Today is the most special day of my life because it's my eighteenth birthday after all, I would not let the pack get the satisfaction of hurting me today. I may be human but that doesn't mean I can't have a mate, there have been so many people in this world that have human mates and I am not a normal human, I am a Witch Princess born to the King and Queen of the Silver Moon coven but unfortunately without any powers. I am not sad that I don't have powers or that I am not as powerful as my parents were but that still hurts when people treat you like a piece of shit just because they think you are human, they don't know me, they don't know my family yet they judge me.
I have had enough of abuse for the past eight years at the hands of this pack, but not anymore, once I find my mate, I will get out of this hell hole I call home and maybe my mate can help me find my way back home to my coven, I could then try to find out the truth behind my parents’ death. The thought of my parents filled my eyes with tears, I blinked my eyes stopping my tears from spilling through my eyes because I know mom and dad wouldn't want me to stay upset or cry especially on my eighteenth birthday.
I pushed the sad thoughts away, taking a deep breath as a small smile played on my lips at the thought of my mate. I worked around the kitchen, washing dishes, and cooking lunch for the entire pack. The only good thing about this pack is despite being abusive and bullies they never starve me like I heard some packs do, yeah, some packs usually starve their maids because they think they aren't worthy of food, if only someone could make them see sense. I cooked chicken noodles, baked chicken breast with parmesan, some chicken sandwiches, mashed potatoes, soup and some brownies for dessert at lunch. It was a tradition for the pack to have deserts on special occasions and no today's occasion is not my birthday, but today the future Alpha of the Night Howlers is returning after the training.
Once I was done cooking, I cleaned the entire kitchen and washed the used dishes and set the food on the dining table. Once everything was placed on the dining table, I walked back to the kitchen so the omegas could serve the food to the pack members. I washed my hands and dried them with a kitchen towel, when I smell a new strange, yet addicting scent. The scent was quite intoxicating and was pulling me towards it. I was confused why I was able to smell a scent and why was I getting attracted to it? Wait a minute, I can't smell scents because I didn't have supernatural senses and if I was able to smell this scent then that could only mean one thing.
My feet had a mind of their own as they moved towards the door of the kitchen, I stopped short when I saw a tall and handsome figure standing at the kitchen door. I have never seen anyone look so handsome and the attraction and pull I felt towards this stranger is something unexplainable. He looked at me with so many emotions, he smiled looking at me with gentle eyes filled with love and I almost instantly melted into him. He had beautiful golden-colored eyes that almost glowed in the sunlight, his short dirty blonde hair looked soft and silky making me want to run my figures through them.
What the hell is wrong with you Ruby? You have never been attracted to any of the men in the pack so what has changed? Idiot, you already know what has changed. I was having an internal battle between my heart and brain and he looked at me with amusement in his eyes. I squinted my eyes as I gave him a little glare and he chuckled; his voice sounded like music to my ears. I took a step back suddenly, afraid that he might be one of the pack members who is here probably because he wanted to take his turn in beating me today. The moment my feet tried to move away from him he growled loudly, his growl was so powerful it vibrated through the entire packhouse. In an instance he was in front of me and he pulled me in his arms as he breathed in my scent and sparks erupted wherever our bodies made contact confirming my thoughts.
