Lost and Found by her Alpha

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Star POV

This day just keeps knocking and knocking, but I don't know if the changes are for the good or not. Waking up in the clinic was the last thing I thought I would be doing today when I woke up this morning. First a shower tried to drown me, then mama, alpha, blindsided me into what can only be some sort of cult marriage that my wolf welcomes, then a f*****g fish b***h, intended to killed come hell or high water that b***h Ariel must die. she did something to Asher and a f*****g lighten bolt knocked both of us out. Both my babies are laid out in the clinic attached to an annoying beeping machine. Princess came to have one of her vision things and then she was out like a light, sending my imagination into overdrive. Serenity assures me that they’re just resting and exhausted from the amount of energy it took for poor Asher to transform into human. That's the only reason I'm this calm and not tearing s**t up and burning s**t down. But oooooh I want to so badly, so so badly. Zane has tried to get me to speak to him several times now, but I barely acknowledge him right now. To be honest, I can’t even remember why I was mad at him in the first place, but I just need some space to clear my head, which I don't get. Sigh! I would go for a run, but I don't want to leave them just in case they wake up. I want to be here for anything that may happen. The way this night has turned out, I'm expecting the unexpected at this point. After accepting the clothes from one of the nurses in the clinic and allowing the doc to do some checks, I managed to calm down much more. Just like myself, Nina refused to leave her brother and sister behind, so doc placed her on a cot bed in the room for her and I just sat in the world's most uncomfortable chair waiting for my babies to wake. Xander was next to me on the floor curled up asleep. I told him he could go and we would be fine, but he refused to leave my side too. Mac went up to the guest room a few hours ago. I kept drifting in and out of sleep for the last couple of hours.

I watch the light of the sun peak through the blinds and gaze upon Asher, who's now a real boy. A real freaking boy. I keep thinking if I close my eyes for too long, then the next time I open them he will be my Asher again, the pup I'm used to. He has the inky jet black hair you’ve ever seen, his skin is pale, not a colour to it, I can see every single vein in his body, which is freaky as all hell. As soon as he wakes, the boy needs a tan. The doc comes in and checks on their progress and just gives me a smile. Xander opens one eye at the doc's entrance and closes it back as the doc greets him.

“Alpha, Luna” he writes on his little notepad. I gave him a small smile.

“How is the family doing?” he asks, but he gets no answer. I just turn to face my babies and cuddle up on the chair. Ignoring the sound of everything around me except for the beep of the machines, which tells me they're still alive and just resting. Hearing the click of the lock of the door signalling that he'd left was all the sign I had that we were alone again. Xander got up and placed his huge head on my lap. Even in this form, I still feel the electric tingles that always course through my veins when we touch. Running my fingers through his fur brought me some comfort. After a while, I told him.

“Go, the pack needs you, I will be fine, take her, get cleaned up and something to eat.” I point my chin at Nina, as she stirs. A second later, Zane stood in front of me in all his glory and, for once, it didn’t move me, nothing.

“You need someone to take care of you also, Star, you need to rest, you haven’t slept.”

“Zane, go, I said I'm fine” he let out a heavy sigh.

Putting his shorts on, he goes to wake Nina and they both leave me. I sat with the twins for the rest of the day. The nurse came in a few times to check their vitals as per the doctor's order. Zane brought me food but I had no appetite for anything. Angela and Zane's sister have been by to check on us but I really didn't want to see anyone. Angela even tried to make me leave and go take a shower, but Serenity just snarled at her. A few of the pack members came by, including my little friend Milly. She brought me flowers. I tried to be my perky self for her but I couldn't really pull it off.

It's been two days since the twins went under. Every now and then, I would see them twitch but their heart rate remained steady. I’m to leave with Zane for the Alpha summit today, but I can't be part from them. I wouldn't want them to wake up in a strange place and I'm not by their side. I read to them and Nina sings. Macs have been checking in everyday. Asking why I haven’t healed them yet like he’s taught me, but Serenity won’t say they need to recover on their own. She tells me Princess is just keeping her brother company and that they're fine. Since she wasn’t hit by lightning, according to Mac and Nina, she had what looked like a seizure, but Xander says she felt Asher's pain of shifting to a boy. I don’t know, I just want them to wake up. Serenity won’t let me wake them, because Asher needs time to heal. He apparently has three different bone structures, from what Serenity said, because his father was an Alpha Wolf and his mother was the freaking Princess of all mermaid kind. He would have the ability of both supernatural. Princes can only shift into her mermaid and human form like their mother. There are both something special, like me. I’m a freak within a freak and I've adopted the ultimate freaks. Freaking great. Just call me Mother Freaks…Mother of all freaks. SIGH!

