《Werewolf’s Heartsong》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introducing, Alora Beep ,beep, beep, beep¡­. The screeching of my rm clock is the first thing I wake up to, I hated that rm clock. I really should get a radio rm, anything was better than an rm clock that makes me think of the fryers at work. Goddess I hated working in fast food. But fast food is all I can get within a thirty minute walking distance of home. I can usually get themute down to fifteen minutes riding my bike. I don¡¯t have a car, like my older sister did, she has already wrecked two cars and was now on her third. My parents spoil her, I hate that they treat us so differently. Unfortunately for me, I¡¯m truly both my mother and father¡¯s child. I even had it tested. I¡¯d done it because I didn¡¯t look like either of them at all. I was born with violet, almost indigo colored, eyes. I had ck hair so dark a blue hue shines when light hits it. Then there was my skin, it was a copper olive tone. I¡¯m Alora. The wolves of my n, for the many generations now, have been born pale with blond hair and blue eyes. Both of my parents ns have deliberately bred out any dark features. But there had to have been someone, from one side or the other, who had to have passed on the gics for my coloring. The DNA test I¡¯d had done¡­ found that I¡¯m rted to one of the seven original werewolf bloodlines of our pack. I look like my ancestor, Luna Heartsong, coloring and all. The Moon Goddess was said to have blessed her bloodline with power, and amazing voices. A Heartsong¡¯s song¡­.is from the heart, as the surname implies, and when singing they could influence the emotions of those within hearing. The fated mate of a Heartsong could form a deeper soul binding connection when the mates sang together with power. A very powerful and magical bond was created that would bind the mates through reincarnation, ording to the old legends. At first, I had only talked about taking my DNA test with the Alpha. He¡¯d thought it had been a good N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. idea, so he was the one who authorized it. After the results, he showed me the painting he had of Alpha Luna Heartsong. That¡¯s how I found out I look almost exactly like her. I asked my Alpha to keep the results quiet from my parents. The reason I asked him to do that, at the time, was because I was afraid of what my family would do to me, if they knew I had this knowledge. I knew they wouldn¡¯t want it to be public knowledge, because The First Alpha, Luna Heartsong¡¯s coloring, was wrong. That was idiocy in it¡¯s prime if you asked me. I have used the test to my advantage though, a tool needed for escape. Any coupling outside the Frost and Northmountain bloodlines had been ¡°Strictly forbidden¡± for generations now. You don¡¯t dirty up the skin and hair color, you were to breed it out. Or you¡¯re basically thrown from the ns, being made a n less wolf. Or you had to hope the mate you¡¯d chosen over the n had a n of their own that would willingly im you. I used to be scared of the day they would cast me out. Yet as I¡¯ve grown, I¡¯ve be less scared of leaving, to being desperate for it after graduation. I had been kept from starting school until I was age six. Then I was held back my first year of school, by my parents request. They hadn¡¯t wanted me to be in a grade so close to my sister¡¯s, they didn¡¯t want our rtion to be too noticeable. Not that it helped any, as she was held back herself two years. It¡¯s the reason why I still have to suffer her in school. Sarah, and strangely, her three best friends, were still in school with me. So while I¡¯m eighteen and still in High School. I could have tested out already, graduated and gone to college, attended full time without having to take sses at the High School too. The school had pushed to have my education elerated, however my parents wouldn¡¯t have allowed me to advance this far. My parents had told the Principal, when first approached, that it was because they were worried I wouldn¡¯t know how to function in coge at such a young age, they didn¡¯t want me taken advantage of, or to have to much expected of me. Really it was that they hadn¡¯t wanted me to outshine my older sister, or have a means to escape them. This led to the Principal, the Superintendent, and almost all of my teachers realizing my parents were holding me back, and would need to go around them, to give me the education I not only wanted, but deserved. This all meant that, while I could have graduated High School by the 9th grade, my parents have prevented that from happening. I was still attending college sses early. They were just taken as a high school student. They have been taking ce at the local Pack University. I was bussed there after the high school courses that I took just to make it look like I still needed High School. The University was d to have such a bright young student. One that was on track to graduate from high school and to receive a doctorate. I¡¯ll basically be a double graduate, but I don¡¯t mind, I was grateful to have my education. My parents didn¡¯t know about any of the lengths, the school and Alpha have gone through, to help me get my diplomas. They thought my transportation to themunity college campus was for remedial sses, and my time at theb required by the High School to pass. My sister didn¡¯t care enough to notice any of this, she was oblivious, which was a good thing. The doctorate programs I¡¯ve been taking, were supposed to take eight years each toplete. I¡¯ve been able toplete all three programs in just four years, while attending High School, and working. I was doing my internship at ab three days a week, I don¡¯t need to for credit anymore. I¡¯ve got all the required hours in for my license and degrees. But theb was my reprieve. The fast food job was only twenty hours a week, just enough time to give me a small shopping budget, and pay for my cell phone. If I made more money than that, I would be drawing my parents attention¡­and Sarah¡¯s¡­ and that was the veryst thing I wanted right now. I¡¯m five foot nine, I have a triple d bust, a long, lean, toned, tucked in waist. Wide shapely hips, arge, but firm, round bottom. My legs are long, and toned, my arms also toned with muscle. My skin still the olive tone I was born with, was smooth, with no blemishes. No matter how many beatings I took from my family, my skin refused to scar, hiding them inside my heart and soul instead. My hair hangs down to my hips in gentle waves, I would braid it to keep it out of my face, usually binding the braid in a bun to keep it from getting intob equipment, or the fryers at the fast food joint I work at. Otherwise, I usually left it down to hide my face. My eyes arerge and almond shaped, they tilted up at the outer corners. My violet silver rimmed eyes, are framed by long, thick, ckshes. I have a slightly small nose, the tip tilted up a bit. My lips are full and slightly pouty, and naturally tinted red. I was strong and toned, because every werewolf of the Pack has to train. The Alpha, to conceal how much better I was at training, than my sister was, from my family fearing what they would do to me, had me train with the Pack¡¯s Elite Master Trainers. I have been in a different building than my sister, and all the other wolves in my grade, until this year. Her group, still trained in another building out of the seniors. This was because they were reserve fighters, ones who would stay back with the pack and hide in the shelters. They were to protect those inside. As they didn¡¯t have enough power to be a first line or even second or third line of defense. I was now with the Seniors of the Alpha ss level, and we trained in our own building. My father was a former Beta candidate, my mom a daughter of an Alpha and Beta. They both were under the delusion their oldest was in Beta level training, ¡®Oh the lies Sarah told them.¡¯ I was saving all my specialness for after graduation. My sister¡¯s friends, and most of our high school ssmates, either thought I was just nerdy she wolf, and a fast food worker on skates who brought them food, the others believed the rumors my sister and her friends spread. Only the adults that have helped me, have let me know how special I am, well, they say I¡¯m special. But how can I be? When my own blood hates me because I¡¯m not pale. I didn¡¯t have almost white blond hair, my eyes were not a shade of blue. I didn¡¯t even have the small, slim and sleek figure, the rest of the women in my n have. Next to them, I felt fat, toorge and too dark. Although I know I¡¯m not fat, and being dark isn¡¯t a bad thing. I trained too hard to even have one ounce of fat, my training was one more tool I would use to escape from my family. It was a good thing Werewolves only need about four hours of sleep a night. I would have never gotten all my education and work done otherwise. Besides sleeping was only for those who felt safe in their home. And I have never felt safe here. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Alora¡¯s POV My sister Sarah, loved to torment me, taunt me with the things she would do to me. She had no ns to let me leave and live peacefully. She had a boyfriend, the youngest son of our Pack¡¯s Beta. She¡¯s already told me that once she is mated to Matt, she¡¯ll find a way to have me exiled from the pack, and dered a rogue. This is so she can kill me, or have me killed. She said it was only right for her to remove the embarrassing dark stain that was me from their lives. Sarah doesn¡¯t know we are from a very respected bloodline, not that she¡¯d want to im it. I also found where my coloring might have possiblye from. I¡¯m the doppelganger for the first of our ancestors, Luna Heartsong. She had been an Alpha warrior, she was reputed as one of the strongest and fiercest wolves of our history. My family would want to deny any rtion to her because of her skin, hair and eye color. I still couldn¡¯t figure out the reasoning behind this, no other ns cared as they did about coloring. Forcing myself to shake off the depressing thoughts, I start thinking about the day ahead. I had turned eighteen over the four day break, making me somewhat excited for today. I might be able to meet my mate today. Xena is excited as well. Probably more so than I am. Oh I know I¡¯m more excited she remarks. ¡°Why is that?¡± I inquire teasingly. Because our mate will love us, we¡¯ll have someone who appreciates us for who we really are she says excitedly. ¡°That¡¯s our hope at least, it would be nice if our mate epts us. Hiding away, with graduation just around the corner, has be exhausting. School ends officially in two weeks. The University¡¯s finals have been taken, only tests left, are the High School¡¯s finals.¡± Tests, more tests, how long are they going to take, I¡¯d rather be running she grumbled. ¡°Just the first three days this week, then thest week and a half will be full of nonsense, we¡¯ll go runningter tonight¡± I say soothingly. When do we stop hiding everything you¡¯ve aplished from your family she demanded. ¡°The moment the ink dry¡¯s on my diplomas and I have my license in hand and a key to my own apartment. The Alpha has a suite of rooms at the Pack House he¡¯s going to assign me the moment I graduate¡± I tell her, then ¡°Although¡­I may not wait till then even.¡± The Alpha really respects you, you¡¯re like the daughter he¡¯s never had she reminds me. ¡°Yeah, the Alpha only has two sons. His eldest is to be our next Alpha of the Pack. He¡¯s finishing up his final Alpha training, and shoulde back this summer¡± is my response. I hope he¡¯s still nice to us when hees back to start taking his father¡¯s position she says. ¡°I¡¯d almost drowned the day we met. When he found me on the side of the river, covered in mud and blood, I was just a pup, he was a teen wolf. He helped his father rescue me, and helped his mother nurse me back to health. He was always protective of me after that, and you, after you came to me. Then once we were able to shift, his wolf would watch over us whenever we ran with him. I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll still be nice to us when he gets home.¡± I assure her. I start to dwell on the memory of that day, the day I met him, the same day Sarah tried to drown me. It had been raining for a week, downpour after downpour before we finally got a sunny day. One of our neighbors had given me some used clothing, and there was this dress. It was a simple dress, white with blue flowers and went down just past my knees, my sister tried to wear it but she had been to big for it, I had saved it for that day. We had been attending the pack pic, a celebration for the end of winter, and the beginning of spring. The trouble started because everyone was remarking how pretty I looked in that dress. My hair in two french braids on either side of my face. They were saying how beautiful my skin tone was next to the color, how it made my eyes pop so pretty. As for my sister, she was in a pale pink dress, that was just like all her other dresses, so while she got a ¡°You look nice, as always darling¡±, she had became increasingly infuriated at all thepliments I had been getting. She went and told our parents I was making a public scene in front of the Pack, drawing attention. My parents then walked over and stood near, but still at a distance, from the group of wolvesplimenting me on how beautiful I was. They had beenplementing everything my family and n hated about me, which was everything. They had always told me I was ugly, and that I was a dark mistake, because I was not pale, my hair was not blond, my eyes were not blue. I was the blight upon the family, the shameful blot of imperfection in the n, and those wolves at the pic had praised all of those features as beautiful. My parents had been furious. They couldn¡¯t just storm up and yank me away, too public a confrontation. It would have been bad for their image, the image of the n. Instead they sent my sister to get me. She had grabbed my arm in a tight painful hold, and said, ¡°Mommy and Daddy are looking for you¡± in a bright childish voice. So the adults had bid us goodbye, and left me to the mercies of my parents. Mercy¡­¡­if only they really had any, my mother had pped me as soon as she could get away with it. ¡°You ungrateful wretch, how dare you disparage your sister, how dare you go out in public like this, you¡¯re an embarrassment to this family you ugly child, a stain that I should have drowned at birth, go home! NOW!¡± she had shrieked thest word.Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. As I was walking home, embarrassed, my cheek red with the imprint of her hand and tears running down my face, my sister and her friends surrounded me. ¡°That¡¯s what you get for trying to outshine me you worthless wretch¡± Sarah hissed. ¡°They just liked the dress, I didn¡¯t do it on purpose¡± I had hoped she would understand, and not punish me for it, how wrong I had been. ¡°That dress is an eyesore¡± Agatha had said. ¡°Yeah let¡¯s do something about that¡± said Lauren. ¡°Yeah let¡¯s get rid of it¡± suggested Beatrice. ¡°You¡¯re right that would make it better¡­.but is it enough?¡± Sarah¡¯s tone had made my belly tighten, fear had taken hold. Then she looked at the swollen river behind me and the muddy embankment. ¡°I know what I¡¯ll do, how bout a swim little sister¡± she said with an evil smirk on her face. She reached out and grabbed me, then she started to drag me. I had dug my feet into the ground to keep her from dragging me further. Her nails had bitten into my skin, drawing blood. It had hurt and I had cried from the pain. The blood had made my arm slippery, and I was able to break her hold on me. I had turned, and was running away from the river, but her friends jumped me before I could get far. Lauren and Beatrice grabbed me by my feet, and pulled me back to the river. Agatha and Sarah where trying to get my hands, but I was punching pping and scratching, Sarah had blood running down her cheek now and was furious, ¡°This better not scar you little freak, I¡¯m going to drown you, you bitch!¡± she shrieked. They picked me up off the ground, Sarah pped me so hard my ears had rung. I was dizzy, my vision blurry with tears, when they were finally able to throw me off the embankment, and into the raging river. I went under the river tossing me again and again as I fought to surface only to be able to gasp before being tossed back down by the current, I started to work my way to shore. The water mming me into the rock and river debris over and over. I finally caught a branch and hung on to keep the river from taking me again, gasping, trying to get my breath back, but I was battered and weak. Trembling, but determined I used the branch to get me to the edge of a steep and muddy embankment. Clinging to the branch I started to w my way up, mud and dirting away to cover me as I finally pulled myself up and out of the river. I had copsed there at the edge of the river, in the mud, and passed out. I came to as someone touched my shoulder turning me over, I smelled wolf. ¡°What happened to you little one?¡± a young voice asked ¡°Son, what are you doing in the mud get over here.¡± an older voice demanded ¡°Dad there¡¯s a little girl here, she¡¯s covered in blood and mud and she¡¯s soaked.¡± said the young voice ¡°WHAT! ¡± I hear shouted, then there was running, the feet stopped on my other side, then he was also kneeling in the mud. ¡°Why would a pup be out here like this?¡± I hear him ask in a voice filled with horror. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d I was barely conscious as they continued to talked about me, sounding worried. ¡°She¡¯s got marks on her face, look there¡¯s a handprint¡± said the older voice. ¡°Dad who would abuse a pup.¡± asked the young voice. ¡°I don¡¯t know, look at her arm, there¡¯s a dark bruise in the shape of fingers, see the nail marks, she¡¯s got another hand shaped bruise on her other cheek.¡± points out the older voice. ¡°Why dad? She¡¯s just a pup, they must have thrown her into the river.¡± said the younger voice ¡°I¡¯m afraid you¡¯re right son, and she could have died, the river is swollen and dangerous, her legs¡­.¡± the older voice trails off. ¡°So many bruises¡­.¡± the younger voice also trails off. ¡°All these cuts, she must have been tossed over and over, the poor child, how did she get out of the river?¡± the older voice asked in wonder. ¡°Where did shee from dad?¡± the younger voice asked. ¡°There is a pack pic today remember, that¡¯s where we were heading, looks like she had on her best dress, despite what it looks like now, she must havee from there.¡± the older voice had said. ¡°Dad¡­.that¡¯s five miles up river.¡± points out the younger voice. ¡°I know, Goddess¡­she should have died, any other pup would have died, she¡¯s incredibly lucky to have survived.¡± said the older voice. ¡°She¡¯s got dark skin, and ck hair, think maybe she belong to the Stonemakers or the Mountainmovers?¡± the younger voice contemted. ¡°They both have some people among them with tan skin¡­but most have brown, red or blond hair.¡± he added. ¡°There¡¯s also us, the Moonstars, and then the ckfires and the Shadowtails, we all have ck hair and tan skin among our n¡¯s as well, but I know she¡¯s not one of ours, and she dosn¡¯t smell like those ns.¡± Said the older voice. ¡°The Frost and Northmountain Families though are exclusively pale and blond for a few generations now, she can¡¯t be one of theirs.¡± remarked the younger voice. ¡°That n has been purposely breeding dark coloring out, they only mate with others who have blond hair and blue eyed features son. Any family member born with tan skin or dark hair is made an outsider, or married off, still removing them from the Families. If their fated mate has dark coloring they reject them.¡± said the older voice. ¡°That¡¯s stupid, why do that?¡± asked the younger voice. ¡°I don¡¯t know son, but that n¡¯s practice is why I have always been at odds with that n. I Allister Northmountain reject his Goddess given mate for that Ice Queen he married, because his fated was dark skinned, that Ice Queen also rejected her fated, because he¡¯d had dark hair.¡± the man said, then continued ¡°The Heartsong n¡¯s ancestor was tan, with ck hair and violet eyes. It¡¯s said that Allister and Bettina had a daughter who looked like the Heartsong¡¯s Ancestor, the First Alpha. Probably karma for rejecting their Goddess given mates¡± said the older voice, grumbling thest sentence. ¡°Do you think this girl is her, dad?¡± asked the younger voice. ¡°The abuse this child has obviously suffered, was not necessary, we will find out if this was her family¡¯s doing.¡± said the older voice. I was finally able to open my eyes and look at them, the young man next to me gasps when he sees my eyes. ¡°Is your name Alora little pup?¡± the older wolf asked, I had nodded my head yes, my throat hurting to much for me to speak. ¡°She has bruising on her neck too dad.¡± said the young male. He had ck hair and midnight blue eyes, and pale skin, his shoulders were broad. You could tell he was going to be a giant of a werewolf when he was done growing, just asrge as the older male next to me. The older male looked like the young one, only his eyes where green and there was a streak of silver in his hair at his temple, it made him look more handsome. ¡°Do you know who I am child.¡± asked the older wolf. How could I not? I had only seen him once, but I¡¯d felt the his power and status over me. ¡°Alpha.¡± I¡¯d croaked. ¡°Yes child, and this is my son Damien, we¡¯ll get you to the Pack House, and treat you before taking you back to your family.¡± said the Alpha ¡°Dad are we really going to let them have her back?¡± asked Damien. ¡°We have no choice son, she needs to be with her family, and I can¡¯t just take the child away.¡± I¡¯d passed out again while they were arguing. The pounding on my bedroom door brings me back from that memory. Sadly, that was not the only awful memory I carried. It was not the only scar embedded into my soul by my family, there were many, many others. I knew who had been pounding on the door, even before I heard her voice. ¡°Get up you wretch!¡± she screams, she¡¯s always screaming at me. Half the time I think she¡¯s forgotten my name, because she is always addressing me as ¡°you wretch.¡± The ¡®her¡¯ being my mother. You would think she would call me by name. But it was a waste of time to hope for something different. I¡¯ve known that for awhile now. Time to get dressed and go to school, I do my best not to give in to the urge to sing in the shower. Every time I sing, my family goes into a rage. They tell me to stop screeching like a dying cat, telling me my voice makes their ears bleed. It was one more thing they used to hurt me. I¡¯ve be less and less tolerant of the oppressive and abusive way they treat me. I¡¯ve been struggling to hold back, to maintain the image of a submissive and obedient she-wolf. There are only two more weeks left of school. That¡¯s what I have to remind myself, and Xena. ¡°Just two more weeks Xena, and we¡¯ll be free.¡± I say to her. N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. What exams do we have today? Xena asks. ¡°You know what, I believe we have our training exams today, both in human and wolfbat.¡± I feel her immense delight, we both like the exercise of training, of feeling how powerful we really are. Are you going to ask me to hold back she asks, I feel her delight dim at the thought. sigh ¡°Yeah, we¡¯re going to have to, we are going up against the elites today, but we¡¯re going up against them in front of the rest of the seniors.¡± I tell her. That takes all the fun out of itshe whines , I feel her tail droop. I sigh, ¡°Yeah, yeah it does¡± my reply filled with my own disappointment. Then I pause to think a moment. There was no real reason for me to hold back on my exam. ¡°Seeing as we¡¯re not going up against the Ice Princess, and this is thest exam, there is no real reason to hold back anymore¡± I felt Xena¡¯s excitement pick back up, visualizing her tail wagging with her tongue hanging out, and her ears perked up in interest. My wolf¡¯s antics made meugh. I decided that if the exam is going to be physical, I would need to dress for that, instead of the baggy track pants and hoodie I have been using to hide myself all these years. I go for the new clothes I¡¯ve been buying with some of my earnings from the burger ce. I¡¯m tired of hiding in this way as well. I put on a dark purple wireless sport push up bra that supports while putting my girls where they¡¯re supposed to be. I put on a ck razorback midriff tank with purple skulls and a pair of ck capris leggings with side pockets down my thighs for my phone. I french braid my hair to my neck, bind it with a dark purple hair tie then split the rest of the length in three different braids tying them up with thinner dark purple hair ties. I grab a purple wrap around skirt over the leggings and a shoulder length ck short sleeved cardigan on over the tank. I decide to wear silver studs in my ears so my earrings don¡¯t get caught while fighting. I¡¯m probably going to catch hell for my clothes. But I really don¡¯t care anymore, I feel the impatience of my wolf. We¡¯re tired of hiding. It used to be a way to protect ourselves, when we were weak, when we knew they could take it away from us. Now I have already finished my finals for the college. I¡¯ll be given my Doctorates and licensing as soon as I pass the exams and have graduated. There are still the official ceremonies to go to, that¡¯s just a show. Fact is, the Alpha, and both schools are making everything official immediately after, they don¡¯t want to take a chance that my family or n will find a way to prevent it all from happening. I would get free of them, no matter what. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Alora¡¯s POV I was set to be the third leading Research Doctor in the Pack¡¯s Lab¡¯s. I would be the lead biochemist with my majors in biochemistry, microbiology and hematology. I would be in charge of my own team of researchers, and luckily for me it was a team that couldn¡¯t wait for me to be serving over them in an official capacity, they respected my intelligence despite my age. The best thing about being a Doctor, is it gives me a respect and nobility that my parents won¡¯t be happy about. Because I was not their Ice Princess. I¡¯m their dark mark, a mistake, a dark blight forced upon them. I start to grin at the thought of their faces contorted in fury over how untouchable I will be after this. I¡¯ll no longer have to associate with them in any capacity. Another great thing is, they still don¡¯t know that I¡¯ve changed myst name already. The moment I turned eighteen, I¡¯d changed it. I had even changed my middle name. I was no longer named Alora Frost Northmountain. I was now Alora Luna Heartsong. I changed my name to with the approval of our Alpha, as It was proven I was of the Heartsong bloodline. And soon to be Doctor Heartsong. My new name will be announced aloud at the Graduation Ceremony, It was what would be listed on my diploma anyway. That¡¯s one way they were going to find out. A public separation of myself and them. I N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. was tired of the constant beatings. The emotional and verbal abuse added to the physical. Then having to hold back once I knew I could defend myself, that has be the hardest thing to do. I have been trying to remind myself two weeks, but I don¡¯t think I can anymore. I don¡¯t eat breakfast with the rest of the family, they wouldn¡¯t like eating with me anyway. They would have made sure to use the time to bring me down, to the point that I had no appetite. I ate breakfast at school, or I bought some at the little convenience store on the way to school. I love to get two of their Big Sur breakfast burritos with eggs, cheese, sausage, bacon and spicy sauce, and a bottle of orange juice, and a bottle of milk. It was an energizing breakfast for a werewolf. My phone dings. I know it¡¯s Darien, the Alpha¡¯s second son and my best friend, my sister hates him, and he hates her. She tried to date him once, but he¡¯s been firm in waiting for his mate. He¡¯s been eighteen for a few months, he suspects he knows who she is. However he is waiting till she turns eighteen too, so that her wolf recognizes him before he approaches her. I pick up my phone and read the text. I¡¯m out front with the breakfast of Wolves, hurry up it¡¯sbat exercise today On my way out be one sec. The house has three floors, I¡¯m on the third floor in a converted attic. The second floor has Sarah¡¯s bedroom and my parents office. Sarah¡¯s room used to be two, till she decided she needed more space. The second floor has a wrap around deck with a door leading outside to it. I sneak out the second floor door down the stairs around the garage out the gate and down the driveway to the shiny dark blue Dodge Charger my friend drives. I open up the door and can smell the burrito¡¯s he¡¯s picked up for us, I dive in the front seat as the front door to my house opens. ¡°YOU STUPID WRETCH WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR WEARING, GET BACK IN THIS HOUSE AND CHANGE IMMEDIATELY!!!!¡± My mother screeched in fury. I wouldn¡¯t have been surprised if the entire pack had heard her. I close the door and my friend floors it. I see my mother¡¯s furious expression as she runs down the driveway shrieking and shaking her fist in the rearview mirror, probably promising retribution for ignoring her. My friend is also looking in the rearview mirror ¡°Man is she pissed.¡± he said with a chuckle. ¡°I know, wonder what she¡¯s going to do when I get home?¡± I ask with a resigned sigh. ¡°You know you could take her on easily, you¡¯re a bad ass in training. I¡¯ve seen you, and I¡¯ve been training with you, and the others in this year¡¯s Alpha ss, hell you¡¯re better than me and I¡¯m an Alpha¡¯s son.¡± He says. ¡°I know, I know¡­it¡¯s just¡­I¡¯m so close, I promised myself I wouldn¡¯t have to hide anymore soon.¡± I sigh. ¡°How soon is soon?¡± he demands. ¡°I was trying to hold on till thest day of school, but¡­¡± I trialed off. ¡°But what?¡± he asked after a minute of silence. I sigh before continuing. ¡°I find hiding it anymore, too confining. I¡¯m not going to hide everything anymore, but I¡¯m also not going to reveal all at once, today¡¯s going to be my first day.¡± I say. ¡°First day of what?¡± He asks. ¡°Of not hiding away anymore.¡± I state grimly. We ate our burritos on the way to school, we both want to get there as early as possible, as we¡¯re both hoping to meet our mates. I think I know who his mate is. Her name is Serenity, she was only two inches shorter than I was. A fit, and curvy werewolf with hip length, wildly curly, deep red hair, vibrant emerald eyes rimmed in gold, and the cutest line of freckles across her nose, with milky pale skin. She was a strong but shy and sweet she-wolf. My sister didn¡¯t like her either, because she would stand up for others. Fortunately the threat of her older brothers managed to divert any major retaliation my sister and her cronies would have done to her. So it¡¯s been kept to petty things, like name calling and put downs. Serenity¡¯s two brothers in school with us are twins, we¡¯re in the same grade because they were born only six months before her, at the end of November, making them start school with her. Sarah¡¯s antics towards the she-wolf really makes me wonder sometimes if she had ever really grew out of elementary school. I¡¯ve seen Darien stare at her with a longing expression, when he thought no one was looking. I knew that her birthday was the day after mine. I would be happy if she was his mate, they would make the cutest couple. As excited as I am to find my own mate. I¡¯m also dreading it, what if it¡¯s someone I don¡¯t like, what if he rejects me. I don¡¯t know how I¡¯ll feel, I¡¯ve been rejected by my family all my life. My sister and her friends have made it a hobby to iste me. Anyone who wanted to be my friend was soon set upon by her and her henchwomen. They even tried to make sure Darien would abandon me. They¡¯d make up terrible rumors. I avoided most guys, because they all believed I was a slut who¡¯d give it to anyone, because that¡¯s what she told everyone. Girls stayed away from me because they believed I would take their boyfriend and sleep with them. I¡¯m still a virgin, so yeah, not true. But will any of them listen, no. If they did, they kept their mouth shut. Not many of the students, had the protection needed for them to afford being a friend of mine, without some kind of bacsh from my sister. She was viscous, one girl stood up for me. She wasn¡¯t a friend, just a nice girl. The next day she came to school wearing a cap on her head. Her hair had been waist length shiny blond hair with like seven different shades ranging from white blond to gold. Until my sister and her cronies had caught her walking home. They had taken her somewhere without witnesses. Then they burned all her hair off. Worse they had also dosed her with a long acting wolves bane tablet. It had taken till lunch time before she had copsed on the floor coughing and throwing up blood. Her hair has since grown back out some, it¡¯s now shoulder length. She won¡¯t even look in my direction now, too afraid of my sister. I know how my sister had gotten away with it. The girls parents were low level wolves with no n status, and my parents found a way to make them keep their mouths shut. She has many more victims, and not always rted to me. If my sister didn¡¯t like what you were saying about her, she made you pay for it. One of the many reasons Darien has known not to listen to her, is because he¡¯d witnessed her talking to her friends about the rumors they had deliberately made up against me. Darien said he never liked her, said she has a slimy air about her that rubs his fur the wrong way. We¡¯re early enough to get one of the closest parking spot to the schools frontwn, he reversed into the spot, and we get out. We lean back against the trunk. ¡°So you going to tell me who it is you think your mate is?¡± I ask him. He shifts a bit against the car. ¡°The look in your eyes, tells me that you already think you know who it is.¡± he replies. ¡°I have a theory¡­.¡± I hedged. ¡°Who.¡± he asks in a suspicious tone. ¡°Serenity.¡± I finally say. He lets out a huge gust of air, running his hands through his hair he looks up at the sky for a moment before facing me. I wait, knowing he¡¯s still thinking, debating on telling me. Finally he says ¡°Yeah, yeah I think it¡¯s her.¡± Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d ¡°Was that so hard to tell me.¡± I tease, giving him a friendly jab of my elbow into his side. He shoves me in my shoulder making me stumble, andugh when he says ¡°Brat.¡± I look at the half smirk on his face at my antics, but I could still see some strain in his face. ¡°What¡¯s got you worried my friend?¡± ¡°I¡¯m worried she¡¯ll reject me.¡± he says quietly. I look at him a moment before asking ¡°Why would you think she¡¯d reject you?¡± ¡°What if she thinks I¡¯m not good enough for her, I mean, what if she doesn¡¯t like me.¡± I can hear the genuine worry in his tone. ¡°Rx Darien, your an amazing werewolf, you¡¯re strong, smart and loving, she¡¯ll ept you.¡± I pause a moment, letting that sink in a bit before continuing. ¡°You would make a loving mate able to provide for your she-wolf and pups, you¡¯ll make a great dad to any pups you have, and your loyal.¡± ¡°Thanks, I hope your mate is amazing. You deserve a good wolf to stand by your side and love you.¡± He says. ¡°I hope he is too.¡± I say, but for some reason I feel a kind of foreboding in meeting my mate, a bad feeling I was not going to like who the Goddess chose for me, I feel like I¡¯m going to be in for some excruciating pain. I push my dark thoughts to the back of my mind as I see Serenity¡¯s decked out purple Jeep with lift kit and flood lights pull in to the parking lot. She parks fifteen spaces down from us, her and her brothers are talking. Galen, has ck hair and Kian has red hair that was a few shades lighter then his sisters. They were both huge, broad, and muscr wolves. Both were handsome in a rugged, rough way. You could visibly see the good in them. It was obvious they loved and adored their sister. Serenity was talking to her brothers, when arge gust of wind sweeps past us, carrying our scent to her. She stops talking abruptly and sniffs the air, the she turns around and looks at us. No, not us, Darien, she had eyes only for Darien. The look on her face is first of shock, then of wonder, before transitioning into excitement. I look at him and he¡¯s standing there frozen, gazing at Serenity like she was the most gorgeous person he has ever seen. He was no longer paying attention to me. What was he waiting for? I could see he wanted nothing more then to run to her, then I remembered what he had just feared. I look again at Serenity. No, she¡¯s not going to reject him, she¡¯s going to embrace him, and love him like he deserves, and if he doesn¡¯t go to her now he¡¯ll hurt her. So I decide to intervene, so my best friend didn¡¯t fuck up his first time meeting his mate. I push him telling him ¡°Run to her you fool, it¡¯s what she wants, go get your mate.¡± In aughing shout. With just that one push, Darien is running towards her, and she to him. They meet in the middle as she N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. jumps into his arms. They¡¯re smiling at each other while he spins her around once before setting her down. Then they say in unison ¡°Mate¡±. I¡¯m so happy for them I feel like I¡¯m glowing, I can feel Xena inside me happy for the two werewolves as well. But then that glowing feeling fades as my own realityes back. Somehow I don¡¯t think my first meeting of my mate is going to be as beautiful as this. I¡¯m still smiling though, because if anyone deserved happiness, it was those two. Serenity was so sweet that light practically shown out of her, one reason my sister hated her, she glowed effortlessly. It was her soul, she was pure, just like him. I have a feeling he¡¯ll be able to bring her out of her shell, with as outgoing and friendly as he was. I was hoping that maybe I might now be able to have a female friend that was protected fully from my sister. Speaking of¡­as I¡¯m standing there, her two brothers walk up to either side of me. They stare at me for a bit before I look at first one, then the other. ¡°Something I can help you with boys?¡± I ask softly. I step away from them and turn my back to the couple so I could look at them. They look at each other, briefly, looks of confusion on their faces. ¡°Ask whatever it is that¡¯s on your mind.¡± I tell them gently. They seemed more confused by my calm. But I know what the rumors say, and I know the damage my sister has done to my reputation with those rumors, and it¡¯s not their fault. I¡¯ve long stopped trying to dissuade people of the falsities she¡¯s spewed. They never did believe me. But this time¡­this time I think, might be different¡­so I¡¯ll give it a chance. Galen¡¯s POV Kian and I had been teasing our sister on the way to school, in her Jeep, saying we would have to vet her mate before he could im her. Of course while we were teasing there was a small truth to it, there was no way we would let some sleazeball take advantage and hurt our sister. Our sweet sister was trying to put her foot down, but we were aware, unless we crossed her bottom line, she would never do anything to us. I shivered a little thinking of thest time her bottom line was crossed. Sarah crossed it, once¡­only once¡­and it had been enough. That stupid she-wolf had bumped into me while walking with her nose in her phone. She turned and started to yell at me, all kinds of nasty remarks about me and my family started to spew from her mouth. My sister very quietly with eyes full of rage walked up to her, and as that she-bitch turned to spew more of her vileness at my sister, she had calmly drawn back her arm, then decked Sarah in the face. I had heard a snap, Sarah¡¯s cheek caved in, her eye popped out of it socket as her brow was broken, and her nose was broken sideways. We were not named Mountainmover for nothing. We were a peaceful and loving lot, our n. But we were some of the strongest wolves, usually we took on jobs as enforcers for the Alpha. We also did the mining and rebuilding of the Mountains. We get to the school and there is only one car here, I recognize Darien¡¯s blue charger, he¡¯s leaning on the trunk of the car next to Sarah¡¯s sister. A she wolf named Alora. Rumor had it, that they were a couple. I didn¡¯t know if it was true or not, along with all the other rumors iming she was a slut, that she was loose, and would bang the first thing that asked. But I was doubting the rumors. First I¡¯m sure they were started by Sarah and her she-bitch posse as I¡¯d seen them all spewing one or another of those rumors to different people. Second I had caught the she-wolf turning down more than one male, and a few times she¡¯d had to get violent. That didn¡¯t speak of an easy, loose slut to me. Serenity parks, her and Kian still going at it. We get out of the Jeep and she says ¡± You guys can¡¯t interfere with my finding my mate.¡± I get back to the conversation, telling her ¡°We just want to make sure the wolf is good to you.¡± and say. Kian adds ¡± Yeah we don¡¯t want you hurt.¡± Serenity turns to us and opens her mouth to say something just as a gust of wind blowing towards us, carrying Darien¡¯s and Alora¡¯s sent. My sister freezes, blinks, tips her head up, then as she¡¯s turning around, she is sniffing the air, she freezes again as her eyes lock on to the wolf across the parking lot. The look on her face changes swiftly all while she stares at Darien. I look at him too, he¡¯s standing there frozen too. The look on his face was abination of fear longing and wonder. I look to Arora, she was looking at my sister, there was a smile on her face. I wonder why. She looks then at Darien for a moment her expression shifting to contemtive, then a devilish smile, that for some reason I was finding adorable, lights up her face, and she¡¯s suddenly moving, shoving Darien towards my sister saying ¡°Run to her you fool, it¡¯s what she wants, go get your mate.¡± and he¡¯s suddenly running to my sister. I look at my sister just in time to see the joy light up on her face, the she-wolf had been right, that¡¯s exactly what my sister had wanted and then she¡¯s off running to him, jumping into his arms at thest moment, he spins her around once before setting her down I look at Alora as both Darien and Serenity say ¡°Mate¡±. The she wolf is smiling, practically glowing with happiness for them, but gradually, I see it dim, but there is still a smile on her face. In her eyes I see happiness for the couple, but also sadness and a wariness. Like she knows something bad is about to happen to her, and she epted it, while still being genuinely happy for the couple. The smile on her face, while slightly sad now, was still happy for the couple, despite her own internal pain. I now had questions, and I knew Kian would too. I look at him real quick, he looks at me. I motion over at Alora with a tip of my head, he nods. So we walk over to her silently. We go around ande up behind her while she watches the couple. She doesn¡¯t exactly freeze, but I could tell she sensed us. She looked up first at Kian, then to me, before looking forward and in a calm tone, I found confusing, said ¡°Anything I can do for you boy¡¯s¡± I don¡¯t answer at first. My brother, like me, looked confused at her calm and wary demeanor. I turn back to her. She steps forward then turns around to face us. Her next question is in that same calm tone. ¡°Ask what¡¯s on your mind.¡± Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Galen¡¯s POV con¡¯d I look into her eyes, I see a wariness and resignation in those violet eyes. Like she¡¯s already knew what we were going to ask her, and was resolved to answer, but didn¡¯t expect us to believe her. For some reason that made me sad, she seemed so lonely, but if Darien had been her boyfriend¡­..why had she been so happy to see him with another she-wolf. This wasn¡¯t adding up with the rumors about her. I have a feeling things were finallying to light about this she-wolf today, at least to us. There was an air about her, one that I hadn¡¯t noticed before, like she was someone I should respect, if she were to give an order, it should be obeyed. Finally I just asked, now hoping not to hurt this she-wolf. ¡°The rumors said that the two of you were dating. However, based on what we just saw, I¡¯m really doubting that¡¯s true now. There are a lot of rumors about you, none of them good.¡± I pause a moment, she¡¯s standing there with a patient look on her face. So I continue with my query. ¡°But I¡¯ve personally witnessed She-Bitch Sarah and her posse spewing some of those rumors, I¡¯ve also seen you turn down many a male, one more harshly than others when he got handsy, so those two situationsbined, make me believe some, if not all, the rumors are bull N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. shit.¡± I finish and wait. There was a rumor I didn¡¯t want to ask about. If the others were lies, then the one about the abuse her family meted out on her was most likely true. But how did you ask a she-wolf if her family abused her. I couldn¡¯t bring myself to, I had a feeling I wasn¡¯t going to like the answer. She looks at me for a few moments before speaking. ¡°Almost all of the rumors are, as you say, bullshit. Darien is my best friend, we never dated, we¡¯ve never been intimate, as for some of the others. I¡¯m still virgin, and my sister has made sure that the only friend I have in school is Darien.¡± she never once raised her voice. The entire thing had been said in a calm patient voice. Then she goes on and says ¡°But maybe now that your sister has both of you and Darien for protection, I might finally be able have another friend.¡± Alora¡¯sment makes me still a moment and look at Kian, we mind link each other. As siblings are able to do so, even when not phased to our wolf forms, all other wolves in the pack, with the exception of the Alpha, Luna and Beta, had to be phased to wolf in ordered to mind link, unless you were directly rted to each other. I think it was a way for a mother to find her pups should they wander to far. Which my brother and I had done, a lot, till our mother made us responsible for our baby sister, because we were only a little over six months apart. Werewolves have shorter pregnancies than humans, and healed almost immediately after giving birth. Few births were difficult, and rarely was there a death. Kian, she said protection, do you think she meant from her sister? I ask, I could hear my tension in my voice. I¡¯m aware, and it makes me think back a bit¡­ he paused a moment before continuing. You remember when Kelly had all her hair burned of and was poisoned with that wolves bane tablet? Yeah I remember that, why? trepidation starts to fill me, I had a feeling I wasn¡¯t going to like this. Well, I was there when she told Sarah to stop ragging on her sister, she had been doing it for half the ss, and wouldn¡¯t shut up. The next day Kelly came to school after being mutted like that. His tone solemn. It was Sarah and her cronies, it had to be I can¡¯t help but feel sorry for both Alora and Kelly. If Sarah was willing to do that to someone, and could get away with it, then no wonder Alora didn¡¯t have any friends besides Darien. If Sarah were to fuck with him, it would be thest thing she would do, him being a son of the Alpha. I think it¡¯s time this she wolf had a few more friends I say to Kian. Yeah I think it is, we can take care of ourselves against that she-bitch, and now she won¡¯t dare touch our sister, with her being the mate to an Alpha¡¯s son. He said thest in a wry slightly amused tone. Darien would rip her to pieces if our sister didn¡¯t first. Amused at the thought of my sister tearing Sarah to pieces I chuckle. Alora¡¯s POV I waited for them to finish their silent discussion. I didn¡¯t get a sense of malice or disbelief from them. They seemed to understand and believe me. I was hesitant to hope for something good toe out of this talk, but I was getting a sense that this was fate, that the Goddess brought these two wolves to me while bringing their sister to Darien. I could feel the power they had, deep and strong as the Mountains they worked and lived on. Something told me I was going to be connected to them somehow. I just didn¡¯t know how I knew that. There was also still the sense of foreboding in my gut. I still couldn¡¯t get rid of it even with this deviation. ¡°We¡¯d like to be friends, you shouldn¡¯t have been so isted because of your sister.¡± Galen said, speaking first. ¡°Your sister is evil incarnate, and it looks like we¡¯ll be hanging together now anyway, with lover boy being our sister¡¯s mate.¡± Kian adds. ¡°Plus we need someone who¡¯ll be an outsider with us while they make googly eyes at each other¡± said Galen, amused. Thatstment makes me giggle. ¡°I don¡¯t know what¡¯s worse, that you¡¯re right or that a wolf as big as you said googly eyes.¡± That made themugh as we watched the couple, they¡¯re no longer standing in the parking lot but on thewn not that far from us. They were indeed making googly eyes at each other, the term making me giggle again. Then I hear a familiar engine sound and the sting sound system. My sister and her friends pull up in my sister¡¯s cherry red convertible all singing badly and off key to the song. It was some song about brushing their teeth with a bottle of jack, which I found the thought disgusting. But that just showed you how much of a party girl she was. As her and her cronies are getting out of the car, having parked not far from us, another vehicle races into the school¡¯s lot. This one is another off road Jeep, it¡¯s color red, and it belonged to Matthew, or Matt to his friends. He is my sister¡¯s boyfriend, the second son of the Alpha¡¯s Beta, Beta Boris. Technically Darien and Matt should have been best of friends. But his like of Sarah and his treatment of me had made that impossible for Darien. He didn¡¯t approve, and to Matt that, was uneptable. They had a big knock down, drag out fight that Darien won. They haven¡¯t been friendly to each other since. They would outright avoid each other, if they did meet, there were no words between them. Just res. ¡°I don¡¯t like that guy¡± I hear Kian say. It¡¯s funny, but now that I¡¯ve talked to both of them I can recognize which one is talking, without having to look at them, despite their voices being nearly the same. But I¡¯ve always been good with sound and pitches, music was something I thrived on. I loved to be able to go to my favorite quiet ce, and soak up everything around me, while allowing my music to sink into my body and soul, to rejuvenate me when things got really bad. Then I would let Xena out, so she could run and feel one with the earth and life around us. The feeling I had in my stomach is threatening to bring my breakfast back up at the sight of him. My sister noticed Serenity¡¯s Jeep. Being as incredibly stupid and un-observant of everything not pertaining to themselves, so they stupidly start to makements. ¡°Ugh, it¡¯s that raggedy Ann wolfs Jeep.¡± Agatha starts. ¡°Who get¡¯s one in purple, it¡¯s so gaudy.¡± Beatrice adds. Like she was one to talk, she actually wore a leopard print tube dress that threatened to leave her breasts hanging out, leopard print stilettos with gold heels and big chunky gold ne, earrings, and bracelets. A wolf in leopard print, now that was tasteless. ¡°That little heifer is so ugly I feel sorry for whoever her mate will be.¡± Sarah said viciously. ¡°I¡¯ll just have to step in and show her mate what a real she wolf is then.¡± Lauren said boastfully. They all let out screechingughs. They were like a group of hyenas, instead of a group of She-wolves. Matt is out of his Jeep and joining the group. Galen and Kian are angry and growling. ¡°Easy boys.¡± I say. ¡°It¡¯s not you two, who needs to defend her right now.¡± They look at me in indignation, so I exin. ¡°She has a mate now remember?¡± I let that sink in a second ¡°It¡¯s now his job to defend his mate¡¯s honor, and put them in their ce, and he will.¡± I gesture in Darien¡¯s direction. ¡°Look.¡± The fury Darien felt was in to see on his face as he held his mate in his arms, she was angry too, and had tears in her eyes. I know Darien. He¡¯s going to make them pay for the tears in her eyes. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t touch a skank like you with a ten foot pole, and If you weren¡¯t a werewolf, you¡¯d probably be littered with diseases. You disgust me.¡± The anger and loathing in his tone was like a whip to the face for Lauren. He had the group¡¯s attention, their eyes widen when they see Darien¡¯s arms around Serenity. Sarah¡¯s expression is particrly vile. ¡°You have a pig for a mate, how fitting for someone who likes to hang out with the trash.¡± She spits. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d Matt is trying to shush Sarah, to get her to stop, but she never stops, she¡¯s an evil bitch and won¡¯t be satisfied till she¡¯s made everyone feel squashed beneath her ck and pink stilettos. The wind blows his scent my way as the confrontation goes on, and I smell it, the sent of my mate. The conversation melts into the background as I stare at Matt, and my heart instantly breaks. It couldn¡¯t be. Why would the Moon Goddess be so cruel as to choose him for my mate. My sister¡¯s boyfriend, please don¡¯t let her find out. The wind blows back in the other direction, Matt stops trying to get Sarah to calm down and sniffs the air, he turns in my direction and my heart stops beating for a moment. The look on his face when he see who it was, is of pure disgust and disbelief. My heart is now shattering, and I can hear Xena whimper inside from the pain she is also feeling, because we both know, we were being rejected. Our mate would never ept us. I must have made a sound, because Kian and Galen are on either side of me each touching an arm. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± it was Kian who asked first. ¡°You look like you are about to shatter.¡± Galen said in a worried tone. There was no point in hiding it, and I know my sister will spread just how pathetic I am. So I tell them, ¡°Matt is my mate.¡± my tone is low, despondent and husky. The two wolves look up at Matt and the look on his face, they both look back at me with sorrowful eyes. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry.¡± whispers Galen, ¡°Yeah, you should have better then what¡¯sing.¡± said Kian. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± I tell them. ¡°Somehow I knew today was going to be a very bad day for me, I just didn¡¯t realize how bad.¡± I feel the ringing in my ears as I start walking in Matt¡¯s direction. ¡°Time to get this over with.¡± I say. We meet in between our two groups. Darien is still putting down Sarah and her posy. Matt is tall, six one, he¡¯s also blond with blue eyes, lean with defined muscle, and a Beta¡¯s son. The perfect mate for someone in my family. But the look in his eye¡¯s said he did not find me appealing. Of course he¡¯s been just as disparaging of my dark looks as my sister, since they got together almost four years ago. They¡¯d been on and off for those years, off when my sister wanted to fuck someone else for a while, on when she found out Matt was also fucking some other she-wolf or human female. I knew what wasing, but it was still going to hurt. ¡°You!¡± Matt bit out. ¡°No! You can¡¯t be my mate, I don¡¯t ept you.¡± he said loudly enough that everyone had stopped and was looking, most of the rest of the school was arriving. So now we were in the middle of an audience. I felt so humiliated, being rejected in public like this, wasn¡¯t fate cruel enough to me! ¡°I Matthew Frost Stonemaker Reject you Alora Frost Northmountain.¡± I feel pain, but the bond is still there, It takes a moment, but my name was changed legally and I hade made a new blood connection to the Alpha with my new name, so he would have to use that to break the bond. He¡¯s looking confused N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. as to why it¡¯s not broken yet, so I tell him. ¡°I changed my name, it¡¯s Alora Luna Heartsong now.¡± my voice is low and husky with pain. ¡°Whatever.¡± He bites out impatiently. ¡± I Matthew Frost Stonemaker Reject you Alora Luna Heartsong!¡± he yells out viciously. I felt like I had been struck by lightning inside my chest. The pain was electrical and fiery, it spread from my chest into the rest of my body, I could feel Xena¡¯s howl of pain inside my head, as she too feels this. But it¡¯s not done, I have to do my part, because there was no way I was going to stay tied to someone who would reject what the Goddess gave them. ¡°I Alora Luna Heartsong Reject you Matthew Frost Stonemaker.¡± officially severing the bond, the pain doubles inside me as it shreds, then travels back to Matt with triple the force, he drops to the ground from it letting out a short pain filled howl. Good! I think, It¡¯s what the bastard deserves for hurting Xena and me. I hope karmaes back to make him regret his decision, but I would not EVER ept him into our lives. I turn to walk away, fury starting to burn in my chest, it was helping me to relieve the pain. Darien and Serenity are standing next to each other, both had sad looks on their faces, the glow of first love muffled in the wave of someone else¡¯s heartbreak, my friend looks at Matt with anger on his face, Serenity¡¯s changes to one of determination, of what I don¡¯t know yet. I look to see Kian and Galen looking sad for me as well, then there is fury as my sister steps up to me. SLAP!!!! the sound of it rings out across the yard. I feel my cheek sting and know its instantly red with her hand print on my face, she looks furious and insane. ¡°HOW DARE YOU TRY AND STEAL MY MALE!¡± she shrieks. ¡°WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU DISGUSTING WRECH!¡± SLAP now there is a hand print on my other cheek. ¡°HOW DARE YOU HURT HIM YOU SLUT!¡± SLAP ¡°YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST ACCPTED HIS REJECTION AND KEPT THE PAIN!¡± SLAP ¡°IT¡¯S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO TAKE HIM FROM ME YOU BLIGHT!¡± as she goes for another p a hand grabs her wrist an holds it in ce. I look up at Galen who¡¯s holding her wrist, Kian was standing over Matthew, but he was still on the ground in pain and weak from it. Serenity was standing in front of Sarah¡¯s posse growling fiercely with Darian hovering behind her alternating between looks of fury at them and worry and pride at his mate. Galen throws Sarah away from us, shended hard, with a yelp, on her ass in an undignified heap. ¡°You¡¯re a right bitch you are, calling her the slut, the real slut is you. He deserves the pain he¡¯s getting and then some, you say how dare she? No. How dare he? The goddess blessed him, and he rejected that blessing. You don¡¯t reject the goddesses gift without suffering.¡± he says in a growl. I¡¯m shocked, the only other person who¡¯s ever gone toe to toe with her for me before was Darien. They had said they wanted to be my friends, and standing up for me. That, that makes them my friends. Despite the pain and the ps I was still standing, and the redness and swelling from her hitting me would be gone in thirty minutes tops. After all the abuse they¡¯ve dealt me, my body haspensated by having a highly elerated healing rate. I have a small shback to a time my father had me chained to a support beam in the basement and whipped me till my back was nothing but raw bloody meat. I had somehow kept from screaming or shifting, refusing to give him the satisfaction. My defiance had only made him angrier, he had finally stopped, only because he had been worn out. I guess I was lucky he¡¯d been letting himself go in thest few years. He still looked good, he was a werewolf, and werewolves had exceptional genes, but he¡¯d gone soft, a small blessing, I had thought, while he was leaving, even amidst all my agony at the time. They had kept me in the basement for a week, each taking turns whipping me. But my absence was too long for any werewolf not away from the Pack on business. As I was still just a teen-wolf, I didn¡¯t have any pack business I would be away for. The Alpha called them, having noted it, saying I was required to show up the next Monday or a Pack doctor would have toe and verify my sickness. They didn¡¯t have a choice, they had to let me heal and go back to school, or risk a serious infraction for the kind of abuse I was suffering. Their image was too important to them, so I was given the warning I was always getting. ¡°Say nothing or you¡¯ll regret it you wretch!¡± she always said it in the same scathing tone. The pain on my face no longer registering in the wake of that agonizing memory. ¡°Thank you Galen, other than Darien, no one has stood up to her like this in a long time for me.¡± I tell him, my voice still husky. ¡°You¡¯ve gone through enough today, you shouldn¡¯t have to put up with more.¡± says Galen. ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± I say quietly, then in almost a whisper ¡°I¡¯m so tired of the abuse.¡± Kian is now with us, as is Darien and Serenity, they surround me. I look up at Darien. ¡°I don¡¯t think I¡¯m going to make that three day mark, I¡¯m fed up with being their punching bag and whipping girl.¡± anger entering my tone. ¡°So the rumor¡­about you being abused¡­it¡¯s true.¡± Kian asked his voice filled with horror. Galen looking just as sad and horrified at that revtion. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Alora¡¯s POV It was Darien who answered. ¡°Yeah, they¡¯ve been abusing her since she was a young pup, my brother and father found her half drowned and covered in mud and blood at the river once when she was still little. Sarah was jealous of a dress she wore to a Pack pic, and the praise she was getting wearing it, so her and her posse ganged up on her, beat her, then tossed her into the river.¡± Serenity gasps in horror, the twins looked angrily over at where Sarah, Matt and her posse had been. They had already slunk off. I knew what was going to happen next. She was going to cry home to mommy and daddy about how I had mistreated her, and she was going to report the boys to the All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. principal. I looked at the building in time to see my training master nod and head in. I knew he had seen everything, and he would report it to the Principal, who would then talk to the Alpha. By reporting to the Alpha my parents wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything to Galen and Kian. They would thankfully be out of their reach. ¡°Oh my.¡± at thatment, I look at Serenity, she¡¯s looking at my face, it must be healing faster than I thought. ¡°The marks are almostpletely gone, it¡¯s like I can watch them fade.¡± she blushes before looking down. ¡°Sorry, I shouldn¡¯t stare, your healing is amazing.¡± she peaks back up at me after. I smile a little, she is just so adorable. I look at Darien and see apletely smitten look on his face, this she-wolf is going to have him wrapped around her finger. I look back to her and say ¡°It¡¯s all right, my healing has elerated as I¡¯ve gotten older, my theory is it¡¯s my body¡¯s response to all the wounds they¡¯ve dealt me.¡± I look back up at Darien as tears gather in Serenity¡¯s eyes, I¡¯m confused for a moment ¡°I¡¯m used to your bearings.¡± he exins. I look at Galen and Kian they¡¯re looking at each other anger and pain in their eyes. It takes me a moment to realize they feel pain for me. For the things done to me. ¡°I think it¡¯s time I put Sarah in her ce, I¡¯m not going to allow them to touch me anymore.¡± I say. I feel the conviction fill me, put steel into my spine, my head held high. ¡°They¡¯ll never fuck with me again.¡± ¡°So how do we start this then?¡± Darien asks with a look of anticipation on his face. ¡°We¡¯ve got the training exams today, they will take ce in the bigger training arena, the top fighters to tournament, because this will determine your first cement among the fighters in the pack.¡± I remind him. ¡°I don¡¯t n on holding back, she¡¯s going to see just how skilled I am, and I hope I¡¯ll get the opportunity to beat her ass soon.¡± I say, then Darienughs darkly at my word while Serenity, Galen and Kian looked at us confused. ¡°Just wait and watch, this is going to be amazing.¡± Darien tells them. We all head to the arena, today all of the impending graduates will be there. Today she would learn, today they would all learn. First up were the lesser skilled wolves, they would be put in the reserves. Then there would be the moderate skilled wolves, they would be scouts, they were usually faster than they were strong, these wolves tended to be slim and sleek. Then there was the enforcer ss, usually big wolves, they had a lot of strength. You then get to the Elite ss fighters, Beta¡¯s and those going to be the alpha¡¯s elite soldiers went into this ss, Matthew was in this ss. Darian had passed into the final ss, The Alpha fighter ss, very few wolves without alpha blood made it into this ss, It just so happened to be the one I¡¯m in and I was the top student. Darian the second. The arena was styled after the Roman Coliseum, enormous, round and with a dirt floor at the bottom, and a covered roof. There was an extremelyrge LCD Screen that disyed all the sses and the fighters in those sses as well as rank. If my sister looked for it she would see my name. But she was probably looking for Alora Northmountain, not Heartsong. The first rounds were to be done in our human form, the second rounds were in our wolf form, then the third round abination of the two. I excelled at all of it. What I forgot about was that the parents were to be attending the battles as well. But I couldn¡¯t help but think it was about time they saw the real me, and learned to fearing at me. I spot the icy duo across the stadium, they were looking at the grouping of fighters, we had to sit ording to our fighting ss. Darien sat next to me and was looking over and down at his mate. What surprised me, but shouldn¡¯t have, was that Galen, Kian and Serenity were in the Elite fighter ss, they iming the top three ranks, Matthew was fifth in ranking. Well looks like I have some strong friends, and Darien a strong mate. Luckily mates were excluded from fighting each other, it was because mates couldn¡¯t stand to really harm each other for there to be any serious battle. So I didn¡¯t have to worry about Darien and Serenity. The sses were lined up in rows in the bleachers ording to the ss, Alpha at the top with the lower level wolves being at the bottom. Ice Queen Mommy dearest and Ice King Daddy dearest did not seem happy to see their Ice Princess in the reserve fighter ss, I bet they had been expecting to see her in the elite ss. There faces were scrunched in displeasure, then Allister makes ament to Bettina, and they¡¯re then searching the ranks again, going up level by level. They were looking for me, they get to the Elites and see Matthew, but still haven¡¯t spotted me. They were not even bothering to look up at the final level, with the Alpha fighters. Probably because they would be of the opinion that I couldn¡¯t possibly be with them. I see Bettina pull out her cell phone, she types furiously for a moment, then looks at Allister, I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I look at the message YOU BETTER BE HERE YOU WRETCH!!! DO NOT EMBARRASS US OR YOUR SISTER!!! so typical. I show Darien the text, he snorts ¡°Typical.¡± making meugh because he read my mind. I type them back I am here, I¡¯m in my assigned seat I send my reply, I look up, Allister is going through the fighters again, I see Bettina read the text and she snarls at her phone, causing Allister to look at her for a moment before he starts looking again. THEN WHY ARE YOU NOT SITTING WITH THE RESERVE FIGHTERS, I SWEAR IF YOU EMBARRASS YOUR SISTER OR RUIN OUR GOOD NAME TODAY YOU WILL REGRET IT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE HOUSE YOU DIRTY WRETCH!!! I snort at herment of their so called ¡°good name.¡± While she was texting me Allister had pulled out the booklet every parent was given on the way in with the fighters listed by ss. They both start looking for my name. There were several Northmountain¡¯s in the Enforcer ss and a few in the Elite ss, and I see them looking at both sses trying to find me. When they don¡¯t I see their face¡¯s twist in anger, fury making them look almost demonic. She pulls out her phone and sends me another text. WHERE IS YOUR NAME!!! I DON¡¯T SEE IT ON THIS LIST!!! well looks like the jig is up, she put her phone down they start looking at the list again. I went to the Alpha changed my name the day I turned eighteen, it¡¯s already registered on all my school paperwork, and blood sworn by the Alpha. I look up after I send the text. They¡¯re expressions wereical as they looked at the text, then suddenly they¡¯re arguing with each other, so I send another. Don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t ruin your so called ¡°Good Name¡± I look back up and watch them read this one, they both snarl. I can tell it¡¯s taking everything for her to not start shrieking. She¡¯s typing furiously then my phone vibrates again. WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE YOU WRETCH!!! WHAT DID YOU CHANGE YOUR NAME TO!!! They¡¯re back to looking at the sheet. My new surname is Heartsong don¡¯t want to make it to easy to find me. They start looking through the list looking for Heartsong, but they disregard the Alpha ss fighters. She texts me again NICE TRY YOU LITTLE WRETCH, I DON¡¯T SEE HEARTSONG ANYWHERE ON HERE I look up at them a moment before texting them back. That¡¯s because you have not looked hard enough lets see them put it together. Suddenly the lights go dim, and the names on the board change to just those of the reserve fighters, their rankings and who their opponents were going to be at the start of their tournament. My parents will just have to wait and see. The fights start and my sister and her friends don¡¯t even make it to the third bracket of challengers. I decide to send a text. See, I¡¯m not the one ruining your ¡°Good Name¡± WHEN YOU MAKE IT BACK I¡¯LL TEACH YOU NOT TO TALK BACK TO ME YOU WRETCH, I¡¯LL MAKE YOU BLEED AND BEG FOR MY MERCY!!! Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Arora¡®s POV I decided to ignore my mothersst message, and focused on this exam. The moderate ss was up next, it was almost as big as the reserve ss, but the fights went quickly, these wolves were built for scouting more than fighting, but were good enough to be kept out of the reserves. Then came the Elite ss. When it came to the final bracket, Serenity had already ced third having kicked Matthews ass, that was a sweet match to watch. Galen and Kian were so evenly match that they finally called a tie after thirty minutes of them fighting. V As they were cleaning up the arena floor for our ss Darien leans over. ¡°You know, it¡®s actually good that you didn¡®t take Matt as your mate.¡± I¡®m confused so naturally I ask, ¡°Why?¡± He looks over at Matt in the medical tent, Serenity had caved in his face during their fight ¡°Because he¡®s weak as fuck¡± Iugh, it¡®s the first time since being rejected that I felt that I was indeed fortunate. ¡°I hope your mate doesn¡®t hate me for what I¡®m about to ring with angry disbelief in my direction. GARRETT SHADOWTAIL, MASON NORTHMOUNTAIN, JAMISON BLACKFIRE, JAXON MOUNTAINMOVER, LEXUS STONEMAKER, DARIEN MOONSTAR, AND ALORA HEARTSONG With each of our names read, a full body picture was shown of us in our human form, and next to it, was one of our wolves. Darien¡®s showed him posed leaning onto a wall with his left elbow, hand and fingersbing the longer top part of his hair back, showing the shaved sides, his face tilted up, his almond shaped, amber colored, cinnamon rimmed eyes, sparkling with mischief. A devilish grin showing white teeth, his other hand on his hip. His wolf wasrge, a ck wolf with gray frosting the tips of his fur, he was posed sitting and had arge toothy grin on his muzzle. My picture showed me in my favorite fighters pose, my arms up, head down, my violet eyes glittering, a smirk on my mouth. I was wearing a purple sports bra and short ck sport shorts, showing off my tan skin and fit muscr body, with all my dips and curyes, I had to admit I looked really good in that picture. My wolf was in an attack pose, a snarl showing all her long sharp teeth, her white fur glowing, ck edging the tips of her ears, the ck crescent moon and star marking on her hip, the tip of her tail dipped in ck. My wolf looked beautiful and fierce. This was the picture Darien had tricked me into taking, saying ¡°What could it hurt?¡± For the first time I felt pride in being on disy, making me d Darien had me take it. I looked strong, Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. and despite what my parents and sister say, I know I¡®m beautiful, and my wolf was absolutely gorgeous. I could feel Xena preening on the inside, felt her own pride at how her image showcased her as fierce on screen. Next to me Darien said. ¡°Maaaaan does she look pissed, bet your parents are too, yep...yep they are too.¡± I looked to where Sarah is sitting and her and the rest of her posse have jealous fury on their faces. I then look up to where my parents are and they¡®re ring at my picture, if looks alone could set shit on fire, that billboard would be toast. The screen switched to disy all of us from first rank, from me, to the lowest rank. I hoped my parents were watching their status among the Northmountain¡®s diminish and lower with each moment they realize they could have used me to be number one. But now that I changed my name it was Sarah¡®sck of sess that is going to bring them down. ¡°Pissed is going to be an understatement. These fights also determine the future cement in the Northmountain¡®s n¡®s structure. Because I changed my name, Mason¡®s family will now be top ranked among the Northmountain¡®s, my parents have just been knocked down to the bottom.¡± he looks at me with shocked eyes. ¡°Oh shit.¡± he says, the smile he gets as he figures it out is wide. ¡°Now you are getting why I changed my name before the exams.¡± I say. The first match is Garrett and Mason, Mason came out on top, the next match is Jamison and Jaxon, Jaxoning out on top. Then it was Lexus and Darien, Darien came out on top. Because I was a top student I wasn¡®t in the first rounds. Mason and Jaxon fought next. Jaxon came out on top of that fight, meaning he was my first opponent. Then me and Darien would fight. I stand up, stretch, pop my neck, and start making my way down to the floor, to the Arena I would be battling in. I get my head into the battle. Start to think of facts. Making a n. Jaxon like Darian and the Twins was six foot five, he also hadrge solid muscles. He wasn¡®t just strong he was fast too. But then, I was too. I was the fastest. I could use my speed to add three to five times the power behind my hits depending on what move I used. I like to hit nerve points that deadened the reflexes, crippling an opponent for a moment, enough tond more blows for a win and not a kill. I had different skills that I¡®d use for a kill. Jaxon¡®s picture was up next to mine, his human form stood legs spread arms crossed, he was tan with fiery red hair. His wolf, a big red muscr brute, sat with a calm and steady look. The wolf was only two or three inches bigger than my Xena, she was the biggest she¨Cwolf in the pack. The size of an Alpha, one more thing that marks me as a Heartsong. My blood starts to heat, I feel the adrenaline start to fill my veins. I wasn¡®t going to be holding back today. Xena¡®s excitement at the impending battle was big. She was just as charged. We were finally going to be able to showcase our skills. I¡®ve been training with the Alpha¡®s Elite soldiers for years now. Then they brought in the senior ss to the dojo arena I had been doing my training in for thest three years already. I had been carful to not showcase the extent of my training, but I was toopetitive in a fight to note out on top. I was basically used to help train my fellow seniors. Luckily my parents haven¡®t opened up a single piece of mail or read any notice from the school that had my name on it in thest four years. So they havepletely missed all my college aplishments, my name change, and my training advancement and ranking. That and per the Alpha, as ofst year, all my school mail went to him. Because he was Alpha he actual had the authority to sign off on anything school rted. I was in a Pack High School and a Pack University. Making things a lot easier for me, than they would have been if I had been in human run schools. I make it into the arena and look up at were my parents were sitting. Their fury was a living breathing thing, but I wasn¡®t afraid anymore. I was an Adult, and the Alpha was able to keep them from harming my education. If they kicked me out early I¡®m pretty sure the Alpha will let me move into the pack house early. So I smirk at them then I turn away to face my opponent, everything else falling away but what was here on this tform. I take my skirt and cardigan off. Standing in just my tank and capris, I move into a fighting position and wait for the signal to start. This was going to be fun. I thought, a grin on my face. Unknown POV Sitting in a luxury office chair behind an antique desk in a private study at an Alpha university was an Alpha wolf nearlyplete with training, and looking forward to going back home to his Pack. In his hand is the most recent picture of a violet eyed beauty. He still remembers the blood and mud covered, half drowned little pup he had found on the side of the river near the Pack House. He had helped his mother nurse the pup back to health before they returned her to her parents. D The hand not holding the picture tightened into an angry fist, he hated those people, no matter how hard they tried to intervene, she was still abused. He told his father he wanted her protected. It was part of his deal for going away to this prestigious Alpha training school. Only the best go here, and only the strongest, Alpha and Beta¡®s graduate. His little brother had been her best friend for a very long time. He almost felt jealous of their deep connection, wishing he had a deep connection of his own with her. to this prestigious Alpha training school. Only the best go here, and only the strongest, Alpha and Beta¡®s graduate. His little brother had been her best friend for a very long time. He almost felt jealous of their deep connection, wishing he had a deep connection of his own with her. His brother would text him with updates, one such update several years back had him calling his father, demanding he find a way to free her from her parents. His brother had told him she hadn¡®t been to school in a week, he knew something was wrong. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Unknown POV con¡®d They had to be hurting her, he didn¡®t know how, his brother said she wouldn¡®t talk about it. Only that it took three days before he stopped smelling fresh blood on her. It made him sick to his stomach to think about what they could have been doing to her. Every now and then my brother will text me to let me know they had hurt her again, it wasn¡®t that she told him, she didn¡®t. But he could tell when she had been hurt and he could smell the blood. Her trainers were better able to tell me what kind of abuse she was suffering. My brother said her abilities in healing have elerated. I thought this might be a blessing from a curse. I start to wonder if she¡®s found a mate. She¡®s eighteen now. For some reason the thought of her with another wolf doesn¡®t sit well with me. Maybe I have just be possessive over the years. I¡®ve had this need to protect and care for this she¨Cwolf since I first met her. Her sister makes her high school life hell. My brother has told me of every rumor that¡®s been falsely spread about her. He told me of the one girl who stood up for her against her sister once, and the result of doing so. Her sister has effectively isted her, it made me grateful my brother has been by her side, even if I was still a little jealous. My phone dings with a message. Looking at it I see it¡®s from Darien. Something bad happened today to Alora my heart stops for a moment in fear for the she wolf who¡®s been through entirely to much. What happened? I send. She found her mate today...but.... he replies back. But what? I send. It was Matthew, Sarah¡®s boyfriend. He rejected her on the frontwn at the school, she rejected him back instead of just epting it. She sent the repercussions back at Matt, fucker copsed on the lawn. Then that bitch Sarah started pping her over and over shrieking bullshit at her. One of my mate¡®s brothers stepped in and threw Sarah away from her after the fourth p. He replies. What the fuck!? How is she reacting to all this I ask. Well bro it¡®s not good. She said she¡®s finally reached her limit. That was herst straw, she said will not hold back anymore. I say....they fucking deserve her wrath was his reply. Congrattions on meeting your mate I send. I am happy he¡®s met his mate. *Thanks, Serenity is amazing. I wish you could have been Alora¡®s mate, Matt didn¡®t deserve her.¡± He replies Your Senior ss should be having your training Finals todaysend. 3 Ya, you should see the picture they have of her, and her wolf Xena. he tells me. He sends me the picture they made of Alora and her wolf Xena. I open it up and instantly I felt a punch to my gut, all the air leaves my chest. She¡®s grown to be utterly magnificent. Tall, with well defined muscle that had the perfect amount of bulk to match that amazingly curvy body. Her look was fierce, her eyes glittering like purple diamonds. Her hair long, a deep ck, shiny with a blue hue was pulled pack from her face in high tail. Her outfit bared mouth watering amounts of her gorgeous olive toned skin. She always smelled of hot caramel, apple, and cinnamon to me. I look at Xena and she¡¯s just as fierce and magnificent, her luminescent white fur glowing, the few ck markings she had outlined her ears, her tail looked like the tip had been dipped in the ck. Then there was the mark on her hip. It was a blessing from the Goddess. It was of a crescent moon and a star. Her face was pulled into a snarl disying all those long sharp and shiny fangs. I¡®ve kept an eye on, and took care of, this she wolf through progress reports my father passed to me and updates my brother would send me. I don¡®t know why I feltpelled to do this, my wolf Zane was also protective of her, ever since that day we found that poor abused pup at my favorite thinking spot. I shudder to think what could have happened had I not been there that day. I¡®m also grateful that her Goddess blessed mark didn¡®t show up till after first shift, long after her parents stopped really seeing her. They would have used her to their own ends, never letting her go. Never letting people near her enough to show the abuse she suffered. I had begun to watch the little she wolf, telling my brother to be nice to her. At first he didn¡®t know why. Then as he got to know her for himself he formed a friendship with her, and they had be best friends. I knew he was her confidant, and her defender, as much as she would allow anyway. She was as independent as she was able to be in her current environment. I suspect she was trying to Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. protect the others that were around her from harm. I saw how brilliant she was one day. I decided that was how we were going to free her from her family. Education. But her family was holding her back. They had perfectly reasonable exnations as to why they didn¡®t want her to advance in school as fast as she could. But I knew the real reasons, they hadn¡®t wanted her to show up their perfect Ice Princess. So my father and I came up with an idea, she would advance in her high school, and she would only attend training and all AP sses, of which she only had two. They were just English and history, then she would be bussed to the University to attend the rest of her sses, she elerated her learning there, she was a genius, had a photographic memory and able to retain everything she read and learned. She already passed her finals and put in the required internship hours to get her doctorates. We had only stepped in to get her the internship at theb she has worked at the past three years, because of her age she would have been turned away from any human ownedb. But we had our ownbs with advanced and continuing advancing technology. She had proven herself to theb and secured a position as a lead Doctor and head of her own research team as soon as everything was done. She just needed to finish her exams, her test result in each of her exams would be immediately reviewed graded and submitted after each exam, her diploma issued and signed the moment herst results were submitted. I didn¡®t want her to have to be by those people for a second longer that she had to. There was another thing we were able to do to help her gain her freedom from her family. She had looked so much like the First Alpha that when she came to the Alpha to have her DNA tested and matched to her parents, he immediately had it done. He not only had itpared to her parents but against the Heartsong¡¯s as well, and found to our delight that she was indeed a descendent. Thest Heartsong had married a Mountainmover, they had one son and one daughter. The son looked like his father, pale with blond hair and his mothers blue eyes, the girl dark skinned with blond hair and violet eyes. The girl and her parents were killed in and slide. The son married into the Frost line, Bettina his daughter. Both he and his mate were killed in a car ident when a semi tuck lost control, the weather had been bad and they were one of twenty cars in the pile up, this happened before Bettina turned eight, she was then adopted into a strictly traditional frost family,pletely changing her from the woman she should have been. Having discovered all this after the investigation, my father had made a suggestion that she change her name when she turned 18. Come to find out she had already ned to. The name she chose was fitting, and because she was indeed a descendent, allowed. She was reborn Alora Luna Heartsong and blood sworn into the pack by the Alpha with that name. O All her school reports and paperwork immediately changed to match. I decided for extra protection she should be moved into the pack house as soon as she graduates. So I had father give her a suite of rooms next to mine, they were already prepared and waiting. Just in case she had to move early. And it was looking like she might. I hear a knock on the bedroom door, it opens and I know who it is before hees through the study door. He has ck hair blue eye and pale skin. His name was Xander Frost Stonemaker, my chosen Beta, and that fuck¨Ctard Matts older brother, ¡°What¡®s up Damien.¡± he askes. ¡°Your brother is a fucking idiot.¡± I tell him. A resigned look appears on his face, he asks ¡°What did the fucker do now.¡± growling a little. ¡°He rejected his mate in front of the school for Sarah.¡± I wait. First he look shocked, then he had a look of indignation, before finally, anger. ¡°That IDIOT what the hell was he thinking!¡± he looks at me, do you know who he rejected. I nod, saying nothing for the moment. ¡°Who?¡± I pick up my phone and show him the picture my brother just sent me of Alora and Xena. His jaw drops. ¡°The fucking idiot gave up that sexy she¨Cwolf for the slut of the century.¡± his tone was one of disbelief. ¡°How, I mean this one is supremely hot what was he thinking, and a goddess blessed wolf too.¡± he looks at the picture a little longer a look of confusion appears. ¡°Wait...is that...that¡®s Alora!¡± he looks at me now surprised by who she was. I just nod again. ¡°Oh he¡®s going to regret his decision. And I¡®m not going to feel sorry for him at all.¡± He growled thest word. He looks at me then asks. ¡°What¡®s got you worried?¡± he asks. I look back down at her picture, it was a moment before I looked back up at him and said. ¡°Your brother rejecting her and her sister attacking her for rejecting him back had drawn herst straw.¡± I see fury at what his brother and Sarah had done to this she wolf. ¡°My brother told me that she¡®s reached her limit.¡± he looks confused ¡°What¡¯s that mean now?¡± he asks. 2 ¡°It means....she¡® no longer going to hold back.¡± I say. He looks at me before understanding lights in his eye. ¡°Oh shit.¡± and that about summed up my thoughts exactly. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Jaxon¡®s POV I look across the arena. And the introverted wolf that hid in a hoddie and baggy track pants is gone. In her ce is a fierce warrior. I was in the crowd when she was rejected. My cousins had stepped in. I couldn¡®t figure out why at first till I talked to them. What came out of that conversation was that this was a she¨Cwolf who deserved better than what she had been handed. As I look at her now I realize that what I had seen before was a she wolf hiding who she truly was. This magnificent fighter before me was the real wolf. She was going to kick my ass. But it would be my honor to battle her. She had a fierce aura that screamed Alpha. After this I hope she would ept my pledge of friendship. The bell dings and the battle begins. It was over quickly, she had been fierce. Taking no quarter, proving she was the best fighter. And I felt joy at having been defeated by such a strong person. Right before I ck out. 18 Sarah¡®s POV My blood is boiling with fury. How dare she show me up. How was she in the Alpha ss. How dare she try to steal Matt from me. That little bitch would pay. My parents were mad at me. They wanted to know why I wasn¡®t in at least the elite fighter. Uh hello, I didn¡®t want to break my nails, and all the sweating and running, ugh, so not pretty. Also I didn¡®t like pain. I loved to give it though. And I would give it to her. (2 I¡®ll have daddy chain her to the post in the basement again. By the time I¡®m through with her she¡®ll never think to show me up again. And how dare she change her name without permission. Didn¡¯t she know that she humiliated our parents publicly. They were also going to make her regret her decision. I hope they kicked her out. After I¡®m done with her first though. I look for Matt in the stands. But he¡®s not looking at me. Serenity had caved in his face, I knew from experience that hurt, but he healed faster than I did, so all that¡®s left is a lot of really ugly bruising. I had been in pain and unable to show my face for three days. I try to get his attention but he¡®s still not looking at me. He¡®s looking at the billboard with my sister¡®s picture. The slut was practically naked. Stupid bitch wasn¡®t even covering up her horrible dark skin. And that wolf of hers, what was with those markings, she was grotesquely huge, too big for a she wolf. God she needs to lose weight. And someone should tell her a snarl was horribly unattractive. But Matt is looking at that picture with sadness and longing. What! No! You¡®re mine! You already rejected her, and she rejected you back! I look back at the picture. That slut! She¡®s still trying too take Matt from me! No! I won¡®t allow it. That bitch should go to hell! This time I¡®ll make sure she has scars. I¡®m going to carve her face with a silver knife. I¡®ll put silver in the tails of the whip before I whip her till her back and front are nothing but raw meat!!!! 2 My fury grows as I watch her descend into the arena, I look and sure enough Matt¡®s eyes are still on her, he¡®s looking at her like he wants her. This only makes me seethe. My fists clenched so tight my nails are drawing blood. She¡®ll pay, oh she will. pay!!!! I look for my parents not bothering to watch the fight. My mom and dad are arguing with each other. She even made my parents forget about me. Me! I¡®m their Princess! The only one that matters. Before long the battle is over and she¡®s dered the winner. What?! I look up at the board and there it is. The bitch!!! Matt¡®s POV I fucked up. I rejected my mate. I look at the picture on the board. And I no longer see anything ugly about her. All of Sarah¡®s words falling away. My wolf is silent inside my head. He never liked Sarah, he never was going to ept her. But I had ignored him in the wake of what I thought was good sex. And all the things Sarah told me. But I should have been thinking with my head and listening to my wolf instead of following my dick. All the times my wolf told me not to listen to her. I should have listened. Now I¡®ve rejected my mate for someone, I now know was not worth it. Once both parties reject the other, there is no way to repair the bond. I felt the pain, when I threw away my Goddess given mate. Then Sarah had attacked her, but I¡®d been, and am, too weak to protect her. I look at her picture. The board, lists her as First Rank Alpha ss. She deserved better than me. My wolf spoke to me for the first time in awhile ¡°She should have someone stronger than us, she was right to reject us.¡± Aries sadness is my own. ¡°No, she didn¡®t reject you. It was me she rejected.¡± I tell him, pain in my voice. ¡°This was my fault. if we get a second chance. I¡®ll not make the same mistake.¡± I feel Aries stir in me. ¡°Will you listen to me now.¡± he asks softly. ¡°I should have been listening to you all along. Hopefully the goddess will give us a chance at redemption. And another mate I will swear to love and appreciate like I should have Alora.¡± I watch Alora as she descends, she looks ready for battle. I¡®m filled with sadness for what I¡®ve thrown away, and longing for what could have been. ¡°I hope the next one the Goddess choses for her truly deserves her.¡± I look over at Sarah, the stupidest reason I had for rejecting the glorious she¨Cwolf. And I see her ring in a poisonous fury at Alora. ¡°I don¡®t like the look on her face.¡± I say to Aries. ¡°She¡®s going to do something, something horrible to that girl.¡± was Aires response. ¡°I don¡®t doubt that.¡± My stomach turns at the thought of having to go near Sarah. ¡°The only thing we can do. Keep her attention on us and away from Alora.¡± he growls not liking the Idea. ¡°I also think it¡®s time I talk to Darien. He was right all those years ago.¡± sick to my stomach but resigned to my fate I look up for Darien, he would be up next to fight Alora. 2 I see Darien using his phone to record the battle. The bell rings, bringing my attention back to the two opponents. She moved fast, a blur of speed and grace going in low only to snap up high in a spinning whip like kick that had the wolf flying back body spinning, hends face down before rolling to the edge. Aloranded from her kick with both feet spread her arms up in a fighters position. She waits for the other wolf to get back up, he runs in her direction and she¡®s off again with all that speed going at him then she jumps up high over him, and spinning,nds another whip like kick on the back if his shoulders, sending therge male crashing down to the floor. Aloranded next to the wolf and jumps back before resuming what I¡®m now tagging as her fighters stance. She waits. Her opponent doesn¡®t move. She¡®s dered the winner, she hadn¡®t even broken a sweat, she wasn¡®t breathing hard. She had moved from her fighters stance and was now standing proud, shoulders back, spine straight, head held high, her eyes still glittering like purple diamonds. She¡®s an Alpha she wolf. Without having to be mated to an Alpha, she is an Alpha, and the full ramifications of what I gave away start to drown me. I never deserved her. Her next mate would have to be the Alpha of Alpha¡®s to deserve being blessed with her. Darien¡¯s POV After texting my brother I decide to record Alora¡®s battle so I can send it to him. I record her walk down into the Arena, her climb to the tform. She removes her cardigan and skirt, and takes a familiar fighters stance. One I¡®ve seen my brother and father take. There is a reason I¡®m one of the top two ranks of the Alpha ss. But watching Alora move and take down the other wolf reinforces why Alora was ranked first. I didn¡®t start training with Alora till this year. I knew she was training in a separate dojo arena since the beginning of high school. I knew my brother and father had done that to protect her from her sister. But I realized as I was training with her, it was also to help her hide her abilities. The less her family had to despise her, the fewer reasons they had to abuse her, and the more chances she had to improve herself to get her out of their reach. That¡®s why my bother and father have helped her as they have. And I was thinking it would be better to move her into the pack house sooner rather thanter. Looking down at Sarah and the maniacal fury on her face makes me think tonight would be the night she needed to move. I send my brother the video of her fight. Then I sent him a message about what I¡®ve observed and my thoughts and gut instinct telling me we need to move her into the pack house tonight. I same thing and was waiting on our father to message him back. I knew my father was among the crowd. There was no way he was going to miss this. He has watched all of our official fights. Damien¡®s, mine and Alora¡®s. He thinks of Alora as the daughter he never had, mom loves her, and wants to be able to shower her with it. But mom knows what her family would do to her if they new how much the Luna and All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. Alpha of our pack cared about her. A To me she was more than my best friend, she was my sister. But I was sure she meant so much more to my big brother, and not as a sister. I hoped the Goddess will bring those two together. If anyone would take care and love Alora the way she deserved, it was Damien, and at age 23 with no mate yet, I was starting to wonder if that wasn¡®t what the Goddess had nned in the first ce. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Alpha Andrew¡®s POV I¡®ve been getting messages and reports all morning about what was happening. I was in the Principal¡®s office when my Master Trainer of the Alpha ss came in. He reported the scene on the school¡®s front Northmountain. We also got the camera footage pulled and ready for when they came into the office. As expected they hade in mad. They started of asking how we could let Alora and two brutes bully their precious princess. We yed the footage of what happened before we informed that no punishment would be exacted against Alora, or the boys who helped her. Neither would his son or his new mate Serenity. A she wolf I happened to know was sweet as could be, she loved to be helpful, but she was so shy it was hard for her to talk to people. I knew my boy was head over heels in love with her. My Beta and his Mate came in after the Northmountain¡¯s left. We reyed the footage for them. My Beta was furious that his son would be so stupid, his mother was horrified at his cruelty. I knew they wanted to confront their son, but there wasn¡®t time. We had to get to the Arena for the Training Finals. I didn¡®t want to miss my son¡®s or Alora¡®s fights. I had wanted to talk to them both before the matches. But this mornings events prevented that. I make my way to my seat, My Beta and his mate to my left. My matees up on my right, sits down, then cuddles close, wraps an arm around mine and leans her head on my shoulder. ¡°So... I¡¯ve heard it¡®s been a very eventful morning for our son and Alora.¡± she looks up at me inquiringly. I lean down and kiss her forehead. I love this she¨Cwolf with all my heart, and my entire soul. Even with age she is still the most gorgeous woman I¡®ve ever known. Her hair was still a solid deep dark red, almost ck, her eyes a cerulean blue tilted up at the edges wererge, she had a petite face with a pointed chin, her nose was cute, tilted up a little, her lips full and pouty, were a natural dark pink, she was lean and her breasts were perfect and full. Her bottom even at fifty was still firm and round with a beautiful bounce to it. Her legs were long, her thighs were just the right mount of thickness, toned with muscle. I loved the way her muscles moved under my hands as I touched and kissed my way all over her body. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. Even after all these years my mate could make me burn and feel as randy as a teen wolf hocked up on hormones. Shifting in my seat as my pants be a little tight. I move a strand of her silky hair behind her ear. ¡°Yes my love, it has been an eventful morning for both.¡± I look across the Arena at both Darien and Alora, they were sitting next to each other in their assigned seats. ¡°Our son found his mate, a she¨Cwolf I believe you will approve of, and Alora, sadly was rejected by hers.¡± I hear her gasp. ¡°By who?!¡± her tone one of outrage. My Beta Boris and his mate Lissanna lean forward ¡°It was our idiotic son Matthew.¡± states Boris. Gasping ¡°No!, This can¡®t be true, Lissanna?¡± my wife looks to my Betas mate. ¡°I¡®m afraid so, how he could do something so foolish, and for that she wolf Sarah.¡± Lissanna looks angrily in the direction of that she¨Cwolf. ¡°Alora would have been a blessing to our household.¡± she looks up at Alora, her look sad. ¡°My son wille to regret his decision. But there is no going back, he will never regain the bond he broke with her.¡± My mate is looking at Lissanna, her look sad as well. ¡°I hope your son will get a chance to redeem himself and hopefully get a second chance. One I hope he¡®ll appreciate.¡± Lissanna nod¡®s then faces forward as the lights dim and the fight start wo 11uch no Carnhhoe har rann handed to her, not even making it to the third round. Further into the fight, my eldest son Damien starts to message me. I heard about what happened this morning. he said. I was going to call you about it this afternoon, however, it seems your brother beat me to it I reply to him. He also told me she said she¡®s not holding back any more He sends back. That, I did not know My mate shakes my arm. ¡°Honey look at our son¡®s picture, isn¡®t he just darling.¡± She coos smiling. My mate didn¡®t believe in hiding her affection. It¡®s why hiding how much she really cared about Alora was difficult for her, but she did it with grace. In return she seemed to be extra loving to her family during those times. I think it was how she coped with all the horrible things done to the girl. Some we can only guess at based upon reports given. We can only tell because of the smell of blood, or the way she¡®ll favor certain limbs, or carry herself a certain way. She didn¡®t really speak too much about what it was they put her through. My oldest is extraordinarily protective of her, had been since he found her during that pack pic covered in mud, blood, cuts and bruises. We rushed the poor child back to the Pack House. My mate ran the Pack clinic being a Pack Doctor, she was one of the top surgeons there. She had been home that day and took over her care when we got there. O I had never seen my wife so furious. She raged for hours about the mistreatment of the girl, and the condition she was found in. My wife said she was not to be moved for at least a week. It was all the reprieve we could give her. But in that week, that gorgeous little pup found her way into our hearts. Darien thinks of her as a sister and his best friend. My phone dings, it¡®s another message from Damien. Dad, I think we should n to move Alora in early. I have a bad feeling about leaving her with those people any longer. I read my son¡®s text then I look for the people he¡®s talking about. The looks of fury on both of their faces as they red at the program list, it looks like they found Alora¡®s name and rank. Before I can reply to Damien my wife shakes my arm pointing at the Arena and the two fighters. ¡°That¡®s Serenity, Darien¡®s Mate.¡± she points out and then pointing at the other opponent ¡°And that¡®s Matt.¡± ¡°Well indeed it is.¡± I look at Boris ¡°How do you think this I going to go?¡± He cringes ¡°I think this is going to go badly for my son, that little she wolf looks really angry.¡± Looking down, I see that the girl is indeed angry. ¡°I have a feeling she has taken a liking to Alora.¡± ¡°I believe you are right, and Mountainmovers tend to be protective of those they like.¡± his tone grim ¡°But if what you have told me is true, then Alora deserves protection. I¡®ve heard Sarah talk about her before. It was all bile and venom. One of the reasons my mate and I have never liked her. She is constantly putting down her fellow wolves and bragging about herself.¡± Says Boris. ¡°She¡®s extremely arrogant, just like her parents. That Alora had the misfortune of being born into that family had been breaking my family¡®s hearts since we first met her.¡± I tell Boris. ¡°How did you meet her?¡± he asks with genuine interest in his tone. ¡°Remember that pup my son and I found half drowned by the river during that pack pic about 9 almost 10 years back now?¡± I ask him. It was Lissanna who gasped in horror. ¡°You don¡®t mean... Alora is that poor little abused pup is she...?¡± I nod in confirmation, she looks up at Boris with anguish. ¡°Oh Boris...does he even not know or remember? That poor girl.¡± she looks down, when she looks up again it¡®s with the angry determination of a momma she¨Cwolf who¡®s pup is about to be disciplined. I¡®ve seen it on my mates face when our boys would get out of line. ¡°That boy will be taught a lesson when he gets home.¡± she growls angrily, ¡°If that little she wolf down there doesn¡®t first.¡± Boris says. We all look down at the match. Matt already looks like he¡®s been hit with a boulder as Serenity runs straight at him, he goes to grab her but she slides down feet first between his legs, once behind him she does a quick turn and jumps up as Matt turns around, he looks up as she brings her fist down in a vicious punch that caves in the left side of his face. Blood spraying he¡®s spun around and down to the tform and rolls a few times beforeing to a stop on his back, it¡®s obvious he will not be getting back up soon. I look back to see Serenity had the winner. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Alpha Andrew¡¯s POV Con¡¯d We are all cringing in sympathetic pain. Boris clears his throat. ¡°I believe, Andrew, that your son¡¯s mate, has thoroughly taught my son a lesson.¡± His mate looks up at him, her face has a multitude of expressions, like she couldn¡¯t decide what to think at this point, but she wasn¡¯t angry anymore, in fact I think she was feeling almost the same as her mate. I look at mine, the look is hesitant. ¡°I think¡­that I should agree with Boris on this dear, what about you?¡± looking at Boris and Lissanna I nod in affirmation. ¡°I will still be giving him a lecture, I want to make sure he knows well how badly he messed up.¡± said Lissanna. ¡°So he doesn¡¯t ever make this mistake again?¡± asked my mate. ¡°Exactly that Ember.¡± Lissanna agrees. We fall silent for a while watching the rest of the Elite¡¯s battle. It got interesting, the top two ranking wolves were twins, and Serenity¡¯s brothers. The Boy¡¯s were too evenly matched, this resulted in a tie between them. When it came to battling her brothers for the top two ranks, Serenity forfeited, saying she was content with third rank. Looking at her I believe if she truly wanted to, she could have probably won first rank. But to do that she would have to cause injury to her brothers, and I sensed that was something that little she-wolf couldn¡¯t stand the thought of, looking at her brother¡¯s I get the same sense. They wouldn¡¯t ever hurt their sister in that way. Training was one thing, an actual battle was another. Ember pulls my arm and is pointing at the screen. Now that the Elite ss human fights were over, it was time for the Alpha ss. ¡°Look at Alora¡¯s picture dear.¡± I look up and I¡¯m shocked. Alora is always in lose track pants andrge hoodies, even in the middle of the worst heat of summer she would stay covered. But in this picture she¡¯s not. She¡¯s in what looks like perfectly fine athletic shorts, they went to mid thigh, her top looked like any other sports top most of my female warriors wore to train in. I was just in shock of seeing her dressed like anyone of those other warrior she wolves instead of covered uppletely for the first time. But that wasn¡¯t the only thing different. She was pictured standing in my favorite fighters pose. One taught to me as a pup during my training, one I taught my boys, and the one I taught her. All her long hair pulled back out of her face in one high tail. Her eyes were glittering with her internal strength, an Alpha¡¯s re. When had she developed that look? This was not the little girl pup I¡¯ve known, this was an Alpha she-wolf. O I look at Xena, she¡¯s braced in a standing attack position. Her long ws spread, her head low. Her muzzle forward, her mouth drawn back in a fierce snarl showing all her long, shiny, white fangs. Xena¡¯s eye¡¯s, a glowingvender, had the same Alpha¡¯s re her human had. Thebination of both side by side was a powerful image. ¡°Darien took those photo¡¯s.¡± Ember states. I look down at my mate. ¡°How do you know?¡± 2 Sheugh¡¯s, ¡°Mate darling, our son has been taking photography courses at the University as one of his electives. He came home all excited one day telling me how he was getting to take the Alpha ss¡¯s Tournament Day photo¡¯s for the finals.¡± she says brightly. 2 ¡°Alora must have taken his, she might not be in the ss, but Darien shows her everything he¡¯s learned. He told me if she¡¯d been in the ss she¡¯d be the top student. He said her pictures are pure art.¡± she pauses. ¡°Of course it helps they¡¯re both very photogenic.¡± She¡¯ say¡¯s looking at both of there pictures. I notice how good the other¡¯s are, then I started to wonder. ¡°Did he do any of the other ss¡¯s photo¡¯s?¡± I ask my mate. ¡°He did the Elite ss. The Mid Level ss and the Reserve Level ss Photo¡¯s were done by another one of his ss mates. They were both given permission to use them as Senior Projects for their Photography Finals.¡± I look at the Photo¡¯s again, my wife handed me the Tournament Guide Booklet. It has all the Seniors and their Tournament pictures. I flip through the program looking at the one¡¯s my son had done. They were very good. ¡°I would like to assume he aced his finals, these are amazing.¡± I say to Ember. Boris and Lissanna are looking at there own booklet nodding and making noises of appreciation. We look up when we hear our son Darien¡¯s name announced, he was up against Lexus Stonemaker. One of Boris¡¯s nephews. Both of our eldest boys away at coge. They are at the top Alpha¡¯s University, only strongest of Alpha¡¯s and Beta¡¯s evenplete their training at this school. Few able toplete all five years. Damien and Xander, however, were graduating First Rank. They have stayed at the school most of this time. Rarelying home. Only for the few holiday¡¯s werewolves celebrated that would be considered major, the summer and winter solstice celebrations. There were the spring and fall, but winter and summer were the two they chose to visit on each year, and only for a night. So my mate and I would go to the school to visit them. The match between Darien and Lexus was over quickly. Darien never lost his smile the entire battle. I could tell he was having fun. I remember the text from my son in that moment. And I look back at the Northmountain couple. They were arguing still. I text Damien ¡°I¡¯ll talk to your mother.¡± he sends an acknowledgment with ¡°Okay.¡± I look up as they announce Alora¡¯s match. I nudge my mate. ¡°Do you have your camera?¡± she takes it out of her purse. ¡°You want me to record her fight?¡± she asks. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Yeah, I want her to have a memento, and I think Damien would like to see it.¡± she nod¡¯s. ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± she gets the camera set up and starts recording. Alora¡¯s descends to the Arena floor and up onto the tform, her stance and aura that of an Alpha, spine straight, shoulders back, head held high, eyes glittering like purple diamonds, Alpha¡¯s re in ce. She was magnificent. ¡°She¡¯s all grown up.¡± Emberments. I nod my acknowledgment. I now know what my son was trying to tell me. She had told him she wouldn¡¯t hold back anymore. What I hadn¡¯t realized, was how much she had been holding back. Who knew she was this much of an Alpha. She steps up to the tform, takes off a really short ck cardigan, and a wrap around skirt. Leaving her in a pair of ck athletic capris and a short ck tank with purple skulls on it. She takes the fighters stance and waits for the signal. She was fast, I didn¡¯t know she had progressed to this level, and she was strong. It only took her two hits and then her opponent was down and out, she was the winner. The entire crowd was in shock at how abrupt the match had ended. Then the announcer dered her win. There was a roaring of victory that spread to the crowd, a tribute to the victor. Something is niggling at me, and I look down at the Northmountain¡¯s again. There fury and res at Alora were murderous. The worry my son¡¯s had expressed, was now in me. ¡°Ember my love,¡± she looks at me, then turns to look at the couple too. ¡°How do you feel about moving Alora into the pack house early?¡± she¡¯s still looking at Allister and Bettina. ¡°I think tonight would be as good as any.¡± my phone dings with a message. ¡°Dad, Darien thinks we need to move Alora in tonight. He said Sarah looks insane with anger.¡± and then immediately after ¡°Dad we need to move Alora tonight, I can¡¯t help but feel something bad is going to happen to her if we don¡¯t.¡± this one from Darien. I show them to Ember, she looks into my eyes. ¡°Text them back to let them know that¡¯s the n. It¡¯s no coincidence we were feeling the same.¡± I do as my mate says. ¡°We¡¯ll take her to their house ourselves after the exams are finished, you¡¯ll help her pack her things, we¡¯ll get her moved tonight.¡± I look at my Beta, he¡¯s looking down at his phone, Lissanna is looking over to were his son is with worry. 2 ¡°What is it Boris?¡± He looks at me. ¡°My son sent a text telling me he¡¯s worried about what Sarah¡¯s got nned for Alora, he said she looks maniacal.¡± He pauses to swallow. ¡°He said he¡¯s going to try and keep her attention on him, and asked if there was something I could do to make sure she was safe from her parents.¡± I think for a moment. ¡°Tell him the Alpha is already seeing to her safety, attention on him, and asked if there was something I could do to make sure she was safe from her parents.¡± I think for a moment. ¡°Tell him the Alpha is already seeing to her safety, and to not be alone with Sarah, I don¡¯t want anything happening to your son either.¡± He nod¡¯s and starts texting Matthew back. Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Kian¡¯s POV Watching my sister literally smash in Matt¡¯s face had been cathartic, he fucking deserved it after what he did this morning. Fighting Galen had dragged on, we were matched on skill. Finally they called it a tie, I epted second rank because I was the younger twin. Our sister could have fought us to get first Rank. Hell we would have given it to her, but she didn¡¯t, she epted third rank. She told us it¡¯s because she¡¯s third born and liked the numerology. 5 She was going to take lead of her own Mountain Excavation Team, she¡¯ll be finding the best ce¡¯s to mine, deduce how much to mine before it bes detrimental to the Mountain, mark the ces that need to be left alone with an estimation of how long, and seeing to the cultivation of already mined spots. Me and my brother were going to be enforcers, we nned to work our way through the ranks till we reach the top. We¡¯re going to be entering the Pack¡¯s entry enforcer unit for training after this, if we can maintain our top Ranking through all three fighting exams. I look over at our little sister and she¡¯s staring at her mate. He¡¯s on the tform now. His moves are fast, fluid and damaging. I wasn¡¯t sure of him at first. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Then knowing what I know of Alora, and that he had stayed her friend through it all, started to alter my mind. But watching him out there assures me that he would be able to adequately protect our sister, solidifying my approval. I look over at Galen as he meets my eyes and nod¡¯s 5:25 letting me know he approves as well. Darien finished his opponent quickly, and made his way back to his seat. There was a moment of clean up before the next match would begin. I look up at the board. Alora¡¯s Picture and her wolf, the name showed her wolf went by the name Xena. The look in their eyes and the way they posed spoke of power. She was a woman you could devote your life to serving It would be an honor to be assigned as this she wolf¡¯s enforcer. She was going up against a close cousin, Jaxon Mountainmover. The moment she steps up on the tform and readies herself for the fight I could tell it was going to be quick. And it was, two hits was all it took. I look at my brother, he looks just as shocked and amazed as I am As the crowd starts roaring in appreciation I hear my sister say ¡°Oh shit.¡± she looks at us. ¡°Darien is supposed to fight her next¡± her voice has a hint of hysterical horror. ¡°Don¡¯t worry little sis, they¡¯ve been best friends for forever now, I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll be fine.¡± She doesn¡¯t lookpletely convinced. She looks up and a look of confusion appears. Looking up I see her mate looking worried and staring towards the reserve fighter ss. I look in the direction he is and my stomach clenches. Sarah looks insane with fury, the kind of insanity that speaks of a rabid killer. ¡°Shit.¡± that came from Galen, my sentiment exactly. ¡°I¡¯m worried for Alora.¡± my sister says. ¡°I think we have good reason to worry about her.¡± I tell them both. I look back up to see Darien texting, the worried look still on his face. Then he puts his phone away and seems to gather himself together, getting his mind back to whats on the floor, the next match was between Mason and Jamison. My sister shakes me. ¡°Look at Matt, he¡¯s noticed too.¡± I look over and sure enough he¡¯s looking at Sarah. His fear ispletely visible as he stares, then he¡¯s texting too. After he texts, he looks at Alora with worry on his face, then back at Sarah with what I can only see as resignation, he gets a text back, after reading it, his look changes to one of relief. I could tell the text was not from Sarah, she hadn¡¯t stopped ring homicidally at Alora. I wonder what he was texted. It obviously had to do with Alora. ¡°Hey after this match there¡¯s a thirty minute break. I think Galen and I should find Alora and stick next to her, Serenity you find Darien and both of you shoulde join us.¡± ¡°Ok, I nned on finding Darien after this anyway. But you know mom and dad are going to want to see us, all three of us.¡± I look a Galen. ¡°I¡¯ll text them where we¡¯ll be and we can have them wait with us and Alora until you catch up to us with Darien.¡± He tells her, I nod in agreement. The match between Mason and Jamison was won by Jamison. The next up where Jaxon and Lexus. Although Alora took out Jaxon with only two hits, he was an amazing fighter. And now that he was back up he was able to beat Lexus, securing third rank in the Alpha ss¡¯s human form tournament. Now it was finally time for Darien and Alora¡¯s fight. I look up at Darien, whatever he was reading on his phone had taken allot of the worry out of his expression. That was a good thing, distraction while fighting was dangerous. I found that I was actually looking forward to watching them battle. I had a feeling it was going to be unforgettable and epic. There where to be two more matches before theirs was to happen, we settled in to watch. (2 Alora¡¯s POV I stretch, getting ready. Darien was no slouch as an opponent. But I was not first rank because he let me. I was first rank because I was that good. I wasn¡¯t going to hold back. I hadn¡¯t been while training with just Darien. He was good, really good. But I was still better, and we were going to give them a show. Just the thought of the battle toe adrenalized me. We make our way down to the Arena side by side. I can feel his excitement as well. A battle aura ising off of us in waves that was almost visible. I knew our eyes would be glittering with Alpha res. From the reactions of every wolf we passed we were intimidating. Some even made submissive motions involuntarily. We get to the Arena floor and make our way to the tform. I look over at Sarah, her face is almost frothy with her rage. That made me smirk at her, which only made her twist her face more, she was ugly with her anger, it had twisted her into something demonic. I look away and over at my parents. Their faces twisted with angry disdain and outrage. My smirk turned into a full on smile, I could feel Xena¡¯s joy at their irritation. We would no longer bow to their dictates. After this battle I¡¯ll ask the Alpha if I can move in early. I really couldn¡¯t stand another night under their roof. I face forward, the announcer having introduced us, we both take the same fighters stance. Then thrown without mercy, most blocked, the ones thatnded powerful and damaging. We go on like this for five, almost ten minutes. Then he dropped his guard just a fraction, but it was enough tond a whip like kick to his chest sending him flying back. He quickly spinsnding on his feet, but I¡¯m already therending three lightning fast kicks across his chest. I jump back before he can grab me. Then I dodge back innding a spinning kick across his shoulders knocking him forward and to his knees. I jump on his back wrapping my legs around his arms pinning them to his body, then I wrap my arm around his neck cutting of his air. He tries to stand but can¡¯t then he flips us, my back on the tform my hold was still firm. Finally after trying to m me into the ground he taps out. As soon as I let him go he rolls over and gasps for breath, coughing his face red. It takes him a minute. Then he sits down on the tform, I had sat up to watch him after he had rolled off me. We look at each other andugh. I was dered the winner, my rank still secure. 2 We get up and dust off before getting down, I put my cardigan and my skirt back on. I look at Darien as we make our way back to our seats. ¡°What are you doing during the thirty minute break?¡± I ask him. ¡°My parents want to meet Serenity. They also want to see you, so you have toe with me,¡± he tells me. ¡°Really? Why do they want to see me?¡± I ask him. ¡°You¡¯ll know when we see them.¡± His tone teasing. The ass. ¡°This Means you¡¯ll be meeting her parents too you know.¡± I smile as I see him pale at that fact. Then Iugh as he starts looking panicked. ¡°Stop The Board is now disying the new ranking for each fighters ss ording to the wins and losses made in this portion of the tournament. Then we were released for our break after being advised of what was next and how the fights would be conducted and what to expect. ¡°Come on my parents have a spot for us already picked out.¡± He then stands and hollers for spot for us already picked out.¡± He then stands and hollers for Serenity to get her attention. We wait standing in front of our seat waiting for Serenity to reach us. Her brothers following. Darien wraps an arm around his mate and takes the lead, we leave as a group. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Alora¡¯s POV Con¡¯d We were walking to the area Darien said his parents wanted to meet us when I get the text. GO TO THE PRINCIPAL THIS INSTANT. YOU WILL HAVE YOUR NAME CHANGED BACK TO NORTHMOUNTAIN BEFORE YOU FIGHT IN THE NEXT EVENT!!!Iugh at the text. Darien looks down at me. ¡°What¡¯s so funny?¡± I show him the text. He snorts. ¡°Why would you ever want to change your name back?¡± he asks. ¡°Not that you could in the next few minutes anyway, besides, your blood sworn into the pack under that name now anyway, you would have to take another blood oath with the Alpha.¡± ¡°And your dad being the Alpha is not a push over, he won¡¯t do it unless I want to, and he more than knows how much I love my new name.¡± he nod¡¯s ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± another textes in WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE OFFICE, IF YOU DON¡¯T GET THERE IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES YOU WILL REGRET IT WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE HOUSE!!! I show him the new text. ¡°At least we know where they¡¯re going to be for most of the break,¡± he pauses. ¡°At least till they get tired of waiting ande looking for you.¡± his tone dry.¡± I wish we knew where Sarah was going to be so we could avoid that she-bitch.¡± Serenityments. We look at her for a moment in shock before we He smiles in pride, preening a little. ¡°I¡¯m d she¡¯s my mate as well.¡± Serenity giggles, her brothers are both smiling. I look at them ¡°How do you two feel about them being together.¡± I ask ¡°As long as he does and acts as a mate should we have no problem.¡± said Kian. ¡°We just want her happy and loved.¡± was Galen¡¯s reply. We hear Darien¡¯s name hollered. We see his mom and dad, our Alpha and Luna. Serenity grabs onto Darien¡¯s arm and looks up at him, scared. ¡°Do you think they¡¯ll like me?¡± her voice small, worried. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, they¡¯ll love you.¡± he kisses her forehead. ¡°You sure?¡± he smiles lovingly at her. ¡°I promise.¡± She smiles, her eyes soft with emotion. ¡°Ok.¡± We get to Alpha Andrew and Luna Ember. I¡¯m surprised at first when the Alpha grabs me into a hug. ¡°You did amazing today, I¡¯m so proud of you Alora.¡± he says. I hug him back after a moment, so grateful for the affection. My ¡°Thank you.¡± was for more than the words. He lets me go and Luna Ember is there to offer me her own hug. She hugs me like I¡¯m one of her children. It felt so good to be hugged like this. Itpletely breaks down my defenses. She lets me go still holding my upper arms she looks at me. ¡°You did so well today.¡± She praises. Smiling she looks me up and down before putting a hand on my cheek. ¡°You¡¯ve grown up so much, you¡¯ve be a wonderful she-wolf before my eyes.¡± I can¡¯t help thinking this was how my mother should have been treating me. I sniff, my heart full of emotion at their kindness and affection, at the same time I¡¯m sad because I should have had this all along from my parents. ¡°Thank you, I can¡¯t tell you how much it means to me.¡± she pets my head. ¡°We¡¯ll be here for you sweetie. And we will support you.¡± sniffing I look at Darien. ¡°Have you met Serenity.¡± I ask them.D Darien brings Serenity and Ember grabs her up. ¡°Oh! look at how darling you are, my goodness look at all that beautiful red hair. My girl I saw you put Matthew in his ce during your match and I must say it was a wonderful sight.¡± this sends Serenity blushing her mumbled ¡°thank you¡± barley audible. 3) The Alpha chuckles, he takes one of Serenity¡¯s hands. ¡°It¡¯s lovely to meet you Serenity, you let me know if my son ever treats you wrong and Ill teach him a lesson in how to treat your mate.¡± Serenity is red from head to toe but she¡¯s smiling. Darien leans down to whisper loudly ¡°See, I told you they would love you.¡± his smile mischievous and bright. His mother smacks him in the shoulder. ¡°Behave young man.¡± This made everyoneugh. Galen and Kian are waiving to a couple. When they join us I see that it¡¯s their parents. As the parents make their way over I look around a moment. Across the field I see Matthew with his parents. I don¡¯t see Sarah anywhere. She must be in the office with mommy and daddy dearest. Kian nudges me to get my attention, I look up at him, he¡¯s motioning to his parents. It¡¯s Galen who introduces me, ¡°Mom this is Alora, she¡¯s best friends with Darien and our and Serenity¡¯s new friend.¡± His mother Camille was once a ckfire before mating into the Mountainmovers. When a she wolf mates she usually takes her matesst name, and parts of her maiden name make it into her pups middle names. So Galen, Kian and Serenity¡¯s names were followed by Fire Mountainmover. ¡°We saw your fight against our nephew, and Darien, I must say you were magnificent my dear.¡± she says. Her mate Alfred Stone Mountainmover is a sweet looking older wolf, his kind heart radiated from him, just like Serenity, now I knew where she got it. ¡°You did very well, you are most definitely an Alpha she-wolf.¡± this made me smile and blush. ¡°Thank you.¡± this seemed to be the only words I¡¯ve been able to say since arriving over here with everyone. My phone rings, I look down, it¡¯s my parents. All the good I had been feeling, the glow of warmth, was gone in an instant. I felt saddened and cold at the loss, it was gone as quickly as it hade. I look up at Darien, he¡¯d seen the caller description, it was the Luna who spoke. ¡°Go ahead and answer it my dear, we¡¯re right her with you.¡± she wraps an arm around me in support. ¡°Put it on speaker Alora, we need to hear what it is they say.¡± said Andrew, as he¡¯s the Alpha I obey the order.2 I see out of the corner of my eye Darien exin to Serenity¡¯s parents who is calling, they look confusedly at the apprehension on all our faces. They don¡¯t understand why this call from my parents would have even the Alpha and Luna apprehensive. It¡¯s only after I put them on speaker that their look changes to understanding, then at each word shrieked at me, turns to outrage and anger. Anger at how a parent could say what she said to me. ¡°WHERE ARE YOU WRETCH!!! YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO HUMILIATE US AND CHANGE YOUR NAME!!! HOW DARE YOU ADVANCE TO THE ALPHA CLASS WITHOUT YOUR SISTER!!! YOU STUPID WRETCH!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL OF IT!!! YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR NAME BACK BEFORE YOUR FINAL MATCH AND RESTORE OUR STATUS!!! IF YOU DONT YOU WILL REGRET IT!!! YOU CAN FORGET GRADUATING!!! YOU WILL BE CHAINED UP IN THE BASEMENT AND All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. WHIPPED FOR OUR HUMILIATION YOU WETCH!!! DO YOU HERE ME!!! ANSWER ME YOU UNGRATFUL WRETCH!!! I SHOULD HAVE DROWNED YOU AT BIRTH!!! YOU¡¯VE BEEN NOTHING BUT AN UGLY BLIGHT ON THIS FAMILYS REPUTATION SINCE I BIRTHED YOU!!! YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE 3-26 EXSITED!!!¡± The Alpha reached over and disconnected the call. I was just standing there, feeling cold and crushed. The happiness I felt a moment ago like a distant memory. I don¡¯t make a sound, I look up at the Alpha. I hadn¡¯t realized the wetness I was feeling on my face were tears until he grabs me up in a hug. 5) ¡°It¡¯s ok to cry Alora. But don¡¯t worry, your not ever going back to those people. We¡¯re moving you into the Pack House tonight. We¡¯ll be going with you to pick up your things so they can¡¯t hurt you anymore.¡± That was all it took to have me sobbing silently. My body shaking me, the Luna puts her hand on my head and pets my hair and gently rubs my back. ¡°Oh, darling girl¡­It¡¯s going to be okay.¡± 3 I hear her whisper to Darien. ¡°Go exin everything to Serenity and her parents while we take care of Alora.¡± I hear him move away from us. ¡°You¡¯ve been abused by those people enough.¡± Luna Ember¡¯s voice is soft but angry. ¡°I won¡¯t stand for it any longer, we¡¯re taking you home with us, we¡¯ll be your family.¡± I look up at her in surprise, afraid to hope. I must have heard her wrong. ¡°W..wha..what?¡± my question stutters out. ¡°You heard right dearie, we¡¯re taking you home and we¡¯ll be your family from now on.¡± she touches my face wiping my tears, she hands me a tissue from her purse so I can blow my nose. ¡°Would you be ok with being part of our family?¡± she asks. I didn¡¯t even need to think about it. ¡°Yes.¡± They had been kind to me since the day Damien found me on the 4-65.pdf being part of our family?¡± she asks. I didn¡¯t even need to think about it. ¡°Yes.¡± They had been kind to me since the day Damien found me on the river embankment all those years ago. The memory of how wonderful they¡¯d been, had never left me. 12 Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Serenity¡¯s POV I watched her cry, the she-wolf who had shown such amazing power just a short time ago. The glowing happiness I had seen in her at getting praised by the Alpha¡¯s was gone. I felt almost like the sun had suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing but darkness and despair in it¡¯s wake. Darien had told us it was her parents calling when she had first stopped smiling, when they all had stopped smiling. Then she answered the phone, and that horrible shrieking began. The things that voice threw at her, those vile words. How could they? How could a parent say those things to a she-wolf like Alora. She was such an amazing she-wolf. I had never believed any of the rumors about her. I had always secretly wanted to be her friend. I had never approached her because I was too shy. She had always been dressed in hoddies and baggy track pants. Hiding her true self away from everyone. Now I¡¯m beginning to wonder if they were to hide, not her true self, but something worse. I¡¯d always admired how smart she was. She was brillient. I don¡¯t know how many people knew she was going to be a Doctor after finals. She had been taking coge courses. I knew because my mom was aputer technology professor at the Pack University, and I was often there to visit with her. I had always disbelieved the rumors, thinking them fake because Sarah and her cohorts were always the first ones to start them. But the conversation I had with my mother the day I spotted her on campus after school hours confirmed that all those rumors, had to beplete bullshit. ¡°Hey mom, why is that girl still here?¡± I¡¯d asked her. ¡°Huh? what girl dear?¡± so I had pointed at her. Mother seeing who I was talking about had smiled ¡°Aw now I know who your talking about. Alora, is special. She is in a doctorial program and is advancing faster than any student we¡¯ve ever had. She takes two after school courses every day of the week to elerate her education. She¡¯s been interning at the packb three days a week for a year now. She¡¯s been taking summer sses here at the University since starting junior year, And has been approved to keep her internship at theb through the summer as part of her elerated learning program.¡± I had been amazed. Then another thought had hit me. ¡°But, doesn¡¯t she work at the burger ce too? I know I¡¯ve seen her there.¡± I say. Mom nods ¡°Yes she does, she¡¯s part time there.¡± All I could think at the time was, there was no way the rumors could be true, she didn¡¯t have time for them to be true. I was d I never believed them, it had only made me want to befriend her more. And that day Sarah came at me, I decided to put her in her ce, not just for me, but for Alora too. It had felt great to punch Sarah. She has been avoiding me ever since then. After the glow of first meeting my mate died down enough for me to stop being brainless, and fully realize who my mate was, I was ecstatic. Darien is Alora¡¯s best friend. I would finally have a real reason to talk to her and be her friend. That had made me happy. When I did finally get an introduction, it was only to watch in horror as she¡¯s rejected. Her mate Rejected her for that horrible she wolf, and then her sister goes and attacks her, shrieking that Alora was stealing her male. But Alora didn¡¯t just ept being rejected, rejecting him back. When she did he copsed with the pain of the shredded mate bond. Good, he should be in pain for rejecting such an amazing she wolf for the psycho he chose over her. While every one stood stunned for a moment we all quickly had shaken it off. I turned around and stood in front of Sarah¡¯s posse and growled at the she wolves to keep them from -Alora. Darien hovered around me but didn¡¯t get in my way. (3) My brother Galen was in front of Matthew making sure he didn¡¯t get involved, although he was still on the ground pale with pain. Kian grabbed Sarah¡¯s hand to keep her from pping Alora any more than she already had. Sarah was then shrieking, falsely using her of trying to steal Matt from her, then spewing more bile. My brother fired back and put her in her ce. My brothers, Alora, Darien and I all walked to the Coliseum Arena for our training exams. I got to watch Alora in a whole new way then ever before, her power as a fighter was amazing! Even when I was worried she would choke my mate to death, I was still in awe of how strong she was. To hear those things from this amazing wolfs parent shrieked at her All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. broke my heart, she deserved to be treated better. I watched as the Alpha had hung the phone up for her, her tears had been silently falling down her cheeks. The Alpha then pulled her into his arms and she silently sobbed, breaking my heart for her even further. 2 I look up at Darien, I could tell from the look on his face that he was just as torn up about what just happened to her. I reach out and grab Darien¡¯s hand, he turns to look at me his eyes sad, I reach my other hand up and ce it on his cheek, he nuzzles into my hand closing his eyes. His mom whispers something to him, he nods his head his cheek still in my hand. He pulls away after a moment opening his eyes, he looks down at me, his eye¡¯s still sad. ¡°I need to exin things to your parents.¡± he said, his voice soft. I nod and we face my parents, still holding hands. My brothers were standing next to them. And from their expressions they wanted to hurt someone, preferably the people who had made that strong Alpha she wolf cry. She didn¡¯t deserve what has happened to her. Darien clears his throat, he takes in a deep breath, lets it out, then begins to tell us about Alora. With each word said more and more of the horrors Alora has gone through are revealed. To say I was upset was an understatement. At the end my mother was leaning into my father, his arms wrapped around her to providefort and support. ¡°Oh that poor pup, how could they? All this¡­to their own pup.¡± it takes my mom a moment to calm down. ¡°I¡¯m d she changed her name, every she-wolf with that marking on her hip was a Heartsong, it¡¯s only fitting.¡± mom says. I¡¯m confused for a moment. ¡°What do you mean mom?¡± I ask her. ¡°Well the Heartsong females are decedents of the Moon Goddesses Daughter. The first Alpha, Luna Moon Heartsong.¡± I had forgotten about that legend, then mom continued. At this point everyone was listening, even Alora, her tears dried, her despair momentarily lifted in the wake of curiosity. ¡°The crescent moon and star marked Luna Heartsong as the Goddesses daughter. And all the acknowledged female descended from her bloodline have this mark.¡± she pauses. ¡°But it brings to question why Sarah and Alora¡¯s mother both don¡¯t have the mark.¡± 2 ¡°What do you mean by acknowledged descendent?¡± Alora asked, ¡°You¡¯ve been acknowledged as a daughter of the Moon Goddess and you are meant to bear her next generation of Heartsong¡¯s.¡± Aloraugh¡¯s, were confused as to why she¡¯sughing. After she stops she exins. ¡°My parents are about to lose the high status they¡¯ve been enjoying among the family most of their lives, because they failed to produce a powerful she wolf.¡± I¡¯m the one that asks ¡°But you are a powerful she-wolf, why would they lose status?¡± she looks at me. ¡°Because I changed my name, I severed my ties to the family by doing that, I am no longer their daughter, the only one they have is Sarah.¡± I connect the dots and startughing, I had finally gotten it. The daughter they treated like a princess, the one they chose to acknowledge and actually care for, ced at the bottom of the training 3:27 structure. She was basically an omega. And the powerful Alpha she wolf they had abused for all of her life to the point she changed her name so she could escape them, was the one that could have kept them at the status they¡¯ve enjoyed. That means they would me her for their misfortune. I believe the Alpha had already been aware of the danger to her. ¡°Darien we should go with your dad to help Alora pack and move. I¡¯ll go up to her room with her so it¡¯ll be faster.