Upon seeing the three faces, I yelp and quickly hide myself against Constantine's chest. I grip the front of his shirt in embarrassment. My face must be beet red.

Cuddly bunnies and fuzzy slippers!!! This is so embarrassing.

"Well, hello Constantine. Hello Genesis. Nice to meet you," says a male voice. His voice full of mirth.

"Hi Genesis," says Serena.

"Hello," says another male voice. Must be Lazarus.

"Hi," I mumble against Constantine's chest. I'm in hiding.

I hear laughter, so I press my face harder against his chest. There's no way I'm coming out to face them now.

I hear the rumble of laughter in his chest and feel his body shakes with laughter. "Sunshine, are you coming out to meet everyone soon?"

I shake my head and close my eyes. No.

I feel his warm hand comes up to press gently on my back. They are still laughing.

"What are you guys doing home now anyway? It's not even lunch time yet," he asks his friends.

"Oh, we decided to check in on you and have lunch at home. Where is the cook anyway?" says the first male voice.

"I told her to go home. Order some pizza or Chinese or something," answers Constantine offhandedly as he lifts me up and carries me off. I press my face against his neck. I don't know where he's taking me, but I'm not going to look.

"Nice shirt she's wearing," again the first male voice, sounding wicked.

"Just look away, Caspian," growls Constantine, then in a flash, I'm in his room.

There's no end to my embarrassment today, and it's not even noon yet!

I must have inherited the genes from my dad, I decide. My ability to land myself in embarrassing situations.

"I blame my dad," I announce once Constantine places me on my feet and closes the bedroom door.

"What?" he asks, looking puzzled.

"The embarrassment genes," I explains.

"Okay..." his eyebrows furrow. I can see he's trying very hard to follow my logic.

"I mean, my mom's perfectly normal, you know....most of the time. So it must've came from my dad's side," I conclude, it makes perfect sense to me now.

There's a soft knock on the bedroom door and Serena pokes her head in before Constantine says anything.

She walks in and suddenly I feel inadequate. She's so gorgeous. Definitely one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen. Her skin is smooth and lightly tanned. Right now her beautiful honey brown eyes are filled with warmth and mischief. Her long shiny golden blond hair falls in soft waves down to her waist.

"I'm borrowing her, and she can wear my clothes," she announces.

Constantine places his arm over my shoulders and tugs me to him. "Or she can just stay in here with me and wear mine." he contradicts her.

Serena rolls her eyes. "The boys and I would like to get to know her too. You've got to learn to share, Constantine," she moves in and grabs my hand.

"No I don't," he mumbles sullenly under his breath, but reluctantly releases my shoulders as Serena pulls me away.

"One hour," he says sourly. Now he looks like a little boy whose favorite toy has just being taken away from him. "Then I'm coming to get you," he informs me.

"Four," counters Serena.

"One," he insists.

"Okay, three," she returns.

"One." he states firmly.

"Oh, come on...give a little. Three," she bargains.

"Alright. Two," he sighs.

"He sounded like he just gave up his Ferrari or Aston Martin instead of just two meager hours without you," she complaints as she drags me to her room. "Lycans!"

"You know I can still hear you, right?" says Constantine from his room.

"Good," she mumbles with some satisfaction.

These lycans fight like siblings. You would never have guessed from the way they look when you see them in school.

"How did you end up here? I bet there are more exciting places to live in instead of this little town," I inquire curiously as I glance around hers and Lazarus's bedroom.

"Caspian had this idea about attending and graduating high school. Lazarus and I were supposed to accompany him for a few years. I don't know how we ended up here, really. Knowing Caspian, he probably threw a dart on the map to decide.

Constantine was just supposed to be here for a couple of weeks. Maybe come for a visit once in a while. Well, one day he went to get a sketchbook and some pencils at some art supply store. The next thing we knew, he bought the whole studio and registered into the high school with us," she informs me, smiling cheekily.

Serena lends me a pair of jeans and a pretty white and pink floral top. Good thing we're almost the same size. The jeans and the top fit just perfect.

"Thank you for lending these to me. I can't imagine going home in Constantine's shirt," I admit. "I'll return them after I wash them."

She waves her hand in dismissal, then pulls me down to sit on the bed next to her.

"It's time for our birds and the bees talk," she announces.

What??? My cheeks must have turned bright red.

"Oh, it's not like that!" she laughs. "I mean, now that you're with Constantine, you're going to go though changes soon.

You see, I was born a werewolf. Just like you...but I'm more of a lycan now." she reveals.

I stare at her in surprise. She doesn't look like a she-wolf to me. She's all lycan.

