Mixed Emotions
The birthday celebrations continued, together with the Announcement of the Twins as Alpha and the Introduction of Rosalie as Lyles mate. The rest of the Royal family were eager to meet Rosalie and crowded the couple once the formalities were over. They had a lot of exciting questions to ask her and it seemed the Twins sisters were thrilled to be gaining another female into the family.
Luka excused himself and walked out of the banquet hall and down to the Cliff for some Fresh Air. The Royal family lived in a secluded plot not far from the Ocean. Their castle was gigantic. 100 rooms to be exact. A lot of lounges, banquets, games rooms, libraries, games rooms, and terraces, but Lukas favorite place to go to when he needed some fresh air, or to howl at the moon, or shift, was always the edge of this cliff.
As a child, he would come here whenever he was upset or angry and would watch the depths of the sea rise and his emotions heightened. There were a great many floods and thunderous waves whenever this happened and he could never understand why. Sometimes he felt that his parents chose to build their home on this cliff, the highest point he had ever seen, to prevent them from the force of the ocean. As Luka thought more about this he also realized that there were times the sun shone so bright whenever Lyle and his had an argument or Lyle did not get his way over something. Luka was not sure why he was having all of these thoughts, but it seemed like his mind was open, a free flow of knowledge and flashes of images.
His breathing was becoming more labored and he was starting to get a headache. He needed to shift to calm his emotions down. In a blink of a second Luka had shifted and was down on all fours bounding down the cliff towards the shoreline. The earth trembling beneath his paws, his black fur whipping ferociously in the wind. As Luka approached the shoreline he noticed a huge wave approaching. It grew in size as he got closer to the shoreline the huge wave was over 100m tall and was a black wall of destruction. The wave was not as tall as the cliff but it would definitely destroy everything in its path. Lukas wolf spoke in his head urging him to calm down, coaxing him to breathe. Luka was a mere few feet away from the gigantic wave when he heard another voice whisper within him. The voice was not in his head or memory but it sounded like it was a part of him. It was a woman's voice. Soft, tender,/ and faint. “Breathe”. Luka hadn’t realized that he was holding his breath and he instantly let out his breath, calming his emotions. In that instant, the towering wave smoothed out into shallow waves.
Luka had mixed emotions. Whose voice was that, how did he hear it, what happened to the wave, what caused it. The earth was trembling so much, did the people up at the Hall also notice?
Trembling Earth King Alexander and Queen Irina were the first to notice the trembling within the Hall and instantly knew that something was wrong with Luka. They knew that Lukas was tied to the ocean, a water element. and Lyle was tied to the sun, a fire element. They never disclosed much of this to the boys growing up because they did not want them to become aware of their gifts and curse. There was never much of a threat or battles while the Twins were growing up, so most of the time their emotions were in check. The King and Queen had planned to tell the boys after they turned 18 and became Alpha. Lyle, who was off at the end of the Hall, doting on his mate snapped his head up the minute he sensed that something was off with Luka. He felt torn between leaving his newfound mate and running off to find his Twin. He could not only feel the trembling of the earth but he was also engulfed with the swirl off emotions that Luka was feeling
The Voice in My Head Luka didn’t get much sleep that night. He kept recalling the voice in his head. He could not understand why he was becoming so obsessed with it and was confused about what had actually happened last night when he was at the cliff. He remembered the huge wave. He was not afraid of it, instead, he felt one with it. His emotions resonated with the fury of the wave. He knew it was destructive, but he also knew it would not reach the people at the banquet hall whom he cared for, it would have probably swallowed him up and taken out the rest of the villages in its wake. Then the voice sounded from within him, and his raging emotions were instantly stilled, just like the waves of the ocean. Could it be that his emotions were somehow linked to the ocean, thought Luka? I mean he was a werewolf, an Alpha from a Royal Bloodline, so he guessed it could be possible, but why hadn’t his parents mentioned anything to him before. Did they even know?