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a good idea Serenity, you¡¯ll both go with me and Alora after the tournament ends.¡± he looks to his mate ¡°Will you make sure her room is aired out and fresh?¡± she goes up and kisses him. ¡°Of course my dear.¡± I look at Alora, she¡¯s staring at me stunned. ¡°Thank you.¡± she said. ¡°I could use the help and it would be nice to have another friend.¡± I take 3:27 her hand. ¡°I¡¯ve been wanting to be your friend for forever but I¡¯ve been to shy to say anything. I¡¯m d you¡¯re best friends with my mate because now I get to be your friend like I always wanted too.¡± she smiles at me, happy once more. 2 ¡°Hey don¡¯t forget about us, we want to be her friends too.¡±ined Galen teasingly Alora isughing as she says ¡°I¡¯d like to be your friends too.¡± the bell rings then. It¡¯s time to go back in for the next portion of the tournament exams. Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Sarah¡¯s POV Mom and Dad had dragged me to the Principal¡¯s office. This was not where I wanted to spend my break, but my parents were determined to get that girl to change her name back. I didn¡¯t want her to; she had tried to steal Matthew from me. Why should I want her to change her name? I said as much to my mother, and she turned around and pped me. Me! Her precious Princess! ¡°Why?¡± I asked. ¡°Because of you and your sister, we¡¯re about to lose all the respect we¡¯ve worked for in this family. Mason¡¯s family is about to be promoted because he is now listed as the strongest wolf of the Northmountain n,¡± she snarled.N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. This caused me to pale. ¡°Why would that matter?¡± She pped me again for my question. ¡°Because you are now the lowest-ranked fighter of the Northmountain¡¯s!¡± she shrieked, ¡°And your sister, who is now First Rank of the Alpha ss, the child who can support our status, has severed her ties to the Northmountain¡¯s by changing her name.¡± I was shocked. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me this?¡± She looked at me in fury. ¡°I did, every time I told you that you had to be better than your sister!¡± We stood around in the office. It was ten minutes before the Principal showed up. He didn¡¯t look surprised to see us. ¡°What can I do for you?¡± he asked my mom after he was seated behind his desk. ¡°I understand that my daughter has changed herst name to Heartsong. We¡¯re here to have it changed back,¡± her tone was sharp. This was all that girl¡¯s fault; my mother never treats me like this. I¡¯m her Princess! I¡¯ll make that girl pay for this. Maybe I¡¯ll cut her face off and give it to Matthew as a gift, since he kept staring at her instead of paying attention to me. He was mine! She can¡¯t have him! I¡¯ll make her bleed, make her hurt for this. Maybe I¡¯ll pay some human males to have their fun with her before I cut her face off. I¡¯ll make her beg for death, but I¡¯ll keep her alive to torment her further. I¡¯ll keep her chained up and have my fun with her. If someone makes me angry, I¡¯ll just go to the basement and torture her. She¡¯ll suffer for breaking my spell over Matthew. I¡¯ll have to ask the Witch how she did it and get another sachet. I was snapped out of my internal nning when the Principal said my name. I tuned back in to what they were saying. ¡°As far as I know, Sarah is still registered as a Northmountain,¡± he told my mother. Pointing at me, she shrieked, ¡°Not her!¡± She then threw her hand up in the air. ¡°My other one, the brown-skinned one with the purple eyes and ck hair!¡± she snarled. ¡°Oh! You must mean Alora!¡± he said brightly with a smile, then frowned at my mother. ¡°I was under the impression that she was an orphan that the Alpha and Luna had taken in,¡± he said to her. ¡°WHAT?!¡± Just when I thought I had yelled that out loud, I realized it was in my mother¡¯s shrieking tone as she continued, ¡°What would give you that idea?!¡± still shrieking. I felt like my ears were going to bleed. Just one more thing that girl needs to pay for. I¡¯ll have to bust her eardrums, let her feel my pain. ¡°The Alpha and Luna are the ones who have signed off on and filled out all of her school enrollments, as well as her permission into an elerated education, and her entry into a special educational program.¡± He paused to take a breath and continued while my head tried to wrap itself around the information we were being given. ¡°The Alpha is also the one who had all her registration paperwork changed to reflect her new surname as soon as it was changed. She was 18, so legally allowed to change herst name. Her blood work confirming her as a descendant of the Heartsongs has allowed her to have Heartsong as her chosen surname.¡± He paused again before dropping another bombshell. ¡°Oh, and her being the only she-wolf with the Heartsong surname, and possessing a crescent sun and moon marking, has allowed the Alpha to have her named as the Alpha Female of the Heartsong n and the title officially put into the Pack Records.¡± He looked at each of us, taking in our expressions, before directing his gaze back to my mother. ¡°The only way her name can be changed back is if she consented and was sworn by blood to the Alpha with the name change. As she is the one who filled out the request for the change in the first ce, I don¡¯t think she will change it back.¡± My mother was practically seething in rage at this. ¡°Also, after the exams are finished, she will be receiving her doctorates from the University. She will be made a lead research Doctor, assigned her own team of researchers at the Pack¡¯s Lab,¡± then shocking us even further. ¡°As a n Alpha Female and a Doctor, this will make her more than just a Noble in the pack.¡± No! This couldn¡¯t be! How could this be?! All my ns, they¡¯re slipping through my fingers! There has to be some kind of mistake! No! I won¡¯t ept it! She will pay for my pain somehow! My mother asked if the Principal could get Alora here using the Loud Speaker. He told her no. Since Alora is 18 and a registered Alpha Female of the Pack, Mom has no parental rights over her anymore. Mom then grabbed my arm, painfully, and dragged me out of the office. I have to be able to make that girl pay for this humiliation! Mom took us into an empty ssroom and called Alora. I didn¡¯t pay attention to what she was shrieking at Alora when she finally picked up. I didn¡¯t care; I just wanted to take my anger out on someone. Wait...she still has toe back to the house. I could find a ce away from the house to hold her. There was Granddaddy¡¯s old ce in the mountains. It¡¯s been abandoned since he and Grandmommy died. There were no neighbors close by, and it wasn¡¯t that far from here. I didn¡¯t know why we didn¡¯t live there. I knew there was a trust set aside that paid to have the ce taken care of, but that didn¡¯t exin why we didn¡¯t at least holiday there. I remember that there was arge basement the size of the house. There was an insted wine cer that would be soundproof; that¡¯s where I could stash her. As though summoning it forward with my thoughts, Mom suddenly started talking about it. ¡°The House Allister, the one in the mountains!¡± she yelled. ¡°In father¡¯s will, the house would go to the daughter with the Crescent Moon and Star mark. If no daughter of mine is gifted with this mark by the time the youngest is twenty-one, then ownership will revert to me!¡± she yelled. ¡°The will is registered in the Pack records, and now so is she with her mark! That means she owns the Heartsong Mansion and all the surrounding thousand acres!¡± she was shrieking now. ¡°Thatnd was the first seat of power for this Pack. Everything on thatnd is historic and extremely valuable. By bringing that to the family, I would have been able to make us head of the entire n, and we¡¯d be the richest wolves in the Pack!¡± she was practically frothing at the mouth now. What¡¯s happening? How can this be happening?! She gets everything?! Why?! She¡¯s just a blight! A mistake! An ugly, worthless wretch! How can this be happening?! ¡°The only way we¡¯ll get the house now is if we force her to sign it over to us.¡± Those words from Mom had me tuning back into their argument. ¡°How will she sign it over if she doesn¡¯t know about it?¡± asked Father. ¡°Maybe if we keep silent, she won¡¯t be able to take ownership of it,¡± he suggested. Mom scoffed at him. ¡°You don¡¯t think the Alpha is very aware of that will?¡± she spat at him. ¡°It was where the First Alpha ruled our Pack; centuries of Alphas owned that house, all Heartsongs.¡± She informed us. ¡°Then the powers shifted here or there, and now the Alpha House is on Moorstarnd.¡± Giving us a history lesson. ¡°Now with that wretch owning that house, she¡¯s not only going to be a Noble in just name only.¡± Sheughed ruefully. ¡°I bet he¡¯s waiting till she graduates before telling her about it,¡± she said. With this information, I realized keeping her for a long time before I kill her is no longer an option. We¡¯ll need her to turn up dead soon, before we lose our status officially, so I¡¯ll only be able to keep her a week. I¡¯ll start tonight, and I¡¯ll let her know just how close she was to escaping. I¡¯ll let that tear into her soul as I torture and torment her. I won¡¯t have long, so I¡¯ll make the best of it. That thought calms me down and makes me smile inside again. I¡¯ll have my fun and get my revenge. Mom will never be able to be mad at me anymore, and Matthew will never lust after that girl ever again! Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Luna Ember¡¯s POV My heart aches for Alora. The poor darling has been through so much, and I¡¯m sure there is allot we don¡¯t know about. Especially with the way she broke down and cried earlier. That any woman would have talked to her pup in that manner was horrifying. The way Sarah turned out, and her treatment of Alora make me believe she was never fit to be a mother. I wanted to rip the woman to pieces for the injustice she has done Alora. I sigh. There is nothing I can do at the moment. I started thinking about Darien¡¯s mate. I¡¯m d he¡¯s found his so soon. Damien is 23 and still has not met his mate. When he finally does I hope I will like her just ass much as Serenity. 18) I spot the Principal rushing over to where my mate and I are seated. ¡°Johnathan what has you in such a hurry?¡± I asked him. ¡°I had to tell Alpha Andrew what I have overheard.¡± he says to us a little breathily. ¡°What is it?¡± she asks, he looks at us ¡°I just got done talking to Alora¡¯s parents not moments ago.¡± he said ¡°I gave them the information you told me to Alpha.¡± he said while looking at Andrew. ¡°But as I left, I happened to hear the wicked witch of the west talking about the Heartsong Mansion and Grounds.¡± Andrew¡¯s face was now drawn with concern. ¡°They know that the Will, Bettina¡¯s father left, now put that Mansion in Alora¡¯s possession.¡± I gasp. I had talking about how they¡¯re going to force Alora to sign over the house and grounds.¡± I pale at his words, now understanding his fear, he has a reason for it. ¡°Oh Andrew, their going to do something terrible to her, I just know it.¡± I look at my mate. ¡°I was going to wait till graduation before I told her about the Mansion that is rightfully hers.¡± said Andrew. ¡°Now I¡¯m thinking it¡¯s best to do that during the lunch break.¡± his tone grim. ¡°I¡¯ll mind link Ss now and have him bring the paper work here, after Darien and Alora¡¯s final matches.¡± he said, I nod letting him know I agreed. 2 He looks at Johnathan ¡°Will you be the secondary official while we do this.¡± Johnathan looked delighted to be asked this. ¡°Nothing would give me more pleasure. That girl deserves to have her heirloom handed to her, she¡¯s gone through to much to not have some good in her life now.¡± Andrew said. I can¡¯t help but agree with him. With all the bad the girl has been through, she deserves a lifetime of happiness. I was thinking about her n Alpha status now. She¡¯s going to need a Beta and two Enforcers. Who would be able to be her Enforcers. Then as I¡¯m looking at the two wolves I address Johnathan ¡°What can you tell me about Kian and Galen Mountainmover.¡± I then look him in the eye¡¯s. (3) ¡°They¡¯re top fighters, they¡¯ve achieved high marks in all of their studies, they¡¯ve been exemry students.¡± he says. ¡°They n to go into the packs Enforcer Unit at entry level, even though they¡¯re not in Alpha ss, they should have been, but that was a personal choice.¡± he told me ¡°They didn¡¯t have enough room to allow all three of the Mountainmover siblings. Though to be fair all three of them should have been in the Alpha ss. They want to be assigned to an Alpha.¡± he finishes. I stay silent for a moment, taking all this in. ¡°What are you thinking my darling mate.¡± asks my husband as he takes my hand and ces a kiss on the back. I smile as my heart warms at his gesture. ¡°I¡¯m thinking Galen and Kian would make good Enforcers for Alora. But who to make her Beta?¡± I ask him. Jonathan clears his throat. ¡°If I may make a suggestion?¡± smiling, I gesture for him to go on. ¡°I believe Jaxon Mountainmover would be a good fit, he¡¯s a sibling to the twins, a close cousin.¡± He informs us. ¡°He works well with them on the mock missions we¡¯ve sent them out on.¡± I¡¯m beaming now. ¡°Perfect, what do you think Andrew?¡± I ask my mate. ¡°I think its a wonderful Idea, we¡¯ll wait till after the fights and we¡¯re settled at home for the evening and let Alora know then.¡± he looks at Johnathan. ¡°Please get messages to all three to meet me and the Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. Luna at the pack house tomorrow at ten in the morning.¡± Johnathan nods. ¡°I will get those prepped now and be back before thest match.¡± He said, then leaves the Stadium to do just that.2 I look around to make sure those ¡®people are still where they¡¯re supposed to be. To my surprise they are. Also to my surprise is how well Sarah is doing as a wolf. If she keeps it up she¡¯ll make it to the top of the reserve ss and be allowed to challenge one of the five top ranks in the Mid ss Level to earn advancement. To my surprise that is exactly what she does, she manages to eke out a win, that allows her to Advance, and once more pass that. She managed to make it to number eight in the Elite ss ranking before being defeated. Allot of the lower level wolves were using this chance to make advancements to their rank. Kian, Galen and Serenity kept the first three ranks in the Elite ss, Matthew advancing to fourth rank. During thest fight Jaxon advanced to third rank. He was able to keep this rank. Garret won against Mason this time, and when he fought Jamison, was advanced from seventh rank to fifth rank. Lexus retained fourth rank, Jamison was reduce to sixth with Mason now in Seventh. ¡°Watching Alora fight Jaxon in wolf form had been a sight to see. Xena was as big as the Alpha males she was up against. She was the biggest Alpha she wolf we had since thest female Heartsong Alpha. She did her lineage justice by changing her name. I did however find the red blood from the other wolf on her white muzzle startling. And the other wolf wasn¡¯t able to touch Xena. After her battle with Jaxon and his wolf Bruno, Alora changed back and cleaned up. Getting ready for her fight with Darien. I hear footsteps. Johnathan was back. ¡°I got the messages sent to all three, as well as their parents just in case.¡± he tells us. He sits to my left. I look over at Lissanna and Boris. ¡°How was Matt?¡± although he¡¯s done something so incredibly stupid that boy was still like a nephew to me. Boris sighs and runs a hand through his hair tussling his shaggy strands. ¡°He¡¯s devastated at what he¡¯s done.¡± he pauses and looks over at Lissanna, they have a silent conversation. ¡°He said the rejection made something break, he said it was like he could think clearly, that he was no longer in, what he called, ¡°The fog of Sarah¡± was the way he put it¡­ It had me remembering that one Witch we had to banished several years back.¡± 2 He looks at Andrew ¡°You remember, the one who was making spell sachets, they forced someone to stay with you and overlook everything that made you want to leave?¡± asked Boris. I gasp, he nods at my reaction. ¡°I asked him if Sarah had ever given him some kind of sachet filled with herbs.¡± he pauses, then in a serious tone. ¡°It was in his wallet, something he carries on him all the time.¡± I felt horrified. ¡°We need to find out how Sarah got ahold of that Sachet.¡± said Andrew. ¡°I agree, I already set someone on it.¡± Boris said. He looks at us, then says solemnly ¡°I don¡¯t think my son should go near Sarah again.¡± I looked up at Andrew, he looks at me, he agrees as well. ¡°Your right, it¡¯s just be too dangerous for your son now.¡± said Andrew. ¡°Tell him he¡¯s not to go near her for any reason.¡± Andrew¡¯s tone serious. ¡°That if she tries to trick him into going with her somewhere, he is to call and confirm information and ask for help.¡± Andrew finished with his order. Boris nods in acknowledgment, then picks up his phone to text his son. We look forward. It was time for the match between Xena, Alora¡¯s wolf and Axle, Darien¡¯s Wolf. They both made their way onto the tform and took their fighting stances. They both radiated strength. ¡®Only a really strong wolf should be blessed as Alora¡¯s second chance mate.¡¯ I pause at that thought. There are only a few wolves stronger than she is in this pack. One was my eldest son, and his Beta Xander, Boris and Lissanna¡¯s eldest son, our top Enforcer training Master, and maybe a few of our top soldiers. Of the three top choices, the only two not mated where Damien and Xander. 3 I didn¡¯t want to, but I honestly hoped it would not be Xander. Only because I knew my eldest held a deep affection for this she wolf. Who knows, maybe Damien was meant for Alora. Maybe that¡¯s why he hadn¡¯t found his mate yet. The signal to fight sounds, then Xena and Axle are flying at each other. They dodge, go in, they take swipes and bites, then Xena has Axle¡¯s throat in a suffocating bite, she holds Axle down till he surrenders. They dere Alora and Xena the winner. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Jaxon¡¯s POV I¡¯m just sitting in my seat, resting, I¡¯m hurting from my battle with Alora. Her wolf Xena kicked my wolf Bruno¡¯s ass. Bruno whines in my head, I chuckle. ¡°What are you whining for?¡± I ask him. ¡°I can¡¯t believe I lost to a female.¡± he whines. I chuckle ¡°We lost to the Alpha of all Alpha Females, Bruno, she¡¯s special, I think I would be honored to serve as her Beta.¡± he¡¯s silent for a moment. ¡°The Alpha of all Alpha females, Beta to that title would be an honor.¡± he finally said. I settle back, happy and at peace. Bruno settles down now, content now with the results of the battle. My phone dings with a notification. I look and its an urgent e-mail through ¡®the student message board. I open the e-mail, its from the Principal, I¡¯m to meet the Alpha at the pack house tomorrow at ten to discuss a career opportunity. Suddenly Bruno and I are excited and can¡¯t wait for tomorrow to be here. Matt¡¯s POV Today is the worst fucking day of my life. To start off with rejecting my mate and being rejected in return. Which broke the spell a sachet of herbs Sarah had given me under the guise of it being made to ward off evil. Ha! Ward off evil my furry ass. It allowed evil to manipte me for thest six years! It exined why I¡¯d been ignoring Aries. And it¡¯s what made me make the biggest mistake any wolf could ever make. Rejecting their mate. I wanted to howl in despaire at the wrong done to us. Sarah is pure Evil. Withant tha All Without the spell I would have been working all this time to be the wolf that truly deserved a female like Alora. There was nothing we could do now, we lost our chance. Hell. Sarah had made sure I never had that chance. I swear to the Moon Goddess if she ever see¡¯s fit to bless me with another mate I wouldn¡¯t allow anything, not a damn thing to get in my way iming her. I may not deserve a second chance mate. But Aries did, none of this was his fault. It was all mine, for not being strong enough to withstand a spell sachet. My father told me that the satchet carried a me. It was the shattering of my mate bond, an even stronger magic, that had broken the spell. But that was a small constion. Compared to what it was the small, seemingly harmless, packet of herbs had cost me. That she-wolf needed to be held ountable. My father said I can bring charges against her. And I think I will. Now that the fog was lifted I realized there were allot of things I¡¯d seen that spoke of her evil. She liked to hurt people. I¡¯ve been remembering some of the things I heard her tell her friends. They all wouldugh about who she hurt and how. Those three were just as evil as she was. Then I pause, or were they? Now that I think about it. Those threee from good loving families. Maybe they had sachets themselves? The only way to find out was to ask them. Sarah was going to be with her parents immediately after we¡¯re released for the lunch break. Maybe I can catch the three girls on there way out. 2 So my father doesn¡¯t worry I text him. I tell him my theory and my n. It¡¯s a simple n really. Ask them if Sarah ever gave them a packet of herbs they were told to keep on them. That¡¯s all my dad had asked me. My dad texts me back. He tells me he¡¯ll wait nearby where I¡¯m going to try and stop them, so he can keep an eye on me in case something happens. I almost wished someone would kill me. I¡¯d rejected my chance at a wonderful, love filled life. But that wasn¡¯t fair to Aries. If I¡¯m honest with myself, it¡¯s Aries who I¡¯m seeking justice for, he had been the one held hostage the most. Because while the spell worked on my human brain, it didn¡¯t affect my wolf¡¯s brain. I¡¯m learning the full extent to which my wolf was tormented. I can¡¯t help but thinking that if Lauren, Beatrice and Agatha were under a sachets control, just how their wolves feel. Putting those thoughts aside I look back down at the tform and watch the matches of the Alpha ss. I couldn¡¯t help but be in awe as I watched Xena battle. She was an amazing Alpha female. Her form was fierce and perfect for battle, her strength glowing from within. It¡¯s not long before it was over. I get up and make my way to the exit to wait for the girls. Dad told me, to break the spell for them, I¡¯d have to set fire to their sachets. If they were indeed being controlled by one. But I thought about the fact that we would need evidence to be able to get a conviction. I look up at the big screen with this portion of the tournaments rankings, then it came to me. Photographic Evidence. I pull out my phone and text my dad ¡°Can you find a way to record me and the girls. I want evidence space created by the high wall of the arenas surrounding bleachers above the pit. There was a wide hallway leading to the double doors of the exit, standing near one of the concrete floor to ceiling support beams that were ced at regr intervals around the Coliseum, I spot the girls. Then I waved them down. Theye over to where I was standing. ¡°Hay girls, I wanted to ask you something.¡± I say. They looked at each other, their looks confused, then Beatrice and Agatha nod at Lauren, she looks at me and says. ¡°Go ahead.¡± in a short crisp voice. ¡°Has Sarah or anyone given you a sachet of herbs they told you to carry with you at all times?¡± They all look surprised at my question. Then confused again. O It was Lauren who first started to dig in her purse, then the other two did. Lauren pulled out arge rhinestone covered, clip wallet, Beatrice a small shiny card carrier, and Agatha arge double zipper wallet in a standard ck with gray diamond patchwork. All three girls pulled out a sachets from these wallet. ¡°Can I see those?¡± I ask. Lauren looks at the other girls, shrugs her shoulders, turns and hands me the sachet with a roll of her eyes and a ¡°Sure, I don¡¯t see why not.¡± uttered in a dry tone. The other two hand me theirs. ¡°Do you remember who gave these to you and when?¡± I ask them. Lauren and the girls looked at each other then at me. ¡°It was Sarah,¡± said Lauren. ¡°She gave them to us during her ninth birthday party.¡± added Beatrice. ¡°She said they were to make sure we always remaind best friends.¡± this from Agatha. (2) ¡°Did she say how she got them?¡± I asked. ¡°Yeah, she got them from a Witch.¡± Said Lauren ¡°Sarah calls the Witch Aunty.¡± said Beatrice ¡°The Witch was best friends with Bettina, they were always together before the Witch was Banished.¡± said Agatha. ¡°Sarah was really upset when that happened.¡± said Lauren.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°We had a Pack pic about three months before it happened, but after we received our Satchets.¡± said Beatrice ¡°That was the day Sarah had us help her throw Alora into the River.¡± said Agatha. ¡°I remember my parents being so furious at me for being involved.¡± said Lauren. ¡°My mother was horrified, told me I humiliated her and dad in front of the Alpha.¡± Beatrice told us ¡°My grandmother was really disappointed in me, she wouldn¡¯t talk to me for a month after that.¡± said Agatha. ¡°What are you going to do with the sachets?¡± asked Lauren. ¡°The spell on these is harmful to all three of you, so what I¡¯m going to do is burn them to get rid of the spell.¡± I tell them. I get out my lighter, the one dad gave me when I went on my first survival mission in training ss. The girls are muttering between themselves, I crouch down, set the sachets down on the ground, then set them on fire. They burned different colors, blue, then green, then red, before the mes dimmed and the sachets were nothing but ash. They had gone up quickly, the herbs being dry and the material of the sachets had been worn with age. I look back up at the girls, they were standing there, staring at the ashes of the sachets. Each had different expressions of shock and other emotions. It was Beatrice who fell to her knees with a scream of anguish, it was heart wrenching. It took me only a moment, for me to recognize that pain. And as cruel as I was beginning to realize Sarah was, I didn¡¯t doubt I was too far off my mark. She screamed once more, before sobbing, tears rushing down her face ¡°She had me reject my mate!¡± she curls up into herself on the floor, her pain and despair a voluminous cloud around her. Lauren and Agatha fall to their knees, one on each side of Beatrice, tears on their faces they both hug Beatrice. Supporting her as her anguish cripples her. Sarah has done so much damage. She was a horrible she- wolf, evil incarnate. It¡¯s the only way to exin what she made her friend and I do. O Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Principal Johnathan¡¯s POV Beta Boris, his mate Lissanna, Alpha Andrew, Luna Ember and I were all on the bottom seat of the bleachers next to the support beam we had all recently hid behind. The Luna had discretely recorded the hole interaction with Sarah¡¯s three friends and Matthew. As we listened to the conversation between the four, we had all gradually started to drift out from behind the beam, and watched as Matthew burned the sachets. I was horrified that these poor girls had been under a spell for the past ten years. Half of their life span. It made me sick to my stomach. And then that scream , that horrible agonized scream, the pain that she wolf was in could be felt by everyone who heard that scream. Then the way she copsed in on herself, sobbing like her world had ended. We didn¡¯t have to wait long for an exnation. And oh how I hated what that reason was, that Sarah was too cruel to be allowed to stay free. ¡°She made me reject my mate!¡± was her agonized keening cry. Sarah¡¯s crimes now severe and umting. That¡¯s two children she¡¯s taken mates from now. My wolf Lucas was also in distress. The pups, their pain is all he whines out. I suppress my own tears at the pain caused to these children. As the Principal of this school it is my job to protect my students. We didn¡®t protect them, the pups are hurt Lucas says. ¡°I have failed in my duty, Alpha.¡± I tell Andrew, my voice husky. ¡°What do you mean Johnathan?¡± he asks, I look into his eyes, their just as sad. ¡°I wasn¡¯t able to protect my students, none of this ever should have happened.¡± 4 He shakes his head. ¡°No Johnathan, you didn¡¯t fail in your duties, there is no way you could have know about any of this.¡± He looks at the children. ¡°But what I can do is give justice to these children. I¡¯ll mind link the parents now, and have them meet us at the pack house at seven tonight.¡± he says, then looking around at each of us states ¡°I¡¯ll need everyone here to be there as well.¡± I want justice for the pups stated Lucas We will help them get it I tell him. As we watched, the girls parents arrived. Beatris¡¯s father picks her up and cradles her to his chest. ¡°She made me reject my mate.¡± she keens, this time in a low voice. This caused her father to hold her tighter, her mother has tears streaming down her cheeks, her hand over her mouth as she hurries to keep up with her Mate. Lauren and Agatha are exining to their parents as well, both girls crying. Agatha¡¯s grandmother grabs her into a hug, she sobs into her shoulder, her parents petting her back and hair. Laurens parents are now holding her as she cries. The Beta and his mate went to their son, his mother hugging him, his father had his hand on his shoulder, he was watching the girls, his face grief stricken. So much pain has been caused by such small innocuous looking sachet of herbs. This is why Witches have forbidden the practice of spells like these, and they can get you banned from your Coven or Executed by the Magic Council, which oversees all Witches, Wizards, Wan¡¯s and Warlocks. The Vampire¡¯s Council oversaw the Vampires. Our territory was the seat of power for all the Northern Continental Werewolves, our Alpha was the Alpha of all the other Alpha¡¯s. He was also on the The Northern Continental Shifter Council. Werewolves are not the only breed of shifters out there. The Alpha would remain on the Council till he either died, or passed it down to his son. For the mixed breed shifters, Goddess blessed mating¡¯s between breeds bing moremon, they belonged to whichever group their parents chose to be apart of, we had several mixed breeds in our Pack. The bear-wolf mixes making the strongest of Enforcers, a respected position. For hybrids, which were also bing increasinglymon, because more and more Supernaturals were finding their fated mate in another species, it depended on what your crime could bebeled as, once that was determined you were sentenced by that councilsws regarding your transgression. Then there were the Dragon Masters. They were a rare sight. And the most powerful beings on this earth. There is little to no information about them, they were a mystery. It is said that when you meet one, you knew it. You knew not to disrespect or anger this being, your every instinct will scream at you in warning. If that was the case, I¡¯d rather not meet one. I left the arena, We were no longer needed here anymore. The Alpha and Luna had left to meet up with their party for lunch. Our mate would join us in attending the lunch as well, I was to witness Alora being signed over the Heartsong Mansion. Lucas and I were in need of thefort and touch of our mate right now, after so much heartache, we needed her in our arms. Alora¡¯s POV 1 The Alpha and Luna had me ride in the car with them, Darien and Serenity, on the drive to a popr Werewolf owned steak house. They already said they were paying for my meal, as I was now theirs to take care of. That felt good, being imed by them was amazing to me. My own parents hadn¡¯t wanted me. But the Alpha and Luna did, and they were taking me away from my parents, the tion and relief I felt at that was astronomical. I was almost giddy with the feelings. But I tried to calm myself down. I didn¡¯t want to get to happy, and then despair when it was gone. That was an awful feeling, I don¡¯t want to drown in my own despair like that anytime soon or ever again. I don¡®t ever want to feel that way again either Xenamented. To my surprise Elder Ss, thewyer for the Werewolf Council joined us. When we had all put in our order¡¯s Ss brought out a brief case. ¡°The Deed, The Will and paperwork are in here Alpha.¡± ¡°Perfect, lets get this done before that woman can do anymore damage.¡± He says. I wonder who he¡¯s talking about. He looks at me his gaze serious. ¡°There is a Will, that was left by your mothers father, he filed it with the Werewolf Council.¡± he tells me. My face scrunches in confusion. Xena is listening, also confused. Why is the Alpha mentioning Grandfather¡®s will? asked Xena I don¡®t know was my answer. The Alpha continues ¡°In the will he states that his Mansion and his wealth were to be ced into a Trust, and cared for till ownership could pass to the first granddaughter to receive the crescent moon and star mark of the Heartsong lineage. In a contingency it states that if none of his granddaughters receive the mark by the youngests twenty first birthday, all ownership and wealth will be redistributed to your mother. ¡°It also has a stiption for the granddaughter that has the crescent moon and star mark. To im ownership you have to legally, and by a blood oath, swear to the Alpha, with the change of your surname to Heartsong.¡± I stare at him, Xena is staring through my eyes, both of us stunned. ¡°What All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. does this mean?¡± I ask him. ¡°This means that you will be the new owner of the Heartsong Mansion and apanying thousand acres and all that is on them, and all your grandfathers wealth. The Heartsong¡¯s were, are, I guess I should say now, being as you bare thest name, the wealthiest wolves of all the Northern Continental Packs.¡± I¡¯m absolutely stunned. I can¡¯t say anything at this point. ¡°I was going to wait till after your graduation to have the transfers done, but your mother has made it necessary for it to be today.¡± He tells me. Ss pulls out the paperwork, they hand me a pen. Mechanically I sign and initial where they tell me using my new signature and initials. Every thing is Still stunned I¡¯m pulled from my daze when the Alpha starts talking again. ¡°With this you are now officially a Noble of the Northern Continental Wolves, and our Pack. You are the Alpha Female of the Heartsong¡¯s and now the Matriarch of your own line. Your parents can¡¯t touch you anymore.¡± he tells me. Does this mean we¡®re free? Xena asks, It does, we¡®re free, we¡®re finally free I tell her. ¡°We¡¯re free, we¡¯re finally free.¡± I say out loud, hardly believing it, then Iugh, I look at Darien. ¡°I¡¯m free, I¡¯m finally free.¡± Then the world goes dark. I hear a scream from somewhere as I feel myself crash to the floor. Then nothing as I¡¯m thrust into unconsciousness. Authors Note //I want to thank the readers who have stuck with me this far into this book. The journey with the Alora is just beginning, she has, what I hope to you as readers is, an epic tale to tell.// Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Alora¡¯s POV My consciousness became aware of being on another ne. I¡¯m lying on a soft patch of ground underneath a tall Willow, unlike the ones I see when I go to the river. This tree had deep, plumb purple bark, and there were bright blue flowers that almost glowed against the dark green of the leaves all up and down every dripping branch. The grass I was on was short, thick and dark green. It was strangely soft, like moss, only dry and not as fragile. I look over, I¡¯m next to a stone lined pond, the earth of the shore around the pond was a deep dark brown, almost ck. 2 I get up and walk over, for some reason I¡¯m barefoot here, where ever here was, the dirt was soft beneath my feet. I look in the pond, the water is a beautiful deep blue. There was something at the bottom that glowed white, it was lighting up the water from underneath. There where koi fish in amazing vibrant colors. I look around and It looks like I¡¯m in a garden of some sort. 3 There are trees and bushes all with glowing flowers in different colors. The smell in the air was sweet with them. I look up at the sky. It seems frozen in what could either be before dawn or at the end of dusk. With a Crescent Moon on one side and the Sun on the other. There where glittering stars all over, the brightest ones in the darkest part of the sky. The stars seemed to fade away closer to the Sun. I¡¯m wondering where I¡¯m at, it feels peaceful here. I feel like I can breath properly for the first time. Like a crushing weight was removed from my body, leaving me feeling almost like floating. But still. ¡°Where am I ?¡± I ask aloud, not expecting an answer back. Only to jump into the air like a startled cat when an answer doese. ¡°Your in my ¡®space¡¯.¡± I turn around and I face who had spoken. Shocked at what I¡¯m seeing ¡°Xena?!¡± is all thates out. She smiles in that wolfy way of hers. ¡°Yes, we are in my space, this is where I am when I am not with you.¡± she tells me. I look around again. It¡¯s so beautiful. O ¡°This ce is so beautiful.¡± I tell her. ¡°Wait...why am I here?¡± I asked her. ¡°You needed a ce to process quickly what has happened today, so I pulled you here.¡± she tells me. ¡°We didn¡¯t have time to wait for your mind to catch up the normal way. This space is basically timeless, by the time I send you back you¡¯ll have only been passed out for ten minutes at the most.¡± I take a moment to think about what she said. ¡°We¡¯re free.¡± I finally say in a whisper. ¡°We¡¯ve just inherited a Mansion.¡± my voice louder this time. But saying it out loud helped me to orient myself around this fact. ¡°The Heartsong Mansion is ours now.¡± She¡¯s nodding at each fact. Letting me work trough this. ¡°We¡¯re not poor anymore, we actually have money.¡± Iugh, hopefully there is an ountant that came with the ce. But seeing as it¡¯s been in a Trust till now, I¡¯m sure there is one. ¡°We¡¯ve been named Alpha Female of the Heartsong lineage.¡± that one was a wow, I mean, I¡¯m first rank in the Alpha ss yeah, but I¡¯m just now about to graduate. I¡¯m barely an Adult. But it feels right. I feel the responsibility that came with that title wrap around me like a warm cozy nket, pulling me back together. It felt natural. That¡¯s when I realized this was my destiny all along. I was born to be an Alpha she wolf. Everything I had been through, what my parents put me through. What my sister had put me through. My drive to strongest warrior I could be. All of it. All of it made me the strong Alpha She wolf I am now. I will get stronger, I will do my new title proud. I was an Alpha she-wolf. My parents and sister will learn to respect and fear my new title. No longer would they be allowed to touch me. I feel the metaphysical chains that have held me back break. Then something warm and glowing fills me. I look at Xena and ask her what¡¯s happening. ¡°You¡¯ve epted your true self, now the blessing our mother, the Moon Goddess had blessed the Heartsong¡¯s with will bond with your soul and body. You¡¯ll have ess to your Magic now.¡± I feel it filling me till I¡¯m lit up like the brightest star, the light bursts out dispersing in a wave of stardust, it only goes so far before it rushes back to me. Only the magic settles on my skin in the form of tattooed jewelry. Around my wrists are two inch bands of Celtic knots, looking down at my ankles there are the same bands of Celtic knots, only the bands were four inches wide. I go to the pond to see the rest. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. That¡¯s when I realized I¡¯m not just barefoot, I¡¯m naked. I don¡¯t feel ufortable though, it¡¯s only me and Xena here. Underneath my cor bones the silver Celtic knots looked delicatelyid against the skin, like a ne, it dipped into a V-shape in the middle. Across my forehead was a V-shaped crown with the same delicate scrolling Celtic knots. My hair is down around me and looks like it has tiny shimmering stars winking out of the strands. I look gorgeous. I look over at Xena. She has the same silver makings as me, her white fur is glittering, like my hair. ¡°Our in between form will have the same markings. While human your magic will only allow the crown and the stars in your hair at night.¡± she tells me. ¡°What¡¯s with the crown?¡± I ask her. ¡°We are a Daughter of the Moon Goddess, the Crown is because we are now acknowledged by the Goddess, making us the Moon Princess.¡± Oh wow, is all I can think for a moment. ¡°So¡­.we¡¯re¡­.royalty?¡± I finally get out, afraid to acknowledge it for a moment. She just looks at me waiting. I knew the answer, she didn¡¯t really have to say anything. We¡¯re royalty that transcended the Pack, all the Packs, not just here on this continent but the world. That¡¯s scary. And something I¡¯m not going to advertise. No thank you, didn¡¯t want that much attention. I take in a deep breath to center myself again. I look at Xena, I take the time to look at her this way. She¡¯s truly a beautiful wolf, her eye a glowingvender stood out against her white fur. I reach out an touch her head, her fur is the softest thing I¡®ve ever felt. ¡°You are absolutely beautiful, I¡¯m d you did this for me.¡± I tell her still stroking her fur. ¡°But it¡¯s time for me to wake up now, we have a tournament to finish.¡± she huffs out a sigh, then nods. She stands up in front of me. ¡°Close your eyes.¡± she said. When I close my eyes she touches her nose to my forehead. Nothing happens at first. Then I feel warmth all over as I¡¯m sunk back into the dark again. It was the smell of coffee that was bringing me back to reality. I love coffee, it was borderline addiction. But I didn¡¯t love just any coffee. No, I loved good coffee. Organic grounds, preferably a dark roast. Darien called me a coffee snob. Not that I cared, I had told him I just had high standards when it came to coffee. To which his reply was just one word. mah. Takich hohnd meughing ¡°Snob.¡± To which he had meughing all the way to school that day. I feel the smile form on my face, now fully back in my own body, when I her his voice ¡°See, I told you this would do the trick.¡± he gloated. ¡°How did you know that would work?¡± that must be Serenity. ¡°Because she¡¯s addicted to coffee, but not just any coffee, the snob has to have organic dark roast.¡± was his reply. I open my eyes and look around, the Alpha had me in hisp, the Luna next to us. She smiles and lets out a relieved breath when she see¡¯s me looking up at her. The Alpha seeing her expression looks down, and lets out a relieved breath of his own. ¡°I¡¯m d your ok and awake now.¡± he tells me. ¡°Well someone has to tell Darien I¡¯m not a coffee snob. I just have high standards for good coffee.¡± Everyone is silent for a moment, then Darien looks down at me, and after staring for a moment says that one word. ¡°Snob.¡± he enunciated it. 3 Then Serenity snorts, she ps both of her hands to her mouth before shepletely breaks down into a fit of giggles, that had Darien smiling at her. I was chuckling as the Alpha helped me up. The Alpha and the Luna are giving me concerned looks. I smile at them ¡°I¡¯m fine now. Xena just pulled me into her space so I could process everything quicker. Saying we didn¡¯t have time for my brain to catch up the normal way.¡± I tell them. ¡°I had to ept my destiny as an Alpha she-wolf of the Heartsong blood line, now I¡¯ve received the Moon Goddesses acknowledgment as one of her daughters.¡± Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Darien¡¯s POV After our orders were taken we settle down to wait for our food and drinks. Then Elder Ss had put that brief case on the table. Telling my father about the paper work inside. Then my father turns to Alora. With every word Alora loses color. We¡¯re all looking in their direction because of the information given. Because of the Will left by her grandfather, Alora is now the owner of the most historic property of all the Northern Continental Wolves. As she is signing and initialing in her new name I noticed something was wrong. She¡¯s not saying anything. The expression on her face is frozen, and she¡¯s too pale. After she signed it all, the only thing she said was ¡°I¡¯m free.¡± I heard the shock in that voice, the hesitant belief. Then she looks at me. Her eyes are ssy, she looks like she¡¯s about to break. ¡°I¡¯m finally free.¡± is thest sentence to pass her lips before she¡¯s falling out of her chair, Serenity lets out a startled scream as I jump out of my own chair to catch Alora, my father on her other side. My father sits on the floor to cradle her against his chest. My mom kneels down next to him. ¡°Oh the poor girl, how much has she gone through that freedom makes her faint.¡± she asks tears in her voice. ¡°I don¡¯t know my dear, but she¡¯ll be protected now.¡± responded dad. ¡°How do we bring her back around?¡± asks Serenity. ¡°We have thest of our Tournament fights after the break.¡± she reminds me. Crap! The fights! Alora would be so pissed if we missed them. I think of something, I turn to my mate and I kissed her, forcing myself to keep it light and not drown in a fire of need. ¡°I¡¯ll be right back I need to run across the street real quick.¡± I tell her as I jump up and run out of the restaurant. There is one thing I know will work, and it¡¯s so simple. Coffee, organic dark roast with cinnamon and nutmeg, lightened with a vani vored coconut milk creamer and several scoops of sugar. I get to the shop and buy the coffee. I rush into the restaurant and kneel down next to my dad. I open the lid on the coffee and waive it under her nose, her nose starts twitching, ¡°This should bring her back.¡± I tell everyone. It¡¯s not much longer, then I see a smile form on her face. ¡°See, I told you it would do the trick.¡± I turned to Serenity, gloating a little. ¡°How did you know that would work?¡± she asks. ¡°Because she¡¯s addicted to coffee, but not just any coffee, the snob has to have organic dark roast.¡± I tell her. Alora stirs, my parents are relived and d she¡¯s awake and tell her so. Then she makes that I¡¯m not a coffee snob. I just have high standards for good coffee.¡± I look down, right into her eye before enunciating one word. ¡°Snob.¡± with a straight face. I hear a snort next to me. My mate ps both her hands over her face and brakes into a fit of giggles. It makes me smile. This she wolf is so beautiful, I can¡¯t wait till I have her all to myself. I had ns that involved us staying in bed for a month. Damn she makes me so hard, I felt like my dick was going to shatter any moment, my wolf wasn¡¯t doing much better. He¡¯s been howling to im his mate since this morning. The touches and kisses we¡¯ve been able to im so far were not enough. And fighting only made me more eager to im her, especially when she kicked ass. Goddess her ass, so perfect and round with the right amount of bounce and sway as she walked. I could feel myself dripping out of my tip a bit. Shit, that was thest thing I need, a wet spot show casing exactly how needy for my mate I am. Not that anyone couldn¡¯t smell it, we are werewolves after all, a heightened sense of smell was a given. Doing math equations and reciting the duties of an Alpha had me calming down enough I could sit during lunch. I look up and my dad is staring at me with a smirk on his face. The old bastard knows exactly what I¡¯m going through, then he looks at my mother and I look away. I¡¯ve heard them plenty of times through their bedroom wall to know they still had a very active sex life. Not something I wanted to think about while eating. The thought of mom and dad getting it on helps take care of the rest of my erection. I start thinking about the fight ahead. We were to be in our half forms this time around. This form was not easy to hold. It took dedication and discipline to fight in this form. The half form was stronger and built for battle. For the fighters who had mastered this form this portion of the tournament would be therest chance to make it up in the ranks. Alora hasn¡¯t trained with the rest of the Alpha ss in her half form. 3 She had trained with our Pack¡¯s top warriors in that form, only the Seniors Alpha ss Fighters trained with the Pack Warrior¡¯s normaly. This year dad had the pack¡¯s elite Training Master working with us. Master Brock Stonemaker was a big powerful wolf. He was trained with dad and his Beta by his father. He became Training Master when his father had retired. His entire line had passed the position from Father to son since the First Alpha. They would add new Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. techniques as they were discovered. They were always improving, saying ¡°The world halts for no one.¡± meaning we needed to adjust as the world continued to change. He had trained Damien before he had left for the University. I knew he was sad to see one of his favorite students go. But I watched how ecstatic he became at being told he would be Alora¡¯s trainer, having already met Alora by then. I knew his excitement was because of how closely she resembled the First Alpha. Then when she had her blood test done, proving her a Heartsong, he beamed with pride like he knew it all along, dering ¡°I knew it! She¡¯s always been special.¡± in a boastful tone. She was my best friend, I¡¯ve always know she was special. I¡¯m d my mate likes her, it means Alora has one more friend. Then I look at my mates brothers, three more friends, she now has three more friends. Good. She deserves it. For years I¡¯ve stayed by her side, and for years I have watched her pain. So much pain. All those times I would smell fresh blood, all those times she would walk, stand or sit funny. Yet I have never seen her break¡­.until today. But then, after all she¡¯s been through, and that¡¯s with just what she¡¯s told me, and what I¡¯ve found out on my own, she was due for one. I don¡®t understand how Xena was able to do what she did for Alora, but I was grateful for it. When she woke back up she was put back together, but changed. It was a good change, I could sense that much, and now she was free from her parents and sister. We just had to go with her to collect her things after ourst match. Thinking of the matches has me thinking of my mate. ¡°I wonder what her half form looks like¡± Axel said. Making me think about it too. She¡¯d be covered in all that vibrant red fur. Her wolf was powerful, so I had no doubt that power would make itself visible in her half form as well. Oh and the curves that form would have. I growl softly thinking about it. Oops, must not think such carnal thoughts in the middle of a restaurant sitting with your parents, I think to myself. ¡°She¡®ll be magnificent¡± I couldn¡¯t help but reply to Axel. I¡¯m d I needed to focus on my match, otherwise I¡¯ll have blue balls the size of my head by the time I get home because of how much I desire my mate. Maybe I can talk her into staying the night at the pack house I wonder. I have my own suite of rooms away from my parents, and we¡¯re both of age now. Shiti needed to get my head out of the bedroom Lucky for me the food had arrived, and that took my focus away from carnal pleasures to be had with a mate. I look around at everyone, taking in their expressions, listening to their words and thinking. Then I look back at Alora, I see a smile on taking in their expressions, listening to their words and thinking. Then I look back at Alora, I see a smile on her face. She¡¯s happy now, that¡¯s good. But she could be happier, she could be with a mate. I wonder who the Goddess would bless to have Alora as his mate. ¡°Who ever they are they better treat her as she deserves.¡± I say to myself. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Unknown POV We had been walking back to the dorms from our morning training session, when I felt it. It was a deep visceral pain that dropped me to my knees. It radiated out of my chest. It took me a moment to realize I was not feeling my pain. No, this was from the woman who¡¯s rejection I refused. I was still bonded to her, and could still feel her pain. (3 Something has happened to her, something bad, it feels as though her soul is being ripped out, taking mine with it. I wanted desperately to go to her. But I knew she wouldn¡¯t want to see me. Her friend Sarah had made that clear thest time I tried to talk to her. I still haven¡¯t epted her rejection. I still won¡¯t. My best friend kneels down next to me. ¡°What¡¯s wrong, what has happened.¡± He demands, forever the Alpha. ¡°Something has happened to her, she¡¯s in so much pain.¡± I tell him. The pain continues on for only a little while longer before it stops abruptly, like she passed out. My friend looks at me. ¡°I¡¯m going to give dad a call and find out what¡¯s going on at home.¡± I nod, and I¡¯ll text the only ally there I seceretly had in the bid to im my mate. Alora¡¯s POV After we ate lunch we all went back to the school¡¯s Coliseum together. The Principal and Elder Ss joining the Alpha and Luna. Serenity, Kian, and Gn¡¯s parents were now seated with them as well. Strangely, Lauren, Agatha, and Beatrice were being exempted from finishing the exam due to special circumstances. During this time, a lot of the lower level wolves used these fights to advance in rank, further than they¡¯rest fights did. This tournament was like the ones the Pack holds yearly for the soldiers, if they did really well, this was an opportunity to earn an advancement in rank. We needed to be able to match a wolves skills, to where they would better support the Pack. So when it came to leadership, your intelligence was just as important a factor. The Training Masters of the pack wereprised of the toughest wolves in the pack, they were also very intelligent and came from generations of training masters, most having received their position from their fathers or mothers, who were given it by their fathers or mothers, and so an and so forth. The Alpha positions were kept indefinitely until you either, died, retired, or was challenged for your position. Most Alpha¡¯s, like the trainers, are from generations of Alpha¡¯s. With a few exceptions, like me now. But you were only able to challenge an Alpha once every five years. If you lost your match, you had to wait five years before being able to challenge that Alpha again. You were also, only able to challenge the same Alpha three times in your lifetime. I watched the wolves who have trained hard in thest three months, make leaps and bounds up the ranks. They all we¡¯re usually wolves whose power and or growth came to themte. Or are just now finding their determination, having finally decided where at in the Pack they wanted to be. There was also the wolves who have been focused more on their studies than on fight training. 2 This year had seen the biggest improvement, and the most change, of every werewolf in their Senior year. It has been amazing to watch, even if I wasn¡¯t a part of any of it, but I had been watching from the shadows, secretly cheering on my fellow pack members. This year had seen a lot of change in me too. I was only beginning to realize that it was because I had always been my destiny to be an Alpha. Aaaaand I now have a Mansion and more money than I will ever know what to do with. I literally, have no idea what to do with that kind of wealth. I mean, sure, the ie I¡¯ll get working at theb will be very lucrative. Enough to get me arge plot ofnd and a really nice house, and to support a family. I paused, saddened If there will be a family now, is what goes through my mind. That leaves me to wallow for a moment, but I don¡¯t allow myself to fall into despair. I would not ever again allow myself to fall into that dark abyss again, because I was an Alpha, I had a responsibility to my Pack. I¡¯ve never felt as strong as I do now, It was an incredible feeling. 2 When it came time for Serenity¡¯s match I looked at Darien, he was drooling. The desire in his eyes as he looked at Serenity was electric, his attention entirely focused on her as she fought. I bet she could feel his gaze on her, it had to be intense. It makes me long to feel that kind of connection with my own N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. male. I was hoping the Moon Goddess will bless us with a second chance mate. Someone who can love all of me, someone to appreciate me.? Right now that dream feels unachievable. So I¡¯ll have to focus on other things for now. Like my own fightsing up, I would be battling four opponents this time around. Jamison, Lexus, Jaxon and Darien. I was actually looking forward to it. Darien was to fight, Garrett, Mason, Lexus then me. For Jaxon, who I was now keeping an eye on, as he¡¯s a really close cousin to Serenity, and her brothers. He was the same age as the Twins, being raised together made him like another brother to them. He was to fight Garrett, Jamison, Lexus and me. Lexus¡¯s fourth opponent was Jamison. Jamison¡¯s fourth opponent was, Mason. Garrett and Mason as the bottom two ranks of the ss only had three opponents to fight, and were each others third battle were each others third battle. Everyone was waiting around for the Alpha ss¡¯s battles. They all knew how epic the battles were between the Senior¡¯s of the Alpha ss. We were the strongest to begin with. And we all have only gotten stronger. With my new eptance of my destiny I felt like my strength has tripled, almost like the chains I felt breaking in Xena¡¯s ¡®space¡¯ hadn¡¯t just been holding my magic back, but holding me back physically as well. Then a memoryes forth, It was about one of the few times I hade close to beating Brock. It had been during a fall afternoon in one of the outside training rings. The trees were bursting with color, reds, oranges, yellows and browns. The wind was blowing the leaves already liberally littering the ground and taking more from the trees. The sun was still out and the sky was a beautiful blue with a few clouds, and the earth was damp. I knew because I had been on my back on the ground looking up at the sky panting heavily. That¡¯s when he said. ¡°Somethings holding you back girly, you nearly had me, once you find out whats holding you back and break it, trust me, you¡¯ll be unstoppable, now that¡¯s a sight I would love to see.¡± He had knelt down offering me a hand, looking me directly in the eye he said. ¡°You got what it takes to be a great Alpha Alora, one day you¡¯ll see it too.¡± I hadn¡¯t believed him at the time. But now I know what he meant. I look over at the area all the Trainers were sitting in, and he was there. I¡¯ve been his student for the without the chains that had been holding me back. I felt happy to know he was here to witness my transformation. I watch as he pulls out his phone, he reads whatever was sent to him, he smirks at it, then types a reply. He¡¯s got that smile that says he knows he has annoyed someone, and is gloatingly happy about it. Wonder who the message was to? Unknown POV I¡¯d sent a message to that old man Brock asking if he could record Alora¡¯s fight for me. He would be sitting with the other trainers in the Arena and they had front row seats. His message was deliberately irritating, I growl in annoyance. Old man still new how to get to me. If I didn¡¯t respect him so much I¡¯d teach him a lesson when I got back home. But he did make a point, even if I was reluctant to admit it. ¡°If you wanted to watch her fight, you could havee to the tournament yourself today.¡± I growl again reading his message. I should have gone, but I had stayed away. My attraction for her having grown for her over thest two years, it was bing an obsession. I knew it was inappropriate, so I had stayed away. Convincing myself to be satisfied with the reports and pictures I asionally got from my family. Soon the excuse of school would be no more. I would graduate soon, our finals started in two weeks, then we would be going home. She was eighteen now, and had been rejected by her mate. I abruptly cut off that line of thinking before any hope could form. She had another mate out there somewhere. And if I touched her even once¡­. I would touched her even once¡­.I would never let her go. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Brock¡¯s POV I knew the boy would be irritated. But I couldn¡¯t help it. He should have shown up to watch her himself. I was looking forward to thisst part of the tournament. I had a feeling something was going to be different. The Alpha had told me, all that had gone on since I witnessed her rejection and the ps from her sister this morning. 2 It breaks my heart at all her family has put that pup through. I was grateful I was made her trainer. If I could do anything for this pup I could give her the skill she would need to get free of her family. Over thest year it became almost a physical image, the chains binding her, holding her back. My father called what I could see a trainers intuition, we were able to see a fighters potential and bring it out of them. With Alora all I had been able to do is make her stronger than any other wolf in her school, despite the impairment. But when I looked at her moments ago the chains were gone. Her strength glowing, rising from her like a spiritual fire. That¡¯s when I had sought out my Alpha, to see if he new what happened. Something had happened while on the lunch break, and now, she was freed from her family. That¡¯s what must have broken the chains. This means we¡¯re going to be blessed with a sight we haven¡¯t seen since thest female Heartsong Alpha, a Lunar Princess. There was a picture of thest one in one of the many journals my family kept. Centuries of training and it¡¯s improvements were in those journals, and my family line had been blessed with training every female Heartsong Alpha since the first one. That¡¯s when, ording to my father, and the journals, we were blessed with our second sight. The one that¡¯s allowed me to see the binding on Alora¡¯s strength. It was what has allowed our family to be the best trainers around the world, that and our dedication. We have all, at some point in our lives, in every generation, spent five to ten years traveling. Learning other Packs techniques. Learning how not to just fight other wolves but the ¡®Others¡¯ of our world. We always brought back more books and information. Books brought back in there countries originalnguages were paired with their trantion. It was a great honor to be Alora¡¯s trainer and hanafill.. trainer, and hopefully she¡¯ll allow me to train any pups she may have. I had a feeling the wolf she¡¯s matched with next will be powerful. Maybe it¡¯ll be that irritating brat of the Alpha¡¯s that I watchede into his own as he grew. Now he was at that Alpha¡¯s University with his Beta. 4 They¡¯ll be home in three weeks, it¡¯ll be good to see how much they have grown, I taught those boy¡¯s everything I could before they went off. And from what I¡¯ve been told, they will graduate first Rank. It¡¯s only fitting for the Alpha of Alpha¡¯s. I smile to myself. Maybe I should have those two battle Alora, see how they hold up against her. I¡¯m sure I could find a way to set that up. I bet she¡¯ll be able to hold her own against them. She had that much strength, that little abused pup I first met has grown, she was now an Alpha Female. AM Alora¡¯s POV It was time for my first fight this round, Xena was excited. We would show everyone how strong we are. I know my parents and Sarah would be watching. I was out of their reach now. This would prove it.N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. Jamison was my first opponent. I walk down to the tform and take my ce. I strip down to nothing, before transforming. Werewolves didn¡¯t care about nudity normally, why would they, we all had to transform, couldn¡¯t do that in clothes. I hear gasps and murmurs after my transformation. My wolf and I were tall and powerful in this form as well, much bigger than Jamison. The Celtic bands around my wrists, ankles and on my cr bones, visible on our half form. The stars appeared in our fur, the crown across our forehead. 3 No one had seemed to see the markings on my skin at the restaurant. They had all been to focused on me copsing, and then we had all been to hungry for anything but chowing down once the food had arrived. It had been fifty years since another Lunar Princess walked among us, and now here I was, with the chains binding my true self broken. The magic rushing through my veins is amazing. I feel like I could do anything at this moment. All around me, the Adults are in a tizzy about my transformation. 2 Off to the side I see Master Brock smiling like he new all along, and maybe he did. The words he said to me that day making a return, ying through my mind again. The memory making me smile. I could only imagine that this smile, looked like a threatening grin. With my lips drawn 45 AM 0 back, exposing my fangs. I look across from me at the tform at Jamison and Seth in their half form. Seth was a ck and silver wolf so that¡¯s the color of their fur now in wolf form. Jamison is a good looking male. Tall, broad shoulders, a muscr chest and an eight pack, the muscles in his arms and legs wererge, but not overly so. They were tightly packed and lean, not bulging, justrge. That continued over into his wolf form as he grew to eight feet and seven inches tall. 2 His eyes were a glowing gold, rimmed in a cinnamon colored amber, his tail long and bushy. The fur that started on his forehead over the back of his neck, spreading half way across his shoulders, tapering to a V on his spine half way down his back, was ck. His body fur brown, and was four inches longer then all his other fur, excent that the bushy strand of his tail were even longer, they were about six inches. It was kind of like the hair of his human form, appearing on his wolf in this half form. Xena and I grew to be nine feet and four inches, the ck of my hair transferring to this form. Like Jamison and Seth half for the fur that was our ¡®hair¡¯ was in the same ce on Xena and mine¡¯s half form, only our ¡®hair¡¯ was two feet in length. Draping back in a water fall of fur, my ears, are all white, parting some of the fur. Our ¡®hair¡¯ was the only ck fur in this form. Our tail fur, had about eight inches of length in its bushiest part. My fur covered breasts where just as proportionatelyrge on this form, as they are on my human form. The rest of my form is just as proportionate. A long, lean torso, with a tightly muscled belly, just shy of being a six pack, tucked in at the middle, small but not overly tiny. Wide hips. Well defined muscr arms and legs,rge without being bulky or overlyrge. My ws were long, ck and sharp. We had thumbs in this form, our legs were a straighter, longer, slightly human, version of wolf legs. Our feet also having ws, adding to an already deadly form. Our eyesrge glowing violet, rimmed with silver. The stars in my fur sparkling like diamonds in the ck of our hair. I know we¡¯re beautiful. D I can also hear some of the whisperes andmentsing from the crowd. I hear it when Sarah snarls. ¡°That whore! How fucking dare she do this!¡±. I knew what she meant. ¡°How dare I show her up like this. Well I dare, because this is who I am, and I¡¯m done suppressing myself for their vanity. Jamison didn¡¯t have a chance. The moment the signal to start sounded we attacked. We were fast, a blur of speed, just a streak of color. We connected with a spinning kick to the chest that had him flying up and out of the ring, rolling across the floor to m into the stadium wall. He was out cold. The officials went through their motions, then dered us the winner of this match. The roar of the crowd was loud as I changed back, and got into my clothes. The crown and stars were gone, but the ne and braces on my wrists and ankles stayed. I didn¡¯t bother with the skirt cardigan or shoes, just carried them with me up to my seat. Every wolf I passed on my way to my seat showed me signs of respect. They knew what and who I was, both before and now. That they were now showing me this should have been gratifying. But too many of these wolves stood by while I was tormented by my sister and her friends. It would take awhile before I could let that go. I was an Alpha, I had to let this go in order to be the best Alpha I could be, and I would. It would just take some time, I needed to heal. Setting my stuff under my seat I turn around and sit down. I look at Darien who is staring at me in mute, shocked silence. I wait for a moment before asking ¡°Cat got your tongue?¡± in a drawl, smirking as I did. He starts to say something a few time before finally bursting out with ¡°What the fuck happened while you were passed out?!¡± causing me to burst out withughter. 2 ¡°Like I told your parents, Xena pulled me into her ¡®space and helped me process the fact that I was finally free.¡± I start the exnation. ¡°When I epted that fact, epted my destiny as an Alpha she-wolf of the Heartsong¡¯s. These chains that had been binding my magic, and my physical power, were broken.¡± He looks shocked and amazed for a moment, then his smile turns to a frown and a look of concern forms. ¡°Where did the chainse from?¡± he asks in a serious tone. My look turns to one of confusion as I tell him ¡°I don¡¯t know, I didn¡¯t even know they were there.¡± Where had theye from? Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Jaxon¡¯s POV She was magnificent. She was a Lunar Princess. To be her Beta would be the greatest honor I could achieve for my family. My cousins were her friends, I hoped to be one as well, and put in my bid for Beta. Now I¡¯m sure I¡¯m not worthy of the position. But I would still ask, maybe I¡¯ll be lucky enough she will allow me to serve by her side. I¡¯m d I get to watch her fight two others, it will give me more time to admire her power. I¡¯ll be lucky if our fight canst for any length of time, I want to prove myself worthy of consideration to be her Beta. I wanted to prove I had what it took to stand by at her side. The power this she-wolf radiated was amazing, and I would only see more of it by being where she was. Darien¡¯s POV I was inplete awe when I witnessed her transformation. She was an incredibly gorgeous wolf, otherworldly. I felt a little guilty thinking that with my mate not that far from me, but damn, Alora was a Lunar princess. She had Goddess like beauty now. Or maybe she always has but being covered up all the time it was missed. When had those markings appeared on her? They had intricate knots all over the wide bands on her ankle and wrist. The designs of the ne and crown delicate looking. They looked like silver jewelry that had winked in and out of her ¡®hair¡¯. Her fight was over in seconds, and when it was over, the crown and stars were gone. But the braces around her wrists and ankles settled on her skin like silver, intricate, tattoos. When she sat down next to me after her fight I couldn¡¯t talk, I could only stare. Finally she says. ¡°Cat go your tongue.¡± In a long drawn out drawl, smirking at me as she did so. A million questions start to form, finally I settled on the first one I think will give me most of my answers. ¡°What the fuck happened while you were passed out?!¡± In a whispered yell. I¡¯m absolutely amazed as she exins it to me. Then I get stuck thinking about part of the exnation that doesn¡¯t sit right with me. The one that has suddenly got me worried for my best friend and thinking again at what her family has done to her, so I solemnly 0:47 AM O I ask ¡°Where did the chainse from?¡± her answer didn¡¯t make me feel any better. ¡°I don¡¯t know, I didn¡¯t even know they were there.¡± Dread fills me with this answer, and I start to think about the Training she¡¯s been doing with Master Brock thesest four years. He must have known something was holding her back, and yet even held back by metaphysical chains, she was able to be First Rank of the Alpha ss. I now have a new found respect for my friend, and the power she holds. I think of my brother, he¡¯s going to flip when he see¡¯s her transformation, and I want to be there to watch it happen, It¡¯s going to be epic. ¡®Shit¡¯, I should have gotten a picture. But I¡¯d been so caught up in the sight of her transformation I forgot. Oh well, maybe next time. 2 Luna Ember¡¯s POV I¡¯m d I had started filming the match from the moment she walked onto the arena floor before stepping onto the tform. I was still amazed at what I had seen. She has been so beautiful, I couldn¡¯t help but smile. My heart warmed at her transformation. She had told us Xena, her wolf, had pulled her into her ¡®space¡¯, so she could process her freedom and ept her destiny and responsibility as an Alpha she wolf of the Heartsong¡¯s. Looking at her transformation, and seeing the marking announcing her as a Lunar Princess, brought a whole new understanding to the words she had said. She had epted her blessing from the Moon Goddess and was now an acknowledged Daughter of the Goddess. Her power and status now visible. Seeing this, it was only now that I realized the marks had appeared on her skin in the restaurant, but I had been so worried about her at the time I hadn¡¯t noticed till now. The crown and stars that are visible now wouldn¡¯t be visible on her human form until nightfall. ¡®Well, she¡¯ll always be able to tell when it¡¯s nighttime¡¯ I think amusedly after a moment. ¡°You got all that on video right dear.¡± asks my mate. ¡°Of course I did my dear.¡± I tell him. ¡°Good. You should send that to Damien.¡± he tells me. ¡°Damien? Why?¡± I ask him, although I suspect I know why. ¡°Because I don¡¯t want to hear him whine, when he finds out from someone else about Alora¡¯s newest transformation.¡± ¡®Yup, I knew it¡¯. ¡°Alright I¡¯ll send it now, and I¡¯ll send him her other fights as well, because we both know he¡¯ll want those too.¡± I tell my mate. My oldest probably thinks we are oblivious about his obsession for 0:47 AM 0 Alora. I am his mother, like I wouldn¡¯t be able to tell that he¡¯s been attracted to Alora for years now. It¡¯s why I had always and still do hope that she¡¯s his mate. It would exin why, at 23, he is still unmated. I knew why Xander, his Beta was not mated as well. It was because Beatrice had rejected him. I don¡¯t think he knows I know about it. But I had been walking backte, from the Pack Clinic, Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. when I witnessed it. Her reasons had not made sense to me, or to him either, because he refused her rejection. We now knew, that it was because Beatrice had been under a spell that had allowed Sarah to control her, and she had made her reject her mate. It was so cruel. That horrible she wolf had destroyed the lives of two others and has caused unimaginable pain to many now. I decide to text Damien now. He should know to be there for his Beta, Xander was going to need his best friend to help him keep control when he gets this information, as I¡¯m about to hit send, I stop, now is not a good time for Xander to find out about this. They have their finals in two weeks. That¡¯ll be soon enough unless they ask for information before then, one thing I¡¯ve never done is lie to my son, and I wouldn¡¯t start now. I¡¯ll let him decide when it is the right time to tell his Beta. I delete what I¡¯ve typed, then I send the video of Alora, telling him she had a rough afternoon but was now obviously doing better. I figure that will pacify him for a little while, at least till I got his message back. ¡°Mom what the heck happened this morning? Xander was doubled over in pain, we know something happened to his mate, and he needs to know what. And what do you mean by rough afternoon? What else has happened to Alora today besides her being rejected?¡± ¡°Oh boy¡± I say out loud. ¡°What is it love.¡± Andrew asks. I show him the text from Damien. ¡°Oh boy¡± he copies. He thinks for a few moments, then finally says. ¡°Might as well tell him everything. He¡¯s only going to keep pushing till we tell him. Also Xander does need to know about Beatrice.¡± He finishes with a sigh. It took several moments to type up the text, it was long, a lot has happened today. By the time I got done sending the message, Darien had reached the Arena floor, I raised my camera in time to record him stepping onto the tform. ¡®Oh my handsome boy has grown into a hansom Alpha¡¯ I can¡¯t help but think. My son¡¯s half form is broad and lean at the same time, he grew to be nine feet and six inches. His ¡®hair¡¯ was ck and about nine inches long, his body fur was a bright almost white silver, his eyes are a neon blue rimed in silver. Like most Alpha wolves his muscles wererge and well defined, but without being overlyrge. 2 To this day, do to the necessity of continued training, my mate has retained his physique. His body has filled in and broadened over the years, but he¡¯s still the sexiest wolf alive to me. His son¡¯s take after him, hansom devils making girls swoon and she wolves pant after them. But they both knew they had mates. So they both left the she-wolves alone. But I know both of them had taken a tumble or two with human females. I¡¯ve never seen them, both of my boys discreet enough to have gone a few towns over for their dalliances. Knowing their mates could be apart of this Pack, and not wanting any strife toe about because they were burning off hormones. D I was proud my boys had both been that considerate. Hormones in teenage wolves were difficult to manage. That¡¯s why mates hardly went to each other virgins, most keeping it to one nights stand out of respect for their future mate. Some didn¡¯t and it¡¯se back to bite them. My son¡¯s had seen one such scene when they were young, and it obviously had stuck with them. Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Alora¡¯s POV As Darien was fighting his first opponent, I was thinking on the question he asked me. ¡®Where had the chainse from. I wanted to know how they got there, but how to find out. I felt like this was important to know. The only way to get answerers was to ask questions. ¡°¡±Xena, do you know how we came to be bound by the chains?¡± I ask. ¡°No, they¡¯ve always been there, since our birth¡± she says ¡°Since our birth?¡± I say questioningly, surprised, making me want to know why. ¡°Yes, since birth, there was even a chain that was supposed to keep me froming to you¡± at this, I¡¯m shocked to my core. ¡°What?! You mean I wasn¡®t supposed to be able to shift, to have you with me?¡± I ask her, panicked at the though of how horrendous my life would have been without having Xena, She¡¯s all that¡¯s kept me together during those really dark pain filled times I wanted to give up and die. I remember when I first heard her voice. 2) Soaked in my own blood, the fire of so many wounds open. Some half healed, others new, all painful. I would cry silently wondering what I had done to deserve what was happening to me. All I wanted was to be loved, I couldn¡¯t understand why they didn¡¯t love me. Laying in the cold, dark and damp basement. I had heavy manacles around my wrists, they hurt, digging in and cutting into my skin. They were no longer necessary as I couldn¡¯t even get up I was so weak. Why had they done this to me? I kept wondering, was I really that bad a child? Did I really deserve this? All I wanted was a piece of the birthday cake made for Sarah¡¯s birthday. So I had asked for one. Mom got so angry, she started pping me over and over till I copsed in tears on the kitchen floor. Then she grabbed me by my hair, pulling me back up, pping me more and more. My face was swollen and bloody, my lips were split, my eyes beginning to cken. She was shrieking, her words a load roar to my ringing ears. 4) ¡°How dare you ask for cake! You don¡¯t deserve to have it you wretch! Your nothing but a blight, a mistake, a good for nothing worthless wretch! A horrible demon that should never have existed! It disgusts me that you came from my womb! If I could I would kill you for the damage you¡¯ve done!¡± I didn¡¯t know what damage, I hadn¡¯t broken anything. I was always careful not to. I followed all directions, I didn¡¯t disobey any directive I was given. I just wanted them to love me. I had apologized and begged her to forgive me, sobbing that I was sorry, that I would be a good girl, begging her not to hurt me any more. I could have saved my breath, they never listened to my plea¡¯s for forgiveness and to not hurt me. It never mattered how good of a girl I was, they always found some minute reason to punish me. Even a bad time at the grocery store would be taken out on me. Because just by being born I had ruined our family. My mother ignoring my cries had dragged me down the stairs, each step painful to my back and brusing me further. She put the chains around my wrists. The she grabbed the whip, I new what was start screaming ¡°Mommy no! Please no! I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯ll be good, I¡¯ll be a good girl, mommy please, please mommy I¡¯m sorry!¡± She listened to none of it, and started whipping me over and over. I put my hands over my face, screaming, tears streaming. With every sh opened up in my flesh by the whip, my blood flying every where, I screamed. Until I couldn¡¯t even move, my back, my front, my legs and arms, even the back of my hands, every bit was covered in wounds. Once I was quiet she stopped and stood there watching me bleed all over the floor. Tears falling, not a sounding from me. Herst words before leaving me there and walking back up the stairs. ¡°I hope you die you wretch, you deserve it for destroying this family with your birth, filthy demon.¡± Why was I a demon, how could I make them love me? Then the voice came, it was pure like a musical wind chime ¡®Your not a demon, your a werewolf, and I¡¯m here now¡¯ she had said, ¡®Who are you?¡¯ I had asked. ¡®I am Xena, your wolf¡¯ she told me. ¡®But mommy said I would never have a wolf, that I didn¡¯t deserve one¡¯ I told her. ¡®Every child born to a werewolf has a wolf she told me ¡®I¡¯m here now, you¡¯ll never be alone again¡¯ she says. ¡®Never?¡¯ I ask unsure, wanting her presence to be true. ¡®Never, I¡¯ll love you, and one day you¡¯ll have a mate who will love and ept you too¡¯ she told me. I cried at that, I wasn¡¯t alone anymore. You didn¡¯t do anything wrong by being born¡¯ she tells me. ¡°They are wrong, and they¡¯re the ones who don¡¯t deserve you.¡¯ she had said. That was the day I had stopped trying to gain my families love and eptance. That was the day I started to n my escape from them. They didn¡¯t deserve me, so I would take myself away from them, and live my own life free of the pain and blood that was my existence with them. I shake my head to shake off the memory, tuning back into our present conversation. ¡°When you first came to me I remember telling you that my mother had told me I would never have a wolf because I didn¡®t deserve one¡± I remind her. ¡®That night I had been trying to break the chain that was trapping me in my ¡®space¡® keeping me from coming to you she tells me. ¡°How did you get free of the chains¡± I asked her. ¡®The Moon Goddess had heard me crying out, she came to me that night¡® she says Shocked at that information ¡°What did the Moon Goddess do?¡± I ask her. ¡°She touched the chain and It broke. She said ¡°Your destiny to be with your human half will not be kept from you, you will be free to be with your other half.¡± that¡®s when she broke the chain. Then the Moon Goddess told me.¡® Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. ¡®The she-wolf who has birthed you and your human half cannot escape her punishment, for rejecting her destined mate she has failed to be true to her bloodline. She was told, as punishment she was denied ascension, her first daughter born will never be acknowledged and gifted my blessing, it will be the second daughter born, the one most like the first Alpha, who I have blessed, the one who I will acknowledge.¡® ¡°She had to be the one who did it, it had to be her, but how?¡± I say to her. ¡®I believe she is the one who had it done, yes¡¯ she states. ¡°The one who had it done? Meaning you believe she had someone else do the chains?¡± I ask her. ¡®It was a Witch¡®s spell, a Dark Witch¡® she informs me. ¡°How would mom know a Dark Witch?¡± I wonder aloud to her. ¡®I may have been kept from you since birth, but I was still with you while being trapped in that space¡¯ she says. I remember one of the neighbors that came over all the time, till a little after we were tossed in that river, she always smelled faintly of ck Magic, and something else, like she was trying to mask her scent. Xena¡¯s revtion, had me thinking of who she was talking about. I started who she was talking about. I started to think of the woman she was talking about. I remember my mother calling her sister and Sarah calling her Aunty. They couldn¡¯t be real sisters so I think it was more of a deep rtionship, them so close they were like the sister each never had. She had hated me too, she had always had a look of contempt whenever her gaze wouldnd on me. She had brown hair and Ice blue eyes rimmed in ck. She was always over, everyday. Until shortly after I was almost drowned in the river by Sarah and her friends. Then she was suddenly gone, never seen again. I started to remember a couple of things. ¡°About the time the woman your talking about disappeared, there was an uproar in the Pack. I remember the adults were all upset about something to do with a Witch, she was banished from Pack Lands because she was caught practicing ck Magic on wolves.¡± I say to Xena. ¡®She has to be the woman they were talking about¡® says Xena, thinking what I¡¯m thinking. ¡°It can¡®t be a coincidence, that and the other thing that happened, make me believe that¡®s who they were talking about. She¡®s also got to be the one who bound us in chains.¡± I tell her. She¡¯s quiet for a moment, she knows what I¡¯m talking about, if what she said was true. That while she had been kept from me, she was still with me. Then she would have born witness to that night. That night had been the first of many nights spent in that basement chained and bleeding. Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Alora¡¯s POV Today seemed to be a day for reliving horrible things, that have happened to me in the past. Unfortunately to figure out what has happened and why, I have to relive the bad, painful, bloody memories. Not a fun adventure. It just further illuminated how fucked up and abusive my family has been to me. ¡®Will I ever be able to heal from the wounds they had all gleefully given me?¡¯ I wondered. 2 ¡°How do we heal from all that has been done to us?¡± I ask Xena. ¡°I don¡®t know...but maybe¡­? she hesitates. ¡°Maybe?¡± I prompt her. ¡°Maybe we could talk to Luna Ember?¡¯ she¡¯s still hesitant. I could understand why she was always urging me to talk to someone, to tell them what was happening. And while I would talk about some of it to Darien¡­ I¡¯ve never told him about the full extent of the horrors visited on me. I still haven¡¯t told him about what dad did, that one time he was drunk, shaking my head to avoid that atrocious memory. I focus on what Xena had said. ¡°I think....you might be right...and maybe we should talk to the Luna I finally say to her. I feel her surprise at my words, already understanding it. ¡°I want to heal, we¡®re an Alpha now, we need to be healthy mentally.¡± I pause a moment. ¡°Well as mentally healthy as we could possibly be, considering all that¡®s happened.¡± I say thest in a dry tone. Xena snorts at thisstment. She says in a soft tone ¡®I¡®m d you¡®re finally going to get us help.¡® I think about that for a moment, by denying myself help I had denied her help. I suddenly felt guilty, I wasn¡¯t the only one experiencing the abuse I suffered. She had too, that suddenly made me realize my silence hadn¡¯t only hurt me, ¡°I¡®m so sorry Xena, I should have spoken up when you first urged me to.¡± I tell her. ¡®You needed to be able to ept the help too. Besides, we¡®re stronger now than any other wolf here, except for Alpha Andrew.¡¯ she says. I chuckle at thest bit. I love my wolf, she¡¯s so special. ¡°I promise, we¡®ll talk to Luna Ember soon.¡± I tell her. I would seek help, not just for me, but for Xena too. It wasn¡¯t just me who needed to heal. It took Darien sitting next to me, and practically pushing me to the floor from my seat, to snap my attention back to what was going on. ¡°Shit, we didn¡®t pay attention to his fight.¡± I tell Xena. I struggled to keep from looking guilty as I met his annoyed gaze, and failed miserably. ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± I finally say after a All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. minute of his silent ring ¡°You didn¡¯t pay attention to any of my fight did you?!¡± Was his questioned usation. Cringing, a guilty half smile on my face. ¡°Noooooo¡­..¡± I draw out the answer then said in a rush ¡°But I may know who put the chains on me and Xena!¡± I finished brightly, Hoping I¡¯m forgiven for finding out something we had both wanted to know. He suddenly jumps forward and grabs me by my upper arms. With a firm but gentle shake, he gazes intently into my eyes and says. ¡°Tell me everything and all will be forgiven.¡± Iugh. ¡°Ok, but you have to let me go first.¡± I tell him. He lets go of my arms and sits ANO back, then wiggles like an excited puppy before whining ¡°Tell meeee. making meugh more. There were two fights before his and my second fights, so I had time to tell him everything Xena and I discussed. Telling him what Xena told me, what the Moon Goddess had said. He¡¯s silent for awhile looking contemtive. ¡°I have a couple of theories about this.¡± he finally tells me. ¡°OK.¡± I say. ¡°What are your theories?¡± I ask. ¡°So your mother rejected her destined mate because he was not blond haired and blue eyed, yeah?¡± I nod. ¡°And because of this she doesn¡¯t receive the Goddess¡¯s acknowledgment like she was going to, and was not allowed to ascend?¡± I nod again. ¡°So her first daughter, the one she rejected her destined mate for, the one thates out as desired, is the one that will never be GMAMO acknowledged by the Goddess?¡± he goes on. I nod. ¡°But the second daughter she is to have will have the blessing right?¡± he asks, another nod from me. ¡°So at that point she¡¯s probably thinking, that¡¯s fine, because she still expecting that you¡¯lle out blond hair and blue eyed too?¡± another nod. ¡°But the message from the Goddess was, the one most like the first Alpha.¡± by this point I¡¯m feeling like a bobble head toy with all my nodding. ¡°When the Goddess told her this she probably was not thinking about what the First Alpha looked like, just what the first Alpha¡¯s aplishments were, this meant you were going to be what brought the family to a high status permanently.¡± Nod. ¡°But when you came out with dark skin, hair and purple eyes, she was faced with the very reason she rejected her mate for, to avoid producing a child with dark coloring.¡± As he continues I think I know where he¡¯s going with this. ¡°So she¡¯s furious, the child with the wrong coloring is the one to be blessed by the Goddess, she can¡¯t ept that so she has the Witch bind your powers and your wolf, in an attempt to deny you your destiny.¡± he finishes. ¡®Yup he¡¯s drawing the same conclusions. Now I¡¯m full of questions. But one that nagged me enough to ask out loud. ¡°Why didn¡¯t they have anymore children after me?¡± Looking at the fight happening without really seeing it. Then Darien next to me straightens saying . ¡°Oh! I know the answer to this one.¡± He said. I look back at him, he turns to face me. ¡°Well¡± I finally say impatient, this only makes him smirk at me. ¡°Patience is a virtue young one.¡± He says in a faked wise mans voice, :50 AM teasing me further. ¡°Spill it you.¡± I snap. Heughs at my expense for a moment, then sobers up. ¡°Your mom got pregnant not even a month after having you. She was five months along when she was in an ident taking you to a routine well pup check.¡± I¡¯m shocked, I hadn¡¯t known this. ¡°They had to deliver the pup early. It was a boy, a dark skinned ck hair boy. He didn¡¯t survive, the ident had caused the umbilical cord to detach, he suffocated in the womb.¡± he pauses. ¡°Your mom¡¯s womb never healed right from the injury, she kept experiencing excruciating pain and heavy bleeding for months after.¡± he pauses again. 2 ¡°Come to find out due to the ident, her ovaries and uterus were damaged beyond werewolf healing, and had to be removed.¡± I take a moment to process this, her abuse and hatred of me starting to make more sense now. None of what she¡¯s done had been right though. She never should have rejected her mate. She never should have abused me. But she did, she had hurt me again and again, over something not my fault. I started to question how she could have been so discriminating of someone¡¯s coloring to reject her mate. It never made sense to me, and it still doesn¡¯t. What made the Northmountains and a faction of the Frosts do this? They were rejecting their mates for this, for some asinine reason! What had they wanted so badly that they have done this for ten generations now? I didn¡¯t have time to think about this now. I was up against Lexus now, so I get up and head to the floor. I push my questions to the back of my head. I climb up to the tform, strip down, and once more transformed 0 0 1 0:50 AM 0 into our half form. The mummers start again, but not in shock now, they¡¯re just appreciative remarks. (2) I¡¯m even more proud to be who I am now. Knowing my family tried to make sure I would never realize, or grow into my destiny. Despite all they did, we still broke free, with a little help from the Goddess. Darien, the Alpha and Luna ying big parts in helping me achieve this as well. I will be forever grateful to them, for all they¡¯ve done for us. At nine foot two Lexus, a reddish mostly brown wolf, was only slightly shorter then me. But that didn¡¯t matter, he blocked the first kick. The one that would have sent him flying out of the ring and into the stadium wall. Spinning around I lower my self in a kick that takes his legs out from under him. He Desktop the side of his head. He¡¯s out, another match over far too quickly. I transform back, dress and head to my seat, passing Darien on my way up, this round is his second fight, ¡°Knock them out.¡± I say on the way by. Heughs beforementing. ¡°That¡¯s what you¡¯ve been doing.¡± Iugh, he¡¯s right, I have been knocking them out, literally. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Bettina¡¯s POV That little bitch! How could this happen! I had made sure her powers were bound, she wasn¡¯t even supposed to have received her wolf. But the little bitch did! No! It¡¯s not fair, the Moon Goddess wanted to have me punished for not mating with my destined and gave the power the family has been waiting for to this brown skinned abomination from my womb. No! I¡¯ll have to contact Reba, I want to know how the spell was broken. 2 Sarah¡¯s POV What is this! Why does she look like that! Why is everyone calling her a Lunar Princess! She¡¯s not, she¡¯s not worthy of it! She¡¯s the blight of the family, the mistake! Why, this isn¡¯t fair! Mom always said I was the special one! I was the Princess! Not her! Not that slut, that whore the filthy cunt! I hate her, I hate her! I¡¯ll destroy her! Just you wait Alora, I¡¯ll have you begging for mercy that will nevere! You will pay for this! Alora¡¯s POV Darien¡¯s third match took all of five minutes. Being much more powerful then Lexus. My third match was against Jaxon, and his wolf, who was all red, the ¡®hair¡¯ being darker and much longer than the rest of his fur. He, like me, was nine foot four in his half form. He was big and broad, and I had to admit to myself¡­. a little sexy. ? If I wanted to, I could have probably gotten myselfid, but I had wanted to wait for my mate. I still do, I may have been rejected by the first, but I might have a second out there. Maybe in a year or two I¡¯ll think about sleeping with a wolf not my mate. But not now. It was to soon anyway. I was still hurting from my rejection. Jaxon and Bruno¡¯s gold eyes rimmed in crimson held respect. He respected me as a warrior. I liked the respect he was giving me. It was a nice change from what I¡¯ve always gotten at school. Looks ranging from pity to disdained. He looked determined to give it his all. I¡¯m d, I don¡¯t want to just knock him out within seconds. I want a fight. The signales, and we¡¯re going at each other. He¡¯s fast, nearly as fast as me, a match in speed for Darien. Our legs arms and handse together repeatedly in caught and diverted blows. Then after two minutes of this he leaves his left side open. I faint right before spinning aroundnding a kick to his open left. It knocks him back a few feet but not out of the ring. Ie after him, he barely has time to block the first punch. As he raises both arms, elbows and wrists together to block a punch to the face, I drop down whipping one leg out in a sweeping kick that has him on his back. I jump up as he rolls to his hands and knees. I jump up and in a sweeping aerial kick bring my leg down across his shoulders, driving him back to the ground. 2 Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. This time he rolls away twice beforeing to his knees then he¡¯s up and blocking a punch to the kidneys. Hends a kick to my stomach sending me stumbling back. Hees at me. I crouch down as he gets to me. Grabbing a wrist, I use his momentum to drop back, put my feet into his chest, then I push up and send him flying over my head, and out of the ring. He rolled a few times before his back hit the wall of the stadium. It didn¡¯t take me that long to finish this round, and we were able to put on a decent show for the other students. So I¡¯d call that a well deserved win, luckily so did the tournament officials. There were only two other matches before mine and Darien¡¯s fight. Then we would officially be done with the exams and I would be moving out of my parents house. Thinking about that, I had a Mansion now. ¡°Hay Darien,¡± I started, he looked up at me. ¡°You know how I have a Mansion now?¡± I ask. He nods ¡°Yeah, why?¡± he asked frowning. ¡°I don¡¯t want to live in it just yet, I¡¯d rather live in the pack house first.¡± I tell him. ¡°I think mom and dad would rather you stay with us at the pack house too.¡± He tells me. 3) I feel better knowing I was wanted somewhere. Sighing in relief I say. ¡°Thank Goddess, I wouldn¡¯t have the first clue as to how to live in a Mansion.¡± I tell him. ¡°And what if it¡¯s creepy and haunted?¡± I asked. Heughed. ¡°Why would you care if it¡¯s haunted, you¡¯re a werewolf.¡± he gasps out, stillughing. ¡°Just because I¡¯m a werewolf doesn¡¯t mean I don¡¯t find ghosts creepy,¡± I say pushing him, this only made himugh harder. ¡°Oh! Keepughing chuckle head.¡± I snarl. He¡¯s doubled over, hisughter more of a wheeze this time. ¡°You keepughing like this and I¡¯ll be dered the winner before we can even fight.¡± I tell him. By this point his face is beet red, it takes him till the beginning of the second fight before he¡¯s breathing right again. With an asional chuckle escaping. ¡°I didn¡¯t think I was that funny.¡± I told him. Another chuckle escapes. ¡°It¡¯s just that.¡± he chuckles again. ¡°of all the things for a werewolf to be afraid of.¡± There was moreughter before he tries to sober up again. I look at him for a moment, he¡¯s on the outside of the seat in the bleachers, right next to the stairs. So with a big grin on my face, I push myughing friend into the aisle. He yelps when hends, then pops back up and growls at me before sitting back in his seat. Iugh at his grumpy expression. ¡°Hey, you wouldn¡¯t stopughing at me.¡± I say to him. ¡°I had to do something.¡± then smiling I continue. ¡°This option just happened to bring me the most pleasure.¡± Then Iugh again. So what if it might have been childish, I needed it. ¡°Yeah, yeah, just wait, we¡¯re on in any second now, I¡¯ll get you back for the shove.¡± he says. I chuckle. And we both turn back to the match. Jamison and Mason were evenly matched, so their fight was going on longer than any of Darien¡¯s or mine. I¡¯m looking forward to our match. Jamison finally managed to get Mason in a choke hold, using his legs to pin his ws to his body. He held Mason like that so long I thought Mason was going to pass outpletely. But at just thest moment, he taps. Jamison immediately lets him go, Mason rolls over gasping for breath and coughing. It takes him a good minute for him to get himself together, then he changes back. The officials announce Jamison as the winner. Now it¡¯s our turn. We look at each other, we¡¯re both jazzed about our fight. We grin get up and make our walk down the stairs side by side. The battle aura once moreing of us in waves as we make our way down. Wolves shifting to the side, offering signs of submission, offering signs of respect. I know we make a powerful view. We get to the tform climbing into our respective spots. This far into the battle all I¡¯m wearing is a tank top and my capris. I hadn¡¯t bothered with my bra or panties anymore, they were with my cardigan and shoes under my seat. Darien is in just his shorts now. And for just a moment my mind shed to another male wolf I¡¯d caught in just shorts, thest time I saw him training before he went back off to college. He had been the one I had hoped would be my mate one day. I¡¯d only been thirteen when my crush started, and I was sixteen when Ist saw him. He was so tall, Six foot six, and his half form was nine feet and eleven inches. The ¡®hair¡¯ of his half form a deep midnight ck, his body fur a vibrant red. His eyes a ga, rimmed in a stormy gray. 2 His musclesrge, he had an eight pack with a muscr V-shape that lead into those shorts. The lust I had felt for him then at age sixteen was new to me then. But it had tormented me. It had been to close to that time, that night, that horrible night, I never want to feel that helpless again. I had actually called forth my wolf unable to allow what was about to happen to me that night. 5.) I shake my head and focus, I strip and transform. I get into my ready stance, as does Darien. ¡°Ready for this Xena?¡± I ask her. I¡®m ready, and looking forward to this. She replies. ¡°So am I.¡± I tell her. As soon as the signal went off we moved. Nether of us hesitating, both thirsty for a good battle. Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Luna Ember¡¯s POV I had the camera recording Darien and Alora the moment they stood up from their seats. They made a powerful view as they descended the stairs side by side. The wolves seated to either side of the stairs moving into submissive poses. Some moving to poses of respect. But all felt theirbined power as they came down the stairs. Then they were up on the tform and striping to transform. Darien¡¯s half form was nine foot six to Alora¡¯s nine foot four, both were matched power wise. They came together rapidly after the signal went off,ing together in a boom of power that was audible. Both my son¡¯s have magic in their half forms. Damien¡¯s is a volcanic fire, Darien¡¯s is Electricity. Soon they¡¯re jumping back from each other, then I see it. They light up Darien¡¯s fur in silver sparks. I look at Alora and see blue lightning dancing along her fur, and purple fire in her hands. She¡¯s more powerful than I imagined. I was d I was getting this on camera. Darien had to be ecstatic. He had a new opponent he could fight against using magic. They each had snarly smiles on their muzzles as they looked at each other, then they shed their lightning. It skittered outward, panicking some of the wolves in the bottom of the bleachers. It had connected with the walls, climbing almost to the first row of seats. The crack it let out was defining. They were punching and kicking, their hands and feet coated in their magic. Darien¡¯s the silver lightning, for Alora it was purple fire with blue lightning inside the mes. It looked like a beautiful dance of magic and limbs. Each move a flowing art work of movement and power, and with each connecting blow their was a crack of sound. Then the shake of the bleachers as all that dispersed power hit the walls surrounding the stadium pit that held the tform, on the arena¡¯s floor of our high school¡¯s Coliseum. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Suddenly a burst of silver and blue lightning with a purple me swirling around it shot up towards the roof, then Darien was flung back from the tform, only stopping when he mmed in to the pits wall and slid to the arena¡¯s floor. He struggled to get up, he took three steps back to the tform then staggered a bit, before copsing again on the floor. The roar of the crowd shook the building, the medics rushed over to check on Darien. I wait almost frozen, then I let out a breath when I hear him say. ¡°Can someone bring me my shorts?¡± ¡°Oh thank goodness he¡¯s ok.¡± I say out loud. My mate chuckles. I look at him, my eyes narrowed slightly, he¡¯s still looking down at the floor. ¡°I just think it¡¯s funny Alora has kicked that boy¡¯s ass three rounds in a row.¡± 2 I giggle for a moment agreeing with my mate. Alora has be very strong. And now Darien has another sparing partner if the grins I could seeing from the now shifted Alora and Darien were anything to go by. Once Darien shifted back, most of the damage had healed itself. He barely had a limp, and that would go away over the next four hours if it was just bruising or muscle strain. Breaks took six to eight hours to heal. But seeing him walking I knew it was nothing serious, the two go back to 2:14 PM their seats as the tournament officials announce final rankings of all the wolves. Alora keeping First Rank of the Alpha ss, Darien Second Rank, and one of the boys my mate would be talking to tomorrow, Jaxon was Third rank. Kian, Galen and Serenity held on to the top three ranks of the elite ss, Matt securing fourth rank. The Senior¡¯s were then released for the day, the next two days of tests required pen¡¯s and pencils. Alora only has two of those, both in the morning of the next two days. She wouldn¡¯t have to attend the make up tests. My phone rings, it¡¯s Darien. ¡°What is it son?¡± I ask him. ¡°Hey Alora is going to the locker room to get changed back in the rest of her clothes. Will you meet us there, Serenity is going in with Alora, and me and the Twins will be standing outside the door.¡± he says in a long stream of words. Iugh softly. ¡°Ok sweetie, we¡¯ll met you there, see you soon.¡± 3 I look up at my mate and tell him where we were meeting the kids. We look at Boris and Lissanna, ¡°We¡¯ll see you twoter at the meeting.¡± I say as my way of goodbye, they nod then leave in their own direction. We get to the locker rooms that are underneath the bleachers, behind the arena¡¯s pit walls. Darien is already standing there fully dressed again. I go up to him arms out and with a ¡°Oh! look at my handsome boy!¡± I wrap him in a hug, all the while knowing is face is beet red. But this is my boy, no matter how big he gets he will always be my pup. Him and his brother both. My mate and I would 4 PM 0 have had more children. But every time I came into my heat something would happen that would keep us froming together. 2 By the time we had settled years worth of strife among several packs and a war with a faction of rogues pups and that would be enough. I would just hope for a lot of grandchildren. Speaking of, I let go of Darien and look up at him with a bright smile. 2 He starts to look nervous. ¡°Mom, why are you smiling like that?¡± he asks me, with no reason to hide it, so I tell him. ¡°Because Serenityes from a home bursting with pups, that means I¡¯ll get plenty of grandchildren!¡± I finish in a tone that is practically a squeal in my excitement. Serenity¡¯s Mom, who is down here as well, had a smile lighting up her face. ¡°Oh they would make such beautiful pups.¡± She gushes. By this point Darien is pale and sweating ¡°And the females of our line are very fertile too!¡± She adds with glee, looking at my son then at me she winks. With sons of her own I was sure she was an old hat at teasing one, and was happily helping me tease mine. He¡¯s in a full on panic mode now. 3 Grinning, I see Alora and Serenity peaking out of the locker room, they were watching Darien, both had hands over their mouths trying to hold inughter. I can¡¯t help but drag it on a little bit longer. ¡°Oh wonderful! So I can expect pups immediately!¡± Darien¡¯s mouth is opening, he¡¯s gaping. Alora and Serenity were now holding each other with one arm holding their mouths with another, obviously struggling to keep theirughing quiet. 2) Finally Darien manages to stutter while both my mate and Serenity¡¯s father have caught on and are looking away coughing, trying to cover up the beginning of theirughter. ¡°Mm...mom¡­we haven¡¯t¡­.haven¡¯t even¡­I mean¡­a little time?¡± at this point I can¡¯t help it, and neither can anyone else. Every one bursts into loudughter at my son¡¯s expense. He looks around at us in a mixture of shock and confusion, then he stands up straight ring at me. Stillughing I hug my son saying ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I had to, and the look on your face, I love you son.¡± growling he hugs me back. Whipping his head around he see¡¯s Alora and Serenity holding each other as theyugh. They meet his eyes and he growls, squealing and giggling they duck behind Kian and Galen. 2 ¡°Really Alora,¡± he snaps. ¡°You just got done kicking my ass and now your hiding?¡± his tone incredulous. ¡°And I¡¯m your mate Serenity, I would never hurt you.¡± Then in aplete turn of events he turns around and adopts a feigned look of hurt. ¡°Oh you wound me my love, how could you hide from me, my angle of mercy?¡± he says all dramatically. This made Alora snort, smirking she called him a chatan. Serenity was giggling but she walked up to him ¡°Angel of Mercy is it?¡± she asks with a smile. He smiles back down at her. ¡°Eh. I went for the most dramatic thing I could think of at moment.¡± He tells her wrapping his arms around her. She giggles again. ¡°There¡¯s never going to be a dull moment with you is there?¡± she asked him smiling. D He looks at her with a soft smile and says ¡°I should hope I¡¯ll be able to keep you entertained till the Goddess calls our souls home.¡± then he leans down and kisses her. I couldn¡¯t help keep you entertained till the Goddess calls our souls home.¡± then he leans down and kisses her. I couldn¡¯t help it, I just had to say it ¡°Aw.¡± I look up when it was echoed by Alora and Camille. We lock eyes andugh. Serenity and Darien break apart, both are blushing. It warms my heart to see him and his mate so in love already. Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Alora¡¯s POV I can¡¯t say enough to myself how d I was Serenity was my best friends mate. She was so nice, and funny too, we were about toe out of the locker room when I heard the Luna gushing over her ¡°handsome boy. I look at Serenity and smile, I knew the Luna loved to tease Darien. So with a finger to my mouth We had quietly opened the door and got a show worth watching. I Both Serenity and I had to hold our mouths to try and keep ourughter silent, then as the Luna went on and Serenity¡¯s mom Camille joined in we wrapped our free arms around each other, bothughing harder trying to hold it in and support each other. Finally the Luna startsughing. Allowing us free reign on our Then he snapped that look over his shoulder and growled, my reaction was not logical as he pointed out a momentter, but both of us squealing and giggling had ducked behind her brother¡¯s. Until he decided to get dramatic, adding to theughter. Then he and Serenity shared a really sweet moment that had me saying ¡°A¡± at the same time as Luna Ember and Camille. We had all locked eyes and Serenity and Darien broke away from their kiss blushing, I sigh and smile. If only the moment could havested a bit longer. But I needed to get back to reality, but luckily It wasn¡¯t just Xena and I anymore. We had more friends now. And they wanted to be there for me. My only friend, my best friend, had been Darien, so to have others as friends now was a new and somewhat frightening experience for me. ¡°I¡¯m going to take Alora, in the SUV to her parents house so we can get her things, Darien and Serenity can follow in his car.¡± Alpha Andrew said to Luna Ember. He looks at me. ¡°Ready? We can take as Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. many trips as we need.¡± he tells me. ¡°I don¡¯t have many things, it could all actually fit in the back of Darien¡¯s car.¡± I tell him. ¡°I didn¡¯t want to keep anything important to me there so I never got anything that I would be sad to lose.¡± Everyone is quietly looking at me, some with sadness. ¡°The one thing I did have, Sarah took.¡± I tell them. ¡°What was it she took from you Alora.¡± the Alpha asked me. ¡°It was a ne, the one Damien gave me, after you and him found me on the riverbank.¡± I tell him. 2 ¡°She told me I didn¡¯t deserve something so pretty.¡± my tone sad at the thought of the stolen item. It had been special to me, the only thing I really wanted back. ¡°I remember the ne your talking about, I was with him when he had it inscribed for you. It was a Silver wolf howling at a Crescent shaped crystal moon.¡± He replies to me. Luna Ember gasps ¡°Oh I remember it too. We were just passing a random jewelry store when he saw it, he ran in and bought it.¡± She looks at the Alpha, ¡°He¡¯ll be upset to know Sarah took it from her.¡± The Alpha said to the Luna. ¡°Well dear, you make sure that horrible little harlot gives it back, and in one piece too, be specific on that. I wouldn¡¯t put it past her to be spiteful enough to break it, and say it was already broken.¡± said Luna Ember. She was right, that is exactly what Sarah would have done, she is that spiteful. I was trying to keep down the hope this was giving me, that I might get that precious gift back. It had meant so much to me, and I truly wanted it back. Kian and Galen are off to the side, and I can hear a small discussion going on between them. Odd since I was told siblings couldmunicate to each other through a mind link established by their parents, Mine never did, so I didn¡¯t have a link to them or Sarah. Something I had been d for as I got older. But then I remembered that if you mind linked, your family, if they wanted to, could tune in to your conversation. So I figured it must be something they want to keep to themselves for now. I got more confused though after they started to gesture to me, and then Darien and Serenity. I wasn¡¯t the only one who noticed, Alfred their father had too. ¡°Boys?¡± he inquires softly in his deep rumbly voice that was like stone moving. This got everyone¡¯s attention, and now we were all staring at the Twins. It was Kian who spoke first. ¡°Galen and I want to go with Alora as Enforcers. ¡°And if the Northmountains protest?¡± Was asked of them by the Alpha. ¡°Well Alpha¡¯s are always supposed to have one or two Enforcers with them, yeah?¡± Galen points out. ¡°And with Serenity, my brother and I make three Enforcers to three Alpha¡¯s.¡± Finished Kian brightly. The Alpha was smiling as he looked at the two boys. ¡°You two are very clever, that is a very well thought out exnation.¡± he said. Both blushing at theplement they say in unison. ¡°Thank you Alpha.¡± bowing their heads in respect. They then look at Serenity. ¡°We¡¯ll need the keys to your jeep if your riding with Darien.¡± Kian said to her. The Alpha tuned to Luna Ember. ¡°Why don¡¯t we all meet back at the Pack House and have dinner tonight before our meeting with the others.¡± he said to her. She kisses him on the cheek then said. ¡°That¡¯s a wonderful idea.¡± then turns to Serenity¡¯s parents ¡°Camille, Alfred what do you think?¡± she asks with a smile. Serenity¡¯s parents both smile, looking at each other, they nod and turn back. It was Camille who spoke for them. ¡°We would love to join you for dinner.¡± her voice delighted. ¡°Why don¡¯t you two follow me over, 1 brought my own car just in case today, and d I am that I did.¡± she said brightly. I look over and Serenity is talking to Darien, he has a look of reluctance but he nods to what she was saying Darien looks up then said. ¡°Serenity wants Alora to go with her in the Jeep so they can get some girl talk in.¡± he said, she elbows him when he falls silent for a moment causing him to grunt. ¡°And she wants her brothers to ride with me for¡­.male bonding time¡­is what she called it.¡± he continued. He look down at his mate with a smile that was halfway to a grimace. Then looking up at Kian and Gn their eyes meeting, after a second all three roll their eyes. I snorted out a quickugh, Serenity elbowed Darien causing another grunt and a chuckle toe out of him. I look at the Alpha and asked. ¡°Would it be ok if I ride with Serenity?¡± I look down as I feel my cheeks heat. ¡°It¡¯s just that, it would be nice, I don¡¯t have any female friends.¡± I admit quietly before looking back up at the Alpha. He and Luna Ember have kind smiles on their faces, their eyes full of understanding. ¡°Of course, you should get some of this girl talk¡¯ in before having to deal with your parents and sister.¡± He said, Luna Ember nodding at his words, looking up at him approvingly. Then he chuckles. ¡°And it would be good for Darien to have ¡®male bonding time with his mates brothers,¡± he saidughter in his tone. Luna Ember giggled at his side, Camille and Alfred also letting out SUNO sounds of amusement. Luna Ember puts her hands on her son¡¯s shoulders. ¡°They are family now, and with as close as they are to Serenity you¡¯ll have to get to used to seeing them often.¡± she points out to him. He smiles wryly at the Twins. Kian and Gn each had identical gloating like smiles on their faces. Me and Serenity look at each other, I can¡¯t help but smile in excitement. I was looking forword to riding with her. ¡°Okay, we all know the n now, lets get moving so we have time for a nice dinner and maybe desert before the meeting I¡¯m hosting tonight.¡± Said the Alpha. He and the Luna give each other hugs and kisses of goodbye. Serenity, Kian and Galen getting hugs from their father and both hugs and kisses from their mother. The twins walk to stand over by Darien as he and Serenity have their Darien as he and Serenity have their own kiss and hug goodbye, even though we were going to the same ce and would only be separated by two vehicles. But they were newly in love so we indulged them. They separate and Serenityes over to me with a smile, grabbing my hand she pulls me through the door and out of the arena, everyone leaving in the direction of the vehicles they were driving. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Alora¡¯s POV Serenity is pulling me in the direction of her Jeep, the Twins and Darien not far behind, heading to his car parked only fifteen spots away in the same row as hers. I start thinking and then say to myself ¡®I wonder what kind of music she likes¡¯. This would be a good time to find out. I had eclectic music tastes, when the abuse got really bad I would listen to metal music, like In This Moment. I wonder if she would like that or something like Twenty One Pilots. Maybe she listened to country music, that was a horror I didn¡¯t want to imagine. I did not like Country music. It grated on my nerves, there were maybe a total of six songs I could stand from that genre. I have learned to like some hip hop and rap, but not a lot mostly Eminem, Logic and NFtely, the earlier works of Tech Nine. Most of my taste epass all ranges of rock music, from the old, like Pat Benatar to the heaviest Metal, like Arch Enemy. I was also into foreign rock, trap, dubstep and instrumental music. I would listen to symphonies every now and then. This made artist like Lacuna Coil and Within Temptation among my favorites. Then you sprinkle in Disturbed, Infected Rain, Chavelle, Granson, The Tech Thieves, AVIVA, Neoni, and a few others and you start getting a huge ylist rang. My YouTube Music could go on for days with as long as my liked list has gotten. I remembered that her jeep had the top off. This made sense to me, most werewolves owned a convertible of some sort or a motorcycle, we loved having the wind in our face¡¯s. Although there was the asional SUV like the Alpha¡¯s, who still had arge sun roof he opened, but most had jeeps and bronco¡¯s that had detachable tops. Or if not a convertible, the car always had a sunroof, that and the windows were always open. Unless the weather was bad, that was the only time tops were reattached or put up, windows and sunroofs closed. I hated those times, they always made me feel ustrophobic. Darien knowing my preference and feelings on the matter, had always tried to keep the windows cracked a little, unless we were in a downpour or a blizzard. He would just turn up the heat if it was cold and tolerate the damp of the rain Darien was really a great friend, he¡¯s proven again and again why he¡¯s my best friend. Serenity is bright like sunshine, her soul fairly radiates with kindness, this makes me feel like they were a perfect match. They would be good to each other, and despite Dariens panic over the subject earlier, I believed they would make wonderful parents. I could imagine them with a dozen pups. And I would love being Aunty to every single one. I smile, my heart warmed by the thought. Xenaments I would help teach the pups to hunt and defend themselves¡¯ she tells me. ¡°We will both teach them, and love them.¡± I tell her. Then a desire starts to form, one I tell Xena about. ¡°And maybe someday, we will have pups of our own to y with theirs¡± That wish suddenly hitting me and making me sad at the same time. It was a reminder that I was rejected. Although it was just this morning that it happened, it felt longer than that with all that¡¯s happened this day. Goddess it was only three in the afternoon and it felt like it should be three days from now. That¡¯s how much has happened to me in this day, so many emotions and memories felt and relived. So many changes in such a short period of time. E I was suddenly feeling exhausted, absolutely drained. But I couldn¡¯t give in to the feeling yet, I had more to do, a confrontation with my family. I didn¡¯t know how it would go down. I mean I was going to be arriving with the Alpha, Darien and three Enforcers who were now like family to me in such a short time. I didn¡¯t think it would go over well. But that was ok, I wouldn¡¯t let them get to me anymore. I refused to allow them to abuse me anymore. They have done so many atrocious things to me. I was tired of it all, I would defend myself now. I have fought for my freedom. Now that I had it I wouldn¡¯t allow them to take it away from me, not ever again. I would fight them to my death or theirs to stay free. 2 We get to her Jeep, then get in. She connects her phone to the stereo then opens her YouTube music app. Goes to her likes and hits shuffle. The song that firstes on is Castle by Halsey. This was a good indication I would like the rest of her music list. ¡°So what do you think we¡¯ll be walking into?¡± she asks me. 2) ¡°I¡¯m not really sure.¡± I tell her honestly, ¡°I have no idea how their going to act around the Alpha.¡± ¡°You think they behave themselves in front of the Alpha?¡± she asks. ¡°I would hope so, they usually would to maintain their public image.¡± I tell her. ¡°You think they might act differently in private?¡± she asks. ¡°They always have.¡± I revealed. ¡°What do you mean?¡± was her next question. The song on now is Till I Copse by Eminem, still liking her ylist. ¡°They didn¡¯t act out their abuse to me in front of others, they hated those times.¡± Still thinking about those few times I reveal another fact off my abuse to her. ¡°Those were the times they would hurt me after we made it back to the house, usually a beating.¡± I tell her. She gasps. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry Alora, do you think they will try to get physical with you while the Alpha is there?¡± she asks her tone worried. ¡°I think they won¡¯t get physical in front of him, but they will most likely be verbal.¡± I tell her. The song switches to Believer by Imangine Dragons. ¡°So you think they will stay verbal?¡± she asks for confirmation. ¡°Yeah, in front of the Alpha.¡± I answered her. She¡¯s silent for a moment, her expression is contemtive. ¡°What exactly do you mean by in front of the Alpha?¡± she asks finally. Mad Hatter by Mnie Martinezes on. ¡°I believe if they thought they could get away with it they would find a way to separate me from you all and try and beat me.¡± I say to her. ¡°And what reason would they have for beating you.¡± she asks in indignation, angry that they would. ¡°They think they have plenty of reasons why right now¡± I tell her. ¡°What would those be. She asks with honest curiosity. ¡°Well for starters I dared to abandon the family name before they could strip me of it themselves.¡± I state, she rolls her eyes. They deserved it.¡± she says. Bulletproof by Godsmack ys. ¡°Then there is the whole showing up Sarah by being First Rank in the Alpha ss.¡± 2 She lets out a gasp. ¡°You¡¯ve got to be bloody kidding me.¡± she says shocked ¡°Nope, how dare I be better than their precious Ice Princess.¡± I say sarcasm in my tone, making her snort augh. We¡¯re quiet for a moment, just listening to the music. Sex Metal Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. Barbie by In This Momentes on, that¡¯s when I have to say. ¡°I¡¯m loving your ylist, and this is one of my favorites.¡± 2 She smiles ¡°Thanks, my tastes are sporadic and all over the ce.¡± she says. I smile at her. ¡°So are mine, Goddess are they, you should look at my ylist.¡± I tell her. Still smiling she says ¡°I will, we couldpare our lists see how they match up.¡± I love the Idea. ¡°I¡¯d love that.¡± I tell her. ¡°So what other reasons would your parents have to be angry besides removing yourst name and being better than their ¡®Precious Ice Princess as you put it.¡± Serenity getting us back on topic. ¡°There was the ignoring their order to go to the Principal¡¯s office. starting to tick of more of my ¡°offences¡± as they would think of them. 2 ¡°Then there was receiving my birthright at lunch today, when I was given that Mansion.¡± Monster featuring Rihanna by Eminemes on. ¡°Then there was being registered to the pack as my own Alpha.¡± she gasps at this. ¡°Really? Your a registered Alpha.¡± her voice excited. 2 ¡°Yup, that was part of what the Alpha was exining to me at lunch.¡± I remind her. ¡°Shoot, I was having trouble concentrating.¡± She tells me. I smirk, I can¡¯t help but teasing. ¡°Kept staring at Darien didn¡¯t you.¡± I use withughter in my tone She blushes. ¡°Yes! Okay, he¡¯s so hot, and sexy, and he smells so good and he¡¯s my mate.¡± she whines for understanding Iugh letting her off the hook. ¡°Okay, okay you have a valid excuse for not paying attention.¡± my tone still filled withughter. Then I sober up and continue the list as Devil in Disguise by EMMes on. ¡°I¡¯ve also now epted my destiny which broke the metaphysical chains that were binding my power.¡± Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Alora¡¯s POV Serenity is gapping, I can understand. What kind of parent binds their child¡¯s power. ¡°They even bound my wolf, she wasn¡¯t able toe to me mentally till I was twelve. I shifted at thirteen without anyone knowing it.¡± I tell her. The song Savage by Bahari is on and almost finish as we pull up to the house that¡¯s been my personal hell since my birth. I hate this ce. Sometimes I wish it would burn. 10 Serenity turns of the engine. She looks at me and says ¡°Your parents are horrible people and don¡¯t deserve to have you as their daughter, your amazing, and they should have seen that.¡± her tone admiring of me but angry at my parents. Darien pulls up with the Twins behind me and Serenity. Horns by Bryce Fox ring a few lines before he turns the car off. The boy¡¯s expressions going from smiling andughing to grim and serious as we all join the Alpha by his SUV¡¯s rear doors, we¡¯re all parked on the street in front of the house. I can see my parents cars in the garage through the windows in the upper part of the doors. They must know we¡¯re here. They had to know, they couldn¡¯t miss the presence of the Packs Alpha, not this close. 2 As if to prove my point, it¡¯s Allister, my so called father, whoes out, bowing with his head he asks ¡°What can we do for you Alpha?¡± his tone a little weak. He has no idea why the Alpha is here. ¡°Has she done something wrong that requires her punishment.¡± he asks. The Alpha¡¯s expression bes one of angry disdain, not even hiding his feeling for my father¡¯s question. ¡°No. Alora has done nothing. I¡¯m here with Alora because she has been invited to live at the Pack House for a time.¡± he tells Allister, his tone had a bit of a growl to it. ¡°Lets all go inside and I will exin things.¡± It was phased politely, but it was a demand, and you did not disobey the Alpha of Alpha¡¯s demand. Pale my father says ¡°Very well.¡± Then in a sweeping gesture he motions towards the house, he says ¡°This way Alpha.¡± and leads the way into the house.¡± We walk into the house, my mother is standing in front of one of the three couches in the living room, she bows her head, then with a false smile, asks ¡°Wee to our humble home Alpha, what can I do for you.¡± her tone filled with feigned brightness. ¡°Where is your daughter Sarah.¡± He asks her. ¡°Why she¡¯s upstairs my Alpha.¡± She says, her confusion real now. . TH! ¡°Have here down her now.¡± hemands. ¡°Yes my Alpha.¡± she says, I see her eye¡¯s ze as shemunicates with Sarah. It takes a moment, Bettina¡¯s face briefly changing to one of anger before a shrieked ¡°What!¡± was heard from upstairs. Then Bettina¡¯s fake smile came back onto her face. Soon we hear the running on the stairs as Sarahes down. Shees into the living room then stands between her parents who are both still standing in front of the couch. Sarah looks at every one there, a look of pure hatred shes on her face and in her eyes briefly when her gazends on me, it was as brief as her look in my direction. With the same bowing nod her parents had given the Alpha she asks. ¡°How can I be of service my Alpha.¡± Do you have a ne in your possession that is of a silver wolf howling at a crystal crescent moon?¡± he asks her. And before she even thought about it she replied ¡°Yes it¡¯s in my room, it¡¯s one of my favorites.¡± she said. ¡°I¡¯d like to see that ne, bring it here to me now, undamaged.¡± he orders her. It¡¯s amand from her Alpha, one she could not disobey. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. Sarah heads back upstairs. The Alpha looks in my parents direction. ¡°My Alpha, could we ask what ths is about?¡± my mother is finally the one brave enough to ask the question I could see on their faces. ¡°The Luna and I have invited Alora to live in the Pack House, I¡¯m here with my son and his mate, and two acting Enforcers, to help her collect her things for the move.¡± he tells her. For a moment, her eyes snap to mine, homicidal fury in her eyes, she covers it quickly though. ¡°But my Alpha this is her home. Shouldn¡¯t she stay here?¡± she tries. ¡°The transition to the Pack House is necessary as we get her ready to take over her duties as Alpha of the Heartsong¡¯s and new owner of the Heartsong Mansion¡± he tells her. My mother pales, her fury again visible for the briefest moments as her eye¡¯s flickered to me. Sarah The Alpha holds out his hand, she hands it to him. He flips it over, looking on the back. I know what he¡¯s looking at, the inscription. Your as bright as the moon¡¯ signed ¡®Damien¡¯. He looks at Sarah. Sarah pales as she remembers what is on the back. ¡°It was a gift.¡± she says her voice weak. 2 ¡°I was with my son when he had this inscribed.¡± he says looking at her. ¡°And I watched as he gave it to the person it was meant for.¡± she shes angry eyes at me, realizing this has to do with me. ¡°What I want to know is how it came to be in your possession.¡± he growls thest. 1 Sarah and my parents are bowing their heads in submission, their Alpha¡¯s anger overwhelming them. ¡°Sh¡­sh..she¡­g¡­.ga¡­¡± she tried but the Alpha mmed his fist onto the bar leading into the kitchen we were standing next too. ¡°No lies!¡± he snarls at her. Sarah trembles then in a trembling voice. ¡°I¡­I¡­ t..t..ttook it¡± she stutters out. The Alpha growls ¡°It was not yours to take!¡± Sarah whimpers. My parents are ring at me with their heads still bowed. The Alpha stops growling then turns to me, kindness returning to his expression. ¡°You and Serenity go and gather your things.¡± he says to me. I nod, then grab Serenity¡¯s hand, and pull her with me to go upstairs to gather my things. Bettina¡¯s POV The harlot! Humiliating us with this visit from the Alpha. How dare she take the house! She doesn¡¯t deserve it! It was supposed to belong to me! But because of the will and what the Goddess did It went to that little wretch. She¡¯s ruined my life! Causing us to lose status among the Northmountain¡¯s with her brown skin and ck hair. 9 This shouldn¡¯t be, I had her wolf bound from her and her powers bound, she was supposed to be as pathetic as a human, she was never supposed to receive her destiny. My Sarah should have the gift and the house, Not this blight, this ugly brown skinned whore. The Alpha wouldn¡¯t be here angry at us if it wasn¡¯t for her. 2 She will sign everything over to us if it¡¯s thest thing I make her do! And how could the slut ept something from our Alpha¡¯s oldest! She just humiliated Sarah in front of the Alpha! And how dare she manipte the Alpha into thinking she¡¯s worth something. This is just like thest time, when they found her beside the river. The little bitch had used Sarah and her friends of tossing her in and the Alpha had believed her. Sarah had told me she had deliberately jumped in on her own to get attention. I couldn¡¯t convince the Alpha that was what happened. I had to force Sarah to apologize to her in front of the Alpha. I even received a lecture from the Alpha because of . her. We suffered so much humiliation because of that filthy wretch. I should have suffocated her at birth! The Alpha sent Alora upstairs with that she-wolf that had to be his younger son¡¯s mate. A disgusting, ugly red headed and freckled faced Mountainmover. To think that is what was mating into the Pack Alpha¡¯s family it was no wonder the n leader was waiting for this generation to show the predicted power to take over as Alpha of Alphas. 2 I would make some excuse to leave so I could go beat her and make her bleed, make her scream, make her cry, make her beg. But I couldn¡¯t do that with the Alpha here. I was going to have to find another time to get her. The little bitch had to pay for this. I¡¯ll have to do all this carefully now. It looks like the little slut has gained more than just the support . from the Alpha and his son¡¯s. 4 Looking at the Twin male wolves standing next to Darien, the Alpha¡¯s son. The little slut has bespelled two more males. She¡¯s probably fucking them, the whore! The little whore has to be stopped and taught a lesson she¡¯ll never forget, and I¡¯ll make sure to give it to her. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Bettina¡¯s POV cont¡¯d I¡¯ll have to get ahold of Reba. 111 have her bind her powers again, and that abomination of a wolf. Then when she¡¯s pathetic as a human 111 take my time in tormenting her. Maybe I¡¯ll give her to my husband. He wasn¡¯t her real father after all, she was from a one night stand with a random Day-walking Vampire at a bar two towns over. He¡¯s been staring at her since she grew her breasts in at thirteen. 29 I remember seeing my husband walking up the stairs to the third floor one night, I didn¡¯t think anything of it at first. Then I noticed he did it a lot, always at night, when we were all supposed to be asleep. So I followed him, he had left the door open to the sluts room, and there she wasying in the moon light,her shirt up to her neck showing her breasts, the nket at her waist.The whore. He was standing over her his back to me, his pants around his knees. He was grabbing his balls and jerking himself off while looking at her. The slut was seducing my husband. Like those other whores had. That¡¯s why I had my affairs, it was one that got me pregnant with that mistake, that bitch. One night I was so pissed off at both of them I decided to drug his alcohol with an aphrodisiac. ) I got him so worked up, then I turned him away from me. It hadn¡¯t been long till he couldn¡¯t take it anymore and went to the third floor. I followed, I thought I would get my revenge on both of them that night. I would watch him rape the little bitch and I would hold it over both of them. I would use it against him, he didn¡¯t know she wasn¡¯t his daughter. I could torment him for ages with that. Besides, while Reba was working at the Pack Clinic, she magicked a sample of Alora¡¯s real fathers blood on file, taking the ce of Allister¡¯s. So if his blood was tested it would show him as the father. I had gotten to the door that night, it was open. He had had her on her back holding her down as she begged him to stop, like she really wanted him to, the slut. Unfortunately he hadn¡¯t gotten to far before that abomination of a wolf took over and struck at him. If I hadn¡¯t taken her desk chair to the back of her wolf and knocked her to the floor she would have killed him. Fortunately Allister had passed out from blood loss and the drugged Alcohol he didn¡¯t know my part in that night. She didn¡¯t either because she never saw me when I knocked her away from Allister with that chair, it had knocked her out for a moment at least. Long enough for me to drag Allister out of there and to his spot in bed. The bitch had escaped that night, she had started to lock her door after that. It wasn¡¯t long though before Allister had a key made so he could get back to his perverted habit, until she started to put the chair under the knob. Some nights he was out fucking some slut in a bar ally way. He always stank of the whores juices when he came back, it was sickening. Sometimes he would force himself on me still covered in them. Those were the nights I would take a whip to that wretch if she was still in the basement. Or I would find a reason to take her down there the next morning. I was taken out of my thought when the Alpha spoke to us again, damn that wretch for this! ¡°Now,¡± the Alpha growls. ¡°There is something I want to know, and one of you two WILL tell me.¡± he demands in a tone we can¡¯t disobey, we didn¡¯t have the power to. ¡°Why have the Frost¡¯s and the Northmountain¡¯s bred and mated with only another blond hair and blue eyed wolf thesest ten generations.¡± No! We¡¯re not supposed to tell. It¡¯s banishment from the n to tell, I try to fight it, tried to stay silent. It was Allister, the weakling, who caved first. ¡°There was a prophecy made saying to a tenth generation couple of a Northmountain and Frost with blond hair and blue eyes, a pup will be born with the power to be an Alpha of Alpha¡¯s.¡± he said. 2 All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. Thank goddess he stopped there, before revealing the rest of it. The intent had been so that the two ns could then be the most powerful pack on this continent. Then something started to bug me, no, I wouldn¡¯t think of it. That wretch is worthless, the thought just as worthless. ¡°Sit, all three of you.¡± The Alpha demanded, we did. ¡°Alora will be removed from this household as of today. She will be adopted by mine. You are no longer her family.¡± The Alpha decreed. ¡°Is that understood.¡± he growls, demanding an answer, one we had to give ¡°Yes Alpha.¡± is said with our heads bowed in submission. Damn that whore, one more thing for her to pay for, I¡¯ll rip her heart out myself! Having to suffer this humiliation in front of the children of filthy Mountainmovers and the Alpha¡¯s youngest whelp is beyond baring. I could feel the hate engulfing my chest in me. I feel the fire in my re as the whore who brought this all on uses down the stairs with tworge duffle bags and a back pack, that whelps mate carrying another tworge duffle bags andrge backpack. 