A Proposal

Again Rain's POV

All's well that ends well.
Magda and Esis' wedding was the bonb. The couple is clearly madly in love with each other. They are so connected, the Moon Goddess has done a masterful job with their pairing. They have become my best friends in the short time I have known them. I didn't recognize the same Magda from our first meeting, she was so hostile to me back then.
All werewolves in the room knew that the newlywed took an advance on their wedding night the day before. We could all sense it because that's one of our main instinct. That was actually inevitable, Esis is a hot-blooded Alpha, in fact, I expected him to claim his mate much earlier. But his respect for her father held him back for long, but by the looks of it, last night he had reached his limits or Magda was successful in seducing her mate. When I went to wake Magda up this morning, she was still in a haze from the sex she had the night before and thought she was still lying next to Esis. I teased her well afterward, she blushed like a beet.
I now wave the couple off, they are leaving directly for their new home.
At least to one of Esis' houses, where they will stay for a few days and then go on honeymoon with his yacht for a week over the Caribbean Sea. Esis has only a week left to fill Magda in on his origins. Fingers crossed she takes his confession well, otherwise, something terrible is about to happen. If she refuses to accept him as a werewolf, Esis will have to mark her without her consent because she will already know about the existence of werewolves. According to Were laws, it is forbidden to make our presence known to humans. Yes, I looked up information online and now know a lot more about the species I belong to. Although I still need to find more answers about myself, according to the online results I got, I must belong to a pack. All werewolves are born in a pack that is protected by a leader named Alpha. Ralph must know my pack though, once this is all over, I will question him more about what he knows about my background.
I feel his hand go around my waist.
Ralph my mate. But I don't feel the sparks of the mate bond. Also the intense need to have sex with him is missing. According to what I have read, if the Moon Goddess approved our relationship, I would want to be with him all the time, get into his skin and have sex with him until we almost fall dead in bed. Nothing of that I feel, so we must be chosen mates. But why would I have chosen him and not just wanted to wait for my fated mate to come and claim me one day? Was I a status-hungry she-wolf and couldn't resist the temptation to become the Queen beside Ralph? But then things still did not add up since Ralph declared that I did not want to share his bed because I wanted to wait for his family's approval of our relationship first. So, I was not desirous of becoming Queen after all and our mating was more of Ralph's urge.
Now that I have seen Esis and Magda together, I also want a fated mate. Yes, I want to love hard and be loved twice like that.
This cold relationship between Ralph and me is not satisfying. I want everything I have read online about the mate pull and seen played out before my eyes today. That deep love between two beings who are assured of making the right choice. They didn't hesitate to swear to each other to always stay together. I'm not sure if I want all this with Ralph. My fated mate alone could offer me that same satisfaction I read in Magda's eyes.
"Rain, come with me. I want to show you something, love".
Ralph leads me to the rooftop terrace of the hotel where the wedding reception has just ended. When we got there, I noticed that the place was decorated entirely with red and white roses. He leads me to the center and stands in front of me. "Rain, I want you to know that you have my heart. I have never hidden it from you that I am madly in love with you and want you beside me most of all. We are both werewolves, marriage as humans do, has no meaning in our culture," he explains, taking my hands in his. "But my wolf is impatient, we want to possess you. To show you how much we appreciate you, I want our union to be entered in the books of the humans as well." And then he gets down on one knee. "Marry me, Rain. Make me the happiest man in this universe," he whispers. "I promise you won't regret it. As long as you are by my side, this world will be a paradise for you."
My eyes glisten with joy.
This is so romantic, I have also read about it in my quest for information about werewolves. A feeling of excitement runs through me. The King standing on one knee in front of me, I'm just an ordinary she-wolf. A loud laugh of joy erupts from me and I throw my head back in happiness. And then my eyes clash with it again, the Full Moon. Right in my face, full and close. My laughter hushes and I stare upward. My stomach starts to turn with fear and I feel like throwing up. Then I remembered that I had not eaten all day. For nearly two weeks, my appetite was low, I had to force myself to keep my food down.

I press my stomach in an attempt to calm it.
But today it doesn't work. Before I know it, I'm falling down, and my eyes are getting blurry. I lose consciousness, but not before noticing the Full Moon glowing straight into my eyes. Then it is dark.
When I open my eyes again, I look up against a white ceiling. I am lying on a bed in a room. Next to me is an IV, and as I slowly lift my hand, I see that it has been injected into my body.
"Rain! Finally you're awake. What a fright you gave me," I hear Ralph say next to me with relief. I turn my head toward him and try to smile. "Baby, why didn't you tell me you weren't feeling well? If I knew all this, I would make sure you stayed healthy and strong. Why did you hide it from me?" he continues.
Confused I stare at him. My tongue is too heavy in my mouth to ask him what he means, so I frown.
"Rain, didn't you know you were pregnant? You're almost two months along," he explains to me now, pressing my hand to his lips. Pregnant! What is Ralph talking about?
"We have to get to the Kingdom soon now before you show. And we need to speed up the marking and installation ceremony," he indicates. "My family will be overjoyed at this news. You don't have to worry about their attitude anymore, my love. With the heir to the throne on the way, they already have you in their hearts."...