will be a mateless alpha, and i'm fine with that, i can have fun with other mateless she wolves, i wont have to worry about hurting their feelings, or rejecting them if it didn't work out,” I watched my friend roll his eyes,

“Man, just teach the woman, you just don't want to do the whole mate mark and ceremony for her that's all it is, just mate, mark and teach her the things about the pack that's all,”

“I don’t have time to teach someone the rules and how to run my pack with me,”

“then pick someone here that knows everything about the pack already, how about Macey, or Jackie, better yet how about Angela, you too get along right?”

“i have three days to find her, so in those three days i don't, then i will pick someone, and if i decide not to, then the Elders will have to respect that,

Donnie pov

I knew something was going on, Ray has been in that office for the whole day, he is usually out training with the rest of the group, i decided to check up on him, when i walked into the office he was deep in thought, i knew what was going on, he hated going to those annual mating balls, he has been going since he was eighteen years old, and he had yet found his mate, i tried talking him into picking someone here, but he's been hard headed, i was mateless as well, but i have way to much fun with the women around here, if i don’t find my mate at the ball, then i will pick a chosen one here, no big deal, i have maybe another year or two to do just that, hopefully its a beta female or a gamma female, or even a delta, now those are hot, and if not that's still fine, i will get to play around as many as i want, im not the type to settle down so easy, but who knows maybe a beautiful she wolf just might get me settled down, now for Ray, i just think he is really wanting a mate hes just tired of waiting, lets just hope his mate will be able to deal with his attuide toward the pack, he likes it tip shape always training, going to school or work, he likes everything clean anything out of place he puts it back in place, i guess thats his ocd coming out of him like that,

Della pov

it had been a few weeks since i've been in my moms and dads pack, my dad keeps telling me once he steps down if they do not have a son yet, then i would be alpha of this pack, everything is just so new to me, all my life i thought i was just only human, now its just a whole new world out there, i have trained hard and learned how to fight better then i had, the females here are all nice, i even went out with a few to this club called the howling tavern, it was really cool, dancing with so many people drinking and just having fun, i still had not been late for work, just because this is a new world for me does not mean im going to be late for work every single day, this is my job this is were i get my paycheck from, im not about to let this get f****d up, my mom and I found a dress for this mating ball thing, i really did not want to go, but i did promise her i would stay for a few hours and then head back home, they built me a house in the back, so i could do what ever i wanted to, even did my own clothes cooked my own food an came and go as i please, just because im here does not mean i was going to be stuck doing nothing, this could be fun, but i still wonder when i would shift, would it hurt, i know how it sound like since my own mother shifted infront of me, but how much would it hurt i wouldnt know until i did, i was outside again when i became really hot, i just walked outside how could i be so hot like this, My mother came outside took one look at me and screamed for my father, what happened next explained why she did so,

I felt the frist breaks of my arms and legs falling down onto the ground, Throne was talking to me telling me not to fight it to let it happen, f**k that s**t, this s**t hurt, i didn’t want to scream i didn’t want anyone to worry about me, i was trying to stay strong but once my other arm broke and start to shift, i screamed bloody murder, this hurt so bad that all i wanted was for someone to come in shoot me dead, my other leg broke and the way my body started to shift was very strange to me, i felt all of it the pain while i shifted, my mother ran over to me placing her right hand on my back to try to sooth the pain,

“I am so sorry sweet heart, i know this hurts, your almost done, your doing wonderful baby,” i was trying to think hard, wonderful my ass make this stop, i felt my back rise up my arms and legs shifted fully now, this was very painful i screamed out so loud that i knew my parents had to cover their ears maybe the whole pack, who knows i didn't care i just wanted to get this done and over with thats how bad this hurt, Thorne kept talking to me to try and sooth me, my mother was speaking softly to me, I felt my head bulging out, i felt like it was going to explode i tried looking and watching my face and i saw my nose poking out i felt long teeth forming into my mouth, i felt itchy when the fur was forming all over my body, the ears felt weird and the tail as well, i heard one more crack instead of a blood murderous scream it was a howl, a loud thundrest howl, Thorne told me i was fully shifted now, i tried looking around it was a little weird since my eyesight was highten and my ears i could hear a rabbits heart beat, maybe even a deer, I looked around for my mother and father, and they were standing beside me, their mouths dropped open, they looked at each other then back at me, my father Aaron knelt down beside me, and whispered in my ear,

“Della your a all black wolf like me, you are truly an alpha wolf,” he stood up started shifting my mother and the whole pack as well, my mother spoke to me,

“When someone shifts, the whole pack does as well, we all go on a run together so we can bond with each other, we hunt and run then come back home,” nodding, we all begin to run, we hunted a few rabbits, a few deer then came back home, shifted back and rested, i walked inside with my mother and father,

“i hope this doesn't hurt all the time, don’t get me wrong I love how my wolf looks, but does it suppose to hurt like this?”

“No, it takes awhile for the shifting not to hurt, but once you get stronger you can barely feel it, it's like a small ache, my dad had told me”

“Well lets just hope i don't have to shift all the time, that bloody hell hurts, it feels weird when bones start to break and shift,” my father chuckled,

“Honey, it wont be the last time., its just the begaining,