Full Moon Defenders

Chapter 2

Aurora's Pov present

I don’t know who I really am. I have no roots. My life started when James Asmi took me under his wing and brought me to his home. He gave me a house, a family , a purpose….a life. He was a real father to me and the connection between us was very strong, even if blood was not what pulled us together. He never told me anything about who I was, where I was coming from. Every time I asked him those questions he was answering me with the same sentence: “You will know all you need to know at the right time”. And I trusted him with that. I had great respect and admiration for him. He gave me everything I needed. Thanks to him, I grew up into a confident and strong woman. I knew how much he loved me and how much he protected me from everything and everybody, because even though I never heard anybody talking bad about me, I always knew how they felt around me. Nobody knew the truth about my identity except from the man who raised me. There was always this big question mark above my head, this mystery about my identity that made people feel suspicions about me. And I understood them perfectly. We weren’t leaving easy times. The Full Moon Pack was trying its best to keep itself safe living isolated from the world. I am sure that many of them think that I was a danger. They didn’t even know what kind of beast was inside of me…if there was any.

They were all werewolves, threatened by Lycans and vampires by nature and afraid of witches because ….well, every creature was afraid of witches.

I’ve learned a lot about all of them from my father. He told us, my brother and I a lot of stories about them, but my favorite source of info was the impressive library that my father had. The stories were my brother’s favorite way of learning. After every bedtime story , he played the good guy’s role the next day in the morning and forced us all to play his game. None of the pack kids could say no to the alpha’s son, but I could. Many times I had to hide from him because of those stupid games. They didn’t offer me any joy. I preferred to spend time in the woods with the birds, enjoying nature's beautiful sounds and its magnificent landscapes. There was a spot that I found near the lake. It was on a small cliff with very old and weird trees that I could rest my back on watching the lake spreading to the horizon. Sometimes I just stay there watching the horizon or read my father’s books. It was my favorite spot and it was only mine. I wasn’t afraid of being alone in those woods. I have been taught that nature is our ally, not our enemy. I just have to show it the respect that it deserves. Somehow, I felt this strong bond between us like a call. I couldn’t explain it well, but I felt like my soul was the core of nature itself.

For many years, that place was known only by me until my annoying brother found it.

“Aha, so here is where you hide when you want to get away from us”. His voice took me by surprise. I thought that I was alone like usual. But I should have expected that from him. Anyway, he started to be quite annoyed by me, missing a lot from the events in the pack. Of course, the day when he decided to actually follow me came. It took him some time though . I thought this was going to happen a long time ago but actually it took him 3 years.

“Can I sit near you, little sis? “ he asked me, taking a sit near me on the grass.

“You are already sited , have you noticed that, big bro?” I was a little bit pissed but I pretend that I was more just because I know who much he likes to piss me off.

He offered me that tricky smile and he asked me:

“What are you doing here all by yourself? Aren’t you scared?”

“Scared?? Of course not. Have you forgotten what our father taught us?” I asked, surprised by his question.

“Of course I haven’t, but I thought you did. None of the girls from the pack dare to go alone so far away from the pack house. “

“But I am not any girl from the pack. Plus, I am not here alone , defenseless.” I answered him with so much pride in the voice that he could not miss it.

“Oh ,really?? Tell me sister, are you seeing someone in these woods behind my back? “ his voice changed in a second and he stood up, searching for someone somewhere near us. His reaction made me laugh.

“Relax, big boy! I’m not dating anybody. Who the hell from the pack will want to date me? Be reasonable, brother. I am here with my best companion.“ At that exact second, my friend came sitting on my shoulder. My brother’s face was worth millions. He never expected that.

“That’s an owl. How did you make it do that? Did you train the bird?” he asked with a very surprised face.

“No. It just came alone one day and sat on my shoulder. I did nothing. Do you like her? Her name is Mika”.

“Mika ?? And why are you so sure that it’s a she and not a he?”

“Because she told me. ” I answered him, whispering like what I was telling him was a secret.

“Oh, come on. You are not actually thinking that I am going to bite that, aren’t you?”

I laughed so loudly that he actually got upset at me. I could simply continue making fun of him, but I preferred not to cross the line.

“I figured it out thanks to the books that I read every single day since I learned how to read, Alex. You do know that we have such things in the castle, right?” I continued to provoke him.

“Of course I know that,” he said, laughing so loudly that my bird flew away. “But just to make sure, where did you say it was?”

