I MESSED UP

Night time at the pack was always Theodore's favorite, it was a blissful time to watch as the street lamps were turned on, and all the little children would gather around playing. Their parents were never worried about their safety, the pack was the safest place they could be.

Theodore stood at the balcony outside the throne room of the castle, staring down at the children playing, with a sour look on his face. He should be happy, he had made a decision that was safer for his pack, to send Adira away, which was what an Alpha was supposed to do right?

They make the difficult decisions that others will shy from. Then why did he feel so much regret, and pain. He walked back into the throne room, then his eyes caught the picture of his now deceased father.

It was hung on the wall, behind his throne chair alongside his brother's and mother's. He glared at the picture for a while, his hard hearted father, a middle aged man with brown hair and hazel eyes. I guess you need to be hard hearted to lead a pack?

Theodore never saw eye to eye with him, and he never saw Theodore as an ideal son, not like his elder brother, Brandon. To his Father, Theodore was never nothing but a second choice to be the Alpha.

Even at that, his father never prayed for him to be the Alpha. It was almost ironic how a twist of fate left his perfect brother dead, right beside his father in an ambush laid by their enemies five years ago. Leaving him as the Alpha.

Knock! Knock!! Someone knocked on the two huge doors of the throne room, interrupting his sobering moment. "Shira, I already told you. I don't wanna talk about it. Please just leave me alone for now…" He voiced out.

Laura took a deep breath, stood erect and replied. "It's not Shira, it's me Laura."

"Laura? What do you want…? I told the guards not to let anyone down this hallway let alone the throne room. How did you even get past them?"

"That's not important, we need to talk!"

"No thanks, I am not in the mood for one of your mothering lectures. It will have to be another time!"

"No it can't, it's about Adira!"

It was like a switch was switched on in his heart, as he heard that name. He rushed over and opened the doors. "What about Adira?"

"Can I come in first? Such matters cannot be discussed in the hallways."

"Fine….." He sighed reluctantly and walked out of the way, allowing Laura into the throne room, then he locked the doors. "So start talking, what is it about Adira that you want to talk about?" He leaned back on the doors.

"First of all, where is Adira? I have searched everywhere in the castle and the pack at large, yet I couldn't find her."

"I do not know where Adira is as of now." He walked back to the doorway leading to the balcony. "But I do hope that she is far away from the pack."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"She was a danger to the pack, so I asked Liam to escort her out of the forest. To where she could get a vehicle, and she'd be on her merry way. So it would be like I never met her, or made the stupid decision to bring her to the pack."

"A danger? How? What do you even mean?"

"Laura can you please just stop!" He exclaimed, gesturing with both hands. "I am not in the mood for this. I already told you that."

She sighed and walked over to stand beside him. "I would, but this is important. Tell me why you told her to go? Was it because of Shira?"

"What? No!"

"Then why?"

He glanced at her face, and turned to the ground as he muttered. "She's a vampire, and one that is wanted by the conclave."

"No! She's not a vampire!"

"What do you mean she's not a vampire?"

"Remember the potion I gave her last night? I did more research and it turns out it will only heal a werewolf that fast. It can heal the human body, but with her injuries, not nearly as fast one night. For vampires it's much worse, it kills them. So she's not one."

"Well she did say she was a dhampir, she hasn't turned yet! She's still human I suppose, maybe that's why it worked? I mean since you said it still works on humans."

"Do you not hear me? The potion would not have worked on her if she was just human, not the way it healed her overnight. She has werewolf blood in her Theodore, that's the only explanation."

"So what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that she's a werewolf! Or at least one of her parents was. So you have just sent a werewolf wanted by the conclave, for God knows what, to be captured by them."

"What did you expect me to do? She posed a danger just by staying in our pack, we can not risk war with the conclave. Even if she was a werewolf, she does not belong to our pack, I will not be held responsible for asking her to leave."

"Theodore…" She sighed. "You don't know how big this is, do you? The Alphaline ritual is to shift the lineage of an Alpha, such as from your brother to you."

"Yes I already know that."

"During an Alphaline ritual, the person, an Alpha, sees is the person the moon goddess chose to continue your new line of Alphas with you."

"So? Shira can bear little werewolf babies just like her too, I don't see the big deal."

"Why are you so stubborn? The one who an Alpha see's during the Alphaline ritual is his destined Luna."

"I've heard this before."

"But you haven't heard this. Only after an Alpha is mated with his destined Luna, can he gain the full power as the Alpha of the pack otherwise he'll just get weaker."

"Weaker?" Theodore muttered, slowly walking back to the entrance doors of the throne room. "That explains why I felt like a part of me left with her…"

"Yes and until you are mated with her? The further away she goes, the weaker you'll be. Until you eventually lose all the powers of the Alpha."

"Gosh!" He punched the doors in frustration. "I love Shira. She has been there for me, every step of the way. Why can't things just be normal for once with me, and Shira be the one I saw? She's the one I chose to be my Luna!"

"Oh Theodore, there are some questions even I do not know the answers to. One thing you must know is the ritual only reveals the truth one feels inside. It doesn't randomly pick anyone."

"Fine…." He sighed. "I'll find Adira, and bring her back. If there is any chance at all that she is my destined Luna, as you have said. Then we can figure this out here in the pack, and tell no one about this."

"You don't have to worry about that, except you having to go now, before she gets too far away!"

He opened the door and zoomed out of the throne room. He was walking so fast through the numerous hallways of the castle, heading straight for the huge gate leading out of the pack.

As he was about to walk out of the castle's front door, he bumped into Shira who was about to walk in. "Theo?" She called as soon as her eyes settled on his face. "My God, are you okay Theodore, you have refused to talk to me since the whole issue with Adira. What is going on?"

"Shira, I am sorry not now…" He dashed off again, leaving her once more standing there alone as he ran to the huge gates leading out of the pack. Something was wrong, Shira knew that and she could only point fingers at Adira.

Theodore stood in front of the huge gates, waiting for it to slowly open due to its sheer size, but as they opened. He saw Liam standing outside, with only his trouser which was tattered as a result of his transformation.

"Liam?" He called, his presence could only mean one thing, Adira was gone! "Where is Adira?" Liam was dumbfounded, didn't he want her gone just a few hours ago? Then what was the sudden tenacity of knowing where she was? "She's gone! I led her to the highway leading to the city, far away from the town."

"So she's gone?"

"Yes she should be, if she saw a car right after I left. I calculate that she should be far away from here by now."

"Oh no….!" Theodore slowly bowed down his head. "I messed up!"

Suddenly a tense feeling came upon him, he gasped and lifted his head up looking up to the skies while shaking like he was having a seizure. Only he didn't see the night skies, he was seeing through someone else's eyes.

Whoever it was, they were walking through the woods, with their hands tied together. "Stop!" A feminine voice yelled from behind the person. The person turned back, and Theodore saw through the person's eyes that it was Aurora yelling.

"Sit down here, this is the rendezvous point. We will wait for the rest of them to come meet us here!" She added.

Then as sudden as he had received it, he was knocked back out of the person's head. Weakened he fell forward, Liam quickly caught him like they were having a big hug. "Theodore, are you okay?" He asked.

"I am fine.…." He was breathing heavily. "I think I just found Adira….. but she's in serious trouble!"