Chapter Two.
The clinical tent came into view the moment I stepped up. The dim light oozing through the door and windows causes me to sigh. Another long night learning some healing tricks as my mom would put it.
Heaving another sigh, I walked over to the door and stepped in. The room as always was filled with the women, mostly the young ones. Just like me.
Most of them stood afar, tending to one or two things. There hasn't been pack fights lately, for the past five months precisely and that gave me great relief. I could sneak out with Sabrina now and skate through the woods until we got tired.
I sight my mom seated before the table, a wet cloth in her hand as she looked into another woman's arm extended across the table to her.
She looks up to see me before looking back at the woman's hand and quickly dabbing the wet cloth over it before sending her off. I slowly walked to her, sitting on the now empty chair across from her.
" Hey, Mom " I called tiredly.
" Is everything alright, Rose? " She asked, concern in her voice.
" I'm great Mom. I'm just tired. Just left Larkin's place "
She chuckles lightly and replied, " when are you gonna stop going there, Rose? You're not a baby anymore "
" I know right? Not that I've ever liked any of her stories even when I was little. I just go there to watch the kids " I tried to smile but couldn't for some reasons unknown to me. I slowly looked down, feeling her eyes watching me.
She watches me for a while before reaching a palm over my cheek and bringing my face to her and saying " I know what troubles you, my dear. "
I knew instantly what she was implying.
" You're going to turn eighteen in the next two weeks and you haven't found your mate yet "
I looked down, tired of the same talk everyday and at the same time felt like I needed to talk about it. Werewolves usually find their mates starting from the age of sixteen so the river goddess could bless them with offsprings in order to continue the werewolf bloodlines. You know the story........
But I'm gonna be eighteen soon and still haven't found a single man in this pack nor the neighbouring packs who has a connection with me, who is my mate. The feeling makes me sick all the time. It kept me up all night. Wondering. What if my mate was dead? I've heard stories of men and women who lived the rest of their lives without a mate because their said mates already died before they could meet them. That's such a horrible thing. I couldn't imagine living the rest of my life without my own mate. I wanted to feel that pulse, feel that energy between us when we finally meet. I wanted to feel and understand that strange feelings the other mated werewolves talk about. I wanted to love and feel just as loved.
But as my eighteenth birthday drew closer, I started to feel a great fear inside me. And the 'what if' questions never stopped coming. What if my mate has died from a terrible fever or bite from a war front, what if he still lives but doesn't care enough to find me? What if I'm rejected once we finally meet, enough reason why he's taking so long to find me?
My mom's hand crawling over my shoulder brings me back from my agonizing thoughts. I looked from her sympathetic eyes to my interlocked fingers and chuckled dryly.
" Stop making me feel alot worse, mom, " I said jokingly " I'm sure he's somewhere, thinking about me too and one day he's gonna come looking for me and he's gonna sweep me off my feet like the other males do around here "
Her lips extends into a long smile before she replied, " that's what I like to hear "
" I just really feel sad when........ . . . Carl and his stupid friends make fun of me "
" Don't let them bother you, Rose...."
" I can't help it, " I cut her off " I feel really... I feel like I deserve everything they do to me, mom. All they say to me."
" Why would you say that, baby? "
" Cause I don't belong here, mom. I wanna learn to fight too and go to wa...."
" Stop " she leans back from me and sighed deeply " here you go again, Rose. This is your home, Rose. It's where you belong "
" Why can't I fight too? Jeffrey talks to me the way he wants because he thinks I'm too weak to fight him "
" Well are you? That's the question you should be asking yourself "
I shrugged and replied " I guess I'll never know "
" Listen to me Emilia Rose, this is your home and you belong here. No one can take that away from you. You still have a lot to learn my dear and it starts here, In this room just like the other women and you are going to do a great job. Your mate is gonna find you soon and he's going to love you so much and protect you. And you can give him beautiful sons and daughters "
I watched her talk, astonished. I didn't know what to say. Telling her what's on my mind was pointless anyway. I should pray to the goddess to bring my mate to me soon.
" I wanna go home mom " I told her, attempting to stand up from the seat.
" Alright, love. I'll see you later then "
I nodded before dashing out of the house, sighing in relief the moment I saw somebody walking up towards the tent.