2 Those bags look new, I¡¯ve never seen them before, she must have been nning this all along. She thinks she can escape me she is wrong. I will hunt her down, there is no where she can go that I won¡¯t be able to get to her. I¡¯ll let Sarah have a run at her, she deserves revenge for her own humiliation caused by this wretch. Especially after trying to steal the male I selected for her. I killed that brown skinned human that was supposed to be her destined mate. He wasn¡¯t worthy of her, and he would have been an embarrassment to the n. I did it behind her back though, no use having her cry over a worthless pathetic human with the wrong coloring. If he had been blond haired and blue eyed I might have considered letting it happen. ¡°Go ahead and run for now you little bitch, but I will catch you. And when I do I will make you suffer for every little transgression you little whore. I will make you pay for it all! I snarl at her internally. Alora¡¯s POV It didn¡¯t take me or Serenity long to pack. I had bought the bags a few months ago when graduation and escape had gotten closer, now it was here. It was a heady feeling, but at the same time there was a niggling in the back of my head. It felt like reality wouldn¡¯t let me go. I may be free of my family now, but I knew. I knew I would never be free of them. They were going to haunt me however they could, they were vindictive. I¡¯ll have to be more aware of what was going on around me. The were going toe after me. I had something they wanted, and to them I¡¯m the reason for their situation and humiliation. Now that I know they used Dark Magic to bind me, I wouldn¡¯t put it passed them to use it again. O We gather all my school books, my writing journals and my sketch books. Add in all my clothes and I had fourrge duffle bags and two back packs worth of stuff, and the ne. The Alpha had gotten that back for me, and I was grateful, it was special to me. Damien had given it to me thest day I was at the pack house, recovering from that drowning. I had just been a little girl. He told me I was a special she-pup and should have something pretty to remind me of that. I had been touched by something so nice, I had known almost nothing but abuse. So to have someone give me something so pretty and telling me I was special, stuck with me. I think half of the crush I had on him back then came from him being so nice to me. It¡¯s not like my crush could have gone anywhere. Darien told me he still doesn¡¯t have a mate. But that doesn¡¯t mean I should even dare to hope that I¡¯ll be his mate. That¡¯s a wish I couldn¡¯t let myself have. Because it would hurt me like nothing else to give into that hope and then to have it stripped away if his mate turned out not to be me. Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Alora¡¯s POV We take everything downstairs. We got down there just in time to hear the Alpha say I was no longer apart of this family. I was now apart of his family. My heart burst with warmth at what he just said. This day still wasn¡¯t over, and I¡¯m still having up¡¯s and downs. I will treasure all those up¡¯s, they have been truly wonderful. Then Bettina looks at me, and the look in her eyes makes me shiver. I was right to think I would need to watch my back, the retribution I saw promised in those eyes made me sick to my stomach. I then look at Sarah, she had a look of promised vengeance on her face as well. I¡¯ll have to be really careful, maybe I should see about hiring a Witch. 2 I didn¡¯t know the kind of power I had in me. But it was more than that of a werewolf. I know what the DNA test said, but ever since the chains have broken I felt another part of myself hidden from me and Xena. It was making me doubt the results. I¡¯ll have to do another test. I¡¯ll see if the Alpha can help me In all honesty, I hoped he wasn¡¯t my real father, especially after that night, and the others I was awake for, but too scared to move. Thank the Goddess for that desk chair, I had finally had an excuse to have a chair in my room when the school¡¯s required all students to have their ownputer. I was given a hand me-down at first. Then Darien had gifted me with a really niceptop, I knew it was expensive, and he had built it himself . for my needs. Thisptop was a gamers heaven, or in my case a scientists dream. Having aputer, meant getting a desk and chair in my room. The chair went under the door knob every night since I had gotten With as vindictive as my family was to me, I¡¯m d Darien had given me aptop, it went with me everywhere. This kept my family from destroying it, or taking it for themselves. Now I had more then I could ever dream of having in my possession, and they were going to take everyst bit away. The house, the wealth, my new family, my friends, and my freedom. I could see it in their eyes. To them I have never been more than a blight, a mistake, a toy they could torment and use as a ve. Enough was enough, my chains were broken, I was free, and I would never allow them to cage me again. I would kill them before they could. They were no longer my family. I was a full fledged Alpha now. They would be made to understand that. Starting now, letting out the aura as they ired their fury at me. I felt my eyes take on the re, I knew they glowed, and I let themand for submission radiate out from me. Without even speaking, my front as well, an instinct. The firees into my hands as I hold them up. Then I send it swirling around Bettina, she lets out a startled ¡°What is this!¡± In a shrieking voice, looking panicked. Good, she had reason to be afraid right now. ¡°Hear me Bettina Frost Northmountain.¡± My voice is mystical and deep my words echoing in the room. ¡°You will vow in your blood to me you will NEVER go after anyone I love or care about, no matter how remotely, you will blood swear you will not be associated in ANYWAY in the harming of ANY of those I love or care about, no matter how remotely.¡± my will on her was crushing to her, she would not be able to break my dictate. Instinct had me going further ¡°You will swear to me with your blood and on your soul. Should you go back on your vow, your life and blood will be forfeit as your blood will boil from your body, your soul refused passage into the heavens.¡± I finished my edict. The power I was using was not just that of an Alpha and a Lunar Princess, I know it. Bettina try¡¯s to struggle a little longer, but she has no choice. shing a wrist with a w, her blood dripping on the floor, the fire swirling around her. Every one watching with mixed looks ranging from confusion to horror then some of fascination, the horroring from Sarah and Allister. She speaks in a strained manner, anger in her tone. ¡°I vow in my blood that I will never in anyway, on my own or by association, bring harm to anyone you love or care about no matter how remotely.¡± she finish¡¯s on a growl ring death at me. Knowing I¡¯ve just taken away tools in her path of revenge. But I had to protect them. The fire narrowed to swirl around only the wrist she opened to make the vow. 3 Part of the fire separated to swirl around the blood on the floor. ¡°Then by my fire I seal your vow sworn to me in your blood.¡± I finished the sealing words, I didn¡¯t know how I knew them. After saying them the fire All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. on the floor and around her wrist shed brightly, the blood on the floor being eaten by the fire and the one around her wrist to sink into her skin. This caused Bettina to scream and fall to the floor, holding her wrist, the fire leaving behind a circling tattoo of purple mes. Sarah falls to the floor next to her, hands going to Bettina¡¯s shoulders, she looks up at me in hatred. ¡°What did you do to her!¡± she shrieks. ¡°I sealed her vow with blood and fire, now if she or anyone associated with her,¡± A say thatst pointing at Sarah. Then continuing. ¡°If she or theye after those I love or care about even remotely, Your mothers blood will boil from her body, and her soul sent to the neatherworld.¡± Sarah goes pale, her face contorted in ugly fury. I was done ying with them. I . would keep my freedom, no matter what I had to do to them to keep it. My enemies will learn to fear me. They will respect my power, I was not the submissive little wolf pup who had desperately sought out their love. I was a grown Alpha She-Wolf able to stand on my own now. With more power than I could have ever imagined for me. I was grateful for it. It was what was going to keep those I cared about safe. But others would most likelye to take it or use me to abuse it. I would be on my guard, I¡¯ll have to start gathering those I could trust around me. I would not allow myself or my power to fall into the wrong hands. Now done with this I look up into the Alpha¡¯s eye¡¯s, and I was shocked at what I saw. The look was one of proud approval, like a papa wolf seeing his pup all grown up. Darien¡¯s face was a mix of ¡°Holy Shit!¡± and ¡°About Time!¡± I turned to look at Serenity who had gone to stand over by the twins when I had started my confrontation. The bags were at her feet and the three looked like they had been ready toe to my aid. The twins had looks of admiration and awe, Serenity¡¯s look said I was justified. Looking back at the Alpha I tell him ¡± I have everything.¡± gesturing to the bags ¡°This is all there is.¡± The Alpha tell¡¯s the boys to pick up the bags and take them to his SUV, he then looks at me ¡°You need to do anything else here?¡± he asks me. ¡°No, everything I needed to say had been said.¡± I say, then with a quick look back at them ¡°I¡¯m done with these people, I just want to go now.¡± I turn back and look up at him. He looks down at me with sad understanding. Then with an arm around my shoulders he leads me out of the house. Serenity already waiting by the Jeep, Darien had an arm around her as they leaned against it. The Alpha walks me over to them, they look me over, both trying to make sure I¡¯m okay. ¡®Yeah¡¯ I say to myself, ¡®she¡¯s going to be the sister I should have had. After the way she had stood by me today. How she had moved to defend me if she had to. How she had stayed out of my way, some how knowing I had needed to do what I had done. All of it, spoke of someone I could put at my back. I meet her eyes, smiling with my new assurance of her. The smile I got in return was bright, she knew I had epted her as my friend. (2 Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Alora¡¯s POV The Alpha had us all in the same arrangement as before, we would follow him, Serenity and I in her Jeep, Darien, Kian and Gn brining up the rear in his car. The ride to the Pack House would take about an hour from here. Fortunately I¡¯ve always paid for my own cell phone, and n. My parents never would have gotten me one, and after what happened, had they, they would have had it disconnected immediately. 9 So when Serenity asked for me to y my music list I was able to connect my phone to her stereo and open the app. The first song that ys when I hit shuffle is Ride of the Valkyries by Brothers of Metal. We listened to that a bit turned up, then she turned it down a bit. ¡°You did what you did to protect us didn¡¯t you?¡± she asks me. I stay silent for a bit, reluctant to admit it to her, but I wouldn¡¯t ignore her question. ¡°I¡¯ve never had so much to lose, an now that I have it, I will protect it with every bit of power and strength that I have.¡± I say to her, the next song came on, it was Jungle Juice by Ganja White Night & Liquid Stranger, she peaks at me. ¡°I¡¯m d to be counted as something important to you.¡± she says with a blush. I let out a smallugh ¡°I¡¯m d your someone I can call friend.¡± I tell her. ¡°So how do you think the boys are doing?¡± she asks me. I look back behind us at the boys. They all seem to be talking, they were smiling, and each looked like they wereughing here and their in their conversation. ¡°They look like they¡¯re having fun, their male bonding time seems to be a sess.¡± I say withughter in my voice. D Serenity giggles. It¡¯s such a nice day for me, a medium gray overcast, a warm wind smelling of rain, and the sun still shining through despite the clouds, the temperate afortable eighty seven degrees. The rain scented wind carried the sent of wet earth and flowers. Everything around us was deep greens, dark browns, and flowers of all colors all along the long road to Moonstar Territory and the Current Pack House, andother houses. With the families growing bigger four morerge Houses were built, they were set in a way to form a football field sized courtyard in the middle of them. The Garages for the vehicles connecting the houses that lead intomon areas on the bottom tier, the second tier above hostedrgermon areas, the third opening onto porch areas with half of the porch covered and screened in with plenty of lounging outdoor furniture. The court yard had a very tall old willow in the middle, there were four stone benches set in a wide circle under the tree¡¯s dripping vines. There was a white wicker gazebo that had climbing vines and bushes of different colored hydrangeas all around, the court yard seemed to be made up of several different gardens. There was a pond with a Japanese style walking bridge over it, surrounded by stones. There were water lilies and colorful koi in the pond. It was visible from one of the stone benches under the willow vines. There were some trees with blue flowers, some that had purple leaves for a time, and some with red. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. There were so many different kinds of flowers in different groupings, and bushes in all ranges of colors, I had been told once this ce was loosely modeled after the Heartsong Mansion, only the Heartsong was nearly six times the size of the Moonstar Mansion. The Court yard is said to be the size of six foot ball fields, the house was five stories and built in the shape of a Hexagon. I wondered if the bedrooms there were like the one¡¯s that were at this pack house. ¡°So have you ever been to the Moonstar Pack House?¡± Serenity asks me, getting back my attention. ¡°Yeah, a long time ago, do you remember about ten years ago the pack was in an uproar about a pup who was tossed into the river while it was swollen during the Annual Pack pic.¡± I ask her. ¡°Yeah, they said it was a group of four girls, one tried to im the pup jumped in on her own to gain attention. But there were several witnesses who had walked by in time to catch them tossing the girl in, but not in time to stop it, my uncle was one of those witnesses.¡± she pauses, she thinks for a moment, then with a quick look at me before focusing back on the road she asks ¡°Why?¡± in a slightly suspicious voice. I sigh, then say. ¡°Because I was the pup, Sarah and her wicked trio of friends threw me into the river that day.¡± I tell her. She gasps. ¡°Just when I think that bitch couldn¡¯t be any worse, you go and tell me about another one of her horrible misdeeds.¡± she said. ¡°Is that the reason you have been to the Pack House before?¡± she asks me. ¡°Yes, after they threw me in I was swept down stream, by the time I managed to get myself to shore I was battered, bloody and weak.¡± I pause listening to the song that was on for a moment, to distance myself from the pain and trauma of the memory. ¡°I had passed out in the mud, that¡¯s where Damien and the Alpha found me.¡± the memory of how cold I had been still managing to chill me now. ¡°The Alpha dressed in his pic best picked up a bloody, muddy and wet pup into his arms.¡± I continued on with the story. ¡°He carried me back from the river and to Luna Ember, they then took me to the Pack House where Luna Ember cleand me up and saw to my wounds.¡± pausing again for a moment. The memory is shing through my mind like a movie now. ¡°I had gotten very sick because of my near drowning, I wound up developing a high fever for a few days.¡± I had been so delirious during that time, crying out in my sleep, begging my sister Sarah to stop, dreaming over and over again about her and her friends tossing me in the water. ¡°I had been talking in my fever, that¡¯s what first had the Alpha demand the truth using and Alphamand.¡± Serenity gasps, ¡°On Sarah and her friends?¡± she asks, I nod then continue. ¡°Sarah was the one who hade up with the story that I jumped in for attention, and made the other girls cberate with her.¡± Her expression had an ¡°I knew it!¡± look for a moment. ¡°But between my screams as my fever raged, and a few pack membersing forward, he knew he had been lied to.¡± 2 Serenity¡¯s face scrunched as she silently mouthed what looked like an ¡°Oh Goddess.¡± She motions with her hand for me to keep going. ¡°So the Alpha had all three girls and their parents brought to the house, and then used his Alphamand to get them to tell the truth.¡± Pausing a moment, her expressions were entertaining me, even if the memories were awful. ¡°The Alpha had my parents punished as Sarah was the ring leader, it caused damage to their standing in the n, so they turned around and med me for their misfortune.¡± Her mouth gaps open ¡°What! But! It was Sarah¡¯s fault!¡± she said shocked and angry. ¡°No. No. You¡¯re trying to use rational locgic here, ya can¡¯t apply rationality to those people.¡± She snickers at that. ¡°So what kind of logic do I apply.¡± she asks wryly. ¡°The logic you apply is the irrational logic that no matter what it is, it will some how, always be my fault.¡± I said dryly. She let out a quickugh. ¡°You have got to be kidding me right?¡± her look one of shocked disbelief. ¡°Nope, literally everything wrong, no matter how not involved I was, inevitably became my fault.¡± my smile sarcastic. She shakes her head. ¡°There is something majorly wrong with those people.¡± she said. 2 Iughed, now that I was thinking about it, yeah, there was. The way they had treated me was not normal, not for a Pack Wolf anyway. The she wolves of this pack were always loving and protective of their pups, what I had experienced should never have happened. It was only now that I¡¯m beginning to realize all the damage done to me, it amazed me that I had functioned as well as I had. ¡®Was this the start of my healing?¡¯ I wondered. I hoped so. For the first time I felt my future was truly bright. There were going to be a few gray clouds and storms, I knew that. But I wasn¡¯t going to have to ever go back to that house, and it felt so good to finally be free of it. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Somewhere in a mountain range not far from Alora¡¯s Moon Mountain Pack Unknown POV I felt it. The breaking of a spell. The chain, one I had thought severed by death, is revealed to have never been broken at all. She had told me my child had died in a car ident, a son. The skin had been brown, with blond hair. A picture all that had been left by the time I had been free enough from my duties to track her down. After having felt the connection of the life chain, that the birth of one of our children brings to parents of our kind, then feeling as if it had been severed. With all of that I had believed her. I should have known, a Werewolf smelling of ck Magic was not one that would likley tell the truth unless it was to her benefit. With the connection came a premonition of danger, no actual vision, just a deep intense feeling. I could feel pain on the other side of the chain, a Vampire able to tell when their child is distressed unless they are shielding. No doubt that whore she wolf abused my child. Fury filling me, I can¡¯t help but let out a furious pain filled roar that shook the Castle¡¯s walls and windows. What has she done to my child? The child who I was told a son, but I could tell now was really a daughter, what did she look like. I had to find her, she would be at least eighteen now. I knew which direction to head towards, she hade from a pack, the nearest one was the Moon Mountain Pack, the Pack leading all the Northern Continental Werewolves. I will pay him a visit, see if he knows of that she wolf. Hopefully I can get a meeting quickly. being a King I had protocols that were to be followed when going into another King¡¯s territory. Or in this case an Alpha¡¯s territory. Although this Alpha might as well be called King of the wolves. The power he held at that position was basically in line with mine being King of all the Northern Continental Vampires both Day-Walker and Night-Walker ns. The Night Walker n was made up of pale dark haired vampires, the Day Walkers with tan skin and light bond to white hair. The Night Walker nmonly had ice and any shadow producing magic, while the Day Walkers tended towards fire and any light producing magic. The theory was that what ever magic was most dominate to us would be evident at our birth with our skin and hair colors. My twin sister was pale skinned and dark haired, she could use the shadows and cause blizzards. She was Mated to a Warlock on the Magic Council, they were currently working on a project to purify a ce Witches and other magic beings alike had gone to, to purify their magic and worship the Moon Goddess, Sun God, and Mother Earth. My mate came running up the stairs, she had felt my distress and intence emotions. ¡°My light what has happened?¡± she asks. My mate is a light Witch, she had given her seat on the council to another in her family when she epted my mark. We were fated mates, her status should have made our coupling forbidden. But there was one absolute rule, that Councils of all species respect, and that was you did not interfere with fated matches. No mater the status of either of the pairs. You were not to be punished or hindered from iming your fated mates. Her mother had wanted to get in the way. She had had ns for my mate. 2 She had even gone against the rule and had tried to interfere, almost sessfully. My mate still hasn¡¯t really forgiven her, and I don¡¯t think I ever will. Stephanie Violet Goldlight had not taken it well when she had found all her mother had done. She was now my mate, and was Queen Stephanie Violet Dayblood to my King Sabastian Night Dayblood. ¡°Remember the one night stand I had the night before I met you, with that She-wolf, the one who told me my child had died in a car ident?¡± I ask her. ¡°Yes, it had you torn up, you said the babe had to have been newly born. You said it matched up with your feeling the life force chain connect and then break.¡± she says, proving she always paid attention when It came to me. D Goddess love this woman, she was golden, her hair, skin and eyes were all different shades of gold, a representation to her maiden name. I just felt the break of a spell. The chain was never broken, it was spelled to feel that way. Then a binding was ced that has kept it hidden all these years.¡± I tell her, she covers her mouth, horrified disbelief fills her eyes. She takes her hands of her mouth long enough to whisper out ¡°But that¡¯s ck Magic¡± I nod. ¡°I didn¡¯t really care at the time, I was just looking to getid and maybe feed too with consent, but she smelled enough like ck Magic she had to have been near the practitioner.¡± I tell her, feeling Guilty about my past exploits. She had been a virgin when we had finally gotten together. I had not. She sighs as she looks up at me. ¡°Staying chaste was a decision I made for myself, not one I expected of my mate, especially with as long as Vampires, Witches and Warlocks live, you were already one hundred and twenty three to my twenty one. You have a pass my mate.¡± she wraps an arm around my waist, tucking herself into my side, putting a hand on my chest. I wrap the arm she¡¯s under around her shoulders, holding her close, cing my other hand on hers, holding her hand to my chest. ¡°We need to find her, I can feel she¡¯s in terrible danger. I tell my mate. ¡°Her?¡± she says confused. ¡°That she wolf lied about the gender of my child on top of lying about my child being dead.¡± I tell her, angry over what has been done to my child and me. ¡°Do you have a direction to start in?¡± she asks me ¡°Yes, I¡¯ll need to make a call to Alpha Andrew of the Moon Mountain Pack, I need to request allowance to visit his territory.¡± I tell her. She looks surprised ¡°The Alpha of Alpha¡¯s?¡± seeking rification. ¡°Yes.¡± sighing I say. ¡°If I were anyone else but a King I could go there now and look for her, it feels like she will be there in their territory.¡± ¡°What makes you think that?¡± she asks me. ¡°Because Bettina was a Frost, and the Frost n is part of the Moon Mountain Pack.¡± I tell her. ¡°She¡¯ll carry my sent and have dark skin, other than that, I don¡¯t know what she will look like.¡± I tell her. 1 ¡°You think we should tell Kassandra?¡± she asks me. I think for a moment. ¡°Not yet, not till we locate her, and maybe we should keep quiet about the danger to her older sister, All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. she would just run off to go help.¡± I tell my mate. Leaning down I ce a kiss on her lips. She smiles ¡°Ok, but you know she will inevitably find out, and off she¡¯ll be.¡± her tone amused. I groan ¡°Don¡¯t I know it, after begging for us to have another girl after giving her five brothers, she¡¯ll be estatic to find out about an older sister.¡± my tone dry. ¡°Ok dear, make that phone call now, I want to get there as soon as possible, if your feelings are correct, and she¡¯s in danger, the sooner we get there the better.¡± she says. So I take out my phone and make the call. I got his mate, the Alpha was off assisting a Pack member move into their Pack House and was due back soon. 1 She agreed she would have Alpha Andrew call me as soon as he got back in, once I told her it was an Urgent Matter. It was my hope that I would be able to meet my oldest daughter soon. I needed to know that she would survive whatever wasing. I needed to be their. I felt Guilty. All this time the child I had thought dead was kept from me by lies and ck Magic. Fury sparks inside my chest. . Angry at the she wolf who did this. ¡°She will tell me who her aplice is, I will know the name of the Witch that helped her keep my daughter from me.¡± I say, my tone one of anger and demand. ¡°I will know all those who have made my child suffer, and I will demand retribution.¡± I finish, then look down into my mates eyes. Her look was one of understanding. ¡°I¡¯ll be by your side, forever and always.¡± she smiles before kissing my lips. Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Kassandra My parents didn¡¯t know I was eavesdropping on the whole conversation. I had run up here and hidden near by when I had heard daddy roar. I was so d I had! I had a sister! This was the best news ever! If they think they¡¯re going to meet my sister without me they were mistaken! I was going to go with them to find her. I would follow on my motorcycle if I had to. I loved my blue Honda CBR1000, it was fast and smooth. Heck I could even hide in the trunk of the car, but that would most likely be ufortable. Dad said he felt like she was in danger, no way would I be left out. I would help protect my sister. I hope she¡¯s nice. I bet shes really pretty. I can¡¯t wait to meet her! Finally another girl! I turned around and stopped cold. There they were, the five little devils known as my brothers. (0) ¡°No way are you going without us¡± said the oldest. ¡°Yeah we want to meet her too.¡± said the youngest. ¡°We want to protect big sis too.¡± said the twins, they were born second from the youngest. And the second to the oldest said. ¡°Face it, you have to take us with you.¡± he said in a solemn, and far to old for his age, tone of voice. Drat, the brat was right.¡¯ Growling softly I say ¡°Fine! But we¡¯re going to have to take something bigger than my bike now.¡± I say. I think for a moment, then I snap my fingers. ¡°We¡¯ll take mom¡¯s Acura MDX, they¡¯ll be in the limo so that¡¯ll get left behind.¡± I say. The older two nod, I turn eighteen in a week, they¡¯re seventeen and sixteen, the twins are fourteen and the youngest twelve. Thank Goddess mom and dad have decided to wait another decade before having more kids. ¡°We¡¯ll have to wait around and find out when their leaving.¡± said the oldest. ¡°I doubt we¡¯ll know until it¡¯s tote if we don¡¯t.¡± said the second oldest. I agreed with them, I look around the door of the room we were all hiding in, and dad is talking to mom. Dad looks angry for a moment before mom kisses him. They are so in love with each other.) I had decided when I was younger that I would only marry my fated mate. I wanted a love like mom and dad¡¯s. Who knows, maybe my fated mate is a wolf. Big sis has to be a wolf if her mom was a she wolf. Maybe she¡¯ll shift for us and we¡¯ll get to see her wolf! I bet she¡¯s pretty too. Oh! I can¡¯t wait to meet her! 18 looking at the youngest, he was tan, had white eyes rimmed in dark gray, luis ck hair had a one inch wide band of white hair. We we¡¯re all born of mostly light. But dad had passed on some of the Nightwalker gics we got from grandma. Cathel¡¯s were the strongest, allowing him to ride the shadow like Aunty Lucinda, daddy¡¯s twin. ¡°If only I had more nightwalker powers.¡± Asher, the oldest said, his hair was the opposite of Cathel¡¯s, he was only able tomunicate with the shadows. All of us had tan skin, because the light within turned our skin dark, the darker your skin, the brighter your light powers. I had met those whose skin was so dark brown it was almost ck, and their light was almost brighter than the sun.4) All of us had white eyes, courtesy of our Vampire father, but the rim around the white varied. Cathel¡¯s a dark gray. Asher¡¯s a silver, the twins Bryce and Daniol had gold, and had no ck at all in their hair. Instead their white hair was streaked with gold strands, like highlights. Nathen, the third youngest had a brass colored rim with ck and gold highlights in his white hair. Me, my hair was all white, but my white eyes were rimmed in ck, making the white take on a silver sheen. My hair was hip length and wavy. My skin a dark olive tone. I couldn¡¯t ride the shadows, but I could hide inside them andmunicate with them. The shadows would bring me warnings if I or someone I was attached to was in danger. They must be telling dad that something was going to happen. 2 Alora¡¯s POV When we pull off the road onto the long drive up to the house I look at Serenity¡¯s face. She was so expressive, the awe and appreciation she had af the beauty of the bushes of roses and other flowers in between the trees. Then when we get to the enormous clearing around the house and you feel incased in another world, like entering a step out of time. The architecture of the house kept to as much of the original as possible with the new construction. It was built with the styling of a ancient Japanese vi, but with the stoutness of our Nordic ancestry. On all the beams of the decking and porches, Celtic seals of protection flowed in intricate knots throughout. Serenity parks her jeep in the garage the Alpha had indicated for her to park in. Once we were all out of the vehicals, the boys once more helping. with my things we head inside, the Alpha has us follow him to the second floor, down the hallway, in the center of the hallway he opens a door to a set of rooms facing the court yard. We walk into what looks like a living room area. 2 It¡¯s a rectangr room, a set of double doors were open, and I can see arge bed from here. On either side of the double doors is a floor to ceiling bookshelf, there is a plum colored love seat with gray pillows a few feet in front of the book shelf facing the oposite wall. On this wall there is arge screen TV and one of those cherry wood dresser stands with a mock fire ce in it. In front of the love seat was an oval shaped cherry wood coffee table, with one grey colored chair on either side. 2. On the right side opposite the book shelf is an L-shaped desk up against the wall and a triple monitor desktop with an ergonomie desk chair in front of it. The Alpha walks to the middle of the front room then turns to face me. ¡°This will be your room from now 1. on. He said. ¡°Even if you leave the Pack House for the Heartsong Mansion, this room will still be yours.¡± he said. I had a permanent ce here, a safe ce, one that didn¡¯t require the desk chair under the door knob. The feelings that gave me were deep. They have been so good to me when my own blood abused me every chance they could get. When the man who was supposed to be my father had been the reason for the desk chair, and my fear of sleeping: Sleep in my own bed had be a rare almost unattainable thing. Sleeping for maybe two hours at most usually there, and another two in the quiet room at theb, it was set up for when we were doing long running research strides needing continuous monitoring. I look at the Alpha, ¡°Thank you.¡± I say, smiling in gratitude Then I look at the boys, ¡°I guess put every thing on the couch and table, I¡¯ll figure out where to put everythingter.¡± I wanted to explore the room, but I was hungry, and we were all going down to eat. ¡°Do I have enough time to shower and change before we eat?¡± I ask the Alpha. Serenity, who is carrying arge satchel like purse on her shoulder, said. ¡°That would be awesome, is there?¡± she asks. The Alpha chuckles. I¡¯m sure there is, let me check?¡± his eyes ze for a second, he smiles and nods his head. ¡°Ember said their is an hour before dinner, you¡¯ll have time for a shower and a change.¡± he says, then looking at the twin¡¯s ¡°I¡¯ll take you two, to a room, we have extra jeans and shirts here in your sizes if you¡¯d like to clean up as well.¡± he said. They nodded and followed the Alpha out. Serenity looks at me and smiles, ¡°We¡¯ll leave you alone to that shower.¡± she says. Then looking up at Darien clears her throat. He¡¯s staring down at her, she smiles, then raises an eyebrow. ¡°You going to lead the way to your room?¡± she asks him. ¡°There is only an hour before dinner.¡± she reminds him. He snaps to, realizing what she¡¯s saying and smiles brightly. Grabbing her hand he shouts a ¡°See you at dinner.¡± at me before dragging Serenity out of my room and down the hall. Presumably to his own suite. I shut and lock the door behind them. Then I turn around, taking in the room again. This was my space now. Those people couldn¡¯te barging in to beat me and drag me off to the basement and whip me for some DerCity Garvery Toom-umu the hall. Presumably to his own suite. I shut and lock the door behind them. Then I turn around, taking in the room again. This was my space now. Those people couldn¡¯te barging in to beat me and drag me off to the basement and whip me for some imagined slight here. O Here¡­ here I was safe.Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Alpha Andrew¡¯s POV Those despicable people. I could see Alora¡¯s strength, but she is shadowed with all the abuse she has suffered at their hands. Watching her use her newly unchained powers to protect the others she cared for against her abusers had been a moment I was d I had gotten to witness. I¡¯d been proud of her. But the magic she used¡­that wasn¡¯t just a wolfs magic, then there was the change to her scent since lunch. She looks almost exactly like the first Alpha, with very few of Bettina¡¯s features present, and none of Allister¡¯s. Thinking of that, I walk downstairs and into the kitchen where my mate and the Mountainmovers are. The two she-wolves cooking together and getting along, Alfred was sitting at the bar attached to therge ind counter. 2 I go around, moving in behind my mate I wrap my arms around her waist bringing her back to my chest. I dip my head down and kiss her neck right on her mark. She lets out a small moan of appreciation, I kiss her cheek, theny mine on the top her head. Swaying a bit with her in my arms a moment, just enjoying the feel of her there. So much has happened to a little girl we wished would have born to us, instead of those people. Didn¡¯t they know how special she was? How special any pup you bore was? I was grateful for every moment I got with my pup¡¯s. They were both grown now. ¡°Mate.¡± I start, still gathering my thoughts. ¡°How long do we keep blood samples for DNA testing on file?¡± I asked her. She freezes for a moment, looks up at me with a slight frown. ¡°Since they are first submitted. asionally new samples are taken. Why?¡± she asks. ¡°I¡¯ve got a suspicion, that¡¯s all.¡± I tell her. ¡°Oh. Almost forgot, King Sebastian of the Vampires called. Said he needed to set up a face meeting as soon as possible. Said it was urgent. she tells me. 2 I release her and stand back, letting her get back to cooking. A feeling of unease goes through me. I think about the change to Alora¡¯s scent. ¡°It¡¯s no coincidence.¡± My mate looks at me, her eyes sharp. ¡°What is no coincidence?¡± she asks me, her tone careful, restrained. ¡°Alora¡¯s scent changed at lunch.¡± I tell her, looking serious. ¡°Alora smells like a hybrid now.¡± I tell her. She looks confused. ¡°But Andrew, that can¡¯t be, Allister and Bettina both are full blooded werewolves.¡± 03 PN 3 she says to me. Then her look because one of understanding ¡°That¡¯s why you were asking about blood samples isn¡¯t it?¡± she asks. ¡°Yes, I don¡¯t think the one we have on file is urate.¡± I tell her. ¡°Alora looks almost exactly like the first Alpha, there is very little of Bettina there, just her nose and her high cheek bones, and none of Allister.¡± 2 She¡¯s quiet for a little bit, thinking of everything I said, she helps Camille with thest of the preparation. Tosses things in the oven, washes her hands before turning to me. ¡°I think it¡¯s time Damienes home, before the King¡¯s visit.¡± she says. He tone a demand. ¡°I will see what I can do to make that happen.¡± I tell her. ¡°I¡¯ll go make some phone call¡¯s now, and then return King Sabastian¡¯s call.¡± I give her a kiss on the cheek before making my way to my office on the first floor of the original part of the Pack House, the part we¡¯re currently upying. The Betas wing was to the left, the Enforcer wing to the right, thest wing was for random pack members. Guests we usually hosted in the Alpha and Beta wings. I get to my office and sit in my chair, picking up the phone I call the head master of the Northern Continental University of Werewolves. It was a top University for Alpha and Beta pairs to go to. They¡¯re program was the hardest toplete of all other Universities. NCUW was for the strongest and most dedicated Alpha and Beta pairs only. ¡°Principal Silveke here.¡± said the headmaster in way of greeting. ¡°Hello Cahan.¡± I say. I hear a squeak like he suddenly sat up straighter in his chair. ¡°Alpha Andrew! This is a surprise. What can I do for you?¡± he asks. I sigh, ¡°There is allot happening at home, The King of the Vampires has asked for a face to face meeting. I tell him. He whistles, ¡°The King of the Vampires, now that¡¯s an important meeting,¡± he said ¡°But that¡¯s not all that has you calling me.¡± he states. ¡°My mate wants Damien home, before I host the King of Vampires.¡± I tell him. ¡°I need to know if there is a way to make that happen, and him still graduate.¡± he chuckles a bit. When your mate starts making demands it¡¯s best to fallow them.¡± he said. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Actually this give me an excuse.¡± he says. ¡°An excuse?¡± I ask. ¡°I only have six Alpha Beta pairs in my Senior ss this year. All of them, Especially your son and Beta, have excelled at their studies this year.¡± he informs me. ¡°Everyst one of them has filed a for permission to Take the written Exams early, and the physical one immediately after well this was a surprise. ¡°Usually I tell the students to take this time to condition themselves. he pauses for a moment. ¡°But for the first time since I¡¯ve taken over as Headmaster. another pause. ¡°I don¡¯t believe they need the time, they all are already perfectly conditioned. he finally finishes. ¡°What does that mean time wise.¡± I ask him. Well, It¡¯s early enough I can schedule for their written exams take ce over the next two days. Then on the third morning we¡¯ll have their physical exams.¡± he says. ¡°If all goes well I can have your son home in four days. ¡°Excellent.¡± I tell him. ¡°That takes a lot off my mind.¡± then because I was curious ¡°Why did only six pairs make it till senior year?¡± I ask. he sighs I lost the first half in the second year to the meeting of their fated mates. It was at a Multi-University get together, a bunch of Werewolves Witches, Wans, Wizards and Warlocks, Vampires, some of the other Shifter species and a few humans.¡± he says. ¡°It was basically a massive lottery of meeting your fated that night, no less then fifty couples where made.¡± He tells me. ¡°Your kidding. I say to him, surprised. That didn¡¯t lisually happen at parties. But then again we¡¯ve never held one that diverse. ¡°Not in the least, and the newly mated that stayed in school started to drop like flies as they started to have pups on the way, or duties at home called them away.¡± he said on a sighmenting the loss of students. Iugh. ¡°Strongly you predicament has given me an Idea, despite it¡¯s disastrous results to your enrollment numbers.¡± I tell him, myughter in my tone. And what¡¯s that?¡± he asks. ¡°I have allot of unmated wolves ranging from eighteen to twenty five, a few older sprinkled in there.¡± I inform him. ¡°Maybe I¡¯ll have my mate get to nning a pack party and inviting a few of our neighboring species and shifters.¡± I say. E Well I¡¯m d my misfortune could bring hope to your pack.¡± he says,ughter in his voice. I chuckle. ¡°Thanks for you help, really, this will help me get ahold on things here if I have my son and his Beta home to help.¡± I tell him . ¡°No problem, d I could help, that and you solved one of mine while I was at it. heughs. those I like.¡± he tells me. We chat for a minute longer before we disconnect. I let out a sigh ¡°Now to call Sabastian.¡± I say aloud. His number is on my desk, in my mates pretty Thandwriting. No time like the present, besides, there was still thirty minutes till dinner. Picking up my phone I dial the King of Vampires. To my surprise he answers right away. *You¡¯ve reached King Sabastian Dayblood. was his greeting. ¡°Greeting to you King Sabastian Dayblood, this is Alpha Andrew of the Moon Mountain Pack, I understand you had an urgent matter?¡± 1 ¡°Yes Alpha Andrew I do, do you know anything about a She wolf by the name of Bettina Mountain Frost?¡± he asks me. Well this wasn¡¯t what I expected. ¡°Yes I do, but she¡¯s Battina Frost Northmountain.¡± I tell him ¡°Mountain Frost were her maiden names. She¡¯s married to Allister Northmountain and has been for twenty two years.¡± I added. I hear him growl. ¡°Was everything out of that females mouth a lie?¡± his tone angry. ¡°I¡¯m sorry your Highness, but what is it she told you that has you so upset?¡± I ask him. Wondering what the she wolf had done to offended the King of Vampires. He sighs¡± Eighteen years, and about six month agost week, I met and had a one night stand with a she wolf named Bettina.¡± he informs me, making my stomach sink. This had to have something to do with Alora¡­and her new scent. Chapter 39 Chapter 39 //WARNING: SEXUAL CONTENT RATED XXX/// Darien¡¯s POV Serenity is giggling as I pull her into my room, I had us running down the hall the entire way. We make it into my suite. I pull her in turn around pushing her up against the the door as I shut and lock it. My hands on either side of her head as I stare down at her, not even bothering to hide my raging lust. I want her so bad, I¡¯m trying to breath, she looks up at me with those green eyes rimmed with gold. Her face flushed, her breasts heaving with her every breath. Her eyes burning with her own need. ¡°Someone sure is excited.¡± she says in a husky voice that wraps itself around my cock, making it throb. I growl at her, leaning down I lick the edge of her jaw, she shivers, her scent intoxicating, her heat was spicy with her arousal. It was calling to me like nothing else. I could get addicted to smelling it. Vani and cinnamon, so sweet. I lick her jaw again, wanting the taste of her skin on my tongue. I nibbled along her jaw, feeling her shiver, smelling her arousal be stronger. I nibble her ear lobe, then I lick and nibble down her neck, growling against her skin. She gasps out a moan, it¡¯s music to my ears. I want to hear more. I want all of her cries and moans of pleasure. I wanted to hear her scream my name as I made her cum. I reach that spot in between her neck and shoulder and then bite down, not enough to mark, not yet. I would be balls deep and have her screaming in release, her body squeezing around me, to milk me dry before I sank my teeth in and mark her. She digs her fingers into my hair, her nails scratching along causing a shiver to shoot down my spine and my cock jerk. Then she grips my hair and pulls causing more. Growling, knowing my eyes were the glowing blue of my wolf, Axel¡¯s want to im his mate matching mine. Driving me on. I meet the glowing cinnamon amber of her wolf in her eyes. She growls at me, her desire evident. One hand grabbing a fist full of her thick fiery hair, with my other hand I grab her thigh and bring her leg up over my hip and grind my cock against her center. Pushing her harder up against the door when she brings up her other leg, wrapping both around me, squeezing me tight between her deliciously thick and toned thighs. With her hands in my hair and my one hand in hers we pull each other together, our mouths crush together, a mesh of tongue, teeth and lips. Separating enough for her to pull her shirt over her head, baring her chest with an emerald green bra cupping her luscious tits. The top half of the cup, a sheer delicatecey material, showed the upper parts of her strawberry red ares, her nipples hard and straining against the bra. I bring my hand up to cup her, my thumbs pressing against the hard nubs, rubbing, her hips move, grinding her hot pussy against my cock. I lean down to bite a nipple through the material, she cries out and grinds against me again. Damn it feels so good I might cum in my pants before I could get it in her. But I only had an hour, and I would revel in it. I reach around and take her bra off her, she tugs at my shirt and I help MODE her take it off. I bend back to her. breasts in my hands, her breasts wererge, at least a triple D, squeezing one in one hand, I use the other to help swallow half her breast into my mouth. Sucking hard on her soft flesh, she cries out grinding herself into me over and over now. Her nails scratching into my back causing my balls so swell and pinch, my cock was dripping inside my pants. I switch to her other breast, she buries one hand back in my hair, her nails in my scalp as she pulls at All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. my hair nearly set me off. She¡¯s trembling with need, I can smell how wet she was. Her heat was scorching me through our pants. I can¡¯t take it, I have to taste her at least once before I fuck us to oblivion. I put her legs back down, then I kiss her, ravaging her mouth as I get her pants open. I pull my mouth away from hers, and as I drop to my knees I pull her pants over her curvy hips and down her legs, taking her matching emeraldce thong with them. I make her step out of them. Then I have her thighs on my shoulders, her back leaning against the door, gripping herrge, frim ass, I buried my mouth against her pussy. She screams my name as I suck hard on her clit, licking it as I suck, I growl against her and her juices flood against my chin dripping down onto my neck. I let go of her clit and move my mouth over her core, sticking my tongue into her, fucking her with my tongue. She¡¯s moaning and crying out in pleasure, a symphony to my ears, her juices getting all over my cheeks. Her addictive scent soaking into my skin. Her cinnamon vani honey so sweet, I couldn¡¯t get enough. I wrap my mouth back round her clit, alternating between sucking on it and sticking my tongue into her core. I push two fingers into her, shes tight, sucking her clit Istart to draw my fingers in and out, her pussy flutters around my fingers, her walls so slick and hot. She was burning up inside, my cock kept twitching, it was so hard it was turning purple at the head. Pre-cum was a continuous stream out of my head. I take my fingers, soaked in her juices, out and y with her star, running the over it, coating the outside in her own fluids, I stick my fingers back in, recoating them and fucking her with them for a moment. Pulling my fingers back out I put them back over her star, and I press up a little, putting pressure on it. She cries out, and grinds herself against my face, a screamed ¡°Darien¡± on those swollen red lips. I push one finger into that star. It gave with a little pop, her hips jerks, niore of her juices flowed to drip down my chin and neck, over my cheeks, all over her inner thighs. I fuck her ass with just one finger, opening her up a bit, then I put the second one in, stabbing my tongue into her core as I did it, feeling her coat my tongue as more of her spicy vani cinnamon honey floods from her. I fuck her star a little longer, before I stab deep, finding that little button, pressing on it I suck hard on her clit. She throws back her head and screams, her ass clenches down hard on my fingers, pulsing, as she wreaths in her orgasm. Quickly before it can stop, I pull my fingers out, wipe my face against her tummy to clean up a bit, than I stand up. I grab her thighs, lift her up, pushing her into the door, and wrap her legs around me. CD I line my cock up with her still orgasming pussy and I m her down, sliding all the way up to the hilt, balls deep. The pain of her heiman breaking lost as the pleasure of another orgasm rocks through her. I don¡¯t stop, 1 pound into her over and over, prolonging her pleasure, building her up to another orgasm. Her pussy fluttering and mping down tight on my cock as I drove into her drenching wet heat. Her deep guttural moans, cries and screams of pleasure urging me on. My mouth crashes onto hers, I stick one hand down between us and press my thumb into her swollen clit, driving her to another orgasm, the way her pussy flutters around my cock, how it clenches down as her hot fluid pours from her is addicting. It¡¯s taking everything to hold off my own release so I could enjoy this longer. She cums again, and I pound into her faster, her juices now covering my balls and all the way down my thighs. I tear my mouth away from hers and put it on that spot, where her neck meets her shoulders. I feel her body start to shake, she starts to tighten, press down hard on her clit and bite into her with my fangs, mming my cock deep and keeping it there. As she explodes around me her pussy strangling my cock, she bites her fangs down into my spot, marking me, iming me. I explode inside her, her pussy milking jet after jet of my hot seed, my name a scream on her lips has she cums over and over. Her body shaking, mine jerking as my hips twitch again and again, I almost couldn¡¯t stop cuming. I felt it fill her up to overflowing, it slid out of her and down my balls as I came and came. Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Darien¡¯s POV Con¡¯d It finally stopped, still inside her, my arms wrapped around her waist, I fall to my knees. Panting hard drenched in sweat, my cock twitching at every pulse of her pussy, I put my forehead on hers. Our eyes meet, all I could say was ¡°Goddess I¡¯m already in love with you.¡± Her eyes widen, pleasure and warmth filling their depths. ¡°Goddess help me I¡¯m already in love with you too.¡± I can¡¯t help it, I m my mouth down on hers at those words. I¡¯m already fully hard inside her again, never having fully lost it. Twisting to the side Iy her down on the floor, one hand squeezing her ass as I hold her to me, the other fisted in her hair, I pound into her again. I quickly drive her pleasure up as I swallow her moans and cries with my mouth, it didn¡¯t take long before I felt my balls swell then tighten, getting ready to fill her again. Fuck I was going to get her pregnant, and I could¡¯nt care at the moment, all that mattered was fucking her until her pussy strangled my cock, milking it with her pleasure as she screamed my name, finally I felt her body start to shake, then it came. This one was no less powerful, she milked jets and jets of my hot seed from me as she came. Ripping my mouth from hers I shout her name as she screams mine. Finally it lightens up, I roll us so she¡¯s on top, my cock still inside her. I can¡¯t get enough, I have to have her again. 2 This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I start moving inside her again, I sit up and swallow half her breast into my mouth and suck hard. Her back bows, her hipsing down hard, mming me deep inside her, she cries out and her pussy flutters around me, still impossibly wet, even more so with my seed flooding her insides. The tho of that fact had me hardening unbearably, I felt my balls swelling. Goddess, how could something be this fucking good! I switch to her other breast, more of her hot honey flooding around my cock. I put my thumb on her swollen clit, driving her higher faster, I feel her cum, her walls mping impossibly tight around me. I hold off, my balls swelling more as I do, the pinch of pain actually felt good. I could feel my tip dripping inside. I pull out, then I roll her over onto her hands and knees. Holding onto her hips I m back inside her, going even deeper than before, holding still for a moment to keep froming. She cries out in pleasure, she wolves being made for long hours of mating, She bows her upper body down, her tits on the floor her arms stretched out in front of her, her nails digging into the floor. Her body undting with pleasure. I started to move slow, she whimpered out in frustration. So coating my thumb and fingers in her juices, I bring my now coated thumb of one hand back to her star, and my coated fingers of my other hand to her clit. Pounding deep into her at a steady pace I put my thumb into her star and start rubbing and pinching her clit. She cries out and undtes in pleasure, her hands wing at the floor, her pussy fluttering. O I decide to give her more. Pulling my thumb out I get my fingers coated in the juices dripping from my balls, a mixture of her and me. Getting the first two fingers good and coated I then put them into her ass. She cries out, her pussy mping around my cock, her ass around my fingers, she pushing back against me, mewling. I keep rubbing and pinching her clit, still pounding my cock in an out of her, my fingers now fucking her ass, rubbing over that button, driving her pleasure higher. I could feel my cock moving inside her core through the thin tissue separating her core from her ass. The feeling of my fingers on my cock through it bothbined sent pleasure down my spine, into my balls. I was the one giving this she wolf pleasure, my cock, my fingers. Fuck I was already possessive. This she wolf will never escape me now. She was mine, and I was hers. That thought driving me on, I pound into her harder and faster, I pinched and rubbed her clit hard, and I found that button inside her ass and kept rubbing hard against her. @ This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Her body starts shaking, her mewls now high pitched. Then her walls m down around my cock, one more strangling it. He ass clenches down around my fingers, pulsing, her clit twitches in my fingers. Her hot fluid gushes over my cock. My balls swell and tighten so painfully before finally I¡¯m exploding inside her again. My seed hotter then ever, jet after jet gushing up inside, deep into her womb. So much, I watched as it seeped out of her around my cock and down my balls. I shouted her name, she screamed mine. This time when the jets stoppeding I pulled out, and copsed on the floor next to her. my chest heaving I gathered her into my arms. I couldn¡¯t stop petting her. Running my hand over her hair, her neck, down her back, over ass, up her hip, up her back to her head, only to start all over again. I kept cing kisses on her forehead, her cheek, then I would be kissing her lips again, her kissing me back. Goddess, the warmth I had filling my chest up for this woman. She was a fucking blessing. ¡°Thank you Goddess for this she wolf.¡± I didn¡¯t realize I had said it aloud till she giggles, she smiles up at my, love shining in her eyes, she puts her hand on my face, ¡°Thank you Goddess for this male wolf.¡± she says, and goddess if that doesn¡¯t make me hard again. I groan ¡°Fuck female, the things you do to my cock.¡± she giggles and looks down, she wraps her hand around it, causing it to jump and the tip leak. ¡°Baby, we have to shower¡± I say shakily, she pumps my cock ¡°and dress.¡± another pump.¡± and go down for dinner.¡± two pumps, my balls swelling yet again ¡°Fuck.¡± I gasp, she literally has me by my cock, I am hers. ¡°We¡¯re on a time limit.¡± I remind her desperately. She looks up at me from underneath hershes and says in a husky sex filled voice. ¡°Who says we can¡¯t do anything and shower at the same time?¡± she asks raising an eye brow. My cock jumps in her hand. I roll away hop up, then I bend down, I pick her up and toss her over my shoulder, she squeals and giggles as I take her through my bedroom into my private luxury bathroom, a Jacuzzi tub for two and a standing shower big enough for four with five different shower heads. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar A few detachable, they would be fun to y with. I reach into the shower, still carrying Serenity, and turn on all five full st and set the temperature, then I hop in with both of us. I¡¯ve always liked the Shea Moisture for men and the Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Body Wash. Grateful it wasn¡¯t something that would dry her skin out or make her smell Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. I reach into the shower, still carrying Serenity, and turn on all five full st and set the temperature, then I hop in with both of us. I¡¯ve always liked the Shea Moisture for men and the Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Body Wash. Grateful it wasn¡¯t something that would dry her skin out or make her smell too manly. Instead on her the scents would be mostly feminine. (2) I put my hand in her hair, lifting it, getting the water to soak in. I grab my shampoo, pouring arge portion into my palm, she has so much more hair than me, I start to work it in. I get it nice andthered on her lengths, then I massage her scalp with my fingers. She moans and leans into my chest, her wet breasts rubbing against me made my cock jerk. I ignored it, determined to take care of my mate first. I rinse the shampoo out of her hair before grabbing a shower poof, I pour a healthy dollop of the body wash onto it, then I start to wash using it and my other hand. Smoothing my hand over every ce I spread the soap, I massage her muscles, and pay special attention to her breasts, and her beautiful bottom. Then I rub my hands all over her again as I rinse her off. Her skin is flushed, and her breathing out in pants.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar. I grab the conditioner, and using a healthy amount start rubbing it into her lengths, then I massage it into her scalp, savoring her moans of pleasure. I have her sit on the shower seat, leaning her against the wall. The conditioner needing to sit in her hair for a bit gave me time for a quick wash. Then I had her up, her breast squished to my chest as I rinse out her hair, she melts into me. I love the feel of her in my arms, showers would never be the same again after this. I turn off the water, then squeeze as much excess water out of her hair that I could. Stepping out of the shower I dry off real quick before grabbing two other towels. I gently rub her skin with the first towel to dry her. Then with the second towel I remove as much water from her tresses as possible. Her hair is amazingly soft. Using a detangling brush my mother insisted I have in my bathroom, for which I am now d for, I brush her hair. Her hair dried a little more as I brushed it, I didn¡¯t want to damage it with a blow dryer, so I was d we had a few hours left before bedtime to allow for air drying. Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Darien¡¯s POV con¡¯d I have a bottle of Shea Moisture¡¯s Raw Shea Butter Body Lotion. Even guys get dry skin, and who wants itchy dry skin anyway, definitely not me. I take her out of the bedroom andy her on the bed, belly down, hair to the side. I massage the lotion into the back of her arms and legs, into her back and then her bottom. I smell her arousal, her moans breathy. Still ignoring my own arousal, I turn her over. I massage lotion on the front of her arms and legs first, her fluid glistening on her pussy as I rubbed her inner thighs. I massage her tummy, shoulders, then her neck. That made her shiver like crazy, I could smell her honey spill out of her as her arousal peaked with my hand on her throat. That made me shiver, she might be into breath y, that would be extremely erotic. I finally make it to her breasts, massaging them longer then was really necessary. The way she moaned and pushed her chest up into my hands, her hips grinding against the bed was beautiful to me. I couldn¡¯t get enough of watching her, it was quickly bing my new favorite hobby. Done putting lotion on her I lean down a?d take her mouth in a long, slow, deep kiss. Iy down next to her and gently caress and pet her for a while, enjoying just being able to touch her. A few minutes of kissing and I push her onto her back, kneeling between her thighs. Still kissing I line my cock up with her entrance, then I gently ease inside her till I¡¯m buried all the way in. Then I start to make love to her, this time I was gentle, making her burn, filling my heart up with love for this woman. Then we move faster, a little harder, I reach between us and rub her clit. It wasn¡¯t long before she was cuming, taking me with her in a sweet explosion. I roll to the side, I bring her up against me,ying there for a moment to catch my breath. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I kiss her forehead and say ¡°Give me a moment.¡± I walk into the bathroom, get a wash cloth out of the cab, wet it with warm water then clean up, taking a second one I wet it with warm water also, then I go clean Serenity before putting both in my dirtyundry basket. Iy next to her for a moment, just holding her against me. I sigh as I look at the clock, ¡°Times up, we have to go down stairs.¡± I tell her. Looking into her beautiful, sated, vibrant green and gold eyes. She smiles lovingly at me. I¡¯m not leaving tonight.¡± she says to me. ¡°I¡¯m here to stay with you.¡± This makes me eternally happy. We¡¯ll be back up here tonight, and I¡¯ll get to sleep in her arms. We get up and dress. Then hand in hand we leave the room. I look at my mark on her neck, then I reach up and touch my own. It makes me shiver, my cock twitching. I¡¯m too sated at the moment for anything more than twitching at the moment. Thank Goddess. I had to be in front of our parents. Hiding a hard on while trying to talk to them was a struggle. She¡¯s snuggles up to my side, I let go of her hand to wrap my arm around her, holding her close. Not wanting to be separated a second. 2 The amount of bliss and pleasure we had in such a short time went to show you why it was rare for fated mates to ever separate. It was also rare to be rejected, thinking about Alora. I frown, Alora should have had this, she deserved this kind of bliss, she deserved a mate willing to do anything for her. She deserved a mate who thought of her as his everything, like I did mine. Almost as If reading my thoughts Serenity says ¡°I wish Alora had a mate as wonderful as you have been to me, she deserves it.¡± she looks up at me, a sad smile, I don¡¯t like the sadness, but I understood it, as I felt the same. ¡°I was just thinking that.¡± I tell her, pecking her lips in a kiss with mine. ¡°I was wishing Alora could have a mate who feels towards her, what I feel towards you.¡± I say. 3 ¡°And how is it you feel towards me.¡± she asks, her tone teasing. I stop us at the foot of the stairs on the first floor. I turn, grabbing her face in my hands and looking deep I say ¡°You are my everything, I will live for you, I will die for you, I will love you for eternity and beyond.¡± I tell her, my voice deep and husky with my feeling for this incredible she-wolf. Tears shimmer as she smiles wide and brightly. ¡°You are my everything now too. I¡¯m already so deep in love with you it¡¯s like a mountain dropped on my head from the sky.¡± she tells me. I take her lips in a deep kiss, she wraps her arms around my neck. We go on like this for a moment, then a throat clears. Pulling my mouth from hers, I feel my face flush as I watch Serenity¡¯s redden. We were just caught making out on the stairs. I look up to see who¡¯s caught us, cringing internally at the thought of it being her parents. Visions of her father squashing me like a bug shing through my mind, I go still as I see who it is. Thankfully it¡¯s not her parents. It¡¯s Alora, she¡¯s standing there with an enormous grin on her face, she¡¯s been my friend long enough for me to know I just handed her ammunition. She was going to tease me mercilessly. ¡°Ohe on.¡± I groan out. ¡°Can¡¯t you give me a break.¡± I whine. She bursts outughing. ¡°Just so you know, there is such a thing as Karma.¡± I remind her. Sheughs ¡°Yeah, but for this I¡¯ll risk it.¡± she says. Thenughs again. ¡°You two are about to walk into a meeting of both of your parents.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡± She reminds me. ¡°And your doing so with the obvious proof of what you two spent thest hour doing.¡± she points out. Gesturing at our marks. ¡°Shit.¡± I say aloud. She ¡°Honestly I don¡¯t have to tease you.¡± she says with a smile ¡°All I have to do is sit back and watch the drama.¡±ughter in her tone. ¡°Shit.¡± I say again, then ¡°Ok, I will say this.¡± I start. ¡°I don¡¯t regret iming my she-wolf the first moment I had to do so.¡± I say, then admit ¡°Although, I could have picked a better time to do it.¡± I say wryly. Now Serenity and Alora were bothughing. I look at Serenity in confusion. ¡°Why are youughing?¡± I asked her ¡°Your in this with me.¡± I remind her. She giggles ¡°Yeah, but I¡¯m the daughter, your the male who has to talk to Daddy.¡±ughter filling her voice. I re at her, sheughs harder, I smile ¡°Yes, but your the she wolf with the precious baby son of my mothers.¡± I reminded her with glee. She stopsughing her face changing to a look of horror ¡°Shit.¡± she says. Iugh and she smacks me in my stomach. I chuckle out a ¡°Hey, what was that for.¡± knowing very well what it was for. ¡°You know very well what it was for.¡± she says with a raised eyebrow, I smile an kiss her, This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar we separate and she looks at me with a sullen pout. ¡°Don¡¯t worry my sweet, spicy she-wolf, I will forever be by your side.¡± 1 tell her. She stopsughing her face changing to a look of horror ¡°Shit.¡± she says. Iugh and she smacks me in my stomach. I chuckle out a ¡°Hey, what was that for.¡± knowing very well what it was for. ¡°You know very well what it was for.¡± she says with a raised eyebrow, I smile an kiss her, we separate and she looks at me with a sullen pout. ¡°Don¡¯t worry my sweet, spicy she-wolf, I will forever be by your side.¡± I tell her. She beams up at me and I kiss her. I jump as I hear my motherughing, shes standing in the doorway of the hall leading to the kitchen. ¡°Oh you must have learned how to get yourself out of trouble with your she-wolf from your father.¡± she says. ¡°He became quite the expert over the years.¡± she continues. ¡°But that was after a lot of trial and error.¡± is said with a dry tone. ¡°You¡¯ll make mistakes of course, males always do, just remember that groveling is sometimes your best friend in winning your mate back.¡± She tells me. Then she looks at Serenity, ¡°Well it¡¯s obvious what you two were up too.¡± This makes both girlsugh as my mouth gaps open. ¡°MOM!¡± I shout in suprise. ¡°What? You think I wasn¡¯t going to mention it just because I¡¯m you mother?¡± she asks. ¡°Besides, did you use protection?¡± she asks me.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Not something I really want to talk about because no we hadn¡¯t, I blushed a deep crimson. ¡°Well it seems despite your earlier protest I¡¯ll be getting those grand pups right away after all.¡± She says with way to much cheer. ¡°Mom!¡± is all I can say, my mortification increasing. ¡°We¡¯ll find out tomorrow anyway if her scent changes, assuming your as v?rile as your father.¡± I¡¯m absolutely horrified at thisment. ¡°M00000M!¡± (174 And while I want to disappear through the floor to make her stop, both my mate and Alora areughing like loons at my obvious distress. To make matters worse I hear moreughter behind the door mom was in front of: Great they were all listening to this, andughing. I growl at them, my mate suppressing herughter to giggles, grabs my hand. She looks up at me with a smile and says four little words that made all this worth it. ¡°I love you Darien.¡± Just like that, I calm down, for her, I could go through anything. Alora¡¯s POV The rain ising down in a steady drizzle, the double doors leading from my new bedroom, to the covered balcony open. I stand leaning against the door frame, watching the rain fall. My room overlooked the koi pond, with the willow behind it. I loved the pond, besides the willow it was one of my favorite features of the courtyard. I was deep in thought as the wind brought in mist and the smell of flowers. I was trying to clear my head so I could sleep. In the dark of the room the stars that appeared in my hair at nightfall twinkled, I couldn¡¯t see the crown, just knew it was there. 