Alpha Serina

episode 8

Jack pov

My sister was mated I mean not with a mark or anything like that yet but she found her mate. It had been twenty four hours since we both met our mates, I was a little disappointed that she didn’t tell me but more scared for her than ever. Our dad expected her to be mated to a male a nice man that was maybe a beta at most. He didn't like the idea of her being in high levels of danger seeing as that was what most Lunas were. Having power meant having more enemies going after you to get to an Alpha and possibly risk the lives of an entire pack.

Dad didn’t look down on the gay mates that happen for the most part but I could tell he wasn’t happuy for them either and that bothered me. Sure I’m straight and have Lily as my mate but I never for a second thought that the goddess made mistakes with mates. You get someone meant for you to be loved for your entire life.

I looked at my dad who glared at Jessica’s seat. I guess he thought it was inappropriate for her to leave first but no one else seemed to care in fact everyone besides Serina seemed to be having a good time. I want to talk to my sister but I have to wait till everyone else is ready to go, not wanting to piss my father off even more than he was.

It had been an hour and everyone was on their way to go home to sleep. I told Lily goodnight and grabbed Serina’s arm and dragged her with me to the back of the pack house seeing as no one noticed.

“So my sister really?” I asked trying to be stern but failing almost causing Serina to laugh I was glad she didn’t though.

“Goddess chose and I couldn't have picked anyone better.” Serina said with a slight smile.

“You can’t tell anyone, she isn’t ready yet and she is waiting for you to say how you feel. Not that it really matters to me but I want her to be happy.”

“ I don’t care who her mate is as long as they treat her right and love her, that said if you make her cry I don’t care what rank you are I will make your life hell.” I said completely serious. No one hurts my baby sister.

I was surprised to see her smile at that. She was happy that I was threatening her? It made me feel so confused but I decided that I needed to talk to my sister more than I needed to question why her mate was smiling at being threatened.

I ran home and almost fell on my face on the stairs but I made it to her door, then I knocked and waited for her to answer.

Jessica pov

I heard three knocks on my door and even though I knew I didn’t want to answer it because I just woke up, I knew I had to. I could feel my brother behind the door.

I got up and opened my door. My brother walked in and went and sat on my bed.

“So you have an extremely powerful mate.” Jack said with a small laugh trying to lighten the mood but I couldn’t be forced to feel any better, I felt numb and it wasn’t because I had been awake for only a minute.

“Just go ahead and tell me how disgusted you are and go to your own room or better yet tell mom and dad so they both can hate me as well.” I knew my tone was a bit harsh but I didn’t care how he felt wasn’t nice to me but you didn’t hear me telling him to feel different.

“No sis I don’t think you are disgusting how could you think I felt that way? You can’t help who you are mated to and even if you could I can tell that Serina truly cares so much about you and only wants you to be happy.” Jack said, grabbing my hand. I looked at him puzzled. I don’t understand.

“I thought…” I really couldn't find the words and Trixie was just wagging her tail happy that our brother didn’t care.

“I can’t believe you thought so lowly of me. I'm so so hurt, sister,I am your brother!” He was trying to do an accent that I couldn’t in the slightest understand because it was changing with each word the entire time he talked but I was happy that he was joking with me and that I could tell that it didn’t bother him. It took a minute but I got it now.

“Anyways it is late and I’m exhausted so bye Jes, and goodnight. Tell your mate to watch her back, I already warned her but I mean it if she makes even one tear fall down your face she’s done for.” He whisper yelled the last part after he was already almost to his room.

Three days later

I realised I felt so much more powerful after Jake and I talked a few nights ago and Serina has spent most of her days watching and talking to coven and pack members all alike about how it has been to be so close to each other and to be as close to each other like we are.

She has put me on stricter training with her gamma Lilly seeing as she had Luckas sending messages to the other packs with much ergency. She is worried about the prophecy and I haven’t grown as much as we had all hoped.

“Come on hit me harder! Like if I were a vampire aiming for Serina!” Lily yelled at me, all she had to do was say that there was a chance of Serina getting hurt and all I saw was red. My body moved on its own moving fast and hard.