A sudden thought occurs to me. I remember how my eyes, my voice, and my body changed yesterday when I went for a run. Also the changes in my body right now in my human form...my curves, my hair, skin..

"What does that mean?" I ask her carefully.

"You know, werewolves are born with mates that fits them like a puzzle. We are born to fit our mates. But lycans don't have that. So when lycans find their erasthai, the erasthai, whether they're humans, or werewolves, or fae would soon change to fit the lycans perfectly after the bond between them started. It's the moon goddess gift to her children since lycans are born without mates.

The changes happen gradually, but eventually the mate would look like a lycan. Age as slowly and live as long as the lycan. Be as strong and as deadly as a lycan.

I guess we need that to balance our mates. Lycans are very strong, a human or even a werewolf wouldn't survive the mating with a Lycan," explains Serena."Genesis, your wolf will turn into a lycan soon. You will turn into a lycan. Even in our human form, we change to look more attractive, which is funny, because how jealous our mates can get.

Lycans are very possessive. It's going to be hard to deal with at first. But you'll find a way around it...we all do, " she says.

"Oh how?"

"I think you're already doing it," she laughs.

"Oh, come on, Serena. Tell me! I'm truly lost at how to deal with Constantine sometimes," I plead.

"Why, by using your feminine wiles, of course," she winks at me with a wicked smile on her lips. "You catch more flies with honey, as my aunt used to say."

I burst out laughing. I can just imagine Serena using her feminine wiles on the intimidating Lazarus. Then I imagine me, trying to use feminine wiles on Constantine...Yikes! My face turns red.

"I can just imagine what's going on in that pretty head of yours," laughs Serena.

I cover my face with my hands. I bet my face is as red as a tomato right now. "Oh, young Genesis, you're adorable," she laughs harder.

"How long did it take for you to change into a lycan? ...you know, when you phase?" I need to know...and I need to change the subject before I turn into a big red tomato and explode!!!

"For me it took almost six months. I can see the changes when I phase, I can feel the power and the bond growing. It was amazing. But every mate is different. Physical changes in human form happened so slowly to me that nobody around me noticed much difference...I noticed that my hair seemed fuller, my features more defined somehow, my body changed within a year or two."

I know I'm changing, but it's very sudden to me. Not like what Serena is saying. My friends certainly noticed the difference in me. I'm already phasing into a lycan, judging by what happened the yesterday.

"I'm glad you're Constantine's mate, Genesis. I like you. I think we're going to be great friends," she smiles sincerely. I think so too.

I think I'm hungry. I could smell pizza. "Oh, what's the deal with the cook?" I ask her as we descend the stairs.

Serena scrunches up her nose in disgust. "Constantine threw her out of his room the other day. She claimed that she's cleaning his room. We have cleaners. She's a damn cook!"

Wow, good thing the woman is not here now. I'd happily scratch her eyeballs out if she was.

"She's the fifth cook we have this year. Caspian did the hiring. Cooking isn't necessarily the most important qualification for the job." adds Serena.

"Hey, some things are important to whet the appetite," remarks Caspian from the living room.

"You'd better get rid of her. Her cooking isn't too bad, but she's becoming a nuisance," cuts in Lazarus.

"This is my mate Lazarus," says Serena happily as she wraps her arms around him.

"It's nice to finally properly meet you," remarks Lazarus. He has the most striking blue eyes I have ever seen. His jet black hair is slightly long and curly. They make an extremely striking, good looking couple.

"Hi, I'm Caspian. It's a pleasure to finally meet you," Caspian takes my hand in his. His bright bottle green eyes sparkle with mischief. Like the rest of them, he is gorgeous. His face is a chiseled perfection and his light blond hair is thick and shiny and perfectly styled in a quiff. He brings my hand up to kiss it, but Constantine snatches it away before it reaches his lips.

"We're going," he snaps.

"She hasn't had any pizza yet...and you've got to learn to share, bruh," says Caspian playfully. His lips curl up in amusement.

Constantine growls in irritation.

"Owww.." yelps Caspian. Lazarus had smacked him at the back of his head.

I cover my mouth to stop the laughter from escaping. Constantine isn't looking very amused.

It's nice to meet the rest of the lycans, but I need to talk to Constantine about what's going on and Alpha Carrington's plan. I couldn't talk to him about it this morning when he was trying to hold on to his control. I hope he won't loose his control this time.

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I'm sorry if this chapter is a bit boring. So now you've met with three other lycans. Hope you'll find the next chapter more interesting. Thank you so much for your votes and comments! Sorry, I can't upload during the weekend, but will upload the next chapter soon!

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Nicole