Chapter 1-Reborn.

Chapter 1- The morning Iris is reborn. Three months until her birthday

“Good morning, future Alpha,” Daria sings bringing Iris a tray. “Your breakfast is here.”

“Thank you, Daria,” Iris fakes her former stupid self. Inside she is boiling. “This smells amazing.”

“Made with love by a mother for her daughter,” Daria kisses Iris’s head. Iris holds back the urge to throw up again. “I picked out a lovely dress for you today. It’s going to be sunny but not hot, so the dress will be perfect. Do you need me to help with your hair?”

Iris looks at Daria. For the last 10 years, Daria has doted on Iris. Breakfast, lunch and dinner all brought to her. All Iris’s outfits expertly picked out. Even Iris’s hair. Daria has been the perfect mother.

Zaphyra- Don’t forget what she's planning. Oh, and don’t eat that food. She is giving you wolfsbane daily to suppress me.

Iris- You being in my head is going to distract me.

Zaphyra- I’m here to help.

Iris- And I am grateful, but right now I am disgusted.

Zaphyra- Hold it together. We don’t want them to move up their timeline. We need them to still believe we are stupid and don’t know what they are.

Iris- I don’t know what they are.

Zaphyra- Ingrid is part wolf part Siren. Daria is all Siren.

Iris- A daughter of Poseidon.

Zaphyra- Just as you are a daughter of Selene.

Iris takes a deep breathe, calming herself before answering Daria.

“No, thank you, I think I want to try it today,” Iris smiles.

“Good, it’s good to see you becoming more independent. Just never forget that your mother is here whenever you need me. I’m off to give Ingrid her tray and your father his. Eat up, see you in the office in an hour,” Daria gives Iris another kiss on the head and leaves.

Iris looks at her food. She thinks about her life. She was strong when she was younger. When did she become weak?

Iris puts her tray to the side and gets ready. She picks shorts, a sports bra, and tee shirt and puts them into her purse. She sends an email to a neighboring pack, requesting a meeting with their Alpha. She puts on a dress, but not the one Daria picked out. She needs a reason to not wear it. Iris smiles at her brilliant idea. She smears jam on the dress and then she pretends to drop the tray on the floor.

“Iris?” Daria runs in, worry all over her. “Are you alright?”

“I’m so sorry,” Iris’s hands shake. “I was moving to the table, and I dropped everything. I am so sorry.”

“Oh, my dear, it’s alright. I will bring you a new tray,” Daria offers.

“No, I think I will join the warriors. I haven’t had breakfast with Joey before. I miss him,” Iris bounces out of her room.

Zaphyra- Nice cover.

Iris- You can keep me from getting sick right.

Zaphyra- Checking your gag reflex at the door. I got you.

“Okay, my dear, I’ll fix your lunch,” Daria calls.

“Oh, thank you. But I am supposed to go to Sanguis Pack today for Lunch,” Iris tells her.

“Oh, when was that planed?” Daria asks, running to catch up.

“Late yesterday. I think I need to start making overtures to neighboring packs, for when I take over,” Iris smiles. “Isn’t that a good idea?”

“I can’t find a reason that it isn’t,” Daria nods and smiles.

Zaphyra- Okay, we may be going too quickly.

Iris- I have three months to make up for years of not training. I don’t have time to take it slow. I need to get trained so I can beat their asses and save my dad. You are going to help me, right?

Zaphyra- Of course I am. I want Selene to win as much as anyone. Believe me, the god of the sea is a mean, stupid prick.

Iris- Know him well?

Zaphyra- Let’s just say I can help you hide your hate for Joey. It won’t be hard.

Iris goes into the dining room and everyone stops. She hasn’t set foot in here since she was a small child.

“Baby?” Joey says, standing up. He is 19, the tallest warrior and a commanding presence.

“Sorry to disturb,” Iris smiles “I just thought I would join you all.”

Iris fixes her own plate from the buffet and takes a cup coffee with a smile and curtsy to the Omega.

Joey shoos the guy next to him away and makes room for Iris.

“What a perfect surprise,” Joey smiles and kisses her lips.

Iris kisses back, trying to hold down the bile building. In just three months, this asshole would murder her during sex.

Zaphyra- Breathe through it. It’s almost over. We will kill this bastard too. Breathe.

Iris- Exactly why aren’t we killing them all now.

Zaphyra- Everyone believes they are good. We have to ruin them first.

Iris- Right and that is why I have the three months.

Zaphyra- Smart girl.

“Good morning,” Iris smiles at him. She greets the others at the table and realizes everyone is still silent. “Please, as you were.”

Slowly everyone starts talking again.

