Chapter Two

When Wendy opens the lock to her door, she was greeted by a scream. Most people would be taken aback from the loud shrill but she pretty much got used to it. Wendy smiled when a girl with long black hair jump on her when the door was open.

Her front teeth have gaps and her smile with her green eyes, the only thing she didn't inherited from her mother contrasting her fair skin. Her purple paw patrol nightdress with long sleeves looked so adorable on her.

"Willow baby!" Wendy giggled as she pulls her daughter closer to her chest.

"Momma! You home! You home!" She replied in her baby - ish voice.

After twirling her, Wedny puts her down and kneels to her height, "Guess what uncle Lenny and I have brought for you?" Wendy teases her by roll her eyes to her left insinuating she was holding something behind her back.

"Ish that a dowgy?"

Wnedy scrunch her eyebrow and smiled, "Why would you think I'll bring you a doggy , baby?"

Hope smiled and bit her lips, "Because I wove doggy, mama. Did you?"

Wendy chuckled and take out a gift box wrapped in glittery pink paper and a bow on top.

" Wanna find out for youself, baby?"

Willow cheered and screamed her heart out.

She picks the gift that was a quarter of her size and starts to jump. Celebrating having her new gift, leaving Wendy at the door and goes to her room.

Wendy chuckled. She puts aside her heels and entered the living room to the sight of Layla keeping Willow's toys. She looks up and smiled at Wendy.

"Hi, Wendy. How's job?"

Wendy didn't tell her that she had stayed a few hours late to meet Lenny.

"Oh, it's all good. Busy as always and a bit tiring but just the sight of Willow never fails to brighten me up. How is she today, btw?"

Sarah smiled and just shook her head, "A bit livelier than usual but that’s cuz' the new Paw Patrol movie just came out. She was well over the moon. Should've seen how her eyes sticks to the TV. Dont worry though, i made sure she stays far away from it."

" Good."

A happy scream from the room next to them made both women laugh. "I don't think she'll be sleeping tonight," Layla said.

"Lucky me. By the way, this is for you." Wendy reaches out to her handbag and passed rolled-up money to Layla who was shocked by the amount.

"You giving me this much? Oh, Wendy, it's ... a lot."

"It's not. You've been so kind to stay a few extra hours recently and I really appreciate it. No good deeds goes unrewarded so take it. Plus you deserve it since you have been such a good friend to Willow."

" Wendy... you know I don't mind it at all. Like you said, I adore Willow and plus you having a boyfriend now... you should have some time to relax and enjoy."

Wendy blushed and shook her head.

" I appreciate it, Layla. I really do. By the way, I'm not trying to get rid of you but it's getting late now. You should go home fast. Your mom must be worried about you and I can take it from here. Just go ahead and lock the door, okay?"

Layla nodded. They hugged each other and Layla eventually left.

...

When Wendy enters Willow's room, Willow is already asleep with her Rocky doll in her arms and she was on the floor, lying on the furry carpet with all her toys around her.

She carry her daughter to the bed and laid her down. Pulling Wendy's blanket on her petite body, she smiled. Her only child slept in peace without care in the world.

All safe.

That's all Wendy ever wanted for her. She laid next to her and gently tap on her thighs. Humming a lullaby that seems to make her daughter smile in her dreams.

Her infectious smile from the day she was born seems to calm her. Nevertheless, there was a sense of hollowness in her chest that made it difficult for Wendy to be fully at peace.

The longer she look at her daughter, the more she realised how much she actually resembles her biological father.

She had a dark brown hair but her Willow inherited her father jet black hair and green eyes. She has her fair skin but the energy and ower that resides in Willow's body resembles him the most.

The blood of the Great Alpha coursing through her veins. In a few more months, Willow will first experience her first transformation and Wendy couldn't imagine how that would be. She still didn't know who she was and truth to be told. Living among the humans and acted like them has given her so much peace and happiness, she almost forget about who she was.

Of course she acknowledges her wolf and interact with her constantly but her wolf finds herself so safe being away from the pack that had hurt her before, she didnt mind never having to shift all the time. Only during the full moon she finds herself free and roaming the nearest wood to her neighbourhood but all and all, the safety of her cub and herself matters most so she was content with her situation.

Nevertheless, tears fall from her eyes thinking back to her family. Her precious mother and brother, her little sister whom she had left when poor Meredith was only 3 years old. The memory of her mother crying as she left the pack quietly had always broke her heart. It was necessary but doesn't mean it never hurt.

...

3 years ago

Her body all bruised up especially in her inner thigh area made her feel shameful. Her tears had already dried on her cheek but other tears threaten to fall when her devastated mother sat next to her with her upper body rest on the bed she was in.

She felt her lower body ache and sore from Gideon forcing himself on her. Her skull felt painful as well and it troubled her every time her head rest on the pillow.

The door to her room was slammed open. Making her scream in terror when she saw her huge figure taking over the exit.

She has nowhere to go.

Wendy's mother woke up and quickly stand beside her daughter. " I beg of you. Let me bring her home, Alpha. She is hurt. You have hurt her."

Gideon walks towards them. Making Wendy shivered in fear and holding her mother tightly.

" She is mine. You won't take her anywhere."

" I understand. But you have hurt her. She's bleeding and I need to tend to my daughter. Please."

Gideon's eyes gaze at Wendy from up to down. The sight of the thin white blanket against her fair skin made his pupils grow large, turning it into a dark, deep pool.

Her skin blushed from the warmth of the room and his .... unfortunate handling. He inhaled the scent of his mate and growled.

" Clean her here. Do not leave this mansion. If you do, you'll see what I will do to you and your whole family."

Shivers run down both Wendy and her mom's skin. The memories of the patriach of their family, having his heart ripped out from his chest by Gideon in his Great Alpha formed forever burned their brains.

Gideon stood only a few inches away from Wendy and when his hand came closer to her cheek, she flinches. He stopped, expression harden and almost in despair, he backed away.

" You have 15 minutes. You are to leave the mansion after."

He left the room and leaving the mother daughter crying at their fate.

...

That nightmare, till now has never gone away. Wendy sighed and she turned to see her sleeping daughter.

She wipes off the tears threatening to fall from the edge of her eyelids. She huddles closer to Willow and inhales her sweet strawberry lotion.

She closes her eyes and falls into a deep sleep, praying for a sweet dream that would fill the darkness that still inhabits her mind.