Wolf Pack

Returning to the house I found Alina arriving with many bags.

“There you are.”

Alina said smiling when she saw me.

“Let’s go home and see your dresses.”

She was carrying a lot of bags from several different stores, and she looked very excited, and the two guards were carrying a backpack and two suitcases, which I recognized as mine, as my stuff. We walked hard into the house, sat down on the sofas, and she began to take dresses out of bags.

“I got several, and in many different styles, and I got some for myself too, I had already chosen one, but maybe I’ll change my mind. I already had my Soulmeet, so that’s fine, but you can have yours at the Moon Ball, we need to find a dress to match.”

My face flushed, and just thinking that this was possible, I still couldn’t quite understand how it worked and I confess I was still a bit skeptical.

“Did someone explain to you exactly what Soulmeet is?”

“Hughes tells me it’s like finding your soul mate.”

“Ah my child, it’s much more than that. Soulmeet is a spiritual, energetic, sexual, loving, mental meeting, I can’t explain, it’s when you finally become complete, you feel a warmth, a desire, to be close, to be together, to live together, to have sex, love, affection. The connection during Soulmeet is supernatural, there is no description to explain, finding your perfect match and everyone around you notice, the air is rarefied and you can only hear a deep silence. After the connection, you feel what he feels, understand his thoughts, and you simply cannot stay away, couples get sick if they are separated. This connection and understanding of thoughts and feelings helps life for two, and couples that get together only separate with death. There are cases of Soulmeets who get sick and die soon after the death of their peers. I don’t know how your grandfather endured it, I thought he wouldn’t resist when he lost Iris, I believe that the alpha’s responsibility and your existence makes he not give up at all. Any wolf after turning 22 years old and transforming can find the Soulmeet, but as your partner is not always 22 years old, you may not have it in your first season, I myself took 3 Balls, until I had my Soulmeet with Ed, he is 3 years younger than me. Besides being a night of love, it’s also a night of sex, all the wolves are more excited, and even if they don’t find their Soulmeet, usually the don’t finish the night without a partner, even if it’s temporary, just for that night.”

“And can you already meet your date? I mean before Soulmeet.”

“Yes, you may know, as you may have never seen it before, I was already friends with Edward, and I never imagined he was my date. You can’t know before, but there was probably affinity before, your mom and dad never meet befor their Soulmeet.”

Between the conversations we had lunch together, I felt an ancestral connection with her, who was my great aunt and with whom I already had an immense affinity, after lunch we went to see the dresses and I found a red satin dress, it was tight just the right size, and it fit perfectly, it had thin straps, a plunging neckline at the front and the back was slightly showing, it was long and emphasized my curves, when I tried it on I thought it was perfect, Alina agreed, and I chose my prom dress. Alina traded her choice for a beautiful mossy green one she found in the bags. She had also picked up some casual clothes she thought I would like and some toiletries and makeup.

“If it isn’t my girls picking out their dresses.”

Hughes said arriving and with a smile on his face.

I looked out the window and realized that it had already gotten dark.

“We didn’t even see the time go by, I’m already going to prepare dinner my brother.”

Alina said as she packed the rest of the dresses into the bags, separating mine and hers only.

Alina cooked in the house, although they had many servants, and someone was always washing and drying the dishes, she was the only one who cooked there, I don’t know if it was a tradition because she was the Alpha of the house, or if she really liked it, probably a little of both.

“I will help you.”

I said as I lifted myself off the couch.

“Actually Luna, I’d like to show you to your room before dinner, would you?”

Hughes said extending his hand to me.

“Clear”.

I smiled in agreement.

We went upstairs and he showed me all the rooms, and a little more of the house, it was really huge, and in addition to the large living room and kitchen area downstairs, there was still a large laundry room, a service area, and a bedroom. Going up the stairs there was a large corridor with several doors, all wooden and carved, several rooms were empty, one of the rooms was Alina and Edward’s, the one at the end of the corridor and with the largest door was Hughes’s, and next to it , mine, which was actually my parents’ room.

He opened the door slowly, and I tried it first, there was a big wooden double bed, a big wardrobe and a chest of drawers, on top of which was a picture frame, with a picture of a couple.

“Are they?”

“Yes, they are Luna, they are your parents.”

They were the same people in the photo that Jack handed me, but there they were alone and they were a little younger, I felt a small tear well up on my face, and a lapse of memory appeared before my eyes, in that same room, my mother taking me in the lap. I couldn’t stop the tears, which feel like waterfalls.

“Calm down my child, don’t cry.”

Hughes hugged me tight, and cried a little with me there, the memory made me cry with longing, and I’m sure he did too.

We brought my stuff upstairs, then I helped Alina finish dinner and Jack came over to eat with us.