The door to the room opens and Zane pokes his head into the room, shifting to a more comfortable position. I focus on him, as he enters the room, followed by Mac. I smile because that's all I have for them. Zane came to my side and pecked me on the cheek and I felt all the warmth and love he had for me from one peck on the cheek. I will miss him, but he must go. This summit is important for the pack, especially since he’s been MIA for so long. I asked Mac to accompany him for me, since his beta is now MIA.

“How are they today?” he asked.

“Any day now” I told him, so he wouldn’t try to put off going to the summit on my behalf. I know Xander is giving him hell over the fact that he has to leave me behind and with the kids in what can only be described as a coma. Although Serenity says it's not. Sighing, I turned to Mac.

“Thanks for going with him,” Zane groaned and mumbled.

“I’m a grown man, I don’t need a babysitter”, but I ignored him and continued

“Just watch his back for me, you know, and remember to feel the old man out for me and don’t tell him where I am, just mention mom and see what happens?” I reminded both of them. Zane wasn’t too happy with that but, I wanted to be the one to inform the great Alpha of my existence. I wanted to see the look in his eyes when he could no longer deny me an audience.

“You know I don’t have to go, I don’t give a f**k about those idiots and their bullshit”

“Go, I’ll be fine. See you when you get back. You’ve waited this long for me. I'll be here when you get back, I promise.”

Pulling me out of my seat, he hugged me and placed a kiss on my temple, then my cheek and whisper of a kiss to my lips. I wanted to pull him into me and devour his lips, his essence, but I couldn't. Instead, I just savoured the feel and taste of the moment given to me for now. Inhaling each other's scent deeply, lifting his duffel bag over his shoulder and head to the door, Mac gave me the briefest of kiss on the head and reassured me that he would take care of him and that the twins would be fine. I hugged him back and sent them off. It saddens me to see them leave. Serenity howled in pain for her mate but she understood the need for them to leave and the need for us to be there for the twins when they woke up.

Diving back into my book as Nina sat with her laptop searching the web in vain, smiling over at her. She's been here with me only leaving for food and sleep because I refuse to let her sleep on that tiny cot further. At least one of us has got to be comfortable throughout all this. Zane will be gone for three days. That's three days to worry and fret over not only the twins but him too.

“It's getting late honey, why don’t you go on to bed” I told Nina. I can see that this whole thing has been rough on here. She is only 15 and she was chased, survived a fire and was scared beyond belief. I promised her a safe home and yet… just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes, but I have to hold them back and be the brave mother that I promised her. I knew what those homes could be like. Foster care in any country is the same. They were never the safe haven they promised on TV. But here I am no better for her.

“Are you sure I could stay a little longer?” she offers. I got up and dragged her from her seat and hugged her close to me, kissing her head-top, she sniffs and pulls away from me, scrunching up her face in disgust.

“Star?" she whispers and pulls away from me.

"You need a shower,” I giggled and pulled her back in for another hug.

“I know sweetie, maybe tomorrow”, pulling away from my grasp, she moved towards the twins, blocking my view.

“Ash…Asher…” she said, choking on her words, and I spun to see his eyelids fluttering open, looking over at her majesty. I saw her eyes opening also.

“Mama” he says, voice low and scratchy, barely a whisper. Bursting into tears, I moved quickly in between them, not knowing who to squeeze first. My babies, your awake.

“Doctor?” Nina yelled, calling for the doctor and nurse as she fussed over them herself, not knowing who to trouble first or what to do. The tears just kept coming. The doctors and a nurse from early rushed into the room.

“Thank the goddess” were heard all around. The doctor checked them over, and my heart has never felt so full and relieved in my entire life. Moving to Asher's side, I asked

“Are you OK? Does it hurt? Do you need Serenity?” I asked rapidly. But he just smiled up at me and caressed my face with his palm. My boy.

“Hello!” and the dam burst. I was done for. I couldn’t help it.

“Hello my sweet boy.” I hugged him so tight, I didn't want to release him. But I had to check on the princess next. Nina stepped into my place.

“Sister!” he uttered and the damn dam broke once again. It's like I'm a freaking leaky faucet. “Asher” she cried, holding him to her chest as I moved to Princess and hugged life back into her.

“My Goddess, you're okay”, planting kisses all over her face. The doctor finally managed to separate us and did all his checks and left us for a while. Nina fed Princess water while I fed Asher. Princess moved from the bed to lay with Asher and I swear there was nothing but pure magic in the air. They hugged for what seemed like forever.

“Thank you, sister,” he said. After a while, they separated and she turned to us and smiled.

