THE ALPHA'S STAR

CHAPTER 2

“Mum, Elizabeth is eating my food.”

"Mum, there's a good reason for that. Eloise wastes food a lot, so it's not a bad thing to help her manage food, is it?”

“All I did was take a small break from the food to drink some juice”. Eloise turned to me, trying to defend herself. I smiled at her.

“That’s a lie, Bethy,”

“Beth, why conclude about Eloise wasting food?”

“Because she does it all the time mum, don't you see it?”

“I don't think I do, Bethy.”

I saw Eloise turn to Beth and stuck out her tongue, blowing raspberries at her.

“Mum,”

“Yes, Beth”

“Why do I have the impression that you like Eloise more than you like me?”

I quickly shushed her, “Don’t say that, Bethy, you both are very special to me,” I put both my hands up and demonstrated to her. “You both are at the peak of my heart, OK?”

“Yes Mum, I love you.”

“No, mum, I love you more” Eloise snapped at me.

“Don't say that, Eloise, I said it first.”

“Well, I said it last and that was what she heard.”

“Right mum,”

“I love you mum” Beth said to me as she climbed down the chair to go after Eloise.

I watched my children roam about the dining hall chasing themselves and having fun.

It has been two years since I left Creset pack after Ryan betrayed me the way he did, and I must say life has never been happier with my two angels, Elizabeth and Eloise.

"Caution guys, We don't want to get bruises on our first day of school, do we?”

“No mum”, they both replied simultaneously.

“Good, why don't we do the dishes and get ready for bed? You can't be late on the first day now, can you?”

They both came as a shock to me.

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“Where is my child? How is my child doing?,” I recovered after four hours of labor.

“Congratulations ma'am,” the nurse there couldn't stop smiling at me and I knew my child was doing really OK.

“He or she? Is it he or she?” I asked excitedly.

“They are both females.”

“Both?,”

“Yes ma'am”

“What do you mean both?”

“You are a mother of two beautiful girls,” the smile was even more broadened now. “You have twins.”

“What?????!”

I had to exclaim that day. Not because they are two of them, but the fact that I have to mother both of them under the conditions I found myself in that strange pack.

I registered on the immigration list, and they housed me with other immigrants.

The thought I was having was putting the officers in a more uncomfortable situation with them, but oddly, they accepted them as their own and continued taking care of them.

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All those don't matter now, they're my bundle of joy now, and I'm not letting them go.

Eloise was more gentle and accommodating than Elizabeth. Elizabeth is prone to be more defensive of herself and her sister too, and that makes her protect Eloise and, even though they're the same age, Eloise acts a lot more than her age. They both learn fast, but to me, Eloise's emotional intelligence speaks more than Elizabeth's. I just had this weird attraction for her. I think Elizabeth noticed and that was what brought about that question she asked. That being said, I adore them both.

“Alright, let's go to bed”

The dishes were already done, and I had to chase them up to go to bed. Elizabeth cleared the table and Eloise helped with the dishes.

Division of labor was what I constantly taught both of them, and they learned it quite fast enough.

“Mum, can we stay up a little bit?”

“OK, you'll just stay for five minutes, then you both go to bed, OK?”

“All lights should be turned off” I heard the immigration office call from the passageway on our flat's block. “Lights out”

“Miss Megan, I believe you know the rules”, I heard the voice on my door and quickly told my children to go into their room.

“Yes officer,” I said, but didn't turn off the lights.

“Miss Megan, can I see you for a minute?”

“Sure, yes ma”

I slowly opened the door and saw the face of the very strict passageway security.

“Good evening ma'am”

She greeted me.

“If you think we're giving you too much of a problem in this place for immigrants, I think you should also take a step further and make your life better, who knows, even sleep whenever and whatever time you want.”

“No, that's not what I mean, I…”

“It's fine Megan,” she reduced her voice to an almost inaudibly low whisper. “I also think this place is nasty, and you should get a house of your own.”

My face lit up because she had a point but I was confused.

“How do I go about that?”

“Good, so tomorrow the Alpha of this pack is initiating a few immigrants. If you want, I can include your name in the first batch going tomorrow.” She was still whispering.

“That's good information. Yes, add my name. What are the advantages?”

“Others weren't mentioned, but the one used to entice everyone is the house they're giving out. You get to stay on your own and there would be nothing like a curfew.

Or lights out," she said with an odd smile before turning to leave my door behind.

“Thank you” I yelled out as she walked away.

That night, I went to my children's room, and they were still wide awake.

“Mum, who was that?”

“It was nothing between you two. Now go to bed, OK”

“Ah,” Elizabeth cried out as I was about to leave their room.

“What's wrong?,” I quickly ran to the side of the bed and held Elizabeth.

"My neck hurts, I just felt a really sharp pain.”

I carefully searched her neck and I saw nothing, but I massaged her shoulders.

“How’s it now?”

