Dare to be WILD

Chapter 3 – The Past

*Tracy’s POV*

“She’s beautiful” I cry looking into my mates eyes “our beautiful little Carrie” I hold my baby girl tightly as I take in her new-born scent. Edwards eyes fill with tears as he reaches out to hold our new addition.

Our pack are awaiting the news as a new arrival is a big deal in the crescent pack. Our Luna Is pacing outside waiting to meet her.  “Luna Emily!” I call out. “Come in and meet your niece!” I smile as my husband smiles with pride while holding our girl for all to see.

Emily is my sister and my Luna she was mated to our alpha Mackov when she was 18. He was her soul mate but sadly they were never blessed with a child. Mackov comes in quietly after his wife and he smiles at this new treasure.

“She will do great things for our pack” he says calmly looking into our sleeping angels face. “I wish you a lifetime of happiness young one” he strokes her face with his fingers and smiles at the crowded room!

“Tonight, we celebrate the Birth of Carrie! The new babe of the pack!” the pack all cheer at the aspect of a feast. I smile as my baby is handed back to me. She begins to nuzzle into my chest.

“Alright everyone Carrie needs to feed so out you all go” I laugh as my sister scolds the crowd and shoos them all out of the hospital room. “rest up Tracey, I will bring you some food from the feast she smiles knowing that I wouldn’t plan on going”

I feed Carrie and put her back in the basket to sleep; Edwards cuddles up behind me wrapping me in his arms. I sigh as I fall asleep with my beautiful family.

We are woken by screams and the sound of fighting. Edward looks outside and his face drops “The pack is under attack. Pack up the essentials we need to leave.”

The door is flung open and a bloody Mackov is panting in the doorway. He is in his wolf form. He whimpers and then I feel his voice in my head.

“They are here for the child; we have been betrayed. Emily is dead. You need to run, Save her. The child is all that matters.” Mackov turns around and attacks something further down the hall.

“Run” I hear again this time louder.

Edward grabs Carrie and we make our escape we run down the corridor passing over bodies some we knew some we didn’t “Find the child” “We need her now” I hear from afar voices. Why do they want my baby? I cry as I run fearing that my family is going to be torn apart.  

We make it outside and the world we knew is chaos. Edward shifts and heads towards the carpark leaving me in the doorway. He pulls over in a car and I scramble in we don’t say a word.  I hold Carrie as tightly as possible as we drive away from our home.  The crescent pack has fallen, and we have fled our friends and family. I see the pain on Edwards face and know he is hurting as much as I.

We needed to save our child. She is all that matters I tell myself as I look at the building burning in the rear-view mirror.

We make it from London to the countryside of Cambridgeshire, and there we begin a new life. As humans.

We spoke about it a while going back to the pack seeing what happened but without knowing who or why we were attached we couldn’t risk it especially with Carrie.

Edward got a job working on farmland and I begin work as a secretary to make ends meet.  No one came looking for us no one questioned where we were from, we had started to settle down, make some friends and Carrie was raised with human schools and human friends her wolf was suppressed when she started to show signs at 6 years old, we gave her wolfs-bane daily and she never knew, never minded. One day we will tell her.   

Edward went out to the shop one-night Carrie was 6 and she started talking to her wolf again. The bond between us and our wolves start when you are about 6 or 7 years old and it prepares you for the change when you reach puberty. Edward was going to get more wolfs-bane from a loner two towns over I knew he would be gone for about 2 hours or more. I wasn’t worried when he didn’t come back straight away Carrie was asking why he took so long, but it was normal. True wolfs-bane is hard to come by. This loner had the best supply, picked on a full moon when fully flowered. It was the only way to keep her wolf away.  Edward would do anything to protect her even if it meant hiding her from the world she was born.

When he didn’t come home that night, I knew something was wrong. Carrie and I were his world he wouldn’t just leave or forget to call.

I left Carrie at her school and went looking for him. I had been driving almost an hour and was a few minutes away from the loners’ address when I felt as though my heart was ripped from my chest. My connection to my mate was severed. I let out a heavy sob and scream out loud. I am broken I pull the car over to the side of road as pain and grief engulf me.

I am disturbed by an old woman knocking on my window. “You a'right luv?” her northern accent shining through. She has a small yapping dog at the end of a lead that can’t seem to keep still.

“Yes” I say gruffly rubbing my eyes, “just having a bad day.” I drive off before she can question me some more. My wolf is aching to come out. I need my baby now more than ever; she is the only one that can save me now and stop my heart from completely breaking.

I pull up at the school and she runs over to me excitement in her eyes “Look mama! I caught a caterpillar” she holds out her hands to show me the vibrant green bug. And smiles at me with all her heart. “Just for you mama” she says throwing her arms around me “he is to show you I love you” I hold back my tears as I know she won’t understand todays events.  

I would go out some nights after that looking for the Loner when Carrie was at sleepovers, or parties whenever I could. I finally found him weeks later.  I questioned him about my husband, but he swore and even made a promise on the moon goddess herself that he didn’t see my husband that night. His only customer that night was another man in his late 40's probably another lone wolf.   

I felt my heart ache without knowing what happened, the Loner was kind enough to give me some wolfs-bane to take home and then some more to plant and keep myself to save me the trouble of travel. He told me to plant it on a crescent moon. And only pluck it when the moon is full.  So, I did that every month for Carrie.

It was just me and Carrie from then on, she was always finding ways to make me smile, and to help mend my heart, she never asked about her dad and I never brought it up.

One day she will know her origin and know our traditions and beliefs. But for now, ignorance is bliss and as long as she was safe everything was alright.