Jake and Crystal were perplexed by Felix's statement.
However, more than finding out what Mercedes was other than a human being, they were worried about her current state. She was not giving signs of life and her pulse was weakening with each passing second. Suddenly, Mercedes jolted up and gasped for air like rising from the dead. They were startled by her unexpected awoken state. Her eyes were golden and glowing. By the looks of it, it was like she was possessed.
" Mercedes?" Crystal reached out slowly, but she swatted her hand away. " Don't touch me! It hurts. My whole body!" she sprung up from the couch, only to end up on the floor in agony, again. No one knew what to do other than just horrifically watch her writhe on the floor. Crystal got up and ran to her room to get the medical kit. She rummaged through it in haste to find a sedative enough to put a wolf down. It was a risk, but she was willing to take it to be able to somehow alleviate Mercedes's pain until they could figure out what was going on with her.
" Jake, let's quickly get her outside! C'mon!" she heard and ran back downstairs. The scene she saw broke her heart into two. Mercedes let out an ear-shattering scream. Her bones were cracking, and it dawned on her that Felix was right. She was not human but a wolf. In her thoughts, she said frozen, watching Jake struggle to take her out. She snapped out of it and went to assist, but Jake stopped her.
" No Crystal! Stay back," he grunted when Mercedes
kicked him while she was thrashing. She wanted to defy him, but he remained because of the baby. She stood down and let the two men handle it. Jake and Felix dragged Mercedes kicking and screaming with Crystal following at a safe distance. The commotion had now caught the attention of the pack. Everyone scrambled to see what was going on.
Mercedes was placed on the ground and everyone watched as she went through the painful process of the first shift. All who went through it were already familiar with it. Mumbles were heard and everyone was confused as to how the situation changed. Only days ago, they were informed that Mercedes was just a human guest who would not be staying for long.
Felix's heart was in his throat. He was at a loss for words. He couldn't even think properly. The pain Mercedes was going through inflicted him as well. The strain he felt and the need to help her would not go away. Something in him nagged him to get help, but he didn't know how to. Mercedes continued to be in endless pain, and she couldn't do anything about it.
After a while, the cracking of bones was heard in the dead of the night. Her body deformed while her bones were trying to restructure themselves. Everyone around became silent and watched her. No one could do anything other than wait for everything to end. Her face now had a snout and her canines elongated. Her eyes were still glowing. The body changed as well and the fur sprouted, ripping her dress into shreds. It happened until it was over and all that was a huge wolf on its fours. People were in awe of the sight in front of them. The myths, the legends just became a reality after the gruesome transformation.
The ancient white wolf. White wolves were the first generation of Werewolves ever created by the Moon Goddess. Along with pure white fur, they had golden ancient runes on them and golden eyes. The moon goddess did not only give them a beautiful appearance, but she gifted them great power. The power that is coveted by all creatures of the realm. White wolves were gifted with the power of a thousand witches, healing blood, and the ability to control another individual with their minds. As it is known that werewolves are affected by silver, white wolves are immune to silver. White wolves were supreme to other supernatural beings, but that was until a dark sorcerer, DrakoenDrakoen, made a move for their incredible power.
Drakoen is a formidable being consumed by all evil. He is the embodiment of all that is evil. He wants to be more powerful than anything living. He wanted the collective power of the White Wolves, which would make him untouchable and the ruler of the world. The white wolves could not let such power fall into corrupted hands. They made a sacrifice to kill themselves to die along with their power. They could not take the risk of fighting with him and losing to him because he had an army of creatures who pledged their allegiance to him.
It was a tragic end, but they kept an enemy from reaching power that would bring everyone to their knees. But now in front of everyone, she stood majestically like it was nothing. At that very moment, Roland started to prance around and howled in joy. " Mate! mate! mate! mate! mate!" he chanted, and Felix's widened in realization. He was more speechless than anyone. His mate had been here for a long time now and he couldn't even realize it. She was right in front of him, but the signs were not there. But one thing is that he felt a strange unexplainable connection with her. Back then, he thought it was just his feelings acting out, but it makes sense now.
Felix let his feelings carry him and he stepped forward, approaching Mercedes. Well, it was not Mercedes but her wolf who he was yet to find out her name. Roland was eager as well to feel his mate close to him. The wait had been a long one and now that it was happening, it was unbelievable. The eyes of the wolf were watching him alarmingly, but she made no move because she knew who he was, and she did not feel threatened.
" Reyna. What is going on?" Mercedes asked.
She had not come to terms with the fact that she was a wolf all along, and she didn't even know about it until she was fighting for her life not so long ago. Felix stood in front of the wolf and silently observed it. He raised his hand slowly and touched the thick fur. He began rubbing and running his fingers through it. Two shocking revelations in one night. It was a bit too much to take in. No one said anything coherent other than mumbling among themselves.
Feeling tired, Reyna fell to the ground with a thud. " Come on Reyna, talk to me! Why is he touching me, you?..us ?"
" He is our mate," Reyna replied nonchalantly. " What?!"
" Yes, he is." Reyna seemed pretty cool about everything, but Mercedes was having a hard time processing newfound truths. Her emotions were all over and Reyna sensed her emotional distress.
" Hey, calm down," she coerced. " There is no need to worry. I promise that I will answer each one of your questions. You are not alone, not anymore. I am with you and I promise that together we will get through everything. Trust me. We have a pretty long way to go from here and there is so much you don't know. Your life is about to change for the better. "
Mercedes did not know whether to be reassured or scared. She never imagined this happening to her. Everything she knew about her life was a lie. She has been living a lie, and she had no clue about it what's so ever. This was the second turn of events that took place in such a short span of time. And none of both made sense.
" S-so... what happens now?"
" Now you turn back to your human form," Reyna declared. Mercedes waited for her to say something more, but she didn't. " That's it? I don't even know how I turned into... you. So how the heck will I turn back to me?!" she exclaimed in frustration.
" Calm down alright. All you need to do is to imagine your human form. Let your body do all the work and don't try to disrupt it." Mercedes scoffed and rolled her eyes. " Easier said than done," she mumbled and did as she instructed. Before she could do it, Reyna stopped her. " Stop!"
" What now?" Mercedes whined. " Let me communicate with our mate to bring something to cover us" It clicked that if she turned back to her human form she would be stark naked in front of everyone. That would just be the bloody icing on the cake.