Lost and Found by her Alpha

Sorrow Reigns

Star Pov

Watching the interaction between, Princess and the human was surreal, even Asher went over and jumped on the human. They didn’t say much to each other but Princess liked her that's for sure and so did Asher and he doesn't like anyone other than me, Mac and his sister. 

A cold feeling flew over me making me shiver internally. Giving me goosebumps. But before I could analyse it. A huge figure came in from the cold, letting in the cold air turning the cold shiver into a full on shutter. Something is wrong because I'm never cold. Being a wolf shifter, my body temperature runs hotter than a normal human. Serenity stirred inside, she growled at the newcomer for unknown reason. He looked around the bar and noticed the twins and the human sitting by themselves, and a smile crept across his features before he schooled his features into a mask of uninterested, but I saw enough to know something was about to go down. It was a slow day in the bar so I was the only one working.  He spotted me at the bar, and my survival instinct kicked in, just at the look of him. He wore an expensive tailored suit, I was no fashionista but I know those weren’t from the charity shop or hand me downs and those shoes looked like Italian leather. Poor Bessie gave her life so he could look good. Damn he did look good, too bad he was the bad guy. Is he the bad guy, i was making assumptions, he radiates ‘s**t gets done’

    “Whose Bessie?” Serenity asked . 

    “Never mind” I tell her

“Call for the pups”  Serenity told me anxiously. I made a high pitch whilst they both looked over at me, and I nodded my head in my direction. They got up and to my surprise Princess took the strange girl's hand and dragged her along. I will address that at another time. 

“ Go’ I tell them, with a  nod of the head and they quickly move behind the bar and follow the stairs upstairs. The new stranger watched as the kids went. My whistle made everyone in the bar stop and look my way, knowing that someone will get Mac on the phone, since he left for town an hour ago. This man hasn’t left his bar in over a month and the one day he decides to go into town, trouble wakes in. literally. Again why was I judging him without knowing what he's about. Sure he looks like a mafia thug especially with that jagged scar across his left eye, but that doesn't mean I should judge him without probable cause. Even with that scar he was sexy as hell. Serenity scoffs in my head. 

“What can I get you?” I asked the stranger politely as his eyes never left the kids going through the double doors. 

“Cute kids” he said

“I know, what can I get you to drink?” I repeated. something I've always hated doing, it sounded like a tape recorder always repeating itself. Yet i’m a waitress in a shifter bar with two kids, dammit i’m a cliche. 

“I’m looking for a woman with a set of twins, see she my mate and she took of with my children and I would very much like them back, I was told she came this way.” he replied

“Sorry, no one been through here like that, we got whisky, beer, vodk..” I didn’t get to finish my speech

“AAHH, but you see you have, I can tell your lying” I straighten up further and c****d one eyebrow, because I thought I was a pretty good liar. 

“Oh you can, can you?” giving him a sly smile.

“Yes, I can”

“Can you tell that I don’t care, Now our special are” again he cut me off and I sighed heavily. 

“Those two that just passed by to your upstairs, they look very much like mine, see they’re the spitting image of my brother”

“They do, huh,” I shrugged my shoulders. “look more like their mother but, as you can see even my own eyes failed to make up their mind so I could be wrong.” he smirked at that. Pushing the tiny button on the underside of the counter letting the kids upstairs know to hide in the spot I dug out for them years ago. 

“Well, it doesn't matter. May I speak with the mother of my children?” he asked nonchalantly, all smug and self- assured. I know society says we shouldn’t judge and blah blah blah but yeah, I'm judging.

“Hi, I’m the mother of those two, you're trying to stake your claim on and I can’t remember the ass faced drunken night that you're claiming we had. Huh? Maybe it was that night I smashed up that bar, I barely remember that night, or maybe it was the day I got drunk and went skinny dipping, I vaguely remember a guy being there or maybe it was a girl, I can't be sure I was blitzed. Let me tell you Vodka, not my friend” I was rambling. This should confuse him as to me being the kids mother since I have no scent to identify me as a shifter, so I've been told, yet we were in a shifter bar. I poured myself a shot of Vodka and one for the shifter. Knocking the shot straight back I welcomed the arch burn that slid down my throat and settled in my stomach. Alcohol does nothing for shifters but mix it with a strong over-proof rum and you can get a slight kick.

 “You know I heard that the Vamps have come up with a Vodka that can put hairs on even a wolf's nuts, have you heard that? Can’t wait to get my hands on that, then we can really have a party and see if we can make another set of pretty babies. Since you misplaced yours and want mine”. He smirked slyly 

“There will be plenty of opportunities for us to get acquainted, after. Now you say your the mother, when in fact I know there mother is a” 

“Listen bud, lets cut the crap, what do you want?” i say sternly, as serenity pacing was starting to drive me crazy which in turns makes her blood thirsty. Swear my wolf is a little Vampire.

“I told you. I am here for the children. A man called Mac was in search of me and now I am here, to collect what's mine.”

