Mia's POV:-
I woke up from my phone ringing up like crazy. I picked it up and looked at the name shinning up on my phone's screen rubbing my eyes half asleep half awake , it was Dad's .Instantly I was wide awake I picked it up and heard my Dad's voice
" Mia are you still sleeping ? , It's 11:00am wakeup sweetie." He said.
He didn't sound as calm and cool as he usually is ,his voice was sombre .
And suddenly it hit me today was May 1st and it wasn't exactly a happy day for all us . Memories came flooding into my mind and for a moment I forgot I was still on the phone until I heard my dad's voice :-
" Mia ,are you still there"?
I shaked the thoughts off my mind and answered him quickly
" I am here dad ". I said
" Okay Mia, please can you wake your mom up it's time for her medicine and make her some breakfast , you know she couldn't sleep well last night and please make sure she takes her meds on time too.
I am busy at the cemetery with Rob . Rob said he wanted to visit Catherine's grave and I am gonna stay with him for a while. I am worried about him Mia and I am not sure when I am gonna come back. Just tell your mom I am busy at pack house."
" Oh " , it was the only word that escaped from my lips . We both remained silent for a moment then my dad cut off . I sighed and looked at the curtains which were covering the only glass window in my room . The room was pitch black and suddenly I felt uncomfortable I stood up and moved the curtains away . The sun streams in like a flamboyant guest not waiting for an invitation . It was gonna be a really sunny day today .
I completed my morning routine and then came downstairs to make some breakfast for myself and my mom .
I had just finished up making breakfast and was about to go wakeup my mom when I heard footsteps behind me . I turned and smiled at my mom and started setting up the table .
" Come on Mom , let's have some breakfast. "
" Where is your dad Mia? , and why didn't he wake me up ? , Is everything fine ? Is everything alright?. She said a bit worried.
"Everything is fine mom you couldn't sleep well last night so he didn't want to wake you up and today is Sunday I don't have to go school so I thought I should make you a breakfast today."
Her face lit up but then she asked again " so where is your dad he usually doesn't leave until noon."
" Well, he had some urgent business at pack house nothing to worry about" . I lied flatly.
"Okay" , she said taking her seat on the table and then both started eating .After finishing breakfast I made sure mom took her meds and then I went to take a walk in woods.
Our cottage was at the border of the forest a bit far from the pack house and isolated . There were no other houses in the vicinity for at least a mile.
I stopped near the edge of the woods and breathed the fresh air to calm my nerves and closed my eyes and let the sun rays bask me in their warmth .
My father Benjamin Davis was the beta of our pack the Riverdale pack and my mother Bethany Brown was a teacher at our pack's high school. All of us werewolves are told stories that how Moon Goddess made us and how she gave each of us a soulmate or mate_our other half without which we are incomplete and it is a bond so special for us that it's in our nature to crave it.
Werewolves get mates when they turn 18 ,although some people of higher ranks and stronger blood lines like those of aplhas and betas can sometimes feel bond with their mates before they turn 18 but it's very rare ,for bond and sparks to be felt both mates need to be 18 or above . My father once told me a story about some Aplha that recognized his mate when she wasn't even 18 yet and he could feel the sparks although the girl couldn't but even if one of the mates feels the sparks the bond is confirmed. So there were many stories circling around .
My mom and dad aren't true mates , yes you heard that right they aren't true mates. My dad was the beta and he waited for his mate but she didn't make an appearance . Werewolves usually get mates right after they turn 18 or usually within a year after turning 18 because mates usually don't have much of an age gap or at least that's what I have heard and seen , it's rare to get your mate after you turn 20 and after 21 most start to lose hope and settle down with someone else .
Same happened with my father he waited for two years and then our pack's previous Aplha told him to get someone else instead but he didn't have any girlfriend or a woman he loved so Aplha decided to hold a competition for a beta female , of course the title and rank attracted many and many females signed up . My father wasn't exactly a fan of the idea but this was the only way he could get a mate so he agreed but then my mother caught his eye . She had just returned after completing her education in a near by human town. She had been away for two years and she just returned and hadn't found her mate. So my father asked her she was hesitant at first and said she still wanted to wait for her true mate and she wasn't interested in titles but after my father asked her again and again for months she finally said yes . They both started dating and fell in love . They both marked each other and thus were bonded for life .
Werewolves can mark and mate someone who isn't their true mate. This bond isn't like true bond at first but with time and love it develops into a really special bond .Overtime your wolves start recognizing each other too but there are some complications.
1 - When you mark someone who isn't your true mate there are two possibilities either your bond with your true mate gets broken and they get assigned a new mate to maintain balance and it's an ideal case but mostly the bond just weakens with time as your new bond develops and in this case the bond with your true mate never gets completely severed and they never get a new mate because they are still bound to you . So if they make an appearance after you have marked and mated someone else the bond you feel won't be as strong but still your true mate will feel it to the full extent and it creates a complicated situation because either you have to reject your true mate or leave your chosen mate.
If your bond with your chosen mate has gotten stronger then it will be not be as difficult for you as for your true mate to reject them .
2 - once rejected you can't get a new true mate, I have never seen anyone getting one after rejecting their true mate . There are myths about second chances but I don't believe them .
3- it's really difficult to bear a pup with someone who isn't your true mate and as the rank and bloodline of male werewolf gets stronger , it gets more difficult sometimes almost impossible for a shewolf to bear him pups unless she is really strong and comes from a strong bloodline.Many never bear pups or others die in child birth .
So because of these situations it really isn't ideal for werewolves to be with someone who isn't their true mate.
End of chapter 1
Author's note:-
So I tried to explain as much of the concept that is in my mind please if you have any confusions just wait they will be explained in the upcoming chapters .