His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 103

Olivia

I was heading for the trees before I realized what was happening.

'No, turn back,' I thought to myself, and then realized I wasn't in charge. The wolf was in charge.

My wolf was showing herself. I could feel her stretching out as I ran. Trees sped by me in a blur, and I sucked in a lung-full of fresh air. I felt powerful.

The rational human part of me still panicked and tried to get through to the wolf. I ran for miles, trying to check out my territory.

I looked down at my feet, and they were still human, with a small spattering of white wolf fur. I had claws on my hands, but they still looked mostly human. It struck me that I was partially shifted into the hybrid wolf woman. And it felt great. I couldn't wait to turn fully.

'Olivia,' Zaiden's voice boomed in my head. My mate was close on my heels, and suddenly, I was overwhelmed by an intense desire. He was supposed to claim me. Why was he late?

Without further delay, my face started to change, and a snout started to grow. It was the oddest sensation as my jaw elongated into that of the wolf. I was so excited and the changes kept happening. The ground was suddenly nearer, and I realized I was running on my hands....no...they were not hands anymore. They had changed into paws. I was a wolf now. I had shifted and it felt wonderful. Walking around as the wolf fit like a second skin. It was like finding a part of myself I'd never really gotten to know before.

My ears were so much more effective, I could hear much better. The nose had also improved my sense of smell. I scampered around and crawled up a small hill to look at the valley below.

I smelled something tasty and heard a faint fast heartbeat. My stomach growled. I felt the wolf's instincts for hunting in my mind.

'Olivia, you are beautiful!' I finally saw my mate Zaiden. His grey wolf stared at me from a distance.

'Mate,' I thought. He instantly heard me.

'We can talk?' I suddenly realized we were talking telepathically.

'Yeah, you can talk to the entire pack actually, but we'll test that later.'

He stalked nearer to me. 'I have never seen a white wolf before. You look lovely.'

I was pleased and held up my paws. He butted my head with his.

'Run with me,' he said.

I couldn't agree more. As we trained physically, I started to blend with the wolf. Soon we were thinking in tandem, opening ourselves to each other completely. It was so much more comfortable that way. I continued to test my strength and was very pleased. My claws were sharp, my legs were powerful, and my reactions were quick. I wasn't going to be afraid anymore.

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Alice

"Come on, Max, is this the best you have?" I said, exasperated into the laptop screen. Remote working had its perks. But it was also frustrating at times like this when my assistant screwed up the design I had been working on.

I was looking at the model of a resort hotel which I had designed for the black stone pack. In all this madness, Lucian barely had the time to work out the details of the hotel which we had decided to build on that land. Hence, I decided to take the initiative and do it myself. He would be thrilled.

"Max, that's not where I want the swimming pool. And we would never get approval for towers that high. I need this to be done before Lucian's birthday!"

Max scratched his head for a few seconds.

"On its madam. Give me some time...."

"How much?"

"About 2 weeks," he replied.

"Alright, Max, you have two weeks," I replied.

It had been three weeks since our conversation and the design was still not ready, I was literally at my wit's end. This is precisely how Lucian found me, pacing restlessly on the balcony.

"Hey, you look tensed." He commented as he caught my waist.

"Max is driving me crazy, I might have to drop in the office sometime this week. I have been ignoring work for a long time."

His grasp froze.

"You know that's not possible, Alice, those rogues are still at large."

"But we haven't had any incident in more than a month. You people have flushed out most of the rogues. I think I can at least visit the office for a few hours."

He seemed to fight within, with himself.

"Is it important?"

"Yes please." I pleaded.

"Alright, but just this once." He sighed.

I threw my arms around him. "Thank you, thank you......"