Good Times
I wake up early, and by early I mean it's 4.am ... damnnit why does this keep happening to me. I roll out of my husband's warmth and get up to go and pee. on my way to the bathroom I catch a glimpse in the mirror, my long black hair a tangled mess still partially in the French braid from last night my silver/Grey eyes staring back at me horrified to see that I put on weight, I scurry off to the bathroom wondering how this has happened so fast, but before I even have a chance to ask my wolf Shaz starts howling in my head with excitement, I can practically feel her dancing in my body and that is not helping with my stomach at all... as I run to the toilet to pee and vomit simultaneously, I have a wee chuckle of excitement too, "well Shaz I guess we're going to be Mom's" I exclaim out loud, another howl goes off in my head and I know she's just too excited for our pup! "calm down Shaz, all this excitement can't be good for the pup and you know we can't shift, so please don't get all worked up in there" Shaz sighs "I know, I know, I've just been so excited for this day for so long and it's here finally and, well you know me, over excitement is kind of my middle name" I giggle, she's not wrong on that one, reminds me of when I first met my mate, and my beloved Gamma Husband Kyle, he was the most amazing man I had ever seen
(Katie is having a flash back at this point)
"ohhhhhh Katie dearest can you please at least try to smile, for once, please, for your mother" my mother begs me desperately trying to get me to enjoy myself at this party, every year she drags us all along to this stupid party, and unfortunately this year it's my turn to be on prade for an evening having to be on my best behavior, for the mating ball... don't get me wrong I am excited as anything to find my mate it's the most incredible thing for a werewolf, but I just hate having to be in anything more than a simple skirt on a hot day, not this floor length green death trap my mother calls a gown.
"oh Katie, stop scowling at your dress you look beautiful, now sort your face out before Serene comes out and b***h slaps your face like she's threatening to do!" snaps my mother through our mind link and I instantly tense up at the thought and plaster a fake smile on my lips, Serene is my mother's wolf, while my mother Mary may be the kindest woman you would ever meet, Serene is another story, you don't dare cross her she has a bit of a temper.... there have been incidents over the years.... I giggle to myself and feel my mother relax next to me "thats more like it darling, see you have such a beautiful smile don't let it go to waste just because I forced you into a dress tonight, please I have a feeling your ...ouch" I accidentally slapped my mother to silence her... I could smell him "mate ... MATE IS HERE" shaz screamed in my head, the most incredible smell wafted into my nose, the smell of cini-buns and freshly made pancakes, I hurried towards the scent and that's when I locked eyes with the most incredible man I had ever seen, his prefect blue/green eyes bore into my own silver/Grey eyes his brown shaggy locks looked perfectly tussled and his lips, oh his lips I could only imagine them on me, I snap out of my day dream and run into his waiting arms, "Hello mate, I am Kyle Storm, Gamma of the hollowed moon pack, what is your name" he wispers in my ear as he holds me tight to his chest breathing in my scent from my neck, his lips hovering above my marking spot, I sigh and wisper back "hello Kyle, my mate, I am Katie everest, an omega of the Blood moon pack" I say, Shaz whines inside my head at the thought, the Gamma may not want us, we are omegas, after tonight I go to work scrubbing floors of the pack house again every day, Kyle lifts my head and looks into my eyes "don't give me that face beautiful, I would never reject you, I have seen you before and thought you might have been my mate but you were not old enough, I am 23 you see and you are now 18 and can feel the mate bond finally, and well" he laughs " I sure am glad your my mate, makes me feel much better about keeping an eye on you for awhile" he giggles, I stammer " you... you knew all ready? but you never said anything ? and what do you mean keeping an eye hmmmm? " I question, ...
*end flashback*
sighing I realize I'm still sitting on the toilet and my husband will be waking up soon so I better go and sort out his breakfast, I quickly finish my business, throw on a black hoodie that's two sizes two big and a pair of blue jeggings and tie my long hair into a high pony tail, before wandering down to the kitchen from the second floor, our pack house isn't big but it does have three stories, first floor for the kitchen, dining room, a couple meeting rooms and a games room, while the second floor is for the beta and the gamma with thier families respectively and the third story is for the Alpha and his family, your only allowed up there by invite of the Alpha or his family and that does not include previous Alphas.
as I get into the kitchen I read the clock on the oven, its now 4:45 and I think to myself s**t, that's not long enough to make his favorite French toast (he says that I smell like French toast, but I can't smell it) but I can whip my mine and thats pancakes so pancakes it is !!!
I busy myself with work in the kitchen whipping up enough batter to feed everyone in the pack house is a big job but the other kitchen hands will be here soon to help me feed over 200 people with pancakes, as if on cue Laura walks in the door " mmmmm what's that your making " she exclaimed excitedly, smiling as she skips over to me, she might be 33 with two kids but she definitely does not act like it, "Good morning Laura how are you today" I smile back at her, " I'm making pancakes if you would like to help by cutting up some berries or whipping up some cream that would be awesome" Laura stops in her tracks and starts sniffing the air, ever so slowly moving over to me before realization crosses her face, Laura beams in excitement her blue/green eyes nearly bluging out of her head and she hugs me tight "oh my Godess Katie, congratulations!!!" she squeals in delight, I remind her the time of the morning and also inform her that my lovely husband does not know about the pup yet as he has not woken up and my scent must only now be changing, Laura understanding she is now the first person I have told is delighted and we go about our morning making the pack house breakfast every now and then pausing to say hello to someone as they walk through the door to start their days training before breakfast is served.
In a little over two hours breakfast is served to the troops it's now 7am and training is over, I'm sitting with my family having breakfast, no one has said anything thismorning, a strange feeling in the air, all I have learned is several of our warrior's got seriously injured at this mornings training, though nothing was different this morning to any other morning everyone some how felt ... weaker, Kyle and I retreat to our room soon after breakfast, I'm so egar to tell him the news, but the look on his face says it's going to have to wait, "I just don't understand" he booms, making me wince "sorry love, I just don't get it... training today.. it was no different... but some how...we j-just felt so.....weak" he barely looks at me before he flops back on the bed, a tear runs across the top of his cheek bone as he lays there staring at the ceiling, I go to comfort him but realize his eyes are closed, I can hear his heart beating, and I use my mate bond to feel him and he's right he feels so drained, I try to give him some of my strength, I've been able to before, some say it's the mate bond, others claim different things but this time, while trying I feel a block, I don't understand so I try to push harder but I can feel a block in my mate bond with Kyle, I try to wake him up to find out why he's blocking me but he's in a deep sleep and I believe his body needs it, I leave him to sleep and head back down to the kitchen to help tidy up from breakfast but no one is there, something feels off, but I try to put my mind at ease and start to do the dishes.
After an hour and a half of cleaning I am finally finished with all the dishes and the kitchen, I still haven't seen or heard a single person though, I call out to Shaz, she mutters a sleepy hello to me and says she's still there but feeling a bit tired, thinks it had to do with the pup so she was just resting for now, I understood and went insearch of anyone that was awake, but the house was seemingly empty, all the doors were open but no one was in their rooms.
after several hours searching the house the grounds and the town I tentatively went up the stairs to the third floor, knowing it was forbidden but I just couldn't understand where every one had gone, had there been an attack and I missed the mind link ? surely there would be someone somewhere in this entire pack land but it seems I couldn't find anyone. even the Alpha was gone.