Fated

Larger than the others.

Mason and Liam were called to my brother‘s office. I found my way to the queen and Haley to tell them about my new mate. Unfortunately the queen was not too thrilled with my brother at the moment his failing to inform her of what my parents have been doing to me for the last six months I was mortified to ever tell Mason especially if I wanted my parents to live, but by the anger and rage echoed through my brothers bedroom door. I knew that that is exactly what my brother told my new mate in his new office my heart shattered as I felt the anger and saw the rage in Masons eyes and I knew in that moment Mason was not in control of his body and prepare for the worst as obsidian took three Longstride over to the edge of the bed, where my sister-in-law and Matthews new mate laid watching movies. "why didn’t you tell me when we were in your room what your father had been doing to you"

" I wasn’t talking to you obsidian I was talking to Mason and I didn’t think in the few hours that we’ve known each other I didn’t want to see this anger in either of your eyes" " your father has beat you scarred you verbally abused you and you think that my anger would be any less if you had waited to tell me until you were ready." " it’s my story to tell. only when I was ready and I’m sure that Mason would agree with that and have the patience. May I speak with him?" " I’m sorry love, but Mason is currently unavailable trying to calm down from throwing your father across the living room. I had to take over so he would not kill him eventually my star you’re gonna realize I’m not the hotheaded one that’s Mason and when he cannot control his anger, I have to step in especially when I know it’s going to affect my beautiful mate, in the way that I know unfortunately it already has" I stared at the glowing blue eyes as he looked infuriated. A small tear fell from my cheek. "I’m sorry I didn’t tell you "was all I could get out envy, crying in my head ‘mate hates us.’ I thought ‘mate doesn’t hate us." ‘Mason is hurt because he never wanted his mate to feel the pain he’s endured too.’ my eyes grew wide, as I heard obsidian in my head. and I crossed my arms over my chest as I looked back at obsidian "obsidian why didn’t you just tell me that mason has gone through the same thing I have?" I asked I stare blankly, with the handsome face that stood in front of me, knowing it was the black and white wolf that I had seen earlier defending my honor ‘Mason didn’t want his Luna to know that his father was cruel. No one knows what truly happened that night the old alpha passed away." "enlighten me?" I asked "that’s a story for another time, my dear and a story that will only be revealed once Mason is ready he struggles with it every day, the pain that you feel looking at me, knowing that he’s not in the state of mind to talk, just know that that’s only a fraction of what he feels when he looks at you, knowing that you’ve been through the same that he was."

My heart shattered as obsidian left the room angry was an understatement. I looked back at my new sisters and I wondered what had Mason seen what has Mason been through so I called Matthew. When the door opened again Matthew walked through and suddenly I didn’t feel the twinge of pain that I had earlier when I had realized he had found his faded mate, instead I felt relief knowing that he could help me through whatever it was that I had yet to learn about my Mason, "you called future Luna, my queen, my love" he stood at attention to all three of us, as if he was a soldier I planned knowing that Matthew peters was the most generous man I’ve ever met "Matthew" I asked "I need you to do something.” “Anything future Luna I need you to tell me everything that you know about what happened to Mason whether you have to go in drill Beta Liam for every bit of information that I want." "I don’t think that you are prepared to know just what the old alpha had done." "Mason is in pain which causes me to be in pain, and I don’t think that he or Liam would appreciate knowing that you weren’t doing what I asked" "you wouldn’t dare." Matthew said scolding me with his eyes "I would dare, Matthew I’ve known you my entire life you were one of the greatest people I’ve ever met, but my mate is hurting it’s causing me to hurt and I know that he’s hurting finding out what my father has done to me especially in the last few months , but again as Liam said earlier, they are stronger with his brother and I then any alpha and Luna he’s ever felt what do you know that you’re not telling me Matthew." I asked, "alpha black, did not die by being ill as obsidian had told envy. The only reason why alpha Mason is alpha, and has been alpha, since he was the age of 16 and not his brother Liam was because alpha Mason was pushed into a corner and his only way out was challenging his father for the position of alpha."

As I process his words, the door opened again, and Mason walked through his eyes a dark, deep green. He glared at Matthew. "What did you tell her!" He bit I froze, knowing that one of two options was about to happen. Mason was about to rip his throat out or he was about to reject me for asking questions.

