It was the day of Eric’s eighteen birthday. The alpha and Luna wanted to do something big for his birthday, mainly because they were hoping that their son would find his mate from one of the alpha’s daughters invited.
The night started out joyously. Everyone was excited about the possibility of finding their mates. Eric was also excited; he and Maria had been busy with different duties on the day, so they had not met yet.
The future pack leaders were busy preparing for the young alpha’s birthday, sorting out the last-minute details of the party.
Maria only sent her best friend a text wishing him well on his day and promised to give him his gift when they see each other later.
Maria, the beta’s daughter, could not wait to see their future Luna and her best friend’s mate. She was sure Eric was going to find his mate this night. “Look who we have here, where is your twin?” asked the future gamma meeting Maria coming back from the border.
“In case you didn’t know dear Gamma, I am a year older than Eric, so he can’t possibly be my twin.” Maria liked Jacob but she hated how stupid he could be sometimes. “I know that but because you are always together one would swear that you are twins. Where is he?” Maria wonders why he did not just mind link Eric like a normal wolf.
“Did you try mind linking him? I mean it’s easier than asking everyone where he is, and I have not seen him all day.” Jacob palmed himself feeling and looking stupid in front of Maria. “I forgot we could do that, tell me, what did you get him?” Maria started walking away from the man. “You will see when I give it to him if he wants to show you. Now be a good future gamma and go check the north border. I have checked all the others besides that one.” Maria said walking faster.
“I know that you are frustrated and maybe a little nervous. You could find your mate too tonight. Keep calm because whoever your mate is, he will love you. You are the best woman in this pack.” Maria smiled.
As stupid as Jacob could be at times, he was attentive and noticed the smallest things. He gave the best advice and was fierce in battle. The three of them were going to be the best leaders the pack has ever seen. So, say their parents, the current leaders.
“Thank you, Jacob. As usual, you know how to make me feel better.” Maria mind linked the gamma keeping the innocent smile on her face. “That’s what am here for, and by the way, I have already checked the north border.” Maria chuckled and cut the link.
She walked to her home and was welcomed by her mother when she opened the door. “Maria, mija! I have been waiting for you to come back and get ready. Where have you been?” questioned her mother just as she stepped into the house.
Maria smiled at her mother. “That’s why am here mom, to get ready and don’t worry. I will be done in no time.” She said then rushed to the stairs. “Maria Van Loveren, you better wear the dress and not the pantsuit!” her mother yelled after her, making Maria chuckle, shaking her head.
She was only teasing her mother when she said she was going to wear the pantsuit, but her mother took it seriously as she always did when it came to Maria’s wardrobe.
She was the beta’s daughter and her mother wanted her to look her best this night so that she would look her best when she meets her mate. But Maria being Maria and liking to tease her mother. She told her that she was going to wear pantsuit like a businesswoman and that drove her mother crazy.
Her mother stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting anxiously for her daughter to come down. When Maria finally walked down those stairs her mother’s jaw dropped. Her sweatpants wearing daughter looked like a princess.
“Oh, mija, it’s like I am seeing you for the first time as my daughter and not my son.” Maria laughed throwing her head back. “Oh, mom, you know I like sweatpants because they are comfortable and as a future beta there is no time for me to play dress up.”
Her mother did not care for her answer because this day, Maria was her daughter and dressed like it. “I don’t care for that because today you are dressed like my daughter. Your mate is going to fall head over hills for you. He will not be able to take his eyes off you.” Her mother praised.
“Assuming I find him tonight.” Maria was worried that her mate was not going to be at the party that night. “Whether you find him or not, you will still be the best-looking woman there.” Maria gave her mother a smile.
She did feel beautiful as well and she could not wait to go into that hall and see what happens. “I have to go mom.” Her mother nodded. “I will see you there later. I must wait for your father first.” She kissed her daughter on the cheek and told her how beautiful she was and how much she loved her.
Maria went to the hall, everything looked beautiful going to the hall and other packs had started arriving. She had Eric’s gift in hand as she went into the hall. She looked around and could not find him.
She scanned the room looking for her best friend but could not find him. She shook her head thinking that he was waiting for the dramatic entrance as he said. She thought it would be a good idea to go and get him to welcome the guests and ruin his dramatic entrance.
