Haunted by the Sins of the Mother

Chapter 1 Zander What do you do when your mother claims to love you so much that she kidnaps the girl you have a crush on?  Then drugs her and ties her to a bed so you can mate with her.  Pretty messed up, right?  Well, that’s not even the half of it.  You think your family is messed up.  Check out mine!   At the beginning of the school year, my life was pretty normal.  Well, as normal as being a teenaged werewolf can be.  I was the captain of the football team.  We were kicking ass all season and poised to take the championship. I was barely keeping my grades to where they needed to be to play.  Typical for me.  I wasn’t much of a scholar.  I barely kept awake during class.  But I knew I’d never fail cause my father was an Alpha of the Dark Moon Pack.  I was set to take over the Pack in January, and that’s when s**t hit the proverbial fan.  But let’s back up a bit.  Turns out my mom had been bat-s**t crazy since before I was born.  My parents were not like most wolves.  My father had been mated before he met my mother.  My father and his mate, Racheal had a happy life.  A new staff member entered the household to cook at clean for them.  Eventually, Racheal took ill.  The new housekeeping helped to look after Racheal.  But despite all the help, the medical treatment and prayers to the Mood Goddess, Racheal died.  My father was besides himself consumed by the grief of losing his true mate.  Most wolves don’t recover from such a cruel fate.  They will die within a few months of their mate’s death.  Only a few lucky souls will find a second chance mate or live their remaining lives grieving.  My father was considered a lucky one.  The housekeeper became his confidant. She saw his grief and helped him see light.  She was there for him when he needed someone, and he fell in love with her.   Later I was born. Yes.  As you may have guessed, the housekeeper was my mother.  She was a mate-less woman, and she was able to produce a male heir, so she became the Luna.   It was supposed to be a sweet story of redemption.  The Moon Goddess looking down on the sad Alpha and giving him all that had been taken away and more.  But it distorted my view on the whole, "One True Mate" thing most wolves went through.  I never had an example of that mate bond growing up.  I didn't believe in it's strength.  The whole thing was foreign to me.  I found it hard to accept that bond with others...Especially between Laney...at that nerd mate of hers.    The story of my parents was seen as magical. Except magic had nothing to do with it.  Guys NEVER and I mean NEVER, underestimate a woman on a mission.  As I learned, they can be ruthless, heartless, and conniving.  They will stop at nothing to get what they want.  Take it from me.  I live with the choices that one such devious woman made.  They haunt me every day.  I don’t know if I can recover from them.