The Alpha's hidden daughter

Chapter 9

* Ashley P.O.V. *

I woke up, feeling sore to the bone. I had slept okay but I was still tired. Slowly turning around on my back made me softly grunt from the pain. I looked at the clock and saw it was 08:00 AM. "Is this normal?" I asked Daci. "Actually no.. the fact that you can move means you are a fast healer.. Normally after the first shift I hear that people can only move after a full day of resting on bed" She said and I sighed. "I do not have time for that.." I said and closed my eyes for a moment because they felt really heavy. I actually fell myself drift away again the moment I closed my eyes and i couldn't fight it. Before I knew it, I was asleep again.

The next time I woke up, I was on my sight that faced towards my room, instead of towards the wall. It was now 12:30 PM and I had to be truthful, I did feel better than a few hours ago. I sat up slowly and stretched my arms a little. Au. That was not a good idea. "I could have told you that" Daciana said in my head and I rolled my eyes. Which didn't hurt, miraculously. ‘’Then why didn’t you?’’ I asked and I heard Daciana chuckle. ‘’Would you have listened?’’ She asked and I knew the answer was no. "Is a hot shower a good idea?" I asked and she chuckled again. "I wanna see you get all the way over there on your feet" she said in a daring way and I growled a bit. "Oh I will" I said out loud and moved my legs to the edge of the bed. They reached the edge and as if there were bricks tight to them, they fell on the ground. "Okay.. Maybe I won't reach the bathroom.." I said out loud and sighed. I looked around and suddenly I only had one idea left.

"AUNT CHARLENE!! CAN YOU HELP ME?!" I shouted and suddenly felt myself five years old again when I couldn't reach for the towels after I had showered. While I waited for my aunt to come, I suddenly started feeling bad. Yesterday I could have attacked her and my uncle... Even their sons because of the anger I felt from inside. While they only had done what was right, or what they thought was right. They had made a promise and they kept it and all I had done, was getting angry with them. I felt tears burn behind my eyes when I heard someone clear her throat.

My aunt had walking in a minute after I had shouted for her and looked at me with worry in her eyes. "Feeling sore?" She asked. She sounded just like always, worried for my health and almost sad because I was hurt. "Yes.. like there are bricks tight to my feet.." I said honestly and looked at her. I wanted to say more but I didn't know what I should say. "I'll get you some special cream for your muscles" she said. She smiled and that was it, I started to sob out of nowhere and the tears rolled over my cheeks. I felt her warm and tender arms wrap around me in a, as always, surprisingly tight embrace. I didn't know why I exactly was crying but I cried and I let it all go. I was never much of a cry baby, even the one time I fell out of a high tree and broke my arm, I didn't cry. Aunt Charlene stroked me over my hair and I leaned more against her, taking in the warmth. "Sssh... It is alright.." she said and I nodded slowly but the tears didn't want to stop.

I didn't know how long it took me to stop crying but it was quite a while. After the last tears had dried up, I looked at the clock and saw it was 02:26 PM. Out of no where my tummy started to growl and my aunt laughed. "You must eat.. Come on, let's get you dressed and down stairs" she said and then I suddenly noticed I had been naked all this time. I felt embarrassed and blushed deep red. My aunt had walked to my closet and when she looked at me she laughed. "I have seen your naked body countless times.. of course you were less of mature but still sweety... Plus, I help women deliver their baby almost on a daily basis, there is a lot of nakedness then too" she said and threw me some panties and a bra. I put those on and just in time I catch a pair of jeans from the sky. Those were harder to put on but I managed! Aunt Charlene then walked to me with a top and when I took that from her, she also had a little box in her hands.