2 It was around ten p.m. now, I didn¡¯t think I would be able to sleep anytime soon. There was a lot that was going on. The dinner had been pleasant. The Alpha and Luna teasing their son, Serenity giggling by his side. He took it all with a smile, all he needed was Serenity by his side. This made me long for a mate of my own. I had had one this morning, only for him to reject me. Serenity¡¯s parents turned out to be quite entertaining. The dinner and dessert stretched into a couple of hours before the couple needed to get home, both having work early in the morning.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar The Alpha had a meeting earlier with Matt and his parents. Loren, Beatrice, Agatha and each of their parents and Agatha¡¯s grandmother, were also at that meeting. I didn¡¯t go to the meeting. I stayed in my room once I caught site of everyone from the stair case. Strangely, all three girls were dressed casully in in blue skinny jeans and t-shirts for different rock bands, their make up nothing more than mascara. They had looked nice. Pretty, an inner beautying out that had been hidden by those gaudy outfits and heavy make up. That had been interesting, but not interesting enough to have me go near enough to find out. I didn¡¯t want to have anything to do with my tormentors. I have been gued enough by them. I didn¡¯t want to seek out theirpany. After his meeting, the Alpha had sought me out. O I run it through my head. Needing to examine everything, having a highly active photographic memory, this turns the encounter into a movie inside my head. It started with the knock on my door. I had been sitting at my new desk, having unpacked every thing before dinner after my shower. I was glossing over the material for myst three exams. I didn¡¯t really need to, it was all in my head, like I had the books copied into my mind and on a shelf inside my brain. Sometimes I visualize an outdoor library under a willow tree, that for some reason had pink cherry blossoms on it. The sunlight was in a mid morning position, light filtering through the willows vines, the light from the sun, despite being bright, was gentle, and warming without being hot. I didn¡¯t feel the need to squint like I would normally in sunlight, here it wasfortable. The petals of the tree would be blowing around in a sweet rose and lc scented air, and under the tree in the green grass, were waist high white stone book shelves. 2 They were ced in a staggered circr pattern around the tree, spreading out in row after row. Green leaved vines imed the outside of the shelves, different colored flowers blooming from the vines, all in varying shades of blue, purple, red and pink. I would sit by the tree near one of the shelves, the book I needed to visualize in myp for me to read. Some how I didn¡¯t think this was all that normal, but I¡¯ve always done it to center myself and find information I needed quickly when I couldn¡¯t ess the Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. physical material. The Knock on my door had me looking up from the material, wondering who could have been knocking. Darien and Serenity had gone to his room, and I had good reason to believe they wouldn¡¯t being out till tomorrow morning, and only for school. Serenity¡¯s brothers had gone back to the house she grew up, and had been living, in to grab Serenity¡¯s things.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Apparently she had been nning to move in with whoever her mate was, and if he didn¡¯t have his own ce, she had even already gotten approval for a suite of rooms in the Communal Pack Wing of the Pack house, where random wolves of the Pack could live. Usually those without family or a n would live there until they secured a dwelling of their own away from the Pack House. What neither Serenity nor her parents new was that Kian and Gn had also applied for their own Suite as well. They did so in Advance because they ned on being in the Pack Enforcers, they wanted to be assigned to their own Alpha. So not only were the two boys getting Serenity¡¯s things with a written and very detailed list, they were getting theirs as well, the Alpha giving them the key¡¯s to their rooms. They had went with their parent so they could return with their own vehicles. They hadn¡¯t expected to be given their own separate rooms, so had been ecstatic about the surprise. The Alpha had exined it would be more convenient should they find their mates. They were eighteen years and six month old and still haven¡¯t met their mates, so they hadn¡¯t considered thatplication into their ns yet. But all that meant was they shouldn¡¯t be back this fast, so it wasn¡¯t them.5 I had decided all that in less than a minute. I got up and answered the door, the Alpha was standing on the other side, hand raised for another knock. Surprised and confused ¡°What can I do for you Alpha?¡± I had asked him. ¡°I had a couple of things I wanted to talk to you about.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°Is it okay if Ie in?¡± he¡¯d asked. He hadn¡¯t had to, being the Alpha, but I had appreciated the courtesy he offered by asking. I waived him inside, offering him one of the chairs in my ¡®Living Room¡¯ while I took the love seat. The Alpha sat, he looked at me, ¡°I asked Principal Johnathan to have all three of your sit down exams to be scheduled for tomorrow.¡± he¡¯d said, I hadn¡¯t expected that, and honestly was ok with it, so I smile ¡°Ah, I see your ok with that, good.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°Also I want to talk to you about your status and what it means now.¡± he told me. (2This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I frown ¡°My status?¡± I¡¯d asked. ¡°Yes, you are now a Noble of the Northern Continental Werewolves, your Alpha status being registered with the Moon Mountain Pack Council, your status as a Noble was also registered.¡± he told me. I¡¯d had a feeling that had meant something big for me. ¡°This means your life is going to be a lot different then being a lesser Noble as a Doctor and Scientist of the Pack.¡± he had continued. Nope, my feeling had been right, hadn¡¯t liked what it meant. ¡°You wont be able to remain anonymous, you¡¯ll have public appearances that will be made with the Moon Mountain Pack in official capacities, as well as those for the Northern Continental Werewolves.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°I¡¯m telling you about this now because you need two Enforcers and a Beta minimum now.¡± he informed me. ¡°You¡¯ll need them before Saturday,¡± I had started panicking slightly, I didn¡¯t even know who to begin looking at for those positions, and to have such a short time limit, but the Alpha exined it. ¡°The King of the Vampires will be paying a visit to the Moon Mountain Pack, and you will need to be present as a n Alpha of this pack.¡± Well shit, what would I do, I didn¡¯t know anything about meeting or greeting Royalty of another species, I¡¯d thought. Probably having seen my panic ¡°Luna Ember will help you with everything when ites to this visit,¡± he had said quickly. ¡°But we don¡¯t have much time so that¡¯s why I need your sses to end early, that and the ones of the three others who I hope you will approve of joining you.¡± he says. ¡°What three.¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°The three I think would make a great Beta and your required two Enforcers.¡± he told me. ¡°Can I ask who they are?¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°You already know them, Jaxon Mountainmover as your Beta, Kian and Gn Mountainmover as your Enforcers.¡± he¡¯d said. (2 Actually I had been quite pleased, they had never once been involved in my torment in school or out of it. I had been smiling at the Alpha¡¯s choices ¡°I wouldn¡¯t mind those three.¡± and then I had thought for a moment. ¡°I¡¯m going to need and ountant to monitor my finances and add them to the payroll, and find out how to make it sustainable if it already isn¡¯t.¡± I¡¯d said. ¡°That¡¯s another thing Ember and I will help you with.¡± he had assured me. 2 ¡°The Heartsong¡¯s tended to make lucrative financial decisions that has only added to the wealth over the centuries. All the investments they¡¯ve made continue to hold and drawrge interest rates, then the wealth that¡¯s not ear marked for the running of the Heartsong Mansion,nds, properties and the Trust, is recycled into investments.¡± he told me. ¡°But the unused amounts in the ounts has umted in to the Billions in avable funds, and billions more are in the investments.¡± Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Alora¡¯s POV The rain ising down in a steady drizzle, the double doors leading from my new bedroom, to the covered balcony open. I stand leaning against the door frame, watching the rain fall. My room overlooked the koi pond, with the willow behind it. I loved the pond, besides the willow it was one of ¡®my favorite features of the courtyard. I was deep in thought as the wind brought in mist and the smell of flowers. I was trying to clear my head so I could sleep. In the dark of the room the stars that appeared in my hair at nightfall twinkled, I couldn¡¯t see the crown, just knew it was there. 2 It was around ten p.m. now, I didn¡¯t think I would be able to sleep anytime soon. There was a lot that was going on. The dinner had been pleasant. The Alpha and Luna teasing their son, Serenity giggling by his side. He took it all with a smile, all he needed was Serenity by his side. This made me long for a Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. mate of my own. I had had one this morning, only for him to reject me. Serenity¡¯s parents turned out to be quite entertaining. The dinner and dessert stretched into a couple of hours before the couple needed to get home, both having work early in the morning. The Alpha had a meeting earlier with Matt and his parents. Loren, Beatrice, Agatha and each of their parents and Agatha¡¯s grandmother, were also at that meeting. I didn¡¯t go to the meeting. I stayed in my room once I caught site of everyone from the stair case. Strangely, all three girls were dressed casully in in blue skinny jeans and t-shirts for different rock bands, their make up nothing more than mascara. 2 They had looked nice. Pretty, an inner beautying out that had been hidden by those gaudy outfits and heavy make up. That had been interesting, but not interesting enough to have me go near enough to find out. I didn¡¯t want to have anything to do with my tormentors. I have been gued enough by them. I didn¡¯t want to seek out theirpany. After his meeting, the Alpha had sought me out. I run it through my head. Needing to examine everything, having a highly active photographic memory, this turns the encounter into a movie inside my head. It started with the knock on my door. I had been sitting at my new desk, having unpacked every thing before dinner after my shower. I was glossing over the material for myst three exams. I didn¡¯t really need to, it was all in my head, like had the books copied into my mind and on a shelf inside my brain. Sometimes I visualize an outdoor library under a willow tree, that for some reason had pink cherry blossoms on it. The sunlight was in a mid morning position, light filtering through the willows vines, the light from the sun, despite being bright, was gentle, and warming without being hot. I didn¡¯t feel the need to squint like I would normally in sunlight, here it wasfortable. The petals of the tree would be blowing around in a sweet rose and lc scented air, and under the tree in the green grass, were waist high white stone book shelves. (2)This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar They were ced in a staggered circr pattern around the tree, spreading out in row after row. Green leaved vines imed the outside of the shelves, different colored flowers blooming from the vines, all in varying shades of blue, purple, red and pink. I would sit by the tree near one of the shelves, the book I needed to visualize in myp for me to read. Some how I didn¡¯t think this was all il ¡ªmal hout l¡¯ that normal, but I¡¯ve always done it to center myself and find information I needed quickly when I couldn¡¯t ess the physical material. O The Knock on my door had me looking up from the material, wondering who could have been knocking. Darien and Serenity had gone to his room, and I had good reason to believe they wouldn¡¯t being out till tomorrow morning, and only for school. Serenity¡¯s brothers had gone back to the house she grew up, and had been living, in to grab Serenity¡¯s things. O Apparently she had been nning to move in with whoever her mate was, and if he didn¡¯t have his own ce, she had even already gotten approval for a suite of rooms in the Communal Pack Wing of the Pack house, where random wolves of the Pack could live. Usually those without family or a n would live there until they secured a dwelling of their own away from the Pack Hous What neither Serenity nor her parents new was that Kian and Gn had also applied for their own Suite as well. They did so in Advance because they ned on being in the Pack Enforcers, they wanted to be assigned to their own Alpha. So not only were the two boys getting Serenity¡¯s things with a written and very detailed list, they were getting theirs as well, the Alpha giving them the key¡¯s to their rooms. They had went with their parent so they could return with their own vehicles.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar They hadn¡¯t expected to be given their own separate rooms, so had been ecstatic about the surprise. The Alpha had exined it would be more convenient should they find their mates. They were eighteen years and six month old and still haven¡¯t met their mates, so they hadn¡¯t considered thatplication into their ns yet. But all that meant was they shouldn¡¯t be back this fast, so it wasn¡¯t them. I had decided all that in less than a minute. I got up and answered the door, the Alpha was standing on the other side, hand raised for another knock. Surprised and confused ¡°What can I do for you Alpha?¡± I had asked him. ¡°I had a couple of things I wanted to talk to you about.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°Is it okay if Ie in?¡± he¡¯d asked. He hadn¡¯t had to, being the Alpha, but I had appreciated the courtesy he offered by asking. O I waived him inside, offering him one of the chairs in my ¡®Living Room¡¯ while I took the love seat. The Alpha sat, he looked at me, ¡°I asked Principal Johnathan to have all three of your sit down exams to be scheduled for tomorrow.¡± he¡¯d said, I hadn¡¯t expected that, and honestly was ok with it, so I smile ¡°Ah, I see your ok with that, good.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°Also I want to talk to you about your status and what it means now.¡± he told me. 2 I frown ¡°My status?¡± I¡¯d asked. ¡°Yes, you are now a Noble of the Northern Continental Werewolves, your Alpha status being registered with the Moon Mountain Pack Council, your status as a Noble was also registered.¡± he told me. I¡¯d had a feeling that had meant something big for me. ¡°This means your life is going to be a lot different then being a lesser Noble as a Doctor and Scientist of the Pack.¡± he had continued. Nope, my feeling had been right, hadn¡¯t liked what it meant. ¡°You wont be able to remain anonymous, you¡¯ll have public appearances that will be made with the Moon Mountain Pack in official capacities, as well as those for the Northern Continental Werewolves.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°I¡¯m telling you about this now because you need two Enforcers and a Beta minimum now.¡± he informed me. ¡°You¡¯ll need them before Saturday,¡± I had started panicking slightly, I didn¡¯t even know who to begin looking at for those positions, and to have such a short time limit, but the Alpha This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°The King of the Vampires will be paying a visit to the Moon Mountain Pack, and you will need to be present as a n Alpha of this pack.¡± Well shit, what would I do, I didn¡¯t know anything about meeting or greeting Royalty of another species, I¡¯d thought. Probably having seen my panic ¡°Luna Ember will help you with everything when ites to this visit,¡± he had said quickly. ¡°But we don¡¯t have much time so that¡¯s why I need your sses to end early, that and the ones of the three others who I hope you will approve of joining you.¡± he says. ¡°What three.¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°The three I think would make a great Beta and your required two Enforcers.¡± he told me. ¡°Can I ask who they are?¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°You already know them, Jaxon Mountainmover as your Beta, Kian and Gn Mountainmover as your Enforcers.¡± he¡¯d said. (2) Actually I had been quite pleased, they had never once been involved in my torment in school or out of it. I had been smiling at the Alpha¡¯s choices ¡°I wouldn¡¯t mind those three.¡± and then I had thought for a moment. ¡°I¡¯m going to need and ountant to monitor my finances and add them to the payroll, and find out how to make it sustainable if it already isn¡¯t.¡± I¡¯d said. ¡°That¡¯s another thing Ember and I will help you with.¡± he had assured me. (2This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°The Heartsong¡¯s tended to make lucrative financial decisions that has only added to the wealth over the centuries. All the investments they¡¯ve made continue to hold and drawrge interest rates, then the wealth that¡¯s not ear marked for the running of the Heartsong Mansion,nds, properties and the Trust, is recycled into investments.¡± he told me. ¡°But the unused amounts in the ounts has umted in to the Billions in avable funds, and billions more are in the investments.¡± Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Alora¡¯s POV cont¡¯d I had paled, my stomach protesting, my head had spun for a moment ¡°The staff that has tended to the upkeep of the Heartsong¡¯s holdings have been employed for generations, the Heartsong¡¯s always paying well and treating their staff with respect.¡± He said, ¡°You will have loyal people on your side.¡± he assured me. ¡°You¡¯ll also have Ember and I and then their is Darien and now Serenity, and when he gets home, Damien.¡± he told me. ¡°We might not be your blood, but were more of a family then your blood ever was.¡± @ His statement had meant everything to me, and he was right, It was a very unusual family to say the least, but I¡¯d take it happily. ¡°Your right Alpha, thank you.¡± I told him, he blushed a little, cleared his throat then continued. ¡°Also, speaking of blood, I¡¯m starting to worry part of your test was tampered with, not with your maternal connection to the Heartsong¡¯s, but to Allister,¡± he said to me. I had looked at him, It had been like he¡¯d read my mind ¡°I have had my suspicion of it recently as well.¡± I had told him. 3 ¡°What I can do is order Allister toe to me, I will have Ember draw his blood, then she¡¯ll run the test herself.¡± he tells me. ¡°We¡¯ll have it done tomorrow, Ember will take a fresh blood sample from you in the morning.¡± he said. ¡°Why tomorrow?¡± I had asked him, wanting to know way the rush. ¡°It¡¯s tied to why I believe the King of Vampires is visiting, and your scent changed after you passed out at lunch.¡± he told me. ¡°When you woke up, those markings around your ankles and wrists were not all that changed about you, and the blood fire seal is not a werewolf¡¯s magic.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°Do you know what kind it is?¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°I do.¡± he had said grimly. ¡°It¡¯s Vampire magic.¡± he had fallen silent, looking at me, letting me connect the dots on my own. ¡°You think my father is actually a Vampire?¡± I¡¯d asked him. ¡°Yes.¡± he¡¯d said. ¡°We need the blood test to confirm it.¡± He¡¯d told me. I had nodded ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll give Ember blood in the morning.¡± I¡¯d said to himThis novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°Hopefully by the time your finished with yourst test we¡¯ll have the results ready for you to look at with us.¡± he had said. He got up ¡°There is a motor bike for you here at the pack house, I hope you like the color, it¡¯s purple, Ember picked it out. It¡¯s a Honda CBR1000, it¡¯s supposed to be fast and sporty.¡± he told me. I had smiled, happy for my own mode of transportation. ¡°It¡¯s a gift, you deserve it after working so hard on your education.¡± He said. I had felt full to bursting, this was what family did. O He had held out his arms and I had let him pull me into a hug. The kind a dad gives his own daughter. ¡°Thank you, you all have been so kind to me.¡± I had said, tears in my tone. ¡°Ah. little pup, you¡¯ve been suffering a terrible injustice for to long, I¡¯m d we were finally able to get you away from those people.¡± he had given me one more squeeze, ¡°I¡¯ll see you in the morning for breakfast.¡± and then he had left. 3 That was about an hour ago. I see lights go on in two different balcony windows side by side directly across from me in the other wing, the Communal wing. The boys must be back now, wonder if they already gave Serenity her things, they must have arrived by the time I had finished my talk with the Alpha. The Alpha is going to offer them a positon at my side tomorrow. Listening to the raining down was soothing to me. I loved the rain, there was something cleansing about it. It brought with it a meditative peace I needed at the moment, for the chaos inside me. So much has happened in such a short time, and I was still processing most of it. One of which was that my mother has apparently been evil since before my birth, and Sarah was basically her copy. I mean on some base level of my mind I had an inkling, but this has confirmed it. I thought I was all wolf, and that if Allister was not my father, it was another wolf. (2This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar But no, I was not all wolf, if the Alpha¡¯s suspicion¡¯s are true, I was a Hybrid. How¡¯s that for going out and finding yourself. Most peoplee back with a new state of mind, me however. Ie back with a whole new species, that I hadn¡¯t know till now I was. Even before we get the results, I felt the Alpha was right. My magic, if I took a step back to look at it, my magic was a mixture of light and shadow¡¯s. Then there was the other presence I felt inside me now, and a chain that connected to somewhere. Where did the chain go? I sit down on the floor between the open doors. I sat in a meditative position and closed my eyes. I needed to go inside myself and find some answers for the questions guing All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. me. Deep breath in, drawing in the sent of rain and flowers, slowly exhale, letting go of my physical self. O I was transported into Xena¡¯s space, only it was more now. The bookshelves from my space were here, ced around her willow with purple bark and glowing blue flowers. But if I look closer at those flowers, I could see they were cherry blossoms. My shelves, white stone glowing under the twilight of Xena¡¯s space, the climbing vines now deep dark greens, their flowers glowing. I look around. It¡¯s like my an Xena¡¯s ce has melted together. I¡¯m naked again, with my hair swinging free down my back, the stars twinkling among the strands. Here my tattoos and crown were physical manifestations their marking in my skin ?ad portrayed. The temperature was temperate, warm without being overly so, the scent of rain, flowers and lightning drifting around me.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I had appeared under the willow. I walked across the soft earth and grass, down an isle created by the staggered rows of bookshelves, walking toward the pond, with the brightly colored koi, I was looking for Xena. I see her sitting on the shore of the pond, looking into the glowing water. My toes sink into the earth as I step onto the shore next to Xena, connecting me further to this ne. O I decided I need to be wearing something so I can sit, thinking of short shorts and a spaghetti strap tank. Looking down the shorts are white and glow slightly, my top is ck, but not just in ck. The top looked like it was made of swirling shadows and the nights sky, it was low cut showing my cleavage, I didn¡¯t bother with a bra. Though my chest wasrge, I was a werewolf, so my breasts were still high and perky without the bra. With my new outfit on I sit down next to Xena, the jewelry on me was also a physical manifestation on her too.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar This time, instead of the sky being an even split, only the tip of the sun here could be seen, the moon was now fill and bright. It must be a reflection of what time it was in reality. (1) ¡°I need answers¡± I say to her, she nods. ¡°I think we both do,¡± she replies. ¡°There is another presence here, and there have been changes.¡± ¡°I have felt that presence too, why are my book shelves here?¡± I ask her. ¡°Our ¡®spaces¡¯ have melded together. In the light, the willow will have light brown bark, the willows flowers, will be pink cherry blossoms.¡± she told me. ¡°It used to not get that bright here, but I find I have quite enjoyed the changes.¡± ¡°It¡¯s beautiful in here, I like it.¡± I tell her. I look down again, staring into the water, watching the koi dance around each other. out of the corner of my eye, I see the chain again. This one wasn¡¯t wrapped around my power, this one was made of obsidian ck links that had delicate silver and gold iys in intricate designes. It¡¯s beautiful, and it lead somewhere. ¡°Xena.¡± I say, getting her attention again. ¡°Do you know where this chain leads?¡± I ask her, grabbing ahold of it, the links faded as they enter me. ¡°I¡¯m not sure where the chain goes, but it¡¯s been blocked by the others binding us till now.¡± she tells me. ¡°I wonder how we find out¡± I say aloud. ¡°Maybe tug on it?¡± she says. So I tug on it, it wiggles, but not much. So I pull on it harder, I felt something then, it was faint. I tug even harder, repeatedly, like ringing a bell. There was a wave of power that rushed at me from the other end.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Whatever was attached to the other end had been called, and it was answering the call. Maybe I would now find out what was on the other side of this chain tonight. The question was though, would I like it? Chapter 44 Chapter 44 King Sabastian¡¯s POV I was standing on the balcony outside mine and Stephanie¡¯s bedroom. I was looking down at a vast garden below. Our mountain range was bursting with life. Trees wore their best leaves, bushes their best flowers, everything was blooming. The wind brought with it flowers and the sent of wet earth. In the distance there is a storm somewhere. I can almost taste the lightning in it. (2 I heave out a heavy sigh. I felt impatient, like time was stretching endlessly out before me. But I know that¡¯s just my imagination. I found out the child I had thought dead, was very much alive, and was not a son as I was told, but a daughter. I was to begin my search for her in the Moon Mountain Pack. However I wasn¡¯t going to arrive for several days now, this Saturday was what was arranged. It felt like Saturday was light years away to me. I wanted to meet my child, I wanted to be able to hold her to me as I did my others. I had been gone from her life before she was even born. I also have the suspicion that Bettina never meant for her or I to find out about each other. The Alpha of the Moon Mountain Pack said he has someone in his pack he thinks might be her. The problem was that she had her recent blood test result, and they showed that she was the child of Bettina and her husband, an Allister.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar The Alpha didn¡¯t give me a name, he did say that while they had to wait, on the preparations for my visit to bepeted, he was going to have another test done. This one to be supervised by his Luna, a she wolf named Ember, who was a Pack medical Doctor. He said he didn¡¯t want to get either of our hopes up, so he wouldn¡¯t tell me the name and said he wouldn¡¯t tell her which Vampire might be her e said some magical binding had been broken by the she wolf he talked about. (3 He told me her scent had changed with the breaking of the binding spell she¡¯d been under. The girl he talked about had to be her. I hear my matee up behind me, we¡¯re both dressed for bed, but I had yet to settle my mind enough for sleep. She wraps her arms around my waist and sets her cheek against my spine. She just holds me a moment, I let her warmth seep into me, giving mefort. We stand like that in silence, the sounds of the night around us. ¡°I feel so impatient, I¡¯ve been kept from my child for eighteen years, granted I haven¡¯t known that till today, but now that I do¡­.¡± I trail off. (2This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Now that you do know you want to be with her this instant and not five days from now?¡± her question voiced more as a statement. I sigh ¡°Yes my darling light, that is it exactly.¡± I admit to her. She lets go, hly to move around and face me before putting her arms back around my waist, I wrap mine around her shoulders, pulling her to me, sheys her head on my shoulder. ¡°It¡¯ll be ok. Soon we will meet your daughter, and we¡¯ll have the Alpha¡¯s help in dealing with Bettina.¡± she says. arc ¡°Yes, but¡­ I feel like it¡¯s more than just her identity that he¡¯s hiding from me at the moment.¡± I say to her, ¡± Something is telling me she¡¯s not had a happy childhood.¡± I tell her. I feel something wiggle inside my chest a bit, it was extremely faint at the moment. Like one of the children calling out to me. It was too faint for me to tell which direction it came from, nor from which child. (1) Then it tugs again, stronger this time, I could tell it was some distance away. No¡­It can¡¯t be¡­can it? The tug more of a jerk now, and no, none of my children here in the castle were responsible. I¡¯d .This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar already pulled away form Stephanie that first tug, now I look in her eyes with surprise and excitement. ¡°She¡¯s pulling on the life chain.¡± I say excitedly, then I sit down on the balcony in a meditative pose and close my eyes. I was just in time for another big jerk that rung my bell loudly, my child calling for 1. me. 8 My mate being a Witch had a connection with our children simr to a Vampires, and Werewolves. They call it a spirit link, they are also able tomunicate telepathically, kind of like a mind link an Adult wolf has with it¡¯s pup. My oldest had pulled her life chain, linked to me as her parent, and I was going to answer the call, and I¡¯m transported to a world of twilight and glowing flowers. D There was a veryrge Willow tree with glowing blue flowers, surrounded by row after row of short bookshelves. In front of me was a pond, the deep blue water was glowing, I was standing in front of the bridge that went over the middle of the pond. If I walked over the bridge I would be continuing on strait at the willow tree, there was a bright full moon and stars lighting up the sky. vasThis novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Looking across theke next to the bridge were two figures sitting on the ground. My daughter, the chain was leading right to her, it went into her chest, then out of her back to split into two chains. One connected to a veryrge and intimidating wolf sitting next to her. The wolf was nearly double her size, it was a white so bright it glowed in the moon light and sparkled. The wolf had a ne, a crown, and bracers around all four ankles, above massive paws with sharp ck ws. I could see a ck Crescent Moon and Star shaped marking on her rear nk. That mark, the tip of her tail and ears were the only ck markings I could see. The second chain lead away from the girl into the woods to the side and behind the Willow. It must be connected to her Vampire sprite. A sprite was a vampires inner self, a Vampires power, the more powerful the VampireThis novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar defined the sprite was, to be able to transform with your sprite was the highest of a Vampires Power. Only the strongest could do it. The sprite though, was independent of the Vampire, like a Werewolf¡¯s wolf. The sprite would take on the appearance of the Vampires inner power and soul, a vampires wounds and scars would be carried by the sprite. The fact that the sprite was hiding from what was essentially her own self did not bode well, how much did my baby go through already, she¡¯s only eighteen. That sprite being apart of a Vampire makes her another part of my child, in essence it was my child as well, just as her wolf was, even though I was a Vampire. 2 The fact that the life chain connected to both proved that. I study the girl, my daughter. She had tan skin, made all the more apparent in her white shorts that fairly glowed, and the same silver jewelry on her as it was the wolf. Her hair was an ocean of ck trailing down her back, trailing onto the ground it was so long, there were thousands of tiny bright twinkling dots winking in and out of sight all throughout her hair. Both she and the wolf had Violet eyes. ¡®She has ck hair.¡¯ Iment to myself. Bettina had blond hair, so she had her grandmothers dark hair. I start crossing the bridge, still observing the two sitting on the dark earth of the shore. This must be their ¡®space¡¯, a Supernatural¡¯s inner ne. Those that had one as well defined as this one were immensely powerful. Her ¡®space¡¯ had a discernable climate, with wind, a temperate temperature, and scents in the air. She was holding onto the chain, studying it, her wolf looking down at it. I don¡¯t think they¡¯ve noticed This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡®She has ck hair.¡¯ Iment to myself. Bettina had blond hair, so she had her grandmothers dark hair. I start crossing the bridge, still observing the two sitting on the dark earth of the shore. This must be their ¡®space¡¯, a Supernatural¡¯s inner ne. Those that had one as well defined as this one were immensely powerful. Her ¡®space¡¯ had a discernable climate, with wind, a temperate temperature, and scents in the air. She was holding onto the chain, studying it, her wolf looking down at it. I don¡¯t think they¡¯ve noticed the other two chains yet. The wind changes as I pass the halfway point on the bridge, I notice the fish in the pond, they were brightly colored Koi. I notice there was sound, this was an extremely well developed ¡®space¡¯, more so than I first thought. The fact that she could allow me into it spoke of more power than almost any other Vampire besides myself, some elders, and maybe two other Vampire Lords. Pride filled me, she was strong, and already amazing. With the change in the wind it carried my sent to them, they both looked up at me. Seeing me they both jump up into bracing poses, readying themselves in case I was an enemy, but not being antagonistic should I not be. I see glowing purple eyes staring out from the forest directly behind the pair, the sprite was watching. I get to the end of the bridge and onto the shore of the pond before the wolf growls. ¡°That¡¯s close enough.¡± said the girl. 2 Her voice was a musical alto, it was beautiful. ¡°Who are you.¡± Demanded the wolf in a deeper Alto then the girl. This surprised me, I guess I was able to hear her because I was in their ¡®space¡¯. I look at the girl ¡°My name is Sebastian Night Dayblood.¡± I tell her softly. ¡°Can I ask your name?¡± I ask her. ¡°My name is Alora Luna Heartsong.¡± she said. ¡°Alora.¡± I say her name. ¡°By chance would your mother be Bettina Frost Northmountain?¡± I ask her. Her eyes narrow, ¡°Unfortunately for her, yes.¡± she says, confirming that Bettina had indeed hidden my child from me. Chapter 45 Chapter 45 King Sabastian¡¯s POV con¡¯d I look at her, taking in the sight of my daughter for a moment longer, then I point at the chain she¡¯s holding, she looks down at it. ¡°That chain is called a life chain.¡± I say to her, she looks up at me her brow furrowed. ¡°That chain connects a Vampire to, his and or her, children at the moment of their live birth.¡± Then pointing to my end of her chain. ¡°You are my daughter, this chain is proof of that.¡± I say picking up the chain. ¡°Bettina was a one night stand with what I thought was an unimed wolf.¡± I pause. ¡°I was told you had died, and that you were a son.¡± I reveal to her. A shocked lookes upon her face. ¡°By pulling on this chain, you were able to call me to you.¡± I tell her. ¡°It wasn¡¯t till today I knew, that Bettina not only lied about you dying, but about your gender as well.¡± I inform her. She is still looking shocked, her wolf has sat back down. She stayed silent for a while before turning to her wolf. ¡°Tell me this is real and not a figment of my imagination Xena.¡± she said. ¡°If this was a figment of your imagination it would be mine as well, I see and hear him too.¡± said the wolf I now knew was called Xena. They look back at me. ¡°Your life chain is also connected to your wolf.¡± I tell them ¡°May I address you as Xena as well?¡± I ask of the wolf. She looks me in the eyes. As she stares I feel the connection, it¡¯s like a snap in my mind as I connect with her wolf, this must be a mind link. ¡°Yes, you may address me as Xena.¡± she said after the connection came together, her reply echoed in my mind as she spoke. I smile, grateful I was granted her leave. ¡°Look at the chain that connects you and Xena.¡± I tell Alora, she looks at were I¡¯m pointing. She reaches back and touches the chain connecting her and Xena. Her and Xena looked at each other after examining the chain, they both have furrowed brows. ¡°There is another one, look to your right.¡± I tell her, she does, sees it, then grabbing ahold of it looks off as it trails into the dark forest of the bubble that was their ¡®space¡¯. ¡°It¡¯ll be connected to your Vampire Sprite, a Vampires power, like a werewolf¡¯s, lies mostly in their sprite.¡± I tell her. (2 ¡°You¡¯re a Vampire Werewolf hybrid, so you have two physical manifestations of your inner supernatural self, instead of just one if you would have been born either a full Vampire or Werewolf.¡± I tell her. ¡°Your sprite is supposed to take on your appearance,¡± I pause, because she¡¯s still hiding. ¡°A Vampires sprite also absorbs all the scarring that would normally be worn on a Vampires skin, a Vampires physical skin will never scar.¡± her head snaps to me and her look is horrified. The bottom drops out from my stomach, ¡®No, please no¡¯, but I knew my denial wouldn¡¯t change what was fact. I look back towards the shadows of the forest, a dark shadowy figure starts walking in our direction. I can see the glimmer of the same jewelry on Alora and Xena. Her eyes glowing out of the dark. As she gets closer I can see the same twinkling dots of light in her hair that was in Alora¡¯s hair, and Xena¡¯s fur. She¡¯s walking slowly towards us. Her skin is obsidian ck, she¡¯s wearing a ck spaghetti strap dress that went down to mid thigh that looked made of a night sky bursting with stars. Other than her coloring she looked exactly like Alora.? As she walks closer I see streaks of shiny silver everywhere her skin was exposed, everywhere except her face. The sprites eyes haunted me with a deep ocean of pain. My fears being confirmed and worse as I look at every scar. Whip and de marks in varying depths and lengths everywhere. Agony invades me, I failed to be able to protect my daughter, and look what happened. I look at her eyes, then Alora¡¯s, then Xena¡¯s. I failed all three of them. I push the pain back for a moment. I needed to hold on for a little longer.?) I look at the sprite, Xena and Alora do to, Alora is looking at her with pain filed horror. ¡°May we have your name little one.¡± I ask the sprite. ¡°Selena,¡¯ she says her voice a musical alto a few scales higher than Alora¡¯s. ¡°Selena,¡± I say, my voice husky. I swallowed then I look at Alora. She¡¯s looking at her sprite in fascinated curiosity, as is Xena.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°You look as if you three have never seen each other.¡± Iment to them. All three look at me and say in unison ¡°We haven¡¯t.¡¯ was said. ¡°How is that?¡± I ask them. Selena looks at them then at me. ¡°Until today I¡¯ve been chained to the ¡®space¡¯ that was in between their ¡®spaces¡¯, half was Xena¡¯s, the other Alora¡¯s, until they broke the chains binding us.¡± She told us. ¡°Since they were broken, our ¡®spaces¡¯ were able tobine into this one.¡± she gestures in a half circle at everything. ¡°This is what our ¡®space should have been at our birth.¡± her voice was soft as she exined this to us. ¡°I was unable to connect to Alora and Xena, I couldn¡¯t call out to them, I waspletely bound from them.¡± her voice sad. ¡°All I could do was learn what they knew through the books that appeared on their shelves.¡± she looked at the shelves. ¡°In the in between ¡®space¡¯ Xena¡¯s shelves were dark gray, Alora¡¯s bright white, I learned what they learned.¡± she looks at her arms. ¡°With each scar that appeared I felt how weak it made Alora, and Xena.¡± her voice sad. ¡°I couldn¡¯t protect them, so I called out to the Moon Goddess.¡± she said. ¡°The Goddess answered when Alora, still bound from us, had almost given in to death.¡± What she said strikes me to my core, the pain and shock visceral. ¡°The Goddess said she could only unbind one of us,¡± she says ¡°To unbind all of us would have gotten us killed by mother.¡± my anger at the pain my daughter has gone through is building, as is my anguish. I should have been there for them, my daughters had needed me. ¡°To unbind me, would have gotten us killed.¡± she went on ¡°So I asked her to Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. unbind Xena, and for ess to knowledge to cultivate our magic.¡± she¡¯d protected them by staying bound. ¡°The Goddess gifted me with my own shelves, filled with every kind of book on magic out there,¡± she points towards the Willow. That¡¯s when I noticed that there were three different colors of shelves surrounding the tree. A third in white, glowing in the moon light, a third in a silver gray, and the final third obsidian ck. ¡°Every time a new book or journal is written about magic, it appears on my ck shelves.¡± she tells us.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°So I have spent the years cultivating our magic, reinforcing our strength, and improving our healing abilities.¡± she said. ¡°I also practiced battle moves in both this form I¡¯m in of Alora, and my one of Xena, against the dummy opponents I created in that ¡®space¡¯ training for the day I could finally join them¡± she say¡¯s. I¡¯m impressed, my daughter was so much stronger than I thought. ¡°The spell that bound us, had a condition.¡± she tells us. ¡°It would only stay binding as long as Alora did not receive a rejection from her fated mate.¡± No, this meant she was rejected. ¡°That happened today, when the binding came undone, I hid.¡± she says, wrapping her arms around herself ¡°I was afraid of how they would react to my presence.¡± she looks at connection solidifys, and Selena¡¯s knowledge passes to both Xena and Alora. They turned to look at me. I smile at them, they were my daughter. ¡± I wish I could stay here with you.¡± I tell them. ¡°But we¡¯ll have to talk another time, I arrive for my visit with the Moon Mountain pack Saturday, we¡¯ll meet in person then.¡± I tell them. I look at all three and say. ¡°You are my daughter, and I can¡¯t wait to get to know you.¡± I tell her, my voice once again husky with emotion. ¡°Your siblings will also love to meet you, they¡¯ll being with me and my mate.¡± I tell them. ¡°That and if I don¡¯t bring them they will follow on their own anyway, Once they found out they had an older sister they couldn¡¯t stop talking about how they wanted to meet you.¡± I say dryly. Then I smile at them. I walk up to Alora, Selena and Xena. ¡°I¡¯d like to hold you for a moment before I go.¡± I tell her. 2This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar They all nod, I open my arms and I pull Selena and Alora to me in a tight hug, holding them for a bit, then I let go and look into the eyes of Xena. Even sitting her head came up to mine. I reach up and wrap my arms around her, she rubs her face against me. I step back looking at them. ¡°I will see you Saturday.¡± leaving the space returning to my body Chapter 46 Chapter 46 King Sabastian¡¯s POV I get back to my body, and I roar with my anguish and anger. ¡°I WILL HAVE MY VENGENCE FOR EVERY SCAR MY DAUGHTER CARRIES ON HER SPRITE FORM!!!¡± I roar in pain at what was done to my daughter. ¡°BETTINA I WILL RIP YOU TO PEICES FOR EVERY WRONG YOU¡¯VE DONE HER!!!¡± tears poor from my eyes. Stephanie has her arms wrapped around me. Clutching me to her breasts. ¡°Oh Bas, Goddess, what has that woman done to our girl?¡± she breaths out, feeling my pain through our bond. I couldn¡¯t help but let another long roar of pain sound at the horror my daughter has had to survive, and almost didn¡¯t ¡°AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!¡± my throat raw by the time I stopped. 23 Alora¡¯s POV My father had been beautiful and so handsom. At least six foot six. Broad shoulders with long white hair, tan skin and white eyes rimmed in red. I could not believe my true birth father was King of all the Vampires. And he had looked at me like he wanted me as his daughter, he didn¡¯t have any hate in his eyes for me. I got to hug him, and would see him in person Saturday. I was excited. Then there was meeting Selena, and feeling like a missing piece of the puzzle that was me was finally in ce. The world had shifted and felt like it was right now. epting Selena had brought a whole new level of power, and an infinite amount of magical knowledge. 10 I had a new understanding of myself and my powers, more then I ever did before. I also seethed a bit in anger. She had taken everything from me. I would never forgive her for this. I wanted her to answer for her crimes. Not just for us, but for our father. Somehow I didn¡¯t think Bettina was going to get out of this. I couldn¡¯t call her mom anymore. She was never a mother to me, she was an incubator, one who despised having birthed me. The closest woman I had to a mother was Luna Ember. She genuinely cared about me, and now that she was no longer having to show restraint, had showered me in affection at dinner. She was what, Bettina, should have been to me. Discovering Selena, and finding out the sacrifice she had made for our survival, had been emotional. I was now exhausted, moreplete then ever before, but emotionally, mentally and physically drained. This day has been way to long. Looking at the clock I see that it¡¯s now five minutes till two. After our father had left, Xena, Selena and I had sat at the shore of our pond in our ¡®space¡¯ and talked. Looking at Selena I saw every bit of abuse I had suffered at the hands of those who were supposed to have loved me, cared for me. (3) But they hadn¡¯t. Instead they have visited things upon me no child should have had to experience. The woman who birthed me, had abused me from birth. She had my wolf bound, she had my sprite bound, she had bound the life chain connecting me to my father. Then using the death of another child, had deceived my father into thinking the pup she bore him was a boy, and had died in a car ident. Her abuse had affected and tortured not just my human side, but my wolf and sprite as well. I would never forgive her for this. I could no longer let her pass because she birthed me. I would have justice for Xena and Selena. Sarah, also had a lot to answer for. Some of the scars on Selena were form her, and they had gone deep. Sarah loved to stab me, to slice me up. She got some kind of sick pleasure out of it. Selena had answered a lot of our questions. Ones we¡¯ve been wondering for years. Although she had been separated from us, she had still been able tomunicate with all theThis novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar shadows around us, and those shadows contained a vast amount of secrets. O Selena was a Shadow Sprite, with powerful light magic, granted to her through our blessing from the Goddess. So she was not a normal Shadow Sprite, being a hybrid changed what she could do, and the magic she was able to wield. Adding in the Goddesses blessing from the wolf side, and you have what is basically a powerhouse. If I hadn¡¯t already been aware that I was a freak of nature, this knowledge made it ringly apparent. Not like I don¡¯t really care. The song Queen of Freaks by AVIVA went through my head, the main chorus really, so I sing it quietly to myself a moment. ¡°I¡¯m a freeeeak¡± ¡°And you know it¡± ¡°I¡¯m a freeeeak¡± ¡°Don¡¯t I show it?¡± ¡°I¡¯m a freeeeak¡± ¡°And I own it¡± ¡°Won¡¯t youe and y with meeee?¡± It was a bit jaunty, slightly upbeat and always seemed to make me smile when I heard it. Selena could shift her form to look like Xena only the colors where swapped, and her fur looked like moving shadows with thousands of twinkling stars winking in and out her fur. The white looked like moving light. Her half form, a copy of mine and Xena¡¯s, was the same way. The colors swapped out, the white hair seemed to rise off her in waves of light vapor, it was a beautiful sight, she was mystical looking. She told us with her released, our forms would look different when she melded with us metaphysically.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar She would be able toe forth while I was in my human form now. Together with her melding with me I¡¯ll go from five foot nine to six foot four, my skin will darken to look like dark chocte, and my hair will be made of shadows and stars. The jewelry shining even brighter against the darkness. If she melds with Xena¡¯s wolf form her fur looks like moving vapors of white light. Selena melding with Xena and I in our half form will have us looking like we were made of light vapors and shadows, the coloring the same as it¡¯s been.2 Add in the stars in the fur and we¡¯ll look epic, unreal, a ghostly entity to others. This will be interesting when we go to train. It was another thing the Alpha wanted me to do. I was to keep training with Brock. This made me think of how Brock looked at me when we transformed after lunch, wonder what the look on his face will be when we show him the new transformations with Selena now. What Selena didn¡¯t know is how our power would be used while we were melded together. We would have to find out by training anyway. That woulde soon enough. A I still had three written exams, all tomorrow. Looking at the clock I corrected myself, all today. Goddess I felt like I¡¯ve had years worth of things happen to me today. Selena wasn¡¯t able to tell us all of everything tonight. We may be separate entities, but we¡¯re essentially the same person. You had to think of it like a split personality disorder almost or schizophrenia in humans, only without the nave to ind out by training anyway. Inat woulde soon enougn. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I still had three written exams, all tomorrow. Looking at the clock I corrected myself, all today. Goddess I felt like I¡¯ve had years worth of things happen to me today. Selena wasn¡¯t able to tell us all of everything tonight. We may be separate entities, but we¡¯re essentially the same person. You had to think of it like a split personality disorder almost or schizophrenia in humans, only without the mental insanity. Well for most Supernatural¡¯s, we did have a few who are far from sane. Supernatural¡¯s were not immune to mental deteriation. There were a few historical events that center destruction around a Supernatural who¡¯d gone insane. Selena told us that Bettina was far more evil than we thought. She was only able to tell us a few things that I was to tired to think about at the moment, I wouldter. Bettina needed to be brought to justice, and so did that Witch that had used ck Magic on us, she was a danger to the Pack. She needed to be hunted down and brought before the National Council of Supernatural¡¯s, she hadmitted Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. atrocities that transcended the Pack. Her evil was effecting more than one species of Supernatural¡¯s. Sarah was created with the use of ck magic, the soul tainted with the evil from the moment of it¡¯s creation. If she were to have gotten the Goddess blessing she would have brought untold horror and devastation to the world. B The Goddess had known this, the daughter created through unnatural dark magical means was not acknowledged because she was not a true daughter of the Goddess. I was, I was a hybrid like the first Alpha. The Vampires had originally been humans, cursed by ck magic to crave and need blood for survival, never to walk in the sunlight again. Their blood lust would drive them mad and make them kill everything around them. One Vampire, retained his sanity through shear will. He was a hybrid, born of the rape of a Light Witch and a Vampire in a feeding frenzy. A This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar The Light Witch had managed to escape with her life. Her son was born with the tan skin of a creature of light magic. He had white hair, his eyes instead of being all red were white, with a red rim. One day he came across a wolf, a female. He fell in love with this wolf. He knew they would never be able to be together. Not in front of her Pack. They were unable to stay away from each other. Under the light of a full moon they hade together, marking each other as mates, and creating a new life together. Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d ¡®The Goddess seeing their love, and the strength the Vampire had used to fight his curse, decided to bless the couples mating. See, the wolf he had fallen in love with, was descended from her first wolves. The ones she created, after falling in love herself. With a wolf who had called the Volcano of Moon Mountain, home. The wolf, with ck fur and strangely violet eyes, had loved the Goddess as she did him. Sadly, he was unable to act on it, as he was a wolf. (2 One night, with the moon at it¡¯s fullest, he asked the Goddess for a human form for his wolf. Even if only for the one night, as he was nearing the end of his life cycle, he wished to make love to the Goddess, at least once. His life, was so shortpared to the Goddesses existence. Wanting to be with him, she granted him his request. Using the fire within the Volcano of Moon Mountain, and the song of longing from his heart, she gave him his human form. But not just for one night. No, the Goddess had gifted him the ability to change to this new human form at will. His human form was tall, six foot eight. His skin tan from the power of fire and lightning from the Volcano, his eyes violet, his hair long and ck. Using the power of the Volcano¡¯s fire had extended his life cycle significantly, he could live for Centuries. He had been Alpha, for all the wolves who lived in the surrounding forests, andnds on the Moon Mountain Volcano mountain range. With his new form, he was able to mate with the Moon Goddess, that night they created a life, their daughter. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Not wanting her daughter to be lonely, she granted all the wolves living on the Moon Mountain, mountain range, the ability to shift to human. She created the new race of Supernaturals, using the power of the elements around the wolves. Fire, Earth, Water, Wind, Light, Shadows, Spirit, they had been the elements that made up the seven ns original magic. ckfires, the Fire element. Mountainmovers, the Earth element. Frosts, the Water Element. Northmountains, the Wind Element. Moonstars, the Light element. The Shadowtails, the Shadow element. The Heartsongs, the Spirit element. 2 The elements gifted the wolves with very long lives, and a magic unique to them alone. Until she gifted the Vampires freedom from their curse. She said the souls of the Vampires born were not tainted from birth, they became tainted by the curse. The Goddess had used those same elements to gift them that freedom, and magic. The elements had given the Vampires longevity as well. The Goddess freeing them to have fated mates. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Their curse lifted, their Vampire self turned into Sprites, so they could walk in the light of day. The Sprites would either be of shadow or light, the ones with Light Sprites were called Day Walkers, the ones with Shadows, Night Walkers. A Day Walkers power strengthened in the light of day, a nightwalkers strengthened by the shadow of night. None of them were really weak, it¡¯s just when their magic would be strongest. O The Goddess said to the couple, their daughter, to keep her safe among the Werewolves, would be acknowledged as her daughter, and would be marked as such. Her blessing from the Goddess would be visible. So the wolves would be able to ept a hybrid, and future hybrids. She also made the rule that no member of any species of Supernaturals were to interfere with fated mates. They would face longsting retribution should they do so, and to reject your fated would bring pain and punishment.. That daughter was my ancestor, Luna Blood-Moon Heartsong. We call her the First Alpha, but it¡¯s really she was the first Alpha of Alphas. The true first Alpha being the Goddesses Consort. The first Werewolf, who continues to walk the stars by the side of his beloved mate, his mortality long since gone. His life force and essence bonded to the Goddess, he was no longer of this earth but of the stars. He was known to us as the Father of wolves, watching over us next to our Mother, the Moon Goddess. The Frost and Northmountain ns, have gone against the Goddesses rule repeatedly, because of a prophecy. A ck Magic using Witch, had told the overly ambitious and jealous n leaders that prophecy. The Witch prophesizing that there would be a pup born,ing from the tenth generation of Frost and Northmountains, from a generational pair of blond hair and blue eyed wolves. This pup would have the power to be Alpha of Alpha¡¯s, with the potential to make the Frost and Northmountains the ruling ns of the Pack. What the prophecy didn¡¯t specify, was that the pup had to be born to both parents, of the generational pair. I was the eleventh generation, I had the power they spoke of, but would no longer acknowledge them as my n. The n has repeatedly disregarded the Moon Goddesses rule. They have repeatedly aligned themselves with practitioners of the ck Arts. Going so far as to form blood bonds with them, binding a ck Magic using Witch to a wolf. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar The coven of ck Magic users, had long term ns. They wanted to rule all Supernaturals, and they had nned to use me, a daughter of the Moon Goddess, to do so. I would not allow that to happen. We would train with Brock, we would be strong enough to protect the Pack. Strong enough to prevent those, who would use my power for evil, from getting ahold of me. That was one of the things that Selena had told us about. Brock¡¯s family is descended from the strongest soldier of the Goddesses Consorts original Pack. To make sure her daughter and any offspring she should have would be able to defend themselves and their Pack. She had granted the N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. wolf with a second sight. She gave his bloodline the responsibility of training the Alpha¡¯s of the Pack, to make sure that generation after generation was trained to be the strongest fighters they could be. That¡¯s why he could see the chains. It¡¯s what allowed him to bring out immense power in me, despite the chains binding me. I¡¯m eternally grateful for his training. I hope he will be willing to train any pups I have in the future. While still sad over my rejection, I knew I would have pups one day. I¡¯ll wait awhile for another mate to make his appearance, but I would not wait so long that I¡¯ll leave this world pup-less. He will just have to show up or I¡¯ll go looking for him. If I can¡¯t find him after a decade or so, I¡¯ll settle with a male I could be content with. The First Alpha of Alpha¡¯s was a Hybrid, now here I am. Descendent of Alpha Luna Heartsong, and the First of the Moon Goddesses Vampires. I was also a Vampire, Werewolf Hybrid myself. I had powers I haven¡¯t even begun to know. I know we¡¯ll be a force to be reckoned with, This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I was just now learning how to ess and use that power. I felt myself starting to think in circles, it was time to sleep. I get up off the floor and close the balcony doors. A wave of exhaustion ms into me. So much having happened draining me of thest of my energy. I crawl into the bed. It was likeying down on a cloud, the sheets and nkets so soft, the pillow fluffy. The feeling of safety being in the Alpha¡¯s territory gave me, wrapped around me, allowing me to rx. Later, after the exams, I could worry, for now I would sleep. I would concentrate on my exams tomorrow. Before I could let sweet oblivion take me away, I think of the other things I¡¯ll need to doter too. I needed to tell the Alpha what I found out. We wouldn¡¯t need the blood test anymore, but I still wanted it. I wanted that proof as well, it was one more thing those people needed to answerer for. Then their was the ns. The ones aligned with ck Magic users needed to be brought to Justice and exiled before they could bring further harm to the Pack. Finally, I let the ckness suck me into the oblivion my body demanded. (3) Kassandra¡¯s POV I was in my room when I heard daddy¡¯s scream of pain and rage. ¡°What happened?¡± I ask aloud. It had to be something bad. I¡¯m worried now, it has to do with big sis. What could possibly have happened. I ran to their room,ing to a stop outside their door. My fathers pain and anger radiating out of the room. He screamed a name shouting that he would rip this woman to pieces for every wrong done to a ¡®her¡¯, he had to mean big sis. Mom¡¯s words and questions confirming this. O I listen at the door, horroring to my expression, as my father tells my mother what he saw. Tears streaming down my face at all my sister has suffered, feeling guilty I¡¯ve lived such a blessed life when hers was nothing but pain. Mom is crying, she¡¯s promising to help him get retribution, she¡¯s not the only one. I now know my sisters name is Alora, she¡¯s in the Moon Mountain Pack. 2 I¡¯m not going to wait till Saturday to see her. My big sis has been hurt, and I won¡¯t let that happen anymore. Angry and determined I turn around. I should have known. There they were, having run here at Fathers screams too. They all had angry tears in their eyes. I knew I wouldn¡¯t be leaving alone, we would all be going. ¡°You¡¯ll not leave us behind.¡± Asher¡¯s statement had the others nodding in affirmation. ¡°Ok, we¡¯ll go in three day¡¯s, we should get there Friday.¡± I tell them. I had finals to finish or we would go tonight Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Damien¡¯s POV 3 Xander and I are sitting in my room. It was arge rectangle, my king sized bed to one side of the door table was a rectangle made of dark wood. A mock firece TV standbo, with a 65 inch t screen above, was on the wall in front of the seating. Opposite of the entry door are the other doors. One leads to a decent sized study, the middle door led to arge bathroom, the third door a decent sized walk in closet. It was basically an upper scale studio apartment. (3) We were told that our requests, to take all the exams early, have been granted. Apparently the rest of the Seniors had put in their own requests. We all had things we needed to be home for. Four of the Alpha, Beta pairs, they were leaving next week weather we had finished or not. That would have only left two pairs. Until my father had told me about the visit our Pack was hosting this Saturday. The King of Vampires visit, would not be happening without me there. ? Something told me that once back home I wouldn¡¯t return back to the school. Something was calling me home with a vengeance, and I had a feeling it had everything to do with Alora. Xander had his own reason to want to go back early, and I know he wouldn¡¯t be returning once we we¡¯re home, and I couldn¡¯t, and wouldn¡¯t, return without him. He was Beta to my Alpha, and there had never been anyone else I wanted to take up that position. We found out the truth behind Beatrice rejecting Xander. ¡°You¡¯re lucky you refused her rejection.¡± I say out of the blue, but he already knows what I¡¯m thinking.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°I know, and I want to tear the bitch Sarah apart piece by piece. My wolf Darius is howling at me, he want revenge for our mate, she¡¯s still in pain,¡± he growls. ¡°And it¡¯s all that bitch¡¯s fault!¡± he shouts mming his fist on the arm of the chair he was sitting in. 2 I had to ask it, because it was nagging me. ¡°Do you think your brother will try for a second chance with Alora?¡± My wolf practically snarling at the Idea. ¡®Easy Zane, she¡¯s not ours¡¯ I tell him. I stare into the mes of the fake fire as I wait for his answer. (2) He sighs, ¡°No.¡± he tells me, his tone serious. ¡°He said he doesn¡¯t believe he was ever truly meant for Alora, he just hopes the Goddess will forgive him enough to grant him a second chance mate.¡± his words had my wolf calming down, making me frown at that. ¡°I hope for his sake he does. Sarah has caused to much trouble for the Pack, she needs to see punishment, that and her parents.¡± I tell him. ¡®What the hell is wrong with you Zane¡¯ I ask my wolf ¡®That pup doesn¡¯t deserve her.¡¯ he growls. ¡®Your acting to possessive, This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar she¡¯s not our mate¡¯ I remind him. ¡°I want these exams over, I¡¯m going to im her this time.¡± said Xander ¡°I¡¯m not letting her get away this time, I¡¯m not going without my mate anymore.¡± He tells me. ¡°I¡¯ll support you in your bid.¡± I tell him. He gets up, ¡°I¡¯m going to go for a run, Darius needs it.¡± he tells me before he leaves. It was ok, I had my own feelings to deal with. ¡°Alora¡± I say aloud. ¡®I want to see her and Xena¡¯ Zane tells me. ¡°Why are you acting like this?¡± I ask him, ¡°I keep telling you she¡¯s not ours.¡± ¡®Yes she is!¡¯ he snarls at me. Going still, did he just say, I stop, I want it rified before giving into the hope I felt building. ¡°What do you mean by that Zane?¡± ¡®She¡¯s ours! Our mate! She was never meant for that idiot pup!¡¯ he¡¯s still snarling. ¡®She¡¯s hurting, I want to go home!¡¯ he¡¯s practically howling. 9 Fuck, now I know how my Beta was feeling. ¡°Calm down Zane, we¡¯ll head home right after ourst exam.¡± I promise him. ¡®Fine¡¯ He growls out. ¡®I want to watch the videos again¡¯ he says. (9) I did too, so I get out my phone, and connect it to the TV. I y all the videos my mother and brother had sent me. She¡¯s absolutely gorgeous now, she was always pretty, but now, she was in her full glory. Their fights had me aching, her strength intoxicating, an Alpha Female glowing with power. I watch her fight Darien in her half form. I can¡¯t help but shiver a little at her shape. ¡®Mate¡¯ Zane says. He was right, she had been meant for us all along. ?This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°Yeah, she¡¯s our Mate.¡± I sigh out the agreement. My eyes narrow in anger, ¡°And we¡¯ll tolerate no more of her so call parents, and that bitch Sarah¡¯s involvement in her life anymore.¡± I tell him.2 ¡®I want to talk to her.¡¯ Zane demands. ¡°We¡¯ll get to talk to her in three days.¡± I tell him. ¡®Not soon enough.¡¯ He growls. ¡°Your being really pushy about this.¡± I tell him. ¡®I want to hear her voice, you can call her.¡¯ He says. I sigh. ¡°It¡¯ste, she¡¯s probably studying or asleep.¡± I tell him.. He growls, not happy. ¡®When¡¯ he demanded. ¡°I¡¯ll call her tomorrow afternoon, after we have both finished our exams¡± I tell him. He settles a little, only slightly pacified. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡®Fine.¡¯ he growls out. ¡®I miss her voice¡¯ he whines. Remembering when we would catch her in the forest singing, I say ¡°I do too.¡± the sigh I let out longing Alora¡¯s POV I wake to the rm on my phone, and I¡¯m disoriented at first. Iy there a moment and take in the room, letting the memories from yesterday and this morninge back to me. It¡¯s seven, and I¡¯ve only been asleep for four hours, but as a Werewolf that¡¯s all I need. I remember the encounter I hadst night in my ¡®space¡¯, were I met Selena, and my father. I sit up abruptly. ¡°What if that was all just a dream?¡± I ask aloud into the quiet of my room. Last night was not a dream¡¯ said Xena, listening to my rambling. Excited I asked ¡°Can Selena talk to us too?