Learning What I Need
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Warrick
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When I was told by my family to go to Colorado, I did not know how it would all end up. I did not for even one second think that I would end up finding the love of my life. Or that I would then subsequently lie to that woman because of my family.
And I never thought that I would end up turning my back on the only family that I had ever had, just for the chance to redeem myself for that woman and the chance to be with her forever.
It all started on that first day of classes at the university. It was where we were enrolled so that we could monitor the son and daughter of the werewolf King and Queen. They were our targets, them and all their friends that would be there with us. However, nothing truly went according to plan while we were there, now did it?
The moment that I walked up to that group, to be introduced to Reagan and Rika, the Prince and Princess, I was more focused on someone else. I had walked with Clovio to the group near the fountain and my eyes were already glued to the girl with the black hair and the deep, burgundy colored eyes. They were red, but not a bloody red, and they were so enchanting.
"Rika! I found you!" Clovio spoke to the group easily because he had already met them. "Hi, Clovio!" The girl that I couldn’t even look at responded.
"I wanted to introduce you to my friends. They were not in our group, but they are from the same orphanage. They were on the tour the day after ours." The conversation continued without me even paying attention to it.
"Oh, more friends from Germany." The voice, I think it was Rika, sounded excited as she spoke.
It was at that moment that I heard the girl that I was staring at gasp. It was like something about my presence had affected her just as it had affected me. I saw her look at me with wide and fascinated eyes. Those reddish eyes seemed to be glowing and growing brighter as she stared at me. I didn’t know if it was our connection or the sun that was causing it, and I didn’t care.
"You know Gunnar and Aloisius, as well as Armina and Lovisa. These here are sisters Hede and Hedi, and this here is Warrick. Everyone, these are some new friends of ours. Rika, can you introduce everyone for me?" Clovio couldn’t tell what was happening with me, so he didn’t say or do anything as he spoke. I knew that if he could see me though, he would be wondering what was up with my face.
Soon, there was a battle that ensued. I wasn’t sure if the nonhumans would win, but they did. They destroyed the family that was in charge and, oddly enough, some ancient beings that were manipulating and controlling the family. I had no idea that there was that much going on in the family, not that I cared at all. I just wanted Lyssa back.
I was told that, even though we turned our back on the family, we still needed to face our punishment. I agreed without hesitation. I would prove myself and come back to see my love. I would win her back so that she didn’t hate me anymore.
I was sent to live in England for a while, at the pack of a man named Nigel. He was supposed to educate me in the ways of the werewolves, and how to be a proper man for the woman that I loved and wanted to spend my life with. That wasn’t what was happening though.
From the very first day, I was treated like a prisoner in Nigel’s home. I was their servant that was forced to do everything for them, and they often beat me just for my existence. They didn’t like that I was linked to the Jaegan family that had committed the murders. While I was there, I often feared for my life.
One day, Queen Trinity and King Reece came to Alpha Nigel’s house. I had already had my spirit broken by that point, and I was standing behind Nigel’s chair like I was a subservient dog. There was little else that I was allowed to do most of the time. I was relieved though, because while they were there, collecting traitors from that pack, they took me away from there and sent me to another pack.
This one was in the States, and a pack that was much nicer.
I still didn’t go home to Colorado, but I was back in the same country as the woman that I loved and I was able to feel her connection. And the new pack was a much better fit. And a lot nicer as well.
I was finally learning what I needed to. This Alpha, a man named Artem that had several children of his own, kept me with him for most of each day, but he was teaching me what it meant to be a werewolf and how to live with nonhumans. I trained my body physically, and I learned a lot in the meantime.
They had a really nice setup in their library where they used to teach their kids when they were younger, and it was there that they taught me nonhuman history and all the lore that went into the world that they lived in. It was finally something that I was able to appreciate and enjoy, even though I still felt the desire to be with Lyssa more than anything in the world.
I knew that my Lyssa was a vampire and not a werewolf, but she was raised in a mixed species household, and she still lived a lot of her life like she was a wolf. She didn’t have a wolf form, but she was in all technicality, a half vampire and half werewolf. I knew that this was why Queen Trinity and King Reece had wanted me to learn the ways of wolves.
Now that I was almost done with my training, and it was summer time now, I couldn’t wait until I got to go home. The first thing that I was going to do was find Lyssa. I would apologize to her, and then I would tell her that I would never, in all my life or eternity, break her heart again. I would never lie to her. I would never hide anything from her.
She was all that mattered to me, and I would spend the rest of my days, however few or many they may be, proving that to her.
I just hoped that she would accept my words as the truth, that she would give me another chance. I knew that I would never be able to live without her. She was it for me. I would never love another woman like I loved her.