"Yesterday I didn't have time to give this to you... But I have kept this with me for eighteen years now and it is time that you have it" She said and I slowly took the box from her. It was clearly a little jewelry box from a*****e and I looked at it. It was from a*****e I hadn't heard of and turned it around to see if I could recognize it from somewhere. I slowly opened the small box and saw a necklace laying inside it. It was a necklace with a medallion on it which you could open and I recognized it right away from the wedding picture of my parents. ‘’This was..’’ I said and I could feel tears come to me again. ‘’Yes.. It was from your mother’’ aunt Charlene said and I hugged her. We looked at each other and she gave me a warm smile. ‘’I am very sorry I never told you more.. But if you are ready then I’ll explain everything to you now’’ aunt Charlene said and I nodded. ‘’Yes.. I think I am ready to hear the story’’ I said and she got up. ‘’Let’s go downstairs.. Because there are two others that kind of have waited all their life to get to know the true story’’ she said and I knew she talked about Dylan and Evan. I didn’t mind them being there too so I got up, even though it was painful and forced myself to walk downstairs.

While walking downstairs I smelled apple-cinnamon and raspberries coming from the kitchen. I also smelled cookies and fresh oranges and knew that the second smell came from Dylan. The first was a guess because my aunt knowing, she probably baked cookies and Evan also smelled like fresh-baked cookies. That was so confusing sometimes. I walked into the kitchen and saw Dylan and Evan take out a batch of cookies and also saw that they had been baking for a few hours already. ‘’I envy you two for being able to move so easily’’ I said with a smile and Evan came walking to me. He hugged me and I smiled, I could suddenly feel something different about Evan. As if I had my actually own pack and he was part of it. ‘’Alpha Ashley, I hope you will like the cookies we made’’ He said and I looked at him. The rang name before my name sounded very weird but I also liked it. ‘’Why do you call me Alpha?’’ I asked a bit confused. ‘’That dimwit pledges loyalty to you when you were a baby’’ Dylan said and it totally made sense. ‘’So is that why we always actually had a connection? Like when I first started to mind link, it was with you’’ I looked at Evan while asking him this. ‘’Yes, most likely’’ he said and I smiled.

We all walked towards the living room and I claimed my favorite spot on the couch in the corner with the most pillows. ‘’Ahh.. Heaven’’ I said as I felt the soft pillows in my back. Aunt Charlene sat down next to me and handed me my personal plate with cookies and a cup with tea. ‘’This is so great’’ I said to Daciana and she chuckled. ‘’I know, now lets listen to what you aunt is gonna say’’ Daciana responded. I knew it was time but somehow I wanted to stall it a bit. I suddenly was scared of the truth. I looked at my aunt and she gave me a reassuring smile and I nodded. ‘’I think I am ready’’ I said as she sat down. ‘’Good.. I’ll start from the beginning’’ aunt Charlene said. I looked at Dylan and Evan for a moment and then back at my aunt. She started to talk and we all listened:

‘’So, As you remember I told you that your mother and father were both from a different pack. These packs were at that moment in a fight over territory. Your mother was born a beta and actually your father had that same rank’’ she said and I was confused for a moment. ‘’How did he become Alpha then?’’  I asked. ‘’The alpha and his Luna had been having a lot of bad luck with their pregnancies and because your father had a exceptional amount of power and authority, the alpha asked him to become the next alpha because he knew he wouldn’t get a child of his own.’’ She explained and I nodded. ‘’Anyway.. They met at the mall which was natural ground and their mate bond was a fact right away. Your father wanted to know where she came from and when she told him, he knew that would be a problem.’’ aunt Charlene said and I nodded, this was a bit of new information but also things I was told already but I kept my focus on the story because it was very interesting.

‘’For the first three or four months your father kept going to the mall and met her there, his Patricia.. Or how he called her: His little raindrop because he always explained that she smelled like the rain to him’’ a voice behind us said and I turned my head. Uncle Charlie stood in the doorway and smiled. ‘’I am happy to help where I can.. Since your aunt only knows it from Maurice, Patricia and me’’ he said and I nodded. We made space for him to sit and aunt Charlene looked at him. ‘’Are you okay?’’ she asked with a little worry in her voice. ‘’Yes yes, I am good’’ he said and gave her a kiss. ‘’Eventually, after six months your father went to the parents of Patricia to say she had found her mate and he really wanted her to come to his pack. Because he was the next heir, he couldn’t leave the Purple Moon pack. As you know, her mother was very happy for her daughter and said yes right away.. Her father on the other hand didn’t want to lose his daughter and never see her or her family again’’ uncle Charlie explained and we were bound to him as kids to a tv with their favorite show. Just like five years ago I started to feel sad and I could even hear Daci whimper a bit from the thought to hear your mate can’t live with you.

