It was a day like any other but somehow, I woke up with a feeling that today was different or pivotal in some way. Like I earlier mentioned, I sometimes get the feeling of knowing what to expect each day and I honestly can't explain how I know these things but it has helped me escape some attempts of my sister's goons to hurt me. It is not always hundred percent accurate but any day I don't go to bed with injuries from those dumbasses is a good day for me.
However, something was different today. I woke up feeling rejuvenated for some reason which, given how I've been feeling recently is already a tentative sign of a good day. Today was also the first day I heard my wolf's voice and I honestly can't explain the feeling but it felt like a reunion of old friends and I know it's crazy but the feeling of loneliness has been taken care of partially.
"Hey Celeste, my name is Ace and I'm your wolf", that was the first thing I heard as I opened my eyes this morning. I about jumped out of my skin when I heard that and like the absolute loony I am, started looking around my room trying to figure out if one of my sister's fans decided to play a dirty prank on me. I felt a chuckle in my head and paused almost immediately because I wanted to be sure that I wasn't having a mental breakdown at the worst possible time in my life right now.
"Look in the mirror, you weirdo", she said again and that was enough to halt me in my frantic pacing up and down in my room. Thankfully, due to my ninja skills in escaping assholes, I get up way earlier than anyone in the pack which makes it easier for me to panic in absolute or relative silence. When I finally made sure that my door was securely locked and that there was nobody in the room with me, I took a few steps to get to my mirror and what I saw scared the bejesus out of me.
I mean I have seen some wolves but what was looking back at me looked positively terrifying. "You're Ace?" I asked, my voice shaking like a leaf. She was massive and somehow had the same colour of eyes as me, although, my eyes looked red in the reflection which I had only noticed on alpha wolves. I noticed something as I kept looking in the mirror, Ace looked bound. When I gestured to the bonds on her body, she smiled sadly at me and told me that was why I hadn't been able to transform into her fully.
"What made you show yourself this time?" I asked. "Your sadness and hopelessness made it easier for me to break the simpler chains and that's why I can talk to you now". This was blowing my mind but I couldn't also help the slight smile that was starting to take over my face. I was not a waste of space as my dad had taken to calling me, the closer we got to the debutante ball.
"I am so sorry Celeste", she said with her head drooping down. "I have been trying to reach you but even I don't understand why I can't come out, it hurt me so much seeing you think that you were worthless but I couldn't do much". My eyes widened when I heard what she said. "How do you know what I've been thinking or even feeling?" If it's possible for a wolf to shake their head in disbelief, that's the look Ace was giving me at the stupid question. "Because we share the same mind", she grinned at me. "Nobody really bothered to tell you what it meant to have a wolf, did they?"
She looked murderous as she said that and I had no idea that this was how it felt to have someone in your corner. I couldn't help smiling at her apparent dislike of the maltreatment I had been going through, it felt good to actually have someone in my corner. She stopped frowning when she saw my smile and looked at me curiously. "It's nice to finally meet you Ace, I've waited for you my whole life". She smiled at me when she heard what I said.
"It's nice to finally meet you too, Celeste". Both of us just smiled at each other through the mirror and it felt as if a part of me that was missing had finally clicked into place. "You can't tell anyone about me though not even Lyra", she said with a slight frown. "Why is that?" I asked incredulously, even though I knew that I didn't really have anybody to tell except maybe Lyra. "Because I don't trust your pack mates and your entire family, something smells fishy and I'm much more interested in keeping you safe than I am at revealing myself".
"Not even Lyra?" She is the one person in the pack who has always looked out for me even when my entire family and pack decided I wasn't worth the sand under their feet. "Yeah, not even her. I know how much you care but I don't want to put her in danger of either lying to the pack or being put in a position where she has to choose being loyal to you or betraying her pack and family till, we can at least figure out how to get me loose from these chains so I can protect you both effectively". She explained gently to me. "Oh okay, I understand. I just don't enjoy keeping things from her".
"I know you don't and I understand but we have to keep this a secret till we figure out why I'm bound and how you can work with me to get out of these chains". Her words made a lot of sense to me so I nodded in agreement.