Finally Found Her

Alejandro's POV

Thank the goddess, I have finally found my mate. Zenith. It has a nice ring to it. Unique, just like her. I do not know if I would have lived until the next sunrise, had I not accidentally found my mate.

It has been a gruelling three years and only the goddess knows how I managed to keep going like this. Many a times, I lost touch with reality but my wolf pulled me back every time... just in time. I was withdrawn, irritable, hanging on the brink of madness and reality. Had my wolf not been strong, I might have gone feral.

Unlike other werewolves, I shifted when I was ten years old. That is when all hell broke loose. My father, Xavier Wolfgang, the alpha of the Redmoon pack, was convinced that I am not his son. According to him, "No son of his would be an anomaly of nature!" By shifting six years earlier than my peers, I became a thorn in his backside.

Many a nights, I would wake up to him beating and berating my mother and when I tried to intervene, he would turn on me, with all he had. The worst thing was the fact that as werewolves, we would both be healed by sunrise. None of the pack members knew of the horrors we went through every night.

Unlike other packs where the alpha family lived in the pack house, we had our separate villa and the sound proofing was impeccable. It is not just about my early shifting but my black hair and blue eyes that made him even angrier. To be honest, I look nothing like my so-called father.

My mother endured his abuse, tried hard to protect me and made sure I got the necessary education an alpha heir needs. Of course I have two siblings. A twin brother and a younger sister. Xander is alpha Xavier's spitting image. Although my sister has my mother's blonde hair and brown eyes, she still resembles alpha Xavier Wolfgang almost up to seventy percent.

I am the only black sheep of that accursed family. Anyway, three years ago, my mother took me for a run and that was when my world crumbled down. She opened up to me and I found myself lost and hopeless. Never once, did I think anything of that sort could be possible.

Because of my father's incessant abuse, my mother and I became estranged. Whenever she paid attention to me, Xavier would beat her, blue, black and white. So, when I turned eighteen, he told her that he would only celebrate Xander's birthday, not mine. And Xander was already at the Alpha Academy and I was home training the warriors. It had been eight years since that first shift. Eight years of walking on glass in my own home.

It was a known truth that Xavier was grooming Xander for the alpha position. He left a day before and instructed my mother to follow with our sister Maya, the following day. It was early that morning that my mother's mindlink jolted me. It had been years since she bothered to talk to me.

"Meet me at the white oak tree at the eastern borderline." I checked the time and almost cursed in anger. It was half past three in the wee hours of the day! But a part of me was ecstatic. Finally, my mother was willing to talk to me. I quickly brushed my teeth and washed my face before heading out.

At the treeline, I took off my clothes, tied my jogger and sweater to my legs then phased into my wolf form. Although my wolf was already bigger than normal alphas, it is extremely agile. In no time, I had reached the periphery of the eastern side of our pack. There, under the tree, I found my mother in human form, waiting.

I went behind a tree and shifted back to human form and dressed up, before sitting beside her. She looked at me for a while and sighed deeply. Then she dropped the bombshell. My breath hitched and it felt like my ribs cracked inward, a thousand glass shards cutting through the truth I never saw coming. Indeed, I was not Xavier's biological son.

I could not ask because she did not give me the chance. My mother had made up her mind to disclose everything. All I had to do was listen. "I do not know if it is scientifically possible to have twins with different father's, but this is the truth. I could not tell you earlier because I wanted you to become an adult first. Now that you are eighteen today, I figured it's high time you know it."

All I could do was let my tears fall silently as I listened to my mother talking. "Jandro, I met Xavier at a ball. Instantly, sparks flew and we both new that we are mates. By the end of the night, Xavier and I had crossed all lines and we're fully marked and mated. I wanted to pack my things as I was working in the human territory."

She sniffled and shook her head before continuing. "He dropped me at my apartment and promised to come pick me up in the evening. He had to rush for an important meeting with his allies. I packed and lost track of time, until my stomach growled with hunger. I decided to go grab a bite at the closest diner."

She wiped her tears with a rough motion, took a breath, and continued. All I could do was listen. "Unfortunately, when I was by the alley close to my apartment, it started raining. Then a man, whom you resemble greatly, tackled me to the ground. He smelled human but was extremely strong. So strong that he overpowered me, a warrior!"

"He was delirious and probably drugged by a potent aphrodisiac. He took advantage of me and promised to take care of me. The only thing he gave me was this bracelet." Her trembling hands handed me a sapphire stone bracelet with strange symbols. "But how could I wait for him, when I had already found my mate? I went home and scruubed until I did not have his scent. I thought it was an encounter I would forget until you were born.I tried to forget him, tried to wash the memory from my skin. But when I saw your eyes… I knew forgetting wasn’t an option."

I took the bracelet and a strange warmth ran through my hand to my whole body and I shook violently. The bracelet glowed strangely then became normal again. "Alejandro, you have to go as far way as possible. You are in danger and even though I never planned to have you, you're still my flesh and blood and my duty is to protect you. Here's a card, it has about two and a half million dollars. Go. Start a new life, and if it's possible, find your father."

Without hesitation, she thrust the backpack she was holding into my hands and turned around. Before she took three steps, I rushed to her, and hugged her. Even though she was letting me go, she was only doing som to protect me. "Thank you, Mama." Was all I said before running for my life.

Talking always earned me broken ribs and bruises from Xavier. Therefore, from when I was eleven years old, I hardly spoke a word to anyone. Which led to people speculate about my condition. I was also forbidden from shifting and many thought I was a late bloomer.

At the observatory, when I touched her… I saw the impression she had of me. Silent. Strange. Maybe even broken. And maybe I am. But if her kindness is the reason she lets me stay close, I will take it. I will be the quiet mystery, if that is what keeps her near. She is my antidote, and I will do all I can to stay close to her.

The moment I embraced her, the feral part of me went still. She did not just calm me. She anchored me. Zenith… my human antidote, my fated mate.