Are you okay?" Reagan asked as the scene played over and over again in my mind.
"yes," I say as I try to push the unwanted memories to the back of my mind. Reagan was kind enough to wait for me until I was actually fine and he did not ask me about it which I was thankful for.
"I planned something for us out in the woods, do you want to see it."
"Sure, do I need to change," I refer to my choice of clothes which include his hoodie and a pair of leggings.
"No, you look perfect."
I smile as he held my hand and lead me out of the packhouse and into the forest. We walked for some time before we reached the restricted area of the pack. An area that was reserved for the Silphium family only. Anyone caught in this area was punished.
"Close your eyes," Reagan said.
"Why? that is so cliché,"
"Just do it,"
"Fine," I say as I close my eyes and hold out my hand for him to lead the way, "are you taking me somewhere to kill me and bury my heart at the bottom of a pond where the fish will feed off of it?"
"Yeah, then I take your body back and say a rouge killed you, how they got into the Silphium pack restricted area will remain unknown, anyway we are here."
I opened my eyes to the most beautiful sight. The background had mountains in the far distance with trees surrounding them. Large, fluffy clouds that surrounded the mountain tips seemed so close to touch but yet so far away. What caught my eye was the beautiful lake at the centre of it all. The still waters of the lake reflected the trees, mountains and clouds the surrounded it creating an even more peaceful atmosphere. The scent of berries pulls my head to the left of the lake only to find a picnic mat sit up with all kinds of snacks.
"What is this place?" I manage to say through the astonishment.
"Being Alpha of this pack is stressful and demanding, even Alpha Supreme need some alone time with his mate and since I left my mate at her own acceptance party, I need to redeem myself."
I smile from ear to ear and run to the picnic mat to get a head start on the berries that were on the mat. He followed soon after but found the berries half done.
"What is up with you and those damn things?"
"We had a garden with nothing but berries when I was young, It was the only normal thing we did as a family."
"What things did you do that were not normal."
"Training."
"At what age did you start training."
"Three."
He stared at me like I just grew a third eye on my forehead.
"That early, even our line of Alphas begin at age five."
"That is what makes us different but I liked training with Mum and the others, it was like a unifying event."
"Who was your Mother?" that question was on I was hoping I won't be answering anytime soon.
"That doesn't matter right now, have you already gone to Alpha school?" The alpha school was like a university. After graduating from high school, Alphas, Betas and Gammas, with their mates, were sent to a school in the Rafe Council's territory where they are educated by the wolf council in their roles.
"Yes, I graduated last year."
"Then you are twenty-two years old."
"yes and you?"
"Don't you know it is rude to ask a lady for her age," I give him a fake glare even though I was happy he was only three years older than me, "nineteen?"
"What is your favourite colour?"
"light grey, you"
"blue." I see what we did here, blue was the colour of my eyes and grey was his. I stood up abruptly and jumped a few steps away from the mate causing him to do the same.
"What," he asked as he checked for anything that might have caused the reaction.
"Sorry, I thought a saw a spider." as I said this the level of stupidity I felt increased. He stared at me the same way you would stare at a Rubik's cube right before you try solving it. I begin to feel a bit uncomfortable as I shift from foot to foot but lost my balance and felt a piercing coldness swallow me whole.
I couldn't hear much but the little I heard was unclear. My reflexes kicked in as I began to kick my legs in an attempt to reach the surface and breath. When I did, I filled my lung with air before I exaggeratedly waved my arms shouting for help as loud as I could.
"You know that part of the lake is 4 feet deep' right?" I immediately stop my struggle to test out his theory that I strongly believe is wrong but he was right. A contagious laugh started within me and soon Reagan was laughing with me at how unreasonable I was. Reagan helped me out of the water and kindly offered his shirt as my clothes were now drenched which would leave him walking around half-naked but it was not like I was complaining. After changing, we packed up the things we used for the picnic because it was getting late and Reagan did just get back from the Marcel pack that he was sent to by Alpha Ezra.
As we left the restricted area, we heard a series of growls and paws hitting the ground which made Reagan move close to me but was not fast enough as I was tackled to the ground by a small shaking body with extremely curly hair. Reagan's first move was to rip the body off me but I suddenly felt so protective and responsible for the girl that I growled at my mate for trying to take her away from me. Not long a large group of guards came into view. Seeing Reagan, they immediately pale as they lowered their heads in respect and fear of his reaction for letting a rouge slip past them.
"We apologies Alpha, the rouge escaped from her prison cell," they tried to justify themselves, "we will take her and leave you alone."
As he tried to take the rouge away from me, I growl at them and flash my eyes at them as they pale even more. My wolf eyes were green, eye colour for oracles and Anda warriors only. This was the second time that I was showing my eye colour, the first was during the combat trials when my wolf took over.
"Leave, we will handle this." at once the group of guards left us. I tried to get the girl to look up at me but she wouldn't move her head from where she buried it in my neck.
"Reagan, could you take a few steps back." he did as I asked him to until the girl was able to move her head from my neck. When she did I immediately recognised her as more memories can crashing down on me
"Rani?"
FLASHBACK...
"Rani! we are having our birthday party in two weeks do you want to help us plan?"
Leone asked our best friend since birth.
"Yeah, only if you will tell your mother to let me join the training sessions, please," Rani negotiated.
"But you are not yet five," I added.
"No fair, you started training when you were three." Rani pouted.
"We are just lucky," Reagan and I both said at the same time.
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