August 25, 2019,

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Sheila

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I saw the forest grow in height and density in the distance. I sat up straighter as the large golden castle came in to view. It was glittering in the sunset, the light projecting off every angle. If someone told me that castle was heaven, I would believe them.

Ivy grew up the side of some pillars in beautiful patterns. Even the weeds were beautiful here, how?

We landed about a half-mile away. My handsome mate dropped his wing to the ground so I could side off. Once I was on the ground safely I patted his wing, signaling that it was okay for him fold it back into his body.

"Shei," the nickname made tingles run up my core. "You are going to have to be strong and firm here, or you will never get respect." I nodded, I was new, let alone a female. If I wanted something my foot had to go down and not budge.

"Will you shift into your human form?" It was purely a question, a clear sign if he trusted them or not.

"No, I must protect you." He growled out, not directed towards me. Directed towards the thought of me getting hurt.

Maybe going out this early just after finding each other was a bad idea. Though I'm not suffering, it's him. I giggled.

"What are you laughing about?" His big head slowly turned in my direction dodging the overhanging branches.

"Thinking about how unfortunate it is to be a newly mated male." I saw his eyebrows raise.

"You do this to me." He grunted, lowering his head to rub against my face. I laughed again, pushing his face away.

"I'm sorry," I said kissing the bridge of his snout. I held his large face in place starring into his eyes. "I like this form of yours. I feel safe with you." One swipe with his claws, my eyes fluttered down to his front foot, could take out at least three men.

"I like any of your forms, you can be a cow for all I care." I chuckled, and he chuckled along with me.

"I wouldn't know how I would feel about being ground beef." His eyes curved, his laughed filling up the entire forest.

"Should I make my entrance as a shadow wolf?"

"It definitely would leave a mark." He lifted his head, my hands fluttering to my side. "I would be lying if I said I didn't want to see your form..." there was a pause, "but I'm never going to be the one that forces you if you are uncomfortable."

The gods have blessed me with such a beautiful and kindhearted mate. "I will shift, but—" I tried to put my thoughts into words. "You have to promise it won't hurt anyone." I was still on edge about my 'gifts', haa, what a joke, it wasn't a gift, it had to be a curse.

"Mate." His eyes snapped to mine, not breaking even as we walked. "Do you want to hurt anyone?" A direct question. His words held so much power that I heard the words bouncing around in my head seconds later.

"Of course not!" I almost shouted, breaking eye contact to step over a fallen log.

"Then you won't." He was no longer looking at me, but ahead. If he was in human form, this definitely would have been a shrug moment.

"I haven't done it in a while." I stretch out my arms and legs getting ready for the quick pain that was about to occur.

"Isn't it like riding a bike?" He joked, his laugh so similar to his human form.

There were beautiful white lilies that ran alongside the dirt road. Willow trees hung over our heads, swiping against our face every so often. I swear I had to keep a watch out, some beaches just seem to move into my way. "I never learned how to ride a bike?" I said confused.

"Don't worry about it. It's just a saying." He tried to sweep that under the rug. "Are you wimping out. Why haven't you shifted?" Oh, now he was changing the subject on me. Whatever I'll let it slide this time.

"Alright, it's weird to shift in front of an audience." I peeked eyes up at him.

"Stalling..." he mumbled out knowing I heard it.

"Hmm... What?" I asked, not sure if I heard him correctly. All I got in return was another chuckle.

"We are going to be there soon. Unless you want to shift in front of a real audience, I would advise you to shift now." He teased.

"Alright, alright, I'm doing it." I let out a breath and let go of my human form that I had held tight in mental grip during every breathing moment. There was a second of burning, before I was on all fours looking up at my mate who had stopped to look at me.

He stared into my eyes before breaking eye contact to laugh. "Shadow Wolf you say..." he laughed again, taking a peak at my form. "More like puppy, you are smaller than your human form."

I was not small! I was about 5'9 in this form, I hear that's pretty tall for a wolf size. "I am much bigger! I'm only 5'5 in my human form!" I growled out, in a way to redeem myself. He just laughed again and started walking. I followed quickly behind him. I ran in front of him to block his path.

"Fine you know what. You want big! I'll give you big." I growled out, I felt my body grow to the same height as him. I watched as his crooked dragon grin spread wider.

The flicker of shadows licked at the sky like dancing wildfires. My body shadow black, my eyes crimson red like all the other shadow wolves. There was perks shadow wolves have over the regular werewolf. One, if I muster enough power and stamina I could walk through walls, or well that's what the books say, I think that's just a myth, I've walked into plenty of walls trying. Two, I can grow bigger just like a shadow on a wall, this fact and has been proven by myself. Three, I can read minds, or whatever Vince had said, I'm still trying to figure that one out. I think that's it, for now at least.

"Now that's a shadow wolf." He said in awe and raised his large head to rest his chin on the crown of my own. It was an affectionate gesture, one that had me feel like blushing a deep red color.

"Come on, you big lizard." I ducked by head away from him and headed towards the quickly approaching castle in the distance.

I heard him laugh behind me, then shuffling, I looked to my right to see him there once again. He had a wide grin on his face identical to my own. I was living my dream, I realized. It almost brought tears to my eyes.

If this was a dream... I looked at my Mate then back at the beautiful elven palace... I hope it would go on forever.

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Anna oop, I'm so late. Ahaha.

So let's make a deal, my fellow comrades. I'm your average junior is high school and I'm an athlete currently in season, having said that, I can't possibly be writing every day.

Well I can...

Ever other week.

Wait wait. Hear me out. I think it just came out wrong.

I will update everyday for seven days, then I'll take a break for seven days, then get back on it. So on and so forth till the story is over.

This gives me time to give you guys the stories you deserve (by giving me a bit of time) and it doesn't stress me to the moon and back.

Yes? No? Ideas? Every other day? Hmm?!

Oh and btw this is what I imagined Sheila to look like in wolf form, I might've been bad explaining it. If you imagined her way more BADASS then please keep doing that. If you got lost in my bad writing, here...

This is not it exactly, her teeth def doesn't look like that, but you get the point right. Anyways byyyyeee