The Unexpected Heir

chapter 6: begining a story for the ages.

marys pov

i hurried down to the cells. terry had given his orders to my brother to let sandy loose but shes to be kept under close observation.

i was so excited and i was also nervous.i held the recorder to my chest i made sure it had a 1 tb memory card in it to make sure there was enough memory for her whole story. so that way she wouldn't have to tell it more than once and relive the whole ordeal.

i brought the gloves with me and unlocked her cage.

" what no breakfast?" she said smiling. there was no twinkle in her eyes though. after yesterdays conversations and incident i couldn't blame her she still looked tired. she had hardly put on any weight after all the food i had been bringing her for almost a week straight. this was going to be a long recovery or her.

"today we are going out for breakfast." i said tossing her a pair of long jeans and a t-shirt. after 4 days wearing the same things i figured she would be grateful for the change of clothes.

she started to strip and i turned around i had 2 new guards with me over by the upstairs exit. neither had seen Sandy's powers the other day so they weren't exactly afraid of her. they were going to be our escorts today as i moved her into the pack house on the betas floor. she would be close to my brother. it was his second stipulation to letting her loose. she had to stay close so he could at least try to stop her if she tried to just take off. not that she would.i had every confidence in her i don't know why i did but when i was close to her it was like i was at ease. like nothing could disturb my peace. suddenly my phone dinged. i looked down it was from terry.

we need to talk.

it must have been about the information he found.

"hey sandy I'm going to make a phone call. ill be right back ok?" i asked. she nodded her head after giving me a strange look. perhaps she doesn't know what a phone is.

i walked toward the back entrance.

" hello?" i said.

" there's some things you need to know. I'm worried." terry said at the other end . he began explaining things to me.

"holy s**t. shes whose daughter?" i exclaimed.

" supposedly, i need you to ask Ruth to make sure this mans not lying to us. make sure she knows not to look into her mothers past that part was true. and judging from his reaction when i said it, it was a horrifying event. i got the feeling he gets off on horrible things. but instead of exciting him it scared him so please be careful." he pleaded that last part.

" why be careful?" i asked cautiously. i peaked around the entrance and sandy was done sitting in the door way at the other end a smile that said she was at ease. she waved i held up my finger smiling.

"because according to that alpha she killed his mother." terry said.

"no, no somethings not adding up she saved my life the other day. why would she save me if she was going to try to hurt me?" i asked.

" i don't know what her motives are. but, I'm on my way home. ill be there in a few days, then, she needs to go see the council."

" ok ill talk to Ruth and sandy. I'm moving her into the pack house on my brothers floor." he didnt reply i heard him sigh.

" are you sure you can trust her? i mean given what you wont tell me about the incident she sounds like a danger rather than a friend." he asked, i heard the concern in his voice. he worried for my safty.

"ill see you soon and yes I'm sure." i hung up with out waiting on his reply.

" you ready?" i asked sandy. she looked deep in thought.

"yes lets go get some food and see this Ruth gal." she smiled and turned but noticed i froze.

"yes i heard every thing he said. don't worry, I'm not offended, you guys are just trying to look out for your pack and each other. its refreshing to see a pack that has each others back. and if alpha wants it ill come back down here." she said smiling.

we linked arms and ascended the stairs guards in tow.

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3rd persons pov

breakfast was at a little dinner only 2 min from the pack house. waffles, bacon, sausages, gravy and eggs. we walked and talked about my brother and what it was going to be like in the pack house.

"first stop is going to be a chat with Ruth. and then..." she trailed off and pulled the recorder out of her coat pocket. Sandy's smile faltered for a moment. but she quickly recovered after looking forward.

" very well my dear we will get to the tale." she said. i entered the pack house nd linked my brother who came down immediately.

" nice to see you again." sandy greeted.

" likewise, our alpha will be home in a few days. he has some concerns he'd like to ask you about. but, until then you will be bunking with me on my floor." my brother said offering his hand to her. she looked at it. then back at him then back at his hand.

"what?" she asked.

"your supposed to shake it." he said.