“I want burgers and Asher wants burgers too” she says, making me smile.

“Sure I’ll get you some burger”, Nina said, running from the room.

Once Nina left, I sat on the bed with both of them cuddled up, singing like we always do when they're sick. Once Nina was back, there was no getting her to leave the twins. After informing the chef that the twins were awake, she quickly made them several burgers and a bunch of other things that were unnecessary. They all witnessed the lightning striking my boy and the terror I felt when I couldn't get to him. They also witnessed me throwing their Alpha over a cliff, but that didn’t bother them one bit. The pack have all come to show their respect to the twins while they slept. As I watched them shovel food down their gullet, the smile that had been plastered on my face was interrupted by Nina.

“Luna, are you going to let the pack know that they’re awake? Let Zane and grandpa Mac know?” sigh. The thought of Zane brought back a pain from his absence.

"I just want a little more time with them, that's all.”

“And a shower” she mutters, but these wolf ears don’t miss a thing. They all laughed.

“Watch it Missy.” the kids giggle and I tickle them, including Nina.

“You think that's funny, huh?” It was good to hear their joy once again. It‘s as it always has been, just the four of us, but that pang of pain hit me again with that though. No, it wasn’t just us anymore, it was us and Zane, Xander and the pack. Sitting up, I concentrated and sent out a howl, alerting every single pack member, gaining their full attention.

“Hi.. huh.. This is Star, the Luna, but I guess you already know that… hmm just a brief announcement. Not sure if you want to know or even care, but I thought you should all know that the twins are finally awake… so yeah bye”

“i***t” Serenity said as a chorus of howls went up around us. They were all happy. I smiled and howled back. We all howled at the sky and giggled. Asher doesn’t say much, but he tries to howl.

“It’s my turn” Serenity barked in my head and before I could say anything she forced herself forward and we shifted.

“Mamma” was the last thing I heard from Asher as I was shoved inside Serenity.

Serenity spent the night with them playing and just being there with them. More food was brought over for her. It wasn’t until they were all tired even though they had just woken up from a three-day nap. I was tired, drained, to be honest, but I had one more person to let know.

Pulling my phone out of my pocket and dialling his number, he picked up on the second ring.

“Hey, miss you” he said in a husky, sleepy tone, answering the call and making me smile.

“Hi, miss you too” I told him and actually meant it.

“How are they doing?”

“That's what I’m calling to tell you.”

“Their awake, their fine”

“That's great, that's great. That kid’s a fighter. I knew they would be alright.”

“Yeah.” I smiled please at his tone and sincerity.

“So how's it going, you and Mac getting on?”

“For the most part. We got in around 4 o'clock and were shown to our rooms. They didn’t know what to make of Mac though, which was funny.” I laughed, because no one ever knows what to make of Mac. Their kind are shifter myths.

“He requested to see your dad, but I'm not sure if he has or not.”

“Oh, what about you? You don’t want to see the alpha”

“Not particularly” I giggled, stepping outside the clinic to get a breath of fresh air. I stare up at the stars and just breathe.

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Let’s just say I'm what you would call a social pariya in our community.”

“Is that so, I'm mated to a rebel?” he giggles.

“ In some ways, yes. I’ll see him tomorrow at the ball. If not, I will definitely see him at the alpha summit meeting”

“Ball, does that mean I’m missing seeing you in a tux?”

“You miss seeing me a lot” he said seductively, lowering his tone and base, making me smile.

“Why do tell?”

“No, I think I'll leave it as a surprise. I like the look in your eyes when you're surprised, besides, I think I'm going to miss that too”, he replies. Just as there was a knock at his door.

“Who's that, it’s like 3 o' clock in the morning?” I questioned.

“I don’t know, hold on” I heard the creak of the door opening and a female voice, softly spoken and smooth.

“Alpha Greenwood,”

“Can I help you?”

“Just checking that all is well”

“At 3 am?”

“You know, we want to make sure that you have everything you need, anything at all, I'm here for your needs” is this b***h serious. Oh no. I tried to hear his reply but the sound became muffled. The punk covered the mouthpiece. Hanging up the phone. I let out a long sigh.

“Don’t worry, our mate knows better” Serenity told me, but I knew men better. Sighing, I placed a call to Mac and gave him the good news. We talked for a while and then I turned the phone off and went back inside to check on the kids again.

“Don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing.” Serenity reassured me. But I was too drained to even contemplate the death of our so-called mate.

I fell asleep once again in the uncomfortable chair. Whistle, the twins snuggled up together and Nina on the bed beside them.

