ABL 03: New Home

“Don’t scare the girl Miall, show her around her new home,” my mother said and Amanah still looked shocked at what she had heard. 

“Wait, will I really be pregnant for six months only?”  

“Well, for only five now, so your time is almost up,” I said, crossing my arms over my shoulder and my mom slapped my head. “What did you do that for!” I yelped and she ground her teeth together.

“I said stop scaring the girl,” she said in a low voice glaring at me.

“Last I checked, I was the Alpha of this pack,” I grumbled rubbing my head, it didn’t hurt but it did sting. My mother raised her eyebrow at me and said,

“Alpha to who?” That scary face was replaced with a kind smile as she looked at Amanah. “We don’t know for sure yet, since this is the first time it’s happened in our pack.” 

“Oh,” she said softly and a smirk grew on her face. “That would still be enough time for me either way,” she said. “I’ve heard that pregnancy isn’t so kind on people,” she whispered to my mom and they giggled together. 

“Once you’re settled in, I will tell you about my pregnancy with Miall. Let's hope yours will be better than mine,” mom said, holding her hand. 

“I just hope my child won’t come out with that big head of his,” she pointed to me and mom laughed. 

“He got that from his father,” they laughed together and I glared at the both of them. “Let’s get you settled in first, dear and I will tell you everything about Miall and this pack.”

“Alright Nyleve,” she said as she hooked her arm with my moms. 

“Luna Nyleve,” I said. 

“Please repeat that in my good ear,” she said as she turned her face to the side with her hand on her face, she slowly folded her fingers and raised her middle finger. “Oh? Nothing? I guess we can continue Nyleve,” she said, smiling sweetly at mother. She infuriated me. 

I grabbed her arm and they looked at me shocked, I smiled and slightly cocked my head to the side. “I will show you around,” my smile grew as Amanah stared back at me quietly, probably thinking of what she can say to get out of this. “You’ll have much more fun with me,” I said and she squinted her eyes and nodded. 

“Okay, so I will go prepare some stuff for you Amanah,” my mother said with a smile and left us together. 

“Come on,” I said, pulling her and she stood still. Sighing, I pulled again and she finally moved with me. 

“You know, I walk fine by myself,” she said, pulling her arm from her hold. 

“Make sure you keep up then,” I let go of her arm and she grumbled something under her breath. “Did you say something?”

“Aren’t you supposed to hear what I say?” 

“You seem to know a lot about us,” I said as I opened the door for her. She looked at me surprised and I rolled my eyes. “I may not want you here, but I do have manners.”

“I know only the basics, do your bones hurt when you shift?” She asked leaning in closer to me and I looked down at her. 

“Sometimes,” I answered and she nodded slowly. 

“Then you’re not that strong,” she said and I sighed. “You must be weak!” She laughed and I raised my eyebrow. 

“I know I could break you into half like a twig,” I said and she grinned nodding. 

“You did, that’s why I ended up pregnant with your baby,” she stuck her tongue out and giggled. 

“Believe me, it wasn’t my intention,” I said, pushing my hands into my pockets. 

“Hmm,” she shrugged. “So, are we going to stand in this gloomy hallway forever?” She grimaced, shuddering. 

“Well, I believe this is where you woke up. This is the Eclipse Moon Pack Council Hall, basically where meetings concerning anything and everything that has to do with the pack are held. It's basically hell." 

"With unlawful representatives," she whispered as she hugged herself. "Where to next?" 

"Look, I'm sorry about Sucram, I'll deal with him," I said and she shrugged. 

"It's nothing new, now let's go please," I led her out of the hall where we were immersed in bright light. "What the heck?" She whispered as she looked around. "Are you sure I'm not dead?"

I laughed along with her, she covered her mouth and shook her head. "This is unreal, you have purple skies! Purple skies! Two moons? No fucking way," she ran towards the yellow tree and raised her head as she stared at the leaves. "Why's it so beautiful here?"

She ran towards me giggling and jumped up and down like those annoying small stibbars, but she would probably like those seeing how fascinated she is just by the sky. "Why would you bother coming on Earth when you live in such a magnificent world?"