"why?" she asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"you've never had a handshake?" he said.

" imprisoned remember?" she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.

" right..." he looked at Mary and extended his hand. she gripped it and it went up and down.

"its considered a polite greeting when meeting someone for the first time. i made a bit of a rude first impression. and would like to start over and pretend it didn't happen."he said rubbing the back of his head. sandy looked at her hand and extended it. he took her hand and immediately regretted it. she gripped him and almost crushed it.

" to tight to tight to tight!" he squealed. she giggled and loosened her grip and a faint purple glow came from her hands. at first Sam tried to yank his hand free but she kept good grip on it. and slowly the pain started to ebb.

"healing properties?" he asked.

"yep." she said looking a little to proud of herself. Sam narrowed his eye on her.

"you did that on purpose." he accused a frown on his face.

"that was for not giving me water, like i asked, but i also wanted to show you i may seem scary but i have a kind side. and most of the time I'm pretty easy to get along with." she said giggling.

he looked at his hand that wasn't any worse for wear. and lead them up to alphas office where and elderly woman was sitting on the floor in a meditative state.

" hello i'm Ruth alpha asked me to do her reading in here." she said not opening her eyes.

"any particular reason?" Sam asked.

" he wishes to view the video feed when he gets here." she said simply not bothering to look up from her mediation.

"very well, sandy sit in front of her and hold out your hands try to relax let Ruth take you to your fathers side."

sandy sat down and tried to relax she had tried so many times to do. unfortunately it never occurred to find her father only her mother.

the seer took her hand and her eyes started to glow. soon they both lifted off the ground and simply hovered there for what seemed like an eternity.

the wind started to pick up around us and then suddenly it stopped. Ruth started to make a face. and then spoke.

"i have heard the warning and i wish to see it for myself. forgive me Bea." she whispered. Beatrix was her grand daughter.

then suddenly Ruth started sweating.

"no don't look!" sandy yelled. she tried to retract her hands. she managed to separate them and it threw sandy back in to the wall.

Sam grabbed Mary and tried to shield her from what was happening. these flames. they weren't hot they were cold. like freezing cold.

but it was to late, Ruth's started sweating and crying, next her whole body erupted in blue flames her eyes had blue torches coming from them and so did her mouth.

"NOOOO!" sandy screamed and threw her self into the blue flames, grabbing Ruth my the head.

"i don't know who you are but you WILL NOT take this woman from me she is mine! SHE IS UNDER MY PROTECTION!" she screamed.

MARYS POV

i saw the ethereal purple glow of Sandy's hands started to put out the blue flames. around poor Ruth. we tried to tell her not to look. why did she have to look.

i removed my self from my brothers grip and walked around to look at Sandy's face. i saw her red eyes glowing and her forehead had sweat on it like she was fighting an internal battle.

"GRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" she screamed. i watched at the purple light enveloped Ruth and the flames went out. they both dropped to the ground.

sandy was passed out and to my surprise Ruth survived. she was breathing. her eyes had been burned out of the back of her skull but she was alive.

"get the pack doctor now!" i yelled. my brother linked with two nearby warriors to get them out side and wait for the doctor to get here in case they have to be moved. after an examination we found sandy was fine just exhausted from using her powers after being so weak for so long. but Ruth had no eyes left. she was lucky she was still living what ever sandy had done had saved her life. and reversed most of the damage.

i felt two arms snake around my waist and felt the tingles. i knew it was terry i was so happy he was home.

"hello my love." i whispered back. his canines scraped my skin and i moaned. i knew the bond was going to be strong but where we were this was a horrible time.

" please." i whispered and grabbed his arms just as he reached for my chest. his long thick fingers frozen gently on my ribs. just out of reach of my breasts.

"im sorry." he whispered back. he tried to withdraw but i held him close. and warped them around me the rest of the way so he was holding me from behind.

"im just worried my love. tonight we will not be waiting any longer. i just want to hear what the doctors say." i assure him. i felt him relax and place his head on my shoulders. he thought i was simply going to reject him for taking so long to come home. that's not me. i knew why he felt the way he did. i didn't agree with it but i understood he needed to leave.

suddenly the heart monitor sky rocketed in Sandy's room and she began thrashing. terry made a move to enter but i stopped him.

