The Forbidden Alpha

The days passed quickly after the meeting. Ethan was busy but checked in with me whenever he could. The weekend of the Full Moon arrived and it was hard to hide my anxiety and fear about my first shift.

It’s close to sundown and I’m feeling fidgety. “Don’t worry,” Olivia tried to soothe me, “after a couple of shifts it becomes second nature. This is what our body was made for.” She squeezed my hand and I nodded trying to calm myself.

“I’m here and will make sure to make it happen quickly,” Kor said.

“Thanks…” I say. “Are you ready to come out?” I ask nervously.

I can tell she’s excited and I don’t want to be selfish. This isn’t all about me. For her, this would be something exciting.

“Yes! I can’t wait to feel the grass below my paws and to feel the wind on my face but… what I really can’t wait for is to finally meet Ethan’s wolf. I can’t wait until I can hear and see him.”

Guilt washes over me in waves. I’ve been so cruel, she’s been living through me with Ethan but she hasn’t even seen or talked to his wolf yet. She’s been suffering and she hasn’t said anything to me about it. I’ve been so selfish.

“I’m sorry Kor, I haven’t been considerate of you.”

“Ethan is my mate too! You don’t have to be sorry Adea. I enjoyed our time with Ethan, I just want to meet him wolf part too,” she tells me.

“As soon as I’ve shifted you’ll be able to see him.”

“I look forward to it, Adea. Ethan’s wolf counterpart is your mate just as much as Ethan is my mate. So you’ll need time with Elijah too,” she says happily.

I gulp.

“You’re right,” I say nervously. “I haven’t really had the chance to talk with Elijah but I’ve noticed when he’s been present when I’ve been with Ethan.”

Kor purrs, “I know, I could feel him when he was present.”

“Are you nervous about meeting him?” I ask, curious.

“It’s not the same for wolves as it is for you and Ethan. I already know that he’s mine and I, his. I’m not nervous… I’m excited. I can’t wait to see him, to kiss him, to hug him… to fu-” I cut her off.

“Okay okay, I get where that was going,” I tell her. I do not want to hear about what she wants to do to or with Elijah.

Kor giggles like a schoolgirl who’s about to see her crush at school.

“We’ve got this, don’t worry,” she encourages me.

Olivia and I sit on the couch in the lobby as we wait for Ethan. She starts mind linking and I just know that it’s him. After she cuts the mind link she turns to me, “It’s time.”

Standing up, I follow her outside, and orange and yellow paint the sky. She walks around the building to where the forest starts. I watch as Ethan emerges from the trees wearing nothing but ripped shorts.

“Are you ready little mate?” He asks with his hand outstretched.

Not trusting my voice, I nod while I close the distance between us and grab his hand.

“Olivia will follow us until we’re deep enough into the forest. She’s going to give us some space once we get out far enough,” he tells me as he turns and we take the first step into the forest.

I don’t know when but we’ve started running, Ethan holds my hand firmly in his while we go deeper into the forest. Olivia isn’t far behind and it’s comforting knowing that she’s here.

The sun starts dipping lower in the sky and I watch as it gets closer and closer to the horizon. “I’m here,” Kor says quietly and I nod knowing that I’ll be okay.

We’d been running for minutes maybe half an hour when Ethan stopped and turned to Olivia. She then looked at me, ran over, and gave me a big hug.

“You’ve got this!” She whispered before turning and running back the way we came. I watched her until she disappeared out of sight.

I gulped before turning to face Ethan, too afraid to attempt to hide the fear. My eyes were wide with fear, my heart hammering in my chest, my hands sweaty as a cold chill ran through my body.

I clenched my fists to try and lessen the chill but it didn’t go away, it spread to my arms and ran down my spine. I opened my mouth to call Ethan when the sun dipped below the horizon and the light from the full moon hit me.

A loud crack had a pain-filled scream fill the night air and I fell to the ground. Ethan’s soothing words fell on deaf ears, I couldn’t hear anything. The pain was unbearable, my head throbbed and I tried to breathe through it.

My body continued to crack, my arm twisted at a weird angle and it hurt so much, I couldn’t move. My back curled, my spine lengthening and curling against my will, my shoulders spread out.

Minutes passed and the pain only worsened. Ethan stood above me, trying to soothe me, his hands at his side.“Eth-,” I cried as another bone-shattering crack came from my legs. I pressed my head against the earth, begging for it to stop, pleading for the Goddess to end it.

“Please, please,” I begged mentally.

“It’ll be over soon, Adea,” Kor cried. “Hold on with me, just hold on,” she pleaded.

“Kor,” I screamed hoarsely.

“You’re almost there, you’re doing amazing,” Ethan encouraged me. “It’s almost done little mate, you’re doing great.”

“I don’t know if I can do this,” I told Kor mentally.

“We’re almost there, Ethan’s here, I’m here. Soon, I’ll take it from you,” she cried. I could feel her anguish as she watched me transform.

Beautiful white fur erupted all over my body and my nose protruded from my face growing outwards. My hands morphed into strong paws, a tail grew from my backside and hair fell from it.

The pain disappeared and I realized that I was inside, while I looked out through Korra’s eyes.. The transformation was over, the pain subsided.