She smiled as she thought about how pissed Eric would be when she showed up there to get him. Maria still had the gift in hand when she went to find him upstairs.
She frowned as she smelled the thick metallic scent of blood in the air. She got worried that something might have happened to Eric. Maria’s knees grew weak but soon her warrior instincts kicked in. She charged forward following the metallic scent in the air. Her heart was beating like an African drum in her chest.
She was afraid of what she was going to find when she got there, fear of finding Eric or any member of her pack injure on this day was something she did not want to think about. She hoped and prayed that it was just a small injury that someone got.
But the scent told her that the blood she was smelling was no small amount and that is what got her knees weak and her heart beating like is was about to jump out of her chest.
As Maria got closer to the guest bedroom, the scent was even stronger there. She wondered who could be in there but had no time to waste. The person could be dying while she was busy contemplating what to do.
Maria went and opened the door. Her heart stopped beating for a moment when she saw what was in the room. She did not expect to find what she found in that room. She did not react, she stood frozen in place.
The cold dead eyes of her father and the Luna of the pack were looking right at her. Their throats slit and dark red blood painted the while silk sheets. Their bodies naked as if they were sculptures of some artist.
Maria’s mind was working a hundred miles per minute trying to figure out what had happened. Who could have done it and why? Well, it seemed obvious why but who could be the culprit?
While she was still standing there not knowing what to do, she heard a voice behind her. “What the hell have you done?” the voice shook Maria to the core. It was a voice that held so much authority that at that moment it made her insides freeze.
She did not have to look behind her to know that the person was her alpha. “You fucking killed them!” he growled menacingly with deadly intent. Maria did not have time to respond or defend herself the alpha punched her hard on her rips making the air leave her lungs for a moment and she forgot how to breathe.
“You fucking killed them! You killed my mate!” The alpha did not wait for Maria to stand or say something as he kicked her hard, sending her flying a few feet.
Maria coughed a few times, she was not bothered by the beating she was getting, the pain in her heart for the loss of her father was what she focused on. She wanted to know who killed him.
“What the hell is going on?”
Eric came back from the cottage where he was getting dressed. He could not wait to see Maria and get his gift. She told him that it was something he always wanted, and he could not wait to see what it was.When he got inside, he could not see any of the pack leaders. At the door was the gamma and his mate welcoming the guests as they arrived. “Good you are here, please get your parents to come down here, the guests are starting to ask questions.” The gamma told Eric.He wondered what could be keeping his parents, he nodded at the gamma and walked away. But just as he was thinking about where to go look first, the most amazing scent hit his nostrils and she stood there and inhaled deeply.It was like nothing he has ever smelled before; he could not describe how it made him feel and he could not wait to see who the scent belonged to. What she looked and felt like in his arms.With a smile on his face, he followed the scent up the stairs, his heart beating fast in anticipation. But he wa
Eric stood there and watched as her best friend’s mother’s hands flew to her neck covering the wound to stop the bleeding. But the blood was spilling over her fingers. He watched as she turned pale then fell on her knees before falling to the ground.Her wolf tried to heal her, but the wound was too deep, and she was losing too much blood and quickly. Eric continued to watch until she stopped moving. He wanted to make sure she was dead and that he did it.The boy she trusted did it, she wanted her to feel the same way his mother felt when Maria ended her life. When he was sure she was dead, he turned around and left without saying a word. He was broken on the inside and even killing his best friend’s mother did not make him feel better.He never thought something like this could happen, especially by his hand. He imagined that his mother would die in the hands of rogues or some freak accident, not by the hand of his friend and the girl she considered a daughter.He certainly never ima
Maria no longer cared about the smell and the dirt on the cell as she curled in fetal position on the cement floor crying soundlessly. No sobs came out only tears streamed down her delicate cheeks. She would choke from the huge lump that continued to grow in her throat threatening to cut off her oxygen supply.But Maria did not care, maybe death was better than the pain she was feeling at that moment. But the body has a way of protecting and defending itself from harm. As she cried and the lump grew preventing her from breathing.The body continued to force her to take a breath. After being rejected by Eric like that Maria lost all hope. Her mother has not gone to see her in two days, Eric just rejected her, Maria had a feeling that things were going to get worse from that point.She did not want to face whatever was coming on her own. Her cheating father was already gone, and she had no idea what was happening with her mother, but she did not have a good feeling about that as well.E
