Alpha Brenna POV
"Promise me you'll wait for us. We might come to you a little bit later than originally planned. It's neither our fault nor does it mean we don't want to meet you. Mother said it was still dangerous." The voice says and I sit up fast looking around. I am seated in a meadow full of pink peonies. It was surrounded by thick trees that look nothing like natural.
"Who are you? Where am I? What do you mean I should wait for 'us'? Who is this US?" Onyx asks, we had been trying to get the answers to those questions for the past fifteen years since we shifted for the first time.
"I can't say much because even I don't know the answers. All I know is that you're our mate. Mother said to tell you that it wasn't the right time yet. She said it was for both your safety, mine and the future of all the supernatural creatures."
"Does it mean that we aren't going to meet anytime soon? What are we going to do when we are forced to take another as a mate? How are you even able to communicate with me with no bond?" Onyx asked the same questions running through our mind, Milo my dragon agreed with a simple nod.
"I don't know, all I know is that all will be revealed when we finally meet. Just promise to wait for us, we will be coming to you. We will find you Onyx, Milo and Brenna."
'JUST WAIT FOR US.' I heard the voice shout before it disappeared and I was woken up by the slamming of the door to my room.
What in goddess name was the meaning of this? The same old dream for the past 15 years, every time I am woken up before I could inquire her name, or the name of her human. She sure knows how to distract me.
I have never seen her or her wolf. The only thing am left with, is her sweet melodious voice that can make anyone swoon.
She became a frequent visitor. Her visits started when I turned nine and shifted to Onyx for the first time and then continued on when Milo arrived.
Since then, she's been visiting me every night. She always had a good timing, she would visit me when am about to make a mistake or on the verge of giving up.
My name is Brenna Onyx Greystone, soon I will be 25 years old and fully take over after my parents. I am tall at 6'3 feet with short blonde hair, green eyes with a masculine body. Am an only child with my parents being the current King and Queen of supernatural. They go by Queen Zifa and King Zander Greystone.
Its another day, full of paper work, surrounded by all the mated couples in the pack and getting followed like a puppy by June. June is a pack slut who thinks that am going to make her my Luna and future Queen. What a shame that will be?
To add salt to my injuries, I can't seem to find my mate anywhere. I have looked everywhere. In every pack including, the humans land and the no man's land, but she's nowhere to be seen. This has convinced June that we are mates and in her mind, am just not ready to accept her and our bond. Her words not mine.
Who in their right mind would think about mating with her?! She has slept with almost every mated and unmated members of the pack. One of the few exceptions being my beta and his mate, higher ranked pack members and me. She's under the illusion that I don't want to accept our bond due to her colorful past.
What they don't know, was, the fact I made a promise 15 years ago and all I have been doing is trying to keep that promise to her. I hope that she will come for me, I intend to wait for her.
"I have a feeling, things are about to change and our life is about to become interesting," mused Onyx wiggling her tail excitedly before lying down prompting Milo to roll her eyes.
SOMEWHERE IN AN ABANDONED CABIN
Narrator POV
"WHO LEFT THE CELL DOOR OPEN?" His voice boomed as soon as he got into the room. On his way here, he was fully caught up on what transpired during his few hours of absence. "Where were the guards on duty? Were they not supposed to be on 24 hours watch?" He was angry and his wolf wasn't helping at all. The wolf was celebrating and howling in his head for the first time since they lost their mate. "Would you shut up already, you are causing me a headache."
"You're all fools, how can you be tricked and out smarted by a mere human. How in the devil's name was she able to slip and ran away without anyone of you fools noticing?" he shouted angrily at the foolish rogues trembling while kneeling before him.
He was mad at them and wanted to murder them like he did to the three men who were on guard duty the night his bride ran away. In his mind, they all let their guards down and she took the opportunity to escape. Didn't these fools understand how important she was? He mused internally
He had just gone for a meeting with the same people who sold her to him. The intention of returning to forcefully mate and mark her was heavy on his mind, he hardly concentrated on the said meeting. He arrived, only to find everyone in panic and running around in fear trying to locate her. The pack was in shambles.
He was livid, he had waited close to eight years, how can she run away from him knowing that he'd find her? They had underestimated her despite her numerous attempts at escaping.
No more, she was going to pay severely for making a fool out of him. You just wait Alpine, when I get my hands on you, you're are going to wish you never tried to escape from my grasp, he internally mused.
