Chapter 1

~ Nora

I woke up, stirring my eyes open. The first thing I noticed was the fact that I was not in my room; this was unfamiliar territory. I saw the rays of sunlight sifting into the room from the window.

Jerking up from the bed, I looked around. It all came flooding back to my memory—the events of last night. I smiled. I remembered his touch; I remembered the way he made me feel. My body still felt a bit sore from the passionate love he made to me.

It was my first time!

I had given my virginity to the love of my life after several months of pressure from him.

I felt new, I felt reborn.

I could hear running water in the bathroom and figured out he was in there having his bath.

Klaus, the love of my life, an Alpha's son who had chosen to love an Omega like me.

The water stopped running, and out walked the most beautiful man I have ever set my eyes on, the man my world revolves around. He stood 6 ft tall with blond hair and ocean blue eyes. The chiseled planes of his face with deep set features were perfect. He looked nothing short of a Greek god. I smiled. This was my man; this was my mate!

"Already awake, love?" he said in a soothing sexy voice as he walked toward me.

I sat up on the bed, the duvet around me gently falling off my body, exposing my nakedness. I felt him harden at the sight.

"You are so beautiful, Nora. Last night was the best night I have ever had," I heard the sincerity in his voice.

I smiled shyly and lowered my gaze as I felt color creep onto my face. He still had that effect on me every damn time, after 5 months of knowing each other. I had met him for the very first time at a party I had attended with Grace, my best friend. I was drawn to him; it was love at first sight. We also discovered that night that we were mates.

Unfortunately, we found out our parents were Alphas of packs that have been at loggerheads with each other due to a prophecy that claimed Klaus' father's entire pack would be wiped away by my mother.

My mum, who was from the Claridian Clan, was the greatest witch and high priestess that has ever lived, the last of her bloodline. She got married to the alpha of the Calypso Pack, my father, and birthed three kids, my two siblings and me. I, being the first child, was the next in line to become the high priestess.

"The kind of power that resides inside of you, Nora, is one like no other. The world is yet to see a witch as powerful as you. You are a hybrid, stronger than all werewolves combined," my mum would say to me whenever I came home crying or complaining about being labeled "cursed" by my mates, especially during social gatherings, for being an omega born to an Alpha. 

I always smiled and brushed her off, believing she was only lying to make me feel better. In my eyes, no one would ever take her place as the greatest witch.

Our identities as witches were hidden from the world except my father and his beta; my mother wanted it to remain that way. She feared what might happen if members of the pack got to know about it. Witches were powerful creatures, more powerful than werewolves; she didn't want to raise fear in the hearts of members of our pack.

"We would only use our powers for good, to protect our pack if a need for it arises," my mum would always say to my siblings and me with a smile on her face.

My parents were lovers of peace, which was why I believed they would never intentionally harm anyone.

Klaus trailed kisses on my body, pulling me from my thoughts as desire coursed through my entire body. I ran my hand through his hair urging him closer, inching myself more towards him, wanting him to do crazy things to me the way he had done last night.

He groaned and lifted his gaze to mine. The desire in his eyes mirroring my own.

"Mark me, Klaus, mark me as your mate now," I begged. I wanted it to be sealed; I wanted to become his, that way nobody would be able to stop our union, not even our parents.

He searched my eyes; I could see the hesitation in his, shaking his head, he declined my request. "I would do that when the time is right, Nora. I want to follow due procedure. I want our parents to accept us first," he raised his hand to my face, caressing my temples softly. "It would happen very soon," he smiled.

Reaching for his bag, he brought out the map I had given him last night, which had a detailed plan of our entire pack house and the locations of our ancient relics and valuable gemstones

 He raised it in the air. "This will play a vital role in all this. Once my father knows I have it and can be able to retrieve and destroy that precious relic the prophecy revealed is so powerful and can be used to wipe out our entire pack, he promised he would approve of our union and make peace with your father as he won't have any need to look over his shoulders again," he sat beside me on the bed and planted a kiss on my lips. "We would finally be together, my love."

