The Phoenixs lost beginning

My pack, my rules... right?

Paxton

I wasn't ready to go down and deal with whatever the issue was this time. From what I saw it looked like a female found her way into our hideout, and she was able to handle her own. The sight of Asher curled into a ball was disconcerting, and Exos was just staring on as if suddenly he was the happiest person in our dimension. I'll have to figure out what his malfunction is later though. Because,she has Andrew at what… is that a f*****g flaming sword?! She had a flaming sword held to my half vampires throat. I saw my beta Titus attempting to engage her, possible distraction. As I readied myself to jump her sword went into the earth. So instead of jumping down I jumped a few trees closer so I could see better what was going on. The words were still too muffled to make out but her gestures weren't. The sword vanished with a wave of her hand and she opened her arms in a show of welcome, as if this was her place to begin with. Thinking of that how the f**k did she get passed our wards without breaking them. I know they are intact because I felt them as I flew in.

When I looked back down she was rubbing Ash's belly and he seemed rather thrilled, while Andrew if I had to guess was ranting for who knows what reason. Seemed she thought it was rather bland too, he must have noticed the far away look in her eyes and decided to make her pay attention. He threw a right hook, she noticed it but didn't budge an inch letting it hit her straight on. Her form remained calm while he became tenser. He began pacing back and forth as if owing to terms with something. He looked up towards me and I swear I almost fell out of the tree. His eyes weren't red so he wasn't hungry, lucky for her. They were silver which means his reaper side was making an appearance, not so lucky for her. She, O she was panicking over his eyes trying to get away. Then everything I know was rewritten. That b***h created a f*****g portal and teleported out of a securely warded area. I looked at my team to see if they saw it, half of them looked surprised while the other two didn't. Well I found out how she got in… at least. Then another bomb hit as I looked at them individually. 

Ash was the happiest I'd ever seen him preening like the cat that got the canary. Prancing around the others flocking her scent to them. She's his mate.

Exos wouldn't have looked more shocked if he'd been hit by lightning. So something unheard of happened down there. That I needed to figure out.

Titus stood there looking dumbstruck looking at where she portaled out at. Seeming way too interested in her for his own good, consisting she was already his brother's mate.

My eyes finally landed on Andrew who had a plea twinkling in his eyes. He had stopped pacing and was probably trying to catch my attention. All he did was mouth 'she's my blood mate. Help'. 

At that I did fall from the tree, I landed somewhat gracefully. I stalked towards my pack. "What the f**k was that" seemed to be the only words that would come out of my mouth.

Everyone who had looked comfortable a moment ago straightened up now that I was physically here instead of watching from a distance. Something just kept nagging at me but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. A deep breath helped clear some thoughts but made others arise. Like why almost all my brothers smelled like… mate?! 

Is it possible? Could she be all of ours? "Do any of you know what the girl is?" I asked distractedly. 

Everyone shot questionable looks towards each other expectantly. 

Titus moved forward to speak but Exos beat him to the punch. "No clue what her basis is, but she's playing with hells and heavens flames. She can also conjure up a glamor." He trailed off at the bewildered looks coming at him. "She has tattoos lining her upper back, I couldn't make out what they were. They kept flickering in and out of view. That has to be a glamor…"

"s**t, she has tattoos. Fucckkkk, they aren't what they seem, they are life markings" Titus cut in. "Glamor I'm not so sure about but what I'm positive about is she is mother f*****g phoenix. Our kills are displayed as if they are tattoos, but in reality they are set to mark the loss of life by our hands. Also, the color kinda does matter a lot". 

Questions started flying through my mind. No one really hears much about the inner systems of the phoenixs. They could keep a secret like they could burn. With a heavy sigh, I turned to Exos to demand some answers, but he took over then. "There are at least half a dozen visible, but there could have been more under her tank. They were a handful of different ones. A few looked similar, they were hard to pick out from the distance and them being semi-visible." As it was being said Titus paled I couldn't wait for him to explain why that wasn't okay.

Titus fidgeted awkwardly at the stares boring into asking for an explanation. Clearing his throat he muttered "they are f*****g kills. Each kill takes the shape of what it was… for example if she killed a dragon it will shape its as such. The color represents what she felt at the time. The worst color it could be would be black. They are the most hunted of us all, by people like the mafia or the dark twisted Alphas. Just because they lack feelings. Rumor is that they are soulless and can't feel a mate bond at all."

That got practically all our attention. Asher stopped strutting around weaving her intoxicating scent through our noses, as if to entice to let her join. Even when she's not here, she is now in what appears to be all our thoughts. He transformed back into a man and said what all of us were thinking. "You think Mia can't feel? That's why she didn't accept my mate bond?

 I know that Andrew's face twisted into a nasty sneer that mine probably replicated. "Little foxy thinks he's found his mate doesn't he?! Well she is mine and blood doesn't lie!" Exclaimed Andrew proudly ready to go to war over her with him after everything they've been through.

I couldn't let that happen, it would destroy so much. So I shouted " she's my mate also you f*****g dunderheads. From what I saw the only reaction she gave to any of you was by rubbing Ash's belly." That quickly got their attention away from each other's throats. "Look Titus has claimed she is phoenix shifter, from what I've been told that the only way for them to have a baby is if both parents are phoenixes. I know we all saw with our f*****g eyes s**t that I've never heard that phoenixes could do. Whatever is wrong with her is major. She didn't even seem to feel a species bond with Titus. So Titus, is the s**t Mia pulled a phoenix trait or am I wrong about the parent thing". We all need to be rational here. Fighting within us won't help us solve her mysteries and claim her.

Titus burst out laughing, like a crazed maniac. "Yo-uu think w-ee are f*****g craaa-zzyy man" he spit out between laughing. "Alpha, we have regular fire and decent control. Everything she did was beyond what I've ever seen done. Her flames were so abnormal I've never seen anything like them before. On top of the stunt she pulled the entire forest should've burned down yet nothing not even our f*****g vampire was even singed. Do you know how impossible that is?! It's hard enough to make flames without transforming but here she is doing it as if it's easier than walking. Then teleporting in and out of warded areas, she's something else. " as if remembering what he was asked he stopped for a second before continuing. "You're right though, phoenixes can only produce an heir with another phoenix… we need answers and she seemed willing to give them. We have to try, no matter what". With that my beta made eye contact with everyone to convey we were in it together. Receiving nods from all including myself, I chose a great beta.