After Ariana made everyone a sandwich we all ate in silence everyone seem to have the same idea in there head the now what, the how are we going to get her mom back, more importantly why does the old alpha want me? “ok before we start, I just want to introduce my mate Andrei, the beta of my pack.” She smiles at him with so much pride and love I guess finding your mate would be important, but I did not live in a pack, so it was something I need to start learning more of. I always thought I would stay in the human world and just try to live a normal life, but I guess the great Luna had a different idea. “Rose, how much do you know about pack life?” this time it was Andrei speaking to me he had a powerful manly voice with a Russian accent which I knew he would have of course just by looking at him. “I know only the alpha is the leader of the community and the beta is like second in command incase of alpha not being able to be there. Then we have warriors which was what my father was in the pack and that was about it as I did not grow up in a pack, I only know the basics.” I say with a very I am a dummy please go easy on me voice so he could understand not to go all I am beta hear me roar voice in case I did not say something right. Andrei seems to get the picture of what I am saying and smiles at me “yes overall you are correct, but there is more to pack life. Pack life is more then a community we are family, and the alpha as leader puts pack before anyone, he sacrifices himself if needs be in order to protect them. Yes, we have rules as alpha command is the law basically, that is why your fathers pack was ripped apart once the alpha at that pack went rouge.” I know I had a crazy look right now because my father never told me about what had happened all I knew was they had a disagreement and left. Andrei continued “yes the alpha went made you see as werewolves we are part man part wolf, and your alpha was an incredibly old wolf. As wolfs we live long lives, we age differently till the age of seventeen when we get our wolf everything is heightened. Your parent’s alpha was different power hungry with time that hunger got to him and he started going savage. Killing anyone in his path that would defy him it shocked everyone when he found his mate. You see Rose when we find our mate it is a gift that you must treasure as finding your mate is ridiculously hard unlike your mother and father and could take many years. I waited many, many years till I finally met Ariana. I was not always the beta of her pack when I came to her pack I was in a smaller pack , but as her pack is one of the biggest packs they always expand out our pack was small so we said ok to join them. I was a mere warrior at that time when she was a child still.” I did not know what that even means wait he was how old? “wait a minute, hold up reverse right there Mr.! how hold is you saying you are? I mean if you are Ariana’s mate does that mean you found out when she was a child because not going to lie that just sounds very wrong and I’m not down for none of that Pedi stuff.” Andrei just looks at me and laughs and waves his hands saying no as he shakes his head as he kept saying “ no none of that stuff alright, the thing is you don’t get your wolf till the age of seventeen and from there you are able to find your mate. Ariana lived majority of her life in the states not back home, so I only really met her a handful of times. Ariana has always been a free-spirited soul and was always hard to ever get her to come home. That was till a month ago and we finally met, and we found each other.”