THE SIREN WOLF

CHAPTER 1: Hidden truth

Nerida stood before him, her heart pounding so hard she feared it mighty shatter before he could even speak the words. She could feel the body, the invisible thread that connects their souls together tightens as if begging him to reconsider. But his eyes were cold, void of the warmth she has once dreamed of.

" I, Dorian Ashmore, rejects you, Nerida Yara Thornecrest as my mate."

The bond snapped like a fraying rope, sending a sharp pain through her chest, she gasped clutching her ribs, but the agony wasn't just from the rejection, something inside her screamed, ancient like something that wanted to be seen but abruptly stopped. she felt it, smelled it's raw intensity power.

" I, Nerida Yara Thornecrest, accepts your rejection, Dorian Ashmore." she sees the pain that is written on his face the moment she rejects him clutching at her own chest she walks away from the ceremony, an event that she had marked as special since the start of the year. Nine days into the year, and on her 18th birthday she gets rejected.

Smelling the familiar scent of her home, a place all secrets are vulnerable and seen, a place she calls her own. Tears stream down her face as the rejection finally settles at the pit of her heart.

Her family stays in silent letting her be vulnerable in their embrace for only they know who she is and how much that rejection has shattered her heart and soul.

" Deep breaths, Yara, it's going to be alright." her dad say. settling her on his laps, seeing his daughter like that, tore at his heart. Her mother rubbing her back and soothing her with her calming nature, being the fairy wolf who can control nature. flourishing life at the tip of her fingers so she can heal the broken pieces of her daughter's heart.

" It will keep on happening for as long as everyone thinks she is an omega, dad, why do we have to care about them and their daughter look at her. all broken because he thought she is an omega."

Kaelen say, using his connection with his sister to tap into their connection and take some of the pain away, immediately feeling the pain, he let a tear drop from his eye. if he can feel this much pain imagine what his sister is going through who has the most pain.

" you know who she is, revealing it to this pack can put her in danger we are yet unaware of, and I don't want that. the alpha has been kidnapped for a year now and we don't have a lead still." Alistair Thornecrest say, his voice always carry the duty of an ancient wolf warrior. when he and his wife Seraphina moved to this pack they hid most of their powers only revealing who they were as the ancient warrior wolf and a wolf fairy.

She sobs more into her father's chest, their hidden connection wrapping at her like a blanket settling the warmth in her broken heart.

" I felt it, when he rejected me. I felt it when I knew he was my mate, my powers were awakening but they abruptly stopped and then shifted I don't know but it felt dark." she say in a low voice.

they all look at her waiting for more explanation but it clicked in their mind. she was born different from them having something they never thought one of their offspring will ever have but she was born, their son being born an ancient warrior wolf plus a fairly wolf they thought there second child was gonna inherit either one but she was so different, so different they felt her powers just before she was even born. That's why they accepted when another family from the pack who had an omega child approached them during the status reveal that they don't reveal who their child is. the all pack knew that two children where born and one of them was born an omega but they waited for the status reveal, to reveal who the omega was. it was truly shocking for the pack when they found out that the Thornecrest was the one that had an omega child seeing the lineage.

" Your wolf is ordinary, but we know that's not true, when it felt the mate bond it wanted to reveal who it is but the rejection might have stopped the transformation. we are unaware of what your wolf is." Seraphina say, her voice carrying a hint of hesitation of something she know but can't say.

" Have you asked her about it." Nerida shook her head, she has yet to tap into her other half the one only her family knows about.

A knock on the door interrupt the conversation that no one wanted to continue thankfully.

Kealen opens the door to reveal Jaxon Ashmore the future beta of Emberclaw pack. allowing him in.

" Am sorry to show up late, I just came to apologize for my brother's behavior." Nerida stand up from her father's lap and move towards Jaxon.

