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Caelan POV

My mate screams bloody murder at the top of her lungs and I wince at the sound as I try to calm her down with my hand over her mouth as I try to not let my long sharp claws touch her. She fights against my hold as I try with every muscle to not try and hurt her as I try to make her be quiet.

Her eyes roll to the back of her head and I feel her go limp in my arms.

I curse under my breath. Shit shit shit shit.

SHIT!

"Acela baby?" I shake her lightly but no response.

"Do not do this to me baby." I mutter out as I lay her on her sofa.

I start to pace as I try and calm my heart rate to get rid of my transformation and back to my 'normal' body. I lost control of my other side when she touched me and now my emotions and the bond are fighting to keep me in my form, but I can't fucking do shit like this. I can't even touch my mate without my sharp nails threatening to stab her straight through her delicate body.

"RION I need you, I need you fucking damn it! ANSWER ME." I snarl out angrily.

I walk over to my mate and put my head against her chest, making sure my horns do not get too close as I check for a pulse. My heart is beating out of my fucking chest.

She's breathing...

'WHAT DID YOU DO TO MATE'? Rion growls angrily at me and I couldn't be happier, he's talking to me.

"Now is not the time Rion! I need you to help me shift back, she passed out." I say frustrated.

Rion snarls at me and I snarl back.

My wolf lets me use my ability to control my shift and I slow my breathing and stare down at my hands and watch as my other form begins to slowly disappear, it's as if nothing ever happened if you don't notice my mate passed out.

'Is mate ok? I will kill you if mate is not ok!' Rion says angrily.

I sigh as I place my hand on my mate's forehead and close my eyes. "Acela, ara ake." (wake up) I say kneeling in front of her as she lays on the sofa.

Her eyes open and she gasps for breath wildly as she looks around the room until her eyes land on mine.

"Y-Your eyes." She tiredly mutters out trying to sit up.

I frown and hold her steady. "You need to take it slow, you passed out."

Her eyes go wide then she stares at me with a look that makes my heart clench.

Fear.

"You're not a w-werewolf are you." She stutters out as she tries to move away from my hold.

Fuck. I knew this would happen eventually. Everyone sooner or later has this reaction. "Acela, I need to tell you something.."

Her eyes go wild. "No SHIT! What else are you hiding from me?" She says angrily as she moves away from the sofa and watches me carefully.

I sigh and stand up. "This is it, I promise... I am a werewolf, I'm just.. something else too." I frown, unsure how to phrase it simply for her.

She is a human, that much is obvious. She knows about my family but not everything, not about the Black History and our ancestors, how what I have is passed down from generation to generation, all because of my ancestor who was a demon from another realm, Demonia Black.

He is the reason I am like this, it passed down from my father and went straight to me.

I walk closer to my mate and she holds her hand out to stop me. "Come near me and I will scream!" She says and I grimace.

"Can we sit and talk? Please.. I promise I will tell you everything, let me explain, please.." I say, practically begging her.

She looks at me still slightly scared as she sits on a seat near her and then stares at me.

It hurts she's so far away but I need her not to run away from me, it terrifies me when she looks at me the way she is now like she wants to run away and hide from me, wishing she had never even met me.

Sighing, I sit on the sofa then I grip my hair and tug as I think of how to explain this mess. "How much do you know about my family?" I ask her.

She shifts uncomfortably. "Not much... clearly." She mutters out.

I glance at her and sigh heavily.

I'm probably going to regret this, she's terrified.

"Demonia Black." I start. "The first Black and my ancestor, he was a Prince of The Shadowlands, neighboring region to The Vale. He was thousands of years old but we don't know the exact age he lived and died at, he lived a very long life, and for his kind that was normal for royalty. But what wasn't normal is that he had a mate. Demons do not have mates and they never have had them until Demonia Black, even to this day no Demon has had a mate, her name was Lilian and she was the daughter of a great Alpha with royal blood."

I smile as Acela begins to relax. "Demonia wasn't bad but he wasn't great either but one thing we know is that he was very much in love with Lilian, but he grew very pained at the fact he was not a werewolf and his mate was, whenever she would run he would fall into depression.. Until the moon goddess herself blessed him with a very rare gift, the gift to shift, so he could run alongside his mate, forever.. Until.." I close my eyes and breathe out. "He killed his mate.. To kill your mate is unforgivable and punishment is immediately fallen upon you, 'The 7'. That is how long it takes before you lose your mind and kill yourself- it's like a curse, you go insane, you don't eat, drink.. everything is just blank with rage and it consumes you. On the 7th day of the death of Lilian, Demonia Black was beheaded for the murder of his mate."

"To be beheaded is to never be with your mate in the afterlife, it is a punishment worse than death itself. Soon after his death the Black royal line vanished until their son fled The Vale until he resurfaced years later with his mate and children, Locus Black became Alpha of Deepwater and he had both gifts from Lilian and Demonia, to shift and to transform into... what you have seen before you passed out." I sigh and look at my mate who listens quietly.

"My father also has Demonia's mutation.. then I was born and the mutation passed to me." I say and wait for my mate to speak.

She is quiet and looks like she is lost in thought as she stares at me gaping slightly with confusion written on her face. I move to kneel on the floor in front of her and I put my head on her knees. "I did not tell you because I was afraid you would never accept this side of me." I breathe out truthfully. "You matter to me so much Acela, I would possibly fall apart and not survive if you left me again." I say closing my eyes and steadying my breathing.