Alpha Adryan
nineteen

Adryan cracks his stiff neck as he feels the soreness leave his body. Hehas been sitting in his office for hours, looking through the packtreaties and other Alpha stuff.

This was his second office, which was situated in another one of thebuildings. A bit away from the pack house.

Whenever he stops his work, his mind wanders back to Jade and thatnight from two months ago.

He had been meaning to talk to her, but it seemed like whenever heeven thought about approaching her something or the other neededhis attention.

For instance that morning when he woke up beside her, he had gottena call from one of the neighbouring Alpha’s asking for his help.Apparently his pack has been attacked by rogues and they neededimmediately medical help and assistance for their injured pack matesamong other things.

Even after two months, he wasn't able to approach her. But he haddecided now that he was definitely going to talk to her tomorrow.About them. He had realised that he wanted her. No matter of denialon his part was going to change the fact that he needed her by his side,as his Luna, and no one was stopping him

Feeling thirsty, he sees the bottle of water. He reaches his hand to pickit up. Opening the cap, he was about to take a sip, but something stopshim in his actions.

He stills when he smells the addictive scent of strawberries in the air.His eyebrows scrunch together in confusion. The scent seemed to becoming from outside the window situated in his office. That was weird.Why would her scent be lingering outside?!.

And what was she doing staying up this late in the night?!.

Vince kept nagging at him, asking him to follow her scent.

Standing up from his office chair, he moves towards his open window.His eyes squint with confusion when his eyes meet the back of a figure,running pass that treeline, a few meters beside his office.

He was able to see a peak of light strawberry blonde hair when thefigure turns towards the direction of his window. A duffel bag clutchedin their hands

The scene that meets his eye makes his wolf and human both go crazyat the same time.

It was her. His mate. Jade.

She was being cautious and alert. Turning back and tilting her head tothe side to let her hearing pick up any sound, and that made himrealise something.

She was running away. running away from his pack.

Most of all running away from him.

Vince growls in his mind, Adryan jumps down the window, not caringsince it wasn't going to hurt him much beside earning himself a fewscratches. Adding more to the ones already present on his body. But,that was a story for another time.

He instantly minds links the guards that were on duty. Alerting them.Guards. Towards the borders. NOW.

Jade runs as fast as she her legs would take her. So far, she was able toremain undetectable. But she didn't want to take any chances.

She would often turn and try to listen for any noises. Her hearingcapability and wolf instincts were the only thing that was going to helpher out until she reached the pack borders.

She has been almost running for about ten minutes, feeling the windwhip her hair around. Her legs pumping as she runs fast. It was a matterof few minutes before she was out of the pack.

She keeps running but the snapping of a twig to her right alerts ofsomeone's presence.

The faint scent of vanilla reaches her nostrils making her panic. Shecould feel his wolf running behind her. He was catching up to her.

A deathly growl from behind her let's her confirm her thoughts.

She doesn't stop though, she runs even when she realises that nowother wolves have joined him. Her lungs burn with the need of oxygenbut that doesn't stop her.

She stumbles over the root of a tree, stopping her fast pace. She almostfalls but catches herself at the last minute. This hindrance gave Adryanthe advantage of blocking her path by running infront of her.

She could feel his large wolf, that oozed dominance and authority standbefore her. Low growls leaving his throat. She moves back.

She was cornered now. She could feel all of their presence around her.Circling her and preventing her from escaping further.

Her chest heaves up and down with fear and anxiety. It was a chillynight causing goosebumps to arise on her skin.

She could feel her heart beating inside her chest. Her hands shake.There is only one way to escape this now. She can't escape themwithout doing this. She was standing alone against the Alpha andwarriors of the most strongest pack in the world. She couldn't takethem down.

She takes a deep breath in. Inhaling the scent of nature. Closing hereyes and feeling the energy crackle around her form slowly at first butlater on growing.

Adryan's wolf Vince watches in confusion as Jade stands still, closingher eyes.

What was she doing?!

His questions were answered when he feels the air around them shift.The air that was calm untill now starts to blow fastly. The wind howlingwith its force as it circulated around Jade.

He could see the wolf forms of his warriors take a few step back inapprehension. They hadn't felt or seen something like this before intheir life.

Vince keeps his eyes trained on Jade. She opens her eyes after a fewseconds. His wolf stills when they see the sight before them.

Shocks runs throughout his body, when he realises something.

No she couldn't be...

There wasn't one of her kind found in hundred of years...

Unless...

His eyes widen in realisation.

Her eyes. Her eyes were glowing. Glowing a vibrant green colour.Vince was in both awe and felt slight fear at the sight.

He could see her lips move.

Jade whispers under her breath. The words flowing off her tongue like asecond language, because it was.

"Tellus testor me vires naturae virtutem illuminativam".

Now the air sorround her causing her form to turn blurry, her form wasbarely visible to Adryan and others.

Adryan panics when he sees her form disappear.

"Don't let her get away" he mind links the wolves, he feared that shewould escape even if he blinked for a second.

The wolves even though apprehensive of her, takes a step forward andjust when they enter the circle of air around her, they feels an immenseforce push them back, sending them flying a few meters back, somewolves colliding into the trees behind them or collapsing onto theground and falling unconscious.

Adryan's eyes widen in shock further when he sees his unconsciousWarriors.

Still in wolf form he looks back at Jade, who tries to escape further byrunning away taking the advantage of the situation.

Jade manages to escape them, continuing her escape. She runs a fewsteps only to fall when she feels a body come crashing into her side,thankfully she falls onto her back making her feel relieved that nothingharm happened to the baby.

Adryan stills, his wolf sniffing Jade's frame. He continues to sniff aroundher. She still smelled like strawberries but there was something a bitdifferent, he didn't know why. It was a distinct scent that mixed withhers.

His mind travells back to that mutt. The one she had gone out on adate with. Fury replaces him fast when he thought about the possibilitiesbut Vince knew it was something else.

“She's... pregnant, she's carrying our child"

Vince's eyes snaps towards Jade, the way she had her head bowed in aguilty motion let him know that she knew, yet she tried running awaywith his unborn child.

Violet stands up from her crouched position on the ground. She walksbackwards, she wasn't far from the pack border, a few more steps andshe was out.

"Stop" Adryan’s voice sounds in her mind causing her to freeze in hermoments but she continues walking.

Tears brim her eyes, she hated doing this but it wasn't like she hadanother choice. She had to go.

Vince moves towards Jade, trying to get her to stop and stay. He startswhining when she reaches the edge of his pack borders, with one finalstep she was out. He could feel the bond break a bit, like a tiny crack onthe surface.

Vince tries stepping out of the territory but replaces himself immobile, hecouldn't move beyond the borders of his pack it was as if an invisibleforce was stopping him from moving, upon realising the reason behindhis dilemma, he looks at Jade.

"Please, don't go" his voice like a whisper in her mind, filled with pain.Vince was panicking, she was getting away.

"I'm sorry” she whispers and with a final snap of her fingers Adryan'swolf form falls unconscious on the ground with a thud.

"I'm so sorry" she whispers into the night and takes off, shifting into hermidnight black wolf with white mixed with her fur. The duffel bagclamped between her jaw.

He knew her secret.

He knew that she was an abomination...

Something that shouldn't exist... atleast anymore.

She was a Hybrid.

Half Witch and Half Werewolf.

But he wouldn't remember her secret, nor the real encounter when heand his warriors wake up. She was careful enough to wipe out theirmemories of the past thirty minutes.