I couldn’t process everything that was going around me at one time. Usually, I was quick on my feet to come up with an excuse, but I couldn’t lie to my beautiful mate. My mouth opened and words began to spew out. I took his arm, and he finally snapped his head towards me. " I asked questions that I shouldn’t. It was my fault not Matthews obsidian came in here and made a few comments that made me curious, I understand that you’re upset about what my father’s done to me but Mason I’m upset for what your father did to you no teenager should have the responsibility of alpha until they’re 18 not 16 whatever happened just know that I’m here for you. If you’ll still have me." I swallowed hard as Mason stood silently in front of me, and at that point for the first time a twitch of emotion flashed through his eyes, we were alone now after Matthew pushed the girls out of the room, a tear roll down his cheek as he hit his knees in front of me, laying his head on my thighs. " I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t wanna kill him I didn’t want to be alpha I wanted to take my stand as beta when Liam took over but unfortunately that night had gotten so dark and so emotionally disturbing in front of pups and women that I couldn’t hold My tongue my rage engulfed me and obsidian took over challenging my father, I knew it was wrong the moment that we stepped out onto the training field I knew that I was too powerful for him wether it be me or obsidian he fought. But he kept pushing. He wouldn’t give in. And I knew by the end I would be alpha either way. When his wolf midnight lunged at me all it took was one hit by my hands, he lunged at my body obsidian hadn’t matured yet so I pushed him back as far as I could in my mind to shield his mind and his eyes. I snapped his neck killing both midnight and my father. I regretted it Stella, the minute I said anything I was set to be beta I was supposed to be beta, not alpha. I knew that when I got back to the house, Liam was gonna hate me. He had been training for alpha his entire life, and I beta, even though we had our own betas, my father didn’t want one of his sons to be left out instead when I got to the house, Liam wrapped his arms around me and I broke, I went to the darkest place I’ve ever been. I wanted to die, but Liam told me I won that fight fair and square , I challenged him. He didn’t know at the time that it was obsidian or he would have scolded him for taking my mind over. so other than our pack that was there the night it happened and now your brother and you, no one knows what truly happened to my father and no one‘s ever spoke word of it I live with that guilt every single day." "Did you ever tell Liam?" "I did. My father was a wonderful alpha. He was strong and independent, and he loved my mother and us boys more than anything, but when she died , something in him broke, and he became vicious, cruel and mean his reputation eventually went down the drain, with the other alphas and your father. But I think what I did that night was what he wanted he wanted to die. He wanted to be with my mother, but that point I had to realize that now it wouldn’t just be mother absent from meeting my mate, but also my father growing up he was my best friend. I lost my mother six months before I turned 16 the night I became alpha was my 16th birthday party. Liam begged and pleaded for me to let him stand in to let him do it, knowing that all my father wanted was to be put down , but that would’ve been cowardice and obsidian and I were nothing less of a warrior so I did what obsidian set out to do.” His voice cracked.

"Mase. I’m so sorry." "I’m evil Stella." "No you aren’t you were standing up for your pack. For the ones your father did wrong. You were the hero." "She’s right little brother. We heard a voice come into the room. Mason‘s eyes grew pale in his face look like he had seen a ghost. Liam stood in the doorway Mason‘s mouth wide-open, and Liam laughed. "I’m not angry at obsidian." He said, "truth be told, brother, I never wanted to be alpha, I never wanted to be better than I wanted to be as normal as I wanted to get a job I wanted to go to school, and I wanted to figure out what I was meant to be; but when you took over as alpha, you taught me something that no matter what hand in life you’re dealt. Whatever fate had for you, and in your future it would always come to life you were always meant to be alpha why the moon goddess sent me before you. I will never understand you’re stronger, you’re faster, you’re quick. you’re eager to take care of everybody in our pack. But me all I ever wanted to do was take care of our Luna as Ryan failed to do to make sure that our beautiful future Luna is safe and has all the protection that she needs and, that nobody can ever touch her and one day in the future. When you decide to have pups, I will not only be uncle Liam. I will be their protector just as you are, just as father taught us to be in, just as mother did the day that she died to protect you brother."

I’ve known Mason for less than 24 hours. We both knew what we went through in our past some what. I couldn’t help but look at the man that I’ve realized in the last few hours I had fallen hopelessly and, madly in love with this man, ‘thank you moon goddess’, I thought, as I stared into his eyes.

