Chapter 1
Madeline's POV
"Maddy, can you come here please love." my mom just came through the front door carrying a lot of grocery bags. I ran towards her and took everything from her.
"Mom, I told you not to carry anything. I will do anything you want me to do, all you have to do is just call me and I will be there." my eyes started to water.6 months ago we found out that my mom had a brain tumor and the doctor told us that they couldn't operate on her. f**k that they should've just said we are just too poor for them to help us. I wanted to call my dad, but mom wouldn't let me. Even to this day, I don't know why we had to pack our things and leave. Mom refused to tell me anything, all I knew was that I would never see my dad again, my best friend Megan. I bet she is still beautiful. I wonder what her wolf looks like.
"Maddy, you need to stop treating me like a child, and please stop crying already. How do you still have tears after 6 months of crying? When you see me, all you do is cry. Sweetie, please do mommy a favor and stop crying, okay." she wiped my tears off and I could still bring myself to stop? How would I live my life without her, and look at her being all brave when I’m a mess. I need to stop.
"Okay mom, I’m sorry, I have to go to training. I love you mom". I gave her a kiss on the cheek and bolted out of the house. I was already late for training and the alpha would be pissed at me.
As soon as I got inside, I was welcomed with a punch in my shoulder, it sent me straight out of the door.
"Whoever the f**k thought they could punch me and get away with it has another thing coming". The minute I finished that sentence, alpha Max was already in front of me. Oh s**t, how I wanted the ground to open up and just swallow me whole, no need to leave anything, just take all of me because I am already dead.
"Wow, I would like to see what you are going to do to that person" he said with a smirk. How he loved to flirt with me. I have been telling him time and time and again that's never going to happen.
"I'm sorry alpha" I bowed and waited for him to dismiss me, but nothing, this pervert just stood there and stared at me, arg disgusting.
"Maddy, come quick, it's your mother" Celia came running from. I don't know where. Celia is my younger sister.
"Ce breathe, what happened to mom?" I could see the panic in her eyes, and I knew it was bad, I just knew it
"Rogues, mom, forest, hospital" she managed to say in between sobs. I felt my stomach drop, I had this feeling to run, I don't know how or when my wolf took place but she knew I wasn't strong enough to pick myself up. I just let her take charge, she ran towards the hospital. On my way, I just prayed for my mom to be okay.
"Aunt Silvia, where is my mom?" I looked at her teary eyes. She has been my mom's best friend since we got here, and she has been there for us ever since. She started approaching me and it looked like she wanted to cry but she was holding it in. I backed away from her.
"Aunt Silvia, please, where is my mom? The tears stopped flowing through my eyes, my mom had to be okay, my mom is fine. Yes, I just need to see her and take her home. I smiled at myself.
"Honey, I’m sorry. Your mom wandered through the woods and the pack's patrol found her being attacked by a rogue. They fought it off and killed him. When they got here, she was already gone", she started sobbing. I gave her a dumbfounded look.
"No, you are wrong. My mom is fine. I was with her less than 2 hours ago, and I saw her. YOU ARE WRONG" I don't know what they say about grief, but this was not grief because my mom can't be dead.
"Maddy, I’m scared, I want mom. How will we survive without her? What are we going to do? Maddy?" my head was spinning, I couldn't breathe, I could process all of this, I refused to believe that mom was no more. I remember aunt Sil asking me if I wanted to see her. I just followed her into the cold room. As soon as I saw the bracelet that I made her when I was 12 years old, I knew my world had just come to a stop. I moved so fast to look at my mom, I wanted to cry but I had no tears left. I was so angry at the world, at the patrols, how did a rogue enter our territory without them noticing them? What were they doing? I was so pissed, all I could see was red, I wanted blood, I wanted someone to blame for this and then I remembered my little sister, Oh Ce. I walked out and went to look for my sister, and I found her crying by the door. I wanted to cry with her, but I guess I have been grieving for our mom since I heard about her diagnosis. Now I must be a grown up and be there for her. Ah s**t. This is going to be hard for both of us.
We went straight back to my house only to be reminded of my dead mother. Her scent was everywhere, I saw her everywhere. This is not how I pictured my life. I thought I would find my mate as I turned 16 but, oh, was I wrong, so wrong, because now we are approaching 19 in 2 months, he was either dead or... No, we can't be thinking about him f*****g around right. No, we cannot have that.
“Hey Maddy, there is something that I have to tell you”. Aunt Silvia was starting to scare me now. I had just buried my mom and now I have stuff to figure out and here she is with the talking stuff.
“Can we do it tomorrow, please? I really need to sleep”, I pleaded with her, but she was not having it.
“Honey, this cannot wait. Your mother wanted me to tell you something.” Okay, now she has my attention,” You have to go back to your dad”.
Wait, shut the f**k up, hell fucken no, I am not going there. Why should I go there?
“But I don’t even remember him. Celia was still a baby when we left. She didn’t even know dad. How can we go back there? No, I will find a job and take care of her”.
“But your mom made a promise to your dad that she would have you if anything ever happened to her. Now it is time and she made me promise her that I would make sure you went back home safely”. She knew something. She wasn’t telling me everything.
“Okay, but only after you tell me why or else I am not going.” I was pretty stubborn and she knew I wouldn’t go if she didn’t come out with it.