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Mate
`Are you going to let me in, or are you going to just stand there and stare at him.' She said gesturing to Mack's unconscious figure. Brett stepped aside and led the woman into the living room. All of the lycanthropes stared as she made herself comfortable on a loveseat with Mack laying on her lap. Brett stood as close as he could to Mack while maintaining a comfortable distance from the woman. Callum smelled a very sweet, almost cotton candy like smell coming from the woman. Before he could ask she started to speak.
My name is Elsa, and as you can tell I am a witch. I was standing outside of my shop when I saw this little guy' she said indicating the boy in her arms walking alone unattended.' Brett went to reach for Mack, but she raised a hand indicating that he should stop. Brett ignored her and reached to touch his mate, but Elsa tightened her grip on Mack and he started glowing and whimpered in pain. Brett immediately stopped with a growl, and Elsa indicated that he sit down in which he complied. Elsa clapped her hands together and Mack disappeared.
Now that I have your attention I have an important matter that we need to discuss. First things first your friend is fine I just sent him upstairs to rest in his bed. That's a very special boy that you guys have up there, but you shouldn't leave him unattended that could be very dangerous.' Callum being the curious male that he is asked. Do you know what he is?' In which Elsa smiled causing more wrinkles to form on her face. She ran a hair through her grey hair before answering. `Yes I do. You're friend up there is a mate.'
All four lycanthropes looked at her curiously, but once again she raised her hands to silence them. I do not mean a mate in which you think of. Just like a lycanthropes, mates are born not made. They are extremely rare and there can only be ten in the world at one time. When one dies another is born. You guys know that lycanthropes are born with the wolf already in them right?' They all nodded. Good the exact same thing applies with mates. They are born and their life goal is to find their soul mate. Whenever their skin comes into contact with someone else the mate in them immediately analyzes if that person is compatible or not.' Callum asked What happens if he touches his soul mate?' Elsa looked at him and smiled. Oh you'd feel it if he did. The energy wave that he would release would be incredible.' At this statement Anthony, Lisa, and Callum turned to Brett. Elsa saw this and started speaking directly to
him. `If that look means what I think it does then you my friend are a very lucky lycanthrope.'
Mack is a very special mate for the simple fact that he is a male. Mates have always been females because of their abilities so I don't know if his abilities will be any different.' Elsa said. So what are the normally traits of a mate?' Brett questioned. `Well after a mate has made her, well in this case his selection his entire being will be to please his lover. Anything that you ask of him will be done completely and thoroughly to the best of his abilities. All he will require in return is love and affection. This could be dangerous for a mate because if they choose a truly evil person they could be treated like slaves and still be content if they receive affection. Another ability always found in a mate is that if you keep him happy he has the ability to enhance anyone around him.' All the lycanthropes looked at her questioningly once again.
`If you make a mate happy they will release an energy flow that enhances anyone. For humans this energy can heal most illnesses and increase their lifespan a bit. For witches and wiccans our magic becomes much more potent and our spells last longer. Elves get the ability to look more human so that they can interact with human society. Vampires get the ability to walk in the sun. Werewolves have the ability to change into their beast at will. Lycanthropes get it the best though. Everyone knows that a lycanthrope ages like humans until they are fully developed. Once they reach adulthood one lycanthrope year becomes a decade in human years so most lycanthropes live to about a millennium. If you four were to hang around the boy long enough the energy he releases will give you the ability to live forever unless you're murdered of course.'
She once again turned to Brett. `Since you have been chosen his life force is linked to yours. This means that if you live forever then so will he. But I must warn you that if you don't treat a mate right then no energy will be released and you'll reap no benefits. A mate can release you as their choice, but they would never do that so they'll eventually just die of a broken heart. Your soul will not be linked to his, but if you're like every other lycanthrope I've encountered you wouldn't last much longer after that.' After taking all of this information in Brett didn't know what to say all he knew was that he was going to take care good care of his mate.
I have a question, how did the boy manage to sneak away from four lycanthropes?' Elsa asked. Callum relayed the events that had occurred just hours before, and Elsa shook her head and turned to Brett. He chose you and you were so busy fighting that he left. He must think that you've rejected him. As soon as he awakens you need to let him know that you do accept him before things get seriously dangerous.' Elsa got up and made her way to the front door with Lisa escorting her she turned around once more and said. `Oh! And by the way the reason I put the boy to sleep was because I saw a werewolf who seemed to have taken a liking to him. Tonight will bring a full moon, and if I were you I'd keep the mate very close.' And with that Elsa disappeared.
The look on Anthony, Brett, and Lisa's face made Callum very nervous. He'd assumed that they could take the werewolf because of their numbers, but now he wasn't so sure. There is four of us, we should be able to take one werewolf right?' he asked. You don't get it do you?! There is no being on this planet that can take a werewolf! They only change on full moons for a reason, it's because they harness all of their energy and they are at max power! This is all my fault! If I hadn't been so caught up in fighting I would have been able to keep him by my side and the stupid beast wouldn't have spotted him!' Brett screamed as tears rolled down his face.
Mack awoke with a slight headache. The last thing that he could remember was some old woman throwing something on him. He walked over and looked in his mirror and saw that the dust was all in his dreadlocks. `Son of a BITCH! Do you know how hard it is to clean my hair?!' He thought to himself. All of a sudden it hit him...he was back in Callum's house! The same traitor when he attacked him after all he had done for him in the last FOUR years! How could he take the side of a guy that he knew for less than a week? He was annoyed all over again and his only goal was to leave this house. Of course as soon as he made his way downstairs all four pairs of eyes were staring at him.