I stayed with Mason that night. Two nights later we rescheduled our girls night.

I offered Liam and Mason my room to sleep but after 3 hours they’d All wound up in coles room ruining girls night, minus Liam.

Mason said he was passed out.

"Anyone else want something to drink?" I asked getting up from the bed. They nodded and I walked out from the room I heard a whisper and Mason raced to my side. "What is it?" "Alpha lynch is still here. Until he’s gone I don’t want you alone sweetheart." "I like the company anyway. So my cousin is coming tomorrow with my aunt. To help finish preparations for callies Luna ceremony tomorrow night. I didn’t know If you’d be staying or leaving yet." "I’ll leave when you’re ready to leave, I don’t think I could stand a minute without you." "Good I’d love to have you on my arm tomorrow." I said softly. "What type of Luna ceremony are you hoping for?" "Honestly, I’ve never given it much thought. Roxie and Regina always plan them for others and help them. Maybe I’ll let them help me if that’s okay with my alpha." His hands gripped my waist pushing me towards the counter I smiled up at him. "You have full control over everything in my pack. Including me little star. What ever you want. Whenever.." He said inches away from my mouth. "Whenever huh?" "Mhmm." "I want to kiss you Mase." His lips crashed to mine grabbing his shoulders I cried out when I felt him hard against me as he kissed my neck. I’d messed his hair up before I pulled him back up to my lips. After kissing his marking spot "Shit." He said softly. "What?" "You little star are going to be the end of me in clothes.." he laughed. He moved away and I noticed the spot on his jeans feeling my cheeks go red. "I’d be okay with that once we go home." I froze when I said it. He glanced over his shoulders as he cleaned up. "Home. You know that place hasn’t felt like home in two years. I don’t want you to be disappointed beautiful." "I won’t be. Becsuse it’s where you live." "What if. When we go home (he smiled) we go and look for a place of our own?" "I thought alphas except coke live in the pack pack house?" "Usually. But I don’t want to be like all other alphas. I’d like a place just for you and I." "That sounds perfect Mase." "Mmm it does doesn’t it." He smiled. He kissed me softly holding me tenderly. Envy had been asleep but stirred when I leaned my head back letting him kiss my neck again. I ran my fingers through his hair holding him close to me. I never realized how empty I was before him, or how alone I felt. His lips found mine again he pulled me in to him more "you are perfect Stella." "I am?" I asked. "Yes. You are." He smiled pulling back before we grabbed drinks and walked back up stairs. It was maybe midnight when everyone knocked out but Mason and I. "Is it usually crowded in here?" He whispered. "No. Usually it’s just me and Callie. Not three massive men and me and Callie. We can go back to my room if you want." "I don’t want to take you away from your girls night." "They’re asleep. It’s over." I said getting up. "That and cole will cuddle anything within reaching distance." He followed quickly and we walked to my room. He went on high alert and pushed me behind him I didn’t smell anything out of the ordinary when I saw two figures walking towards us. "Cole?" I heard my aunts voice. Mason stayed silent. "No." I finally said walking from around mason. "It’s me. Stella." "We didn’t mean to come so late. But Callie moved up her ceremony and needed us here sooner. Your uncle is parking the car." "Mom. Stop talking. Stella. Who’s this?" My cousin smiled widely. "Alpha Mason Black. The youngest alpha to take over a pack. Your reputation precedes you. Alpha" my aunt smiled. "I’m Luna Regina from the west end pack. Right on the other side of your territory. It’s an honor.” “It’s a pleasure to meet you Luna. And you are?” “Roxie. I’m Stella’s cousin.” I was stone. I knew if I said he was my mate she would scream. But if I waited she would scream. Thankfully my door swung open and Liam emerged shirtless. “Did I miss the party?” He said slyly. “How did we wake you up Liam?” I asked looking behind me. “You didn’t Luna. She did.” He said his eyes fixated on roxie. She was now stone. My heart almost exploded. “MASE!” I smiled jumping up and down. Seeing Liam standing infront of her. “Mate.” they both said I looked at my aunt who was smiling but looking at me. Realizing Mason has his hand securely in mine. ‘Stella something you need to say?’ ‘Mason black is my mate.’ I said through our link. ‘And Liam black is roxies! That means we get to be together!’ ‘What do your parents think?’ ‘They hate it. As usual. I just feel bad for cole. He will be stuck here with them.’ ‘This is true. Are you happy?’ ‘More than happy.’ “Are you alright little star?” His voice soothing. “I’m just happy that’s all.” I smiled. “Are you Stella’s mate alpha?” “I am.” He replied to roxie. “That means we get to be together stel!” “I know! Finally!” “I feel a lot of trouble coming with you two.” Liam joked. “Nah. We have a pretty bad ass Luna coming. I hear she’s strict.” Mason couldn’t help but laugh “you strict? I don’t believe it.” “Stars are made of fire baby doll. You just haven’t seen me soar yet.” “Oh really?” He grinned. But in an instant his eyes glowed and a deep growl barreled his chest. “Liam.” I croaked. “Obsidian smells danger he took over. Can you wake up your brother and Matt. Someone needs to stay with you girls.” I linked everyone and got them awake obsidian towered over me protectively as they walked us to coles office where our safe room was. Uncle Robin joined the men envy was ready to fight but coke commanded her not to. Evie was giving roxie a hard time. When I heard the door jiggle. No one knew the code but cole and Matt. But I felt threatened so I shifted to envy and evie came out too. When the door broke a dark brown unknown wolf snarled at us. ‘Do you know that wolf’ envy asked evie. “No and I don’t recognize the scent. The others shifted envy somehow was still larger than all of them. The brown one lunged at us envy and I began fighting. He tried to bite at my throat but I threw him in to a wall. His wolf smelt like gasoline. He came back at me I threw him again only this time his head caught the wall and snapped his neck. That’s when Mason ran in back to normal. “What happened!” He yelled cole in utter shock whoever it was got in the safe room. Once Mason realized it was envy who was shifted he walked over to us holding out his hand. She laid her muzzle in it and I felt her ears go back. Envy was the opposite of obsidian glowing blue eyes and white with black specks. One patch made a star on her hip. “Did you kill alpha lynch?” He asked. Hee Ears went back again bowing her head ‘you aren’t in trouble envy. Did you feel threatened?’ Obsidian called. ‘Cole tell them he ripped the door out and I had no other choice. I had to save the girls.’ “Stella said he ripped the door out and she has no choice.” ‘He was going for my neck. The second time I threw him his head hit so fast his body didn’t have time to move. I’m sorry.” I began to cry. “Oh stella. Envy. You were protecting your family. Your queen. You didn’t do anything wrong.” “What did she say?” “He kept going for her throat and the second time she threw him off his head hit first and his body didnt have time to move. It snapped his neck. Stella’s a wreck.” Envy hung her head even lower ‘Stella? Envy? Can you hear me?’ I heard obsidian. ‘Yeah O we hear you.’ ‘Mason isn’t upset or angry. He’s worried. Because he wasn’t here to protect you. He was terrified. So was I. He says he loves you and he will handle it.’ ‘I killed him O. We killed him. Mason doesn’t need to handle anything I’ll take my punishment. I kept my girls alive just as he kept you guys alive.’ ‘You are mates now. He agrees you can handle it together.’ ‘Tell Mason to stand down stel. I have it covered.’ My brother interrupted. ‘O?’ ‘Yes love?’ ‘Cole said for Mason to stand down he will have it covered. No one will come after him.’ ‘He said the less you both know the better come morning. Why don’t we go to your room and envy can rest?’ ‘Okay.’ I cried Mason walked with us back to my room shutting the door behind us. Envy walked to my closet and I shifted putting on an old T-shirt and shorts. Mason sat on the bed his his head in his hands. “Mase?” I said in almost a whisper. He looked up and wrapped me in his arms “are you okay? Are you hurt?” “I am.” ‘Mate told me how pretty I was. Mate loves me.’ I heard. “Envy is on cloud nine becsuse you called her pretty.” “She’s breathtaking. Just like you. Why didn’t you tell me envy was so large?” “I guess it never came up.” “Do you know why?” “I’ve had dreams where the moon goddess told me her name is envy because we would and should never be envious of anyone. She’s white but her black specs represent stars And the actual star is a reminder we’re named in association to Asteria the goddess of the stars. She was the mother of Hecate. I always assumed she is big because her power, and representation. I’ve never seen a wolf with a object in their fur like the stars. But if you ask envy she will tell you it’s because we’re Leo’s and stars are balls of fire. So her size gets the point across.” I giggled. “I wonder what she would come up for obsidian.” He laughed. “Becsuse you’re powerful Mason. So powerful you have to have two enormous body’s to carry it all in. Is exactly what she