Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

#Chapter 11 Empty again

Almost as soon as she got a taste, Cordelia pulled it back in. Doris fell hard against the earth as all of her energy drained from her at once. That electricity left her blood and left her feeling empty inside. The world faded away from her and all the sounds and smells went with it until she was back to how she was.

She felt powerless. How was it possible to feel so weak when she had only just gotten a small taste? What would happen when she got something bigger?

“What... why would you take it back?” Doris whimpered, feeling pathetic and sad all at once. “I was just getting used to the feeling!”

“This feeling will pass. Do not let it consume you as if it’s some sort of addition. You’ve lived without that power your whole life, remember that.” Cordelia said almost gently—as if she knew it was hard for Doris to come down from her high. She could probably feel everything Doris was.

Doris trembled a little as she forced herself back up. She didn’t expect to feel a strange hole inside her that she didn’t have before she had gotten the power. Her body wanted her to fill it with... something. With more power or something else—anything else.

She walked back slowly towards where she left her cloak. It felt like miles and miles away when it usually felt like a few feet in her wolf form.

“Why do I feel this way? I feel as if you tore out a part of me that I only had for a short time.” Doris asked her wolf.

“The power is apart of you so it will feel like I took a part of you away. Eventually you will have all of your power and live as one, but you’re not ready for that much.” Cordelia explained. A light, cool wind ruffled through her fur and relieved her of the heat.

“When will I be able to have all that power?” Doris asked. “I feel as if there is a side of me that I haven’t met yet.”

it to you gradually. When you learn how to handle it well, I will give more and more until eventually you can stand all of it at once.” She explained. Doris sat next to her things but didn’t quite shift yet. “Tt’s not safe to give you more than you can handle. You might

understand. A part of her longed for the feeling to be free and run faster than the wind could

almost causally. Doris flinched at the word. She hadn’t been back much since Martin had died. It was filled with his ghost and memories that still were hard to process. Doris imagined the room sat empty

I

white wolves before you. It will better help you understand what you’ re in for.” Cordelia said. “A lot of the tales are of myths and some are just silly takes on a white wolf, but a lot of them are real. A lot of the stories of how great they are

her cloak around her

you rest. Go and lay down.”

to her. William’s glare, his mistrust of her with their own baby. She curled her hands into fists. He

her feel as if she was drowning

“How— “

turned to see a tall man she had never seen before standing

Tall, lanky with the hint of muscle somewhere underneath it all.

were almost golden when he looked down at her. Doris tooka step back away from the handsome

What are you doing out here?” Doris demanded. Her voice was taller than she was and stronger than she felt. Cordelia hummed inside her as if to remind her that she

wasn’t about to befriend a stranger in the woods when all she had was a cloak on. “Don’t worry, I was passing through to the palace but

your business with the palace?” Doris asked and lifted