My Only Sunshine

Chapter 28

What on earth was going on right now?

I felt like I was in a completely different world then the one I was first introduced to, and it's all because Damien threw me a surprise 'welcome to the pack' party, with pack members and... others.

I say others because 1, I'm one-hundred percent sure they were not human, and oh boy was I right to assume so, because everyone at this 'party' was something mixed with human.

Not only have I met an actual shifter, but I've also met someone who could do magic, and not the magic you see from a magician pulling rabbits and birds from a hat, but an actual hand waver magician.

Everything was getting more and more crazy by the second, and I would be lying if I didn't say I was overwhelmed by Damien's world, to the point it somewhat terrified me, with fascination or fear, I wasn't sure which one.

Cristi and Magnea were spellcasters from Europe that came as soon as they heard that 'Damien Wilder' had a mate, like it was almost unreal to them and they had to see me in person, like they had heard a false rumour.

With each person I was introduced to, the story was the same, Damien was infamous with the rumor that he would never find a mate, which felt bizarre since I had technically known him since I was still a child.

It wasn't just that, everyone was acting weird around me, and it was starting to make me uncomfortable.

"Oh Aelia, that is Corstin, he's on the council with Magnea." Cristi said, subtly nodding to a man dressed in fine clothes, with a drink in his hand.

The man looked young, the same age as Damien, but with the way people are at this party, he could be over a thousand years old for all I know, considering Cristi told me she was turning 163 this year.

"The council?" I ask curiously, wondering what council she meant.

She gives me a look before giggling. "Well, THE council of-course, they're only the most powerful species to ever live."

"You best hope you never get in the way of the council, they're ancient protectors, practically royalty." She said, as I hummed out watching the man turn.

His eyes met mine and just as quickly I looked away, knowing that he obviously caught me staring at him, along with Crisi, as she told me more about this 'council'.

"Incoming." Cristi whispers to me, before clearing her throat, then putting her drink to her lips.

I don't need to look to know who she was talking about as I could sense the man, we looked at earlier, from the council, who caught me looking at him had walked over here the moment our eyes met.

Turning around I was right, he was standing in front of me, and suddenly I felt awkward.

"Leave us." His deep voice demands, without argue as he waves his hand at Cristi, who bows her head and leaves, before sending me a weak smile.

His eyes instantly go to mine, and I feel sudden chills go down my back as his strange and unique animalistic eyes look at me, with the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen.

"Aelia Madison... Wilder's mate." He spoke slowly, his eyes studying me and what I wore.

"I must say, you are even more lovely in person." He said before he took my hand and then pressed his lips towards my hand, his cold lips giving me the chills.

Before I could say a word or move my hand away, something, or someone pulls me back until my back hits something familiar, and warm, making me look back to see exactly what or who it was.