Destined by the moon

Homeland

I pull into my mum's driveway, smelling the air the smell of home. There she is waiting for us on her porch where she sits in her little rocker drinking coffee every morning.

I pull up and run out, slowly taking in her new age lines, cringing I've been away so long. I pull her in.

"hey mama, I missed you"

"Oh, baby get here how I missed you, look at you.. you look all grown up.

"I have two very special people I'd love for you to meet, I say with the biggest grin"

"Ahhhhh let me at them, my mother screams" I open the door and Wyatt jumps out and runs straight to her, jaxxy slowly gets out and clumsily runs over... he's never been good on his feet, apparently a little like me.

I lift jaxxy up and pull my mum and Wyatt into the biggest hug I could, "mama these are the boys Wyatt & Jax.. who have been very excited to meet you." I know my smile meets my eyes just as my mothers does... let's get inside and get unpacked whilst I cuddle my babies, my mother says skipping into the house with the boys in hand.

I laugh to myself and head to unpack, I find my room just as I left it... I unpacked the boy's room next door in their little bump beds, cringing at how sharing a room will go. I looked at the clock,

"s**t I've been doing this forever"

Running down the stairs I stop to see the boys sleeping soundly on mum, she's looking attentively at their faces.

"Cmon mum, help me carry them up"

"Jax is a heavy little sir isn't he, my mother laughs as she carries him"

"Yes, he's definitely a monster" I laugh.

I sit on the porch, mother comes out with two hot cups of coffee and her nightly spliff, common thing here.. well for wolves, mothers just adopted the habit.

"I missed you, I'm so glad am here" I say as I soak my mother in.

"Me too baby girl, I can finally sleep now knowing your safe from that prick"

"Motherrrrr" I laugh off.. but also knowing I'll sleep better too, this has been a journey to get here, to say the least.

"You need to go see your father, the guards will have said to him you've arrived."

"I know, ugh" I sigh, dreading telling him about the divorce and that my ex-husband had gone a little cray-cray.

"He would be happy anyways you know that he wants you to find your mate or be with a wolf.. you have strong genes Ellie and you know it. I can feel the power of you and I'm human, your dads gonna feel it too."

"Have you seen auntie Sylvia?"

"Yes we had lunch today, so grateful for her she's been great even though she's your father's sister. But someone also needed to teach you the ropes huh"

"Hahahaha, now mother those wolfs in there have had loads more training than I ever had, and you know I left that when I declined to be in the pack."

"If he asked you to join again, would you?"

"Mother he might shun us after this evening" I laugh, and get up to head to the woods. "I'll go see dad, you okay with the boys?"

"Yes of course, why don't you get a run in afterwards" mother smiles at me.

"Ohhh yes most definitely" I shout back, I turn and smile as I breathe in home, just behind my mothers house is a dense forest, a forest I grew up in and just on the borders of dads land. I cross over, automatically taking in all the scents around me. I come closer and closer to the packhouse, wolves now noticing me, the alpha's daughter who's never to be seen. I take one look at the packhouse and shake my head, "it's gotten much bigger" I say under my tongue.

"Knock knock"

At this point, I am dying to turn around and head back, just as I turn I hear the door open.. and with one whiff I could tell it was him, the man I haven't seen in 10 years.

"Hi Ellie"

I cringe, I slowly turn around and take in a glance of my father. Tall, tan blonde and blue-eyed... I'm a spitting image of my dad, I realised this a lot more as I stand there and take him in. I can tell he does too.

"Hi Daddy"

Within seconds I'm engulfed, "oh I'm so glad to see you, I've missed you, tell me everything" he says as he pulls back with tears in his eyes. "Now now alpha don't cry I say as I smile and pull him in one more time."

"So, what have I missed, I've been talking to your mother and she isn't telling me anything.."

"Well, dad I think it's best if we sit whilst I spill the tea."

I follow dad through to the living room, seeing photographs of his family and even myself in through some, I sit opposite dad.

"Soooo, umm.. me and Jack are getting a divorce.. well we are divorced and have been for two years. I've gone through a lot to finally get here and be safe, I know it may be upsetting but am okay and I've two grandchildren who can't wait to meet you, I blast out in what feels like one breath.

I see my dad starting to boil, "he hurt you?"

This is what I was afraid of, admitting.

"Dad I'm okay now and that's all that matters, I'm home and thinking of staying home. How awesome would that be? Having your grandbabies so close!"

Dad gets up and lifts me into a big hug, "when can I see them?" He says. Is tomorrow morning okay? I beam out excited for them to meet! "YES" dad shouts. I see Jolene, dads mate. She rushes over and envelopes me. I have had no hard feelings for Jolene at all, she is my dads mate. Even mother respects it.

"Hi jojoooo, long time no see hey" I smile.

"Oh my goodness, you're a grown woman Ellie.. I look at her as her eyes water, "stop that now Jolene no tears" I say as I tower over her.

"Definitely got your fathers height" she laughs.

"And the smell of alpha if I also do say so"

"Daaaaaadddd, no more of that!"

"Hey you could meet your mate now, you never know."

I cringe.

"Okay, so less of that" my father says.

"Time for myself now dad, to grow and learn. Take a little me time.. I am only 26"

"Have you been for a run yet?" Jolene pipes in.

"No I haven't, but I'm gonna go straight after here."

"I'll join you, I've never got to run with my little girl"

I smile, "I'll beat you tho"

I turn around and see my dad smile and for once, I feel content.