Chapter 5
The Truth Revealed
Mom and I made it to the office of the pack house. Where my dad is sitting at the beautiful Oak desk with inter laid patterns, of what I would think were the last pack emblems and a very deep oak black/brown color.
As my mom and I take a seat on the matching couch my dad, Havrith, starts off by telling me about where he came from. He tells me of the mystic lands of the dragons and how he left in search of his mate, unable to find her in his home lands. He came to earth where he found my mother, Violet.
At the time there was an ongoing war between dark witches, who use blood magic and dark forbidden magic, vampires, good witches and werewolves.
The dark witches and vampires had formed an alliance against the shifters and the good witches and were slowly starting to win the war. My dad at the approval of the council and the king rallied with the other dragons and started their attack. Him and the rest started pushing back the dark witches leaving the shifters and good witches to attack the now unprotected vampires.
As the shifters and witches started pushing back the vampires and turning the tide of war, the leaders of the shifters and vampires met for a peace conference. At the conference they called a cease of hostilities.
They then put together the peace treaty of 1842 which stated that no race could declare war on each other without due cause and that the dark witches and vampires would be allowed to form their own lands in or upon any unclaimed lands as long as it was not near human or wolving or shifter territory unless approved by both the councils and kingdoms.
As for hunting it was to be done discreetly to not expose themselves to the humans.He then told me that he comes from an ancient dragon bloodline and that he is the first of the dragons as well as a royal bloodline and that he is 1515 years old. He also told me that his dragon was a gold color and was probably one of the biggest dragons and oldest dragons on earth.
As my dad finished telling me about his lineage, my mother Violet started her story. She told me she was 538 years old and is a witch/wolf hybrid. She told me that her mother was a witch and father was a wolf and that they met at a shopping center in California and fell in love. Even though they weren't mates they decided to mark and become mates and she was the result.
She was bullied and beaten daily because she was a hybrid, how hybrid’s were killed if found out because of the war, and how her family had to live with the humans to avoid a death sentence. She also told me how it almost drove her and her father feral as they had no pack link, how her father passed away 23 years after her birth and that if her mate had not found her when he did she may have gone feral and died.
When she and her father mated he gave some of his life essence because of his dragon side to keep her with him longer than the normal witch/wolf lifespan of about 350 years. They then told her that she might outlive most of her friends and mate because she’s part dragon and dragons can live up to 5000 years.
She went on to tell me that because of this, they waited to have kids until things settled down and it was more common for different species to crossbreed hybrids. My parents then told me that I'm a triling Dragon/wolf/witch, they don't know if I’m going to end up with a dragon side until my 18th birthday or not because that is when the dragons shifters side usually comes out.
Then they dropped the biggest bombshell of all, of why the old future alpha hated me the most of all the hybrids was because of my adopted sister Beatrix who was the one that scarred the Moon Haven Luna. Beatrix was found in the woods outside the Moon Haven pack lands after a rogue attack, and they decided to take her in and raise her themselves. At the time they didn’t know that she would cause harm to the Moon Haven.
I was shocked, like pale white, jaw on the floor shocked about what my parents told me. Midnight Rose was pacing in my head while they told me of my lineage and tried to calm my nerves down after they were finished. They then told me the most important thing to remember was that I cannot tell anyone that I’m a Triling due to the rarity and the council might come for me due to the power that I might have.
They said though, if my dragon side does show at 18, I can share part of my life essence with my mate, so they too can live a bit longer as well through the marking part of the mate bond.
Chapter 14As my alarm clock goes off, it's a week before my 18th birthday. I’m starting to feel weird, my body is aching all over, and I feel a bit weak. Not tired, just weak. As I open my eyes, and slap my alarm clock to shut it off, my vision is a bit off. It kinda feels sharper, my hearing is the same, but my vision is definitely sharper, and my senses are also sharper. I can also sense things further away. I get up and walk to my shower, and I notice my pants seem to have gotten a bit shorter, as if I've grown a little bit more. As I look at myself in the mirror, I notice that I’m indeed taller. If I had to take a guess, I'd say I'm at least 6 feet tall. I immediately mind-link my mom and dad to come to my room. When my mom and dad get there, they immediately ask me what’s wrong, but I hear my mom gasp, when she sees me. My dad just says, “I knew it”, with a smirk on his face, and my mom and I say at the same time, “Would you like to fill us in?!!” **************Violet povTh
Chapter 13About a month into summer, as I was on patrol one day, I was approached by a rogue family. As they approached, I let out a low warning growl to let them know they were approaching pack lands. I then mind-linked my dad and some warriors, to meet me at the southern border as there were rogues, and I might need help. I asked one of the warriors to bring me some clothes. As the family stopped in their tracks and bowed their heads, the male then shifted back to his human form, and said, “We come in peace. We wish to join your pack please.”. I huff at him, and lower my head slightly to let him know that I understand. I mind-link my dad and let him know, he tells me he's almost there. As my dad and 4 warriors arrive, one of the female warriors hands me some clothing for me to change into. As my dad starts to talk with the man, I head behind a tree to shift back, and put on the clothing the warrior handed me. I was given a pair of basketball shorts and a t-shirt. After dressing