Callum wanted to run up the stairs and give his best friend a hug, but he knew that it would in badly. He wasn't surprised when Mack refused to even speak to anyone and headed for the front door. He wanted to stop him, but he knew that it was not the right time. What he didn't expect was for Brent to intercept him and wrapped his arms around his thin waist. Callum watched as Mack struggled.
Get off of me you big ogre!' He yelled until he heard Brett sniffling. I'm so sorry.' Brett whispered in his ear. H...hey I'm still mad at y...you' Mack whispered feebly. His defenses were crumbling fast and he had no idea as how to stop them. Don't ever try to leave me, I will always find you and bring you back home.' Brett said as he tightened his hold on his mate. T...that's not funny.' Mack stumbled out. I love you.' Brett said. Mack visibly tensed and looked up at Brett wide eyed, but before he spoke Brett closed the small distance between and pressed his lips to Mack's. Mack's inner mate came to full surface as a large amount of energy was emitted from his body. The other lycanthropes could literally feel their energy rising. They all felt as though they could run laps around the world.
Mack allowed Brett to dominate the kiss as he was being more or less held up because his legs had practically given out on him. Brett pulled away and opened his eyes, but didn't remove his arms from around Mack's waist. Mack looked into his beautiful grey eyes and said `I...I thought that you didn't want m...me.' He said fighting back tears. Brett just laid his mates head on his chest and gently stroked his back while he sobbed.
Callum had to wipe his own tears while watching his best friend find his soul mate. He was so happy to see them together finally, and he turned his head to see Lisa crying like a baby. It's just so...so beautiful!' she exclaimed. Okay its official, we've got to get you a mate.' Anthony exclaimed and Callum laughed while Lisa glared at him. Even Anthony himself shed a tear, but he had to maintain his alpha male status so he wiped it quickly before anyone saw it. He didn't want to be rude and ruin their moment, but there was still much to discuss and Mack had to be updated on everything.
`So what you're saying is that you guys are lycanthropes not werewolves, but there are werewolves. Along with all of these other "beings" of sorts, and I am a "mate" who can help us all live for eternity if Brett and I keep each other happy. And you guys were given this information by some old witch who thought it was funny to drop chicken dust in my damn hair. And to top it all off some psycho wolf wants to kidnap me and take me God knows were after I've just now found my soul mate.' Mack exclaimed while sitting on Brett's lap. They had all moved back into the living room.
In a nutshell yes, but it wasn't "chicken dust" that she used it was ashes of the deceased.' Anthony said. WHAT! OH MY GOD THAT'S SO GROSS!' Mack screamed as he ran upstairs screaming while swearing like a sailor. Everyone else burst out laughing at Anthony's joke, but Callum. What's so funny?' he asked. I was only kidding I have no clue what was in the potion.' Anthony said while trying to suppress his laughter. `I guess that I should go check on him.' Brett said still chuckling as he headed up stairs.
Callum gave a weak smile and leaned over onto Anthony's chest. It was only about nine o' clock, but it had been a long day, and he still was not sure if he and Mack were on speaking terms yet. He sighed as Anthony pulled him onto his lap and wrapped his thick muscular arms around him. At that moment all of his worries seemed to drift away and the only thing that was on his mind was his mate and the sound of his heartbeat. Anthony would you and the rest of our pack like to move in?' Callum asked. Anthony leaned down and kissed him on the forehead. Can I share a room with you?' Callum looked at Anthony as if he'd grown three heads. `You'd better, or we'd have some serious issues mister.' Anthony laughed and pulled his mate closer.
Lisa smiled at their interaction sadly. She was so happy that her pack (Mack included) had been happy, but she was still quite lonely. She didn't want to seem like a traitor, but she had really taken a liking to Lucas. She had even considered him to be her mate, but she feared that her alpha would not be so accepting of that. She tried to always stay so happy and positive, but honestly she was lonely and the person that she wanted to change that was Lucas. Her only issue was how does she go about telling her pack, and more importantly get them to accept Lucas.
Elsa sat it her old worn down shop, and smiled. Because she was psychic she already knew how the night would pan out and she her smile grew even wider when the entrance door swung open. Where is he?!' A deep voice roared as he started salivating from the mouth. He is right where he needs to be, and there's nothing you can do that will change that.' Elsa knew what was about to happen, but she welcomed death with a warm heart. She'd lost her decade and her will to live when her husband died. She turned to face the man as he began to shift and then she said a quick prayer.
The man's transformation was extremely painful as his skin itched so bad that he dug his fingernails into his flesh and ripped chunk of skin out. He yelled/howled in pain as he continued to rip shreds of skin to help speed the process up. Elsa waited patiently to await her ultimate fate. The man fell to his knees and screamed as his nails elongated ad well as his teeth. His arms then began to stretch beyond belief and hair started to grow all over his body. He stood up and his height peaked at about 9' and weighed about 400 pounds. Once he had completed his transformation he turned his sights onto Elsa.
Elsa smiled up at the wolf and said `lord please forgive him, for he knows not what he is doing.' She closed her eyes and tilted her head to the left knowing where he would strike first and he did just that. He struck her in the neck with his mighty jaws as he ripped her flesh from her neck. He slowly devoured the flesh as Elsa crumbled to floor. One tear escaped her left eye as she had one more vision of being reunited with her husband. The wolf continued to devour her until there wasn't much left. He stepped outside and took a big whiff until he found the scent that he was looking for. He let out one ferocious howl before running off into the woods.