Another pack, another life.

***Nensi POV*** "Nensi I've already told you it's not something you can argue about!" My dad's voice wasn't yet in his Alpha tone but wasn't far from. "Dad summer is here, school is ending in a couple of days, basically it's the best moment of the year for me and I have plans I've been planning since last autumn and I should give up all of this for a random girl coming here. I don't want to babysit anyone during summertime!! I have lots of invites, we are planning a lot of swims at the lake, Mark and Joe are already organizing a couple of evening bonfire parties and what about my birthday! I mean my 18th birthday, it's in a month! Plus Carly wants me to join her at the basic training course which is every morning except on Saturdays and Sundays!" I knew playing the card of training would be a good play, dad has always been a lot into training, as it's natural for an Alpha who is in charge of the security and the well being of his pack, and insisted with me through the years saying an Alpha's daughter should be at least a decent warrior. Being a girl doesn't have to mean be defenseless. " Are you kidding me? Years of pushing you to take a bunch of defense lessons and guess what, right this summer you have the urge to follow a whole course..." My dad started to speak with a mocking voice. "Deal then, considered yourself enrolled into the course, Brian will be happy to have you in, it starts at five in the morning and ends at half past seven, you will have plenty of time to show Elisa the Pack's surroundings, introduce her to your friends and have fun with them and her too." I looked at him in disbelief, ready to open my mouth once again but a low growl behind my back stopped me. I turned, my mother has been here, listening, the whole time; it would be slightly worse than having my dad scoffing about. "She will be here right after the end of your school, better be nice, polite, and fun with my cousin's daughter or I'll make you regret. Do you really want everyone on the other end of the world to know about your poor attitude? Do you want your poor attitude to bring shame over the Bright Moon pack?" My mum spoke with a controlled but deadly tone, staring at me with her big brown eyes and her arms crossed. In my first almost eighteen years on this planet and in this pack I have learned the hard way when it's time to close an argument with my parents and that time has come: I am screwed enough having to do that training course, I could end far worse... " Well, I suppose I have no choice" I said stiffly "now I have to check my last English paper..." and I quickly turned away to reach my room. To tell you the truth, as the school is at its closing, I have no homeworks to care about but I need an escape. Back in my room I closed the door being careful not to do it loudly or in a rude way to avoid another lecture and I sit on the edge of the bed, complaining in my head about how my summer was fu*** up. ***Charlene POV*** "I don't know how my daughter can be so sweet yet so stubborn" I say looking at my mate Karl while rolling a lock of my brown wavy hair around my finger. He smiled at me softly, the most beautiful smile I've ever seen. After almost twenty years that smile makes me still feel butterflies in my stomach. He said quietly "darling she is your copy. Your exact copy. Need I to remember you the fights you used to threw at your parents at her age??" He leaned his back against the kitchen counter. "I bet you remember you weren't happy to be your cousin's chaffeur at time, yes you grew up with her but you used to consider her a ball and chain...Then you missed her greatly when she moved on the other side of the ocean with his mate to live into his pack." " I truly hate you when you bring out the painful truth with that sassy smile!" I pouted "it's a real pity my cousin Beatrice can't come with her daughter Elisa here, her duties as the Beta female seem to be neverending...I know for sure she would be delighted to come back for a while, she's been missing for such a long time" I started to feel sad and Karl came close to me in no time. He cuddled me from behind, crossing his strong arms around my waist and putting his chin in the spot between my neck and my shoulder. " Charly I am sure she will find time sooner or later. She faced so much in the past years, the loss of a mate could kill even the stronger werewolf, it's somehow a miracle she survived and I am sure she found the will to do so just because of her daughter. No surprises she doesn't feel to travel so far, even to come in here, where she grew up. But she wants Elisa to see the places she told so much her about and we will be the best aunt and uncle that poor girl could desire and Nensi will be the most beloving cousin... If she cares about not to be confined in her room for the whole summer!" ***Nensi POV*** It's almost three pm, I have a meeting at four with Cara, my best friend, in the Pack's common room. I started brushing my hair. I have my mum's hair: wavy, the color of milk chocolate, shiny and smooth because I kinda have a sort of fad for my hair. I use every time I wash them an appropriate shampoo, a professional conditioner, I blow-dry them with lot of attention to avoid excessive heat. They are beautiful, at