"Mine" he growled possessively as we heard gasps from behind us, but nothing mattered at moment because I was in the arms of my mate and I felt safe and happy for the first time in my life
I was working in the kitchen as usual washing the dishes, that is what I do every time, I cook, clean and wash behind the grownups. It has been eight years since I have been brought here, eight years since my life changed entirely. I thought back to the day that has led me here, to the day that changed my fate and now I am not sure if I will be able to become the girl I once was. ************Flashback************I woke up to the sound of my mother knocking on my bedroom door and I groaned not wanting to wake up, my door is open but my mom likes knocking on the door to announce her arrival. She says that it's good manners, I agree but it is also bad manners to disturb someone's sleep and I want to sleep more but the knocking doesn't seem to stop at all. I just tried to ignore it and it was quiet for a few seconds before she started knocking and calling me out. "Sweetie, come on wake up, don't you remember we have to go out today?" she called and I wanted to scream
I woke up to the voice of a man asking about me to someone, I looked around to see I was still in the living room from earlier, I recalled coming here with mom and dad, mom asking me to stay in the living room, me falling asleep then waking up feeling my bond with my parents break and most importantly mom's last whisper. 'Always remember sweetie we love you' then how I fell unconscious on the couch, memories from earlier came crashing down on me, I sobbed as tears streamed down my eyes, I cried for my loss, I lost my parents and I know they were killed by someone from this pack, but who? I don't know, why? I don't know. I wanted to ask them why they killed my parents. They were such good people. They never did anything bad to anyone and they always like to live in peace then why did they kill them? How can they be so cruel to kill parents? Before I could say anything, I heard a voice, it was a cruel voice of a man who was speaking rudely to someone, I turned to come face to face wit
I woke up to a knock on my door and as usual, I asked mom to wait for five more minutes, but mom didn't sneak in to my room to wake me up like every day. Instead, she said I should wake up before the Alpha gets angry. I jolted up, sitting straight on the bed, eyes wide open as I recalled I wasn't at home and I would never be able to get my mom to wake me up like she did every day. Tears started streaming down my eyes as I sobbed crying in remorse for the loss of my parents, how I wish they would have listened to me, if only they would have agreed to me and not went inside for the meeting, we would have been at home together like every other day. I missed having Aiden to play with me, how he would tease me whenever I asked him to leave me alone saying he was born to protect me and he would not leave my side, but today he wasn't with me either and I know it's not his fault but I miss him. I cried harder as more tears streamed down my face, the door to my room opened, maybe the person
I walked out of the packhouse making my way towards the garden, they were a few kids my age who were playing around. My eyes wandered to look around the garden, it was huge and beautiful, it had different types of flowers planted and the natural earthy nature scent calmed me down a little. It wasn't easy to forget what happened yesterday and the guilt of not being able to help my parents was killing me from the inside. If that was not enough now, I was guilty of causing a rift between a happy couple. I wished I could do something and resolve all the trouble I have created. For a second, I thought that maybe I could run away and everything would be fine, I will be able to contact Aiden and get back to my pack, the Alpha and Luna would stop fighting because of me, but then Alpha's words echoed in my head "Don't think of fleeing away because I will find you and once, I do, I am going to kill you" and I shook my head pushing the thought away and changing my mind. I walked deeper
I have been working in the kitchen for God knows how long, I am responsible for everything in the kitchen since I came here. I just miss my home, my family and my coven, I would just spend time working or hiding to stay away from the constant abuse from Bethy and her minions. She would just walk around the pack proudly asking everyone to bow down to her because she is future Luna. No, it's not what you think, she is not mates with the future Alpha, I heard she tried to trap the Alpha's son once and become his girlfriend but he dumped her on finding out the truth. Believe me, the pack is better without her, if she does become the Luna then the entire pack will suffer in her hands. I prayed for the future Alpha to find his mate and his mate to be a kind woman like their Luna Lilly, I know that these people have not been the most kind to me but still, I don't want them to suffer on Bethy's hands, I know how evil Bethy can be and I always wanted no one else to suffer in her hand
