YOU DIDN'T TELL ME I COULD DIE

"Eh? Leave?" Madeline cried, beginning to regret asking Briar to leave. At that moment, all she needed was emotional support.

"Why?"

"Was it something I did?" She tried to remember if she'd said anything for nothing to pop up. Nope, she hadn't done anything.

Xavier clarified things, shaking his head.

He explained, "The full moon comes tomorrow."

In his entire life, Xavier never had an instance where a mortal was residing in Eudora. So telling her to leave was a new experience altogether. Then again, never in the history of forever was a mortal and a werewolf destined to be soulmates, but that wasn't what Xavier's current focus was.

Luna forbid Madeline had stayed till the full moon. Things would've turned catastrophic!

Madeline trailed off, "The full moon…"

"You're not a werewolf, you're a human," Xavier reminded, not really helping things as her brain took a while to process things.

The first thing Madeline thought when he'd told her tomorrow was the day of a full moon was him turning into a werewolf. Briar and Adrian as well. It'd be a wondrous sight to see, but if she were there to witness everything, she wouldn't be able to make it out alive to see the next full moon.

With the entire bedroom now dead silent, Xavier knew he should've gotten Adrian to talk to her. He'd always had a way with words, and he was way more equipped to inform her of such dreadful news. The way he told her, it was as though she was trespassing on his property and he was some unfeeling landlord.

"You mean… everyone will…"

Madeline couldn't get herself to finish her sentence. Xavier obviously got what she meant.

"What about you, you're the alpha, shouldn't you get an advantage or something?"

"You're not wrong about that," Xavier confirmed.

Being the alpha, Xavier still retained his memories and had control of himself in his wolf form. Not only the alpha was capable of such a feat, but it took time to perfect it.

(Author's Note: To clarify, werewolves have a human form but they're deemed werewolves. Their human forms are more of a disguise to blend in with other mortals when in a crowd, and a form they take since it'd be strange if they walked around constantly in wolf form.)

Trying to make things easier for her to comprehend, Xavier explained, "The full moon triggers the transformation into a werewolf. Werewolves have no choice but to transform into their werewolf form because of the effects of the full moon."

"And me being the alpha, the full moon affects me differently compared to other werewolves," he added.

Madeline swallowed, fear growing inside her. She still hadn't fully processed the existence of werewolves. And now she was faced with this. Then again, this was what she got herself into when she decided to stay here.

"What about... Adrian?"

Xavier stared at her, perturbed by her concern for Adrian. He snapped, "What about Adrian?"

"He's the beta, shouldn't he be able to withstand the effects of the full moon?"

By the look on Xavier's face, Madeline couldn't determine whether or not Xavier was simply annoyed by the fact she'd brought up Adrian in their conversation or if he looked this disturbed during their entire conversation in general. It was a guessing game, in which Xavier refused to confirm nor deny anything.

'If you keep talking about Adrian, why don't you go ask him to be your soulmate instead?' Xavier thought to himself.

"I can't tell if you're hiding something or if you're always like this," Madeline admitted truthfully.

"What?"

"Tsk, you're no fun," Madeline huffed.

Xavier frowned. Did Adrian actually have a point?

"Do you think I'm a tight ass?" Xavier suddenly interrogated her.

"Excuse me?"

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"Now that's cold," Briar winced after hearing what Madeline had told her.

After enduring a full moon every month, it was practically routine. She hadn't remembered that it was tomorrow. Had Xavier not remembered this and Madeline had stayed, she would've... died.

Tears stung her eyes just thinking about it. They'd come so close. So close.

"Do you think I should stay?" Madeline questioned.

Briar blinked.

"WHAT?" She nearly-yelled.

Madeline coaxed, "Briar, calm down, everyone else can hear you."

"Maddie, you can't possibly just stay here. That's… that's..."

"Please don't. Madeline. Please. During the full moon werewolves aren't able to control themselves in wolf form. Some have killed people. Even killed each other at times," Briar gave Madeline a pleading look, terrible memories flashing in her eyes. The worst part was, she remembered everything she'd done after she was back in her human form. It was what haunted her, even until now.

"Are you saying I should leave?"

"You're not leaving permanently," Briar reasoned, knowing Madeline going far away, where no one could hurt her would be what was best for her. She had to agree with Xavier on this. Madeline had to go.

"It's only for a couple of days, it's not that long," she spoke, offering Madeline a reassuring smile.

They were doing this out of concern for her. As harsh as it sounded, no mortal would stand a chance against all the werewolves of the pack during a full moon. It wouldn't be too long before she could return, although it wasn't long ago that she'd just decided to stay, only to be told to leave because she was mortal and unlike everyone else.

"What am I supposed to do before I can return?" Madeline asked incredulously. She had nothing else to do, her life was depressing before she came here. Three days may seem like a blink of an eye to the werewolves, but to her, it'd be torture. She was an extremely impatient person - it was one of her flaws.

(Author's Note: Okay, not gonna lie that landlord analogy was real strange. Welp, do tell me what you think of Her Devilish Alpha currently down in the comments. Bye for now, see you in the later chapters my dear readers, love you all so much.)