Undefeated Daughter

13. Moon Goddess Missed Me Out

 Lily POV:

Later that night we had to go and feed the homeless. The Daughters left the house and split up in New Orleans. I decided to go somewhere else where I would usually go. At Marble I researched that there was a local orphanage which I wanted to visit.

I knocked on the front door and waited for someone to open.

“Hello?” a man in his mid-thirties opened the door, confused.

“Good evening. I know it’s late but I was wondering if I could come in.” Gosh I sounded so stupid.

“Sorry but safeguarding procedures..”

“Yes, yes I understand sorry”.

“All the children are asleep anyway”.

“I just have one question. What do you need? I mean what do the children need?”

“Except a family and a loving home?” he asked in a sarcastic tone while crossing his arms.

“I can’t help with that but I can help with clothing, food, toys”. I must have looked stupid and I knew it was a question he wasn’t expecting. I would usually help the homeless or the starving but I knew that 14 of my sisters would be helping them. I wanted to help the children. Since Lucas brought me to the children’s home in New York I couldn’t help but think about them.

“Is this some charity thing? Trying to make yourself feel better? f****d up in your life and you have a guilty conscience?” okay he was starting to be a d**k now.

“No” I said quietly. “I just want to help, that is what I do, I help”.

His eyes scanned my body and I saw the judgemental look on his face.

“They need clothes.” With that I turned around and headed to the store. It was only 19:30 but I knew some stores will still be open.

“Why are you doing this?” he asked after me.

“Because no one did it for me” I said softly.

I was back at the orphanage an hour later and the same man opened the door. This time he let me in and I put the bags of clothes near the stairs. As I looked around I saw the walls plastered with children’s drawings as well as all their pictures. The orphanage smelled of home cooked food and I felt at ease.

“Thank you for those and sorry about before” he said whilst looking at the floor.

“I understand don’t worry. I mean you no harm or the children. If you need anything else please give me a call” I grabbed a piece of paper that was on the dresser and wrote my phone number down. “I’ll be in New Orleans for another 2 weeks”.

“Thank you” .

Lucas POV:

They left, they just left. Lily never even looked at me. Kilian was nowhere to be found and I was pacing up and down my room. All the Daughters just got up from the dining table and walked out of the door.

In the middle of the night, I heard the roar of the cars roll in and some of them came back. Yet Lily was no where to be found. At one point I saw Zara, Fury’s dog walking around the mansion and she sat in front of me. All the huskies hated the wolves exact for Reya, it seemed that Zara was staring to like me as well.

“Hey pup how are you?” she started wagging her wail and licked my hand “I suppose you like me huh? At least someone does”. I don’t remember what time I fell asleep but Mrs Powell’s cooking woke me up.

I saw Kilian get up and pour himself a cup of coffee.

“Hey what’s up?” I asked when I realised how tense he was.

“Training in an hour” he brushed passed me and walked out.

I always knew when something was bugging my brother but lately he had gotten really shut off. Since the Daughters came he has been less involved in pack affairs and more involved in training. I knew one person would calm him down, our little sister Katy.

I wanted to keep her closer now that we were at war with ultimate vampire and his army. She was the youngest one and the one that needed protection. She appeared with Kilian in the kitchen about an hour later and Kilian’s whole aura glowed.

“Hey sis” I hugged her as tight as I could. “Gosh I’ve missed you”

“Hey, Lucas. How’s the mate search going?”

There it was the conversation that I knew my sister would bring up. My mother would call her on weekly basis and always ask if Katy had any wolf mates. They were desperate for me to find a mate, maybe they gave up on Kilian and I was their next victim.

“Have you spoken to mom by any chance? Where’s your mate?”

“Lave me alone. I just turned 18”.