Iris’s phone dings. Adrian, the Beta at Sanguis Pack, emailed her back to confirm Lunch with Alpha Titan and herself. Iris smiles. Iris thinks to herself ‘Alpha Titan is a complete asshole, but he likes training anyone who wants it. And I want it.’

Joey is looking over her shoulder when the email comes in.

“You are going there alone?” Joey asks with raised eyebrows.

“Yes,” Iris smiles. “It’s an Alpha thing.”

“Then shouldn’t I, as your mate, go with you? It seems only right.” Joey cocks his head to the side.

Iris smiles again and runs her hand on his face. He melts into her touch. This used to be her favorite thing, the small smile on his face at her touch. Now she wants to grab his hair, pull it out and snap his neck.

Zaphyra- Almost time, but not yet. Control. You can control the anger.

“After I am marked, then you get to come on every visit. But this one is just for me,” Iris smiles. She finishes her food and takes her plates into the pack kitchen.

“Future Alpha?” A redheaded Omega asks, seeing her.

“Yes. I wanted to thank you all for a wonderful breakfast. I was clumsy today and broke my tray. Thank you all for having a wonderful breakfast ready,” Iris curtsies to them before heading to her father’s office.

“What just happened?” The Omegas ask each other before returning to their duties.

Iris makes it to her father’s office and hears Daria singing to him.

“Father, are you feeling alright?” Iris asks.

“Are you going to have lunch with that monster, Titan, today,” Darius, her father snarls.

“Mollis et certa amica mea in aeternum,” Daria sings, rubbing his head.

Zaphyra- Hear the call now.

Iris- I hear it. I’m guessing other males could hear her if she wanted.

Zaphyra- And your father is so deep under her spell that she controls him completely.

“Father, I am your heir, yes?” Iris asks.

She sees Daria flinch at the idea, but Daria recovers.

“You are my heir, my sole heir as I have no son,” Darius looks at Daria with disappoint.

“Well, then in three months I will named Alpha. I need to be friendly with our neighbors. I am not the strongest. So, I need to have friendly relationships with other Alphas. My mate will need introductions. I should be there for that,” Iris explains. “Now, is Ingrid joining us to go over pack business?”

“She will be along in moment,” Daria smiles at me, still rubbing my father’s back.

“Iris, do you believe Joey Dunlap to be your mate?” Darius asks his daughter.

“I do,” Iris watches Daria. When did Joey and Daria start an affair? Was it already going?

“He should go with you to this lunch,” Darius tells Iris.

“I believe he is training with the Elites at that time. His training is far more important than this introduction meeting,” Iris giggles. “I will be fine, dad. I promise.”

“Sorry I’m late,” Ingrid comes in looking slightly disheveled.

Iris had never thought about it before, but she takes a small whiff and smells Joey. So they are already fooling around. Good, if she can catch them, she can reject him and banish Ingrid in one motion.

Zaphyra- That is Ingrid down. Say you banish her, but kill her. Don’t let her walk off pack lands. Her mother will feel her death and Daria will be weakened. She may let the facade drop and we can take her down too.

“We need to discuss Iris’s birthday,” Darius rolls his eyes.

Iris remembers this conversation. Last time, she agreed to not have a large celebration which allowed her and father to be killed.

“Well, what do you want to do dear?” Daria asks.

“I think we should have a large celebration. A huge party. We can invite our neighbors. Have it the night before I turn 18 and I’ll turn 18 and shift in front of everyone at midnight,” Iris smiles.

Daria and Ingrid look shocked.

“We never thought of you as that showy of a person,” Daria smiles sweetly. “Why the sudden change?”

“I’m going to be Alpha, I need to start acting like it, it’s important,” Iris smiles.

Daria and Ingrid quickly glance at one another but look away.

“Well, Darius what do you say?” Daria asks.

“Well honestly, I love the idea,” He smiles at his daughter. “If Joey is her mate, they will find out at the party, and we can turn it into an Alpha/Luna party.”

“Excellent idea, father,” Iris smiles. “I’ll wear white for the occasion.”

Daria smiles. “Your mother’s wedding dress is in the storage. I think you would look lovely in it.”

Darius looks over at a photo taken a week before his mate Rihanna was killed. Tears fill his eyes but Daria starts singing again. He calms quickly.

They discuss other pack matters and Iris excuses herself for the drive to Sanguis Pack.

Her driver today is Nathan. He is a nice man in his fifties.

“Miss Iris, the ride to Sanguis will take a little over an hour,” Nathan informs her as they pull away.

Iris pulls up her A****n account. She purchases wireless cameras and a recorder. She is going to need proof of Joey and Ingrid’s affair. She may even catch Daria as well.

Iris thinks to herself. ‘Don’t worry Selene, the moon will win this game.’