One Day, I Woke Up A Werewolf novel Chapter 25

Hailey's POV

"And now that she has proven herself to you, it is time to do the same. Submit to my daughter and pledge your lives to her." Theo demands, his eyes flickering between colors.

Everyone was quiet, not a sound coming from one of them. All I could hear were their calm heartbeats and breathing sounds that were in some way synchronized, all following the same rhythm without faltering.

As Theo spoke, his voice was holding so much power that even I wanted to kneel. One could not go against his words, they held so much promise. A promise to cause harm if one is to go against him. A promise to inflict pain if one even tries to utter a word at this very moment that disagrees with him.

The people from his land, the pack were all still bowing down but one by one they all shifted back to human form. I could see their bones break in half, I could hear each bone, the crunch sound going off in numbers as if it was some musical number, my body shivering at the sound but to them, it seemed not to affect them. Their bodies contorted and moved in ways one would find traumatic but just as they were wolves, they were human and as normal as ever.

On their knees they went, slowly moving from one bended knee to the next they went on the dirt. One by one they would tilt their heads to the side, showing their necks to me, heads still facing down.

I look up to Theo, he smiles before looking back at me.

"Rise my loyal soldiers. Your pledge of loyalty has been noted and from today, your most important job as my most important officials is to protect my child. Her life over yours until your last breath." He says and my heart skips a beat.

I don't want anyone sacrificing themselves for me. If I'm to die tomorrow then so be it! Why would I want anyone else jumping in the line of fire for me? As poetic as it sounds, I would never forgive myself.

"But.." I try to disagree only to have the crowd rise from the ground to finally look at me and say the following words,

"From today, we will gladly give our lives to our alpha and his blood." They all say... but what scares me was not them saying these words. It was how they were said.

I heard them all speak.

All at the same time, making that grave promise not knowing what tomorrow holds and saying it all in my head. Their lips unmoving as they utter those words to me and Theo.

Theo caught on to my confusion and gently grabbed my hand.

I had read enough books to know that mind linking was a thing between werewolves but it's still creepy. When it actually happens, when one hears it, it shakes you and not in a good way. It is just scary to think someone can just get in to your head and speak to you..

"Thank you all family. You may now introduce yourselves to Hailey. Let's get this day going." Theo says and every body runs to me.

I am immediately overwhelmed by the people surrounding me. Their smiles were warm and they all had lovely things to say but I did not even know who to listen to first.

Looking to my left, looking to my right and turning around just to acknowledge everyone was really taking a toll on me but the time quickly passed even though it did not feel that way at the time.