The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 97: _Awakened

Chapter 97: _Awakened

"Fuck off!" As soon as my voice came out with a sonic howl, I opened my eyes and was stunned to see the damage it caused.

The sonic howl sent Tonka flying several meters away from me until he crashed into a tree on the other side of the clearing, falling face-first to the ground and grunting in pain.

My hair blew into the wind alongside the howl that came out of my mouth.

MY MOUTH.

How the heck did that happen?

As I fluttered my eyelids, trying to make sense of it all, a pained howl echoed around the woods just then, forcing me to turn my gaze to Kaelos.

He had been injured by the joint attack of the rogue wolves and held his shoulder from the pain.

His fangs bared with anger as he growled, glancing back at me at first. His silver eyes searched my face with confusion, making it clear that he had also witnessed the howl that came out of my mouth.

I stared at him with the same confusion as I slowly fluttered my eyes, trying to concentrate.

Could that have been my magic finally awakening after all these years? I wanted to believe that that was the case but something told me that there was more to it.

’Mate...’ a voice suddenly spoke up in my head when I stared at Kaelos, causing me to frown.

What the fuck?

I scanned my gaze around me, trying to see if maybe there was someone else around. But that wasn’t the case.

The human woman to my left was all but motionless, shivering silently and hugging herself as she sniffled once in a while, mumbling incoherently to herself.

Her words were supposed to be inaudible but to my surprise, I was able to hear all of it.

"I– I’ll be fine. I– I’ll go back home. I– I’ll be fine." She said repeatedly as if it was a mantra, closing her eyes as tears trailed down her face while she shook her head.

I bit my bottom lip, attempting to move to face her properly, when I felt the rope, which hadn’t been completely untied by Tonka, break and rip with barely any movement from me, freeing my hands.

I was left stunned, my lips parting as I tried to make sense of everything that happened within the last minute.

As I stood up, my legs shook from all the fear and emotions that had been overwhelming me since I encountered the rogues.

My chest rose and fell with each breath I took as I placed my right hand on the tree to which I had been tied earlier.

As I tried catching my breath and keeping my balance, my eyes turned as my body seemed to feel... Different.

Something’s off.

’I’ve finally awakened after so many years.’ that voice in my head from earlier remarked just then, sounding relieved. ’I was supposed to have been free at most by your eighteenth birthday. What went wrong and–’

"Who the fuck are you?!" I screamed out, slapping my head with my palm as I fell to my knees.

At the same time, Kaelos had successfully ripped one of the two wolves attacking him in half, flinging his body and guts aside like rags and sending blood splashing every which way.

As the blood trickled on the ground like raindrops, the wind blew, carrying its metallic scent into my nostrils.

My ears perked up, allowing me to pick up the sounds of birds flying away and cawing. I raised my head, my eyesight becoming clearer and sharper than ever before as my gaze fell on the birds flying above.

They were as high as the clouds right now but yet I was able to spot the outline of their bodies accurately, even noticing the peculiar designs on their feathers.

"What’s happening to me?" I breathed out, tears stinging my eyes as I lowered my head, clenching both my hands on the ground.

My teardrops fell on the earth, dripping on the small blades of grass underneath me.

’Isn’t it obvious yet, Odessa?’ That voice in my mind which sounded feminine and oddly close to me, whispered, slightly easing me. ’There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re entering a new stage of transformation that you should have always been open to. That WE should have always been open to.’

We?

I sniffled, raising my head away from the ground when I heard one last pained cry, signaling the death of the last wolf fighting Kaelos.

I drew in a deep breath, my eyelids fluttering erratically before I spoke in a voice lower than a whisper.

"W– Who or what are you?" I asked, my tone shaky and suspicious.

It couldn’t be what I thought it was. It was impossible. It had to be...

’No, it’s not impossible, Odessa.’ The voice said with a warm tone before it added. ’I’m your inner wolf. The true reason why you were able to get fated to Kaelos. Your werewolf blood has somehow been forcefully dormant since birth but it has awakened now.’

This is unbelievable.

"No..." I muttered, shaking my head slowly as I used my hands to rub my head. "N– No, it can’t be. It just can’t be. This... This can’t be–"

Before I could finish that sentence, a slight gust of wind blew on my body, causing me to hold my breath. A beastly shadow loomed over my body, forcing me to raise my head and stare into the eyes of the beast.

Kaelos... My husband. My mate.

So, this is his werewolf transformation as an Alpha King?

Suddenly, he growled before his bones began snapping, and he began shrinking in size, his snout turning into a normal nose and his blood-red fur disappearing.

Eventually, he was back in his human form, although he was shirtless and his chest was covered in mud and blood, so was his face.

But he didn’t seem to care as he stared at me intensely before taking several steps forward, raising me off the ground easily and then pinning me against the tree behind me.

A gasp escaped my mouth as he snarled at me.

"Do you know how worried you made me?! Huh?" He asked with a grunt, sounding both frustrated and relieved.

My mouth parted open repeatedly as I contemplated if I should reveal what just happened to me.

Eventually, it seemed I could no longer hold it in as I stared into his eyes and spoke in a shaky voice.

"I– I think I’m a werewolf, Kaelos."