Wolves.

Charlotte POV.

"Salyut," Luna yells in Russian, raising her glass with half of the club, no one wants to go home, everyone is in here, and everyone is still heavy on the drinking.

"Salut! To never get old," I say and drown the drink, I have never seen Olli this loose before, or maybe it's the booze talking.

He had taken off his jacket and loosened the button of the shirt, and I lost one of my shoes, but I didn't care, it made dancing more interesting, well trying to dance and move while holding on to Luna hoping that I wouldn't fell down on the ground.

"He's sleeping with my best friend, let's drink to forget," a guy said, drowning his glass, I don't know which glass I'm on, but we passed the ten mark around an hour ago.

"Hey! We're here to celebrate my birthday," I yell at him, how mean of him to talk about someone cheating while I'm here to celebrate my birthday.

"Birthday girl, you know what we do when it's someone's birthday," a wolf girl that's not Luna says coming close to me, rubbing her whole body against mine, she got close enough until her mouth was just near my ear.

"We celebrate it, but in bed," she says and I push her off me, how rude of her, I don't know her like that and I don't want to get to know a filthy dog like her like that.

"You bitch," the wolf says angrily, she turned to me with red eyes, growling, her fangs out, ready to bite my head off, but even while drunk I still knew I had powers, enough powers to beat her ass with my magic, that along with the fact that I still had Olli and Luna with me and they won't let anyone try to hurt me, they aren't too nice to people who are mean to me.

"Get away from her," Luna growls at the wolf.

"Or what? She's a snub bitch," the other wolf growls at Luna.

"She's with me and under my protection," Luna growls at her.

"Don't you dare touch me," I growl at them, my power rolling off me, I felt like the strongest witch alive, maybe even stronger than Mom at the moment.

"You brought a witch into our lands," a guy now growls at Luna.

"They are here to party," Luna says, and I noticed Olli taking a step forward, now they both had me hiding behind them.

"Witches, if they are just here to party, they need to respect our rules," a new guy says, he sounded in charge and sober.

"They are alpha, but they don't like being touched," Luna says bowing her head a bit to the guy.

"We're wolves Luna, we like having grabby hands," the guy says coming toward Luna, touching her in a way she didn't enjoy but she didn't object either, she called him alpha, he's the one in charge of her.

My anger got the best of me, I was so close to hurt him, to burn him down to the ground, but Oliver stood in the middle, pushing me to the side, stopping me from hurting this wolf that she calls alpha, he's supposed to keep her safe, not touch her like that.

"We're sorry for causing trouble alpha, we're leaving," Oliver says holding my hand dragging me away and preventing me from killing that damn alpha.

"Luna," I said, trying to get her to come with us.

"Luna stays," the alpha growls.

"She's our ride," Oliver lies.

"I take care of them alpha, their mother won't be too happy," Luna says trying to get away from him, trying to follow us.

"They're big enough to get their own asses home, leave my territory, now," the alpha scolded us, I growled copying them, I'm not leaving Luna behind.

"Luna," I growl, they can't force her to stay.

"Charlotte, leave," Luna ordered me in her firm voice, the one she uses with me at home, especially when I mess up or poke her the wrong way.

"But Luna," I say feeling frustrated, I didn't want her to get in trouble cause of me.

"I said leave Charlotte, I'll see you tomorrow," Luna says again, we had to leave, Oliver pushed me out, while I kept looking back at her, she needs to be saved, she needs help.

"Oliver! We need to help her," I scold my brother for making us leave her behind, that's very evil of him.

"It's her alpha in there, if we interfere we'll only be causing her troubles," Oliver objects.

"What if they hurt her?" I ask him angrily.

"They won't she's a strong wolf, come on, let's go home," Oliver says forcing me to go home, I was sober again, the anger having the best of me, it ruined my buzz.

I couldn't sleep that night, and I stayed awake the whole night thinking about Luna and the wolves, I did research on the wolves, their number one enemy is vampires, they hate each other, and they kill each other on the spot, after that comes the fey, but fey hate anyone and everyone who isn't fey like them. I kept on reading and saw that the dragons didn't mind the wolves too much and let them play with them during the full moons, trying to attack them and keeping them at line.

I flipped and moved over and over again, I wanted to get drunk so I'll forget about my father, I wanted to celebrate my birthday but instead of that, Luna was in trouble and I couldn't help her, I need to stay back and wait for her to be back.

"Is Luna here?" I ask my mother, waking up early, I didn't sleep for any longer than an hour, and I'm up and waiting for Luna.

"No, yet, do you need anything Char-char?" Mom asks me with worry.

