1 Tears & Meeting

Years already passed and the generation was now different from the old ones. But nothing changed when it comes to merging families or packs and the Yu family from Wolf’s Cry pack was no exception in that part.

“Lady Ashlyn, you had a family meeting after your work.” Ashlyn’s secretary reminded her about the meeting that she’ll be having at home.

“I know and I am heading there now so kindly check their drafts before sending me the final design before printing them.” Ashlyn sighed as she fixed everything on her office desk.

Ashlyn Kim Yu was a twenty-six years old female soon-to-be alpha of their pack and she not just had a pack to handle but also had a printing business that she operates. It was her daily work whenever she was not doing her pack tasks.

“Yes, Lady Ashlyn.” her secretary handled the checking as Ashlyn left her business for family affairs.

As she heads out of her business, her beauty showed up even more when she loosens up her dark tie and unbuttons some buttons over her white polo beneath her black coat. Then she untied her pony-tailed raven-wavy hair down as well as her eyeglasses that revealed how deep her ocean-blue eyes were. It really stands out over her fair skin tone and angelic face yet the way she wore her clothes was all business suits or a lady in a suit. When finally she reached her car at the parking space, she immediately removed her one-inch heels and wore her black sneakers before driving her black Bentley car.

When Ashlyn drove, she noticed the grey clouds forming already in the sky in the middle of the afternoon. But when she hit the car’s break at the stop lights, she smelled something even though her car was closed off. She was smelling something alluring that made her have the urge to find it but a honk from another vehicle snapped her from her thoughts. She clicked her tongue in annoyance and went back on her drive.

Getting into the pack house parking, she take her time to get out of the car since she noticed a different car parked in front of their lawn. She took a sniff and she immediately hate coming into their house, again.

“Mom, when dad is going to stop this nonsense?” Ashlyn sighed as she was welcomed by her mother as soon as got inside the house.

“Just let him. He’ll get tired soon.” her mother, Serenity Yu, the pack’s Luna chuckled as she gave her daughter a warm hug.

“Hope so…if not…I don’t know how long I can keep my temper over the same issue.” Ashlyn was being grumpy when her mother handed her a cup of minty milk ice cream.

“I know, you have the same temperament as your father.” her mother teased her and she groaned irritatedly.

“I am not.” Ashlyn said as she went on eating her ice cream.

“Right.” Serenity chuckled as they went to the meeting room which was big enough to accommodate ten people for a meeting.

Ashlyn rolled her eyes as slouched on the couch with crossed legs and just eat her ice cream. Her father, Jace Yu, the Alpha sighed over her behavior but went down to the business since she was already present.

“Alright, first of all, I would like to introduce you to my…” her father was about to introduce her to their visitors but Ashlyn sighed and interjected nonchalantly.

“Don’t introduce me to them if they already know who I am and my position in this pack, am I right, Tony?” Ashlyn flatly said to Tony who just smiled. But Ashlyn really hates that man ever since she meets him in college and what he’s been doing to all the girls he hook up with.

“She’s right sir…let’s just get down to business first.” Tony was being polite but Ashlyn see through him but did not say anything.

“Alright, let’s talk about the areas that we’re expanding.” Ashlyn’s father smiled and went down to their business.

‘We gonna talk about that behavior of yours.’

Ashlyn just rolled her eyes when her father sent a direct mind-link to her and let them speak about business. They were just talking about expanding their territory since they were just a neighboring pack and by expanding, Ashlyn know about it well.

“So, when you said expanding the territory, you mean by selling me to this fuckboy soon-to-be alpha?” Ashlyn finished her ice cream which also mean that her cool temper was not starting to heat up again.

“Enough, Ashlyn. You’re being rude to your husband-to-be.” her father said and it made her roll her eyes irritatedly.

“What? Rude? Husband to be? Did I just hear my father say that to me?” Ashlyn was losing her control already and her mother started to worry.

“Yes, and you’re going to marry him soon.” her father firmly said in his alpha tone but it was not affecting Ashlyn like the others.

“Did you know that he’s a fuckboy and he’s still like that?” Ashlyn was so close to losing her cool and her mother noticed that her daughter was already shaking.

“I’m a changed person. I only desire you.” Tony interjected but Ashlyn was not listening to him. She was counting to calm herself down.

“See, he desires you and he’s going to marry you soon.” her father chuckled as he panted Tony’s back.

“Desired my body for years since I am the only one he couldn’t get under his pants. I am not a whore or some babymaker just to make pups.” Ashlyn was gritting her teeth already as her hands were already in a close fists.

“Nobody was treating you like that.” her father was smiling since he likes Tony for her daughter but it's another story for Ashlyn.

“BUT YOU’RE SELLING ME TO HIM AND I AM NOT THAT DESPERATE TO HAVE A MATE! I AM MORE THAN THAT!” Ashlyn finally snapped and shouted directly at her father.

“YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU LEAD THE PACK AND HE CAN HELP YOU WITH IT!” her father did the same thing but it trigger the wrong button for her daughter.

“SEE, THAT’S IT. YOU FINALLY SAID IT!” Ashlyn started seeing grim when she kicked the center table that landed on Tony’s men. Everyone was surprised at how strong she was that made them speechless.

“YOU THINK I AM NOT CAPABLE OF LEADING THIS PACK ALONE WITHOUT A MATE OR THIS FUCKBOY AROUND ME!” Ashlyn shouted as she started losing herself and began attacking everyone who was in her way. Her temper gets the best of her.

Everyone in the room tried to stop her but she was overpowering them and putting them into their places with blood on their bodies. They were all knocked down and her father was not even an excuse for that.

“LISTEN TO THIS VERY CAREFULLY, EVEN IF YOU’RE MY FATHER I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DO THIS TO ME AGAIN.” Ashlyn grabbed the collar of her father and punched his face with her just a small amount of her strength.

“Ash, stop it your mother.” Ashlyn heard the voice of her male best friend and beta echoed to her ears.

“MARK MY WORDS, I’M STILL GONNA BE THE ALPHA WITH OR WITHOUT MATE BESIDE ME. REMEMBER THAT, FATHER.” Ashlyn started to cry in agony and disappointment at her father.

She turned to her worried mother who was standing beside her beta and mouthed her apologies before she dashed out of the house.

The dark cloud began to release a heavy rain as Ashlyn came on rushing out of the pack house. She did not care about getting wet because the rain helps her to hide those painful tears that kept falling from her eyes.

“FUCK THIS!” Ashlyn shouted as she kept running further away from their house which she ended up in the woods behind their house.

“I HATE THIS!” she kept shouting as she run not knowing where to go. She was just crying the pain that was radiating over her chest.

Ashlyn did not like to be controlled especially when it comes to her heart. She does not want anyone to manipulate her love and life which her father was doing to her. She’s been mateless ever since she turned eighteen but she did not care yet there was a hole in her heart that her father could not see.

She just kept on running aimlessly in the woods while crying her heart out and when she decided to release a wolf’s cry, something or somebody suddenly collide with her body harshly. Due to the contact, their body stumbled on the ground which made them covered with mud but with Ashlyn's balance, she quickly kneeled. She growled at whoever tackled her and only meet a soaking petite or slim lady with a dark hood.

“Are you okay, miss?” a charming and soothing voice from a stranger asked Ashlyn.