Confrontation As Luka approached the castle his breathing became laboured. He could feel heat rolling off of him and his eyes became dark swirls. He entered the Hallway and made his way to the dining Hall where he knew his parents would be. Queen Irina gasped when she saw Luka. “Luka!" she shouted, "you have to calm down, take deep breaths”, his mother hurriedly advised him. Luka knew then that his parents had been hiding something from him for a very long time. They had knowing looks on their face. Just then Lyle entered the Hall with Rosalie and instantly knew something was wrong. He took one look at Luka and asked, “what is going on here, why all the screaming?” Luka turned around and his face wore a mask of anger and betrayal, but upon seeing Lyles’ mate with him and the shocked look she wore, he calmed down so as not to frighten the young woman. Luka replied in a clipped tone, “mum and dad have been hiding something from us, something important, and I w
The TruthThe King cleared his throat and began his story. “When your mum was pregnant with you and your brother, she was not aware that she was pregnant with Twins. Her pregnancy was a very difficult one. The weather was extreme during those 10 months. We experienced days so hot we thought we would be burnt to a crisp by the sun. There were volcanic eruptions, lava spewed high and wide, incinerating everything in its’ path. Days were so cold, we thought the breath would freeze in our throats. The seas were rough, there were huge waves, many tsunamis devastating the villages in the lower areas. This is one of the reasons why I chose to build our castle atop this Hill. It is the highest point in the world and no volcanic eruption can reach or affect us. No wave can reach high enough to wash over us. What is strange though, is that when these weather anomalies occurred, your mother experienced terrible pregnancy pains and discomfort. Not being able
20 CenturiesLuka was the first to ask his father, “why 20 centuries? That is 2000 years, that is a ridiculously long time to be alive.” The King replied, “You are not just an alpha, you and your brother are Tsunami Alphas, and can live up to thousands of years. If you find your mate, you have the option of aging as normal humans do, and pass on to eternal rest, or you can live up till any age you desire. It is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because you get to spend eternity with your mate, and a curse because you could live hundreds of years without your mate, and then eventually cause the destruction of every living being on this earth.The same goes for the rest of our family. Each of us can live up to thousands of years, however, our lives are not tied to the finding of one's mate, the way yours and Lyles are. Instead, our lives are tied to you finding your mate. So our fate rests in this one event alone.”There
Out in the OpenLyle and Luka were shocked, stunned, Silent. They could feel each other's emotions, hear the questions in each other's heads, but on the outside, no one could tell. Rosalie touched Lyles arm gently and tried to speak to him but he just shook his head gently at her and excused himself. Luka on the other hand sat at the table, looking ahead. He could not explain but how, but now he knew for sure that the person whose voice in his head was hit, Mate. Her whispered words “wait for me”, did not sound very reassuring. Probably because she was not close by, or he would not be meeting her any time soon. Somehow she managed to connect with him through their mate bond to offer him some hope, but he still did not understand why.Lyle had to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Luka's emotions were so strong and raw, it was clawing at Lyle. He pitied his twin. He understood the respon
Lyle and Rosalie Completing the Mate Bond After returning to the castle, Lyle went in search of Rosalie and found her lounging in the parlour. Her hair was open and hung down to her breasts. She had on a simple white long dress with a green ribbon tied around the waste. She looked ethereal. So pure. His heartstrings pulled at the sight of her. Rosalie sensed his presence and turned to look at him. As their eyes met sparks ignited. Rosalie could see flames at the corners of Lyles’ eyes, she felt the heat resonate deep within her core. She wasn’t sure if it was because of what King Alexander had shared with them, but both Lyle and Rosalie needed to complete the mate bond. They were feeling far to edgy and needy and their wolves were getting very restless inside them, having not completed the bond. Since Lyle found his mate, she automatically became a member of his pack and shared a mind link with him. Right now Lyle could
1 Month LaterIt has been 30 days since the Twins had turned eighteen. A New moon, a full moon, and still Luka Had not found his mate. Even his wolf Drago had changed. Usually, his voice was a prominent feature in his mind, but after finding out the truth about the fate of the world being tied to them fining their mate, he had become uncharacteristically quiet. Luke reached into the far corners of his mind, coaxing his wolf out. He could feel him stir, but something felt different.“Where have you been hiding?”, he asked Drago. “I’m not hiding, I’m just processing everything that Queen Irina said to you. It is really a lot to take in and deal with. The implications of not finding our mate is huge”, replied Drago. Luka thought about this for a few minutes before he said, “It has been thirty days since we turned eighteen. Thirty days is nothing compared to 2000 years. If I am going to