"I need to make sure she's fine, then I'm killing an alpha," I answer her honestly with a big smile on my face.

"An alpha? Start practising with weaker wolf members, and then build your strength up to alpha," mom says with a shrug, making fun of my pain and anger.

"I'm not joking mother," I say in a cold voice.

"Then don't do anything stupid, don't do anything Oliver won't do," she says with a shrug, knowing too well that she would attack a pack of wolves on her own.

"What if they try to hurt Luna, she's family," I remind my mother she's part of our family, we don't need a nanny anymore, but she's with us every day.

"Yes, Luna is family, but she's stronger than you know Charchar, we're the Green family, and anyone who messes with us will be dealt with," Mom assures me, but I was still worried about Luna.

I made a cup of hot chocolate instead of coffee, I don't like the taste of it, unlike my mother and brother who live on coffee, I still enjoyed having a drink in the morning, especially while waiting for Luna. The whole morning passed, and then the evening passed and she didn't make it over yet, she's never late, ever since I was born and she was taking care of me, she was always there as soon as I woke up.

I called her number but she didn't answer me, which got me very worried about her, I called Oliver and asked about what he thought we should do.

"You're twenty-one, I'm thirty-three, don't you think that we don't need a nanny anymore? Maybe she's taking the day off," he says.

"After yesterday Oliver, do you think this is all a coincidence? Her not coming today?" I ask him with a raised brow.

"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure she'll be okay," he says with a shrug.

I tried to do as they told me, to try and let this go, telling myself that she was fine, but my worry about her wasn't changing or shifting, I felt like something was off with her, I had a hunch that she's not going to be okay and I had to keep her safe, I had to try and do something for her.

"Hey, Luna, it's me again, please call me back," I beg her on the phone, leaving yet another message.

"Still no answer?" Mom asks me.

"No, she never went missing like that," I whined.

"It's full moon tonight, you know what happens on full moons," Mom says, she might be gone since it's the full moon night, maybe she just needs to be around other wolves.

"Mom, how did she end up here with us?" I ask her.

"Luna had trouble with her last pack," Mom says.

"What kind of troubles?" I ask her.

"Wolf packs run on the strong eating the weak, beating them, and Luna was the omega of the pack, the weakest link, and they took it too far with her, she tried to run away but running from your pack when you're that weak is near impossible," Mom answers me.

"But Luna is a strong wolf, she's healthy and athletic," I say describing the current Luna I knew.

"Back then, she was a small weak, and thin puppy who spent a lot of time in the cold of Siberia," she explains to me.

"And then you helped her?" I ask mom, but she never does anything just for being nice, she's no saint.

"No, I was trespassing, trying to steal from the wolves, she was trying to run away yet again, they were going to kill us both, I offered her help and she guided the way knowing the ins and out of the pack," mom says with a chuckle, remembering such a dear memory to her.

"Right the thief helped the runaway, how fitting mother," I comment.

"And for your information, I got what I went in to get along with a personal wolf helper," mom says too proud of herself.

"I'm going to check on her," I inform my mother, I need to make sure she's safe.

"It's full moon Charlotte, you shouldn't be going anywhere near the wolves," mom scolds me.

"It's Luna mother, and I'm not a child anymore, I can keep myself safe," I say in a final voice, as Oliver has put it, I'm not a child anymore, I can and I will stand up for myself.

"Charlotte, I ban you from going," Mom says, that would've worked on me back when I was six, but not today.

"Sure," I answer her and keep walking, pretending to be going to my room.

I sneaked out after that, I wasn't going to stay home, and if Mom and Oliver think they could pull me away from protectin Luna, the Luna, the woman who was in our lives since the day me and Oliver got born, they are dead wrong, I'm never leaving her behind.

I didn't dare to borrow Olli's car, instead, I called one of the girls I knew from the coven, and asked for a ride, she was happy to be hanging out with me, not knowing that she was just my Uber for the night.

"Thanks for the ride, I'll see you tomorrow," I say getting out of the car.

"Are you sure this is where you want to go Charlotte, it's a full moon night," she says worriedly, I smiled and tried to act like I cared while I didn't, I didn't even remember her name.

"I'm sure, don't worry," I assure her with a fake smile and start to walk into the wolf's territory.

I was looking for Luna, she never showed me where her house is, but I knew wolves live near each other, being a pack and all, I was going to find Luna and save her from the alpha, and the whole pack if I needed to, she's my family and I don't leave my family behind.

I heard the wolf pack howl and I knew they all must have shifted and are howling to the moon, and she's with them and I'm going to save her from them.