Jared I woke up to the sound of an alarm ringing in my ears, I turned the annoying noise off and looked at the time. It was six in the morning and I am used to getting up early since I arrived here for my training three years back. I was eighteen that time and now I am twenty-one years old. I thought I would find my mate as soon as I turned eighteen but I didn't. Mom said that my mate must not be of age and that's the only reason I didn't find my mate at that time. I am excited because I have a feeling that I will this time and my wolf is equally excited to see his mate. I am finally going back home after so long and I am really very happy because I missed my family and pack. I am sure dad must be thinking of arranging everything for my Alpha ceremony while mom must be planning to cook all my favorite dishes. She would be the most excited about me finding my mate because she keeps telling me she can't wait to have grandchildren. I am Jared Kevin Black, next in line A
Ruby I woke up to the sound of my alarm ringing in my ears, I woke up with a smile on my face, I am not going to let anyone upset me today. I got up from my bed and walked to the bathroom. I took a quick shower to get started with my work. Today the future Alpha of the pack is also returning. I just hope he finds his mate and I want the future Luna to be kind. I have never seen our future Alpha, but I just hope he lets me go once he takes over as the Alpha. I have a lot of work because it is going to be his Alpha ceremony in the evening, I have to make sure that everything is ready. I sighed as I dried myself pulling on a pair of new jeans and t-shirt Luna brought for me. I walked out of my room; everyone is mostly asleep because it's around 5:30 AM in the morning. The last few days have been pretty quiet because everyone was busy with the preparation and I was happy they were bust because that saved me a lot of abuse for the last two days. I made my way to the kitch
I stood frozen in place as my mate pulled me in his arms, it all looked like a dream to me, nothing mattered at this moment. I have been waiting for this day my entire life and now that this is happening it feels so surreal. His masculine scent overwhelmed my sense, I didn't have heightened senses like every supernatural being, but my senses were stronger than a human. I was instantly addicted to his scent, his golden eyes looked at me intently with love and care, I stared right back still not able to believe I was in my mate's arms. My body buzzed as sparks ran through my entire body and I shivered as he continued to stare, so many thoughts filled my head, does he not like me? Does he think I am not beautiful? Does he think I am not good enough for him? I was starting to doubt myself, all the confidence I once had that my mate would love me no matter what seemed like a question now. "Don't do the that" he said sternly leaning down in my ears in his deep husky voice, his bre
Jared We always knew we had this war coming, we also knew it was going to be soon, but we didn't know it was going to be this soon. We were supposed to take the rest of the afternoon to rest after the protection spell Anna made the witches perform. We weren't shocked, just we didn't expect it to be so soon, the war went on for hours, it was almost time for the sun to set when the war came to an end. We didn't realize that Darrius didn't have his witches and could have been hiding them. I saw everything after we ripped the rogue Vampire King's heart out. One of the older witches threw something at Mia, I was running towards her to save her as he had her focus on Darrius. I was far away and before I could have reached her Anna came in the way and took the blow, his screams brought Mia's attention, which was trying to attack again and this time I let anger channel through my energy and flames erupted around the witches as they screamed in agony. Soon Mia threw D
We were running towards the pack borders because we knew our enemy wouldn't be able to enter our lands. However, we were sure he would try to break the protection spell we have, that was also one of the reasons we performed the spell separately on each part of our coven and pack. Anna was running behind us, and we met with Aiden, Alpha Black, my uncle and the remaining men from our family as soon as we made it to the living room. Anna's husband was there too, I couldn't see our woman so I realized Aiden must have sent them to the safe house. We didn't need to speak, we knew what was happening and what each of us were supposed to do. Justin, our Beta has been throwing orders through the mindlink. I knew everyone would have been aware of what because I could see everyone from our allied packs and covens already standing in front of our mansion. We made it out to see our warriors all ready for the battle, we looked at the leaders of our allies and nodded at them before we all r
Ruby Even with the war approaching soon the last few weeks have been amazing, we thought I was sick, but apparently it was heat approaching. My heat lasted for a week. Jared hasn't left me alone at all, he would call and ask for the staff to send the food or anything we need to our room. He collected it at the door. He has been amazing, I have been a needy, horny bitch and he did everything to satisfy me, he gave me everything I wanted. I really am the happiest woman walking this earth to have a mate like him, I sighed trying to get myself to move. We are happy to have our family and friends with us during these tough times, not long after my heat, we found out that Layla was pregnant with their first child. Well, more like children, they are having twins. I am really happy for them, Aiden is over the moon with the news that he is going to be a father. Mel has been out of the hospital and when she came back, she found her mate too, he is the head warrior of our pack.
