Arrival

Arya's POV

“You did what!” Kelsi shrieked. I wrapped a hand over her mouth. “You are too loud.” Kelsi was the only werewolf friend I found in the human world. We shared everything together and I couldn't be more grateful that I had her in my life.

“Arya you don't know this man for crying out loud” she warned.

“But I had no choice” I wrung my hands out. She went silent because that was true. I had just told her what happened back at my son's school yesterday.

“Who knows who I was,” I said. Kelsi immediately looked up.

"what does that mean?” she asked. I took in a deep breath as I recalled what happened yesterday.

“When the man in a suit, in front of the man in a mask, asked me to do what his boss said, I wanted to be free from all my problems. I tried rejecting him but he stared me in the eyes and hit me with the truth”

“What truth? Tell me!” Kelsi said impatiently.

I took in a deep breath. “He said he knew I was a werewolf and my name was Arya Lincoln and not Lockwood” Kelsi gasped. “He knew me to the last,” I said in a soft whisper, while I stared out in space.

“So what, now he has done all these for you? “Kelsi asked. The man in a suit had settled my dispute with the mayor, made sure my boss was arrested, and kept my son from being expelled. He also sent me a whopping sum of 10 million dollars. He had wiped all my problems in one day.

I shrugged. “I guess I have to do my own part of the deal”

“Which is?” Kelsi asked.

My heart raced as I opened my mouth. Looking my friend in the eyes, I uttered the two words I had dreaded all of my five years in the human side. “Going home,”

Kelsi's eyes went wide.

“He said he wanted I and Chamberlain to accompany him to the full moon party back at home”

“Oh. My. God.” Kelsi slowly exclaimed. We went quiet as we tried to process all of this. The full moon was the party of the century for the werewolf. It was rare to have a full moon on our side and whenever this was to occur, a grand party was to be hosted.

After we had been quiet, Kelsi was the one to break the silence between us.

“Do you know the boss? The alpha?” she asked. I shook my head.

“He never showed his face, he always covered it with some sort of mask” I could clearly see the horror on her face.

“Arya…. This is not good...” she paused. “Okay, he might be a forgotten alpha who wants to make an entrance” I nodded.

“Or he could be ugly and wants a beautiful girl to show off,” she said.

I stared deadpanned at my friend. “Kelsi I'm not beautiful” She tried to speak but I beat her to it. “Please don't argue.” She made a motion as to zipping her mouth.

“Alright, what matters is that I do my own end of the deal. Go to the damn full moon party and come back”

Kelsi slowly nodded then she pulled me in for a hug. “What was that for?” I raised an eyebrow.

She shrugged. “Oh nothing, I just hope he is not some wicked alpha werewolf or something, like a werewolf hunter” as soon as these words left Kelsi's mouth, my face went pale. The only werewolf that scared the shit out of me was the werewolf beast. He had the ability to shape shift into different faces and it was rumored he had killed his parents to become the alpha.

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2 weeks later, I was in a black SUV, heading to the full moon party, with my son. It was to be held in the alpha king's palace. Over the couple of weeks prior to us coming back to the werewolf village. The rich boss, sent me money and gifts for my son. Then he sent the plane tickets. I said goodbye to my friend Kelsi. She had grown quiet since I told her that story. It didn't help that, days before I traveled, I began having nightmares, where I would be running but someone was chasing me. He kept saying the word MINE.

We arrived at the party, an hour later. Taking Chamberlain, I followed the guards to a room. They told me to freshen up and what not.

I knotted Chamberlain's tie and made sure we were looking smart. Then there was a knock on the door.

“Come in” I yelled. A guard came in.

“Ma'am, you will proceed to the party, the boss is in his way,” he said. I nodded and took my son with me.

I was on my second champagne and was already bored, I couldn't wait for it all to end. Suddenly I felt a tug on my dress. I looked down to find my son.

“Mama, I want some ice cream,” I stared across the room. There was a table of refreshments. I didn't want him to have one. He could soil his clothes, but when I looked down and saw the cute pout my son was giving me, my heart melted.

“All right just one scoop” I said.

“Yes!” Chamberlain and I walked over to the table. I asked a maid to get him a small scoop. My son licked a spoon and grinned from ear to ear. “Yum” he muttered. I chuckled. Looking up, I could see the obvious look of contempt in a woman's face.

“Who brings a child to the full moon party” she sneered. Embarrassment kicked in, and I lowered my head. I wanted to take my child back to that room but the moment I looked around, I couldn't find Chamberlain. He had run off.

“Chamberlain” I called out to him. As I walked towards him, my son turned to a corner and tripped. The ice cream flew out of his hands and splattered on the floor and his clothes.

“Sorry mum,” he smiled. I smiled back. “It's alright,” I began cleaning him up and just as we were about heading to the bathroom, I was stopped when I saw some high heels in front of me.

I slowly looked up and my heart almost flew out of my ribcage. “Hello sister” Anastasia smirked. My heart thumped and I swallowed hard.

“What do you want?” I said with gritted teeth. All the confidence I gathered evaporated when I realized she was not alone. She had Olivia, and two minions behind her. My eyes widened when I realized Fifi was with them. It hurt. It really did. Five years later, I was still hit with betrayal.

“Who is this?” Olivia said with a disgusted snarl.

Chamberlain hid behind me. “Mum” he muttered.

“Mum? You are a mother?” the other girl said.

“I bet she has no mate” Fifi said. I stared at her and my eyes watered.

“Fifi even you,”

“Oh please” Olivia rolled her eyes.

“So whose bastard is this?” Anastasia smirked, with her hands on her face. I opened my mouth to speak but no words made it out.

“I told you she has no mate” they burst into laughter.

“Leave us alone!” I said with gritted teeth.

“I won't until you tell me who owns this bastard” Anastasia turned around. “Guards seize her!” the guards were heading toward us, I didn't know what to do.

“Whose bastard is this?” Anastasia asked again but I ignored her.

My heart pounded wildly in my chest, anger roaring through my veins as I felt a shift starting, my vision blurring as my wolf clawed to the surface, begging to be released. My muscles tensed, and my breathing came in short, sharp gasps. The familiar, burning sensation spread through my body, signaling the imminent change.

“Oh, what’s this?” one of the girls taunted. “The broken girl still has a bite left?”

My eyes flashed golden as a deep growl rumbled in my throat. My son whimpered softly, sensing the shift in me, and buried his face in my shoulder. The sound of his fear was like a knife to my heart. I was losing control. The line between me and the wolf blurred, and I felt my teeth elongate, claws pricking through my fingertips.

Just as I was about to give in, a deep, commanding voice sliced through the tension, thundering from behind.

“HE IS MINE!”

Everyone turned around. I realized it was the boss in a suit. He had his mask on.

Anastasia glared at him. “Who the hell are you?”

The man in the mask walked closer to us, he stared at Anastasia and smirked then began to murmur. It seemed like nobody knew who he was too. The man loosened the mask slowly. It was like time stopped as he did that.

Finally the mask was off. I watched Anastasia's face go white. Gasps could be heard around the room. I turned my eyes to the man who had just saved me. I gasped too, clasping a hand over my mouth.

WAS. THE. WEREWOLF BEAST.

I looked from him to my son and my blood ran cold.

There was an uncanny resemblance between him and Chamberlain.