I smiled at him and wrapped my arms around his neck. "There is nothing I would want more than that," I whispered into his ear.

 I trusted Klaus with my life. If giving him the map to retrieve and destroy the ancient relic was all his father needed to give us his blessings, then I would do that a million times and more. After all, the relic has been buried for years and is absolutely of no threat or use to us.

I slowly released him from my embrace. "I really have to get going now, but I will be back in the evening. Wait here for me, my love, okay?" he cocked a brow awaiting my response. I chuckled and nodded.

"I will be here waiting." 

I had told my parents I was going to stay with my best friend, Grace, for two nights. I had also told her to cover up for me in case they called her to check on me. She had agreed. Grace was one of the few persons who always had my back.

He smiled, got up from the bed, and put on his shirt and shorts.

"I love you, Klaus," I said shyly.

He bent over me, planting a subtle kiss on my forehead. "I love you too, Nora." 

With that, he left.

My parents, younger siblings who were both Alphas, and Klaus were the only ones who made this life bearable. I smiled as I thought of Klaus. I was smitten for this man! We are just three years apart. Perfectly made for each other.

I refreshed and got dressed, then stepped out to get myself something to eat.

Night soon came. I got really excited. I waited and waited for Klaus, but he didn't come.

"Relax, Nora. He promised he would come, so he definitely will," my wolf, kara, said.

"You are right, he will. Klaus has never failed to keep a promise," I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, patiently waiting for him to come, fantasizing about how he was going to worship my body just like he did the previous night.

I squirmed in excitement as desire flooded over me at the thought.

Two hours passed, three, yet there was no Klaus. I became really worried. I dialed his line, but it didn't go through.

My heart sank.

Could something have happened? Did his father find out he was coming to see me and prevented him from leaving the house? That was likely the case.

"What if it wasn't?" my wolf kara asked in fright.

"What if something bad has happened to our mate?" she whimpered.

"Stop it, kara! Nothing can happen to Klaus! He is fine!" Even though I had spoken the words out loud, I couldn't stop the tiny voice in my head telling me that something was wrong. I paced around the room, my mind a chaotic mess.

Just then, my phone chimed. I picked it up. It was a text message from Klaus.

I frantically opened my message inbox to read what it said.

"I am sorry, Love. I can't come tonight. Something came up. Go back home tomorrow morning."

I heaved a sigh and fell to a squat. I felt a mix of relief and disappointment. Relief because he was safe and disappointment because he couldn't come.

The next morning, I woke up, refreshed, wore my clothes, and headed home in my white Porsche car, which I had carefully hidden miles away from the motel that held memories of Klaus and me.

Upon arriving at our pack house, I could hear the sound of people wailing bitterly in front of our house.

My heart plummeted into my stomach. What could be wrong? I immediately got out of the car and approached them, weaving my way through the crowd who threw gazes of animosity my way.

"The cursed omega is back," I heard one person say.

"She killed them! It is all her fault!" another chimed in.

I was totally confused as to why they were rambling.

As soon as I managed to get to the front, I saw several dead bodies lying on the floor.

I froze, feeling shortness of breath as I saw my mother, father, sister, and brother amongst the dead bodies, lying in pools of their blood.

"No! This can't be happening! It is not possible!" I wailed, falling to the floor.

I quickly crawled to where they lay, dark blood on the floor staining my hands and knees. I ignored the pain that coursed through my body from the impact with the gravel on the floor.

Upon reaching my mother, I shoved her. "Mother, wake up! It is me, Nora!" There was no response. Her body was ice cold. I held her hand with both of mine, hoping to offer her warmth, hoping I would get some sort of response from her, but nothing happened.

I rushed to my father and repeated the same thing, but there was no response. My brother and sister were also not responding.

Two men from our pack came and dragged my trembling body away from their corpses.

I saw my world crash before my eyes. No pain compared to that of losing a loved one. My heart was constricting with pain.

I clutched at it with both my hands. Who did this? Who killed my parents and siblings?