Little December

19

Decembers POV

I couldn’t describe the amount of pain that myself and the twins were going through. We couldn’t hold back our screams as we felt the boarder ripping through our skins. It’s rare but some Alphas have the witches install boarders that rogues cannot cross through. Coal was shouting for his parents; he had no idea that they set up such a boarder. I don’t know why they didn’t set up the boarder around their town, maybe their pack homes are all behind the Alpha House.

Whenever his father came out of the house, I could smell his anger, sorrow, bitterness but also his fear. I recognized the scent of the man but couldn’t put my finger on who he was. He must have just come to my pack a lot or something.

The Luna came out explaining who the woman was that killed Coal’s grandparents. Of course, it was my mother, she just loves playing games with me even after she has left this planet. I love the woman, but she sure does know how to mess with me.

“Get that rogue and its pups out of my territory. Mate or not, she is not welcome here.” I felt a growl rumble out of Coal’s chest as his father said such a thing. I also felt even more pain in my body, guess the witch did boarder the whole property.

“Marcus, she is Coal’s mate. Right son? That is the only reason that you would bring a girl and her siblings’ home?” I could hear the hopefulness in the Luna’s voice.

“Ashleigh it doesn’t matter who she is, she smells like Snow, they look like Snow, there’s no way that they aren’t a part of Snow’s family. And if Snow knows that we have her precious children, she will kill our whole pack without thinking about it.”

“Dad she is my mate and she is not leaving.” I felt, smelt and heard the authority in Coal’s voice. Not going to lie, it was kind of hot. But not as hot as this stupid spell. Which at least he isn’t by the house anymore, it helps with the burning sensation.

“Alright whatever, if you want to sleep outside with them, watch them, guard them and feed them, be my guest.” His father said annoyed.

“Marcus, why don’t you allow them to come in the house? You know I can’t or else we wouldn’t be out here right now. It’s too cold.”

“If you are so cold then go inside woman.” I heard a whimper from the Luna, which made her quiet the rest of the time.

“Dad, my mate deserves to be treated as my equal. And as for future Alpha of this pack and every other pack, you will treat her as so.”

“Just because you are my son, it doesn’t entitle you to do whatever you think, and it also doesn’t entitle you to the position. My Beta has a son who would gladly fulfill whatever duties are asked of him.”

Coal stepped forward to his dad, almost in a lunge. Of course, Alpha Marcus wasn’t going to stand for this. He stood tall and firm against his son and didn’t back down. Coal then became angry that his father wasn’t reacting and attacked him. I could not believe my eyes and I think Luna Ashleigh was surprised too. Her eyes showed worry towards her son and husband.

I, on the other hand, have the sadistic side of me that wants Coal to rip his father apart. I mean his father was speaking disrespectfully to me. Do I really need any further explanation as to why I would want Coal to shred his father?

“ENOUGH!” The Luna’s voice roared. Both of the men stopped to look at her. Her beautiful stormy grey eyes piercing at both of the men. They bowed their heads into submission as she looked down on them. “You boys need to stop acting like boys and need to start acting like MEN. Coal don’t disrespect your father; I don’t care if you are future Alpha or not. You aren’t Alpha now which still gives your father authority. Also, he’s your father, treat him as such. Marcus, I know what happened in the past was awfully painful for you, but guess what buttercup? Life sucks, but we have to move on. My best friend died that day too, and you don’t see me wanting to kill innocent children. Coal’s mate and her pups will be allowed into our pack at once. Questions?” They looked at her and shook their heads no. You could smell their fear.

When Marcus went to give his mate a hug, she shook her head no. He tried again and she told him he was sleeping on the couch tonight for embarrassing her. That made Marcus pout like a little boy and storm inside the Alpha Home. She then called him back outside, so that he may give us permission into his manor.

As we walked inside, there was a beautiful couple on the entryways desk. It was of a man and woman who were extremely tall, they weren’t skinny, but they were nowhere near fat. They looked like they exercise a lot.

The woman had these beautiful piercing green eyes and long black hair like my mom. She resembled my mom, Luna Snow that is, in so many ways that it’s hard to look at her. I had to turn away from the photo. When I snuck a peek back, there was a man who had beautiful hazel yet gold eyes. You could see them smiling because they were happy and in love. In the woman’s arms was a baby. The baby was sleeping peacefully, but she was slightly smiling it appeared. She looked no older than a couple of weeks old. The child looked so familiar that I couldn’t place my finger on it.

“That was my families Beta. The man is Chris and the woman is Amelia. They died from a car crash. Or that’s what the humans think. They died from a rogue attack.” Coal whispered in my ear.

“What happened to the baby?”

“No one knows. My pack searched for her until we finally decided that she had to be dead. No baby could survive that crash and the fire that soon followed.” Coal said sadly.

“That’s a shame, they look like such kind people.”

“They were, my mom spoke of Amelia all of the time. She would tell me stories of when they were kids and how Amelia always made the best food and her deserts were to kill for.”

“Yea.” I couldn’t help but get sadder and sadder as I looked at the picture in front of me. Why did these people have such a huge influence on me? My parents died ages ago because of a crazed hunter.

I knew my real parents. They were killed by James. Yet thinking that out loud feels so wrong. Why is that? It was years ago now that they have been gone and yet everything feels so wrong.

“December? What has got in a trance-like state?”

“Coal I think these people are my parent.” I blurted without even thinking.

“Baby I love you, but what would make you think such a thing? You don’t smell or look like a Beta’s child. Plus, you knew your parents were killed by James and you knew your parents.”

“Coal I know this all sounds extremely messed up, but I just can’t shake the feeling that I am somehow related to these people. I mean come on, Chris has blonde hair and eyes just like me, and Amelia has dark hair, just like me! And you even said no one knows what happened to the baby girl. And how long ago was this?”

“Seventeen years after Christmas. December when is your birthday again? Because their baby girl was born on Christmas and the reason that is such a large deal is that my parents just became Alpha and Luna that day and then the brand-new Beta Female has her baby, which turned into a really huge deal.” I just stared at him quietly, piecing together the large puzzle. “But December they couldn’t be your parents, they were known for being so tall and you are so small. Besides, they come from rare families that no one is ever smaller than 6’2 and I remember that because my dad would always say that he and Chris would battle out for tallest in the class, yet Chris always won. Same for my mom and Amelia.”

“Coal I have a question for you?”

“Yes, my beautiful queen?”

“If Jake is your Beta, and to be the Beta you are born into it. How would Chris and Amelia have been your Beta?”

“After they died, obviously my dad was going to need another Beta, so he picked Chris’ older brother Charles. And Charles soon took over and gave his position to his eldest son immediately. Since you know that the eldest son of the Beta is always the Warrior Wolf. Unless the Alpha says differently.”

“Why do packs make such silly laws?”

“Normally the eldest is the strongest, maybe not physically but always mentally. The eldest has to learn the new world on their own while the youngest can see the eldest mistakes and decide right from wrong there. Chris and Charles were no different. Charles was never kind enough to be a Beta but then when his brother died, he went crazy, beating Jake’s mom and Jake.”

“Why doesn’t your father rip his title away?”

“Jake doesn’t want me to tell him. Jakes wants to tell my father as soon as he is Beta. So that Jake may sentence Charles to death himself.”

I thought about the twistedness of this pack and how messed up everything really is. Here I thought that my life was hard, yet the world around me seems to be falling apart slower and slower. But it’s not only me being affected now, but it’s also everyone that I know and that kind of scares me.

“But don’t worry my beautiful girl, I won’t ever turn out like Charles. And what happened to the Beta family, will never happen to ours.”