Balance of Light and Shadow
Chapter 26
Eve POV
Michelle has been teasing me all week since we returned home from the pack.
“So have you texted him yet“.
“No, I have not“.
“Oh come on, it’s been five days. I get using the three day rule before texting so you don’t seem eager but we are past that now“.
I don’t reply. My silence on the topic was driving her nuts. She storms out of the room and I can hear her yelling at the other girl. “We are having a romance movie night and ordering pizza and ice cream. Be ready
in 30“.
I can hear a chorus of cheers from upstairs and I knew I wasn’t getting out of this.
Once we got all our food and was set up in PJ’s in the living room, we try to decide on a movie. I was trying to steer them towards romcom but Michelle shut that down immediately and said it was straight romance. They settled on Pride and Prejudice which is one of Willow’s favourite. She loves movies with historical aspects to them.
At the end of the movie, all three girls had glassy eyes from crying. Michelle looks over to me and notices I’m stuck in my own head again.
“What’s wrong Eve. I don’t just mean right now but I mean with you going on one date with Conrad. He really cares about you“.
“I’ve worked that out. It’s just all strange to me“. I just hug my knees and avoid eye contact with all of
them.
“Oh come on. Plenty of guys have liked you before. Going on a dinner date with a wolf would be the same as a human“.
My silence and turning to look out the window spoke volumes for her.
“Oh. My. God. Have you never been on a date or had a relationship before“. The sheer shock in Michelle’s voice made me panic.
“How could I. What would even happen on the first date with a human? Hi. Just so you know I’m not human. I’m apparently valuable to my species so could be kidnapped and tortured at any moment and have such severe childhood trauma I’m uncomfortable being alone with you. Shall we order entrees“.
All three girls were silent a this. They knew I was right. Michelle seemed more confused as she couldn’t process the fact that I had never been on a date, let alone in a relationship.
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“What happened to all the guys that were interested in you at university“.
“I introduced them to you. Your sex drive took care of the rest“.
Michelle’s face went to pure shock and the other two burst out laughing with me. When the laughter died down, Kimberly turned to me with her caring eyes and concerned look.
“You never thought about being with someone. Having a family“.
“Any daughters I would have with an Alpha would be under the same threat I am. Any sons could be taken to be raised by the rouges with extremist values. Arthur always wanted me to find an Omega and lead a quiet life but I couldn’t bring someone into this“.
“Honestly think about it. Would you give Conrad the chance at a relationship with you“.
“That’s the other thing about wolves. We believe we are born with half a human soul and half a wolf soul. That is what makes us work well with our wolves. When we find our partner they are the other half of our human and wolf souls. Literally soulmates. It’s described as a pull towards someone because when your soul recognizes its other half you can never be apart again. That’s what Conrad says I am to him. His soulmate. Going from meeting to mated life partners can happen in 1-2 months when accepted and the speed of that terrifies me“.
Willow stafts crying again. “That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard”.
Kimberly the romantic is also crying, “Do you feel any pull towards him“.
“I don’t know. I don’t know if that is my fear of talking because if he feels it, I should too. I think I’m just too broken to feel it and if that’s the case he should find someone else. Not to mention the whole Queen
thing“.
“If he thinks you’re his soulmate there is no way he’s doing that“, Kimberly scoffs at me. She then pauses and thinks. “What do you mean Queen thing“./
“Kimberly, he is the werewolf Alpha King. Whoever is mated to him is going to be Luna Queen. To rule beside him over the werewolf kingdom globally. There would be riots and possibly a war if he announced he was taking a rouge as Luna Queen“.
All three girls freeze. The gravity of this situation and why I have been so quiet is starting to sink in.
Michelle’s face quickly goes to determination. She is up on her feet pacing and starts coming up with plans. “What we can do is start going on double dates with Liam and myself. Then we can progress to
dinner dates“.
My hackles start going up. With my hearing, I can hear movement out on the street that is unfamil
“Michelle shut up”
“No, I’m trying to get you a date and….”
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“I’m sciine. HUT UR
1 partially shift and have my will ears wit. I’m starting in the middle of the thing room with my ears twitching to the sound. The girls reative something is very wrong.
“Get in the garage. NOW
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