BEING TRUTHFUL

**Dominic’s story**

“You have to get out of New York! And as soon as possible!” Lost in thought, I flinched when Dominic stormed into the house. But even so, I wasn’t at all thrilled with the way he approached the issue.
“What do you mean, leave New York? I don’t think I heard that very well. And besides, why would I leave Dominic? You think I’m afraid of that man, Zack? No way!”
“I advise you not to play with his nerves. You don’t know him; you don’t know what he’s capable of.”
I could barely control my own nerves.
“You know what? I’m not afraid of him? Why would I leave? Why would I change or even stop my life and leave the places where I was born? My hometown? Never!” Dominic’s face suddenly changed. He had become angry, but I would do nothing to calm the situation. Why should I?
“I don’t think you understand how serious this is. This maniac has been hunting me for decades and now that he’s found me, he won’t stop at just me. He’s going to hit you too!”
“I understand very well! What you don’t understand is that I can defend myself very well. I will not move to the other side of the world just because some crazy guy wants to whack us. If necessary, I will stay and fight!”
“Fight?” asked Dominic almost sarcastically. “Fight against whom? Against an immortal wolf who would tear you to pieces in a matter of seconds? You don’t know what you’re talking about Rebecca”
It was incredible how Rebecca ignored the danger she was apparently in. I was sure Zack wouldn’t stop at me. He just proved it to me again. What purpose would he serve in following her if not to harm her? Only if I could make her understand the danger, she found herself in.
“We’re not having this discussion now! I refuse to have it. I’m not just going to walk away!”
“One thing I know for sure, you’re very stubborn!” I couldn’t hold back a grin and I walked with my arms wide open to her.
She let herself fall into my embrace, and I could feel her heart pounding. These were the moments I wanted to immortalize in time. There were precious moments with the woman I loved, my Luna. I hadn’t marked her yet and probably wouldn’t do it soon. It certainly wasn’t that I felt unsure of her love. I still didn’t know how she felt about this ritual of ours, of werewolves.
It was so soothing to hold her in my arms, and I was sure it was for her, too. I could feel her relaxing, surrendering to the serenity.
I knew exactly what was coming, so I looked down, admiring her. Then she raised her eyes too. It was like calling her in my mind. She seemed so fragile suddenly. I brought her closer, looking for her eager lips. The kiss was almost instantaneous. She arched up, searching for me too, running her hands down my back. Each caress made me want her more. She embodied perfection. I knew every inch of her body and seized every moan of satisfaction. I thrust my tongue deep into her mouth, pulling me even closer to her, diving into me thirstily. We both lost ourselves in that sublime kiss, which seemed to be torn from heaven. It was only a step from here to loving her properly. But I couldn’t wait any longer and took her right where I was. I gently slammed her back against the wall behind her, listening to her moan and how my name sounded so perfect on her lips. Alone, she lifted her leg, calling me into her.
I was trailing fire everywhere. I kissed her and she reacted and responded with even greater eagerness.
“Dominic...” Hearing her voice pleading louder made me so hard that I pushed myself hard to tear the fine silk of her underwear. But I delayed the moment and just rubbed almost uncontrollably until her moans became jerky and increasingly close to my ear. “Dominic, please…” she screamed my name again helplessly, begging, digging her nails into my back.
With an almost desperate gesture, I tore off her underwear and greedily plunged deep inside her again and again. With so much thirst and craving until I felt her trembling in my arms, resting her weight on me.
We barely contained our longing for each other and laid exhausted on the living room floor. Her eyes glowed with love and her lips were puffy and red from my kisses and bites. But still not that bite.
“Please don’t do something stupid!” I heard myself say. Her face went from that immense joy to a grimace demanding an explanation.
“What exactly did you have on your mind?” she asked me, though I was sure she knew precisely what I meant.
“You know very well what I mean. Zack is dangerous...”
“I thought we’d ended the subject, Zack,” she returned my answer, a little angry.
