Alpha Adryan
fifty three

Jade stood up from her earlier seated position on the love seat whenshe had entered the library after dinner, she hadn't expected to spendso much time in there, skimming for something to read, but it seemedlike she was gravitating toward a genre in specific, which she didn’teven know she was looking for.

Creatures of the night. The title read.

The entailed information about various creatures of the night. Eversince she those violet-colored eyes, she was curious to know whatcreature those belonged to, she knew that he couldn't be a werewolfsince werewolves generally had yellow, green, brown, and grey eyes,the ones corresponding to their human side, besides she had an inklingthat he was something else entirely.

She moved towards the shelf where she had picked the book from,keeping it back in its original position, she made her way outside,moving towards the direction of her room where she had put Adonis tosleep earlier.

A grow! halts her in her footsteps, turning to the side, she looks aroundher surrounding. She could tell it was dark outside, almost two in themorning with the full moon high in the sky. It was quiet outside and theoccasional chirping of crickets broke the silence of the night. Shestrained her hearing, trying to listen for something but she came upempty. Thinking that she had just imagined it, she turns to go back. Shehadn't even taken a step forward when another growl ripped throughthe night. the sleepiness she felt previously was wiped off in secondsbecause now she knew that she wasn't imagining it, for the sound wascoming from inside the house.

Her feet propel her towards the direction of Adryan's room. She pausedwhen her hands grabbed the handle, she wasn't sure if she wanted tobarge into his room in the middle of the night but she dismissed thatthought before she backed out. Twisting the handle, she was met withcomplete darkness, at first glance nothing seemed out of place exceptfor the fact that the bed was empty. She was about to leave when sheheard a low growl coming from inside the walk-in closet.

Her brows furrowed in confusion, she had visited Adryan's roomcountless times before, but never ventured into the closet before. Shetakes slow steps toward the door that led to the walk-in closet. Slidingthe door open, her eyes widened as she took in the scene in front ofher. The space was anything but a walk-in closet she expected to see.The gray concrete walls had scratch marks all along it, it seemed deep,whatever scratched it sure had a pair of sharp claws. A cell took almostthree fourth of the space inside, it was dark inside, and the only sourceof light was the moonlight, which seemed to stream in through the tinyand only window in the whole room

A groan coming from inside the cells captures her attention, and hereyes widen further when she sees the figure crumpled on the floor.What shocks her was that it was in the process of transformation. Halfhuman and half Lycan. The bones on its back were prominent asmidnight black fur appeared on the skin.

"Adryan” she called, her voice low but managed to capture hisattention. He lifted his head from his crumpled position on the floor.Glowing red eyes clash against her emerald eyes. His lips were bleedingas his long and sharp canines were extended, and his already chiseledface was defined as he was half transformed, he was a mixture betweenbeing human and Lycan.

"What are you doing here?" he managed to grit out, his voice moredeep than usual, it sounded more guttural like that of an animal.

"I-1" Jade seemed to be lost for words. His claws which were extended,drag along the concrete floor of the cell, she cringed visibly as sheheard his bones snapping. The process seemed so painful even towatch, she couldn't even comprehend what he must be feeling. By nowshe had understood that he was changing since it was a full moontoday, from what she read in the books from the library, she hadlearned that Lycans were deeply connected with the moon, causingthem to transform on full moons, whereas since werewolves weren't asdeeply connected, they didn't feel compelled to transform.

"What can I do to help?" she asked, slightly panicking. She watched asthe moonlight cast light on his half-transformed face.

"Just- Leave," he says, blood dripping down his chin as his caninespierced his lips yet again.

Brushing off his words, Jade looked around the room. Her eyessearched for something, but they stopped when she spotted somethingglinting dangling from the hook on the wall. Moving towards it, herhands hold the cold keys between her fingers, Jade had expected themetal to burn her skin but she was surprised when It didn't, seems likeit was made of something else entirely, silver would've burned her skinalready. She doesn't waste any time moving towards the cell, standingbefore the door. Her hands worked the key into the hole, her actionscaused Adryan to growl lowly, she obviously ignored him which hedidn't seem to like. Jade really didn't know what she was doing, she justdid what she thought was right at that moment. She hears the twistingof the key, as the lock snaps open a second later, opening the door, shecloses it but doesn't lock it.

"Leave" she hears him say again in a low voice. She could feel hisglowing eyes on her, but she didn't look into them, because if she did,all this confidence she was feeling would evaporate into the air.

She kneels before his figure, he was now on his fours instead of hisearlier crumpled form, and his leg and backbone start to snap painfully,causing him to let out a growl in pain.

Moving closer to him, she slowly raises her hand, placing it on his cheekthat now seemed to grow facial hair, it was smooth under her fingers,she watched in amazement as he transformed more and more eachsecond into his animal form.

"Get-t Away" he manages to say before completing his transformation.Now in his place stood a Lycan with his towering height of seven feet.Jade doesn't waste any time getting her on her feet, her eyes meetinghis glowing red ones, she sucks in a breath.

