Free A Beauty to His Beast 2: An Urban Werewolf Story by Natavia

              “Got it,” Anastasia said, ripping Kanya’s black t-shirt up. Her bra was showing and so were the tattoos on her back. “Now this looks edgy,” he said. Kanya and I stood in front of a white background.
                        I’ve never taken a picture before, so don’t expect for me to be with all of this. That little prissy friend of yours better not take more than five minutes , I said in Kanya’s head.
                         You are ruining my moment. First you insult my friendship with Adika, and now you are being a jerk. I cannot wait until this is over so I can give you my ass to kiss , Kanya replied in my thoughts as she smiled.
                       “Okay, Goon, show those gold fangs. Give me a menacing look. Kanya, I want you to look afraid. Place your hands on his chest so we can see the designs of the bracelets and rings that you are wearing. Goon, you bend your head down like you want to take a chunk out of her,” Anastasia called out.
                          “That’s it, Kanya. Pull his gold medallion around his neck, you know, like he is a dog misbehaving,” Anastasia continued to call out while Kanya and I tried different poses together. After what seemed like an hour, everyone else did their pictures with our ancient jewelry on.
                        Jalesa and Adika did a picture together, but Jalesa seemed as if she didn’t want to be around Adika. Three hours later, everyone left the house. I was relieved because my body felt like shifting. Kanya was giving me nothing but attitude. Amadi, Izra, and Elle went out. It was just Kanya, the twins, and myself.
     
     
     
    *****
                          Kanya slammed the glass trays in the sink that she was serving snacks on. “Yo, seriously? What the fuck is your problem?” I asked her.
                        “I’m tired of you controlling my life. I’m sick of you making demands. I want my mate to look at me like the woman in his life and not a damn child. You have pups, Akea and Kanye, neither one of their names is Kanya,” she ranted, breaking more dishes.
                       “Elle is going to be pissed about that. He got those from China,” I told her. One hurled passed my head, crashing into the wall. “I don’t give a fuck! I’m sick of all of this shit. Amilia was right. All you Alphas do is control us!” she shouted.
                          “Amilia? Isn’t that Dash’s mate? When have you talked to her?”
                         “That’s none of your business. Are you going to tell me to stay away from her too? I’m losing my damn mind! One minute I’m so happy, and then the next I want to taste blood from a kill. Sometimes I just wish I was normal, and I still worked at the nursing home. I even had to distance myself from my parents because of what I am. I didn’t ask for this; it was forced on me,” Kanya said, with tears falling down her face. My chest tightened up. I felt an anger I have never felt before. I was angry and I was hurt. “Are you unhappy with me?” I asked her.
                          Kanya burst into tears. “No, I didn’t mean it like that. You just don’t understand,” she said, turning away from me.
                         I went into my pocket pulling out her ring. It was gold with diamonds in it. The ring was shaped like a pyramid. The middle of the ring had ice blue diamonds, the color of the Nile River. I placed the ring on the countertop. “I was going to ask you to marry me. I never wanted you to feel like you needed to lose a part of yourself. I never asked you to forget how you used to live. I guess you got shit all figured out yourself, and since we are being honest, I wish the gods had chosen someone who was never human. You are ungrateful