We both started to laugh. Of course, he knew where the library was. He knows everything, every millimeter in that pack, but he preferred to play my game. We always got along very well. He was all I had left after my father died. He had always been there for me like I was for him. I knew him very well but there were things about me that he wasn’t aware of, like the fact that I could actually communicate with birds. But I could not share that with him because I wasn’t sure how he would take it.

“You haven’t answered my question, sis.” He told me after we managed to finally stop laughing.

“I told you. There are books about…”

“Not that one. What are you doing here alone?” he asked me and by the look in his eyes I knew that he wasn’t waiting for another joke.

“ I just want some time for myself. Here it is so peaceful and I can think about my stuff without anybody interfering.”

“Thinking about what?”

“Many things, but right before you barged into my personal space, I was thinking about what could I offer to the future alpha of the Full Moon Pack as a gift for his big day” I answered him, looking into his eyes with an innocent smile on my face.

“ I don’t like the fact that you are alone so far away from the pack and it is not the first time that I've been following you. I have been doing it for years and you had no clue about it. I am forbidding you to come to this place again all by yourself. It is not your brother speaking to you but your Alpha. Understood?” I was shocked by this disclosure and my smile vanished.

“Excuse me, I think I misunderstood something. Could you….”

“You heard me very well. The fact that you never knew that you have been followed and watched all this time ,it means that you are incapable of detecting any danger and, of course, not to mention your advanced fighting skills. From now on, you will not leave anywhere without my permission.”

I was still looking at him absolutely convinced that I had a hearing issue. That was not my brother speaking. It was a tough guy who had the wrong feeling that he could control my will.

“Brother, I think that all these preparations for the big day have twisted your mind. I can perfectly understand the pressure, but that doesn’t mean that….” I couldn’t even finish my sentence. He approached me and held me by my shoulders.

“In 2 days I will be the alpha of this pack. I will have the time and mind filled with tones of things. I will not be able to look after you like a babysitter anymore. I promised my dad that I will protect you with my life. The pack is my legacy, my responsibility. So please, stop acting reckless and listen to what I say.” Understood?” he was looking into my eyes waiting for an answer. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. He took it as a “yes” instead.

“Good. Now let’s go back”.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me after him.

At the beginning I wasn't really realizing what was happening but when I finally pulled myself together I stoped walking and tired my hand from his.

" I don't want to go back now. You can go ahead and I will come when I will decide."

" I don't have time for this. Haven't you heard what I told you earlier? I don't want you to spend time alone, in the woods, far away from home." he told with his hand resting on his hips.

"I am not coming and you can't make me" I answered him putting my hands on my hips too.

After staring at me a few seconds, he threw me over his shoulder without a word.

I started heating him on his back ,screaming to put me down but all I received instead was a slap on my ass. Did he really did that?? Did he really slapped my ass? I was in shock. What's gotten into him? I didn't know exactly how to react to that.

" If you will hit me one more time,I will hit your ass again." And there was my answer. I stopped moving and struggle but what I couldn't stop was my mouth.

" You will not get away with this, brother. You can't force me to do anything against my will. Do you hear me? I will never stop doing what I want ,when I want".

" We will see about that. From now on, you will ask for my permission anytime you want to leave the house. You will never go anywhere again all by yourself."

" Oh, really??!! And who is going to watch me? One of the many fans that I have in the pack? Nobody will ever escort me anywhere and you can't stay stick to me like a chewing gum. Just drop it. It's ridiculously what you are trying to do."

He didn't reply to that because he knew I was right. Nobody in the pack will ever take care of my safety. What they really wanted was exactly the opposite. I was better off alone than escorted by someone from the pack.

We remained silenced until we reached home. I expected him to put me down in front of the door but he didn't. He continued to carry along the way to the kitchen room.

" Olivia, please hand me the keys of the rooms".

I couldn't see Olivia's face because I wasn't facing her but for sure she was just surprised as I was.

" The keys?? For what? " I suddenly asked.

"There you have ,Alpha." Olivia handed him the keys and we were back on the way to my room.

He opened the door, placed me on the ground and like an mouse disappointed behind the door.

Does he really think that he will get away that easy? I thought hiding to open the door to go after him. But in that exact moment I heard the noice. So ,this is why he asked for the keys.

" Unlock the door, brother or I swear you will regret it!"