He didn't care where she ran off to. According to him she was his and no one else's and he planned to skin anyone alive who claims otherwise. You better die in the forest before I get my hands on you.
"You have three days to find her and bring her here. Dead or alive. You better wish that she is found and if not, don't ever come back at all." his voice boomed angrily.
" You will be back in my grasp, then I'll make an honest example out of you. No one messes with me, test my limit or even get away unscathed." He mused with an evil smirk plastered on his face. A smirk that normally sends cold shiver down the spine of his men.
He was so lost in his head planning, he failed to notice a figure spying on him and suppressing a triumphant smile from across the room.
If only he knew of a traitor in his pack, the said traitor being his very own brother. Who was doing this for revenge. He would have had the decency to watch his back.
'You ruined my perfect life brother, now its time you pay for everything you did. Helping the poor girl was just a beginning. Watch your back Henigan.' Mused the tall figure internally
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Alpine POV
Running was getting harder each second, I had no idea where I was or where I was headed. All I knew was getting away from them as far as I could. I couldn't allow myself to be captured.
Getting captured meant severe beating, forceful mating or even death, so with about fifty meters left to cross the river, I gave my all. I pumped my legs as fast as they could allow me. I walked around to the shallow end of the river quickly dove in. I scrub myself getting rid of most of the blood until I was on the other side. I disappeared into a dark cave on the side of the river watching from the dark depths at the hunting wolves.
I watched my pursuer's look around confused at my lost scent. "She must've crossed the river!" One man said and the others growled lowly. "We know but how do we find her if we can't find her scent?" Another asks and I sink into the cave further. "If we go back Alpha will kill us. We're better off staying out here trying to find her than going back." One of them offered and the others nodded. "We'll cross to the other side." The bigger of the men said as they all wade the river to my side.
I watched them search the nearby woods with no luck. I thought they would keep searching a little longer, but alas! Luck was on my side because they didn't. They decided to continue their search on the West side as they divided each other into portions. Which gave me the only option but to head east.
"We have to keep moving, we are in another pack's territory and I have no idea if they're friendly or not." My wolf whispers to me. "We were not granted permission to be on their land, they could be hostile."
I had no idea how she knew that. I couldn't smell any wolf scent anywhere but maybe it was due to the Mercury, silver and Wolfs bane in my system messing up with my senses.
"Okay, but first, I have to drink some water. I am too thirsty to keep running" I replied tiredly. She agreed with my idea and once I was perfectly hydrated, I took off in to the woods. I had to leave the territory, I didn't want to be captured for trespassing, locked up or worse get myself killed by some angry Alpha.
Running through the woods brought me a sense of freedom and belonging. Although I was famished, I kept going. By Dusk, I was exhausted and hungry, since I was two territories away from my previous location, according to Pearl. I decided to search for a safe place to lay down for the night, but not before looking for some wild berries to munch on.
Laying down in a small cave further into the woods, sleep took its hold on me and soon I was out. It didn't take long before I was plagued with the nightmares of my past life, forcing me to wake up earlier than I would have hoped to. My wounds ached, my energy was low, my head throbbed from all the poison and I could feel a cold coming on from the cold rover water and sleeping in damp clothes.
The urge to cover up and go back to sleep was heavy on me but I knew it wouldn't be long until they caught up with me. Sitting up with extreme difficulty. I slowly eat the left over berries as I crawled out of the cave. Slowly as the dew stuck to my feet, my only option being to get away.
"Pearl, can you shift and take over? We are far away from the Alpha and his pack. I have been running for hours and I feel my adrenaline wearing off please." I plead gently. I didn't know how much further I could continue.
"I don't know if I can shift, it has been years since I did. With all the wolfs bane. I have no idea the limitations it has or even the side effects."
It was just a matter of time before I crashed. I had been on the run for three days. Three days? Oh hell today is our twenty first birthday. How could I have forgotten that little bit of information.
So lost in my thoughts. I didn't realize I had just crossed through one of the forbidden and most dangerous pack lands in history; The Hybrid pack also famously known as The Royal Pack. The last thing I saw was a red shadow before I was tackled to the ground.
Staring up at the blurry figure I couldn't help but smile to myself as I slowly loose consciousness. Happy birthday to me right?