Chapter Three. Sabrina was my best friend since I learned to walk. She was my only friend to be precise. We grew up together and pretty much did everything together. Even though I was seven months older than her, that never bothered either of us. She was a beautiful woman with a tall, slim body structure and thick raven black hair which she always cut up to her shoulders. they barely touched her shoulders now as she walked towards me, she probably cut a few edges again. Her doe eyes lit brightly as she walked towards me, her hand moving up to wave at me. I thought about what mom just said. The least of my worries was finding a mate. I still couldn't shift yet. But I knew my wolf was somewhere deep Inside me and she's probably too lazy to show herself. Sabrina was lucky. She started shape shifting after she turned fifteen and she had never stopped. She's yet to find her mate too but she had less to worry about than me. " Hey, Rose, what's up? " She called
Chapter Four. . . . . . . . . Rose P. O. V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I looked back to Sabrina, who seemed engrossed on what they've been talking about and said " let's get out of here, Sabrina " She nods and walks out before I followed. We took the narrow paths that led to the tall rocks behind the pack territory. We walked through the shorter woods and came out towards the water fall. The water hitting the rocks remained soothing to me each time we came to this side of the woods. I climbed up the fallen tree trunk after Sabrina, walking carefully so as not to slip. Sabrina jumps off on the stones and I did too, the tall water fall coming into view from the upper surface. The air was much stronger here and it dragged our hairs behind us. I looked up and found the stars in astonishing numbers. They were beautiful, the most beautiful thing the moon goddess ever blessed us with.The air was much stronger here and it dragged our hairs behind us. I looked up and foun
Chapter five. Alpha Aiden. The screams and burning fire was a bit satisfying as I watched the little village burn down. I sat still on my seat, watching one of my warriors gather up the women. Pathetic little things. So vulnerable, it pissed me off. How pathetic was their Alpha who was being dragged towards me by my lead warrior, Drogo, his limbs tied up in ropes. He was just as weak as the rest of his pack. Those who dared to go wolfing on me were killed on the spot. The fears I instilled on people filled me up all the time, it drove me crazy. Power is a sweet thing. Power was all one needed to concur the world, to concur territories and take over them, to take whatever you want. Power was what these peasants called Alphas didn't have and didn't even care to have, putting their subjects into harm's way and getting killed themselves. Drogo stops in front of me, dragging the called Alpha to his knees in front of me. He has his face buried down but Drogo grab
Chapter six. Aiden. A few hours gone before the slaves arrived to the city. I got excited just thinking about what awaited me on the women's carriage. The night was quickly falling, twilight approaching from the west. I sat on the iron throne in my Castle adjoining the largest pack house, alone, waiting. Being an Alpha king has proven to be more easier than I'd thought as a child. But on some other point of view, it was life threatening but being the one with the power, you could do any and everything. The thought makes me smile. I knew my father wouldn't have let me sit on this throne. I couldn't care less about his death. That night.... He was a weak Alpha. When the city got invaded he did nothing. I could only say he deserved his death. An Alpha should never sit unprepared for anything, an alpha should never lose guard. An Alpha should always see the war coming and that is the only way to be powerful. My people feared me and I loved the fear I imposed on t
“ listen well and listen with your minds open. A night shall come when we would be in darkness for ages. The time lurks near and closer children, and it is no joke," Larkin said, her voice bold in an intimidatingly creepy and fear instilling way, her eyes wide as they stared from the children's faces to faces " a hundred years ago, when your mothers and fathers were but pups, when the bushes told tales to the ones you who listened well, a disastrous event happened. The night called the 'blood night'. It was a night never seen before. A night of total blackness, a night when hell froze over, a night which lasted for many Winters until werewolves couldn't shift and had to starve for many many months, hoping that the night would go away. It was a night when the blood riders crawled from behind the tall walls of the creeks and struck hard, giving an end to many many werewolf bloodlines, many of their kinds......" I lowered my head and leant against the straw walls of the old elder
