Entwined

Chapter 14

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My large paws are hitting the cold surface of the tile floors. I feel like I'm running in an endless maze of darkness. Why doesn't this place have any exits?

After what feels like ten exhausting minutes I notice a light at the end of the dark corridor. I sprint as fast as I can towards the light. I come to a slow stop when I notice the same man I saw watching me not too long ago.

I wonder where he had gone as he displays his back towards me at the end of the hallway. I slowly approach the man who is now looking off into the distance perching himself up against a nearby wall. He doesn't acknowledge my presence as I stalk towards him. Instead he speaks in his husky tone.

"Emma Parker. Daughter of Jason Parker the White Lion of Raeen and Stacey Byrne-Parker who still awaits transformation and placement into her kingdom. Siblings are Dylan and Anna Parker, average werewolves. Royal blood streams through your veins. You are not just any ordinary werewolf, you're a shapeshifter that can change into anything you want to become but you still have yet to shift into your true form. You are the key."

How does this man know so much about me? I've never met him in my life. What does he mean? I'm a shapeshifter but I thought my wolf was my true form? I look at the man with a dumbfound look which I believe he felt as he turns his face to look at me.

"You seem confused child." Well duh you speak non-sense!!

"Here." He says as he hands me a stack full of items that look like clothes.

"Go change in the darkness and then come out to speak to me." He orders without even batting an eye. I hesitantly take small steps forward till I'm close enough to reach my head out to grab the items with my teeth. I wince backwards while he begins to speak again.

"Come on child, we do not have all day."

I quickly grab the clothes with my teeth and sprint into the darkness. I focus on my human self. Long curly brown hair flows down to my waste from my roots. Long lashes that frame my bright blue eyes and tan skin to cover my bones as they transition into human ones.

I cannot see what items he gave me to wear but I quickly pull them on. I slowly walk into the light to discover what I am wearing. I'm currently barefoot but the dress I slipped on is truly amazing. It is something elegant that only someone like a queen would wear.

The lace sleeves hug my arms as it reaches up to my shoulders. It continues with lace and plunges down into a flattering v-cut neckline. Just above the bellybutton lies a golden piece that decorates the dress.

It's perfect. But what is it for?

"Why did you give me this?" I say before lifting my head and notice him standing by a pristine while tub, stained with thick red liquid.

"What is in that tub?"

"Blood that lies a key" He states, staring at the tub emotionless.

"What?" I creep back as I become a bit nervous.

"In this tub, you will experience and obtain your true transformation. You will become the ultimate being of yourself. The power and strength that will stream through your body will be unlike anything you've ever felt. You will become the key."

"The key to what?" I ask in desperation. My father and this man remind me that I am the key but to what?

"The key to save us all. You will know everything when you transform into your true being. What is inside lies within you."