Waking up to the doctor entering the room. “Hey doc, when can we blow this joint?” I questioned.

“Well, we just have a few more tests to run and an X-ray on the twins. Once the results are in, then they can be released. I smiled at him appreciatively. Good. Moving to Nina , I nudged her awake, letting her know that I was going to go home and take a shower. I’ll be back with breakfast. I kissed her on the cheek and left the clinic for the first time since the twins went under. As I passed through the house, a few people were already up and moving around the pack. They all bowed and greeted me. I smiled and waved.

Stepping into the shower, I turned the pipe to piping hot, and just stood there letting the water singe away the past couple of days. I must have spent an hour under the water just scrubbing and washing because when I was done my skin was raw. My scalp was tender from the vigorous scrubbing and so was my skin. Stepping in our bedroom, I felt the emptiness of it. Rummaging through his closest, I searched for something to wear. Pulling on one of his shirts that was way too big to fit my frame and jeans that sagged. I made my way to the dinning hall to get some food for us to eat, but was informed that Angela had already taken food to the clinic for the twins. I smiled and thanked the chef for their help. That woman was going to be a pain in my behind if I was not careful.

Opening the door to the room, I noticed Asher was missing, and dread and panic ensued.

“Where's Asher?” I barked.

“Calm down, he’s fine, they just took him for his X-Ray, that girl has gone with him.” Angela tells me.

“What girl?” spinning, I noticed Nina was missing also.

“What's her name, the human girl” she spat with a little disdain in her tone and I arched an eyebrow at the way she said human girl.

"Nina, her name is Nina." I told the ignorant woman who was about to get my foot up her ass if she wasn't careful. Princess was sitting on the bed eating her breakfast. Eyeing both of us.

“Are you okay sweetie?” I question and she nods her head, stuffing her face with a sausage. Not knowing where the X-ray department of the tiny place was, I opted to remain calm and hold my composure and not lose my s**t. Because like I said, tiny space, I don't want to rile everybody up by being an overbearing mamma wolf. Nina would have come and got me if anything. Grabbing a piece of the bacon off the tray of food, I sat and tried to patiently wait for them to return with Asher.

Once they were back, they hauled Princess off to do her scan. This time I followed. When they wheeled Asher in, I noticed they had picked him up and placed him on the bed, but I had no time to ask them about it because they were ready to wheel Princess out. Once they finished with both kids. The doctor came in to give us the result. He started out with Princess first. I guess to soften the blow. She was fine, she beamed at me as he gave her the lollipop which I snatched from her,

“No candy so early” I told them both, but the doc just smiled.

“No, I don’t want you to panic.”

“Doc, when you tell a woman not to panic, the thing she's going to do is panic. What's wrong with my boy?” I snapped.

“Nothing is wrong, he just needs a little physiotherapy to help him gain some strength in his leg and learn how to walk. As you know, he has been a wolf since birth and now he needs to learn how to walk. He's basically a toddler, his speech is also something we have to work on, but in due time I’m sure everything will be fine, isn’t that right young man?” the doctor cued Asher.

“Don’t do that, don’t baby talk to him. I say hyperventilate. Trying to catch my breath,

“Mama?” Asher said, and I looked up at him instead of looking at his legs that I had been staring at since the doctor started speaking. He closed his eyes and when he opened them they were swirls of sapphire and black. He blinked and the sapphire took over once again. I think the wolf was trying to surface. In all this commotion I forgot to ask about his wolf. I nodded my head in understanding and just got up to hug him. My brave boy.

“In the meantime,” the doc continued. Asher will need to remain in his chair, he can go home, for now, all of you can. His appetite seemed to be fine and there wasn’t any brain damage to either child. I’m satisfied they will be fine.

Just then Princess eyes rolled and turned white. When she returned to the room, she blurted out.

“Lets go to the ball” with a grin on her face. Ah hell.

“Sweetheart, what are you talking about?” Angela asked.

“We have to go to the ball to meet grandpa Wolf and the others.

Sighing. Because we can’t go to a ball, Asher can’t walk and I don't want to leave him here all by himself. She moved to her brother's side and they did their twin mind connection thing. Seeing the two of them together like this was freaky. Identical twins. The only difference is their hair, which's weird. Asher was jet back, and princess was a copper colour like mine. Facial features wise, they were the spitting image of each other down to every last freckle. Wait does that make them identical? I don't know. And the freaky train keeps on rolling.

After leaving the clinic, we had to move Asher to a room on the ground floor, due to his legs, which completely broke my heart, because I knew Zane was going to be pissssed when I told him that I was moving in with Asher. Oh well, we can’t all have what we want. I learnt that the hard way.