"don't she doesn't know you, she'll be frightened when she wakes, let me." i said.

"no she will hurt you!" he said.trying to shake my grip. but i was persistent.

"no she wont not on purpose. please trust me my mate. and don't go in there till i call for you not matter what."i said he gave me a look pleading with me to change my mind but i caught him off guard when i pecked him. using his temporary stunned status i quickly entered the room and used the door handles twisting them together so he couldn't just break down the door.

"MARY!" i heard him yell and bang on the door. but my attention was else where. i ran over to sandy's side.

"sandy sweetie its adjust a nightmare." i tried to coo but she latched her hand onto my arm. and squoze. i heard my arm snapping.i yellped.

" sandy sweetie, please Hun, its just a nightmare, your safe, come on, come back to your best friend." i started to whisper i could hear terry trying harder to open the door now. sandy slowly stopped thrashing. he gripped lessened. as she calmed down so did terry i could feel how upset he was with both of us in here.

sandy fluttered her eyes open. she was frozen at first then she moved her eyes to me, and tears formed.

"im so sorry i thought i was back with that monster. it was the first time i tried to run.it was...it ....ahhhhhhh." she wailed that last part. she sobbed for a good few moments. terry was still upset about my being hurt but he was regretting what ever he was thinking about her.

"its ok you are never going to go through that again."i said to her kissing the top of her head. she then looked at my arm where she had gripped me and saw the ugly deep buise forming. she covered her mouth.

"you have to stop being the one to wake me up i cant stand hurting you!" she exclaimed. and held her purple glowing hand up to my arm. the bruise slowly disappeared. my bone snapped back into place. it felt like i cracked a knuckle it the strangest of places.

"my mate is here sandy he wants to speak with you."i said. she gulped looked at my arm and sat up adjusted her clothing.

"alright im as presentable as i can get in a hospital gown send him in." she sat Indian style on the bed with her hands folded in her lap.i walked over and untwisted the door handles. terry came in. his face neutral. his arms folded on his back. that's when i noticed the wrist band on his arm. it was red.

"hi sandy im terry the alpha."

" greetings alpha i wanna start by apologizing for what happened.i hope its not going to be a regular occurrence."

" as do i but i understand. you have been through an ordeal. it tends to leave nasty scars on ones psyche." he said.

"you have some questions for me?"

"yes but i also have some information for you.i don't want you to think im going to hold it over your head if you don't answer so im just going to tell you. your father is fenrir."

"whose that?" she asked him

" He was a mythical beast child of the Norse god of mischief, Loki. which makes you at least half god like shifter. very powerful." her reaction was not one i was expecting. she jumped from the bed and hugged him. he was startled to say the least.

he looked at me uncomfortably, i waited for my wolf to come forward. jealousy was high among wolves and their mates were possessive. instead my wolf is sitting at attention panting happy as could be. she told me she can feel sandys intentions aren't s****l. im flabbergasted as to how. so i smiled and shrugged. he nodded and gave her an awkward one arm pat.

" all my years it feels like i finally have a piece of my own history. thank you," she said to him and slowly let go and he lowered her back to the ground.

"i do have some questions.." he started. she smiled clapped her hands and scrambled back onto the bed.

"ill tell ya any thing master i just want a little bit of food!" she was in an over exhadurated begging pose on the bed but her eyes was on me. i couldn't help it.

giggle. i tried to sop by covering my mouth. giggle giggle. i really couldn't stop it so i let it flow. i laughed really hard at her.

"only you could think of food after all that." she smiled but then it faltered.

"oh my god, how is she?" she suddenly looked worried and climbed down from the bed taking my hands in hers. i smiled and looked at our fingers.

"shes alive. she wont talk about it and she lost her eyes. but she survived." sandys tears were refreshed and she smiled. she hugged mary.

"you have some questions alpha?"

"i went to see your captors. they said some interesting things." terry gripped his wrist tighter.

