Alpha's Rebirth Twisted Mate

06

Vanya

It hasn’t been easy adjusting to this new life, almost everything is new to me and there are days where I’m having a hard time keeping up. It has taken time getting used to having a wolf but I am loving it.

I never imagined that I would ever get one, always resigned myself to being a freak of nature like most of my pack mates used to call me, but now that I have Eclipse with me I can’t stop myself from going for runs every single chance I get.

Running in her form left me feeling free and rejuvenated as if nothing and no one can get to me. Feeling the wind as I ran brought me a lot of peace, peace that I desperately needed given the chaos that was awaiting me.

I still hadn’t managed to figure out who it was that was after the royal family and why but I somehow had a feeling that it was kind of connected to Becca. No matter how I tried I couldn’t wipe the look she gave me before I was executed from my mind.

Something in her eyes just seemed off and now looking back at every encounter we have ever had, I am starting to see how everything about her was wrong.

There were times when she would get this hateful and bitter look on her face either directed at me or the pack, or how she would say really mean things to me and tear me down even though she was supposed to be my best friend.

There was also the time she would speak badly about the packs, the king and just the whole werewolf community saying how she doesn’t understand how a bunch of f*****g dogs were considered more powerful than any other faction and that we didn’t deserve the things we had.

It never really rubbed me off the wrong way because I thought that she didn’t really mean it and that she was just bitter on my behalf or something like that, but now I am starting to think that there was something more to it and that it went much deeper than what I thought.

The thing I can’t understand is whether everyone else who testified against us including Jason were involved in whatever Becca was involved with or were they manipulated, or paid for their false testimonies or were they promised something.

But it honestly doesn’t matter because facts remain that they testified against us and caused our death so no matter whatever their reasons were, they were going to pay none the less.

“Hey, what are you thinking of so hard”

I am startled by Casey’s voice that was right next to my ear. I had been so deep in thought that I hadn’t even heard her coming.

We were at home and it’s safe to say that I haven’t left our house except to run errands that needed to be done out of the pack borders. Anything that needed to be done within the pack was taken care of by Casey.

She has been such a good sport not prying me on why I was avoiding the pack members..

The truth was I didn’t feel like I was ready to see the same people who looked down on us spat on us and eventually destroyed our lives.

Of course I couldn’t tell Casey that so I just settled on telling her that I needed my me time away from the pack in order to cleanse my energy.

“Nothing really, just wondering what to do today” I quietly replied.

I hated not being able to tell her the truth but there was nothing to be done about it. Maybe I would tell her in the future when the dust settled but for now my mouth was sealed.

Besides there was always the possibility that she wouldn’t believe me given her reaction when I told her we had died.

“Come on Vanya, that frown was definitely not caused by wondering about today’s plans” she said with a small smile.

“Tell me what you’re really thinking about because let’s be honest you haven’t been yourself these past few weeks”

Honestly, what could I tell her? My mind was completely blank.

Before I could lie to her that I was honestly fine, we heard the door open and instinctively turned to look at each other.

“Yohoo! Vanya I’m home”

Once her voice and her scent hit me, a tortured groan left my lips. I know that Eclipse told me to act as if I didn’t know anything but damn I so did not want to see or deal with her.

Seconds later Becca appeared in the kitchen where we were, all smiles and hugs. It was really hard not to cringe when she wrapped me up in a hug and even harder not to let my hatred for her shine through.

Fuck I hated the b***h with every single fiber of my being. I wished her nothing but hell on earth hoping that she would be a magnet for every single misfortune because she damn well deserved that and so much more.

“I’ve missed you, I haven’t seen you in days…how have you been?” she asked, smiling at me and Casey, standing there as if she hadn’t been the one to hammer the fail nail to our cross.

I stare at her for a moment without answering, trying to locate the same sinister glint I had seen that day but it wasn’t there.

Damn was she good at acting and hiding that she was rotten. I can’t believe I never saw her for what she truly was nor realized that she had been betraying me with my so-called boyfriend.

“Good” I replied after a while when I realized that her smile was frozen and that both she and Cass were looking at me weirdly.

“Good? Good? That’s all you have to say” she said, throwing her hands up in the air.

“Yes, did you want me to say that I’m doing terrible instead?” I smirked at her.

I was really trying my best not to smack her. How dare she come here all high and mighty like she deserved to know about everything that was going on in my life? I may have been a naïve fool in my previous life but I’ll be damned if I let her make a fool of me this time round.