“And what's that?” I smiled with a crooked smile, whilst bracing forward on the counter, as I watched Mac's friend all brace themselves to step in at any time. I watched as his awareness of them became present and he smiled his own crooked smile. but he looked like that snake from the jungle book, all cunning and creepy.

    “I told you not to search for the father of the babies,” Serenity admonished. Brushing off her ‘I told you so’, was now my new pastime, she had a lot of them. Just a Miss, know it all my wolf. 

“I think you got the wrong place, and children, now order something and leave” While my smiling stare went on I could hear Mac's truck pulling up and the harsh slamming of the truck door. Entering the bar, he asked

“Can I help you?” the stranger turned to see Mac in all his 7’6 glory, I mean if i was into silver Tasmanian foxes then maybe. 

“Mac I take it”

“Since you know who I am, tell me who the hell are you and why are you here, because it doesn’t take this long to order a drink and burger?” By this point all the regulars fanned out and let Mac take control, since this was his bar and he was somewhat of an Alpha himself. After repeating himself and telling Mac his sob story of his mate running away pregnant with his kids and now he wants them back. See the thing with mate is that he would have been able to feel that his mate died that much i learnt, so the lie just keeps pouring off his tongue. Clearly he didn’t do his homework.  

From what I've heard that mate business aint no joke, I've picked up a few bits and pieces from customers about mate bonds but I try to stay far from those conversations, especially since I have the twins to think about. I still live in my human bubble.

After Mac got rid of him, I knew that wouldn’t be the last I saw of him. As the night dawned on us, that's when the real excitement began. We were overrun and the bar was set a light and with so much strong alcohol the bar went up in a blaze of glory and Asher almost got trapped under a beam, my heart felt like it was being torn out of my chest. After that I moved me and the kids back to civilisation to the human side of the track, no shifter contact and no shifter talk. I got us a little place big enough for the four of us, oh yeah did I mention that we have a human now. My daughter had a vision and apparently we have to keep her, like a puppy. What can I say I'm a sucker for a run away foster kid. Being a foster kid myself it was easy for me to change with the tide back into society, in a small town. When the kids were born I got a birth certificate for them with the help of one of my Mac friends.we were also able to adopt Nina. So now I officially have a pack of my own, a family to call my own.

It's been five years. I'm 22 and still have no clue who my father is or where to find him, other than he's some big shot Alpha in the north. I have two five years old driving me nuts. One who remains in wolf form and the little miss princess wolf named Goddess because why not, although she prefers to be called Princess. After all, I did make a promise. Most think Asher is our pet husky for now. He never  leaves his sister's side which is great most of the time she is the only one who can understand. He can understand us that much, I'm sure. Sometimes I can too, especially when in my wolf form.Our new addition to our family name is Nina. She’s 15 going on 80. She's been a godsend. My daughter can sometimes see the future, just for once i wish she would see the lottery ticket.

“Asher get down, princess packs those up.”

 A knock came at the door, Asher head lifted up at the sudden banging on the door, 

‘the impatient bastards’. “I’m COMING” Asher growls low and I tell him to be quiet’

 I yank the door open with a frown on my face to show my displeasure of being disturb. Standing at my door were four newly built brick houses.  A quick sniff and immediately identify them as wolves.

‘Yes’ I say with a slight shake in my voice

‘Are you Star?’ one asked while trying to push his way into my home, I held firm. Pushing the door forward a little, letting him know that he's’ not welcome. 

‘Who wants to know?’ I ask with a lot of attitude. Confidence is key, even if your inside resembles jello.

‘My name is Patrick, Alpha Patrick and I've come for what belongs to me.” he said smugly, making me want to bite off his face. Seriously these men need a new script to read from.

“And what's that?” I asked with a swing of my head and attitude. Because I was truly baffled

“The children of course” The fact that he said the children and not my children told me everything I needed to know about this jerk. 

“What children, my children?” I ask dumbfounded. 

“Yes, he said a with a sly grin,” and then he licked his lip, what the actual f**k. Did he think that was sexy somehow or that I would be swooning and drooling over him. I’m about to gag.

“You mind stepping back for me.” He remained in the same spot, I sigh loud showing my irritation. Because there's no way I'm letting him in.

“What do you want with, ‘MY KIDS?” i said emphasising my last words

“There mother was apart of my pack, so they belong to me” 

“Look, Paddy, may I call you Paddy,  it doesn't matter,” I said, c*****g my head to the side and placing my hand on my hips. 

“No, they're mine, not yours, Now please leave my property” and one in the back growled at me. I raise one eyebrow at him. Straightening up, I went to close the door and Patrick put out his hands stopping the door from closing. Taking a deep breath, to steady my already racing heart, this is not the time to show fear. That's the one thing I learned about being a wolf: you never show fear. Serenity stirred inside me ready to defend what's hers.