said. But I think while she may be right it’s also that in the three days I’ve gotten to know you with all that power, comes a lot of responsibility, and a lot of love for your pack. Obsidian represents you mase and you him. You’re best friends. But can be polar opposites. Obsidian means a stone of clarity, with the ability to release emotional, physical, and spiritual blockages, drawing out stress and tension. Mason means one who works with stones. He is your grounding when you need to be.” I said softly. “Mase, you have to believe in yourself and find that clarity obsidian is trying to help you find. I know your biggest challenge in over coming your past so far is what happened with your father. But everything happens for a reason and we don’t know why usually. But you have a pretty perceptive mate. And in three days I’ve learned why you hold your title and Liam holds his.” “Why?” “Because Liam may have been the older brother with all of the training. But he didn’t have the leadership skills to be alpha. Well not didn’t have but didn’t want. And you, you don’t have it in you to be a follower or to be forced to stay back and protect one person. If a war broke out you would be on the frontlines making sure no one gets to the pack. No one harms the pack. And that’s what makes an alpha. You would put your life on the line for any one of your pack members if it meant they lived you are powerful mase. You just have to see it in yourself. The way I see it.” His eyes were soft but blank. Almost lost as he stared at me. There was a soft knock on the door and it opened. “Come in.” I smiled at Liam and roxie. “We wanted to check on you. But it seems you were giving my brother a pep talk”. “No. Just letting him know it’s okay to break the barrier with me. There is no other alpha recorded in our records of taking over a pack so young. Especially with the past you both had.” “Not me. It was only Mason. And because of that I don’t know how to help you break brother.” “He won’t break. He’s too strong for that. But he can crack. Maybe one of those cracks will eventually break enough so I can shinny in and clean up the mess in your brain. Help you see how worthy you are of your title. And power.” I said before cracking up. Masons expression changed and unfroze his face. “Why are you laughing.” “I’m sorry envy has a really bad habit of making serious moments funny. She was dancing and saying i could be your own personal windshield wipers for your brain to keep the bad out. And all I could see was me waving my hands like a bird trying to fly for the first time.” I cracked up again with roxie and Liam.. Earning a laugh from Mason that’s the first time I’d ever really got him to laugh. Once he started he tried to stop but obsidian said he was picturing it and kept laughing. Once he was calm though I held my hands out for his with a smile as he took them. “The moon goddess makes no mistakes. Your being alpha was not a mistake. Just like her making you and I mates. I want to help you as long as you’ll let me. Because you’re my Mason. And I don’t want to see my Mason hurt.” I smiled up at him. “You are just saying that because of the mare bond.” “No. I’m saying it because I know what it feels like to do something you didn’t want to do, or to be punished. I know your pain mase. Just like I knew Matt’s when his parents died.” “Your parents are alive.” Liam said. “They are. But Matt’s parents didn’t die at the hands of the enemy. They died at the hands of their alpha and king.” Roxie said. “Your father?” “Yes. in front of me, Mason, and cole. Damon and Emma were with my mother. Dad was supposed to be watching us. But he got word that beta mark and his mate Elsie had encountered a rogue but defeated it. When they arrived for Matt we were in my dads office playing hide and seek in the safe room. The door was open and my father put the rogue down after his parents came in a few minutes before. In a bout of rage he killed them too. It was horrifying.” “Did he mean to?” Mason asked. “Matt says no he could never. But cole and I have always had our suspicions.”

“They wernt suspicions stel. I know why he did it. But Matt can never know. He would lose it. You know how he is. He can’t handle it.” I heard cole. “It will also make sense as to why they pushed you taking a chosen mate.” “Are you going to just stand there or tell us why?” Fury built up inside me I wanted to go after my father. But Mason held his hand on my shoulder kindly reminding me I would regret it. ‘Only for a little while.’ ‘Stella. You know you couldn’t live with yourself. Even if you tried. No matter what cole tells us your heart will be broken. And there is nothing you can do. Because of the pain Mason feels for what he did .