Opal's First Moon

Chapter 3

I wake up early like always, I take a quick shower in the servant quarter's and get dressed in an older outfit, an ocean blue skirt, and white tee shirt. I take the tunnel up to the third floor then make my way downstairs. "Opal?" I jump and spin around coming face to face with Damon and his Beta. "Alpha Damon, Alpha Jack, Beta Julius good morning. You startled me I would have thought everyone was asleep still." Damon looked at me then Jack, "Opal, where did you disappear to last night after dinner? I tried finding you to talk with you." "I apologies Alpha Damon, what would you like to talk about?" The four of us walk down to the main floor into the library, and Damon pulls out a picture of a baby with raven black hair.

"Who is this?" I ask him and look at each of them. They turn to Jack who said, "This is my cousin her 18th birthday will be at the end of the week. This is her first and last photo of her our family have." Her hair is like mine black with a purplish tint and her eyes look like mine with an ocean blue. "What happened to her? What is her name?" He looked at the photo, "her name is Raven Opal, the king and queen put her to bed the day she was born. They heard glass break later in the night, and everyone went running to her room, but she was gone. For almost 18 years every pack has searched for the missing princess, but there has been no luck." A tear slid down my cheek hearing all this. Her birthday is the same as mine. "I hope she is found safe" I tell them. "May I ask you a question Opal?" "What is it Alpha Damon?" he looked at each of us before speaking again, "When is your birthday Opal?"

I pause before answering him, "Opal?" I look at them, "My birthday is Saturday, the night of the full moon. I will be 18, but my parents won’t let me outside, and I heard horror stories about people not shifting under the full moon."

"Do not worry Opal, we will make sure you can shift in the light of the full moon. Nothing will happen to you." I could hear the sincerity in Jack's voice. "Thank you, but I don't want to cause any problems for anyone." I turned and walked from the library; I could not get the picture of that baby out of my head. I had to get started on my day otherwise nothing will be done, and I'll get in trouble.

I went about my day cooking and cleaning the common areas and straightening up the bedrooms. I started preparing dinner early since I knew it would take a while to cook. I was making spaghetti, with Italian salad and garlic bread. Thankfully even though my mind was spinning I was able to get everything clean by 11am so I had plenty of time to prepare lunch. I went to the kitchen to see what to make, I remember I heard the other Alphas say they liked Mexican. So, with that I took out the left-over steak sautéed it for a bit and made some quesadillas. Everyone ate their lunch, and of course my sister couldn't keep her mouth shut, "Opal, next time make food worthy of our guest, they are Alphas and Betas not a low-ranking omega." I lower my head, "I'm sor...." when I am suddenly cut off by beta Klause who is from Damon's pack. "Some of us happen to like Mexican food Ashlynn. Alphas and betas should eat no different than omegas." For being a beta, his aura was stronger than my father's which surprised me.

"You are a guest in our home Beta Klause, show some respect to my daughter." I could tell father was mad, "Opal clean up this mess right now since everyone is finished eating." "Yes father" is all I could reply. All the alphas and betas that came walked outside; the fresh winter breeze felt good when they opened the door. I see them walk around to the back of the house to the courtyard.

Damon's POV-

"Klause, you need to be careful with how you speak to Alpha Andrew. We need to be welcome here until we can find out if they are hiding something" Steven said to his beta before continuing his conversation from earlier, "Jack are you sure Opal could be Raven? For 18 years we have traveled to every pack in North America. What is someone took her further?" I looked up at Jack when Steven finished. "This is the last pack we have to check her brother says she has been close but could never pinpoint where she was."

I kept listening but thinking that this pack does not have the resources to pull off abducting a princess. If they did take her, they had help. "Damon what is on your mind? you have been relatively quiet since we came outside." I turn to look at Jack, "I am not sure my wolf keeps getting restless, wanting to keep an eye on Opal. When is Prince Luca due to arrive? I would like to see some surprised faces."

"He should arrive Saturday morning, as for your wolf maybe he knows something we don't?" I just nod to Jack; Max is usually calm unless our family and friends are threatened. I turn to the group, "I will be back, I want to talk to Andrew and Roslynn about going a surprise party for Opal. They treat her so differently than the others, maybe I can find something out." I turn to walk back inside knowing that they can all come up with a plan for Price Luca's arrival.

"Alpha Andrew, Luna Roslynn may have a moment of your time?" Of course, I would find them in his office, but I couldn't see what they were looking at. "Alpha Damon come in, please shut the door. We can get down to business about discussions for the alliance." All I do is nod to acknowledge his statement, I close the door and sit in front of the desk. "What would you like to discuss Damon?" I stay silent for a moment, "Since my beta and I, along with the others will be here for Opal's birthday Saturday we were wondering If there is a party planned for her? If not, we would like to invite some of our members here and do a surprise party."

"I am not sure about that Alpha Damon, Opal does not like large crowds or surprises" his tone was kind of annoyed. "Well then, we can tell her, and just have a few others join us. I was thinking we could do it in your winter garden, under the Wolf moon (first full moon in January)." I can tell they are annoyed with this conversation, but I must make it happen for Opal. "As I have said before Damon, our daughter gets sick very easily which is why she must remain indoors." Roslynn's voice was laced with irritation, and boy if looks could kill I'd have many blades in my chest. "Shall we discuss the alliance since the party is not going to happen?" I ask them both wish an amused sound in my voice.