Possible Sticky Situation

Killian

As she passes out and drops to the floor, her body twitches, so I have no idea if this is a flashback and her mind is overwhelmed and that’s why her eyes rolled back and she dropped, or if this is just a way her body has of shutting shit down if she gets severely triggered.

I’m going to have to address the pack about this whole fucked up bullshit, but I have to figure out how much to say and how much not to say. I am worried that if they think she is weak or defective that she will be challenged more. I am not worried about her being able to best the challengers, I am more worried about losing pack members to the bullshit.

Although, she did best Suzanne with her bare hands, and not even her wolf, so maybe that will keep the challenges down when I explain some things about their new Luna to my pack. I don’t think I can skip that step. Wolves are very tactile creatures and they will want to touch her and hug her, case in point right now, so this will be an issue.

Earlier it had already come up because she’d been so standoffish with the pack, and they couldn't quite understand why she wouldn’t want the comradery of the pack as a wolf, as we all crave that. I had said it was due to her recent trauma, what I didn’t know was that it was far more to do with her past trauma. 

The woman who hugged her is upset and scared and I comfort her with the knowledge this is not because of her, and that it’s okay, and I’m not angry and the Luna will not be angry. I scoop her up and take her to our room and lay her on the bed. 

When I hear the knock I already know it’s my sister and allow her to come in. She looks at Alora and then at me with a question on her face. I go and sit next to her on the bed so I can watch over her. Siril is pushing to be close to her in this state. 

“It wasn’t the trauma of her transformation that was the problem with her being so standoffish with the pack. I didn’t know much, but I knew there was more than just how she was changed that was affecting her, of course I could never have fathomed how bad it truly is. I was letting our wolves get to know each other. Siril mounted her wolf when the mate pull was too much. She freaked out, not her wolf, Alora freaked out, changed instantaneously back to human, ripped his teeth out of her including a chunk of her shoulder. Then she managed to push him out of her with him knotted, so that tore her open and injured us. That is why she was healing in medical.” 

My sister’s jaw is on the floor and she’s blinking between me and Alora, and I nod, then continue. “When she woke, I explained and apologized, and of course she wasn’t happy, as the mate bond took, and it’s there. Then she was overwhelmed by my emotions, and I had to pull Siril back. Then when she discovered I will be able to share some of her thoughts and emotions, she didn’t block me out anymore. I saw what teh fucking hell her life was, and all of that she carries around. Touch triggers her if she’s in her human form, her wolf did better with touch, but I have no idea what to do about all of this. I have to tell the pack some of it or else they’ll constantly be trying to touch her.”

She walks to another chair in the room and sits down sighing heavily, “Damn, Killian, this is goign to be rough. The claim is permanent. Do you think you might be able to help her work through all of that stuff? She has to be able to accept touch, from you and eventually the pack. So, how are we supposed to help her?” 

I shake my head, “Right now, I honestly don’t know. Dr. Martin said just to be there, help her realize she’s safe now, and no one is going to hurt her again. Her wolf is so strong she would easily win a challenge, not to mention, I am barely Alpha enough to command her wolf, she’s more Alpha than pretty much everyone I know. So, she can’t be commanded to do shit, except by me that I know of right now.” 

Elizabeth nods her head, “Well, we’ll have to figure it out, so, the sooner the pack understands the better. Maybe they can help to, by showing her that not all touch is bad?”

I nod, hoping she’s right with all of this. I hear a groan and I turn to see Alora opening her eyes. She sits upright really fast and looks around, cataloging everything. Now that I’m paying attention I realize that’s what she’s doing, she is cataloging everything in this room to evaluate any potential danger. Now, as a predator, some of that would be instinctual, but this is more learned than that. I’ll have to keep an eye on that with her. 

She locks in on Elizabeth and I see her wolf take a peak, but not threatened by her, she retreats fairly quickly. Alora tilts her head like she’s listening to something.

“You have a sister?” She turns to me as she asks that.

I smiled, “Yes, I do, actually. This is Elizabeth, my younger sister.” Alora looks back at her again and then just nods.

“Well, no matter how it happened, I am glad my brother finally found his mate. So, I hope that we can help to make you happy. The pack is very anxious to get to know you. I know that makes you nervous, but you’ll see, it’s a good thing.” With that Elizabeth smiles at her and then gets up and leaves the room.

I hear Alora sigh, and look back at her, “It’ll get better. They just need to know that you are not like the wolves they are used to and physical touch isn’t the same for you right now. Wolves tend to be very touchy creatures, so we need to let them know to back off for now.”

She snorts at that, “Not sure how long of a “for now” you think this whole thing is supposed to take? I mean this has been my life since I was 3, so, yeah, I don’t know that it’s going anywhere anytime soon.”

That makes me pause, the idea that this horror was heaped upon her while she was so small and vulnerable. Eventually I’ll have to find out if he’s still alive, and if so, I will most definitely have to do something about that.

I must have broadcast that too loudly because she turns to me and smiles just a little, “You are going to have to stand in line for that shit.” I just nod, we have time.