"What the hell Zach!" I stumble upwards on the bed and look around for a person, or Hunter.
"You can't just go around fucking people and You know that!" I turn my head to the door and hear more yelling.
"It's different with me and you know why. But have you ever thought maybe you've already met your mate and you don't know it yet! Imagine what your doing to them every damn time you sleep around with another girl."
"Calm Down Hunter your going to wake up the whole house." Someone tries to whisper. Who I'm guessing is this Zach. I watch the door as more yelling goes on.
"Now your concerned with me letting everyone know that YOUR SLEEPING AROUND CAUSE IT IS FUN! You have a lot to learn. What happens if you got someone who wasn't your mate pregnant! You both would be stuck with a baby who will never be happy because you two can't be happy because you took that away from the both of you. Just think about what your doing Zach."
"You know, you are such a dad."
"GO to bed." The door opens and closes softly in the dark. A lamp turns on and i close my eyes do to the light hitting my face. "Oh. Sorry."
"Yeah. you were a little loud." I mumble as I rub my eyes.
" sorry."
"It's fine. What time is it."
"Sometime around three."
"In the morning?"
"yeah? I mean you just kinda passed out through everything." Hunter says to me standing there.
"Everything?"
"Yep. I tried to wake you up but nothing worked."
"I guess I was just really out of it."
"Yeah.." Hunter turns to the closet to change and starts to take his shirt off and toss on a hoodie. "So what was that about? If you don't mind me asking."
"Um, I mean I think you heard the most of it. But my little cousin is in some trouble. He wont stop messing around."
"Is all of that true, the mate stuff?" I ask quickly.
"Yes. sadly. I mean, mates are for life, like, forever. So it hurts them in so many ways when you cheat or anything like that."
"How do mates work?"
"Aren't you tired?" Hunter looks at me, squinting his eyes with a small smile at me.
"No, I'm bored. And you woke me up so tell me." I beg at him as he walks back over and sits on the bed. I sit crisscross and wait for him to start talking. He sighs and flaps on the bed stretching out on it.
I mean, he woke me up because of it, so he can talk about it.
"Okay then. Well mates are a forever type of thing. So with werewolves, a wolf lives forever, literally. It's like a spirit. And they need humans to become real and transform and stuff. So the moon goddess, spiritual thing, basically has the role of choosing which wolf has which human, from werewolf descendants. So after a wolf is put with a human it like a permit companion for the human. And mates are like one soul ripped in two."
"Every wolf has the same mate and they always find each other. So when the human sleeps or cheats after meeting their mate somehow, it physically can hurt the person and it can damage the wolf. And if a wolf is fully broken they die, like really die. Both wolves dissaper and the humans attached to the humans die too. And then you have the emotional bond between mates. After they meet things happen to bring them closer together, including their wolves. So the bond gets so big when the wolves recognize each other that the people have a bond too. It connects them and it's kind of like a love at first sight thing."
"So someone can actually die of heart break?" I ask looking at him.
"I guess so if that's how you think of it."
"So what happens if someone does meet their mate?"
"Things like looks and smells come in at first. Like They can't get each other out of their heads and they the smell of each other is very familar, they can provide it down to the complex things. Like I can break down yours to apples and Cinnamon just by being by you. so they know when each other are around all the time and any smell like their scent will make them think of each other. Then theirs mating. And imprinting, a few other things and basically everything through out life."
"Mating and marking?"
"Um they go together. Mating is basically sex with each other and marking is kinda complicated. It's like a bite I guess, when a mate marks you they basically infill you with their scent so other wolves know you have a mate. And it leaves a unique mark for everyone depending on how they met or their story together. Depending on the wolves rank in the pack the mark will be visible to certain people. Like an Alpha's mark, everyone can see it, like a tattoo. A beta's is the same. Most other wolves is only the two wolves."
"And what happens if a wolf doesn't have a mate?"
"Well every werewolf does have a mate, some wolves reject each other. Meaning they don't want each other as a mate. Which is hard on them after they meet, they'll be depressed for the rest of their lives. Most of the time the people who reject each other is because one wolf is a rouge. And once you become a rouge, your pack scent drifts off and you have a new one, that makes you a rouge. And if your a rouge it's so hard to get back into a pack, I think that is's like one in every couple hundred rouges become apart of a pack again."
"Wow. How would you become a rouge?"
"You basically get disowned by the pack. The Alpha makes the call and can kick you out pretty much. If your caught on the land again you can be killed by anyone and it's the same if you walk onto someone else pack too. It's basically a death sentance."
"That's....Really rough." Hunter shrugs and closes his eyes. I lay down and pass out along side Hunter as he dozes off too. He looks exghasted. After he's told me all of this I feel beat. I mean, a death sentence as Hunter put it, that's awful.
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"Honey?" My body shoots up as Hunter lays on his stomach and snores. "Darling, wake up."
A Girl knocks on the door and I punch Hunter lightly. Nothing, he does not move. "Hunter!" I yell/whisper next to him.
"Shh." He mumbles.
"Hunter, get up. Someone's at the door." I hiss out at him. I have to punch Hunter in the shoulder to get him to even stir.
"You punch like a girl." He mumbles smirking. I frown at him.
"Hunter. Not now, please."
"Hunter honey, Can I come in?"
"Shit." He hiss's out and leaps of the bed to the door. "Mom, uh what's up?"
"Morning honey, Your sister is sick with a fever. Me and your father have meetings with a few other packs today and then there is training."
"So you want me to take care of her?" Hunter asks looking down at the ground.
"If it's not to much trouble Honey."
"No no it's fine. I can handle it today." He says looking back at me.
"Okay. Thank you so much. And how is He?"
I close my eyes as his mom pokes her head in to look at me. "Better. Things are a lot better." Hunter says trying to get her away from me. His face has a slight blush to it now too now that I am back to peaking at him.
"Good. if it's not to much trouble, Can I meet him later tomorrow? I know It might be a bit weird but I would like to help and you know that."
"I know mom. I'll talk to Tristan about it."
"Perfect."
I can practicly feel Hunters mom smile beaming on me. THe door clicks and Hunter sighs. "Alright. Up." Hunter states while walking to the bed and pulling the blankets up off of me.
"Why?" I ask.
"You get to help me with a sick child. Now up. Unless you have something better to do, because last time I checked you are stuck here for a bit with me. " I get up and shiver in the cold. Hunter throws clothes at me again and tells me to get dressed. "And besides. Lou loves you." He adds on.
"You know, you have a big tendency to throw clothes at me."
"hush and get ready."
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