Chapter Twenty Four

"Please Ashely take a seat, this is going to be a long discussion."

Leon pointed towards the seat he was just sitting on. I stared at the seat for a second before I looked back at Leon.

"I'm fine standing, thank you," I said with gritted teeth. I knitted my eyebrows confused to where I am getting this sudden anger from.

"There are things I still haven't told you yet."

I stared at Leon who has clasped his hands behind his back and was walking around the living room. He furrowed his eyebrows as if trying to figure out a puzzle. Leon opened his mouth to say something but again closed it. He opened his mouth again and hesitated for a second before continuing.

"When we change for the first time, it is hard for us to control our wolves. Many people find it too hard to control them and let the wolf inside them take over. The-" Leon got cut off by one of the men sitting on the couch.

"What Leon is trying to say is, if the wolf takes over it will show no mercy and will kill anyone near it."

He paused for a second, allowing me to digest all this new information. I didn't know what to think of all this. I knew since the day the dark voice started to talk to me that, many of the things I thought were impossible were real. When Leon told me he was a werewolf I thought I was given more clarity of my situation, maybe I had but at the moment I didn't feel like it.

I knew that there were lots more things to hear, to learn about. I thought I had time since only a few days ago I found my parents dead. I didn't know what to believe in anymore, especially since there are so many tales of werewolves and spirits. Everything I thought I knew is maybe the wrong information. I no longer have my parents to talk to.

I needed to find someone else who I could talk to, someone that could help me figure out all the questions and answers that are jumbled in my brain like a broken puzzle. Finally, after a few seconds, I took a deep breath, trying to calm not only my heart but my confused brain. I nodded my head indicating for him to continue.

"A werewolf's first change is the strongest because it is the first time in years that the wolf has come out. The wolf inside of us is like normal wolves; merciless, hunters and most of all being in a pack. When you first change, our wolf feels different, out place. Our feels danger even if we are no we here near danger. It will lash out if not stopped by other werewolves."

The man ran his hands across his olive coloured arms, avoiding the scratches that were quickly healing. I stared down at his leg to see that there quite a few scratches on his legs too. Some parts of his shorts were ripped with what looked like claw marks.

"There were triplets that shifted today. As the brothers were born at almost the same time and share the same blood their shift is more painful. All three of them could feel a little bit of each other's emotions, they could feel each other's pain." He suddenly stopped talking, noticing the look on my face. I blinked my eyes and leaned against the wall that I was standing beside a second ago.

"It is a lot take in isn't it?" One of the girls asked. I looked at her face, meeting the girl's charcoal, black eyes. Something about her made me feel uncomfortable. I looked at her sitting figure and noticed that everything she was wearing was black.

"Why does she need to know all this, sir?" The girl asked rudely, eyeing me with hatred. The migraine in my head worsened when I realised that I had one more problem, which was trying to figure why this girl, who I just me, hates me.

"That is only something for me to know," Leon said curtly, he stared at her with a dangerous look, something I had never seen before. Every time I had been with Leon he was always in a good mood, I had never seen the other side of him. The day when he told me was a werewolf seemed nothing to the tense moment occurring now. Everybody squirmed in their seats, noticing the sudden change of mood in the room.

"Why don't you all freshen up and meet back here in an hour?" I suggested looking around the room filled with muddy werewolves.

"You are not our boss, stop acting like it!" The girl snapped loudly. My nervous mood quickly changes to one of anger. I didn't know what did to this girl but the way she was acting right now was downright childish since we had only met minutes ago.

"Sarim," one of the boys said warningly, his eyes darted towards Leon who now had an even more dangerous look on his face. Leon's eyes had turned a dark green colour and the veins in his throat were more prompt as if he was trying to control himself from doing something.

I felt a shiver go through my body. I blinked my eyes in surprise when I realised that it was protectiveness of Leon. He may have not said a word but I already knew what he was he going to say, just by looking at the angry expression on his face.

"I agree with Ashley. We all need some time to cool off," he paused and looked at Sermia in particular, "We all will meet in an hour in my office and please don't make a big situation of what has happened today. We don't want the humans to know. You are all dismissed." With that everybody got up from their seat and scuffled out of the room in silence.

"Sarim a word please," Leon said just as she was out of the room. She froze for a second and slowly walked back into the room. Leon indicated towards the couches and sat down, his eyes never leaving hers. She slowly sat down, for the first time since I had met her she seemed to be slightly scared.

"Your behaviour today was appalling, especially after I told you to make her feel like your own! You not only disrespected me but also my friend. Please apologise to her for your hurtful words." I felt a slight sting hit my chest after Leon called me his friend.

Why did he call me his friend instead of his mate? Was he ashamed of me being a human?

The same tow questions roamed my mind. Leon looked up at me as if feeling the battle that was currently taking place inside of me. Over the past few days, Leon has opened up to me, about not only who is but what he is and what he does.

I wanted Leon to be someone I could trust. Even though I already told Leon my story about the dark voice, I haven't told him about my other story, the story that will soon be revealed if I don't do something about it.

"I am sorry Ashley for what I said earlier."

Even though Sarim was supposed to act sincere when she apologized, she didn't sound sincere at all. The edge in her tone told me that she wasn't at all sincere. I glanced at Leon, who also noticed the edge in her voice. He sighed loudly and got up from the couch.

"You will face consequences for your actions if that stunt of yours is repeated. Is that understood?" Leon's voice had gone deeper than normal and was professional.

"Yes sir," Sarim said, nodding her head in understanding.

"You are dismissed." Without another word, Sarim left the room. I leaned closer to the cool wall and closed my eyes, enjoying the sudden quietness of the room. I blocked out all my thoughts and just focused on my breathing. The past few days had been full of activity and today I could feel it all stumbling onto me in one big wave.

I jump slightly when I feel the brush of someone's rough fingertips on my right cheek. I opened my eyes to come across Leon's light green ones. We stared in silence, enjoying the moment of peace. After a few minutes, I pushed myself from against the wall.

"Why did you call me your friend?" I asked, sadness slipping onto my voice.

"If people find out you are my mate you will be in danger." Leon rubbed his forehead tiredly.

"I know you have lots of questions and I am ready to answer them but I cannot tell you everything at once, there is too much information. What I can tell you is that I am free tomorrow night and was wondering if you were too."

I felt a smile grow on my face. Even though there is a part of me that wants to know everything, I know he is right. If I had to trust Leon fully, he too would want my trust; therefore we both can trust each other equally. Leon's question to me was unexpected since we were only mere seconds ago having a convocation about me knowing more about the supernatural world.

"Are you asking me on a date?" I asked in a teasing tone, relieved to talk about something less stressful.

"I am Miss Winslow," Leon said formally, making me let out a small giggle.

"I am free."

I let some of my hair fall onto my flushed face. I didn't want Leon to know how eager I was to go tomorrow, because it has been quite a while since I have had some peaceful and fun time. Going out with Leon would be a great relaxing way to start my university life which was one day from today.

Leon leaned forward and pecked my cheek slowly, pulling away he said, "I will pick you up at seven o'clock."

"We live in the same dorm," I stated, letting out a small chuckle.

"I know."

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