Her One and Only

Inter-Dimensional Confusion

Finding my mate hasn’t been nearly as fun as I thought it would be. It’s only been a day, but dealing with Kelsi giving me hell has been a year's worth of annoyance. Alex is clingy, and a lot to be around, but he’s not the worst. Maybe I’m asexual? Can werewolves even be asexual?

“Whatever.” I say out loud.

“What?” Miles replies.

Oh sh*t, I forgot she was even here. Being around Miles is a total walk in the park. She has such calming energy, it’s like being alone but better.

“Sorry, I meant to say that in my head..” that probably isn’t a great explanation...

“Oh? What’s on your mind, Ms. Tsuki?”

“Just thinking about this whole mate thing, you know? I never would have expected it to be Alex… we just never really vibed like that.” I say, looking off in the distance. Making eye contact is hard with Miles. She has really beautiful eyes, and looking into them makes me feel sad, almost like I’m missing someone.

“I get that. You’re sure he’s your mate..?” she questions.

I’m really not.

“I mean he has to be, right? He said the whole ‘mate’ thing when he first saw me after my birthday, and he dumped Kelsi for me. He has to be, right?”

“You don’t sound sure,” she laughs.

“It’s not like that!”

“You sound like you’re still trying to convince yourself.”

I do not!

“Sounds like you’re hoping I’m wrong!” I tease.

Her face changes suddenly, she goes from smiling to a blank expression.

“Whatever, Tsuki. If he’s the one he’s the one. I’ve gotta get back to shaping those ‘men’ out there up. If we had a breach in security right now we’d be absolutely f*cked.”

She gets up.

“Send me a text whenever you want to train, I’m available most of the time.”

I study her face for a moment.

“Oh, alright then. I really enjoyed this. I’ll be sure to send you a message soon.” I smile politely.

She gestures to the door, waves, and leaves. I didn’t really want our meeting to end, but I guess she’s a busy gal. I check my Phone to see a message from Alex;

“Date tonight? We should probably announce to fams. X”

Gods I didn’t even think about telling my family! I'm so out of it.

“Yeah, I’ll set something up and send you the deets. No affection until we announce, and don’t tell anyone.” I want to be the one to tell my family. They’d lose it if they heard it somewhere else.

I set my phone down on the table and breathe for a second.

How am I even going to tell them?

Just yesterday I was telling everyone I wanted nothing to do with men or relationships. Now I’m in one with my mate? I feel myself shake my head in disbelief. But all of that is not important right now, I need to stay focused. It’s already 4PM, I have to make dinner plans by 6, and get everyone together by 8. I gather my thoughts and things together before I head back to the pack house to run everything by Miya and get her help planning out what to say.

Being a wolf is so much more work than it should be.

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“So I should keep it simple? Just come out and say it?” I ask.

“I mean you have to. Alex will be there right away and everyone will immediately know what’s up.”

F*ck, she’s right! I didn’t even think about Alex already being there.

“Oh gods oh man, Miya why do I have to do this,” I panic.

She chuckles a little. “You are so dramatic. Your family loves and supports you no matter what.”

I let out an exasperated sigh, “Yeah I know they do, but this is like… a big deal.”

“Ny what are they going to do? Hate the person you were made to be with? They have as much choice as you do in the matter. Either be with him, or be alone forever. Do you really think they want that for you?”

“I didn’t think of it like that…” gods that sounds horrible! It’s either Alex or no one? Who decides this sh*t??

“I’m just gonna wing it,” “How bad can it be?”

She laughs in response. “I imagine pretty bad, but whatever helps you get through the night.”

With that I send a mass text to my whole family.

“Hey everyone, I have an announcement to make. Meet me at our family restaurant tonight at 8PM x -Nyght.”

“A mass text, huh?”

“What, is that not good?”

She laughs. “No, it’s fine, Nyght. Calm down.”

I slouch down and breathe for a few seconds. I need to be calm.

“Okay, you leave.. I have to get dressed.” I say, heading to the bathroom. I decide to go semi casual with a nicer black off the shoulder shirt and light blue jeans. I’ve never been much of a formal person. I check the time, 6:45… I still have so much time to kill. I check my phone and see the confirmation texts from everyone. I decide fill in Alex,

“Everyone will be there at 8PM sharp. My family is extremely punctual, do not be late.”

I decide to lay down for a moment and check in with my wolf.

This is her mate too, afterall.

The process of conversing with your wolf is similar to that of astral projecting for spiritual humans. You need to be of sound mind, disregarding that for now, you need to be undisturbed for at least an hour, and you need to be prepared for a possible run in with the gods.

When speaking with your wolf you’re not technically on earth anymore. Your consciousness goes to another realm where your inner wolf chills until you let them out. Each realm is different for each wolf, and getting there can take practice. Thankfully, my parents taught us how to when we were very young so we’ve all been well acquainted with our wolves.

I take a deep breath and relax my body. I begin to feel my limbs go to sleep, and then the outer world fades away.

I find myself in a familiar forest, with howling sounds nearby. That’s her.

She comes bounding toward me, clearly happy from yesterday’s endeavors. “It’s great to see you, too, Noctis.” I laugh.

Our inner wolves can’t speak using vocal chords but, since we travel to their realm, they’re able to telepathically communicate. I know, I couldn’t believe it either.

“Why have you come here, Nyght Tsuki?”

Straight to the point as always.

“As you know we’ve found our mate-”

I’m interrupted by a low growl. “Have we?” she asks.

I pause for a moment. Have we not?

She sees the confusion painted on my face and continues.

“You aren’t ready for this.” she bounds away.

“Wait, Noctis!” I plead.

Before I know it, she’s disappeared and I’m back in my room. My heart is pounding, and I can’t feel her in my chest anymore.... what the f*ck?

I snap back to reality and remember to check the time.

It’s f*cking 8:15.

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