"It is beautiful I admit, but not magnificent," I shuddered and she stuck out her tongue. 

“I could live here forever, it even smells real,” she said after considering her words. “Original I guess?”

“Earth isn’t so bad,” I said and she looked at me from the corner of her eyes. “Well, it doesn’t matter. Let's get you to the house,” she followed after me commenting on everything she saw. She even went crazy when she saw the blue grass. 

“Your grass is BLUEEEEEE!” She squealed. “It’s blue!”

“It’s a variation of colours, but the blue grass shows that the land is still good,” I explained but it seemed as if she wasn’t listening to me. “Why are you staring at the zwinoni? Is it the first time you see them?”

“Zwee-know-nee?”

“Zwinoni,” I corrected her pronunciation. “I believe on earth they’re called birds.”

“Oh, well yes. Our zwinoni’s have two wings, I’ve never seen one with three wings and two heads,” she said slowly. “I don’t like it,” she said, shaking her head and I chuckled. 

We finally made it to the house and I showed her around the ground floor. Where the kitchen was, the guest bathroom, laundry room not that I’m there a lot. The backyard opened up into the woods which was basically my paradise but she seemed to be more interested in the house. 

“This is my room, absolutely off-limits to you,” I said as I pointed to my bedroom, she pouted and cocked her head to the side. 

“Why?”

“Because I said so.”

“Mhmh,” she shrugged and walked away. “So, which one is mine?” 

“Unfortunately, this one,” I pointed to the door right opposite my room. Her eyes lit up as she opened the door but the scowl didn’t match her previous excitement. 

“Ah,” she softly whispered.

“What do you mean, ah?”

“It’s something,” she said looking at the bed. “Well, thank you for showing me around, I think I’ll be going back to sleep and wake up on Earth in my bed this time,” she said with a small smile as she closed the door leaving me alone in the hallway. 

Well good riddance, I hope she does wake up on Earth this time. I sighed as I rubbed my neck, what led me to mark her? I can’t completely remember that night, I sort of blacked out when she started drinking with me. 

I pushed my hands into my pockets and left the house, heading over to the packhouse. 

“Where is Amanah?” My mother asked me, holding linen in her arms, she looked behind me. “You were supposed to bring her here after you showed her your house!”

“She said she wanted to sleep and wake up on Earth,” I shrugged my shoulders and my mother scowled at me, kissing her teeth. 

“You should treat her right, she’s pregnant with your child,” I followed behind her as she demanded I treat Amanah like an equal. 

“Listen, I don’t think it’s a good idea for her to live with me,” I said and my mom turned around and raised her eyebrows as she put the pillows down. 

“What do you mean?” She put her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the side. 

“Mom, you know how Orion gets, they can’t be in the same space,” I said reasoning with her and she waved her hand. 

“He’s obviously the one that marked her, he chose her, they will get along just fine,” she said and I groaned. 

“What if that isn’t the case? What if it was me in control and I-”

“Was it you?” She asked and I shook my head no. “Then don’t worry about it, they will be fine.”

I left my mom in the packhouse feeling the need to think things over, preferably running. I took off my shirt and talked to Orion, or at least tried to. 

“Orion, shift,” I commanded and he kept quiet. “Orion!”

“What?” He answered gruffly. 

“I said shift.”

“Don’t feel like it,” he said as he laid his head on his arms. 

“Out of all the wolves I could be given, I was given a century-old stupid Lycan!” I grunted as I walked through the woods, slowly picking up speed and getting ready to shift. “A stupid lazy Lycan that only comes out when he wants to impregnate a weak human instead of a worthy wolf.”

“Don’t push me, Miall,” he growled back and I scoffed. 

“What are you going to do? Hurt me? As if you coul-ah!” I felt my bones break as he took over my body, I almost forgot how much it hurt to shift when he was angry. 

“Calling me stupid?” I smirked from inside and he chuckled. “We’ll see about that,” I lost consciousness and cursed myself for not thinking this through, he was about to do something reckless. 

“Orion!” 

“Go to sleep, Miall.”