Jared A lot has happened over the last few months, it's been a rollercoaster ride, I know Mia is affected the most in everything that has happened. We are getting ready to face our enemy, we are getting stronger day by day. We are not there quite yet, but we will be there. We are taking one step at a time. I am grateful to the Moon Goddess for letting us find Melina at the right time, I know Mia wouldn't have been able to forgive herself if anything were to happen. The last few days have been tough, we have been doing some intense training, but Mia has been sick, she didn't let that stop her from continuing to train. I was thankful to have a day off with my mate, we barely spend time together, especially now that she was sick, she could get some much-needed rest. However, for some reason, I wasn't able to keep my hands off of her, it's not like I usually do, but the last couple of days I was feeling the need to be with her all the time. It didn't help that she was ma
It has been a stressful couple of weeks, we have been training as much as we can only taking breaks to eat and sleep. Anna made sure we did, she said we can't be our one hundred percent if we don't eat and sleep, I understand and I also knew not to argue with her when she is determined about something. Jared tried and got his ass beat by Anna, we laughed as he pouted saying it was not fair, Anna had made sure we didn't worry too much, she is truly an angel. My mate might not say it but I know that he loves her a lot and will do anything for her. The last couple of days have been very difficult for me, I feel strange and I want Jared with me all the time. I have to say, I have one horny wolf because she keeps sending images and thoughts making me want to jump our mate. I try to push all the weird thoughts aside, reminding myself that I can't think of anything but the war, I have to make sure we are ready to face our enemy, I can't let myself get distracted. However, I have be
We headed back home immediately after our conversation with Mel so that she could rest. I had a lot of things going on in my head, we had to explain everything to our family and Anna once we were back home. Anna sat quietly as if something was going on in her mind, she was friends with my parents so I know this affected her more than she wanted to show, but at this moment I could tell it was something else. She looked disturbed and it worried me a lot. We have come closer in the time we have spent together, she loves me like a daughter and she is like a mother to me. I sighed as I tried to give her the space she needed as she was thinking about something hard, it must be something important to have her think about it so much. Soon her facial expression changed, it looked like she was confused and soon her confused expression changed to one of understanding as if she just realized something, and before I could ask her eyes widened as she gasped in shock grabbing everyone's at
It has been a few days since we found Mel almost dead, it has made us more determined to defeat our enemy. Jared and Aiden were right, whatever has happened in the past or is happening in the present was not any of our fault. We didn't ask for any of this, Darrius was a power-hungry creature and he would go to any level to make sure he gets what he wants. I would be damned if I let him win, he has hurt way too many people, he didn't deserve to stay another day on earth. He was clearly past redemption. Mel was so close to death and it was all because of him, we could have lost her if we were even a second. Jared made me lie on the hospital bed while we waited for the doctors and healers to treat Mel, I wasn't able to even blink my eyes for a second, not until I knew my friend was alright. I was only able to relax and take a breath of relief once the doctors informed us Mel was out of danger but she was put in a medically induced coma so she could heal faster. I just walked ou
Ruby As soon as we reached the borders the sight in front of us made me freeze in place, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and I felt my knees go weak and my legs gave out making me fall to the ground. My head was spinning when I saw Melina's bloodied body. I can't help but blame myself for her condition, she wasn't moving, not even breathing which made me break. I couldn't stop my tears as they kept flowing down my cheeks, I felt Jared pick me up in his arms trying to calm me down, but I couldn't think of anything other than blaming myself for losing my friend and coven member. She was the first one to become friends with me after I returned home, she was the one who was ready to put her life at risk for me, and what did I do? I put my friend in danger, I wasn't able to protect her, she trusted me and I let her down. I failed, I not only failed myself but the trust my parents, my family and coven members had in me. I heard voices around me but I couldn't compreh
It has been a while since we have been in this meeting. We were planning training and how to best secure our borders. Some of the warriors from a few covens and packs have decided to camp out near the woods so they would be able to help the border patrol in case of an emergency. I really appreciate all the efforts and support these people are putting in to help us. I know we have enough support to defeat our enemy, but it still worries me because there will be a lot of lives on the line. I don't want to risk these many lives but I am really helpless at the moment. If I could, I would have made sure to keep everyone away from harm's way, but unfortunately enough, that is not the case, I sighed pushing the thoughts away trying to focus on the discussion. Jared gave my hand a reassuring squeeze, his mere touch is enough to bring me comfort and I couldn't be more grateful for having him as my mate. I couldn't have asked for a better mate, I just want everyone to stay safe, the t