ABL 04: Meeting Orion

Once I was sure Miall had left the house, I left that dry ass room for his spacious room. I took a shower in his bathroom and graciously borrowed a shirt of his. Feeling clean and refreshed, I went to get something to eat from his kitchen. 

Which was a huge mistake because I had no idea what all this was, his freezer was mostly stocked with red meat, but I had no idea what animal that came from, as a matter of fact, I had no idea what any item in this fridge came from. 

I certainly didn’t trust the milk because what fucking animal was this on the packaging? I opened up his cabinet drawers and found something that I was a hundred percent sure was from earth. He had all sorts of snacks that I was very familiar with and thank goodness it was still good and hadn’t expired yet. I grabbed what I could and contemplated pouring a glass of water, but then again, the lake was purple. 

I climbed up the stairs with my arms filled with snacks, I kicked open his bedroom door, well my new bedroom door and skipped to his bed after kicking the door closed and dropped the snacks on his bed, my apologies, my bed. 

I snuck in under the covers of the big bed and sighed happily, this is paradise at its finest! The bed was freaking huge, his sheets were ash grey, my favourite colour and so was his bedroom. I saw he actually had something that looked like a transparent screen hanging in the air close to the wall. 

Out of curiosity, I got out of the bed munching on my milk chocolate cookie, I touched the screen and a bright blue light blinded me. I moved away from the screen squinting my eyes, once my eyes had adapted to the light, I cocked my head to the side seeing rows and rows of what seemed like shows. This was gold!

I touched the screen again as I looked for something to watch, I knew not even a single show, and it seemed as if they came from all over the galaxy because they were titled Planet Nioz, Planet Nior and so forth, it seems in this realm, a lot of the planets started with Ni, and I guess the titles would make sense if I could read the language, I do hope there is a setting where I can watch it in English. 

I settled on a show that looked cool enough. After struggling I was lucky enough to find the English setting for the program. I sat on the bed and watched the series. Each episode was about forty minutes long and I found it funny how they interpreted Human beings in their programs. 

The show basically was about humans, like how on earth we have our own ideas of what the supernatural world is like, they had their own interpretation of what the natural world was like, but they also had access to it too, unlike us, well I hope we don’t have access to it. 

After much laughter and believe it or not, a few emotional moments, I slept through the episodes as I hugged the pillow. Maybe I should have stayed in my small bed but this one is much more comfortable. I wonder when Miall will be back home. 

Hours passed with me sleeping and hunger woke me up. I sat on the bed and looked around, it seemed like it was night time but it was still so bright outside, perhaps because of the two moons, which was so interesting to see them in two completely different phases. One was half, while the other one was a quarter moon, but it was so beautiful. Even though Miall did try to explain a few terms to me and the environment, I still had so much to see and learn about this planet, I guess I could always ask Nyleve. 

I walked downstairs barefooted and stared at the freezer again, I guess I’ll have to take a leap of faith and actually eat this stuff. I took out what looked like beef to me, well close to beef and cut it up to at least two people. I found some other things that looked like vegetables, again with faith I prayed to the God I knew that this stuff would be edible. 

While my stew cooked on the stove which I was grateful for, I sat down on the chair and looked out the window. This place was so peaceful I found it weird. Normally, or from what I’ve read in books and seen on shows, there would be a bunch of wolves roaming around this place, or some kind of ceremony happening, but it was dead quiet, almost like Miall lived far away from everyone. 

As I ate my stew, surprisingly it was good, I thought about the drastic change that just happened in my life. I’m no longer on Earth, I will probably no longer see Frank or the bar, or anything on Earth for that matter and I am pregnant. I am pregnant with the first man's child that I slept with after eight years and weirdly, I am very excited to have a child, a family that won’t leave me. 

I washed my dishes and switched off the lights after putting Miall’s food in the fridge, I walked back into my room and stood there stunned, was I scared? No. Should I be scared? Yes. Why? Because a wolf was standing in the middle of the room with his head cocked to the side as he stared back at me. 

He was muscular, a lighter colour than the ash grey splattered around this room. He was extremely tall and unlike the rest of his body, from his neck he had a lot of fur, coating his face like a beard. Two black likes on each of his eyes looked like the letter S, however, the second line wasn’t a full S, instead, it was a small curve. His ears stood up, pointing to the ceiling. How was I finding him attractive?

A giggle left my lips when I looked at his fur and he slightly cocked his head and I cleared my throat as I closed the door, which I probably shouldn’t be doing, he hadn’t attacked me yet, but those gold eyes looked welcoming. 

“Miall?” I asked and he bared his teeth at me, I stopped moving forward contemplating on running away now, would I actually make it? What would happen if I wasn’t fast enough? The wolf stood still in its stance and suddenly I could hear the sounds of bones snapping. I winced as I watched the wolf change form, he became a bit shorter from his previous height, he was still tall but a few inches shorter. 

He looked at me with a smirk as I took in his new appearance, he still had a few features from the previous form, his arms and hands were still wolf-like, and his long fingers were splayed across his now human chest. His neck had grey patterns that looked like tribal tattoos, he looked like Miall but his ears were now elf-like, while his hair stood facing all directions, it still looked good though. He had a half-moon mark on his forehead and his gold eyes shined even more.

“Why do you look so different?” I asked him, he looked absolutely hot and I felt like screaming, I bit my lip trying to keep myself calm. I was not ready for what was about to come next. 

“I’m not Miall,” he said slowly walking closer to me, he smirked as I took a step back. Why did he have Miall’s face?

“Then who are you?” I asked and I suddenly felt like I couldn’t move, what was happening?

“I’m Orion, God of Lycans,” he said, staring down at me with a huge satisfied smile. “And you must be mia nwananga.”

“No, I’m Amanah. Nice to meet you, Orion,” I said and he moved away and threw his head back laughing, his laughter shook the room and I could finally move, instead of leaving the room, I walked towards the bed and sat down on it. 

“Why aren’t you running away? I released you,” he said as he looked at me. “Ngoho o naka.”

“Should I run away? And I don’t understand what you said in the end,” I cocked my head to the side. 

“I said you are truly beautiful,” my heart fluttered and I couldn’t look him in the eye again. Fuck, why did he have to say it like that? “I apologise for my form, this is the only way I can fully be conscious in this body, it’s also easier when he’s drunk,” he said. 

“So the night at the bar?”

“Yes, I took over once you both got drunk,” he said and my mouth opened in a small o before I covered it in horror at what I thought happened.

“Wait, so did I sleep with Miall, or you in that form!?” I asked and he smiled, shaking his head. 

“You slept with Miall,” he said softly, kneeling in front of me on one knee. “It really surprises me how you’re not scared,” he shook his head and touched my face softly. 

“You surprisingly both have kind eyes,” I whispered as I saw his eyes flicker back to purple.

“It seems I took over for a long time, I’ll put him to sleep, but before I do that, I need you to do me a favour.”