Into The Woods part 4 by AlexandriaConner95
hope you enjoy! this one starts a little slow, but keep reading. if you have read the series from the beginning then you will understand what is going on. if not, go back and read the previous parts 🙂 thanks you guys, for being so supportive! , The large albino wolf, my father, growls again when I don’t move. Well? I turn to Mark, tears filling my eyes. Mark I… I’m sorry. I lick his nose and rub into his fur one last time. I whisper to his thoughts, I love you. He whimpers as I turn away and the sound breaks my heart.
I silently follow my father, my ears down and tail sagging. Tears stream down my fur, dripping into the ground as I walk. It’s for the best, my father says to my mind. I turn my head from him and growl back through my tears, don’t speak to me. After half an hour of walking, we arrive at our pack’s living area. I go straight to my sleeping cave, which I share with my sister Poppy. Our brother, Sage, left our area when he found his mate, Sarah. Now a young werewolf, Oregano, shares the cave with us. He is only a year old, still learning how to do things on his own and very dependent on other wolves for almost everything he does.
I sulk into the cave and curl up in my usual spot, the back corner. I lay with my body curled as much as it can be, my ears down, and my tail wrapped tightly around me, covering my entire left side. I cross my paws in front of me and rest my head on them, staring at the floor.
5 days later, evening time
Poppy walks in carrying a rabbit in her mouth. She drops it in front of me and sits down, looking at me expectantly. I think to her, I’m not hungry. She frowns and pushes the rabbit closer. You have to eat something soon Rose. your starting to lose weight, she thinks to me. Her soft voice is full of concern. She is a good sibling. Although we look nothing alike, she is the sibling I am closest to out of our litter.
Poppy is a light brown color with tan markings. The same green eyes that our mother had. And she has a black nose. If people saw us outside the cave, they probably wouldn’t even think we where related at all. I have our fathers coloring. Although he is albino, his genetics are black and silver. I am a copy of what he would look like if he wasn’t white. And poppy is a copy of our mother. Our other siblings are a range of combinations and variations of our colorings.
I glance at the rabbit then look up at her, my eyes hollow. She nuzzles my cheek with her nose. Please, for me. she begs into my thoughts. I sigh and take a bite of the rabbit. She pushes the meat even closer, urging me to keep eating. I eat the whole thing. I have no appetite and the rabbit is tasteless in my mouth.
The next morning
I wake up and immediately feel sick to my stomach. I look around at my sleeping cave mates and silently step over them, bile rising in my throat. I run out into the night and dash to the closest patch of bushes I can find.
Just as I reach behind the bushes, I throw up. My stomach clenches and after the rabbit meat is completely out, I continue to gag. This is odd, I think to myself. I hear a stick break behind me and turn, my teeth bared and hackles straight up. I am one of the smallest wolves in the pack, but other members don’t mess with me because I am the alpha male’s oldest daughter. Only by a few minutes, but still, I am his oldest female descendant.
I turn to see Luke, a large tan werewolf. He smirks at me and I growl, walking past him. He nips at my tail and I snarl. I am not in the mood to deal with your attempts at courtship right now, I growl into his mind. He backs off, but I can feel his eyes on me as I walk away. This man has been trying to become my mate for months. Which is why I separated myself from my pack in the first place.
I walk back to my cave to find Poppy waiting for me at the entrance. She nudges me to turn around and walks back toward the woods. Let’s go for a walk, she tells me.
I follow her, staring at the ground. She looks back and thinks to my thoughts, so you where sick this morning? I heard you. I look up at her. Yes, it must have been a bad rabbit; I answer. She smiles. Ooor maybe it’s something else? She is hinting at something, but I am too tired to understand.
She reaches to touch my stomach with her paw and I growl defensively, baring my teeth. As soon as I realize the growling is coming from me, I stop and look at her. She smiles wider. See? Your with pups Rose! I knew it the moment you came home. She wags her tail excitedly. So who’s your mate? Did you finally let Luke get some?? He’s such a hunk! I frown and look at the floor, mumbling. Uhm no Poppy, its not Luke. My mate isn’t here…
I turn and dash into the woods, leaving Poppy behind me. I navigate my way through, trying to remember the way to Mark’s cave. I Sprint the entire way there, out of breath by the time I get close enough to smell our scents mixed on the trees. I catch my breath as I slow down, getting closer. I hear talking. Mark’s deep voice, and…. Another shewolf? My heart sinks. Maybe my father was right… I drop to the ground and get closer, ears perked and ready to listen. I hear his thoughts first. Then the conversation follows.
“I told you to leave.” Mark sounds irritated.
“Did you? I don’t remember.” She laughs.
“I also already told you, I have a mate.”
“I don’t see her around. Your obviously horny, I can see it in your face. Maybe you need a new girl.”
“yes, I am horny. But I want my mate. Not you.”
“If she left you, she apparently doesn’t want you back. She is done with you.”
He growls at her. “Don’t talk about her like that!”
The girl laughs again, “well then where is your so called mate? Huh?”
I spring from my spot in the bushes and pounce the girl to the floor, growling deeply and snapping at her face. I’m right here. Mark is MY man and if you ever show your snout here again, I will rip it off your face. I snarl and snap, coming a centimeter short of her muzzle. I get off her and she scrambles away into the woods, yelping.
I turn to mark and press myself close to him, breathing in his heavy scent. I missed you so much, I purr into his mind. He nuzzles me closer, and I feel tears on my shoulder. He answers, I thought you wherent coming back. I haven’t eaten or slept since you left. It was like there was a hole in my existance. Never do that to me again. He nips my ear and licks my face.
I purr back, I won’t. And Uhm I have some news. He looks into my eyes and I lick his tears away. He morphs into his human form, and throws his arms around my neck. My wolf form stands to his ribs, about halfway up his height. He tangles his hands in my fur and pulls me closer into his embrace. I close my eyes happily, then change to my human form. Now his arms are around my waist, holding me to his body. He gasps and looks down, my already swollen stomach between us
(shewolves are pregnant for two months, same as any other canine. At this point in the story Rose is almost a week along, which would be the equivalent to a woman who is three months pregnant. The baby bump would just begin to show)