¡± Yes, I can talk to both of you now, I¡¯ve always been able to hear you Selena tells us. ¡°I¡¯m so happy we have you with us¡± I tell her. ¡®I am as well¡¯ said Xena I can feel her happiness to be able to connect to us I¡¯m d I¡¯m able to be with you both now. She tells 1. Getting up I go to therge walk in closet next to my luxury bathroom, the bathroom was amazing. It had arge standing shower with five shower heads. Next to it, connected behind the same ss wall, is a deep, wide and long rectangr shaped tub. The shower heads were temperature controlled. There was a nice shower seat. The floors were heated. (4 On the wall opposite the one with the shower and door, was a double sink with floor to ceiling cabs Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. on either side. There were cab doors under each sink. In between the sinks was a wide space, several drawers increasing in size as they went down, in the cab under that space. The toilet was in a closet like space behind double wicker doors next to the double sink across from the door. 2 It had a nifty shelf cab in it that held feminine products and extra toilet paper. The walk in closet was middle, their was a floor to ceiling mirror about three feet wide in the wall opposite the door. I didn¡¯t take up almost any space in here. 10 I decided to wear one of my new pairs of blue skinny jeans, with deep side pockets down the side that zipped. A ck cloth belt with silver loops all over it. A dark purple hip length tank with skulls on it, and my short ck short sleeved cardigan. I put on my new ck B52 wedge heeled half boots. I put my hair in twin french braids, they trailed down my front on either side of my face, their length, even in braids almost to my hips. (2) I didn¡¯t need make up, so I brushed my teeth and put on chap stick. Myshes already long thick and ck didn¡¯t get touched. Silver hoops in my ears, going fromrge to small as they climb my ears. Five in a row in the lower portion of my ears, two on the curve of my ears. That I can finally wear therger hoops now instead of the tiny studs, makes me feel good. I didn¡¯t need to take anything with me beside my wallet today. I get it out of my bag. It¡¯s a ck square leather wallet with a chain and a clip. That¡¯ll be perfect while riding the new bike the Alpha gave me. I grab the thin waist length leather jacket Damien sent as a Christmas gift through Darien This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar gave me. I grab the thin waist length leather jacket Damien sent as a Christmas gift through Darien one year. I could wear it while on the bike, then lock it in the smallpartment under the seat ? It had taken me less then thirty minutes to dress and get ready. Phone in a side pocket, wallet in a back pocket the chain clipped to the belt loop closest to my belt buckle. Jacket and new keys in hand I left, locking my room behind me. Pausing outside my door I take a deep breath, to center myself before walking downstairs. There was a lot I needed to tell the Alpha, Luna, Darien and Serenity, Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d As I start my trek down stairs, my phone vibrates with a message. I stop, I¡¯m halfway to the stairs, and pull out my phone to see who it¡¯s from. I know It¡¯s not my parents or Sarah. I blocked their numbers, all of them, so they couldn¡¯t harass me that way, at least not yet. I had to blink at the ID card of who the message was from. He hasn¡¯t messaged me since I sent him a thank you for the jacket that I haven¡¯t worn yet. Today will be my first day to wear it. Hello Starlight, I wanted to wish you luck on your exams today. I¡¯ll call you this afternoon, was his message. He was going to call meter. It had been so long since I¡¯ve heard his voice. It¡¯ll be nice to hear it again, even if it is over the phone. Thank you, good luck on your exams too. I look forward to your call. I send him back. He must have heard about some of what happened to me. He probably wants to make sure I¡¯m alright. I faintly feel a thread wrap around my heart at that. 2 Continuing down the stairs I go to the kitchen. Both the Luna and the Alpha are sitting their talking with coffee in hand. Luna has a portable blood draw bag on the counter in front of her, they look up when they see mee in. They smile when they see me, like they were genuinely d to have me there. It was such a drastic change from what I was used to at Bettina¡¯s. I loved it, it warmed me to be weed like this. ¡°Good morning dearie, how did you sleep?¡± asked Luna, her tone soft, with genuine curiosity. She actually cared how I slept. ¡°I slept great once I was able to fall asleep.¡± I let her know. She frowned slightly. ¡°Something kept you up?¡± she asked with gentle concern. The Alpha also has a slight frown, he was just observing for now, letting us talk.Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Well¡­.after the Alpha came to talk to me I decided to meditate. I¡¯d had a lot to think about.¡± She nods, then gestures for me to continue when I stay silent. ¡°Remember I told you Xena had pulled me into her ¡®space¡¯ at lunch yesterday?¡± They nod, staying quiet, letting me exin in my own way. ¡°Well, while I was in that ¡®space¡¯, I was able to see these chains that were around me.¡± I paused. They both looked a cross between serious and worried. ¡°Well they were already cracked and weakened by Matt rejecting me.¡± 2 The Alpha and Luna looking at each other briefly, I continued on. ¡°I managed to break them,¡± I tell them ¡°That¡¯s what allowed me ess to the power those chains had been binding.¡± I tell them. ¡°I was able to gain ess to all my magic, and the blessings that mark me as a Lunar Princess.¡± Their look kept switching, angry, relived, worried. ¡°That¡¯s not all, not even the worst part.¡± I said, they looked at each other, both having questioning looks on their faces. ¡°Tell us.¡± said the Alpha. I ignore the sound of the door behind me. So I did, I told them about what Bettina had done. Everything she had done, I told them about Sarah. I told them about Allister, even about that night. I told them everything about Selena, what the Moon Goddess had said. I gave them all the information Selena had given me and Xena. I was grateful our first test wasn¡¯t till ten this morning. It had taken me an hour to tell them everything. The Luna had tears streaming down her face, and her face switched between grief and anger at all I¡¯d been through. I felt like a weight has been lifted having truly talked. (2) The Alpha had a furious look on his face and his fists clenched. ¡°Those people will answer for their crime.¡± he growled out. Their was a growl behind me. I turn. Darian¡¯s eyes had shifted to wolf, he had one arm around Serenity, clutching her into his side. His other hand down by his thigh, clenched in a tight fist. His form shook a bit. Serenity had tears streaming down her face, the emotions on her face the same as the Luna¡¯s. (2) ¡°Who¡¯s telling Damien?¡± Darien growled out that question. I frown confused. ¡°Why would we tell Damien?¡± I ask. ¡°Because this is something we¡¯re not going to be able to keep from him.¡± said the Alpha, his voice rough with a growl to it. ¡°That boy cares about you more than you know sweetheart.¡± the Luna said, she¡¯d wiped her face and had gained her control back. ¡°My brother needs to know, he¡¯s always suspected, hell, i did too.¡± said Darien ¡°It was obvious they were doing something to you, but you wouldn¡¯t say what.¡± He runs his free hand through his hair. ¡°All those times you smelled like fresh blood, especially when it was days in a row.¡± he stops, swallows. ¡°The smell of blood has appeared less and less in thest two years.¡± he pointed out. ¡°Damien was told about all of it.¡± he tells me. Surprising me. ¡°Why would he be informed?¡± I ask. ¡°Because that was his stiption for going to Coge. We were to watch over you, and help you escape your family however we could¡± said the Alpha. ¡°The moment he found you on that river bed your life became his concern.¡± his tone wry. ¡°That boy has always had an overly developed protective insinct.¡± he tells me. ¡°But ¡®you¡¯ are special, always have been.¡± he said gently. 2 ¡°I¡¯m special to Damien?¡± I ask aloud, in shock. I mean, I new he cared, but was I really that special to him? 2 ¡°Oh, my sweet darling Alora,¡± The Luna gets up andes to stand in front of me. She raises her hands and puts them on my face, looking me in the eye with a kind, and sad smile. ¡°We are not the only ones who love and care for you Alora.¡± She tells me in a soft but firm voice. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°You are indeed special to Damien.¡± she told me. ¡°But not just to him, you have me, Andrew, Darien and now Serenity.¡± she reminds me. My heart is filling, I feel the sting of tears in my eyes, her words touching me deep. ¡®We¡¯re special¡¯ I say internally to Xena and Selena. Their crying as well, our emotions on the same wave length, there were people who cared about us, that felt so good. I¡¯m d I didn¡¯t wear mascara, the tears spilled over, the sob came out. The Luna wrapped her arms around me and held me as I cried. 5 The Alpha came over and put an arm around Luna and a hand on my head. Here I am, a big bad Alpha, all my own¡­.and I¡¯m sobbing. Thinking about that helped me calm down and stop the tears. I lift up my head, the Luna lets me go, her and the Alpha still standing in front of me. I wipe my face with my hands, sniffling a little. Darien and Serenitye to stand over by the Luna and Alpha. Serenity hands The Alpha came over and put an arm around Luna and a hand on my head. Here I am, a big bad Alpha, all my own¡­.and I¡¯m sobbing. Thinking about that helped me calm down and stop the tears. I lift up my head, the Luna lets me go, her and the Alpha still standing in front of me. I wipe my face with my hands, sniffling a little. Darien and Serenitye to stand over by the Luna and Alpha. Serenity hands me a tissue, nodding my thanks I blow my nose. ¡°Maybeter after youe back home you¡¯ll introduce us to Selena.¡± stated the Luna, ¡°I¡¯d like to meet her, and see Xena again too.¡± She said. They both wanted that as well so I smile and nodded saying ¡°Ok.¡± then I thought about it for a bit, frowning, ¡°When you meet Selena¡­you¡¯ll need to brace yourselves.¡± I told them solemnly. They frown all looking at each other, confused. ¡°A Vampires skin doesn¡¯t scar.¡± I began, regaining their attention. ¡°A Vampires skin doesn¡¯t scar, but¡­the skin of their Sprite does.¡± my voice quiet, a little hesitant. I was a big bad Alpha now, I couldn¡¯t let these things bother me anymore. I needed to be stronger, and hiding because of our scars was not being strong. They all look grim, waiting for me to finish. ¡°When you see Selena, you¡¯ll see all the scars of ours, that she carries¡­.and their are scars¡­.everywhere.¡± This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar I finish. The looks on their faces a mixture of horrified understanding, and angry pain, for me, their in distress. It¡¯s the Luna whoposes herself first. She wraps an arm around my shoulders ¡°Come on, I have food in the warmers, you all will eat before going to school.¡± she said firmly. My stomach growled. I had absolutely no intention of disobeying, food was involved. Hungry she wolves were not pleasant she wolves, food was essential for the continued happiness of all within range. 5 If I had a tail and wolf ears right now, my tail would be wagging, and my ears would be perked up in excitement. Xena chanting ¡®food, food, food¡¯ inside my head like an excited puppy didn¡¯t help this image in my head, it just added a tongue hanging out the side of my mouth. Selena no help because she was just as bad with her own chant of ¡®food, food, food¡¯. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar Ok, so obviously I was hungry and would need to eat before going to school. So withoutint I followed the Luna like¡­.well like a hungry puppy. ¡®Damn it! I¡¯m supposed to be a big bad Alpha!¡¯ I chide myself, does it work? Of course not. Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Damien¡¯s POV I couldn¡¯t help it this morning. I had to send her the message. For some stupid fucking reason, my dumbass, was now just as impatient as my wolf. ¡°Fuuuuuuuck!¡± I growl my frustration aloud. Running my hands through my hair. I have exams today, and depending on how fast we can get them done, we might be able to take the fight finals tomorrow. We only had a few exams, most of us cramming as much as possible in the first three years. That was because that was the average for how long studentssted. The exams were, Pack Council Politics, Shifter Council Politics, Councils of the World Politics, and Pack Defense Strategies and Training. I could take all of these in my sleep. Her text back had me on cloud nine. She said she was looking forward to my call. That made me all the more impatient for this day to be over, so I could talk to her. I force myself to focus, the faster I get my exams done the faster we can get home. I wanted to be able to smell her, touch her, and hold her. ¡®Soon¡¯ was starting to feel like an eternity away. I was starting to agree with Zane, ¡®soon¡¯ was not ¡®soon¡¯ enough. Taking a deep breath I walk out of my room, I meet up with my Beta in the hallway. Xander also has a determined look on his face. This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°The faster we get these over with, the faster we can get home.¡± he says. His tone tense with his impatience. I wasn¡¯t any better, and I could give him that assurance, it might make this better on him. ¡°I¡¯m just as impatient,st night, Zane was acting up.¡± I tell him and he looks at me, a question in his eyes. ¡°Zane told me Alora is our mate.¡± I say. He looks shocked for a moment, then frowns ¡°You know¡­.that actually makes sense to me.¡± He finally says. Startled by that ¡°What do you mean?¡± I ask him. He smirks and raises a brow. ¡°Come on Damien, I¡¯m not just your Beta, I¡¯m your best friend.¡± he says in a wry tone. ¡°I¡¯ve watched you care for Alora since you brought her back to the Pack House.¡± his tone serious now. ¡°That poor little pup covered in mud, blood and bruises, captured your attention like no other she wolf ever has,¡± he tells me. Was it really that obvious to everyone except me? ¡°Come on, I want to get these tests over and done with, we need to get home, our mates are calling.¡± I grab him by the shoulders, spin him around, and start pushing him towards the main campus building. He shrugs my hand off. ¡°I can walk too you know?¡± heined ¡°Not fast enough, now move.¡± I tell him, he growls but starts waking faster. (3) Alora¡¯s POV The twins had joined us for breakfast. They like me were riding speed bikes. They had brought themst night, on a trailer attacked to one of their Jeeps. They both had their own Jeeps and bikes, Kian¡¯s was blue, his bike ck. Galen¡¯s was Green, his bike red. Serenity had a bike too, hers was blue. Which I thought funny, because Darien¡¯s bike was also blue, like his car, blue being his favorite color. OThis novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar We all decided to take our bikes, it was a great day for it. Slightly humid, a moderate overcast, with a cool wind to keep the temperatures in the upper 60¡¯s low 70¡¯s. The thin leather jacket was only needed for the ride. Serenity was on the back of Darien¡¯s bike riding next to me, Kian and Galen nking us. We made the drive to the school in under thirty minutes. We had definitely been speeding. I had been having fun driving my own bike, and feeling the freedom it gave me, was addicting. 2 When we pull up I see we are some of the first students here. We all park our bikes, two to a space, next to each other. Once again, we are in the first row of the lot, up against the schools frontwn. I pause a moment, yesterdays drama going through my head. Sometimes a photographic memory, that retains everything, could be more of a curse than a gift. Today would be a lot different. I wouldn¡¯t allow them to abuse me anymore. 3 Not wanting to wait around for Sarah to show up I say ¡°Lets go, and head on in.¡± I say to them. We were early, by about twenty minutes, more students will start arriving at the school in the next ten minutes. Darien and I are both taking AP English, and AP History, all five of us, however, where taking the Pack Fight Training Exams together. The Alpha and Elite sses taking them together. 5 In the back corner seat next to the window, was Jaxon, already sitting there. He sees us and sits up straight, then he gestures to the seat in front of him. I take it. The Alpha was supposed to have had a meeting with him and the twins this morning at ten, but because of our exams, he had changed his ns. Seeing as the Twins had already been there this morning, he had went ahead and talked to them about being my Enforcers at breakfast. They had both agreed immediately. I sit on my desk top, my feet in my chair facing him. Serenity is in the desk in front of mine, Darien¡¯s was in the seat to her right. Kian was to my right and Galen to Jaxon¡¯s. They basically had me surrounded and cut off from any attacks that coulde from Sarah, and her friends. Serenity was standing next to her desk. Darien and Kian were sitting on their desk tops with their feet in their seats, like me. Galen, like Serenity, was standing leaning against his. We were all facing Jaxon. O He looks at us before saying. ¡°So I have a meeting with the Alpha, would any of you know what it¡¯s about?¡± he asks us. We all look at each other, each having a an expressions of amusement. We all new why he was going to talk to him. ¡°We do.¡± I say. ? He looks at us, his eyes wide with curiosity and slight panic ¡°Can you tell me,¡± he asks. Smiling I look at him, he starts looking worried the longer I stay silent. Finally I let him off the hook a little. ¡°The Alpha, like me, wants to know if you¡¯ll ept the position of my Bata.¡± I tell him, my tone an amused drawl. He jumps up out of his seat, his hands on the desk, This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ,his face astonished and excited at the same time. ¡°I would be honored to be your Beta, if you will have me.¡± He rushes out his tone excited. Iugh, so do the others. I smile brightly ¡°Then all you have to tell the Alpha, is that you ept the position. You¡¯ll still need to talk to him though.¡± I tell him. ¡°All four of us have duties we¡¯ll be caring out immediately.¡± I tell him. ¡°There is also a lot that you need to be filled in about me, as my Beta.¡± | let him Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. know. Then ¡°But I warn you, most of what I have to tell you about me is not for the faint of heart.¡± My tone grim. 5 The others around me tense with their own emotions. ¡°I¡¯ll be able to take whatever it is you tell me,¡± he says, then ¡± What duties are we caring out immediately?¡± he asks me with curiosity. ¡°The King of all Vampires ising to visit the Pack this Saturday.¡± I tell him. He sits back surprised at that. I nod at him. ¡°As of yesterday, I have been registered to the Moon Mountain Pack as n Alpha of the Heartsongs, and have been given the Mansion andnds that go with it.¡± He looks shocked and impressed at the same time. ¡°This means, I now have duties to the Pack, as a n Alpha.¡± I begin my exnation to him. ¡°I¡¯m now required to be there to meet Important Dignitaries.¡± Darien chimes in ¡°And I would say the King of all Vampires is an important Dignitariy.¡± in a dry tone. I continue amidst chuckles of derision. ¡°Me being a n Alpha, I have to have a Beta, and two Enforcers ¡®minimum¡¯ with me while we greet the King.¡± I tell him. ¡°The Principal suggested you to the Alpha, who suggested you to me.¡± He looks surprised, but pleased.This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar ¡°The Luna suggested Kian and Galen as my Enforcers, the Alpha agreed.¡± He looks at the Twins and smiles, they smile back at him, weingly. He looks back at me as I continue. ¡°I agreed to all three of you for those positions.¡± His smile is delighted, happy that I had approved. ¡°This also means all four of us, will be training together with Master Brock, starting the day after tomorrow.¡± I tell them. ¡°Then, the Luna will be helping us learn the etiquette, of acting in our new positions.¡± I say, my tone wry. O All three looked at me in shock. Jaxon, Galen and Kian didn¡¯t know, I have been training with Master Brock, for thest four years. Jaxon had only gotten a taste of training with the Master Trainer, the Twins never had. They did however know of him, and his Family¡¯s generations of Master Trainers. ¡°Huh?¡­who knew Brock would have fans?¡¯ I thought derisively. Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Alora¡¯s POV con¡¯d We had to put our conversation on hold as the other students taking the test at this time filter in. Matt had alreadye in and taken a seat in the back row eight spots away. Sarah walked in, looking smug to be there. Till she saw us. The look of fury on her face, was demonic, twisted and ugly. ¡°YOU!¡± she snarled then started to stomp in our direction. Every one of us stiffened and red. We started to let off an Aura, that had the rest of the ss, all those Elite and Alpha fighters, cringe away from us. The weakest ones, bowing their heads in submission. But did Sarah get the hint not to fuck with us, like every one else did? No. She was either to stupid or to oblivious in her fury. If she¡¯d spent more time studying and less time sleeping around and blowing things off, she might have had a smidgeon ofmon sense. She doesn¡¯t pay attention to the growling from deep within my chest. Or the growls from the others. ¡°YOU WHORE!¡± she yelled, still snarling. ¡°YOU DARE SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME AFTER WHAT YOU DID!¡± she was shrieking, along with her snarling now.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) IS What waspletely unexpected was Matt ¡°Whore?¡± he snarled the question at her, getting Sarah¡¯s attention. ¡°If ANYONE is the whore it¡¯s you!¡± he spits that at her. The look on his face is of disgust and anger. ¡°Your a whore of the first order, now sit your wicked bitch of the west ass down, and shut the fuckup!¡± He growls the insult and order at her. ¡°Some of us actually want to get our test done and out of the way.¡± he snarls. 25 Everyone in the ss that saw the encounter started to p, they were tired of her shit. She was not the strongest wolf here, and she didn¡¯t have the support of those who were. She was out of her depth here. With a snarl in my direction she does as Matt told her. I was confused and vindicated all at once, didn¡¯t exactly know what to feel about what just happened really. The teacher walked in the door then, we all settled in our seats and started to take our test. The five of us finished the test before the two hours were up. So we were allowed to leave the ssroom early. We gathered in one of the schools courtyards, sitting on and around a stone table with stone bench seats next to a dogwood with purple blooms. The wind was sweet with flowers and other freshly growing fauna. My phone vibrates, I take it out and it¡¯s the Alpha. ¡°Hello Alpha.¡± Everyone¡¯s attention snaps to me. Never did like being the center of attention¡­.still don¡¯t. 5 ¡°Hello Alora,¡± he greats. ¡°How were your exams?¡± he asks me. O ¡°They were good, all of us and Jaxon finished early, so we¡¯re in a courtyard.¡± I tell him. ¡°Have you told Jaxon that you would like him to be your Beta?¡± he asks. ¡°Yes, and he¡¯s epted.¡± I answered. ¡°Excellent,¡± he says approvingly, then in a reluctant tone. ¡°You should fill him in on your history soon,¡± he advised me. I agreed with him, ¡°I n to do that after we finish our tests today.¡± I tell him, letting him know I had already nned to. ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± He tells me ¡°You¡¯re already proving to be a good Alpha, Alora.¡± he praises. ¡°Ember has the blood test results back.¡± he states. ¡°The one we did on Allister¡¯s blood, from this mornings fresh sample,¡± he pauses. ¡°As we suspected, the blood on file is not Allister¡¯s, Allister is not your father.¡± his tone was grim, because this also meant, someone had messed with Pack records. ? ¡°Thank you for telling me, I¡¯m d for the results.¡± I tell him, trying to assure him I was okay as well. ¡°Ok sweetheart,¡± he says gently. ¡°Good luck on the rest of the exams, and we¡¯ll see you back home.¡± he tells me, then adds. ¡°And bring Jaxon back with you, when you do.¡± ¡°Yes Alpha.¡± I tell him. We disconnect. I look up at Jaxon. ¡°You¡¯ll need toe with us to the Pack House, after the exams today.¡± I tell him. ¡°Ok¡­.but I¡¯m going to need a ride.¡± he says. I didn¡¯t think of this as a problem at first. Then I remembered we were all on bikes today. ¡®Well this should prove entertaining.¡¯ I think to myself. Matt¡¯s POV(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) I walked into the ssroom, they were already there. She was surrounded by the other wolves, and from what I was hearing. She had just epted three of them into her service. One as Beta and two as Enforcers. She would need them too. As a n Alpha, she was required to show a presence when the Pack had Important Dignitaries visiting. I sit there, admiring her strength. It all bringing home again, the fact that I believed, I was never truly meant to be hers. That and the text from Xander this morning. The Alpha¡¯s oldest, our next Pack leader and Alpha of Alpha¡¯s, was iming Alora was his. It would make sense. The most powerful male being Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. with this amazingly powerful she wolf. I wanted to whine at that. But at the same time, I was grateful, because Sarah was going have taken any mate I would have been destined with, anyway. She took away the one I was to weak to have been able to im. I feel that my second chance mate, was going to be the one that would have truly killed, me if I had lost her. 16 For now though, what I can do is train and get stronger. I would be a wolf deserving to have another chance at a mate. I¡¯m going to approach Darienter. It¡¯s time I tell him what¡¯s really going on, and see if he¡¯ll allow me to be the Beta to him, that my brother, was to his brother. Sarah took more than just my fated mate, she took my destiny. Which is why when she came in the way she did, I had to say something. That bitch was throwing rocks from a ss house. She had the nerve to call Alora the whore. She was the whore, and I told her as much, before I told her to sit her skank ass down. She didn¡¯t even seem to question that she had obeyed my order. I never should have been able to be led around the way she had led me though. (2) I was a Beta¡¯s son. Not just any Beta, my father was the Beta to the Alpha of all Alpha¡¯s. He was the strongest Beta on this continent. That I was as weak as I was right now, was an anomaly. One I would fix, in the mean time. I was still a hell of a lot stronger than Sarah, her wolf will make her obey my orders because of how far up the ranks I ampared to her. ¡°Good¡¯ Aries says to me ¡°That bitch needs to know her ce.¡± he growled that angrily. Jaxon¡¯s POV When I saw her walk into the ss room I couldn¡¯t help but take a moment to admire her. She glowed with strength, a fire, you couldn¡¯t help but want to be around. The Alpha had changed the meeting time because of my exams. I was grateful for that because I didn¡¯t want to miss them, but at the same time, you didn¡¯t refuse a summons from the Alpha of All Alpha¡¯s. Plus he was also Alpha of our own Moon Mountain Pack. I had gestured for her to sit in the seat in front of me, and to my surprise and delight she had. My three cousins and Darien following her in, they took the surrounding seats. I had taken the opportunity to ask why the Alpha would be wanting to meet with me. I was so shocked. This was what I had wanted, to be her Beta, with her new status. To be serving as Beta to a n Alpha was a great honor. To find out we would be training with the Master Trainer Brock was another drop in the bucket, of amazing things to happen to me today. I knew this she wolf was special. She did tell me there were upsetting things about her I needed to know, I was going to learn about themter. That¡¯s when her sister came in. The others got tense, letting out their auras, I allowed my own out. I was now Alpha Alora¡¯s Beta. I wasn¡¯t blood sworn yet, but that didn¡¯t matter. I would start acting now, in that capacity, stand by her side and follow her lead. The look on Sarah¡¯s face, as she snarled her bile and venom, at Alora was truly ugly. With this seething hatred, that seemed toe off her, in a toxic ck cloud. Alora¡¯s growl was deep, and it sent a shiver up my spine. That was not the growl of a wolf who will allow her enemy to live should she attack. Sarah didn¡¯t listen to the growl. How suicidal could a she wolf be? Apparently very much so. She had kept going.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Until Matt had step in, confusing us all. Hadn¡¯t he rejected her? For this vary she wolf? Could it be the male understands what he gave up, and that it hadn¡¯t been worth who it had been for? I wasn¡¯t into she wolves, a secret only Kian and Galen knew, but I knew the better she wolf when I saw one. I¡¯ve also caught her with a few wolves in ces you shouldn¡¯t be screwing in. She was the true whore, not Alora. 26 h When we were done with our Training exams, all of us having finished early, we¡¯d gone outside. Alora had gotten a phone call from the Alpha. After the phone call, she told me I would have to go with them to the Pack House, after the Exams were done for the day. I was ok with that. Only¡­.I had rode in with mom today, for no other reason than to keep herpany, so I would need a ride. I told them about needing a ride, at first it didn¡¯t seem like a problem. At least I didn¡¯t think it was. Darien usually drove a blue convertible, and Serenity a purple Jeep. Then their faces, had all turned somewhatical. Like they had remembered something they had forgotten. That¡¯s when Galen said ¡°Someone is going to have to double up.¡± I was confused, ¡°Double up?¡± I asked aloud. Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Alora¡¯s POV The rest of the day passed without any more drama. At least, until we went out to the bikes, Poor Jaxon, he was red as a tomato. I had suggested the Twins double up while Jaxon took one of their bikes. They said as my Enforcers they needed to be free to act as such, meaning they needed to be able to nk me, and my Beta, so that idea was nixed. The only solution was for Jaxon to ride behind me. I couldn¡¯t help but smile at how red he was, at the thought of mounting the bike behind me. It was cute and amusing all at once. ¡°I won¡¯t bite, promise.¡± I tell him in a drawl, causing him to redden further. His cousins and Darien were no help, they just keptughing at the situation. Then I decided to tease him and Darien. I look over at Serenity and catch her eye. She sees me smirk, I wink and she smiles and nods, letting me know she¡¯ll back my y. ¡°We¡¯ll¡­..¡± I draw the word out, getting the others attention, and a suspicious look from Darien. ¡°Serenity could always ride with me,¡± the smile on my face growing as I was talking. ¡°and Jaxon could ride with Darien.¡± I say brightly, then I look at Serenity. She¡¯s smiling, mirth filling her eyes. Darien has stiffened and was now looking at me with promised retribution, Jaxon in panic. A pping her hands together, going along with my torment of the boys. ¡°That¡¯s a great idea!¡± she says with a lot of cheer. Darien is looking at his mate, his look one of disbelief joining the panic already there. ¡°What?¡­.But mate¡­¡± he tries, trying to find a way to get out of this, but Serenity is thoroughly enjoying herself now, just as I am. Jaxon is looking even more horrified at having to ride with Darien. ¡°But mate¡­I want you with me.¡± Darien whines. Everyoneughs at his whine. 2 Serenityughing reached up to his face, she stoppedughing long enough to give him a kiss then say. ¡°I love you.¡± before continuing tough. He purses his lips and narrows his eyes at her, he looks up at me, then he looks back at her. ¡°Your yanking my chain aren¡¯t you.¡± he growls. Sheughs harder. He looks up at me ¡°Now why did you have to go and pull my mate into your shenanigans.¡± he snaps at me, I justugh harder, tearsing. I¡¯m standing next to Kian, I lean against him, my arm raised to rest on his shoulder to keep myself up. 2 Kian¡¯sughing then say¡¯s ¡°Sorry to tell ya bro.¡± heughs ¡°But she¡¯s bad all on her own.¡± Serenity snaps out a ¡°Hey.¡± ¡°Sorry sis, but someone¡¯s gotta warn your mate.¡± said Galenughing. ¡°Warn me about what?¡± demanded Darien. ¡°That she¡¯s a terrible tease.¡±ughed Kian. ¡°And a prankster.¡± added Galen ¡°There¡¯s a reason we ride with her every October.¡± he said grimly. ¡°What?¡± Serenity asked, trying to feign innocence ¡°I wasn¡¯t ¡®that¡¯ bad.¡± she says, her brothersugh. ¡°I call bull on that one.¡± said Kian, Galenes up on my other side, I raise my other arm onto his shoulder. Leaning on both of them, they both have their arms crossed over their chests, making their muscles bulge a bit. We¡¯re all smiling, Jaxon actually snaps our picture. ¡®I¡¯ll have to ask him to send it to me¡¯ I think to myself. I tune into the story the twins are telling us about Serenity. ¡°So one October we were both still driving ourselves to school.¡± Galen starts the story.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) ¡°And it¡¯s dark as ¡®fuck¡¯ in the morning, that time of year.¡± Kian chimes in. ¡°Me and Kian were taking turns driving our Jeeps.¡± Galen continues. ¡°And one morning, we were in mine.¡± Kian tells us. ¡°And we¡¯re halfway down the drive.¡± picks up Galen. ¡°And I look in the rearview mirror,¡± Kian pauses, dragging it out, I shake him with my arm. He chuckles ¡°And Ipletely freaked the fuck out.¡± he continued, putting the arm I was leaning against around my waist. Galen put his arm below Kian¡¯s, his hand resting on my hip. Neither being inappropriate, just resting their arms there, like I was on their shoulders. I think Jaxon took another picture. ¡°This guy is shouting and mming on the brakes¡± says Galen, pointing at Kian ¡°So I turn around in my seat, and lose my shit.¡± Kian chuckles. ¡°The fucker jumped out of the Jeep screaming.¡± ¡°So did you!¡± Galen points out,ughing ¡°I¡¯m surprised you even remembered to shift into park before jumping.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t, I¡¯d identally mmed the emergency brake when I¡¯d stopped in my panic.¡± said Kian wryly. Iugh at that, then I couldn¡¯t take it and had to ask. ¡°What had you two Jumping out of the Jeep¡± ¡°On the middle back headrest.¡± Galen started ¡°She¡¯s put a damn, severed head mask on it¡± he growled bit. ¡°Fucking thing was just floating there in the dark.¡± said Kian. ¡°And that horrid female caught it all on camera.¡± was added in a growling tone. We allugh at that ¡°By the time we calmed down to figure it out,¡± Galen¡¯s tone derisive. ¡°We¡¯d run halfway back to the house.¡± Kian¡¯s voice self condemning. ¡°Everyone wasughing at us for days.¡± said Galen ¡°Stillughing.¡± Kian said, pointing at us all, and yeah, we were allughing. Serenity had tears of mirth streaming down her red face as sheughed and giggled. Galen growls at her, she dodges behind Darien, still giggling andughing. Darien¡¯s looking down at her with a half smile. ¡°Okay everyone, lets get going, we can die ofughterter, it just has to be at the Pack House, daddy¡¯s orders.¡± Darien ps his hands together twice. We all look at him for a moment, then we¡¯re eventually we do. I look at Jaxon as we all get next to the bikes we¡¯re riding. ¡°Come on Jaxon, it¡¯s not that long of a ride.¡± I tell him. He nods, then gets up behind me on the bike. He seemed confused as to where to put his hands. I grab his wrists and pull his arms around my waist. He settles against my back. As we we¡¯re starting to leave I look up, and there Sarah is with her phone out. She must have been taking pictures or recording us. But why? (2(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) I didn¡¯t think I¡¯d like the answerer, but that didn¡¯t matter. We were all done with this ce. Our exams done, we had no reason toe back, at least, not until the Graduation Ceremony. But the Ceremony wasn¡¯t happening for three weeks, and that¡¯ll be myst visit for this ce. The Graduation Ceremony for the University, was in two weeks, I was to walk that one as well. 3 As we¡¯re driving out of the lot, I see Matt standing next to his Jeep. Beatrice Lauren and Agatha next to Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. him. The girls were all dressed casually again. Beatrice looked like her world had fallen apart. ¡®I wonder why?¡¯ and Sarah wasn¡¯t with them. Even more curious, was the venomous looks they were sending at Sarah. Beatrice says something to Matt, tears streaming out of her angry eyes. Matt wraps an arm around Beatrice in aforting hold. ¡®What is going on there?¡¯ Sarah must have done something, and as cruel as Sarah was to me, I was starting to wonder what it was she¡¯d done. I knew one thing for certain though. Whatever it was she did, it was bound to be horrible. Sarah was evil to her core, that it was only now really showing just how evil she was, is surprising. Then I remembered Matt and the girls being at the Pack Housest night. ¡°Selena.¡± I say, to get her attention. Yes? she answers. ¡°You wouldn¡¯t happen to know why Matt and those other girls were at the Pack Housest night would you?¡± I ask her. Not at the moment, but I can find out once we get back to the Pack House She tells me. ¡°Ok, I have a feeling that this information, is going to be important¡± I tell her grimly. I¡¯ll let you know as soon a I have the information she says ¡°Thank you¡± I tell her, then focus on driving my bike. Having a male body behind me while riding was not new. Darien was the one who taught me how to drive a bike, he would ride behind me while he did it.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) So I wasn¡¯t thrown off bnce, Jaxon being about the same weight and size. We were speeding again. I didn¡¯t bother with the jacket, it was warmer now than it had been this morning in the low 80¡¯s. Some of the cloud cover ebbing away over the day. ¡°Hay Jaxon¡± I say to get his attention. We¡¯re werewolves, so I didn¡¯t have to shout. ¡°Yeah?¡± he askes. ¡°Those pictures you took, can you send them to me?¡± I ask him. ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll send them to you when we get to the Pack House.¡± he tells me. ¡°Thank you¡± I say ¡°No problem¡± was his reply. I wanted to have the photographic proof that I had friends. It was so new to me, that having the physical evidence of this moment, was necessary to me. I wanted to get one of me and Serenity. Maybe I can talk everyone into a group photo. Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Unknown POV My father and I are on our way to the Moonstar Mansion Pack House. The Alpha of Alpha¡¯s has summoned us. My father said we were going to meet the new n Alpha of the Heartsong¡¯s. Our n hasn¡¯t had an Alpha since the former one and his mate had died in a car ident so long ago. I was sure we were going to have to suffer Bettina as the so called ¡®Alpha¡¯, but it was one of her daughters. I¡¯m not sure if that¡¯ll be any better. I have met the older one, and I remember a spoiled brat. O I don¡¯t remember much of the younger one. She had dark skin, in a pretty copper olive tone. Her hair had been long and ck, her violet eyes peaking out of it. She¡¯d been tall at five nine. She hid her figure behind oversized hoddies and baggy track pants. She didn¡¯t talk to anyone, but the Alpha¡¯s second son Darien. It was only after Damien, the Alpha¡¯s first son, had left the High School, that the rumors had started to go around about her. ? I remember Damien being protective of her, I had seen it. She had been bussed to the High School from the Middle School, along with a couple of other pups, to take courses at the high school. I knew she was extremely intelligent, but I didn¡¯t see that shy, scared little pup as an Alpha. Knowing how protective Damien had been of her, I didn¡¯t believe any of the rumors. Especially when I saw Sarah spewing a few of them. I graduated from the High School when she finished Junior year there. I¡¯m not sure how much would have changed over three years, but something had to have. My father was the Gamma of the Heartsong n, so was his father, and his fathers father, and so on and so forth. Now I¡¯m to be the Gamma for this new Alpha. I¡¯ve been training all my life for this position. Gamma¡¯s are the ones who run their n, while the Alpha and Beta are away. O The Beta position has not been generational. Each Heartsong having chosen their own Betas. I didn¡¯t know if she has chosen a Beta yet, or Enforcers. She would need too though. Father told us the King of Vampires would be making a visit this Saturday. I had no idea the reason why, but it had to be important. What will be interesting, is if our new Alpha would be ok with a Vampire Werewolf Hybrid or a Gamma. (13 I knew that Bettina and Sarah hated that I was a Hybrid. They¡¯d told me I was a freak of nature. Then thest time I saw Sarah and she found out I was still unmated after eighteen, she said it wasn¡¯t any wonder why. She said I was a freak Hybrid with gender confusion issues. I prefer males. That was another strike against me in her book of sins. There are fated same sex couples, just as there are for male female pairs.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) (10) The Goddess doesn¡¯t ignore your preference. The Majority of Vampire females have more than one fated mate. Some Witch and Wizard pairs would asionally add a third. Werewolves rarely had more than one mate. Werewolves were usually made up of mostly female to male pairs, with the asional Male to Male or Female to Female. Rarely was their ever a third, Werewolves, usually only came in pairs. No one in my family or n has ever made me feel less, for being a Hybrid or for preferring males. The n didn¡¯t care about that, our first n Alpha was a Vampire Werewolf Hybrid. We had a couple of other Hybrids in the n, one of my best friends was a Witch Wolf Hybrid, the other a Bear Wolf Hybrid. Hybrids were moremon in the Heartsong Wolf n than in any other n. I believe it had Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. everything to do with who our first Alpha was. Bettina and Sarah would have done away with us all. 2 I didn¡¯t think that was how Alora would be, Damien had cared about the little pup, but I didn¡¯t know her. I was beginning to stress myself out, I had more questions than I had answerers for. The only way to answer most of them was to meet Alora again, this time up close and personal. I wonder if she¡¯ll even look the same.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) O ¡°We¡¯re almost there Victor.¡± My Father, Maximus Heartsong Bloodmoon, says. ¡°Soon you¡¯ll be Victor Heartsong Bloodmoon, Gamma of the Heartsong n.¡± he reminds me. I touch my sses, they were two rectangles, connected by thin silver frames, the lenses tinted blue. They were specially enchanted this way, it was to keep my second site, from getting in the way of the here and now. The Bloodmoons were able to see the shadow realm, it came from our Vampire blood. 3 I didn¡¯t really need them now, that I was older and had control of my second site, but I did at one time. I was the first in four generations of Bloodmoons who needed the sses. This was because thest four generations, have met their fated mates with the wolves. My father, however, was mated to a Vampire. He was not the first, every few generations their is another Vampire mate. My mother being half Nightwalker, just made our gift all the stronger in me, requiring that I had needed the sses for awhile. I didn¡¯t need them now unless I pushed myself to exhaustion, or I was intoxicated, which I rarely ever was. I¡¯ve worn them for so long though, they¡¯re apart of me. I¡¯m tall, six five. I¡¯m lean with defined muscle. I have white hair with shiny silver, and storm grey highlights, I had the long, straight, waist length strands into a low tail. (2 My eyes a storm gray with a red rim. The white hair a tribute to my mothers Daywalker half. I am very strong. I¡¯ve had to be, being as I have always been lean. Other wolves assumed from my lean stature that I would automatically be weak. This was not the case. My attention is refocused on the task at hand, when we pull onto the long drive leading to the Moonstar Pack House. 2 T have to say, the drive is gorgeous, but I was still biased to the Heartsong Mansionsnds. Having lived on them my entire life. As we drive up, there are five speed bikes that pass us, two with double riders. I was wondering who they could be. I didn¡¯t see anyone¡¯s faces, but a scentes trailing into the window. Sandalwood, and Cider. It smells intoxicating. 9 Suddenly Vash, my wolf is stirring, he rumbles inside my chest. I would call it a purr if I didn¡¯t own a cat, some would think this an odd pet for a werewolf. Cats however don¡¯t care, as long a your not trying to eat it, and you¡¯ll feed it. It will grace you with its presence. This one showed up at our back door as an abandon kitten. She was all white and so fluffy. She turned out to be a veryrge cat, not fat, justrge, she was a Maine Coon. Sasha¡¯s body was as long as my torso. Her nose at my chin, her tail to my knee. This just meant I could only call the sound he made a rumble, and that was as close to a purr as a wolf could get. Wanting to know what had him acing like this I ask. ¡°What is it Vash?¡± my tone concerned. Mate, I smell mate, he¡¯s here Vash tells me. ¡°Are you sure¡± I ask, not wanting to get too excited, I was twenty one after all. Yes, mate is here. He was in that group. Vash says excitedly. The group he was talking about, had four males and two females, one of the females was on the back of a bike. The other driving with a male passenger at her back. By the time we get to the House, the group had already arrived and gone in. We park in the spaces in front of the House designated to guests of the Alpha. It was a beautiful house. O My Father and I get out of the car, as we headed into the house, I smell him. My mate is here somewhere, but I would have to wait till after the meeting with the Alpha before I could go looking. Maybe I¡¯ll get to ask the Alpha if he¡¯ll tell me who the wolves driving those bikes were. I¡¯m hoping the male lives here. I don¡¯t know where to even begin to look for him if he doesn¡¯t. I can only hope that if he doesn¡¯t live here, he doesn¡¯t leave before I finish meeting with the Alpha. The Alpha is standing in the veryrge foyer, waiting for us. ¡°Greetings Gamma Bloodmoon, thank you for Shaking the Alpha¡¯s hand, Father says. ¡°It¡¯s an honor to be here, this is my son Victor Heartsong Bloodmoon, he¡¯ll be taking over as Gamma for me with this new Alpha.¡± he introduces me to the Alpha, everyone who has served the Heartsong¡¯s for generation after generation, carries the Heartsong surname as their middle name. It connects us as a n to the Heartsong¡¯s. ¡°We¡¯ll you¡¯ll be meeting your new n Alpha, as well as her new Beta and Enforcers.¡± he tells us. ¡°My son Darien and his mate Serenity will be there as well, but that is in support of Alora. I will tell you that Alora is special to our family, she is loved by every member.¡± he says seriously, nothing less than a warning. ¡°She has been through a tremendous amount of pain all her life, she will be telling you her story, don¡¯t judge, just listen.¡± 5 We nod and follow him, down a hall in, what I was assuming, the direction of his office. The scent of my mate getting stronger the farther we follow him. Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Jaxon¡¯s POV Riding on the back of a bike holding on to a female was a new experience for me. One, I¡¯ve never ridden with a female. Two, thest time I rode double, was when my older brother had been teaching me to drive one. While going up the drive to the Pack House we pass by a red BMW Z4 convertible with two males in it. The young one, I got only a small glimpse of looked hansom. We keep going to the House, we get in and park the Bikes. When we get inside the Alpha greets us. He tells us that we were all to go to his office. We were going to be meeting two special guests in a moment. They must be the two males in that car, the image of the young man in the passenger seat shing through my mind. 3 He had been sitting up straight, like he had steel for a spine. White and silver hair. and a pair of rectangle, blue lensed sses on. I didn¡¯t get enough of a look to really study the image. I was hoping I would get the chance to look while we were in the meeting. We go to the Alpha¡¯srge office, we each take a seat in therge group of couches and wide stuffed chairs, in the Alpha¡¯s sitting area. The seating formed arge U capped by arge firece, it wasn¡¯t being used at the moment. But it provided a nice back drop. Darien sits on the couch to one side of the empty fire ce, Serenity perched on the arm. She draped herself against him with her arm around his shoulder on the back rest of the couch. She leans her head on his shoulder, her other armying in hisp, Darien holding her hand. O Alora sits on the back rest, of the couch across from them, her feet in the seat. The twins sit on the couch to either side of her. I lean against the built in book shelves behind the couch Alora was on. The office was well lit, on either side of the fire ce wererge floor two ceiling windows. We had just settled in to wait, then I smelled the scent. It smelled like a summer storm and sweet grass, it sent a shiver up my spine. (0) That scent, I couldn¡¯t get enough of it. It started out faint, then it grew stronger, like the scent was my head, he seems excited about something. O ¡®Mate¡¯ he rumbles.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Wait? What? ¡°Did you say mate?¡± ¡®Mate¡¯ he practically barks at me ¡®Our mate ising¡¯ he¡¯s growling in excitement now. It hit me, the scent I couldn¡¯t get enough of, it was our mates, and it was getting stronger because our mate wasing. Who could be our mate? I have met everyone at school, and none of them, male or female was my mate. Then I remembered the car we had passed on the way in. It had to be one of the two males in the car. I stand up straight, staring at the door, waiting. The scent is wrapping itself around me, we hear the foot steps now. The beings moving towards the office. They can only be the Alpha and the two males. Mine and Bruno¡¯s anticipation is building. The seconds start ticking by slower and slower, the moment stretching for an eternity. At least that¡¯s how it felt to me. (2 Then their right outside the door, the Alpha opens the door and walks in first. A waive of the scent washed over me, practically drowning me in it. My wolf was howling inside. I barely stopped myself from rushing forward. I was already hard and aching from that intoxicatingbo of summer storm and sweet grass. An older wolf steps in, he¡¯s about the Alphas age. He¡¯s lean but muscr, has short brown hair and blue silver rimed eyes. He was not my mate, it had to be the other one. The older one steps in, then so does he. It was the passenger. He was our mate. I couldn¡¯t believe how attractive he was to me. Our eyes meet from across the room. The connection is electric and I harden more than I have ever have in my life. This male was ours. ¡®Mate¡¯ Bruno growls, howling for me to go to him immediately. I stand there and look at him. His eyes were white with a red rim, he had a long lean face, with a strong jaw. His sses are thin silver frames, connecting two rectangle pieces of ss, tinted blue. He was tall,(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) my height, and lean, but I could tell there was muscle. He felt stronger then you would give credit to, with his lean frame. His hair was long, waist length, white with thin strands of silver and storm gray highlights. I wonder how soft it felt, would he let me run my hands through it? Wrap it around my fist as I kissed him? I wanted to kiss him, his lips were full, and looked soft. His hand, when he reached up to touch his sses, had long elegant fingers. How is it that even his hand is sexy to me. 2 I strain to hold myself in ce, his eyes glittering at me. It takes me a moment to figure out whats so different about this wolf. Then it hits me, my mate is a Hybrid. He¡¯s a Vampire Werewolf Hybrid, the eyes and hair a dead giveaway. This didn¡¯t bother me, I didn¡¯t care, this was my mate, I would ept all of him. The Alphaes to stand in front of the empty fire ce, the older man and my mate following. He takes his eyes off me to observe the room, I only have eyes for him. ¡°Everyone, I would like you to meet Maximus Heartsong Bloodmoon, he has been the Gamma of the Heartsong n for thest few decades.¡± The Alpha said, then he points to my mate. ¡°This is Victor Heartsong Bloodmoon, he will be taking over the Gamma position as of today.¡± ¡®Victor¡¯ I say in my head, ¡®Wonder what his wolf¡¯s name is.¡¯ still in my head. Then the Alpha is introducing us. ¡°This is Darien and his mate Serenity Mountainmover¡± he points in their direction. ¡°Over there you have Alora, your New n Alpha. Serenity¡¯s brothers, Galen to Alora¡¯s left, to the right Kian, both her Enforcers.¡± Then Alpha lifts his hand in my direction. ¡°And her new Beta, their cousin, Jaxon Mountainmover.¡± Victors eyes settle on me. I don¡¯t hear anything else around me. I found my mate, and it was in the middle of a meeting with the Alpha. Darien and Serenity are looking at me and then at Victor and back. Alora is doing the same, it was her who interrupted the Alpha. ¡°Uh, Alpha?¡± She asks, getting his attention. She points back in forth between Victor and I ,before his face and that nfm face, and that of Maximus¡¯s, light up with understanding¡­) Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Victor, son is he your¡­?¡± he gestures to me. upright, I¡¯d melt in a puddle at his feet. But he said it, that word that meant everything to a werewolf. ¡°Mate.¡± The Alpha looks at me ¡°Jaxon?¡± his tone a question. ¡°Mate¡± is all I could rumble out, Victor shivers. Good, I¡¯m not the only one affected. 3 ¡°Well, these two are not going to be able to concentrate till they get their greeting out of the way.¡± said the Alpha. ¡°Maximus why don¡¯t you and I have some coffee on the kitchen patio and catch up.¡± he said to him, Maximus nodded agreement. ¡°Everyone else we¡¯ll meet back here in, lets say, an hour.¡±(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Everyone gets up, the Alphaes over and hands me a key. ¡°This is to a guest room on the second floor of this wing, first room off the stairs.¡± he tells me, everyone walks out of the office, me and Victor just standing their, staring at each other. This incredibly sexy Hybrid was my mate, and I had a key to a guest room. 3) Holding the key up I motion for Victor to follow me. I can feel his eyes devour me as we head upstairs to the Guest room. My anticipation is building, how does he feel about me being his mate? What kind of male was he in bed? What does his wolf look like? What does he look like without his clothes? Does he like to top or bottom? Will he ept me as his mate? As a Hybrid will he need to feed? Will he feed from me as he takes me, or me him? (3) All these questions, one after another and more fliting through my mind. Once we get in the room I turn around to face him. He leans his back against the door, his eyes full of lust and promise, and locks it. Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Victor¡¯s POV He¡¯s standing there, looking at me. When I followed him into the room, I had leaned my back against the door, and locked it. Trapping this wolf inside with me. He was younger, and broader than me. I look at all his muscles. I want to strip him of all his clothes, touch every inch of the bronze colored skin I could see under his tight, green t-shirt. His green amber rimed gaze burning me alive with his fire. 2 ¡®Vash, Nichs¡¯ I call out to my wolf and sprit. They both answer with ¡°Mate¡± while they looked at Jaxon through my eyes. Jaxon¡¯s wolf is peaking at us through him, his eyes amber colored, rimed in cinnamon. ¡°What¡¯s your wolfs name I ask him.¡± His rumble was deep, it did deliciously arousing things to me. ¡°Bruno¡± his voice rough with the growl of his wolf. ¡®What is Mates name?¡¯ his wolf asks me. I freeze a little, he had to ept all of me, not just the wolf. ¡°I¡¯m a Vampire Hybrid,(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) that means I don¡¯t just have a wolf, I have a Sprite as well.¡± I tell him, I wait for his reaction. He stalks up to me, the power in his movements make me weak. I¡¯m so hard I feel like I¡¯ll shatter. At the same time, I was so anxious I¡¯d be rejected. The words of Sarah ringing in my head. I didn¡¯t want this big sexy wolf to reject me, I wanted him to take me, to make me his in everyway possible. When he¡¯s just the barest of inches from me, his wolf adding to his height a little, he leans down, his eyes boring into mine. He raises his hands up, his ws out, mming them to either side of my head, ws digging into the wood of the door. He leans even closer, his nose almost touching mine and growls deeply. ¡°Names¡± instead of just name. I shiver as that growl continues to set me on fire. ¡°Want my mates names¡± his nose trails over my cheek, as he nips my jaw with his teeth. His scent is flooding me, that nip sending shocks through me, my unusually intelligent brain, is on the fritz. It didn¡¯t even say goodbye on its way out of my head. He nips me under my ear, I shiver, my whole body vibrates with desire. They were right, being with your fated, is ten times more than what you feel with someone who wasn¡¯t. I¡¯ve had experience, that¡¯s how I knew what I preferred. Although I did have a female or two in between that realization. They had their appeal, just not the way males did. He nipped my neck again, harder this time, I let out a groan at the shocks it sent through me. ¡°I want all my mates names¡± he growls, he pulls back a little, looking me in the eyes, his desire, a raging fire burning inside. ¡°Vash is my wolf,¡± my voice is rough with arousal. ¡°Nichs is my Sprite¡± I say, looking at him, waiting. ¡°Victor, Vash, Nichs¡± he growls, he put the fingers, minus the ws, in my hair. ¡°All mine.¡± he growls, iming me. Goddess he¡¯s epting all of us, so easily. I stop thinking and start feeling when he crushed his mouth to mine. Kissing me deep, I invite him deeper, wanting his taste. We break apart, gasping for breath. ¡°I ept you.¡± he says, causing my heart to soar out of my chest. ¡°I ept you.¡± I say back. (4) We reach for each other, chest to chest, mouths devouring each other. As we kiss we somehow make it to the bed naked, our clothes having been shed onto the carpet in a trail to the bed. My hair is unbound the tie gone, he¡¯s got a fist full of it griped at my neck. We fall back on the bed, him on top. He¡¯s started to kiss nibble and bite his way over my jaw and down to that spot. That spot that where my shoulder met my neck, he bites down, but not enough to mark me yet. That bite had me thrusting up against him in ecstasy, groaning at how good it felt. He¡¯s reaching over in the side table, I don¡¯t know what he¡¯s searching for at first. Then he brings out a new unopened bottle of lube. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡¯Oh that would definitely be a good idea¡¯ I think. Jaxon was not small, he wasrger than any of my other lovers. I rub my hands up his chest, over his shoulders and down his bunching biceps. He felt so good against me, I¡¯m shivering constantly with my arousal. I let out a long moan as he preps me. My hips thrusting up, he takes my mouth again with his. He finishes prepping me, then he¡¯s pushing into me. He goes slowly at first. Seating himself deep, before holding still, letting me adjust. He breaks our kiss, then lifts himself high enough to look me in the eyes as he fucks me. Every thrust had me rubbing against his belly, my constant leaking providing a natural lube. He watches my eyes until he must have seen me on thatst edge, he leans down, and with his fangs, bites deep, marking me. I bite down on his spot, with a mixture of my Wolf and Sprites fangs at thatst second before I N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. explode. Spilling myself all over us, he¡¯s growling and jerking against me, spilling hot jets of his seed inside. I extend out the pleasure we¡¯re both feeling by feeding a little, creating a blood bond with our marks, every pull of my mouth sending ecstasy through us both. Finally we let go, he pulls out but stays between my legs. His body copsed on mine, his head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders as we pant ande down from that incredible high. Unfortunately, we couldn¡¯t stay that way. We needed to shower, and meet with the Alpha and Alora, my new n Alpha. I just mated with her Beta¡­.talk about first impressions. I start to chuckle, rxed now we had gotten that first wave of mating fever out of the way. Most newly fated couples are useless the first few hours after meeting, their desire rode them so hard, the couples insatiable for each other. Sated for now my humor had made a return, allowing me to find amusement in the situation. Lifting up on his magnificent arms ¡°What has you amused mate?¡± he asks, his voice husky and deep. I felt myself start to stir. ¡°I was thinking we needed to meet with the Alpha and Alora, my new n Alpha.¡± I pause to let out another chuckle. ¡°And upon my first meeting of my new n Alpha, I mate with her Beta.¡± I chuckle again. ¡°Then I thought, talk about first impressions.¡± He smiles andughs ¡°Your right mate.¡± He leans down and gives me a quick but firm kiss, I am now well and truly hard. ¡°Come, we need to shower and attend to our duties.¡± he says, reminding me again why I¡¯m here. I sigh, ¡°Duty calls mate, lead the way.¡± my tone remorseful, I look down at my hardness and heughs. I look up at him, his eyes sparkling with humor and happiness, a vibrant green with a cinnamon rim. He was so sexy, his deep, dark red hair a little shaggy. ¡°Your not the only one sporting a stiffy mate.¡± He says, is tone wry. I look down and sure enough, the beast between his legs was standing to attention, (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)and it was beautiful. 2 My mouth was watering. ¡°You know the Alpha gave us an hour.¡± I point out to him, my voice rough with desire. ¡°If we hurry, we might have time for something in the shower.¡± I say suggestively. His eyes glowing again he grabs my hand and we run to the shower. By the time we got out we were sated for the moment, enough for us to focus back on what we were both here for. We were mates, but we were also a Beta and a Gamma, we had duties to fulfill, no matter how much I wanted to stay in bed with him another couple of hours. Before we left the room, Jaxon grabs my hand and draws me to him, his other hand goes to my face. ¡°What do you want to do after the meeting.¡± his eyes soft with affection. ¡°I want to be wherever you are, I don¡¯t want to be away from you any time soon.¡± I tell him honestly, hoping he won¡¯t think I¡¯m being to clingy. I should have known I didn¡¯t have to worry, mates hated to be away from each other. They usually worked together in some capacity. ¡°I will be d to have you with me anywhere I go, I don¡¯t want to be without you any time soon either.¡± he tells me, making my heart lurch, he had so quickly wrapped himself around the organ. He gave me onest kiss, before hand in hand we walk out of the room, and back to the Alpha¡¯s office. Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Alora¡¯s POV When the Alpha had been making introductions, it hadn¡¯t been long before I noticed something was going on. Looking at Jaxon, seeing his body shake, his gaze intensely focused on the Hybrid who was to be my Gamma. I was d I would not be the only Hybrid in the Heartsong Mansion. ¡®We¡¯re not alone anymore girls¡¯ I tell Xena and Selena. Their joy at that, the same as mine, our emotions tend to be on the same wave length. Looking at the Hybrid, I saw his focus was only on Jaxson, the tension in him palpable. ¡®Huh¡¯ I though ¡°Jaxon likes males, I would have never guessed that¡¯. What was also a surprising turn of events, it seems his mate, is my new Gamma. ¡®Well that¡¯ll make things easier.¡¯ Finished with my internal monologue. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)I figure it was best to bring the situation to the Alpha¡¯s attention. So I did, the Alpha knowing what he knew of mates, dyed the meeting for an hour. Sending us all on our own way, and giving Jaxon a key to one of the guest bedrooms. Victor was the name of my new Gamma. What was interesting about him was, that he looked like what you would imagine a tall elegant vampire would look like. With his white, long sleeved button down and his ck jeans and boots, then those sses and long hair. Tall, lean, elegant with a deceptive amount of strength hiding away in his frame. I vaguely remember him, I¡¯d seen him fight once, just the once. But it had been enough. The four burly wolves had ganged up on him, teasing him over his sses, calling him a weak twig of a wolf. Oh how he had proven them wrong. It was over in a matter of minutes, all four wolves on the ground, writhing in pain from his wicked fast and powerful blows. Not a hair out of ce, his clothes still neat, a brilliant blue button down with his jeans and boots. His sses still neatly perched on the bridge of his nose he had red down at them. ¡°Just because I¡¯m lean, and wear these sses, does not make me weak.¡± he had said in a cold elegant voice, then he tuned away. Then continued on to wherever it was, he had been going, before the wolves had stopped him. He was strong, so it was good he was my Gamma. I wonder what he would think of me. Was he going to look at me with the prejudice the rest of my blood had, or would he form his own opinion? These questions and thoughts, going around and around in my head as I change. I dress in a white spaghetti strap square cut tank, and a pair of short ck athletic shorts. I needed to introduce Selena to everyone, and they were going to need to see the damage done. Especially Jaxon and Victor, they needed to know the extent my blood had gone to, to harm me. So they could act ordingly when confronted with them. They would try ande for the House. That is if the n itself doesn¡¯t, their prophecy came to pass, but not in the way it was supposed to. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)Ten generations of ns, ruined, because I wouldn¡¯t give them what they wanted. (2 I will never im the Frost or Northmountains as n or family ever again. They have decades of disobeying the Goddesses rule built up, their punishments would being. This was just the start. I left my hair in the braids, then barefoot I leave my room to head down stairs. I was hungry, and figured I¡¯d eat a snack before we have our meeting. As I pass by Darien¡¯s room I can hear him and Serenity going at it hot and heavy, his growls and her cries audible enough through the door. ¡®Our mate wille¡¯ says Xena ¡°He¡¯s going to be here soon¡± said Selena ¡°Will he?¡± I asked them in hope, ¡°How do you know?¡± I ask them. ¡®I feel it in my fur, he knows who we are¡¯ said Xena. ¡°I felt the mate chain connect to our new mate¡± said Selena ¡°We know him and have met him before¡± ¡°We have? We do? Who? Do you know who?¡± I ask her. ¡°No, but you¡¯ll recognize him when we see him¡± she tells me. ¡®We¡¯ll know him by his scent¡¯ Xena reminds me. Now I feel impatient, how soon was soon. All these couples around me, and here I was alone. But I just had to wait, he woulde, they said soon. I just hope soon was in the next few days and not years. Kassandra¡¯s POV She reached out, and with a surprising amount of strength for someone so small, gripped my arm in a strong grip, and dragged me behind a grove of trees, in one of the schools many courtyards. Once there, she res at me with sparking blue eyes rimmed in silver. Her waist length hair started a dark red at the top, half way down it turned ck. Her hair was now vibrating with static. I knew she was mad, I had kept a secret from her, it was probably the twins. Bryce and Daniel couldn¡¯t keep secrets from our cousin, and my best friend. Cerebe, was a Dark Witch. She was not a ck Magic user. Her powers just came from the shadows. Her red lightning and purple me magic from the shadow realm. That¡¯s why her hair was raising a little, her lightnings static through her hair. ¡°Why is it, I hear from the twins.¡± she starts in a musical growl, her voice like tinkling chimes. ¡°That your going on a road trip without me?¡± 2 Yep, they told her, brats. ¡°I just¡­.I need to get to my sister?¡± I try to plead. She holds her finger up, she¡¯s only a month older than me. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡±You are taking me with you.¡± She says, ring at me, daring me to protest. I knew better, best friend she may be, but kick my ass she will. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare leave without me!¡± (1) I gulp. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t think of it.¡± I tell her. She rxes back, a smile lighting up that adorable face. It was heart shaped with a pointy chin, her eyesrge almond shapes tilted at the corners like a cat, a small pink full liped mouth. She was exotic, and males tended to want to wrap her up and put her on a shelf. Big mistake, Cerebe was not one to be put on a shelf, she was a spitfire. ¡°Ok Kass, when do we leave?¡± she asks me, her tone back to her chiming melody. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°We leave day after tomorrow, are you sure you want to go Be?¡± I ask her. ¡°Uh duh, I want to meet your sister too.¡± she says. ¡°Plus there might be a male for me their.¡± she says. I giggle ¡°I was thinking the same thing, I want something like mom and dad.¡± I tell her. She gives me a deadpan look with a raised eyebrow. ¡°You do realize, what your parents have, is not necessarily going to be the norm for you.¡± she says seriously. Confused ¡°What do you mean?¡± I ask her. ¡°Your Aunty Lucinda, shes mated to a light Witch and a Daywalker both.¡± she reminds me Oh yeah but ¡°I¡¯m a hybrid, I¡¯ll probably only have one mate.¡± I tell her. She smiles ¡°Your cute when your in denial.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡± she tells me, before turning away heading toward ss. She must know something I don¡¯t, so I chase after her to catch up, saying a ¡°Hay¡± she looks at me with a smirk on her face. ¡°What?¡± she askes, teasing me, she knows what. ¡°What did you mean by that?¡± I demanded. ¡°It means you may want what your parents have, but you need to be aware that you may have more than that.¡± she says, making me face reality. I didn¡¯t want to face reality, I wanted to keep my dream. ¡°Why must you give me logic?¡± I ask her practically whining. . ¡°Because someone has to?¡± she says. ¡°Yeah but do you have to be so mean about it?