Malia Pierce at the age of nineteen was alone, constantly moving in fear she would be hunted down and found by her tormentors. She is the Alpha's daughter of the Phobos pack, where father, and his whole pack despised her just for her existence. He b...
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There was a huge difference between the idea of something and it actually taking place. I thought I prepared myself enough for this, that it wouldn't be that bad. I ensured myself that everything would be fine, Orion saying the exact same thing. It was worse than I thought it would be, much worse.
Yesterday, it wasn't that difficult. He left at midnight, starting the three days of separation. I felt a loneliness, a sinking feeling in my heart, but it wasn't hard to ignore. Today, I couldn't say the same thing.
It was worse than just painful. I could feel the distance between us, the empty space tugging at my soul. It felt as if a rift was tearing between us, yet the two halves were forcefully clashing together, ensuring that we would not be separated. I craved for him, much more than I ever had before. I truly never realized how attached I was to him, his much I actually needed and wanted him around me.
I couldn't eat, barely being able to hold down any sorts of liquid. Constant cramping in my muscles and stomach prevented me from even moving, let alone shifting. I could focus on him and only him. What he could be doing, if he was okay, where he was.
"I don't know how people do this." I groaned, clutching my stomach, as I sat on top of the toilet lid. I felt sick but I knew I wasn't. The herbal tea that his mother did nothing to dull the symptoms.
"That's why the women relax and take scented baths. The separation symptoms tend to affect them harder than it does to the males." Kai said as she started the bath. When the steam started to fog the mirror, she decided it was time to pour in the scents.
"Why though?" I muttered, pressing my heated forehead to the cool porcelain sink, but it only provided me solace for a few seconds.
"It's might not sound as nice as you would like it to.' Kai said, dumping out another vial into the tub. "In our world, in our kind, the women tend to depend on the male. When he is away during the ceremony,the bond stretches and weakens making the women more vulnerable. Since it is weakened, it's makes the women more susceptible to illness."
"But I'm not ill."I groaned, sitting up. "We don't get ill."
"Then the bond is portraying that you are." She dismissed, waving hand in the air. "Besides, one you see the dress, you won't be moaning and groaning anymore."
"I don't care what the dress looks like." I said, standing from my makeshift seat on the toilet lid. She turned to give me privacy as I stripped. "I more worried if he'll come back alive. Goddess knows he's going to get himself into some sort of trouble."
"Probably." She agreed as she turned around, regretting her answer as she saw the worried look on my face. "Kidding, kidding. He will be fine. Besides, even if he does get injured, you'll be the first to know." She clasped my hand in hers in an attempt to sloth my already on edge nerves.
"I can't help but worry." I sighed sinking further down into the tub.
"I know. I will probably be like that with Cole when the time comes." I watched at she glanced at the small watch on her wrist, her eyes widening.