“Unfortunately, as long as he is alive, it will never end. We won’t have peace. But neither will I until I make him disappear once and for all.”
A few seconds of silence followed, during which Rebecca snuggled against my chest, still savoring what had happened between us. The smell of her fresh vanilla intoxicated me, but I refrained from having her again. In fact, I didn’t know how much longer I could keep myself from marking her. Maybe it was time to open the subject. “Rebecca?” I started with a low, muffled voice.
“What is it?” I heard her whisper while still holding her face close to my chest. Every breath she took broke through all barriers and reached into my soul.
“We’ve never had a serious conversation about what you really feel about me being a werewolf” As soon as she heard the matter in question, she looked up at me rather puzzled. I knew she didn’t mind this issue, but somewhere deep down, I knew she was wondering about a lot of things.
“The truth is, I was curious, and I did some research on the internet. But it doesn’t compare to information straight from the source,” she replied with a shy smile, placing a quick kiss on my cheek.
“Okay then, what exactly do you want to know?” Her eyes got big and curious.
“I guess first I’d like to know if it hurts when you turn...” the question was as shy as her smile. But even I couldn’t contain an innocent grin.
“I remember my first transformation was really painful because I was just a kid. And even my father told me that the first turns are more painful. That’s because changes occur in my body, bones break...” Immediately her face changed. It was as if she felt the pain along with me. “Don’t worry baby, I can’t feel anything now. As I evolved, so did my condition. And although I never agreed with dad’s decision, now sometimes the wolf in me can be useful. See what happened in the forest near the set? If I wasn’t like this, Zack could have killed you.”
“Please tell me the night you saved me and I found out later that it was actually werewolves that attacked me. You turned, didn’t you?”
“Unfortunately, there was no other way. It is going to sound awful now but my luck was that you fainted so I could kill them at will”
“Oh well, it’s been a long time since then. Looking back, I might have been scared, but I probably would have eventually realized you were there to help me. And lucky you had a friend like Declan, because I guess he was the first person you called.”
“That’s right, it was him. In fact, he was the first to know who I actually am, then found out and my agent. I couldn’t take you to a state hospital because your injuries were way too weird for a normal medical facility. If the doctors there had seen you, they would have asked a lot of questions. So, I called Declan, and that’s how you ended up in his private clinic. Nobody asked questions here. They were all under his orders.”
“What’s the deal with... marking? And what role does Luna play in a pack? And most importantly, where is the pack?” I was really dreading when she started asking these questions. But if I was going to be truthful, I might as well come clean.
“Ok let’s take them one at a time... the pack. Well, as you probably noticed, there is no pack, because I am a rogue, as they say. When my father was Alpha, the pack was very well developed. We even have a name. Red Moon Pack. He probably always dreamed of me remaining in charge of it, even though I was only human at that point. And, of course, despite the beliefs my mother held. You know my mother never agreed to this transformation, but she had no choice. It was either the wolf or death. But you already know that story. As my transformation occurred at a very young age, my father remained for many years at the head of the pack. Then between a confrontation with Zack. he killed them without mercy. That’s when I realized I was alone. Jane was dead, my mother and father were dead, Jane’s mother I knew was dead. I had almost reached adulthood, but the rage of what had happened would not allow me to see beyond what I had been given. The werewolves in the pack were for a time confused and expected me to take the reins. But I let them down.”
I paused for a moment, raising my eyes to the ceiling. We were still lying on the living room floor. “You asked me about Luna. Well, Luna is the most important person in an Alpha’s life. My mother was my father’s Luna and loved him very much. I can’t say the same to Eve. Both Luna and Alpha feel certain things, like happiness or even danger. And to make the bond between them even stronger, the Alpha wolf does an amazing thing. He marks his mate,” there was a pause again but I wouldn’t have expected her question to be so straightforward.
“If you love me the way you say you do, why haven’t you marked me by now?”