I am A What?

Jordon walks into the room to sit down at the table. I just stare at him. I’m not sure if I want him here or not, I can’t decide. He is just staring at me like he is waiting for me to give him permission to sit at the table. Mom and Dad are just chuckling to themselves. They obviously find something amusing.

“Elara, you made your brother submit. You have more power than him and he can feel that. So because you are more powerful, he can not do something now while you 're in the room without your permission first.” Says the female voice in my head again. Holy shit, I am more powerful than Jordon. WOW! was all I could think.

I look at Mom and Dad again. They still have the biggest smirks on their faces, and Mom says, “Up to you Ellie?”

I look at Jordon and stare into his eyes and say, “Jordon, you can sit down, but if you try to pull any of that shit that you did today. I will end your ass. GOT IT.”

He lets out a sigh. “I am really sorry Elara. I didn’t mean to hit you. I lost control and couldn’t regain my control.”

“YOU WHAT” screams Dad.

Both Mom and Dad jump out of their seats and move towards Jordon. Holy shit, this isn’t good. I’m getting a bad feeling, like Jordon is going to get hurt. I want him to be sorry for what he did, but I don’t want him to get hurt because he is still my brother.

“Ellie, listen to now. If you don’t stop this, your brother will get hurt. You need to stand up and say to everyone to sit down with as much power in your voice as you can, like you did today. But you can’t tell them you hear me yet. OK?” 

I stand up and scream with as much authority in my voice as I can muster. 

 “STOP RIGHT NOW” Everyone drops to their knees and put their heads down.

 “Sit down at the table now,” I say. I swear I just heard everyone whimper and then I just start laughing. I can’t control myself. This has been one weird ass day today and now I just made my parents and my brother all drop their knees. Mom looks at me with sympathetic eyes, Dad just looks shocked, and Jordon looks awed. Everyone gets up and sits down at the table. Dad is looking at me like he wants to ask me something, but he looks very hesitant to ask me.

“Dad, what’s up? You look like you really want to ask me something,” I say.

“Ellie, honey, do you know how you did that? Did anyone tell you to do that?” Dad asks me.

“Elara, do not tell them yet. Listen to what they have to say and then you can decide if you want to tell them. OK,” the voice says again.

“Honestly, Dad, I don’t know. This is has been one of the weirdest days I have ever had in my life. I would really just like to know what the hell is going on since we moved to this little shitty town.” I say, a bit frustrated. Mom and Dad look at each other and shrug their shoulders.  

“You want to start Audrey or should I?” Dad says.

“It’s ok David, you go ahead and I will jump in when I need to.” Mom says, 

“Ok honey, you are going to be shocked and it may take some time for you to get your head around some things and actually you will properly be pissed as well. But I will tell you the story from the beginning, ok.” Dad says to me. I don’t know if I am ready for this. That sinking feeling has come back and now it is making my head pound.

“Ellie, calm down. You can not afford to lose control now. Just listen please.” the voice says again. And again I feel like I can trust this voice and should do as she says.

“Ok Dad, let's do this, please.” I say as calmly as I can.

“Alright Ellie, I will give you the biggest one now, ok. I am just going to say it. Honey, you are a werewolf!” 

Dad says the last bit so slowly. I’m a FREAKING WHAT. No, no, this can’t be right. There is no such thing as werewolves. There is that sinking feeling again. My head is pounding so hard. Everything just goes Black.

“Elara sweetie, you need to wake up,” Mom is saying. I slowly come around and open my eyes. I feel something cold underneath me. Holy shit, I must have passed out, I figure. So this is not just a dream. Dad just told me I am a werewolf. What the Fuck.

“Mum, what happened?” I ask. My voice is very hoarse for the second time today.

“Sweetie, you passed out when Dad told you what you were.” she says. I sit up and feel dizzy.  

“Mum, can I have a glass of water, please?” I say. Jordon is already standing next to me with a glass of water.

“Take this Ellie,” he says. I grab the water and have a drink. I get myself up off the ground and sit back at the table and everyone else follows suit.

“Dad, please continue, sorry it was just a shock.” I sigh.

“Are you sure? Can you handle the rest of the story right now?” he says back. I think, can I handle this? Hell yes, I can and I will.

“Yeah Dad, let's go can’t be much more shocking than I’m a freaking werewolf.” Dad, Mom and Jordon all look at each other in a very scary way.

“Ok honey, so we are all werewolves. Your Mom and I were both born from very strong parents that were Alphas and Lunas.”

I look at him, a bit confused.

“Alphas are very strong werewolves who control a whole pack. A Luna is their mate. Who are their wives as well. Now some wolves are a lot stronger than others, and some wolves have special abilities. Your Grandparents on both sides were the strongest alphas and Lunas that the werewolves had seen in a long time.” says Dad.

“Now both your mom and I grew up in different packs. We lived in the pack communities. Now a werewolf rarely shifts or can talk to their wolf until they are nineteen and then it is usually a couple of years after that we find our mates.”

“Dad, what do you mean by mate?” I say, interrupting him.

“That is a long story honey, but the short version is the Moon Goddess blesses us with a mate. See, when we are born our soul splits in two. When we find our mate that the Moon Goddess has picked for us, we find the other half of our soul and it is the same for our wolves.” he says. He then looks over at Mom with the most loving look I have ever seen, like she is his everything.

“Ellie, you will know when you find your mate. I can not tell you how, but your wolf will tell you who your mate is, and the love you will feel for them is like nothing you have ever felt in your life or will ever feel.” he says to me. Um, ok, this is getting really full on, I think. Do I seriously want all of this shit? I was just a normal teenager this morning. I am lost in deep thought when I feel someone grab my shoulder lovingly. This snaps me out of my thoughts and I look up and see it's Jordon. All I can see in his eyes is understanding for what I am going through now. I don’t shake him off because I actually feel more comforted and stronger with him there.

“So your mum and I met at Alpha school.” Dad says, 

“Alpha school?” I question

“Sorry honey, I forgot to say, so when your parents are an Alpha and Luna their children will also be born super strong or, if not stronger than their parents, and they will be next in line as Alpha. It is usually the firstborn and a male that is the Alpha.” He says, 

“What? How come only males can be Alphas,” I question again.

“That’s just how it was back in the old days honey and for werewolves tradition is an enormous thing, but things and times have changed and it has only taken everyone a couple of hundred years to except this.” He continues. He stops before I think he is going to keep talking, but he looks at me.

“Elara, are you ok? You look really white,” Mom asks me.

Jordon squeezes my shoulder again, and this gives me more strength to keep going on without thinking I am going to pass out.

“Yeah, Mom, it is a lot to take in. Just trying to wrap my head around it all and keep up.” I say.

“So your mom was an only child, so this made her next in line as Alpha and her parents supported this the whole way. Your Mom is really strong, properly the strongest she-wolf that I know of, until you just beware when you made us all submit. It takes a powerful special wolf to make three Alphas submit.” He says,  

I just look at him, shocked, and all they can do is smirk.