Both of their eyes locked on each other, with his chest heaving up anddown as he inhaled in her intoxicating scent. One of his clawed fingerwhich seemed like it could cut through his prey within a swipe of themlifted, and with hesitancy, he moved it towards her face, Jade's eyesclosed on their own accord, and his claw move the stray piece of hairthat hung in front of her eyes, tucking it behind her ear softly, as ifafraid he would end up hurting her.

Bending down, he leans her head on his, their breaths minglingtogether as tingles spread throughout their bodies at the contact. Withher eyes still closed, she stays like that, relishing in the presence of hermate, when suddenly she feels the snapping of bones and hears himgroan as he transforms back, now skin replacing the fur.

A smile found her face when she looked down at the little figurehugging her legs, looking down her emerald eyes meet a pair of oceanblue ones that look up at her with his toothy smile.

"Mama", her smile widened more at his words.

Picking up her son, She places a kiss on his cheeks causing him togiggle as he tries to evade her oncoming kisses on his chubby cheeks."Stop," he says in between his giggles and laughter as she tickles hisstomach. Adonis was growing up so fast, as each day passed his speechhad been improving, which made her proud as well as miss hisadorable baby talks.

"Did you sleep well?" She asks him, her fingers moving away the piecesof midnight locks that seem to have grown longer, his head leaning onher shoulder as he nods his head at his mother's question. It wasbreakfast time, and as she moved towards the kitchen so that she couldget something for Adonis to eat, the doorbell rings, halting her in heractions.

She was confused for a second, seeing as who would be at the door ifAdryan wasn't in the house, seeing as it was usually some packmember, Brian or Nathan asking for him, or needing his presence for anemergency pack meeting.

Nonetheless, she moves towards the door, opening it, she’s met withthe sight of a young lady standing before her with a smile on her face."Hi" the girl speaks with a smile still present on her face.

"Hello" Jade replies a bit confused, continuing to speak "How shall Ihelp you?" Adonis is silent whilst still in her arms.

The smile on the girl's faces decreased at Jade's question. “She doesn'tremember me?!" Jade hears her mumble to herself under her breath."Excuse me?" Jade asks, causing the girl to look up at her.

"I- uh- We met once before, three years ago, in the pack kitchen. I don'tknow if you remember me, but my name is Malia. I am-" Malia is aboutto speak when Jade completes her sentence, now with a small smile onher face.

"The omega, you help cook at the pack house, I believe?!" Jade asks.Malia blinks her eyes in astonishment, "I- wow, yes. Spot on actually.You do remember me then." She speaks with her earlier smile returningto her face.

"Of course, I do" Jade replies. "Do you need something?” she asks amoment later. Her question seems to bring back Malia to the present."Oh yes. How foolish of me to forget. The Alpha has requested for yourpresence at the pack house.”

"Oh" comes Jade's reply, "Is there any problem-" Jade starts to ask withworry lacing her voice when Malia interrupts her.

"No No, The Alpha wanted you to have breakfast with the pack. Youshould come quickly since everyone is waiting for you.” Malia quicklyexplains.

"Oh thank God. I thought something bad happened for a second rightthere. Just wait a minute, I'll join you, and we both could walk back tothe pack house." Jade speaks while going back inside the house.Coming back out a minute later with shoes on both her and Adonis’feet, she closes the door behind her, locking it. Turning, she replaces Maliawaiting for her.

"Hey, come on. I don't want them to wait any longer for me" Jade saysto Malia as they both continue to walk towards the pack house. Adonisnow walking beside Jade, his tiny hand clutching hers. The shortjourney to the pack house is quiet until Malia speaks up.

"You know it's good to finally have you back, the pack has a Luna, anheir, and everything finally seems to fall in place. After you left,everything was so weird around here, Lucia tried to get the Alpha toannounce her as his mate, but that didn't go well. Most of the packmembers including me didn't know about you being Alpha's mate butwe sure felt your absence and then the Alpha sending out searchparties to replace you were a dead giveaway. " Malia finishes.

Jade silently listened to her rant but something else caught herattention, "Lucia tried to get Adryan to announce herself as the Luna?"she asks curiously, even though Malia just said just that, Jade hopedshe'd elaborate further on the matter.

"Well after you left, Lucia tried to seduce the Alpha, in fact, she evenclaimed that she was pregnant with his child." Malia snorts, "A quickDNA test proved her wrong, she was carrying someone else's child anddecided to take advantage of her situation.” Jade couldn't believe thatsomeone could travel such lengths to achieve something.

"Where is she now then? I believe I haven't met her ever since I cameback...” Jade trails off.

"About a year ago she finally left for good, before the Alpha could kickher out, she came forward and announced that she was carrying hermate's child and that she would like to leave the pack to go live withher mate in his pack.”

That explained Lucia's absence, but Jade couldn't help but think therewas more to the story.