Chapter 13The last 2 months of my sophomore year, I felt like they flew by, in what seemed like a daze. I barely remember the last few weeks of school. I vaguely remember Mary Jo asking me if I even knew what a social life was, and if I even had good friends, or just preferred to hang out with the trash. As usual, I just ignored her as I went on with my day. I had much to think about this summer. The 1st thing was getting things ready in the pack house for the council of witches that were coming. Also, the council of elders, of the wolven council, has heard about us, so we are expecting them to send someone to investigate our pack soon. As more and more people are hearing of our pack, that it is one of acceptance, and we allow all mates no matter the species. Shifters have started to come, to ask for refuge from their old packs, that don’t accept mates of different species. The 2nd Thing is making sure we have all the rest of the stores, in our small town, ready to go when people wa
Chapter 11************ASHLEY POV For the next several hours, dad trains me on the office side of Alpha duties. We go over more laws, the history of the royals, how the elder council was formed, and some of the duties Alpha’s have to do. Some of those duties include, helping with disagreements between pack members, helping to train the head warriors that are used for protection detail of high ranking pack members, running the pack business, keeping good relations with other packs nearby, etcetera. When dad breaks us for lunch, we both head down stairs to the kitchen. I made both of us a sandwich with chips and veggies, yes I know it's weird that I actually like my veggies, and a tall glass of milk and my dad poured himself a small glass of Whiskey. While eating we discuss the ideas that I had, and my dad asks, “Ash, where were you at? Or what were you doing, when the enchanted packlands talk to you?” “Well I’m usually taking a walk around the packhouse or in the gardens, and thinki
Chapter TenI ran up the stairs to my room after I watched my mom go towards the Alpha office to talk with my dad about what she learned. I quickly change into my workout clothes for the training with my dad, and run back down to the Alpha office to try to eavesdrop on the convo my parents are having about what mom learned and refused to tell me. When I get closer to the office door I remember that the office is sound proof even with my ear pressed to the door. I grumble because I still can’t hear anything, then I remember that mom stupidly taught me the eavesdropping spell as a kid as one of my 1st few spells. I try it, but I still can’t hear anything, so then I come up with another plan, ‘Maybe I can get my dad to spill the beans later while we’re training’. Since I can’t hear anything I decide to go down to the kitchen to get my pre-workout drink and mind-link my dad telling him I’ll be waiting for him at the training grounds while he and mom are talking.**************VIOLETS PO
Chapter NineMy first few weeks at school went by in a blur. We were in and out of classes. As usual, I started to get into a groove. My homework and class work went smoothly. At this school, the top academic student scores are posted on the weekly school bulletins, which I tended to be at the top of after the first week. This however did not go unnoticed by my wonderful tormentor Ms. Mary Jo and her two minions. They find pleasure in tormenting me any chance they get. Matt has made a few friends. Lots of girls are trying to get his attention. The poor girls don’t know he's gay, but they'll figure it out sooner or later. The rest of us have made some friends as well. There are now about twenty of us in our group of friends. We take up an entire section of the cafeteria at lunch, and of course Miss Queen B is taking notice, but the friends we have made seem to be the outcasts of the school. So that at least is something. I've gotten close to a girl who seems a bit shy, but I’m getting
Chapter 8During the 2 weeks off that they had for the human winter break of school, we spent that time working on the pack lands and getting them up to snuff. We had a contractor come and start on the plans for the pack hospital and school as well as the orphanage/foster house which will start construction in the spring. We also went into the school office to register for classes and give them our school transcripts.On the first day after their break, as we make it to the new school we walk into the building which is a one story enclosed building. The first thing we notice is the pale white walls and yucky fluorescent bulbs flickering light and I swear this school looks more like a hospital than a school. The triple stacked lockers that are a dingy looking beige color like they were an afterthought line the walls. We went to the office to get our class schedule and locker assignments, we checked our schedules and noticed that we only have 4 classes with all of us together, homeroom
Chapter 7We all head down the main pack road toward the pack gate. The gate is a beautiful deep maroon color with black spikes on the top, with two wrought-iron silver enhanced doors, as well as a moon with a black Eclipse shaded in red outline, with white indents to show the craters on the moon and the glow in the center when the doors are closed. We were shocked when we saw the name appear above the gate in an arch and the Eclipse formed in the center. “I guess the packlands accepted the name we chose,” I said. The road leads to a fork, the road to the right leads to the airport and US highway and to the left leads to town. The trip to town takes about 35 minutes. As we approach we see the school we will be attending Wolf Creek High in the town of Wolf Creek. We pull into Betty's Diner across the street and get ready to have lunch as Matt, Crystal, Jackie, Kim and Alice start the food shopping list after we are told to sit anywhere we would like. The older lady who had a name tag
Chapter 6 As the weight of the information settles in, my dad pulls out a dagger from the desk he's sitting at and a Golden chalice cup. I’m so lost in my thoughts I don’t hear what he's saying until my mother nudges me and I say, “Sorry, what?” My father laughs and says, “Are you ready for the pack initiation?” I look at him then at the desk and say, “Oh, yeah sure.” He then says, “Ok, lets go get the others and start this pack. We will all need to swear the pack oath. Don't worry, I remember it from when I joined your mothers pack. I'll just tweak the name to the new pack name and me. What was the name you all decided on again?” We all said together, “Blood Moon Eclipse!” After about twenty minutes we gather everyone on the front lawn of the new packhouse and one by one start the oath. My father looks at me and says, “Ashley, my daughter, Do you swear to follow me your father as Alpha, uphold and protect me and the pack, to always put the needs of the pack above all else, never tre