My Professor Is My Alpha Mate (Lila) novel Chapter 22

Lila’s POV

I didn’t feel the pain at first; the cracking of my bones sounded through the night, echoing across the trees. The sound was a lot worse than I could have ever imagined. The sound was what made me wince at first.

I caught the worried eyes of my mom as I heard more cracking; my arms were twisted in a position unimaginable. She made my brother and sister stay at the house while a few of us stood in the woods. She was sending me light and energy from her powers, trying to keep my mind occupied and my body calm.

It wasn’t until my neck twisted and my entire form fell to the ground that I really started feeling the pain. I couldn’t even hear my wolf speaking; I felt her canines ripping through my mouth. My teeth were growing, just as my mouth began to shift form.

I screamed as the pain began to course through my entire body.

My mother had told me to keep breathing, but I was finding it difficult to maintain my breath. My heartbeat was speeding up to a point where I thought it was going to bust through my chest.

I dug my fingers, which were growing large and growing white fur, into the dirt that surrounded me. My nails were bleeding as claws formed through my flesh. It was like my skin was being forcefully peeled off my body.

Tears burned in my eyes.

I knew this was going to be a painful experience, but I thought I was prepared for it.

They had told me that it was only the first shift that was truly painful, but I was starting to doubt that. I couldn’t imagine that shifts after this would be much easier.

As I fought to catch my breath, a growl escaped from the dept of my throat. I had never heard my wolf growl like this before, but she was really struggling to maintain herself. She was trying to get me through this as painlessly as possible.

I was beginning to grow defeated.

My body lay limp on the ground, jerking around involuntarily.

I felt the soft hands of my mother on my back, trying to provide me some sort of comfort, but it was ripped away when my father took her arm and pulled her away from me.

“Stay back,” he warned her.

Their voices became distant. I managed to glimpse into her tearful eyes. I knew she hated watching this.

I screamed again as I felt my spine breaking its way through my back. My muscles were growing, and I was soon starting to feel stronger despite being in so much pain.

I’ve heard that the first shift could take an entire night to complete. My mother’s didn’t last that long though and I was hoping mine wouldn’t either.

Just when I thought I couldn’t handle any more of this extreme pain, it was over.

I remained gasping, kneeling to the ground, but I was now in my entire wolf form. I couldn’t look down at my body, I could only look straight ahead. My vision was so clear that I felt like I was looking through a telescope; I could see for miles, and so perfectly clear too.

I could hear everything as well; my senses were heightened, and it made me look around wildly as I tried to get a glimpse of everything.

It was like I was still me, but at the same time, I wasn’t.

“It feels so good to be free!” I heard Val echoing in my mind.

As soon as I was in my wolf form, the pain was gone instantly. Like it was never there, to begin with.

“Lila bean, are you okay?” I heard my mother’s voice echoing in my mind and realized she had shifted into her wolf form as well. My father stood beside her in his wolf form, a look of pride in his dark eyes.

“I’m better than okay,” I replied, finally able to catch my breath.

Brianna, Uncle Blake, Aunt Sophie, and Uncle Aiden were all in their wolf forms as well. Each of them has different colors and different sizes. Brianna was quick to be by my side.

“Let’s go for a run!” She finally said, excitedly.

I couldn’t wait to go for my first run. Without saying anything, I turned in a random direction and began sprinting.