Nicole

15

Gabe

It’s been twelve years since we were attacked by hunters and the Jeorg Moon Pack. There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t think about my niece, Nikki and my sister in law, Ayesha who was brutally attacked by one of the wolves, we never figured out which one it was otherwise he would have been dead.

After the attack my brother, Mike withdrew from the outside world after suffering the loss of his mate. We tried finding Nikki for years after that, we visited multiple witches trying to locate her and sent trackers from the pack to try and catch her scent but came up empty. It wasn’t until eight years ago when we visited the great witch that we found out Nikki had died.

Gradually with time the wounds had begun to heal and five years ago I found my mate when we had moved to Cleveland and combined packs with one there. Now our pack, Crescent Moon, was the largest in the state of Ohio.

Mike only decided to move on when he met Laura whose mate had rejected her and they’ve been dating for almost a year now, it was a slow process for him but I was glad that he was putting in the effort.

Three years ago my mate Regan and I had our first pup, Nikki-Ann, then a year ago we had a second, named Nathan. About a month ago we decided to move here to Cincinnati after I got offered a job at a local high school as a History teacher.

I worked out a deal with the Alpha here so there wasn’t any confusion or trouble as Regan I were still technically part of the Crescent Moon Pack.

I walked into the high school early on Wednesday then remembered the way I stiffened from hearing one of my students say the name “Nicole” but got myself quickly in check.

My phone rang breaking me out of my thoughts. I grinned like I always do as I saw Regan’s name flashing on the screen “Yes baby?” I answered.

“Hey, you left your laptop here I was wondering if I should bring it to you” she replied.

“No, it’s oka-“ I stopped talking as I stared at the girl walking in through the school door.

It can’t be, I said to myself as I stared at a mini Ayesha lookalike in utter shock. I blinked then she looked up and stared at me with a confused look on her face.

But how- she’s dead, it can’t… Could it be Nicole? She looked just like Ayesha.

Regan’s voice breaks through my thoughts “Gabe, honey are you okay?”

“Yeah, I-I gotta go. ” I stuttered then hung up. I stared at the girl again and noticed the locket around her neck and that confirmed it.

It was the same locket Ayesha had given to Nicole years ago and that’s what prompted me in walking up to her.

“Nicole?” I asked slowly, I watched as her eyes turned from confusion to apprehension.

“Yes?" she nodded, I was about to say something else when a low growl sounded from the guy I hadn’t noticed standing next to her, it was the the guy from yesterday who was talking about a Nicole.

I looked him up and down and growled back, the kid stood his ground, must be an alpha I thought because my growl should’ve had him bowing his head in submission.

I looked away from the guy and back at the teenage girl standing in front of me, I had so many questions and couldn’t believe that I’d found her. I started feeling angry thinking about how the witch had lied and said that she was dead.

“What do you want?” He asked glaring at me. I instantly knew that he must be her mate judging from his protective stance over Nikki.

I glared right back at him and said something that stunned them both.

"I'm her uncle."