" it happens Beta, you don't have to apologize for anything, what happened, happened for a reason." with a forced smile that she has learned for all the pit of most the pack members show her for been born an omega in a powerful family . she wakes to her room hiding the sobs that racks her body, clutching her heart as it tore more. the bond slipping away little by little, painfully in her body. it takes at least a week or two to completely fade away, she will feel everything through their bond.

Darkness. endless and consuming. Nerida found herself standing in the void, a place where time and reality seems to fold in themselves, shadows swirled around her, moving like living creatures. whispering in a voice she could not understand. a cold wind howled through the abyss, sending a shiver down her spine.

A creature known to be only a myth even in her world erupts in the abyss like a storm swirling in the wind. hidden elements follow the creature like it's controlling them. descending at her feet's, Nerida watches with precision, seeing something so phenomenal and forgotten. she doesn't know what the creature is but she can tell from first glance it's elegance and mystical powers seeing the elements stand still like in trance, she is in awe.

" you're changing, Nerida." her voice so strong and majestic, captivating and enthralling, so beautiful. the mystical creatures chase away the elements and show her full self to Nerida. Deep aqua eyes with a moonlight silver fur that may shift to blue and silver as she show Nerida who she is.

" the rejection was only the beginning." the mystical creature eyes darken sending a chill aura down her spine. " you're awakening..... but something else stirs inside you, be careful."

Pain, she clutch her chest feeling it burn in her heart and soul. her body contort to different angles, shivering at the intensity pain, sweat trickle down her face and spine. she is burning.

like a distant whisper she hears it and grasp at it's words.

" Wake up, Nerida."

she jolt awake, sweat covering her body, the shirt clung to her body like a third skin, feeling the after math of the pain that remains like a reminder fading into the distance of her skin. she rubs it flinching at own body feeling it's still hot.

she register, her family worried faces.

" Yara, are you okay." her dad say ready to scope her in his embrace but he hesitate.

" am okay, it was just a dream." she say, she wants to believe it too... a dream or her future. she shivers at the thought.

" yeah, no kidding. thrushing and screaming in agony I almost thought someone was attacking you."

" don't say it like that, can't you see she is still scared.... what was your dream about baby." her mother say in soothing voice, patting her on the head to calm her down.

" it's nothing really, mama." she say moving away from her family.

" I will go and get changed, so we can go train." with that she heads into her bathroom to change.

looking at her reflection in the mirror, she gasps. her eyes color, the shade that looks iridescent now looks a bit like a deep aqua but as soon as she sees it, it goes away.

One week has passed since she got rejected, the mate bond is taking it's sweet time to break completely.

***

" you remember what we talked about, right." her dad ask.

" yeah, I remember." she answer her voice resolved unwavering, the promise she made her father reminding her of the danger that might tag along like lava ready to spill.

" am not pushing you, baby. you can say no okay and I can make you stay away."

Even though the pack treats her like an omega, she knows who she is and what her duties is.

The attacks has progressed, every pack is fearing for the future of their pack and Emberclaw is no different.

Alistair been an ancient warrior wolf, he has seen the future and that involves the attack that will happen to Emberclaw again. since the alpha has been kidnapped the pack has been trying to find a way to rescue the alpha and Alistair saw the way, that's why he say it fit for his daughter to be kidnapped cause no one can influence her mind linking abilities like they have done to the alpha.

" I know what I should do papa, I will do as you have said."

with that she grabs her back pack. dressed in leggings and a big hood that covers her butts pairing it with boots. her red fiery hair tied in a bun.

School is a nightmare for Nerida, not like she can't do anything about the bullying. she knows her power and what she can do, she knows she can hurt them so she endears all the bullying, at least it's not physical.

" If you tell anyone about who I am, I will ruin you." Nerida's blood boil inside her, feeling something inside crawl at her insides. normally she just wakes away and take everything in but today she feels the pull towards the bully to show them who she is.

" If you come to me again and threaten me, I will make sure to ruin you not in way you were thinking, mine will be worse." her eyes turn pitch black that it entrance Adda to her spot, Nerida walks away feeling her power sips through the pores of her skin.