¡± still whining. ¡°Who¡¯s mean? I wasn¡¯t mean? I just pointed out the truth.¡± she says. ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s what was mean.¡± I tell her. (3 ¡°You want me to lie to you?¡± she asks. ¡°Noo0000¡­¡­but can¡¯t you let me have some fantasies?¡± more whining. ¡°You can have your fantasies, just add one or two more mates to them.¡± she tells me in a wry tone.(4) ¡°Fine¡± I sigh out ¡°Reality here Ie, just don¡¯t beat my face on the way in the door.¡± I say. 2 ¡°It¡¯ll just hit you on the ass as the door closes behind you.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡± says my best friend, with friends like her, who needed bullies. (5 ¡°We should pick out our clothes and maybe go shopping before we go, want to look hot for our mates if we meet them.¡± she says. Oh, that¡¯s why she¡¯s my best friend. A little dose of reality, then back to the fun stuff, like clothes shopping ¡°And some new shoes.¡± she added. 2 Excited now ¡°We can go to that really nice shoe store in town, I saw a killer pair of bike boots that were totally hot.¡± I tell her, she smiles brightly. ¡°And get our nails done at the Witch¡¯s Beauty Salon.¡± she squeals. Our nsid out, we focus on our exams. Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Alora¡¯s POV It wasn¡¯t long after I had toasted an Everything Bagel, putting chive and onion cream cheese on it, that Jaxon and Victor came down. I was sitting, cross legged, on the ind counter. Werewolves tended to perch on things, whether it be actual chairs, tables, on the back of couches, or the countertop I was on. It was a thing, whether young or older, looking out the window, the Alpha is perched on one of the outdoor table tops, the Luna next to him, leaning against his side. 3 I giggle looking at the pair, they were in their fifties and still, they cuddled like teenagers. It was heart warming. Looking back at Jaxon and Victor I see they¡¯re holding hands. Victor¡¯s hair was draped over one shoulder, the tie gone, and slightly damp. Jaxon¡¯s shaggy lengths were also damp. They look content, rxed. I smile at that, looking at their necks. I see their marks, they had epted each other. That was good, I¡¯vee to like Jaxon, and find myself feeling protective of my new Beta. I have imed him as n, so he was now under my protection. Victor as my Gamma would be as well, but not if he had hurt Jaxon. I¡¯d have had to rip him to pieces. I wouldn¡¯t tolerate those I called mine, being hurt.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Not if I could protect them, and I would. Victor was smiling at Jaxon, like he had found the sun. Jaxon was looking at Victor with warmth and love, he was such a sweet guy under his burly, tough exterior. They both look up, catching me watching them. I smile ¡°You two look cute together.¡± I say, amused at their matching looks of apprehension. Jaxon rxes, Victor however remained slightly apprehensive. ¡°Whats wrong Victor?¡± I ask him. ¡°You don¡¯t mind that I¡¯m a Hybrid?¡± he asks me softly. I blink, staring a moment, then Iugh. It was a moment before I could say to his confused expression ¡°Take a good sniff of me, then think about your question.¡± I say,ughter in my voice. His confusion still there he leans forward and sniffs me. Then with his eyes wide he leans back against Jaxon, Jaxon wraps his arms around his waist and leans his chin on his shoulder. Victor, his surprise evident says ¡°I see.¡± then he looks confused again. ¡°But¡­.how?¡± I smile ¡°That will be exined in the meeting¡± I tell him. He looks disappointed at having to wait. ¡°Grab yourselves a snack, Darien and Serenity will be down here soon.¡± My phone rings, I look at it. It¡¯s Damien. He said he¡¯d call me after his exams. ¡°Hello Damien.¡± I greet. Catching Jaxon and Victors attention as they make themselves something to eat, they were working N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. together, so cute. I was distracted when Damien spoke. IS ¡°H¨¦llo Alora.¡± His voice is deep and smooth, it shivers along my spine. I¡¯ve always loved his voice, I could listen to him talk forever. ¡°How did your exams go?¡± he asks me. ¡°They went great.¡± my voice a little husky, I clear my throat, a blush heating my cheeks, ¡®What is wrong with me?¡¯ I nearly shout at myself. ¡°How were yours?¡± trying to get my mind to focus. 2 ¡°They went well.¡± he says in that deep voice. ¡®Damn it,¡¯ my nipples have harden. ¡°We will be taking our Physical Fighting Exam Final tomorrow.¡± he tells me. I squirm a little on the counter, I remember how sexy he was while fighting. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)He had already had a lot of power before going of to the school, ¡°That¡¯s good, does that mean youring home soon?¡± I ask him. 3 ¡°If I can manage it, I should be home tomorrow night, if not the next morning.¡± He says, a rumble entering his tone, doing things it shouldn¡¯t. I needed to calm down. ¡°When I get back he starts,¡± he pauses a moment ¡°Will you sing for me.¡± he asks. O My heart threatens to jump out of my chest, I had caught him watching me sing a few times. He¡¯s always imed to love my voice. If it had been anyone else, even Darien, I would have said no. ¡°Only for you Damien.¡± I tell him, my voice husky with emotion. ¡°I¡¯ve missed hearing you sing.¡± he tells me ¡°I just needed to hear your voice.¡± he says, he¡¯s always making me feel like I¡¯m special to him. ¡°Is that why you called?¡± I asked, teasing, not expecting an answer. The one I got shocks me. ¡°Yes.¡± he admits, a growl in his tone now. ¡°I miss you.¡± He says softly. 3 If he doesn¡¯t stop, he¡¯s going to leave me a mess on this counter top. He¡¯s seducing me without meaning to, he doesn¡¯t know of my desire for him. That¡¯s something I wouldn¡¯t let him know. ¡°I miss you too.¡± I say, because it was true, I did miss him. 2 *I¡¯ll be home soon Starlight, wait for me.¡± he says, then the call is disconnected. I feel sad when I couldn¡¯t hear his voice anymore. Then I remember my whole conversation was overheard. Looking at the two males blinking in my direction ¡°What?¡± I snap a little. Their expressions a little guilty, they give me muttered nothings, then finish making their snack and start eating. Darien and Serenitye down the stairs. They wore satisfied smiles, I snort and hum out a few bars of ¡°Can you feel the love tonight¡±. Darien looks as me ¡°Shut up.¡± amusement lighting his tone. Iugh at him 2 ¡°I think, for both of your sakes, some more soundproofing would be advised.¡± I tease him. His face goes red at my words. ¡°Your both very vocal.¡± I tease further. Serenity¡¯s as red as her hair now. 2 Iugh, then say ¡°Don¡¯t worry, your not alone¡± pointing at the two standing across from them. They pause with sandwiches on their way to their mouths, when everyone looks at them. Serenity sees the marks. ¡°Oh Jaxon congrattions!¡± Serenity tells him joyfully, then she goes over and gives him a hug, causing growls from two different directions. The look on Victors face when he realized he¡¯s growled wasical with surprise. Like being caught by mom, with your hand in the cookie jar,ical. Iugh, Darienes over and pushes me, nearly knocking me off the counter. ¡°Hey.¡± I snap pushing him back. ¡°What was that for?¡± I askughter in my voice. ¡°For being an evil tease.¡± He says, his tone grumpy. Iugh at him more ¡°What¡¯s life without a littleughter at your best friends expense¡± I tease smiling at him. Jaxon and Victor areughing, Serenity is giggling, shees back over and Darien gathers her into his arms. ¡°I¡¯m hungry¡± she says to him with a little pout. He leans down and kisses her pout ¡°Then I shall feed you my spicy she wolf.¡± (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)he says, his tone teasing and filled with love. The twins came in and joined us, making sandwiches of their own. They ask me what I wanted to drink, I said Pepsi. They grab cokes for themselves, then they each take a spot to one side of me, leaning against the ind counter I was sitting on. (3) We were facing Serenity and Darien to one side and Jaxon and Victor on the other. We all had our drinks and food and ate and drank quietly. ¡°So, do we get to meet Selena this afternoon.¡± Darien asks. ¡°Selena?¡± asks Jaxon ¡°My Sprite.¡± I tell him. ¡°You have a Sprite?¡± he asks. ¡°But your a wolf.¡± he says confused. (2) ¡°My love, take a good sniff of my scent, then smell Alora.¡± Victor tells Jaxon, it takes Jaxon a moment of staring at Victor, in pleasure of being called his love, before he does what his mate told him to do. His nose buried in the side of Victors neck, I see Victor shiver at this action. Gotta say, they¡¯re really sexy together. Jaxon sniffs me next, his eyes widen in surprise, ¡°You¡¯re a Hybrid too!¡± he eximed, causing his mate to chuckle. 2 Thinking of how much I wish I already had my mate, I sigh. ¡®He¡¯ll be here soon¡¯ I remind myself. The Luna, Alpha and Maximuse in from the outside. They¡¯re smiling and looking at us all. ¡°Well it looks like you pups were all hungry.¡± she says seeing most of us already done with our food. ¡°Just don¡¯t forget to clean up after.¡± she warns us. We all say ¡°Yes Luna.¡± You didn¡¯t disobey the Luna when it came to her kitchen, not if you ever wanted to eat in it again. 3 I didn¡¯t want to do this in the office, and everyone was already here.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) I wasfortable where I perched. The Alpha, Luna and Maximus standing at the end of the counter across from me. We were now all circled around the Ind. It couldn¡¯t hurt to ask. ¡°Alpha,¡± he looks at me, nods his head, indicating for me to keep going. ¡°Is it ok if we do the meeting in here?¡± I ask, I look at him, pleading in my eyes. He smiles gently at me, ¡°Of course sweetheart, wherever yourfortable.¡± his voice kind. Thank the Goddess, she brought these beings into my life. Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Alora¡¯s POV ¡°Where to start?¡± I say with a breathless, and nervousugh. ¡°I¡¯ve been abused by my parents and sister all my life.¡± The three wolves hearing this for the first time stiffen, looking horrified, ¡®Who abuses a pup¡¯ they must be thinking. ¡°I was beaten, chained up and whipped, for any and every infraction, no mater how slight, whether or not it had anything to do with me.¡± I start to tell them about it. I continue, telling them about their, so called reasons for my abuse. ¡°It was because I was born with dark hair, dark skin and violet eyes.¡± they look furious, none of that should have ever been a reason to abuse a pup. ¡°I remember on one of Sarah¡¯s birthdays, when we were just kids, I had asked for a piece of cake.¡± I had to stop a moment, my throat stinging with the emotions the memory brought up, but they needed to know the depth of their cruelty. ¡°Bettina started to p me, repeatedly, shouting at me about how dare I ask for any of Sarah¡¯s cake.¡± Jaxon is leaning against the counter next to the sink, Victor leaning against him. Jaxon was holding onto Victor, both of their faces a mixture of fury and confusion, Maximus wasn¡¯t doing much better. He had to sit down in one of the bar stools around the Ind counter. Darien was sitting in one, Serenity in front of him, clutching each other close. The twins also sitting down now, their firsts clenched, sitting on the counter top. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)The Alpha was holding the Luna to his side, leaning against the same counter as Jaxon and Victor, on the other side of the sink. ¡°She dragged me to the basement, then chained me to a support beam so I couldn¡¯t get away.¡± my voice is husky now. ¡°Then she whipped me, I remember screaming that I was sorry, that I would be a good girl, begging her to stop.¡± I¡¯m looking down at the counter I¡¯m sitting on. ¡°She listened to none of it, not my cries, not me begging her not to hurt me, I was drenched in my own blood and had wounds everywhere but my face.¡± my voice was pain filled, almost a whisper. Remembering it brought with it a whole host of emotions. ¡°That was the first of many times she would drag me to that basement, and whip me.¡± A tear slips down my face, I use my wrist to wipe it away. I go to take a drink but it¡¯s empty, Kian, the one closest to the fridge, gets up and gets me another. They wait patiently for me to take a drink. ¡°Sarah, she liked knives.¡± I say with a grim smile, I take another drink, they each seem to brace themselves after hearing what Sarah liked. ¡°She would make a game of it.¡± I say hoarsely. ¡°She would see how deep she could cut to get the most screams from me, she liked to slice me to ribbons, cut after cut.¡± I hear a whimper to the side, it was Serenity. ¡°She liked to push her fingers into the slices she made, digging until I screamed.¡± low growlsing from the twins, Maximus looking green, the Alpha furious, the Luna devastated. Darien, Jaxon and Victor matching looks of fury, Serenity, just as devastated as the Luna. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡±She liked to have me chained up high, so she could watch my blood pool on the floor as she cut me up. She would get this crazed look in her Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org. eyes, she got some kind of sick enjoyment from what she did to me.¡± . My voice broke a little on thest part, but I press on after taking another drink. ¡°When she was furious about something, she would lie to Bettina. As we got older, the lies turned to me sleeping around.¡± I tell them. ¡°Allister would drag me by my hair, and he and Bettina would chain me up against the support beam, then they would beat and whip me.¡± I take anther drink. ¡°Then after they left, Sarah woulde down and take out her bad day on me.¡± I pause for a moment. (2 ¡°As I got older and started to develop, the man I thought was my father, woulde into my room at night.¡± Maximus is pale, ¡°I was always so scared to move, but he would raise my shirt and stare at me, while getting himself off.¡± Maximus is furious, so are Jaxon and Victor, their growling, I take a drink, the cans almost empty now. ¡°One night, he came in drunk, and he started to grope me.¡± I gulp the rest of the can, Kian brings me a bottle of water this time. 5 ¡°He started to rip my clothes, I couldn¡¯t take it, so I let Xenae out,¡± I take a drink of the water, needing to hydrate after the caffeine. ¡°She attacked him and was about to kill him when we were hit with the desk chair I had in my room.¡± I tell them ¡°It knocked us out for a moment, when I came to I was back in human form, and Allister was gone.¡± I pause for a moment. ¡°I started to lock my door every night, but that didn¡¯t end it.¡± I say grimly. ¡°He got a key to the door and started toe in at night again, but he didn¡¯t attack me again like that night, he was back to just getting himself off.¡± I drink more water, needing a moment ¡°It was a while before I remembered seeing this trick in a movie I watched with Darien once¡± I tell them ¡°I started to stick my desk chair under the door knob before going to sleep, this was what stopped his nightly escapades into my room.¡± I shiver at the memory. ¡°I paid for that though,¡± I say hoarsely. ¡°Every time Sarah cried whore at me, he would take special pleasure in whipping me until he couldn¡¯t swing the whip anymore.¡± Serenity whimpers again. ¡°There was a week I was locked away in that basement.¡± my tone almost a sob on the word basement.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) ¡°Every day, all day, they took turns exacting their favorite punishments.¡± my voice heavy with the pain of that memory. ¡°Bettina had learned to like burning me, those woundssted the longest.¡± Gasps and Growls of horror came from all around the room at that. ¡°At the end of an entire week of this, Bettina came storming down.¡± I take a couple of drinks of the water. ¡°She starts pping me, screaming, asking what made me so special, that the Alpha of our pack would demand proof of my well being, screaming that I must be screwing one of the Alpha¡¯s son¡¯s.¡± The Alpha is looking so horrified, I hadn¡¯t told them this part of everything. O ¡°My friendship with Darien caused more than a few beatings.¡± I say softly, Darien looks up at me, stunned by that, horrified, I give him a weak smile, it was all I could manage. ¡°I never regretted our friendship or any of my involvement with this family¡± I tell him firmly. ¡°No matter how often they punished me for it.¡± I look at him. ¡°I know your the one who reported my absence from school.¡± ? I pause, tears burning my eyes ¡°if you hadn¡¯t, I would have died in that basement¡± I tell him, he pales at my words, clutching Serenity closer to his chest forfort. ¡°I¡¯m grateful that I¡¯ve always had you as my friend, my best friend, without you, even with the trouble it caused, I would have been dead long ago,¡± I pause ¡°Our friendship, and your families care, has been what¡¯s kept me going, made me realize I had to keep going, because I deserved better, and one day would get it.¡± I pause again, ¡°One of the greatest gifts you all have given me, was hope.¡± I tell them hoarsely. ¡°Everyone of you gave me the tools, and the help I needed, to escape those people.¡± I look at Darian, holding his gaze ¡°I¡¯m a n Alpha now, my powers have been released, I know who my true father is, and I¡¯m connected with Selene now.¡± I tick off each amazing thing to happen. ¡°So don¡¯t you feel guilty, don¡¯t ever feel that.¡± my tone firm. ¡°You, Damien, the Alpha and Luna have helped me gain more than I ever could have without you all there for me.¡± My emotions almost choking me again. I look at the Alpha and Luna, the Luna has tears streaming from her eyes, down her face. The Alpha¡¯s eyes are shiny, but he doesn¡¯t shed them(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) ¡± Thank you, for everything you¡¯ve done for me.¡± The Luna steps forward,ing to me and taking me into her arms. I cry, sobbing silently for a moment, I don¡¯t think I could ever thank them enough for all they have done for me. It takes a moment for me to recover, Galen hands me a tissue, I blow my nose. I look at them all for a moment ¡°A Vampires skin doesn¡¯t scar.¡± I say.2 It was Victor, who said it in a grim tone ¡°But their Sprites carry those scars.¡± 3 I look at him, his eyes are full of fury and understanding. I nod at him, then get off the counter ¡°I think it¡¯s time you all met Selena.¡± Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Victor¡¯s POV The more I heard of Alora¡¯s story, the more I admired her, the fact that she had survived all of that. Her life had been a nightmare, the pain she suffered deep. She became stronger, and was now free. To have suffered such as a pup, and to have to suffer molestation and an attempted rape from the man she thought was her father. Then she got to the exnation of her Sprite. Our Sprites, even for Hybrids, carry those scars instead. She got up off the counter, and stood before us. Then she closed her eyes and said ¡°Selena.¡± The tattoos I didn¡¯t even notice till now, turning to physical jewelry, a crown appearing across her forehead. Her hair, unbound itself from the double braids they had been in, the ties disappearing somewhere. It became a living moving shadow with thousands of tiny stars sparkling from it. Her body grew tall, to six foot four, she got a little leaner, almost as if she was stretched. Her curves stayed though, she had breastsrge, round and perky, her bottom firm and round. Her skin darkened to a dark chocte, that¡¯s when they appeared. All those silver marks, they were everywhere, everywhere but her face, she even had scars on her neck. Some were obviously from a knife, others burns, and most from a whip. ¡°So many.¡± I can¡¯t help but gasp out my horror at the pain she¡¯s so clearly suffered. The silver of her scars are t to her skin, like silver paint, the darker the paint, the deeper the scar. My gasp had been echoed by the others in the room. She¡¯s beautiful, even with all those scars. But those scars¡­the wounds they were from. My mind barley able to process the horrors she had gone through with each wound rendered, her torment so evident. Her power and strength radiated out from her, I was in the Presence of more that just a Lunar Princess. 3 This was my n Alpha. I go down to one knee in front of this powerful being, ¡°I Victor Heartsong Bloodmoon swear to you my oath of loyalty, and beg eptance as your Gamma.¡± I say. Jaxon kneels down next to me ¡°I Jaxon Stone Mountainmover, swear to you my oath of loyalty, and beg eptance as your Beta.¡± He says. She kneels down in front of us, we raise our eyes to her glowing Violet ones, the silver rim gleaming. She grabs my right hand in hers, I can¡¯t help but think her hands are beautiful as well, long strong fingers. Her nails long and pointy, with slightly rounded tips. No, those were not nails, those are ws, they¡¯re ck, strong and sharp. ¨C While holding my hand, wrist up, she asks. ¡°Do you swear by your blood?¡± In an echoing, mystic, and somehow lyrical voice. I nod my head, knowing this would mean I would be connected by more, than just the n Bond. ¡°Yes.¡± I say in a firm tone. She uses one of her magnificent ws to draw a line across my wrist, not cutting to the artery, just enough to draw a thin line of blood. With the same w she opens a line on her own wrist. She brought both together ¡°Then by your blood and mine I ept your oath of loyalty, you are now my Gamma, I im you as n.¡± Her voice echoed. The magic of the blood oath shot through me in a scattering of electricity, not exactly painful, but not Gamma. She turns to Jaxon, and in the same manner picks up his hand. 2 She asked him the same question. ¡°Do you swear by your blood?¡± Jaxon¡¯s answer was a firm ¡°Yes¡± in his deep rumble. Goddess I found it sexy, even within this serious moment. Then she epts Jaxon¡¯s oath the same way, with a cut to both of their wrists, she puts them together. I wasn¡¯tfortable seeing Jaxon bleed, it was an instinctive aversion to my mate being harmed. ¡°Then by your blood and mine I ept your oath of loyalty, you are now my Beta, I im you as n.¡± Her voice echoed each word with a power felt deep within our chests. Her voice a song, a spell you couldn¡¯t ignore. I felt it when Jaxon connected to us, as n. He was not only my mate, he was my Beta. I shivered a little, remembering how Beta to my Gamma he had been in the shower. Clearing my throat, struggling to get my mind away from that extremely arousing memory. I look up as she turns around, the Twins are standing behind her. They look at her, just staring, a look of almost worship in their eyes. Then in unison they kneel down as Jaxon and I had done. I get to watch this from my prospective now. They say the same oath as we had, only it was to serve her as her Enforcers. She asks that same question, it was important, the start of the spell creating the blood bond. They give their oath, I feel each one as they connect and she ims them as n. The bond snaps in N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content. ce. It¡¯s so much deeper than that of other ns. With her blood, and her voice invoking a spirit bond, she connected us all. iming us as her n. I felt to serve this being, would be of the greatest honor. I could feel her power through our n bond now. She was so powerful. I look at my mate, he turns to me, our gaze connecting I feel through our mate bond the same awe and gratitude of being granted the honor to serve this being. Mine and Jaxon¡¯s bond was deeper than normal. We were bound as werewolves, but I was a Hybrid, and Vampires created a blood bond with their mates. When I had marked him, then fed, I had established both bonds. He would forever be able to connect to me, it would have to take immense ck Magic to interrupt our connection. Not for long though, the bond always, inevitably breaks through. I love him so much already, it was filling my chest, I felt like I was overflowing with it, spilling it out into our bond, so I could fill him with it. His eyes fill with his own emotion, then I feel it. His love for me, it wraps me up tight, holding me close, providing afort I didn¡¯t know I needed till now. Thank the Goddess for giving me this wolf as my mate. She moves to where she can look at us all while she talks to us. ¡°I am Selena¡± she says, her voice still a mystical, lyrical echo. ¡°I am Alora¡¯s Sprite, and until yesterday, have been bound by ck Magic, keeping me from Alora.¡± she reveals to us. Shocking Jaxon, my Father and me. ¡°Truth is, neither Xena nor I were supposed to ever be able to connect with Alora.¡± My wolf and Sprite howl and rage in protest, my heart drops to my knees in the terror of what that must have been like. I know what it is to have them both with me. ¡®What must Selena have gone through, being kept from her human and wolf self.¡¯ What would I have felt had that had happened to us, a visceral protest roars through us as I think of that question. Never! I will never allow it! ¡°It was Bettina who had the chains spelled around us, binding our power, preventing us from reaching our ascension as a Lunar Princess.¡± No! Why! I¡¯m so shocked at this information. ¡°She had it done when we were born with the wrong coloring.¡± she tells us, such a horribly uneptable reason, ¡°Our Father is not Allister Frost Northmountain¡± Well that was actually obvious, as Allister was a pure bred Werewolf. The sick pervert still deserved to be put down though. ¡°We were the result of a one night affair, with a random Vampire Bettina met at a bar.¡± she pauses a moment, looking at Jaxon, and me, then my Father, ¡°I do know who our real Father is, and you will all be meeting him soon.¡± my brow furrows in question at this, who could her Father be? Her answerpletely shocked me, to my core. I felt Jaxon¡¯s shock shoot through him just as mine had done me. ¡°Our Father is Sabastian Night Dayblood,¡± that was the name of¡­ ¡°The King of all Vampires.¡± she finished. I could not have been more stunned, than if I had been hit with a with Taser. My new n Alpha was not just a Lunar Princess. Oh, no, she was the daughter to the King of all Vampires. Making her both a Lunar and a Vampire Princess. How powerful was this being? /////**Author¡¯s Note: I have to admit, I was teary eyed writting thatst chapter, I had to stop a few times when the words would blure. I always wonderd before as a reader, reading those parts of the books that made me cry, did the Author cry a little writing them? Well this advid reader, of a vast and eclectic range of romance, (for decades now, geez that makes me feel old, and I¡¯m only 30) and new Author, I will say that yes, yes I did cry a little. Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Darian¡¯s POV I don¡¯t know what made me do it. But when she got off the counter, I pulled out my phone, and started to record her transformation. Then everything else that followed, I was d I did. I got the footage of her establishing her bond to her new Beta, her Gamma, and her two Enforcers. It was a magical moment that bound them tighter, than what bound my own n, or any other n. I knew who I was going to send this recording to. I knew the security camera in the kitchen caught all of it, but only from above. Damien needed to see this angle too. The video and audio recording security camera was why Father usually had all these meeting in his office. Alora hadn¡¯t wanted to go to the office though, I knew it was because she wasfortable where she had been perched on the counter. It had allowed her the courage needed to tell us the horrific details of her life. This had worked out in our favor though, in a way. That was because I was going to send Damien both video¡¯s tonight. I was wondering how we would exin everything to him, now we didn¡¯t. This would exin it to him for us. He would have to wait till he got home though, to ask the questions I knew he would have. (5) I kept the recording going all the way through her exnation of who her father was. I nearly dropped the phone though as she exined why the Frosts and the Northmountains did what they had done, and how. ck Magic, they had blood bonded to ck Magic users. This was not good, and I suddenly couldn¡¯t wait for my brother to be here. We were going to need him. When she was done exining, Maximuses forward. ¡°I retire my title as Gamma of the Heartsong n, and turn over the ns bonds to you, n Alpha Alora Heartsong.¡± He says. He holds out his hand and she takes it, and draws a line across his wrist with her w for him, pressing his line to hers ¡°I im you and your n as my own, former Gamma, Maximus Heartsong Bloodmoon. I ept the n bonds into my possession as the n Alpha, Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong.¡± Alora¡¯s voiceyered with Selena¡¯s and Xena¡¯s as she epts the bonds. I feel the power surround their connection as the bond switched over to Alora. The impromptu ceremony was not over yet. She turned to my Father, the Alpha of Alpha¡¯s. She walks up to him, then kneels down, ¡°I n Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong, swear by blood oath my and my Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. ns loyalty to you as Alpha of Alpha¡¯s¡± the pledge every n Alpha makes to the Alpha of Alpha¡¯s. My Father then hands her his wrist, allowing her to draw the line across his, then does hers. He presses them together than says ¡°I ept you and your ns blood oath n Alpha Alora Luna Heartsong, I now im you as Pack¡± I felt the connection of her and her entire n through the Pack bonds. So much power¡­.I could feel it make our Packs power grow significantly. The ceremony done, the bonds formed, Selena faded back from Alora. Allowing her to return to her normal form. Her braids that hade undone, when the ties had disappearing, weaved itself back into those braids, the ties reappearing. Alora standing in front of me with the face I was used to conino seeing. But she was more now. Truly a n Alpha. She has been my best friend since we were ten. To find out she had received some of those vicious beatings because of our friendship, had shredded me to pieces. Then she tells us that despite all that, Me and my family, were the very reasons she survived. She was beaten because of us, but without us would have died. I wanted to cry, howl and rage at the injustice of it all. Those people were absolutely despicable. I had to clutch Serenity closer to me, she understood. She could feel my turmoil through the bond, just as I could feel her sorrow and devastation over more of the horrors, Alora had gone through. More than what she had told us about earlier, I was grateful we came into her life, but at the same time, I was troubled by the fact that our presence¡­.had given them one more reason to hurt her. The reality was however, no matter what, they would have found another reason to beat her. Like she said, we gave her the tools to survive and escape those horrible, evil excuses for wolves. No wonder she denounced them as n, not that she ever truly was of their n. They had never bonded her to them, one of their biggest mistakes. But not the biggest, those were going against the Goddess and treating Alora as they had. The Goddess would see Justice was meted out, and it looked like Alora was the one who would do that. ¡®If Damien didn¡¯t get to them first¡¯ I thought to myself, thinking of the videos I was about to send him. Jaxon¡¯s POV I had to hold Victor to me as she told her story, every gory detail, burning it¡¯s way into my mind. Never to be forgotten. Her pain wasced through her voice as she told us everything. How? How had she been able to survive that? She told Darien, the Alpha and Luna, that they were the reason she was able to. But¡­the strength of will she would have had to have found. Goddess my heart ached for all this female had suffered. My wolf wanted to seek out justice for our Alpha. Then she had transformed into Selena, her Sprite was magnificent. When the silver marks appeared, my wolf howled a protest at all she suffered, the proof of a pup¡¯s abuse evident on her adult body. The shapes of the scars showing the tools used to torture her. What they had done to her, over and over again, was torture her. How?! I ask myself again, it¡¯s almost a shout in my head now. The horror this being had been through, and to have survived it. I would give her my loyalty. Watching my mate kneel, and profess his loyalty to her, I had done the only thing I could do. Kneel next to him with the same oath of loyalty. The bonds snapping in ce were stronger than the ones I¡¯d had to the Mountainmover n. I knew my mate bond to Victor was stronger, I could feel his emotions. I could feel his love for me already, spilling into me, filling me up. I couldn¡¯t help but love him back, sending that love back through our bond, to wrap around him. I felt his pleasure at that. Then I felt her ept our n bonds, felt the power of it. The responsibility of being Beta of the Heartsong n settling around me like a weight, I was meant to wear. She was now officially the n Alpha of the Heartsongs, and my mate was now the Gamma. Then there were the Pack Bonds, I¡¯d been connected to the Pack before, but not like this. I could actually feel myself strengthening. To be her Beta was to share in her power, and she was more powerful than I could have imagined. Being told her father was a Vampire wasn¡¯t as surprising as being told who her Father was. I mean, who would ever guess, he was THE King of all Vampires. The honor of serving as her Beta greater then anything I could have dreamed for myself. I look at my mate. I wouldn¡¯t have found him like this if I hadn¡¯t joined her. Making her the person I should thank for bringing him to me. My mate looks at me, sensing my gaze on him. I see his eyes go soft, a sweet smile curving his lips. Taking his hand I draw him to me, my other hand going into the hair at his neck, gripping him I bring his face to mine in a deep kiss. After a moment I hear the humming of ¡°Can you feel the love tonight.¡± Then there¡¯s a snicker, and that snicker sparked theughter. My cheeks heated with a blush, and a smile to my lips. I look into my mates eyes, he¡¯s got a smile too. The blush on his pale cheeks cute. Clearing my throat I look at everyone else. They all had smiles on their faces. Darien says ¡°Ok, I can see how funny that was, now that its not at my expense.¡±ughter in his tone, this caused another round ofughter. Even if it is at our expense, I could still appreciate the humor. I had a feeling now that she was free, we would all get to see a whole new side to Alora. With all that has happened to her, she deserved to have happiness in her life. The Alpha and Luna exined to us, that we would be meeting in the Pack Training grounds, with Master Brock at six in the morning. Then after lunch we would receive our crash course in etiquette with the Luna. Victor would be joining us, because this is something he was already trained for, so he would help. With the meeting officially over, the Alpha and Luna Departed. The Alpha told me to keep the Guest room for now, he would have quarters prepped next to Alora¡¯s for me and Victor. Darien and Serenity headed for their own room. The Twins left with Alora, leaving me and Victor to our own devices. Each of us needing a break after having such an emotional encounter. I myself wanted to cuddle my mate, I needed to feel better after hearing that horror story. Chapter 61 Chapter 61 Damien¡¯s POV It felt so good to hear her voice in my ears. It soothed my wolf, soothed my own tension. I wish I was there with her now, but if all went well tomorrow morning, I could be there tomorrow night. Xander and I had not been the only ones, to get all the basics out of the way our first years here, the others had as well. This meant we were all able to get our sit down exams out of the way, our physical exam was tomorrow morning. O NOW IN There were only six of us, meaning only three rounds for me, for each form, I would have nine battles tomorrow. I will fight each one as fast as I could, but I couldn¡¯t be stupid about it, stupidity got you defeated and killed. I was the next Alpha of Alpha¡¯s, I would win all my battles. I hadn¡¯t been able to resist asking her to sing. Her ¡°Only for you Damien.¡± making me feel more than possessive. I was definitely a little jealous of the time everyone else was getting with her. Time she deserved though, she deserved the warmth and love my family could give her. So although I was jealous, I would not bemoan any of their time together, nor will I in the future. My mate needed a taste of normal in her life, at least as normal as you can get with a bunch of werewolves. At least if I was there, I could be next to her, be apart of giving her the happiness she deserves. I needed to be home, her telling me she missed me too, made that want all the greater. Almost a driving need I couldn¡¯t give into, until tomorrow afternoon. I wasid out on my bed in my dorm apartment. Arms behind my head, trying to rx, so I could get some rest before tomorrows battles. I think about the times I caught Alora singing. I melt now internally, just as I had melted then. The memory bringing forth those threads that had wrapped around me with her song. The connection feeling stronger than before, almost a chain like strength. I reveled in that feeling, that strengthening of the bond. It meant our mate bond when formed would be deeper¡­.unbreakable. My phone dings, interrupting my thoughts. It¡¯s from Darien, ¡°Hey bro what are you doing right now?¡± he asks me. Confused and a little rmed, as that was not exactly a good way, to start a conversation. ¡°I¡¯m rxing in bed. Why?¡± I send my question. His text back rming me further ¡°Cuz I got some footage of Alora you need to watch¡­.and it would be better if you were alone.¡± was his reply. ¡°Why would it be better if I was alone?¡± I ask him, concern being an understatement now. ¡°Some of it¡¯s really upsetting, I need you to remember she¡¯s free of those people now.¡± he sends back. ¡°What¡¯s in the videos?¡± I send back. ¡°You just need to watch the video¡¯s for yourself.¡± he tells me. My stomach churning at the thought of what it could possibly be, I tell him ¡°Ok, send it to me.¡± What my brother sends is two different recordings. One is from the Security cameras in the kitchen at the Pack House, they had audio and video. The other one was taken by what had to be Darien¡¯s cell phone. I watched the security recording first. My fury built and built with every pain filled word. I would have revenge for every wound dealt her. What Allister had done¡­. My wolf growling in fury at every moment, howling at our mates pain. She needed us, and I was stuck here another night. I will get through those fights and head to her tomorrow, I wouldn¡¯t wait till the next morning. They had punished her, for her involvement with us, hearing how she would have died without us, had Zane howling in protest at the thought of her death. ¡®Never!¡¯ he snarls, ¡®She will not die!¡¯ snarling that as well. I will show no mercy to them. I brace myself for more. I watched Darien¡¯s recording. This one has the rest of what went on, and in a different view. I watched her face. I saw her transformation, that was something I never new till now. Allister was not her father, a vampire was. She was a Hybrid, and had a Sprite as well as a wolf. 3 Her transformation into her Sprite form, Selena, was magnificent, and sexy. Then seeing those silver marks on her skin, like paint. The darker the silver, the deeper the wound. They were everywhere, I sob out a howl of pain and fury at all those marks. This is what Alora had suffered all these years, all those wounds she was given. The ones around her neck showing clearly, that they had wanted her dead. The darker silver showed how deep the wounds had been originally. The pain she would have gone through, its no wonder her voice would be so husky some days. y a game to see how much they could make her scream? That one making my wolf whimper and growl alternately. We would seek retribution, it will be paid three fold. We will not forgive, and never will we forget. The Ceremony that took ce in this video, was a little impromptu, but no less amazing to witness. I couldn¡¯t help but growl every time she had to cut her wrist, but she formed her Pack, and n bonds. Her being a Vampire, the blood oath was so much deeper. That would exin the power increase I felt earlier in my Pack Bonds. She¡¯s got so much power now. No longer a pup, she was now full grown, A n Alpha and my Mate. Tomorrow couldn¡¯te soon enough. King Sabastian¡¯s POV I was sitting at my desk in the study, my mate and Queen looking through her tablet, she lets out the cutest little growl of irritation tossing the device down on the couch cushion next to her. I chuckle a little, she looks up at me with a re and a pout. ¡°What has you so vexed my dear heart?¡± I ask her, smiling at her,ughter in my tone. ¡°I don¡¯t know what to get Alora.¡± she says, tone frustrated. ¡°Eighteen years, she¡¯s been kept from us, all those birthdays, the Christmas¡¯s, not to mention all the Vampire Holiday¡¯s, and She¡¯s a Werewolf so there are those too.¡± her tone is now sad. I didn¡¯t realize till now how truly important this was to her, she always had special gifts for our children and others for the holidays we celebrated. I knew she gave them from her heart, her way to help them remember the day and time with the family. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. But Alora being kept from us, from us even knowing about her, kept my mate from being able to express her love in the way she did. Her care in every item chosen and given, it was always special to that person. Always a new treasure, loved and cared for, I knew because of the one¡¯s she¡¯s given me. I get up from my chair and go to her, I pick up the tablet and set it on the coffee table in front of the couch. I sit down and wrap my arms around her ¡°My love, she¡¯ll not hold it against you, when you get to know her, you¡¯ll find that gift that tells you it belongs to her.¡± I tell her, one of her gifts to me had saved my life once. An amulet to ward off ck Magic, I had felt the need to wear it one day, just a feeling, I was d I had. She looks up at me, her eyes still sad, but she smiles, she sighs a little ¡°I know your right, it¡¯s just that, I feel like there¡¯s something I need to give her, I just haven¡¯t found out what.¡± she says. Her power as a Witch more than even she knew, she¡¯d been the strongest Witch on the Council. Luckily for me, not only would the Wizard that was chosen for her, not go against the Goddess, by keeping her from her true mate, it had turned out he was one of my sisters Mates. That had truly put the kibosh in her mother¡¯s ns. My phone rings on my desk interrupting my thoughts. I frown ¡°I wonder who it is?¡± I ask aloud. My mate pushes me gently on my shoulder ¡°Well go answer it dear, it could be important.¡± she says. She¡¯s never gotten in the way of my duties, in fact she¡¯s always helped me. I had a strong beautiful Witch for my mate and Queen, and I thanked the Goddess for her everyday. The ID card showed it was Alpha Andrew calling me. My stomach drops, it must have something to do with Alora. My mate sensing the sudden change stares in my direction, a worried look on her face. She ps her hand at me in a gesture to answer the phone. ¡°Hello Alpha Andrew¡± I say as a greeting, my mate on alert now. ¡°What can I do for you¡± I ask. ¡°I got the blood test back, not that it was really necessary.¡± He says, ¡°Her name is Alora Luna Heartsong, and she¡¯s a n Alpha of the Heartsongs, her n apart of my Pack.¡± he tells me. ¡°n Alpha?¡± that was a surprising bit of news. My mates face was a mixture of surprise and confusion now. I had put him on speaker so she could hear what he had said. Chapter 62 Chapter 62 . King Sebastian¡¯s POV con¡¯d Alpha Andrew confirmed what he had just said. ¡°Yes, she¡¯s a n Alpha now, as of today actually.¡± he tells us. ¡°I should tell you, Alora has been special to my family for years now.¡± he says, his tone grim. His tone didn¡¯t bode well for why he was calling me. ¡°I¡¯m beginning to think I¡¯m not going to like what your about to tell me.¡± I say to him. He sighs, it¡¯s troubled ¡°No I don¡¯t think you are, while Alora was special to us, she wasn¡¯t to her so called blood or her original n.¡± he says, pausing a moment ¡°We were not able to stop the abuse they subjected her to.¡± he says thest with pain in his tone, I stand frozen, remembering all the silver marks across her Sprites skin. ¡°I saw the scars.¡± I tell him. , He wasn¡¯t surprised at that. Instead he told me ¡°Alora told us she¡¯d met you in her ¡®space¡¯st night, that¡¯s why I¡¯m calling, I think as her father¡­.you should see some video recording we were able to get.¡± he says, his voice is hoarse. My gut is churning, what was it that he had to show me. ¡°Send them to my email.¡± I tell him what it is. ¡°Ok it¡¯s sent.¡± a pause ¡°You should have your mate with you when you watch,¡± he says. My mate looks up at me with determination ¡°She wouldn¡¯t let me watch them without her.¡± I say. He chuckles ¡°I want to let you know, that those people, will not be escaping retribution for all they¡¯ve done.¡± his tone a growl at the end. ¡°This weekend we will establish your official connection to the Pack, this will allow you to travel freely here after.¡± he says. ¡°This means you won¡¯t have to deal with all the Ceremony thates with a King visiting our territory.¡± That was a relief, and something I hadn¡¯t expected. ¡°Thank you.¡± I tell him. ds He scoffs a little. ¡°I¡¯ll not keep you from Alora, she needs at least one of her blood to treat her with the love and respect she¡¯s always deserved.¡± then in a firm tone ¡°You need to watch those videos before your visit, you¡¯ll need them to brace yourself for more of her truths.¡± he says to me. 2 We end our call, and me and my mate sit on the couch. I connect my tablet to the TV above the Fire ce, go to my email and open the video¡¯s he sent. My fury grows, they¡¯ll all pay, I¡¯ll rip those sick bastards to pieces. They will know my wrath, for daring to touch my child in such ways. My vision red I sit shaking from my emotions, my mate with her arms around me, a sob passed from her lips. 2 I can feel her internal screaming at what happened to Alora. Her melded form with Selena was beautiful, even with all those marks. But my baby, my child. They had hurt MY child. I get up from the couch, I go out the balcony door, I can¡¯t sit still. I had to do something. I go to the stone gazebo that I¡¯ve been meaning to have torn down, it was a monstrously ugly monolithic structure. This was a perfect time, with all my rage, I punched the thickest of it¡¯s support columns. It was six feet across, a round column. When I punched it, my fist caved a hole in it almost all the way through, the wave of power released disintegrating the column after a moment. With punches at three more of the columns, the entire structurees down with a loud boom. I look back at the Balcony, there they were. My mate, looking at the mess I made, not even angry about it. The sky had darkened, lightning was lighting up the sky. That was how my mate showed her extreme grief. She wasn¡¯t going to disparage mine, besides she had hated the gazebo, it had been the site of a few ck Magic rituals. As if to add evidence to how much she hated it, her lightning came down striking at it several times. Causing more stone to break apart in the repeated attacks, her anger quieted a little. The lightning stopped, the sky clearing a bit, but it was still stormy. The wind was raging though, and looking at Kassandra I see why, she has tears streaming from her eyes, her gaze furious. I should have known, I knew better than to not check for my children when ever it came to something important. My little devils were terrible eavesdroppers. More curious than the cats we had all around the Castle. The dogs being just as bad sometimes. Next to her were all her brothers, they looked angry too, each and every one of them concerned. My mate seeing where my gaze was going turned around, startled when she saw them there. Then opening her arms they all went to her, she wrapped them in herfort. I wish Alora could have been born to this woman, she would have never known the hurt she had, if my mate had birthed her. Making me appreciate even more that the Goddess blessed me with this woman. She would love Alora, she¡¯ll give her the affection she had always deserved. I had a feeling though, that my oldest and my boys were not going to stay put, till it was time for me to leave. Kassandra finished herst exam tomorrow. I sigh, my emotions settled for the moment. I walk back up to the balcony. She was eighteen now, technically I didn¡¯t have a way to hold her here. It was her right to see her sister. The boys would just follow if she didn¡¯t take them with her. 2 She looks up at me. ¡°You take my Lincoln Navigator, your cousin Cerebe will go with you, your mother and I will make sure you are all packed appropriately.¡± I begin, her eyes widening ¡°You will be responsible for your brothers¡± then looking at my boys. ¡°You will listen to your sister and Cousin, you will not cause trouble.¡± I warn them. 2 They all nodded, Kassandra throwing herself into my arms. I hold her close, my precious girl has grown up, and she would be a force to be reckoned with. They¡¯ll be able to give Alora the sibling connection and love she should have gotten from Sarah. That cunt had a special kind of punishment in store for her, and I had no doubt my Kassandra would give it to her. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. One thing I knew of my Kass, you didn¡¯t fuck with her siblings, she may pick on them a bit, but no harm came to them. To harm them was to see her temper, and she had an interesting magic. Her Vampire and Witch Magicbining to make her the strongest graduate in her Academy of Magic. ¡°You will all be careful, I¡¯ll warn Alpha Andrew to expect you.¡± I tell them. 2 ¡°I know what to give Alora.¡± gasps out my Mate, she then runs inside. Going through a door in the study to our bedroom. It¡¯s a moment before shees back out. It¡¯s a pair of rings, with Celtic knots all the way around. ¡°These will store a beings, magic leavings, the longer they wear them, the more they absorb. She¡¯ll wear them on her middle fingers, if ever there is a time she is weakened severely, she can ess the stored magic and use it to replenish herself.¡± she exins in a rush. 2 After everything that had been done to her, I had a feeling these would be a weed gift. They¡¯re in a Dark purple velvet box, a card inside exining what they do. ¡°You made these.¡± Iment looking at the designs, recognizing her magic in the craftsmanship. ¡°Yes, the design just came to me one night, and the knots match what was on Alora¡¯s Lunar Princess regalia.¡± she said. ¡°I think I was supposed to make them for her.¡± she says. 2 Remembering her amulet to me I had a whole new feeling about this gift. ¡°Can she infuse her magic into this in more than just what it¡¯ll absorb?¡± I ask her, trying to keep my feeling of foreboding out of my voice. But I should have know, she knew, her gifts have saved many lives when it came to an item like this, or like my amulet. The magic that had her giving them unique to her alone, at least till Kassandra. She seemed to have the same knack, remembering the breathing stone she gave her brother in a pendent he had been wearing. 2 He would have drowned without that stone, by cing it in his mouth, he was able to breath the air it had absorbed. It had been a freak ident that had him falling into and then briefly trapped in theke one summer afternoon. My mates face was serious, as was her tone ¡°I will write the instructions for infusing her magic into it.¡± her gaze was worried but determined. ¡°At the end of each day, before she rests, she should put her excess power into the rings.¡± She looks down at them, pointing ¡°They have an infinity lock, allowing her to store an infinite amount of magic in them. That¡¯ll be important, as most objects can only hold so much, but this will allow her to draw on the magic as needed without, depleting the ringpletely.¡± My amulet had been a one time use with it¡¯s magic. This would mean these rings could be used throughout her lifetime. Used when necessary. ¡°They also can store more than the wearers magic, she¡¯ll be able to pass them on to her pups, and they will be able to draw on her magic in case they had to, and add their own magic into the rings.¡± she said ¡°I added a fail safe though, once on her, they will only answer to her, or someone of her direct bloodline, and they¡¯ll recognize intent to the original host.¡± This meant they could never be used to harm her, or by someone not meant to have them. Her first gift to Alora such an important one. It only seemed right. Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Alora¡¯s POV The twins followed me out to the court yard, leaning against the willow behind me. I was sitting on the stone bench, my back facing the tree looking at the koi pond. I was just sitting there breathing in the air, letting my emotions settle. Centering myself after everything that had went on in the Kitchen. I a was true n Alpha now. The amount of power that came with that was heady. The responsibility a weight. 3 But the weight didn¡¯t crush me, because I was strong enough to carry it, and I didn¡¯t carry it alone. I had a Beta and Gamma to help me run my new n. I was also not the only Hybrid. I didn¡¯t even think to ask Victor about his Sprite, I¡¯ll do thatter when I see him tomorrow.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Maybe he and I could get in some sword training with our Sprites. That would be nice. I look up at the sky, taking a deep breath of thete spring air. It was cleansing, like it took away all the bad of the past with it, letting me ready myself to embrace my future. I felt my spirit lift. There was a lot of good that had happened, and I was going to embrace and be grateful for every bit of it. I felt Selena and Xena rx as I let the air and the nature around us renew us. I must have sat there, just breathing, for at least two hours.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar) Just letting my thoughts drift, allowing myself to feel the peace being here brought. The twins stirred, someone wasing out the of the House,ing in our direction. I see that it was Jaxon and Victor. The twins settle back into their original positions, returning to casually guarding me, their Alpha. I had a feeling they would be following me from now on. It was their job anyway, they are my Enforcers. Jaxon and Victor reach us, their holding hands, the love already between them visible, warming my heart. I smile at them ¡°Is there something you wanted?¡± I ask in a gentle tone. Victor looks at me ¡°I wanted to introduce you to my Sprite.¡± he says. I smile brighter ¡°I would love to meet your Sprite, Oh! do you practice sword fighting?¡± excitement in my voice. He smiles, looking relived, like he had been worried I wouldn¡¯t want to meet his Sprite ¡°Yes, I practice sword fighting, and it would be an honor to train with you.¡± he tells me. That made me happy, Selena loved sword fighting, now she had a real opponent to train with. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡±Tomorrow, Master Brock has an amazing collection of swords.¡± I tell him. He smiles at that, I see he is genuinely looking forward to training tomorrow. ¡°I¡¯m looking forward to tomorrows training session even more now.¡± he says. ¡°So what¡¯s your Sprits name?¡± I ask him. ¡°My Sprites name is Nichs.¡± he says. O ¡°And your wolf?¡± I didn¡¯t know his wolf¡¯s name either. ¡°His name is Vash.¡± he tells me. ¡°Thank you for telling me, do I get to meet Nichs and Vash now?¡± I ask him. He look delighted, his Alpha wanting to meet all sides of him. ¡°Yes.¡± Then he takes his sses off, handing them to Jaxon. Closing his eyes he says ¡°Nichs.¡± His form grows to six foot nine, taller then I had been. His new form stayed in proportion with his original form. His skin pale, but his hair became pure white, his eyes still white with the red rim. He bowed to me, and in a deep echoing voice said ¡°It is an honor to meet you Princess.¡± he straightens to look me in the eye. I smile, I had forgotten what being the daughter of the King of all Vampires meant, but that was because it was so new. ¡°It is an honor to meet you as well.¡± I tell him honestly. ¡°I look forward to our Material ? of N?velDrama.Org. training session tomorrow.¡± He nods, then fades back allowing Victor to return too his human form. Then he brings Vash forward, enough so his eyes changed to a glowing blue, with that red rim still present. Vash was able to speak through Victor. He bows his head, a submissive gesture ¡°Greetings my Alpha, it is my honor to greet you and serve as your Gamma¡± he says in a deep rumbly voice. I nod at him, smiling. ¡°It is my honor to have you in my service Vash, I look forward to seeing you train tomorrow.¡± Vash bows once more before fading away. The introductions over, I was d I had met them. It was important to know all facets of your n leaders. We were the role models now, the ones they would look up to. I would make sure all of my n members were cared for. They and their children will know eptance, they would not be rejected by me for their differences. ON We all visit for a time, Jaxon and Victor sitting on the ground in front of me. Galen and Kianing to sit on the ground to either side of me, forming a circle. I got to know more about them all. They told me stories about each of their childhood years, about their family¡¯s, their siblings. I told them more about me. I learned I had a sense of humor they liked. 2 Feeling truly at peace and epted by my new n members. It was a wonderful way to end the evening. We only went in when the Luna came out the kitchen patio door and shouted ¡°Dinner¡± a call no hungry wolf would ever ignore. Damien¡¯s POV Dawn could not havee soon enough. I had woken my Beta before the sun had evene up. I had yed the Video¡¯s for Xander. By the time they were done he was snarling. ¡°That CUNT, those¡­..those¡­.PEOPLE!¡± he growls more. ¡°That BITCH wants her hand on my little brother?!¡± he snarls angrily. ¡°She deserves death for what she¡¯s done to her own SISTER, her own BLOOD!¡± It had taken him a while to calm down. This was why I had woken him so early to view the video¡¯s. After he¡¯s had time to calm down he looks at me. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)I had just sat there, containing my fury, elbows on my knees, my hands gripped under my chin, my eyes glittering with my suppressed fury. ¡°We need to get through today quickly.¡± he says. I just nod, still to furious to talk. ¡°We¡¯ll get to our mates, you get to Alora.¡± he says. I know he¡¯s trying to reassure me, this was my mate. That evil bitch Sarah didn¡¯t know the tails she had stepped on. She was going to learn though. Stepping on Xander¡¯s tail had been a drop in the bucket to stepping on mine. She would never be able to escape me. Neither would that cunt Bettina, or that sick fuck Allister. I growl with my fury, they would all pay. Time seemed to tick by with infinite slowness. Finally it was time to head down to the training grounds. I don¡¯t know if it was because of the power Alora had brought our Pack over night, or my fury over what has happened to my mate. But between me and Xander, I could see more than one look of fear from these future n Alpha¡¯s. Good, this will mean I won¡¯t ever have trouble with them in the future, they would understand my power here and now. Alora¡¯s POV We were all sitting in the Kitchen eating breakfast. The Alpha and Luna, Darien and Serenity, Jaxon and Victor then me and the twins. Matt came running in to the Alpha, he had his tablet in hand. ¡°Alpha,¡± he says quickly. ¡°Sarah has gone too far now.¡± was his greeting. My spoon stops halfway to my mouth. In the turmoil of all that happened yesterday, I had forgotten to ask Selena about what happened in the Alpha¡¯s office my first night. I didn¡¯t have to wonder for long. The Alpha ys the video. We can all hear the Audio. It was Sarah at first. ¡°First hand video that the Whore of the Pack, Alora has rebounded from her rejection by publicly disying her whorish ways.¡± she says. I hear theughter that me and the twins had expressed yesterday while we had all been at the bikes. That didn¡¯t sound all that bad. ¡°But that¡¯s not all, here she is publically spreading her legs for them.¡± The audio now is of a woman, not me, moaning, and two males, not the twins, groaning. It sounded like a porno. ¡°And that people is the Whore who has unjustly taken over the Heartsong n. She¡¯s most likely been fucking her way to the top all this time, I think it¡¯s time for Alpha Andrew to cast this whore from our Pack, this skank has to go.¡± She says with cheer. ¡°Bye for now, I¡¯ll be posting more videos of Alora, (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)the Whore of Moon Mountainter.¡± then the video ends. 3 ¡°There is no way that is Alora in the videos.¡± says Matt surprising me. ¡°One that is definitely Sarah with video edits.¡± he says. Then blushes, ¡°It¡¯s one Lauren made of her at Sarah¡¯s directive, she¡¯s the one who saw this first, she sent it to me, said you¡¯ll need to know what she¡¯s done.¡± he pauses. ¡°She says there are even worse video¡¯s for her to edit.¡± My spoon makes a ng as it falls into the bowl. Of all the things she could have done, she found a way to still harm me and those I cared about without actually touching anyone of us. Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Alora¡¯s POV I was about to cry in devastated about all that¡¯s happened. ¡°I hope you¡¯ll forgive me Alpha, but Lauren and I already took action.¡± Matt said. The Alpha and all of us looking at him. The Alpha asks what he¡¯s done. ¡°Lauren has copies of all the Video¡¯s she made of Sarah, the ones she knows she¡¯ll edit. She¡¯s uploading them all now. Beatrice has her own as well, her words were ¡°I¡¯m not letting that cunt fuck up anymore lives.¡± She¡¯s still broken inside over what Sarah made her do, so are Lauren and Abigale.¡± I was starting to see another picture forming. The Alpha is looking at him sadly. ¡°Do you think your brother will forgive Beatrice and im her¡± Wait? What? ¡°My brother never epted her rejection, he said it never made sense. Because all she ever talked about when they were kids was being able to im her mate and live happily ever after.¡± He says. ¡°What did Sarah do¡± It was a demand, he looks at me, his sorrow filled his eyes. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡°Tell me what she¡¯s done.¡± Imand as n Alpha. His every word bringing to light more of Sarah¡¯s cruelty. ¡°She had spell sachets made for all of us, with and hid their real beauty, Sarah being as vain as she was couldn¡¯t have her friends showing her up. For Beatrice, she made her reject her mate, my brother, she couldn¡¯t have her friend in a higher status than Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org. her. For Lauren she made her sleep with several wolves, by drugging her first thenmanding her to do it, taking away the virginity and purity she had wanted to save for her fated. Couldn¡¯t have someone with such high morals around her. For Agatha, it was the love of her grandmother and her dream to be a Nurse practitioner with a doctorates,manding her to refuse to see her grandmother, and fail her courses. For me, she just wanted me for herself, so shemanded me to hate and reject my fated, she alsomanded me to end my friendship with Darien. Couldn¡¯t have me distracted from her by my duties to my chosen Alpha¡° 3 The kitchen was silent. Then Darien let out a vicious growl and smashed his fists onto the counter top, causing it to buckle and crack under his fists. The Luna didn¡¯t berate him over it. She was looking at her son in understanding. He never had chosen another Beta, he¡¯s always hoped he could get the connection he had with Matt back. That connection had been special, and we were now learning it was all Sarah¡¯s fucking fault. I let out a snarl of my own, that cunt has done far to much damage to this Pack. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡°I want charges brought up against her, I demand she be judged and sentenced for all the harm she¡¯s visited upon this Pack.¡± My voice echoing with power. Seeing this knew side to what was going on behind the scenes with my tormenters, I believed it was time for me to forgive, maybe not forget, but I would not hold any of it, over their heads anymore. It was Sarah¡¯s fault, me needed toy where it was supposed to, right at that bitches feet. ¡°I will meet with you, Beatrice, Lauren and Agatha today. I want to bury the past, put the me where it truly belongs. None of you should be held ountable for that evil she wolfs actions.¡± I tell Matt. He nods at me. Then looks back at the Alpha. ¡°We¡®ve also asked everyone of the Seniors who recorded Alora¡¯s fights to post them. They show a massive difference in the stature of Alora, and Sarah¡¯s figure in the Video. Most are already posted.¡± He shows the Alpha. The cheers in the background, I hadn¡¯t even realized their had been chanting. ¡°ALORA, ALORA, ALORA.¡± The crowd roaring in approval, the one taking the video says ¡°HOLY SHIT! SHES FUCKING AMAZING.¡± After the clip ¡°That folks was a real video of our the Lunar Princess and a new n Alpha in our Moon Mountain Pack, isn¡¯t she amazing?¡± there were more like that, each clip with their own support of me. I was barely holding in the tears, the support I was getting from the Pack amazing. The Lunaes over and wraps me in a sideways hug, giving me more support, these people have been so wonderful to me. A family I would happily im, Pack I was proud to have back me. I smile at her, thanking her for being there. O Sniffing a little I say ¡°Thank you Matt.¡± He looks surprised at that. The Alpha looks at him ¡°You did good, you reacted fast, and I would not have thought of this.¡± Says the Alpha, making Matt blush at being praised. Darien stands up. ¡°Come on Matt, me and you need to have a long conversation. I think its time we were finally friends again.¡± Serenity¡¯s hand in his, Darien leaves the kitchen, Matt dismissed by the Alpha followed. I hope they could repair their friendship. It¡¯s eaten away at Darien all these years. O Damien¡¯s POV With blood dripping from Zane¡¯s muzzle, we stand over ourst opponent for this form. Hearing the confirmation of my win I shift back to human. The medic rushed to see to the wolf. Xander¡¯s matches having gone much the same way. We stood together, waiting. It waste morning now. The officials had asked us all if we wanted to take a break, but even the injured wolfs rejected that. We all had ces to go, a loss didn¡¯t matter in that to some of them, it was just one step closer to going home. They made us take twenty minutes, making us all hydrate and catch our breath. Then they started the next matches, these one¡¯s were going to take a little longer, our half forms evening out the ying field. At least for the other pairs. Then it was time for mine and Xander¡¯s first battles in our Half forms. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)It didn¡¯t take us as long as I expected, the extra strength I got from Alora¡¯s Pack bonds nearly doubling what I had before. When we¡¯re done it¡¯s back to the sidelines. Because I couldn¡¯t stand to sit idle this morning, and neither could Xander, we had already packed our things. Everything in our vehicles. We didn¡¯t want it to take any longer than necessary before we left the school. We were gone after the fights. On our way home to our mates. The second round was finally up, we handled that quickly as well. I didn¡¯t want to take another twenty minute break, it was now almost one thirty, that means it would be almost three before we could head out. We would definitely need a shower, our clothes in the duffle bags at our feet, a quick shower in the locker rooms, dress then gone. The minutes ticking by eternity by eternity. If I¡¯d ever had the habit, I would probably be chewing my nails off by now. 2 Finally, finally they called us up for ourst match, me and Xander standing there side by side in our half forms, facing our opponents. Waiting for the signal, then when it does, we¡¯re off. Showing no mercy, going fast and fierce, not giving our opponents a chance to defend themselves. Our opponents on the ground not moving. The officials make their motions, dere us the winner. Then the cruel ass holes make us sit down and wait. They have topile everything before they can release us. I¡¯m growling off to the side. ¡°Easy Alpha, well be free soon.¡± Xander tells me. I snarl ¡°Not soon enough.¡± A growl in my tone. ¡°I know.¡± Says Xander. They get done with whatever useless thing their doing to hold me up from getting to my mate and go to the tform. Most of the University had turned up to watch our finales, more of a spectacle than it would have been at our High School. They go through their speeches, before listing the final rankings. ¨C Xander and I securing First Rank of the Graduating ss. It was a little bit longer, almost three now, before they finally ended it all. O Xander and I took quick showers and dressed. The Principal was standing outside the locker room. ¡®Not another dy¡¯ I groan internally. ¡°What can I do for you Headmaster?¡± I ask him. ¡°I just wanted to say congrattions to you and Xander, and I expect an invitation to your Alpha Ceremony when your father retires.¡± He said. I rx, not another dy, just a parting of student from our Masters care. (This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)¡°Thank you Headmaster, you¡¯ll get the invitation.¡± I tell him. He nods then turns and heads away up the hallway. Xander and I practically run in the other direction, all the way out to our vehicles. I knew I would be speeding the whole way home. ¡°Please Goddess don¡¯t let me get pulled over.¡± I say as I start my car and peal out of the lot. ¡°I¡¯m