With a deep tone and something I couldn't place he barked ‘do as I say little wolf’ tilting my head and I stared at him. I think this is the Alpha power I've been warned about. I can feel it slamming into my body and settling over my skin like feathers caressing my skin. A slight throb crossed the back of my skull, but I ignored it, it was more of an annoyance than anything.  Guess no one warned him about me either, I'm no normal wolf, alpha magic doesn’t apply to me. Let's just say my witchy side is a little bit of a b***h like that sometimes, and my wolf definitely enjoys that side of herself, using the magic to do some pretty f****d up s**t sometimes.Somehow she knows how to use my magic and I still have trouble using it myself. Oh did I mention that I was an Alpha's daughter, guess that makes me an Alpha too, I don’t know, I don't particularly care so they can suck it. Besides,these kids are mine. Using my own alpha witch magic, I like to think because of the little that I learnt over the years which isn’t a lot. 

“Get. Off. My. Property” my voice boomed so loud Asher howled and Goddess started to cry. I could hear Nina rushing down the stairs, making her way to the twins. They all took a step back and I closed the door and hurried the kids running to the back, grabbing my ready to go bag, to head through the back door, through to the neighbour's backyard. But one of Patrick's guys was already out there. I sent a force of wind his way slamming him into a tree, two more wolves came in to view snarling rushing at me, Partially shifting my head and snarling back at them ‘Mine’ he blinked up at me wincing in pain.Taking Goddess from Nina I ushered them through the hole in the fence and hurrying Asher through the flap of the wooden fence that I secretly built since the last pack who tried to take Asher from me, almost succeeded, can you believe it they want him for pit fighting like I would ever let that happen. After searching for help after their mom passed away I found the pact the mom was from and it was not a good place for someone like Asher. I put contingency plans in place just in case they ever decide that they really wanted him, since his father was made to fight in the pit. Silly mutts. No better than the humans who host dog fights. 

‘Go, Go,” I hurried him through the hole. We ran as far as my feet could carry us. Goddess eyes were filled with tears streaming down her face. Her face was as bright as a cherry tomato. Poor baby I had to stop to calm her down. 

“It's OK, princess, you're OK. Asher you OK, Nina how bout you”

“Yes,” he whined , I think. 

“Listen, lovelies, those were very bad men, and we can’t go back home, not yet, so we're going to take a trip, OK, won’t that be fun, yeah, fun” looking around frantically making sure that we're OK for the moment. ‘Put this on’ I helped her into a cardigan to cover her head. “We needed to get to the truck”,I told Nina, and she nodded her head in response. I parked it around the corner, just for this type of emergency. Making it to the truck I strap them in quickly and press gas, it's time I found this so-called father of mines. This has been the third time in the last few months Patrick has sent his wolf for my babies and now he's here in the flesh. My heart was beating so loud and fast I could barely catch a breath, but I had to keep moving. I drove until the truck finally ran out of gas, stopping to get gas and something for the kid to eat. I finally had a chance to rest. I grabbed them some McDonald  and found a motel we could all just bonk down for the night.  Ushering them into the dingy motel room I got them settled, fed up and ready for bed. While they ate I made a call to Mac and asked for more information on my father to see if there was anything else that he could tell me. 

“Hey, pretty eyes, how are you doing, when you come to see me?”

“Not good, some Alpha called Patrick came to the house claiming to be their parents new pack leader and wanted the kids back, now we were on the road. Listen, I need to find my father to see if he would help protect them”. I told him what happened. 

“Are you OK” he asked frantically

“Yes, just a little shaken up, i’ll be fine, so do you have any more news you can give me on my father and his pact,”

“I wish there were pretty eyes. It's like I told you he came from the Black Moon pack in the North and you Mother from the ignite Coven” I sighed. 

“I do know that his pack is one of the biggest in the north, I sent word to him about you but haven’t heard anything back over the years, are you sure you want to find him”

“I have to, at this point I need all the help I can get, he just has to help us, I'm his daughter after all” ‘yeah he has to help, he will help’. Looking around the small room more tears fell. I bite the inside of my jaw until I tasted the metallic taste of blood in my mouth.  

‘Listen pretty eyes, just keep going North like I told you, remember what I told you to look out for as a shifter town.”

‘Yes’ I murmured into the phone trying to hide my sobs

‘Stay strong sweetie, everything will work out., now do you need some money”

“No, not yet I got a few thousand for now, Listen can you send another message to him that i’m heading his way and i’m in trouble”

“Sure” I said my goodbyes, hanging up feeling more defeated than when I first picked up the phone. 

I turned to look at my babies and the look in their eyes told me I needed to be stronger for them. 

Come her princess, time for bath and then bed, you too Ash. 

 After tucking them in bed, my wolf felt restless, but I couldn’t let her out to play now. She is even more protective of the pups than I am. 

“I watched them take a shower” Nina told me and I smiled weakly. Leaving the door a crack open I slid into the shower letting the water cascade down my body trying to wash today's trouble away. 

‘‘Serenity’ I called to my wolf

‘Yes Star”

“I know you want out but you can’t go outside ok, we have to stay inside just two more days and you can roam the forest again OK”

‘OK, but you need your rest. I watch our children”.  

‘Serenity! They can’t have them, they ours”

“I know, now go to sleep, we got a big day ahead of us” I fell into a deep sleep leaving Serenity to guard our precious cargo.