‘’Maurice went back to his pack, feeling a little defeated but understanding the father of his mate very well. He wasn’t himself for a few days, I knew why back then but because I had not found my mate yet I thought it wasn’t that bad. After those days, he went to our alpha and talked with him, how the conversation went I don’t know for sure but some wolves that used to work as assistants told me that it was quite heated.’’ uncle Charlie went on with the story and I nodded slowly. I took one of the cookies and took a bite. I did this blindly because I wanted to stay focused on the story and didn’t want to miss one thing.

‘’He came with a solution to the problem of the two packs, one the alpha had not even thought of yet. He wanted to split the territory in two even pieces so both packs would have a bit of growth and could stop fighting. The alpha found it a good idea and send a letter to the other pack, to invite them for a consultation. At first the request was denied because the other packs alpha thought it was a trap set up and didn’t trust it. Maurice didn’t give up and kept sending invitations and eventually the alpha said that if they really meant it, they could come to them. He decided to go to the other pack himself with only one other wolf, which was me’’ he said and smiled a bit.

‘’The only two other times I had seen him so nervous was on his wedding day and the day you were born’’ He commented, making us all chuckle a bit. I took a sip of my tea and sighed with a smile. It was great to hear the full story about my parents. ‘’To get back to the story.. Maurice and I went to the other pack, Silver peak pack, and showed by coming only with two that we had no trap planned for them. The alpha was a good guy who simply wanted to grow his territory for his pack and Maurice understood that very well. He explained why he had send the invitations, that he had found out that his mate was a part of their pack and that because of the duties he had in his own, he couldn’t leave his pack and really wanted her to come with him. The alpha understood why Maurice had come to talk with him and listened closely to the solution. At first he didn’t really like it because the territory that was between the packs was pretty big and he really wanted the full piece of land. Maurice explained he also wanted to become allies with him and he saw how badly Maurice wanted this to work. He called in his beta and it was the father of Patricia that came inside. They talked and the alpha explained the offer Maurice had made. At first Maurice was scared the father of his mate, Ashton, would say it was a bad idea but he didn’t. He said it was a great idea and would be beneficial for both packs. The alpha then nodded and agreed with a share of the territory and a new ally.’’ uncle Charlie said and I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I felt so happy for them and it felt as if I was right there when this all happened.

‘’Everything was set up and the territory was split in a few days. After the contract for the allying was signed, Patricia came to live with us. Your parents lived in the pack house and shortly after this happened the alpha resigned his title and gave it to Maurice. Six months after he became alpha, he asked your mother to marry him and they planned their wedding for the Autumn the next year’’ he said and smiled. ‘’Now you at least know how they met.. The next part what we are going to tell you will be more sad and might even hurt more than you expect.. Are you sure you want to hear that today?’’ uncle Charlie asked and I nodded. ‘’Yes, I am very sure I want to know today.. Why wouldn’t I?’’ I asked and looked at him and my aunt. ‘’Because the day after your first shift, you can not only feel really sore but your emotions are still a bit heightened sweety’’ she explained and I nodded. ‘’Okay but I still want to know.. I now know that they were alpha’s, but not how I ended up growing up without them’’ I said and I was very certain. Evan got up and took my cup. ‘’First some more tea and I’m gonna make a sandwich for everyone’’ he said and I smiled. He wasn’t a great cook but there was one thing he had mastered: Making sandwiches.

After Evan had been done with making the sandwiches, we ate them in silent and I let the story of how my parents had met come to a rest in my mind. The sandwich was great and I really enjoyed it. Aunt Charlene had made a new pot of tea and I had eagerly taken a new cup because she had made my favorite. I looked at Dylan. ‘’Where is Jack?’’ I asked. ‘’He decided that the story of your parents wasn’t something he wanted to intrude on.. So he went home this morning’’ Dylan said and I frowned a little. ‘’That is stupid’’ I said, my mouth full and I quickly swallowed. ‘’He is part of the family..’’ I said and I felt bad for this. ‘’It is okay, I told him he could stay but he really insisted on going home... We are mates and we have marked each other but we are taking the rest slow’’ Dylan said and I nodded. I could understand that, I was sure I would not let my mate mark me right away.