Chapter six. Aiden. A few hours gone before the slaves arrived to the city. I got excited just thinking about what awaited me on the women's carriage. The night was quickly falling, twilight approaching from the west. I sat on the iron throne in my Castle adjoining the largest pack house, alone, waiting. Being an Alpha king has proven to be more easier than I'd thought as a child. But on some other point of view, it was life threatening but being the one with the power, you could do any and everything. The thought makes me smile. I knew my father wouldn't have let me sit on this throne. I couldn't care less about his death. That night.... He was a weak Alpha. When the city got invaded he did nothing. I could only say he deserved his death. An Alpha should never sit unprepared for anything, an alpha should never lose guard. An Alpha should always see the war coming and that is the only way to be powerful. My people feared me and I loved the fear I imposed on t
Chapter five. Alpha Aiden. The screams and burning fire was a bit satisfying as I watched the little village burn down. I sat still on my seat, watching one of my warriors gather up the women. Pathetic little things. So vulnerable, it pissed me off. How pathetic was their Alpha who was being dragged towards me by my lead warrior, Drogo, his limbs tied up in ropes. He was just as weak as the rest of his pack. Those who dared to go wolfing on me were killed on the spot. The fears I instilled on people filled me up all the time, it drove me crazy. Power is a sweet thing. Power was all one needed to concur the world, to concur territories and take over them, to take whatever you want. Power was what these peasants called Alphas didn't have and didn't even care to have, putting their subjects into harm's way and getting killed themselves. Drogo stops in front of me, dragging the called Alpha to his knees in front of me. He has his face buried down but Drogo grab
Chapter Four. . . . . . . . . Rose P. O. V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I looked back to Sabrina, who seemed engrossed on what they've been talking about and said " let's get out of here, Sabrina " She nods and walks out before I followed. We took the narrow paths that led to the tall rocks behind the pack territory. We walked through the shorter woods and came out towards the water fall. The water hitting the rocks remained soothing to me each time we came to this side of the woods. I climbed up the fallen tree trunk after Sabrina, walking carefully so as not to slip. Sabrina jumps off on the stones and I did too, the tall water fall coming into view from the upper surface. The air was much stronger here and it dragged our hairs behind us. I looked up and found the stars in astonishing numbers. They were beautiful, the most beautiful thing the moon goddess ever blessed us with.The air was much stronger here and it dragged our hairs behind us. I looked up and foun
Chapter Three. Sabrina was my best friend since I learned to walk. She was my only friend to be precise. We grew up together and pretty much did everything together. Even though I was seven months older than her, that never bothered either of us. She was a beautiful woman with a tall, slim body structure and thick raven black hair which she always cut up to her shoulders. they barely touched her shoulders now as she walked towards me, she probably cut a few edges again. Her doe eyes lit brightly as she walked towards me, her hand moving up to wave at me. I thought about what mom just said. The least of my worries was finding a mate. I still couldn't shift yet. But I knew my wolf was somewhere deep Inside me and she's probably too lazy to show herself. Sabrina was lucky. She started shape shifting after she turned fifteen and she had never stopped. She's yet to find her mate too but she had less to worry about than me. " Hey, Rose, what's up? " She called
Chapter Two. The clinical tent came into view the moment I stepped up. The dim light oozing through the door and windows causes me to sigh. Another long night learning some healing tricks as my mom would put it. Heaving another sigh, I walked over to the door and stepped in. The room as always was filled with the women, mostly the young ones. Just like me. Most of them stood afar, tending to one or two things. There hasn't been pack fights lately, for the past five months precisely and that gave me great relief. I could sneak out with Sabrina now and skate through the woods until we got tired. I sight my mom seated before the table, a wet cloth in her hand as she looked into another woman's arm extended across the table to her. She looks up to see me before looking back at the woman's hand and quickly dabbing the wet cloth over it before sending her off. I slowly walked to her, sitting on the now empty chair across from her. " Hey, Mom " I called tiredly.
“ listen well and listen with your minds open. A night shall come when we would be in darkness for ages. The time lurks near and closer children, and it is no joke," Larkin said, her voice bold in an intimidatingly creepy and fear instilling way, her eyes wide as they stared from the children's faces to faces " a hundred years ago, when your mothers and fathers were but pups, when the bushes told tales to the ones you who listened well, a disastrous event happened. The night called the 'blood night'. It was a night never seen before. A night of total blackness, a night when hell froze over, a night which lasted for many Winters until werewolves couldn't shift and had to starve for many many months, hoping that the night would go away. It was a night when the blood riders crawled from behind the tall walls of the creeks and struck hard, giving an end to many many werewolf bloodlines, many of their kinds......" I lowered my head and leant against the straw walls of the old elder