Chapter two

Raul’s point of view

“I am not a Child” " my sister yells as she crosses her arms in front of her chest.

“You are thirteen years old, Leah. Of course, you are still a child, and I am your Guardian.”

“You treat me like a baby; I can take care of myself,” she says as she stamps her foot, acting like the child that she still is.

“Leah, can't you see I’m only trying to protect you? Look how careless you were last time with the silver,” I reply, hoping that she can see things from my perspective.

“That's not fair, Raul, and you know it; that was one time”, she replies, her face turning red as she tries to keep her anger at bay.

“One time that almost got you Killed, Leah”, I sigh.

“It doesn't matter what I say, Raul, you never listen to me; you always treat me like a baby.”

“That’s not true; I’m only trying to protect you, Leah.”

I shout out as my sister storms out of the house, slamming the door behind her as I scratch my chin in frustration. These arguments are becoming a common occurrence just lately. I wish she would understand. I only want to protect her. Since our parents were killed so many years ago, it’s been just me and my little sister, Leah. Yes, she’s a pain in my ass at times, but she is the only relative I have in this world, and I love her dearly, and I will give my life to keep her safe.

I know it’s hard for her to understand; she hasn’t seen the devastation that I have, and I hope to God that she never will. It’s a dangerous world that we live in.

On the night of my eighteenth birthday, my parents held a massive party at the Blue Woods packhouse to celebrate my first shift, and after my first shift, the moon goddess came to me in a dream, a vision as she announced to me that my mate was a human…. I still don’t believe that I will be mated to a human. It’s unheard of, and to be honest, I didn’t want to be mated to anyone, either human or she-wolf.

Even at thirty-one years of age, I still enjoy my freedom. I thought I didn’t want to be tied down to anyone; I don’t trust anyone. My past life has taught me never to trust anyone.

On the night of my first shift, whilst my parents were celebrating not only as my parents but as the leaders of their pack, the Alpha and Luna of the Blue Woods, they were betrayed and murdered in cold blood by their subordinates.

As my father lay dying on the ground, he asked his Beta and best friend to keep us safe. Liam had no wife, only a teenage daughter named Lucy, who he had been taking care of ever since his mate ran away from the pack when Lucy was just a baby.

In order to survive the massacre, Liam ran from the pack with his now twenty-six-year-old daughter, taking Leah and me with him. We’ve lived together ever since in a large house on the outskirts of the forest, living in the human world ever since.

I will always be grateful for everything Liam has done for us both; he saved our lives that night.

The four of us ran from the pack, hiding within the human population, where Liam and I opened our security firm, Edge Water Security. We worked hard to get the company up and running, raising it from the ground and with a teenager and a baby running around. It wasn’t always easy, but today, Edge Water Security is a successfully established business, taking on high-class clients from around the world.

Although I enjoy my bachelor lifestyle and have no shortage of women eager to keep my bed warm at night, Dolph, my wolf, and I often thought about this supposed human mate of ours. Surely, by age thirty-one, we would have found our mate by now if she were out there somewhere. I always wondered if she really is human. Dolph always believed that we would find our mate. I’ve been curious about my so-called human mate; I’ve often wondered what she would look like.

I am thirty-one years old this year. My business in the human world is growing like wildfire, and for the past thirteen years, Liam and I have started planning and deploying to recapture our pack.

Our group of Rogues is growing stronger by the day. I am the rightful Alpha of the Blue Woods pack, and I have wanted vengeance for my parents’ cold-blooded murders from the age of eighteen. I’ve had visions of tearing those responsible for my parent’s death limb from limb, but it’s unheard of for an Alpha to be without his mate.

They say that your Luna completes you; I thought Maybe that chance of finding her had passed now, and perhaps the moon Goddess had arranged for me to live a lonely life, less heartache that way and no woman to distract me, and now that I am in my prime, It is time to regain the Blue Woods pack in honour of my parents.

I’ve only ever told Leah of what the Moon Goddess told me all those years ago. Even Liam and his daughter have never known; I think it’s because I’ve never believed that a wolf can take a human as a mate.

Liam walks into the living room, undoubtedly having heard me arguing with Leah.

‘You’re too strict with her, Raul.’

He says, and I shake my head and reply,

“I have to be. She is reckless… she will get herself in trouble one day.”

Liam laughs’ “You were the same kind of reckless when you were her age. You need to give her a break. Let her be a teenager.”

“Yeah, and look where that got me.’

Liam pours two shots of whisky before handing a glass to me as he says.

‘Your parents’ death was nothing to do with you, Raul. You have to stop blaming yourself for something that was beyond your control.”

I sigh as I empty the glass.

“I invited the extra pack there; of course, it was my fault.”

Liam shakes his head, “No, Raul, your father knew those wolves. He trusted them; they are the ones who stabbed him in the back.”

I don’t say anymore. I will always blame myself for my parent’s death.

We spend the next couple of hours talking about our group of Rogues. For the past eighteen years, we’ve been recruiting stray werewolves into our group who are stuck in the human world. We will soon be strong enough to reclaim the blue moon pack, and I shall rule as its rightful Alpha as I finally take revenge on my parent’s cold-blooded murderers.

When I check my watch and, I frown as I say to Liam, “Have you heard Leah come back in yet?

“No” is his reply. I storm upstairs, hoping she is hiding away, but I feel it in my senses: she is not here, and when I open her bedroom door, my thoughts are confirmed as I walk into an empty room.

“Fuck” I thought she would have come home by now; I thought she just needed some time to cool off. I would never have let her walk out of the door if I had thought any differently.

We spend the next few hours looking for her, but there is no sign of her anywhere. Checking my watch, it has now just gone past three in the morning, and I'm seriously worried about her now. I cannot leave her alone outside in the middle of the night; she's my little sister, and she is all I have.

Our world is not as safe as she thinks it is!