" im sure they did. do you have the recorder box mary?" she asked looking around terry. he stepped in her way before i could tell her.

Terry's pov

i removed Mary from sandy view.i wanted to see how far i had to press her. i was concerned about my mates safety in her presence. i would be the one waking her up from now on if i could get her cooperation. i could use this power jewel to wake her up safely with out hurting her i was sure of it but it would take practice.

"the younger one said you killed his mother and almost his whole pack. those are some serious accusations." i said. holding onto my arm. i dint want to provoke her but if she made the conscious wrong move id find a way to end her.

"Adams mother i hadn't thought of that woman in some time." she said sitting more comfortably suddenly she wouldn't meet my eyes.

"his names Adam?" i asked. i tensed something felt off.

" yea and his fathers name is Jason." she said half laughing.her once happy aura gone now due to the subject.

" so you did it? you killed her?" i asked again.

"i didn't have a choice. she had turned into a cursed." she whispered. mary made a sharp intake of breath.

"tell me what happened." i said.

"mary the recording box. ill start at the beginning." she said i pulled up a chair. as did mary she started the recording.

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Sandy's POV

" when i was little i can remember running around in flower feilds. there was this beautiful woman who would always greet me. even now its been so long since i have seen her i dont remember her clearly. i couldnt remember talking to her but i knew who it was. she was my mom. i couldnt have been more than 5 years old. i remember meeting all sorts of people. theres white pillars every where. then darkness. i cant remember any thing. maybe i fell alseep for a really long time. but when i came to the world was brand new again there were strange beings every where. they were loud and many of them violent. i was still very little when i woke up. and i was found by jennifer. jasons mate. they took me in and raised me. i never saw my mother again. i never gave my dad a second thought. i missed mommy. i just wanted my mom back. but i never took it out on jen or jason or adam.they taught me right from wrong. i grew up with a strong moral compass. when i turned 16 i set off from the pack in search of a seer that could tell me who my mom was. in those days seers were fairly common just not in packs. i think i went through 4 seers before i called it quits. even though i never knew why, i didnt wanna see any one else hurt again like that. i returned to my pack after 50 years wondering around and alpha was no longer home. he went looking for somthing. luna always said he never told her where he went. only that he took adams mate with him as a personal body guard, and that he took some 15 search party members with him. the whole time he was gone Adam was treating me strangely.

one day while we were all out for a family run something i had been sorely missing and so did my wolf. we both decided we liked the name Rain. all three of us caught the scent of blood near the boarder. it drew us in like moths to a flame. there they were there was 4 cursed feasting on our border patrol.

cursed were shifters and lycans that had been driven mad ad gone completely taken over by natural instinct to stay hidden eat and f**k. to see so many working in unison was surprising and not good.

"leave them to me mother!" i shouted and pounced on the first two. knocking them both off their feet. Adam took one by the neck and snapped it. one grabbed mother mid air and bit down on her arm hard.

"NOOOO!" i heard it to late i had just finished with my two when i looked up and saw her. arm bleeding her blackened veins creeping up her arms like ivy on a tree.

"kill me!" she screamed. i couldn't bring myself to do it though. I watch as the curse started to make its way to her heart. then the surprising thing is Adam walked over to her and slashed her head clean off stopping her veins.

he didn't even look at me he headed back to the pack house. i didn't see him until his father got home i was to distraught. loosing another mother. it took its toll on me and i allowed my self to be distracted. i tried to be there for Adam but every time i tried he'd snap at me and tell me it was my fault. i could have handled three with one arm tied behind my back. but i just let her die there.he was depressed for months he no longer held the love in his gaze when ever he looked at me. i was dead to him if i had seen that sooner then i could have avoided being caught all together.

i decided to let things be but when his dad returned from his exploration alone , well, that day it was like he snapped. that was the first time Adam attacked me. he was no match for me. as i couldn't be harmed. i let him take his anger out on me by defending myself. it was a long a hard workout but i should have known the man that i called my brother was killed in that match.. my new family betrayed me. the very people i shared meals with, my hopes and dreams, my fears , my concerns.