least that is a part of my appearance I can control... Because I'm not so much in love with all the rest. I have big brown eyes, again from mum. They're ok but they are not the crystal blue eyes Cara has, or the grass green eyes Mark and Joe, Beta's twins, share. They are just brown. I took my lips and my chin definitely from my dad: they are ok too but nothing to die for. At least I also took from him the sassy smile my mum is in love with; it saved my ass in so many occasions! I am petite, no more than 5.5 feet: it's not that much for a shewolf. I am not exactly fat but I have a ... Let's say generous bottom and a generous breast: them, along with my height, give me a sort of chubbiness I am not fond of. I started to put some makeup on, just some forest green eyeshadow and some glossy lipstick. I did my nails just few hours ago in forest green and pink alternately so, after putting on a pair of jeans and a pink t-shirt and a pair of low heel black ankle boots I was ready to go. I could use a coke before going but what if my parents were in the pack house's kitchen still? Duh, no, better be thirsty for a while! I moved, Cara hates when I arrive late, even if it's a matter of minutes, and I feel the urge to tell her how miserable I was because of the unknown cousin coming here to fuss with my summer. ***Karl POV*** I can sense the sadness of my beloved Charly when she spoke of her cousin Beatrice. Beatrice went through horrible times, his mate Giovanni has been killed ten years ago by a werewolf's hunter during a massive hunt started because some rogue messed up with humans near to Giovanni's pack. Hunters aren't the treat they were in the past centuries but in the old continent they are still a thing. Never understood why some humans can devote their whole lives to kill creatures that, nowadays, aren't a real treat to their race: sometimes happens that some rogues or occasional criminal werewolf harm humans but they commit a crime by the werewolf's law too so they are pursued and executed by werewolf's justice. There is no need to kill every single werewolf you meet, there is no need to hunt them all... But often werewolf hunting is a sort of family tradition and youngers are somehow compelled to follow this tradition, even if they have never seen a werewolf harming someone. "Charly, I swear the moment I will end to set all the pack duties I am on we will take a couple of weeks to go to San Prospero. No hunter or any other treat popped out in the past ten years, I think it's safe enough to pay a visit, don't you think?" My Charly smiled "Really? It would be wonderful...I really wished to go there when all that sh** happened to pay our respects to Giovanni and his pack but it was way too dangerous...But I think you're right, it's time to move on, just cross your finger your daughter won't ruin all by being a stubborn assh***!" I smirked while she was still in my arms " Oh so now she is MY daughter, uh??" I was kissing her chocolate brown hair when a little cough from the open door came. "Good afternoon Alpha Karl, good afternoon Luna Charlene. Luna may I ask you some minutes? I would like to check with you the menus for the next weeks as I know we will host a special guest for a while and I want to be sure she will enjoy what we will offer". Roseanne is the Omega in charge of the kitchen organization: she is meticulous and very clever and runs our kitchens and our meals as smooth as silk. The funny thing is she isn't able to cook an egg in a pan or make a toast, not even to save her own life... She's all about organisation but the kitchen staff is skilled and together they can feed about 450 hungry werewolves three meals a day, seven days a week. I am so grateful my guys and gals work so well. ***Charlene POV*** My sadness for my cousin Beatrice took me off of guard but Karl knows how to make me rejoice! I was ready to bring him upstairs to show him some love when Roseanne asked for my attention. She was right, we have to set up a good set of meals, the Moon Goddess knows you can't host an Italian and serve him or her mediocre food! "Of course Roseanne, let's go to my office, we need a very good plan, I was thinking to make some changes to our menu routine, I would like to insert at least one or two Italian dishes in every meal so my niece can find something to eat for sure everytime." I had a blank stare from Roseanne, I felt like I was missing something then I hear Karl: "Charly, my dear, I am sure Elisa will find something to eat anyway, even if you don't insert Italian dishes in every meal...I mean it's not we eat monkey's brain or beatles...We live near Bangor, we are in North America not in the deep of the Amazonian forest" I immediately felt Roseanne relaxing " Yes, well, Luna... I am not sure who in the kitchen can cook a decent Italian and even if someone can I don't think he will have a repertoire of dishes so huge to make different dishes every day..." Well, ok, I am doing the Lunazilla, the Luna's version of a bridezilla. The visit of my niece make me feel a little nervous, I just want everything be perfect for her and, I have to admit, I am as scared as hell of what she would say once home again. I know Karl knows that, he already took the reins to control my exploits. I am so blessed!