''Now for the sad part of today’s talk time..’’ uncle Charlie said and looked at my aunt. ‘’You were more with Patricia.. So, will you do this part?’’ he asked and she nodded. ‘’I will..’’ She responded and I could already see her eyes being watery. ‘’It all started two weeks before you were born.. Maurice had gotten several threats of a different pack but he wasn’t giving in to them like any alpha wouldn’t. Patricia was a bit worried because the threats came from a pack that used to be allies with her family’s pack but after she had gone, that pack had turned their back on their ally and tried several attacks on them.. Because Patricia was pregnant, Maurice didn’t want her to worry so she tried not too..’’ aunt Charlene said and looked at me with a small smile. I nodded and waited for the rest. ‘’Eventually the threats started to be more dangerous and your father increased the border patrol, making it harder for other wolves to come on our territory. He did everything he could to keep his pack safe but not to provoke the pack threaten him and his Luna. ‘’In the night of October the 20th to 21th, your mother called for me in the middle of the night because her water broke and she felt pain in her belly. Her labor had started and you wanted to come out. Your father brought her to me and I helped her the whole night while he sat next to her holding her hand. He was scared that he would faint if he would take a look from where I stood so he stayed next to your mothers side. I have never seen such a amazing men during the labor of his wife’’ aunt Charlene said and Charlie chuckled. ‘’No not even me, I stayed on the hall way because your aunt is quite a demanding women when she is in labor’’ uncle Charlie said. I chuckled and took another cookie to eat.

‘’When you were very close to come out, your father got a call that the other pack had started a attack on the border patrol. He got angry but also very worried for his Luna and baby girl. We decided to move your mother to a safe room with a special back entrance towards a escape route and there you were born. Your father couldn’t bear to stay in the room because he kept getting messages of his pack with mind link so he was getting very annoyed but also anxious and it distracted your mother from the heavy task at hand.’’ aunt Charlene explained and I listened carefully. Dylan and Evan both were also locked on the lips of their mother and listened carefully. It was quite funny to see them so focused.

‘’After you were born, I called in your father and he was so proud. He forgot all his worry and the nasty situation we had outside the pack house and held you in his arms. I was able to take a quick picture because it wasn’t long after he had said your name, that we all got the message that there was a ambush going on. Your father left you with your mother and me and left to help out his pack, in the hope it would all be over soon. I helped your mother and I’m still very glad that she had no complications because we had to leave quickly. She had given you to me and we used the escape route and arrived at the side of the pack house.. From there we had to get to the edge of the territory to be safe.. My brother was there with his wife waiting for us three. On the way there we had switched from who held you because you cried and were hungry. Your uncle and some of the other pack members guarded us but before we could fully cross the grass field towards the woods your mother froze because your father was killed. She gave you back to me and I got the order to run and bring you in safety, she was captured by the alpha that had ordered the attack on us. I have no clue who he was but he seemed to know her.. We just reached the border of the woods when she was also killed.’’ aunt Charlene said and tears rolled over her cheeks while speaking about this event. ‘’I.. I then went to my brother and with him we went to his pack.. Your uncle came the next morning and he was the only one that had followed us. I have no clue what happened with the rest of the Purple Moon pack’’ she concluded her story and I had not noticed I was crying until a teardrop fell on my hand.

I felt two pair of strong male arms wrap around me and hug me tight. ‘’You may not be truly our cousin.. But to us you are..’’ Dylan said and smiled. ‘’To me you are my Alpha Ashley.. I’ll follow you were you are going’’ Evan said and I smiled. ‘’Yeah I’ll start thinking of a way to test you to see which rank you will get’’ I said and even though I still had tears roll over my cheeks, I chuckled.

We all chuckled and I was happy to know the truth, I may not know who had done this to my parents and former pack but I felt determined to find out what happened to my official pack.