Chapter 6

MIA'S POV:

“Why am I not happy that Leon said he’ll only treat me as his sister from now on? Why do I feel sad in my heart?” I asked myself after my mother went upstairs. I sat on the black couch alone in the living room, waiting for my mother to return.

The living room was painted white and featured a flat‑screen television, a built‑in aquarium, a beautiful home theater, flower vases, and colorful lights to beautify the space.

“It’s because they are our mates—your future husbands—and you need to calm down, Mia, and follow your heart. If you reject them, you will be unhappy,” the soft, feminine voice whispered back to me, and I tensed.

“Who are you again?” I demanded, trying not to frighten the voice that had spoken to me before. I didn’t know if the voice was human or a spirit.

“I am Molly. Your wolf.”

“My wolf? Where are you?” I asked, looking around the living room, but I didn’t see any wolf.

So, where was she? I still had doubts that I was a werewolf. My body trembled with the realization that I was truly a werewolf, and my mother was right about me having the ability to shift into a wolf and a human.

“I’m in you,” Molly replied calmly as she purred in my head. “Do you want to shift to me? We can run around the woods with the others. Those triplets are ours and will be our mates once you turn eighteen,” she said in a sweet voice, making me speechless.

My heart fluttered, and heat rose up my neck.

“Mia,” my mother’s voice snapped me back to reality as she returned to the living room with the photo album. She gently descended the stairs and approached me on the couch, holding the photo album in her hand.

Mom was still dressed in her white nightdress that exposed her thighs, but she had put on her white, long‑sleeved jacket and tied it at the front.

As she plopped down beside me on the couch, she said, “Mia, here’s the album I want to show you. It’s my family album. When I turned sixteen and met my wolf, Kalani, I was so excited that I could shift like the rest of our pack members. And this is your father when I turned eighteen and met him. Your father and I were studying at White Hills Academy about twenty years ago. Your father was very busy with his research work even as a young man, but I loved him and thought he would stay with me and we would build a big family together. However, I am a white wolf, and he’s brown. So I’m thinking that you will have a white wolf too, given that you resemble me. Here, have a look.”

Mom handed the photo album to me as she showed me herself, her older brother, Blake, his wife, Lana, and their two pups, Veronica and Godwin, who were young children back then.

“So, Mom, Veronica is a werewolf and my cousin too?” I asked my mother with a look of shock on my face when she showed me a picture of my cousins, Veronica and Godwin Jackson.

“Yes. Veronica is a werewolf too; she is seventeen years old like you and studying at the pack’s academy as an accountant. Hopefully, she will turn eighteen this year and find her mate, too,” Mom replied happily, and I scowled.

“Well, Mom, Veronica and I aren’t close. She doesn’t like me, and I didn’t know she was my cousin,” I said through clenched teeth, knowing that Veronica was one of the female students at the academy who wanted the Triple L to notice her.

Veronica loves to go on errands for triplet and talk about them all day. Most of the students think Veronica is the Triple L’s girlfriend.

“Mom, Veronica always acts superior, like she is better than me. She doesn’t like me, and I am surprised that she is my cousin,” I said, my tone filled with surprise after closing the album.

Mom frowned and asked me, “Do you want me to call Veronica tomorrow and speak with her to get along with you at the academy?”

“No need, Mom. I have a good friend, Vivian Adams. But I’m afraid she is a werewolf too. She never told me anything about being a werewolf,” I said, disappointed by Vivian keeping this secret from me.

“I assume she doesn’t want to scare you,” Mom replied softly, and I nodded calmly. “Maybe.”

“Thank you, Mom, for telling me about myself. But I still have a hard time believing that I am truly a werewolf,” I said, just as my mother rose from the couch beside me and held the photo album in her hand.

“It’s fine, Mia. Once my parents return, we can have a family gathering. They traveled to China for their vacation, and I don’t know when they’ll be back. We will have a big family reunion party, and maybe I will introduce you to all of them. I will call my mother and tell her about the wedding with Alpha David. I’m sure they wouldn’t miss it,” Mom said, speaking about her parents, and I smiled.

“Alright, Mom. It’s late. Let me go to my room and sleep. Good night,” I replied, and I followed my mother to the top floor. She went into her room to join Alpha David, and I heard his deep voice speaking to someone on the phone in her room.

Sighing, I walked into my room, which was adjacent to my mother’s room. I shut the door and went to look at my reflection in the mirror.

“Molly,” I called the name of my wolf as I gazed at myself in the wide mirror.

“Yeah. I’m here. Do you want to shift to me?” Molly asked me calmly.

“No,” I replied softly, seeing my blue eyes glow in the mirror.

“Did I just do that?” I gasped, and Molly purred, “Yeah.”

“What else can I do—like magic?” I asked Molly, my voice curious.

“You can shift, talk to someone through mind link, and heal faster,” she said, and I found that fascinating.

“Alright. Later, you can give me an update. Now I need to sleep and hope that I’m not dreaming. Tomorrow is Saturday, and I won’t be going to the academy,” I said, relieved, as I went to my bathroom to relieve myself. Since I got back from school, I hadn’t even had my evening bath.

“How about the Triple L? Are you going to reject them?” Molly asked me fearfully.

“I don’t know how to deal with them. How can I have three boyfriends? And also, my mother is going to marry their father. I’m sure Mom won’t approve of them,” I said, and Molly groaned.

“Then don’t support your mother’s wedding,” she said.

“Well, I want my mother to be happy, and the only thing that can stop her wedding is if my father returns. If my father doesn’t return, then there’s no way for me to stop the wedding or get along with the triplets. They are bullies, too,” I reminded Molly, and she groaned again.

“Can’t you call your dad to return? Tell him that your mother is going to marry Alpha David. You’ll see your dad return immediately,” Molly said, but I knew that was impossible.