The Hybrid's Curse

An endless night

LANA’S POV

Sitting there with Andrew felt like this was the best thing that has ever happened to me all my life. We were talking and laughing, none stop, and to top it all off he seemed genuinely interested in everything I had to say and I was the one who did one who did most of the talking, which was something I wasn’t exactly used to. Judy and I would spend time talking but she was the one who did most talking, most of the time. Of course, I never had a problem with listening to her because she was my best friend and if I wasn’t willing to listen to her and put up with her loudness, who would? However, tonight it felt like it was all about me. The only time that Andrew spoke was when he was asking me questions about my childhood. I found myself opening up easily to him because he was so easy to talk to and even though some of the questions he asked were not things I like to talk about, I just told him about myself because it was what he wanted to know.

“So you say that you are an only child?” he asked me.

“ Yes, I am an only child” I responded. “my mother had me and she could never have other children after that”, I continued

“I am also an only child. Sometimes I wish I had a brother or even a sister. Have you ever been lonely?” he asked me, looking at me straight in the eyes, expecting an honest answer.

Making eye contact with him proved to be quite difficult. I just could not because whenever he looked at me I felt so weak in the knees. I’m glad we were seated because he would have seen my legs crumble and give up on life by him just looking at me.

“I won't lie, it does get very lonely at times, sometimes I just want a sister to confide in, but Judy has filled that gap perfectly for me,” I said.

“But I am sure there are advantages to being spoiled and not having to have to share anything with anyone,” he said, and he was right. I never really had to share anything with anyone, but at the same time, there was never much to share because my father was very strict and very careful about how he spent money.

“ Not my papa isn’t the spoiling type, he loves me that's for sure, but he is not the kind that easily shows any sort of emotion.” I laughed my mind, going off to a time when I fell and bruised my knee and my father would not kiss it better and sent me to my mother to do the kissing.

“Well, I do understand men like your father, my father is exactly like him,” he said. He told me that even though the rumors around the village were that he was the most ruthless alpha in all of the packs that were known, he was still very loving at home. He cared about himself and his mother although he still refrained from showing too much emotion because he thought that emotions were often a sign of weakness in an alpha. I knew all these things but I never paid any mind to them because everyone always had something to say about the royal family.

In between the conversation, we kissed and he touched me gently, making me feel all kinds of crazy both inside and outside. I realized had I not been the shy virgin that I was, I would have begged him to make love to me and rid me of the feelings I was feeling. I leaned in and placed my head on his bare chest. I could hear and feel his heartbeat and I felt safe. This was all I had been waiting for.

“I am very sure your friends are getting worried about you right now,” he said and I almost laughed

“ Judy is my only friend and I am pretty sure she is glad I am not there. She has been rooting for me to find my mate as if it would be of some kind of benefit to her” I replied

“ She probably just wants the best for you,” he said and I smiled, knowing that he was right.

“ She does,” I said.

” So where did you find such a good friend?” he asked me

“ I met Judy at one of the gardens I used to pick flowers from, it turned out the roses I was picking were Judy’s mom's and I was stealing them.” I chuckled a little embarrassed at my admission that I was once a thief.

He burst out in laughter and I realized I had given off too much for a first meeting, but who cared I was sitting with my mate and my forever. Should he have been ashamed of any of the things that I had committed, he would have to live with it all his life because we were stuck together. We continued talking and kissing and at some point in the night, all we did was kiss each other. We sat and listened to each other’s hearts beat. I had forgotten about Judy but she wasn’t in any danger because Francis was with her and I am sure she had gotten lost in him and forgotten about me.

The moon was our light and guide and each time we looked at it, it felt like the moon goddess was smiling upon us and she was happy about her timing. We turned back to our wolf forms again and headed to a mountain top further away from anything that would remind us of our lives before this moment, and it felt as if we were closer to the one that bought us together in the first place. Howling in unison, it felt like a song sung by an orchestra and we were just at peace with each other.

Changing back to our human form, I felt a little shy about being naked in his presence and Andrew immediately could tell he jokingly commented

“This is us all our lives, I will be seeing a whole lot of that and you will be seeing a whole lot of this,” he said, “ Trust me, I don’t bite”. He said as he laughed softly.

“ I know you don’t” I replied. “ I have just never stood in front of anyone naked,” I said

“ I am not just anyone and I think you will have to realize that. You will only ever stand naked in front of me and only me” he said. This comment sounded more like a command than an observation.

I nodded, acknowledging that I understood that we belonged together. At the break of dawn, Andrew and I decided to head back home. The excitement of telling my family about finding my wolf and my mate at the same time was just uncontainable that when Andrew and I kissed I was almost on my way he pulled me back and I fell right into his arms, giving up all power to the kiss that lingered and he briefly sniffed. I thought it was to assure him we had found each other and to also embed my scent into his very being.

“ I will be seeing you soon,” he said

“ Yes, by all means”, I reassured him.

He pulled me in again for another kiss and between the morning breeze and the kiss I felt goosebumps all over my body and my womanhood responding to his touch.

“ I have to go” I stated. “ the sun is almost up. Our families will worry if we are not home by breakfast” I made an excuse

“ OK, I hear you,” he said “ but I will come to see you again today” he instructed

I nodded, took my hand from him, and ran into the forest where I turned back into my wolf form. When I arrived home, I decided to get in through the window so I could get dressed and meet with my family before they realized I hadn’t been home all night.

I heard voices from downstairs and I am sure they had already noticed that I hadn’t been home, but still, my excitement overshadowed the fact that I could have been in trouble for not reporting my whereabouts to my parents or even Judy.

I walked into the kitchen and there sat Judy right next to my mother, who looked worried and my father was standing by the kitchen window and scanning outside, presumably searching for me. As soon as my father saw me, the worry on his face turned to relief.

“ Who is he?” she smiled “ and please don’t say no one because you didn’t smell like that when I left with you last night”, she interrupted the lie about to come out of my mouth.