My Answer

Daxton’s p.o.v.

Like every night, I wake up covered in sweat. I had another nightmare, but like always I can’t remember what is was about.

I have had this nightmare for almost twenty seven years and I can’t remember a single detail after waking up, not one single thing that can help me understand this. No sound, no smell, no image.

At first I thought it might have something to do with Sage, but as time passed and details kept alluding me, I gave up hope to find answers in that nightmare.

I say nightmare, because I feel trapped afterwards and it never is a good feeling. The sweat is also telling me that it is a nightmare and even after all these years I hate waking up like this.

Almost as if the events from twenty seven years ago happened all over again, but just like back then I can’t remember a damn thing and it is frustrating the hell out of me.

Cyran growls in my head, he hates this as much as I do and no matter what we have tried, we just can’t remember what happened that night with Sage.

She left the territory a few days later and no one has seen her since. The only thing we know is that she is mated to a Beta and that she hasn’t been in contact with any of her relatives here.

I get out of bed, knowing that I won’t be able to get back to sleep again and get dressed in some training gear. I start with a run through the forest to clear my mind of the nightmare and after that I hit the gym to go through my daily routine, before taking a shower before going to breakfast.

“Another nightmare.” Darius states as I walk out of my room, I don’t have to answer him because he knows what is troubling me.

I was never able to talk to Sage about it, she didn’t want to talk to Darius either and I never found out if Mother talked to her.

Darius always says that if Mother had talked to her, she would have told us and for the first few years I might have believed him. I don’t believe it anymore and I am starting to wonder if the situation with Sage was at the start of all of this.

Even though Darius is her favorite, she still made it clear that we both had to wait for our connection and to form a true Mate-bond out of it. It wasn’t until a few years after that incident that she started to push a chosen Mate on me.

“Damn, I had hoped she wouldn’t show her face for a few more days.” I hear Darius mumble next to me and I actually chuckle at his words.

“Why are you upset? I am the one she is always harassing.” I whisper as I turn my head towards him, I don’t want to see Mother or Daniella.

“You are my Brother and indirectly she is insulting me as well. I don’t want to hear her say that I am getting old.” He whines the last sentence.

We both laugh as we sit down and Preston is looking at us with a brow raised.

“Darius doesn’t want Mother to remind him of the fact that he is getting old and every time she tells me I am getting too old, she is also accusing Darius of getting too old.” I say and we laugh some more.

It has been almost a week since the showdown between Mother and Pearl, but apparently she feels that she can show her face again.

Even though there are enough Pack-members that glare at her to scare someone off, she doesn’t seem to notice and as always Daniella is right there beside her.

Cyran growls in my head, when he sees Daniella waving at me and I allow him to come forward. Making sure that she sees that neither one of us is interested in her, my Lycan has never had an interest for women and I doubt he will, until the day we find our connection that is.

Daniella quickly lowers her head and I see Mother looking at me with a disapproving look in her eyes. She knows that I am not impressed by it and when she realizes that Cyran is near the surface, she turns her attention elsewhere.

“Is your Mother afraid of Cyran?” I hear Pearl ask.

“Yes, Luna Pearl. After I had told her many times to stop bugging me about a chosen Mate, Cyran decided to have a talk with Mother’s Wolf and that is when we found out that she feels the same as Mother. Cyran has completely shut her out, Mother’s Wolf can no longer reach her own child.” I say.

“Cyran made it clear to both of them that we no longer considered them our family, he actually roared it in their face and that in public.” I state with a smile.

I hear gasps coming from my friends, I understand why because that is unheard off. Normally a Wolf or Lycan will always side with their child, most of the times even over their Human and for Mother’s Wolf to agree with her Human is strange.

I believe that this goes for every Shifter, but most of all for Wolves and Lycans. A Shifter is overprotective of their child, even more than of their Mate and that usually never changes.

"Cyran told me that both of them felt that we owed Darius the Beta position, in their eyes we took too much from him during the pregnancy.” I state and as usual Darius is laughing again.

Darius and I are 6”6 in height and most Pack-members can hide behind us,  some have even done so.

Pearl us looking at Darius with a mischievous look in her eyes, “Yeah, you probably stolen some of his braincells.” She says teasingly and Darius spits out the food he had in his mouth.

Cyran is rolling around in my head, while I do my best not to have a huge smug look on my face. Preston has his face buried in Pearl’s hair, but we can all see that he is laughing.

Mother is glaring at me, but I don’t really care. Pearl asked a question and I will always answer my Luna with the truth, no matter who might hear my answer.