I let me sister go and get changed whilst I waited for training to begin. Before training began Kilian told us about a new set of vampires. When he told us that one Daughter died last night and was resurrected I couldn’t help but look at Lily who had tears in her eyes. I didn’t know where she was last night but she didn’t look sad, she looked distraught. I still didn’t understand her relation to anyone in the Order but I knew that she was close to Brooke.

We broke off in groups and started training again, although this time the warriors had to protect their backs and the Daughters had to “tap” them. The aim was to train ourselves to aim for their spies as it was the only thing that killed them.

I saw Seth running from the pack house and the steam was coming from Kilian as his Beta being late to training. He was probably asleep in some Omega’s arms.

“Alpha I’m sorry for being late, but it’s not my fault”

“Who’s fault is it?” Kilian barked back.

“Well, I would say you telling me about some new vampires at 5 am has something to do with it but..” Seth stopped his declaration of innocent and I saw his eyes flicker between his and his wolf’s Oscar. He looked behind him and I heard one word.

“Mine”

The man-slut was looking at my sister! I was about to yank him by his shoulder when Kilian beat me to it. I saw my little sister running into the pack house away from her mate. We all knew the reputation that Seth had and I wasn’t surprised that was her reaction.

“She came back home TODAY and she’s already crying because of YOU. YOU FUCKER I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!”  I had to pull my brother from Seth. Seth was not a match for Kilian, especially this pissed off.

Seth said that it wasn’t his intention to hurt our sister but his declaration of his love shocked us both. I heard our parents walking down the field and my mother was on a war path, her claws kept on withdrawing, she was at a war with her own wolf. Seth’s body was being tossed form side to side and the slap from my mother could have been heard for miles. I didn’t get a chance to get a word in.

Katy was my mother’s prised possession, she had three boys who were exactly like her husband so when she gave birth to a little girl she cherished her beyond anything. Katy was born two months premature so my parents were worried she might not make it. But she was a fighter, now we needed to fight for her.

Seth said he was going to speak to my sister who surprisingly my parents allowed, I was ready to go after him when I felt my anger disappear. I made eye contact with Lily who was already looking at me.

She must have guessed what happened, mates are supposed to be there for you. Your soul mate, your batter half, someone you have been missing your whole life and it only made sense with them in it. They made your life complete because your old life comes to an end. Imagine a roller coaster or a cookie, you only enjoy it because it comes to an end, a cookie with no end or a rollercoaster with no end would be boring. Your sole mate is what makes the roller coaster stop.

I looked at Lily and realised that she might not be my mate, well she wasn’t definitely, but the roller coaster was starting to come to a stop whenever I looked at her. My life seemed different.

30 minutes later, Seth walked out of the Marble Estate with killer’s look. It made me proud that Katy did not break and told him to leave her. I noticed that Kilian’s saw it as well and after a short conversation Kilian’s face lit up with a smirk.

“Marble Pack” he suddenly boomed. “SHIFT NOW!” he ordered. I had Alpha’s blood but Kilian was still my Alpha who I couldn’t disobey. Within seconds my fingers turned into claws and golden-brown fur spread across my body. With impeccable speed all the Daughters came together in a  circle protecting their backs.

I heard that Georgia  was the first one out as Oscar tapped her but what I noticed shook me to my core. As Steelix approached Lily she was standing still, frozen almost. She didn’t move an inch, tears gathered in the corners of her eyes and her hands started to shake. The arrow that was strung was standing still, she didn’t let it go. Steelix growled and she took a step back, this wasn’t the Lily that I knew, this was a terrified women who didn’t know what to do.

I saw a grey wolf walk up behind her and tap her on her back with his nose.

“ME TOO” she shouted in response to Georgia  being out.

It was only Fury who was left fighting, even Kilian was taken out by Poppy. She was fighting with anger and determination the girl wasn’t giving up. However, Kilian stopped the fight and we were told to have a rest. It was odd as Kilian would usually like to see each fight come to an end.

I was heading towards the Estate when I saw Lily sprinting in front of me desperate to get back into it. Steelix took control and ran after her.