Feral Pledge

The full moon shone brightly in the sky, casting its silvery glow upon the earth like the brightest torch light. Natalie , a 21-year-old college graduate, sits quietly on the bus stop bench, waiting for a bus that will be going towards her neighborhood at a time like this. Her large dark brown eyes squinted as a memory from her childhood flashed before her.“Talie, you can't do that!” Her father, Mr Henry Davis squealed at her.“But, daddy, why? Toria says it's fun”. A six-year old Natalie questioned.“Honey, we have promised to give you everything that is best for you in this world except this.” Mrs Clarisse Davis, her mother said in a calm tone while rubbing her head lovingly.Everything seems confusing to little Talie . No one is explaining why she can't go into the woods to play like other kids, even when her best friend Toria said it is fun and exciting.*Honk*The sound of the bus accompanied by its bright two sided light brought Natalie back to the present. “Oh, the bus is fi

“I smell mate here”.“It’s impossible. That's just you hallucinating.” Ethan replies to Xander harshly and shuts him out.“Kael, inform everyone that there will be a board meeting at the conference in 20 minutes time. No lateness.”“I will do that right away”. Since no one else is allowed to the CEO’s floor aside Ethan himself and Kael, the only one who could pass the message across to every department is the assistant himself, Kael.“A mate among humans and that in my company? Seems Xander is going crazy!”**************2 hours later…The meeting with the CEO was a tense one. This is the first time Ethan Woods is meeting physically with his staff and the heads of most departments have been relieved of their duty including the senior account manager who has been arrested when found guilty of theft. That is a warning to everyone else present to tread carefully.Victoria, who began work here a few months ago couldn't believe that the senior account manager is capable of the allegations

“Good evening grandmother.” Ethan spoke carefully to his grandmother. She is his only remaining family member and he loves her so much.“Ethan, are you fine?” his grandmother sounded worried. “You have been forcing the whole pack into submission with your Alpha voice since the beginning of today”Oh! How can he be so careless about that? Although, he is outside the pack's premises, his pack members would still feel the distress everytime he uses that voice on anyone.“Yes grandmother, I am okay. Just being a bit stressed.” “Or, have you found her?” Henrietta, his grandmother asked with what sounded like hope in her voice.He loves and respect his grandmother a lot but how would he bring himself to tell her that after years of searching, his mate is just a mere human girl?“Found who?” He asked, pretending to be oblivious of whom she referred to.“You know whom we are all waiting for Ethan. Don't play jokes on me”.“No, I haven't found her grandmother. What makes you think I will find

Yes, grandmother. The Luna is a beautiful human girl. In fact, she is a friend to one of our employees.”“Oh. That silly grandson of mine! So he'd rather suffer than be with her? Knowing well that tonight is a full moon” Henrietta wondered what was going on in Ethan's mind.She understands that he might see her as being weak compared to him but there must be a reason the moon goddess paired them together. Also, a prophecy had been said about an Alpha and a human pair before now. Although, even Ethan himself does not know about this.“What do I do grandmother? He has met her already so the full moon will feel different tonight. I doubt if the wolfsbane in him will be able to hold him down.” Kael spoke worriedly.Aside from being his Alpha, Ethan has been his best friend since childhood. They grew together, experienced each other's first shift, trained together before he was eventually crowned Alpha after a rogue attack that left them orphaned.Although Ethan is always aloof and stubbor

“Arthur” came Natalie's soft whisper.For a moment, Kael saw a rush to events which he doesn't seem to understand and this happened immediately Natalie called that name.Who is Arthur?Her boyfriend? Was he the man riding the bike earlier?Also what were those flashes?“Natalie, we are here”. He tapped her shoulder lightly.*************“What you are trying to tell me is that you guys are animals?” Natalie couldn't find any better word to describe it.Kael was about telling her some story after asking if she believed in the existence of werewolves when she slept off. Truly, it was a short sleep but that doesn't mean she wouldn't have her usual dreams again. She only felt a light tap on a shoulder which jolted her away. Looking around, she could see that they were already at their destination; Ethan's house. Although she couldn't make out what the full apartment looked like because of the darkness, the soft ray of light from the moon could still show some distinctive features of the