“Better now, but what was that?”

I honestly had no idea, but I needed to tell her something.

“You've been sleeping in a very bad position, Bethy, you need to be more careful about how you sleep now, you'll be fine, OK?”

“Yes, mum”

I attempted to leave the second time and Eloise's voice stopped me this time.

“Read us a bedtime story mum!” Eloise screeched.

“OK, I'll read you a bedtime story”

The story I read to them that night was about a fictional love story of the great moon goddess and her great Alpha.

They had a happy ending and my children were already asleep. The last thing was to destroy their thoughts of what true love was. Mine didn't work out, but that doesn't define what theirs would be like.

I allowed them to drown in their make-believe and fairytales. I sat and watched them from the chair I sat in and all I wanted was for them to be happy. I made a promise to keep them happy.

I went to bed that day with the hope of meeting with the Alpha of the pack the next day and finalizing the final initiation into the pack. It was also the day my two beautiful children would start school.

It was my daughter's first day of school and I had always wanted them to be students of one of the best schools that everyone has always talked about-“Werewolf high”.

Where young wolves learn how to channel and use their powers.

Though they didn't seem to show any signs yet, hopefully they would. I made myself think that.

“Excuse me, I came here to drop my kids off. ”

“Good day ma'am and you have really cute kids”

The secretary said to me as she led me to the head office. I had already registered their names and I made all the payments necessary. I bid them goodbye and left.

I quickly left the head office for the alpha's office, and in order not to be late I ran very fast since the buses were hard to find.

When I got there, it was completely quiet except for the noises I heard coming from the inner room. Many other wolves were waiting to be initiated.

I looked around in fright from hearing the screams. I have gone through enough pain I can't go through another one.

“Don't be troubled, it is not as painful as they make it seem to be” a man said to me. I'm Michael, by the way, and I went to France to be initiated there because of my mother." he said again, trying to comfort me.

“My name is Megan, I feel really nervous, it's my first time going through the process. I appreciate the advice.”

“No problem, wait, are you from the Cresset pack?” he asked me.

“Yeah I am, how do you know?” .

“You were mates to the heir there. How would we not know?

“Words spread out?”

“Oh no, not everyone knew, the alpha of Creset held a meeting with Betas and Alphas”

“How do you know then?”

“Of this Beta pack, I am the son”

“Megan, you are next” the officer called for me.

“Bonne chancé” Micheal said to me as I walked into Alpha's office .

“It says here that you are from Creset pack right” the alpha asked me.

“Yes” I answered with my voice shaking,

“Are you okay?” he asked me.

“It's just the screams and how painful it might be that I am scared of and yo…” I replied with my voice shaking again and this time it was way worse.

“I see the fear, I look scary , but you know what, allow me to introduce myself, Williams, the alpha of this neighboring pack.”

Feeling less scared, I took his hands and I felt comfortable immediately.

“You are?” The question took me back.

If Michael knew, so definitely, the Alpha should also know, why didn't he know? Or is he feigning ignorance?

“I'm Megan,”

“Megan, why do you want to join my pack?”

“Criminal records from Creset? You were banished?”

“Oh no, no, nothing of such.”

“So tell me, why do you want to join my pack?”

That single question triggered a lot of things in me.

Memories, regrets, everything came back, and I had no control over any of it.

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It was all flowers and roses after that night with Ryan.

He sent me gifts and there was no single day that went by without a bundle of fragrant flowers presented at my door.

It was on the next full moon I realized that everything we built started on a very weak foundation.

“What happened to you protecting me?”

“It's nowhere near the five years you promised

Why would you do that?”

“I don't trust you, and I know your parents are involved in this.”

“They might or might not be part of this, but then it doesn't change the fact that you and I are not meant to be.”

“But you promised to stand up to them against this. Why aren't you saying anything?”

“You can never be good enough for me and those promises I made. They were weak, nothing came with them. I only did that to make you feel better.

Same way with mating, to make you feel better after all the doubts you had that day.”

After the betrayal from Ryan, I knew no one in the pack would accept me and I couldn't continue staying in the boys' quarters of the Alpha's home.

I will have to start a new family. Do things on my own and find a purpose.

I booked a bus that night without any hesitation.

The bus terminal's officer was saying it was too late to book a bus and I could come the next day and book it.

I gathered my things that night and left the Alpha's home. I made sure I left unnoticed, not like anyone would care, the only one who would've shown an atom of care is the same one that caused my zeal to leave the pack.

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“I'm here to start a new life”. That was all that came out of me after my trance.

“Well, Megan, this might hurt a bit.”

He moved closer to me, bit his wrist and gestured at me to drink from it.

I put my mouth on his wrist and took it in.

I understood why the rest were screaming in pain, but I held myself to avoid screaming.

“You're a strong one, aren't you?”

I grinned and tried to recover from the pain.

“I hope to see you again Megan.”

“Welcome to my pack”