“Well are you?” she folds her hands across her chest while tapping her foot on the floor.

Cass who had been standing takes a seat quietly choosing to just observe instead. Smart girl. She didn’t need to involve herself in this cluster f**k.

“Sorry to disappoint you but I’m not wallowing in misfortune” I bitterly replied, causing her to just stare at me shocked with her mouth hanging open.

‘You have to calm down Vanya, or you will blow our cover and make her suspicious that you are onto her. She may be devious but she’s definitely not stupid’

Eclipse’s voice manages to bring me back from the red haze that I had felt taking over me. She was right, I needed to calm down or else she would be suspicious and I couldn’t allow that.

The moon goddess said every single action I took had a consequence so I had to be careful not to put the world in danger simply because I couldn’t control my hatred.

“Seriously Vanya, what has gotten into you…you don’t answer mine or Jason’s calls or texts, you’ve been avoiding us every single chance you get and now you just acted with hostility towards me when all I wanted to know was how you were doing” she grumbled, frustration clear in her voice.

“Nothing okay? I’m just tired”

I stood up and started pacing around the kitchen just so I could hide the fact that I wanted to rip out her throat and feed her heart to the rogues. I needed her to leave because the longer she stayed the more I could feel my control slip.

“She hasn’t been sleeping well and it has her on edge…so anytime free time she gets she tries to get some shut eye” Cass tells her coming to my rescue.

This is why I f*****g loved her. She understood me without me needing to say the words unlike my so-called best friend.

“Oh I didn’t know about that, I’m sorry…but you know I’m here for you if you need, whatever it is that’s troubling you” Becca says worriedly.

Fuck!! Her fake concern is getting on my neck. If I didn’t know what she did to me then I would have believed that she actually cared about me, but I knew the truth and I knew it was all a pretense and that she was waiting for the perfect time to drive a dagger through my heart.

“It’s okay…look I need to eat then sleep. Could you let me do that, I promise we will catch up later” I lie.

I was planning to avoid her until I was sure that I could control my revulsion for her and that bastard man that calls himself my boyfriend.

“Okay then, I’ll hold you to that” she says before giving me another hug then leaving dejectedly, her shoulders a bit slumped.

I wait and listen, making sure she’s completely gone and not lingering around and only until then do I release the breath I had been holding.

“Mind telling me what that was about?”

I sigh at Cass’ question because I had no idea how to explain what happened. She witnessed the whole thing and knowing Cass she wasn’t about to let it go, so I tell her the only truth that is suitable for now.

“I’m a hundred percent sure Jason is cheating on me with Becca” I muttered.

I hadn’t proven it in this lifetime but I was sure of it. My very core was sure of it.

“What the actual fudge” Cass shouts, making me laugh.

It always makes me laugh when Cass cusses without using the actual cuss words. For some reason I found it really amusing. Thinking about that made me miss my parents, gods would I give anything to have them hear with me.

“Are you sure? Do you have any proof” she asked, biting her lips.

“Not yet but I am sure of it”

“That bastard I’m gonna rip him from limb to limb and how dare Becca do that to you? Betray your friendship like that” she was now pissed off.

She had no idea the extent of their betrayal otherwise she would have been hunting them down right now. I go to answer her but I hear my name being called. I ignore it thinking it's just my imagination when I hear it again.

“Vanyaaaa, come to meeeee”

“Sis, are you okay? You zoned out for a minute there” Cass tells me while snapping her fingers in front of my face.

“Did you hear that?”

I asked her while turning to look at her but her face just looked puzzled.

“Hear what exactly?”

“Comeee to meee Vanyaa” the voice again said in a hissing sound.

Oh my goddess, I was starting to go insane. Maybe this was an effect of going back in time. I had died right? So maybe Hades was after my soul because I was supposed to remain dead.

“That! Don’t you hear it?” I asked her motioning to nothing in particular.

I heard it again and turned around in circles trying to find the source of the voice, maybe someone was playing a prank on me. Cass stood there with her hand on her chest looking at me worriedly.

I was about to choke it down to a figment of my imagination when I saw a black shadow with glowing eyes staring straight at me.

I was frozen with shock and a bit of fear making Cass turn to look at what had me so shaken but before she could fully turn, the shadow disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving nothing behind except for a sinister dark and evil energy making me wonder what the hell was that? And what did it want with me?