CHAPTER 2- THE WILL

Three months later

DAISY

Time had ran by so fast.

It was like yesterday when I left the pack to nurse my broken heart and to take care of the baby growing in my tummy. I settled in a rogue pack because I did not have the money to transport myself to another pack. The cost of transportation was high. I spent all of my money on the clothes I had worn on my supposed engagement. Remembering it did not feel like hell anymore. My chest did not tighten so hard that I could barely breathe, and tears did not come to my eyes whenever I remembered his name.

It seemed as though I was healing. When I came to the rogue pack, I had to hide my pregnancy from them. I knew the risks that were going to come to me if I told them. If an attack was ever to be launched at them, they were going to leave me behind because I would strike as a liability to them. They still had doubts about me because they were sure that I wouldn’t be able to fight when a threat came. The reason was that I was not able to shift into my wolf form. It was an anomaly that only I had in the rogue pack, so I was outcasted.

But once I showed them that I could be skillful in other areas, they decided to let me in. I was able to paint, cook, and play archery. I did not know when I had acquired these skills. Perhaps it was in my past life that I had no idea about. Today was a sunny day, so everyone was in their room. I had rented a room with the salary that I got working around the house of the alpha of the rogues. I did not know rogues had leaders until I stumbled upon this pack.

“Daisy.” Someone called out to me. It was Becca, one of the rogues that was about my age.

“Yes?” I replied, quickly putting on my oversized shirt.

My baby bump had not started showing well, so no one really suspected that there was anything.

“Can I come in?” She asked.

“Sure.” I answered her when I was sure I was all covered.

She came into the room, her hands on her face scratching a point below her eye, “There is someone here to see you.”

“Who?” I frowned.

Was it Poppy?

I felt so bad that I left without informing her. I had to convince myself that I was a mess and she would probably try to convince me to stay. I did not want that burden.

“I don’t know. Looks important though. He’s tall with long brown hair. Kinda old.” She explained.

“I don’t know anyone with that description. Are you sure he was looking for me?”

“Except there is another Daisy here.” She pursed her lips, before she exited the room.

The thought that it was someone from the pack that I had just come from made me feel sick. After the harassment that I had gone through, I was sure Julian made sure everyone knew about it. The silent weird kid that spawned out of nowhere got used by him. I got up to my feet and looked at myself in the mirror, making sure I was covered well before I headed out of my room. I strolled down to the entrance of the houses of the rogue pack and there, someone was standing in front.

He wore a cape which was a classic outfit for alphas of the pack. It dawned on me then that it was Alpha Jameson, Julian’s father and the current alpha of the Shadow pack. When he sensed that I was there, he turned around to face me. There was a knowing smile on his face as he approached me, which was weird because he had never even met me before. I had seen him several times during award shows in school or when an event was going on, but I was too blended into the crowd for him to have ever noticed me.

“Daisy, right?” He asked me when he was close enough. Now that I was seeing him clearly, I would have sworn that he had aged years since the last time I saw him, which was a few months ago. It was like he had shrunk, and his voice was shaky.

“Yes. Please come and sit down, Alpha Jameson.” I led him to a bench.

Even though his son was a douchebag, Alpha Jameson was a good alpha. He cared about the pack and his subjects so much that people called him the best alpha that the pack had ever had. His ancestors were relatively good too, but there was something about his tenure that people loved. I doubted if I could settle into another pack after I had left his own because I was not sure any of them would have been as welcoming as his.

“Thank you, my dear,” he cleared his throat as he sat down on the bench. I sat down on the one opposite him. “I am sure you are wondering what brings me here?”

“Yes.” I nodded.

“Well,” he sighed, then coughed into the handkerchief. “I am dying, and I knew that I had to do this soon enough. I do not know if you are aware of this, but you are the mate to my triplet sons. Julian, Liam, and Declan.”

A lump caught in my throat as I watched him, thinking that he made a mistake in what he had just said, “What?”

“I know you are shocked. They will be too when they realize that you are their mate, which is going to be soon enough.”

“That is not possible. How did you know it?” I asked him. It made absolutely no sense that he was going to know information like that when even they, my supposed mates, did not know.

“When an alpha in the Shadow pack gets old and is on the brink of death, these hallucinations start. They are real. It was a curse placed on us by an ancient witch. Lucy Black. It happened to my father, and his father, and his father too. They all turned out to be true which I am sure is the case now too. You are the mate to my sons; however, you can only mate with one of them. Only the chosen one can mark you.” He let out a wet cough, then used his handkerchief to wipe his lips. I noticed a red pigment which I suspected was blood.

“How so?” I asked him. I believed what he had just said, but it was still a huge shock to me. So all this while, I was mated to Julian? How was I going to face him again after what he had made me go through?

I shivered as I looked away from Alpha Jameson. Maybe this was a sign to get revenge on him for what he had done to me. I had said I was going to get revenge but nothing really had come to my mind all of this while I was here. Maybe this was a chance to put him in his place. I would be a fool to pass on this opportunity. My gaze flicked back to him as he answered me.

“I am going to give you something,” his shaky hands weaved into his cape and he brought out a document and handed it over to me. I collected it and looked down at the paper, gasping when I realized what it was. “The entire Hale estate, my belongings, and treasures, they belong to you now Daisy. I know I do not have much time left and you are the person that is going to determine the future alpha of the pack. I am going to leave that to you and trust that you make the best decision.”

My hands were practically shaking as I looked through the papers. What he was saying was the truth. I had just gone from a poor Omega to one of the richest people in the world. How could he trust me with all of this? What if I decided to kill them off and run away with the money? When my gaze met him again, I felt my chest tighten. It was the wish of a man that was dying. He knew he wouldn’t live long enough for me to choose a mate.

I could not refuse this. I had to take it. It was an opportunity that I could not pass by, and also he had already placed the burden on me. I could not run away from it.

“I will do my best to place the best man on the seat, Alpha Jameson.” I gave him a tightlipped smile.

“Thank you, Daisy. I am going to send a car to take you back to the pack tomorrow. You can say your final goodbyes and pack up before then.”

“Okay.” I got up to my feet.

He looked like he was struggling to stand up from his seat. I helped him up and led him to the convoy of cars that he had come with. One of the bodyguards helped him into the car, and then he zoomed off. I went back into my room to start packing up, and the sun had not gone down yet when the news of Alpha Jameson’s death reached us.