The alpha silenced the pack, but he could not silence the excitement in the hearts of those who never liked or trusted Maria. They might have quietened down and kept their thoughts to themselves when the alpha rebuked them for the things they were saying about Maria.But they always thought that something was wrong with the girl, that she might even be a demon, because as far as they knew, no werewolf was born with markings like hers. Some speculated that she might be a mixture of a werewolf and a witch.But now they had a chance to find out who or what she really was, push her until she shows her true self. “Without wasting anymore time, I, alpha Jackson Lockwood of the Eclipse pack hereby reject you Maria Van Loveren from the pack and give you to the pack members for punishment. This sentence will last a week until you are executed on Saturday.”The already weak Maria felt the bond to the pack break, for the first time in nineteen years she felt empty and alone. Both her parents we
“Why are you still monitoring that child? It has been nineteen years already and nothing has happened. Or you like seeing her suffering because it has started, if I remember the timeline correctly, her suffering should be starting around this time.” Serenity nagged her twin sister as she walked into her workspace.“Get out Serene, I don’t want any of you in my workspace ever again.” Selene said as she pushed her sister out of the door meeting the rest of her siblings. “Nope, none of you are going into my workspace. You came for dinner, so the food den is that way.” Her eldest brother Simon chuckled.“You don’t have to worry Selene; we won’t do anything until we see what this one is like. If all goes well, then making another creation with all our powers again would be a good idea.” Samuel smirked with a plan already forming in his mind.“Don’t you even think about it, we are not making another monster. I for one have learned my lesson from the last one and am never doing that again. I
Three days have passed, and Alpha Jackson has not decided on what to do. He had hoped that the pack was going to go to Eric when he retired but now things are different. Now things there are going to hell faster than he could catch up.Now he had no Luna, no beta, and his son was kidnapped. He was all alone and had no idea what to do. Maria on the other hand was no better than the alpha, the pack members had not given her any peace.She was tired, hungry, and bruised. Her lips were chipped and looked like she was going to die at any moment. Today was a Thursday and that meant she had a day to live. “Hey Sara, I am sorry for failing you.” Maria told her wolf.The wolf chuckled weakly. “You know it’s not too late, right?” Maria was the one who chuckled this time. “We have a day to live Sara, how is that not too late? Right now, I just want to go and join my parents, maybe ask my father a few questions. Also, ask about these markings I have. They are not normal Sara.”The wolf was quiet
Maria waited until everyone was asleep before sneaking into the packhouse through the kitchen door. She had a plastic bag with her and filled it with food before sneaking out then running towards the northern border.She knew that border was guarded by the weak warriors and most of them were lazy and liked to sleep. This was made so because the northern border was far from other packs and was close to a thick forest and a mountain not to far from it.Also, there were no roads passing there and that meant that there was a slight chance for the pack to be attacked from that side and one of the reasons why Maria asked for the future gamma to go check on the border before Eric’s party.She knew the kind of warriors that were placed there and wanted to make sure that they were on their A game. They might not prevent an attack, but they could report it on time for back up to be sent their way.Maria chose this border for this reason; it was a weak spot on the pack and today she was going to
Alpha Jackson looked at Luciano with sad eyes wondering what kind of a man he was to ask him something like that. “Please, don’t make me do this.” The all-mighty alpha was on his knees at that point, he did not want to lose his son and he was not ready to die yet.The roles were now reversed, and he was faced with the same situation he put Maria through. Like her, the choices he had were like no choices at all. At least not ones he could live with.“You must think you are a saint to ask me to spare you or maybe you are, and I just don’t know it.” He chuckled dropping Eric at his feet like a sack of potatoes then walked closer to Alpha Jackson.“Do you think you are worthy of saving Jackson? How about this, we make this a confession session, you tell me your truth and I will spare your son.” Alpha Jackson felt like he was met with the devil himself or maybe the judge sitting on a high pedestal in all his goodness judging everyone else.Luciano’s action made him angry and sick. His son