I was faster than I had ever been. My anger and protectiveness over my mate was helpful in that aspect but wasn’t a good thing in order to control myself. I didn’t mean to hit her so hard. I had come in and sent her flying with a powerful hit to the stomach so hard and fast she hit a nearby tree with her head making her collapse because she was knocked out by everything.

I was numbed, I watched Luckas run to her with an angered look followed by my brother running and picking his mate up. If he didn’t have that talk with me a few days ago I would have mistook the look of anger and disgust as because of my mate, instead it was because of what I did to him. I was surprised he didn’t come beat the s**t out of me for what I did. He took her away out of my view but I knew he was taking her to the hospital, most likely for our dad to look over him.

I doubled over and started crying, I didn’t feel bad for myself instead for Lily. She was just trying to help and my rage got the best of me and I had hurt her, flashes of Serina’s arm from the first night came into my mind and I cried harder. I had done nothing good for others instead all I felt I had done was hurt. I was supposed to be this mystical protector sent from the goddess to save everyone from the pain of death instead I had done the opposite of being helpful.

I don’t remember yet again running off instead of dealing with my problems but by time I realised where I was it wasn’t the training grounds instead it was an abandoned house. It looked warned by the weather and yet I could feel the reminisce of a happy family that had lived here maybe a decade or more ago. The vines covering the sides of the house indicated that I was close to its age of vacancy. I walked inside the first few floor boards creaking violently with my footsteps connecting with them. I saw that there was a fireplace that had some pictures on the shelf of it, though they were covered with dust and the frames had rusted. I picked one up in my hands and blew the dust away as much as a breath could and seeing as it didn’t completely clean it so the picture was visible I grabbed the corner of my tanktop and wiped the rest of the dust off. I saw a woman and a small boy. I’m guessing the mom at about the age of thirty with slight smile wrinkles showing and the boy in a suit no older than five holding her hand and a teddy bear in one arm. I smiled seeing a happy mother and son duo made me feel better.

Then I sat it down and repeated the cleaning process as the other one to reveal another photo, only this time it was the father and a daughter maybe just a few weeks old his face pointed at the small girl wrapped in a pink swaddle and big brown eyes staring back at him, my heart truly melted at the photos. I decided to set that photo back down as well and moved on. The furniture had white sheets on them almost like they knew they were leaving. I got into the kitchen and was shocked.

There was an island and it was made of marble. It looked dusty but otherwise in great shape. A refrigerator that’s door was ajar but revealed nothing inside. The cabinets were a murky looking brown. Overall it didn’t look the worse for it’s age, not very modern but not bad. There was a door leading to outside that was made of oak that I refrained from opening seeing as I wanted to explore. Only the sound of a few sniffles here and there would remain. I walked back into the living room wanting to explore the upstairs. The stairs creaked louder than the few panels in the front of the house that had done so earlier. I walked upstairs for there to be a hallway with four doors. I went in the first one on my left and it was a bathroom that was a nice size. I walked back out and went to the other door on the left, It was the master bedroom. A queen size bed relaxed in the middle of the farthest wall from the door, a large window straight in the middle of the room, sunshine peeking through the old curtains. I was happy to see there was a closet on the wall close to the door that had nothing in it. The idea of clothes remaining had bothered me deeply. I left that room, wondering what happened to the family.

The door on the right straight across from the master appears to be the room of the boy I had seen in the photo, a green painted wall with a small bed, a step in closet(not big enough to walk around in but big enough to turn around a few times in) and dresser as the only really noticeable thing. I walked to the final room to see a baby’s room with a crib and teal painted room. I was going to walk into the closet to make sure it was empty when I looked out the small window that peered into the backyard. I couldn’t help the gasp that left my mouth, it was beautiful with a miniature lake as the view. I walked back down and saw that I missed a room.

I walked in and could immediately smell the death. I wish I hadn't looked, at the table was the body of each of the family members besides the baby girl, the young boy had a hand on the table while the other was hanging. The mother had her head on the table and the father didn’t even have a head. I screamed loud, so loud that a few minutes later the border patrol was there gapping at what I was staring at. No one being able to say an audible thing, I couldn't tear my eyes off of the family. Soon enough The alpha and Serina were there.

Serina took me out of the house and was trying to get me to talk to her about something but I couldn't say a word or understand what she was saying.

How could almost an entire family be killed and not noticed or moved. What happened here and why did no one ever hear of this?