Alpha's secret love child
Chapter six

The next few days went by in a blur. Brian came back on Tuesday and I filled him in on the visit ofAlpha Axel. He suggested to leave for the weekend, Axel might recognize him as well. He couldn'tstay away for the whole 2 weeks but that first weekend would be most important to skip. Usuallywhen Alpha Drake had guests he would invite them over to his Mansion for dinner and would showthem around town the next day. I guess Brian was scared of what Axel might do if he found out he’sbeen living with the Alpha’s ex and their secret love child. Brian had helped me when I needed it themost, but he was not a brave or strong men to be honest. Years of using alcohol to numb his sensesmade him slow and he skipped out on training most days. He wouldn't stand a chance against anAlpha. I actually felt relieved, not having to worry about Brian this weekend. My mind was busyenough with worries and thoughts about my old pack.

Suddenly it was Friday night, the day before Axel, sorry Alpha Axels arrival. I didn't even knowAlistair had died, that must have been very hard. He might not have been a nice man, but he wasstill his father. I wonder what changes he made to the pack. I thought about my parents and sibling,most of my brothers and sisters moved to neighboring packs after they found their mate. I couldn’tblame them, I took the first chance to leave as well. My parents still probably lived there, finallyliving their best life as empty nesters. I didn't want anyone to replace me, I didn't want to get anyone introuble. When we left for the Cold Lake pack it was in secret. Alpha Alistair must have felt out ourpack link break, I didn't have a wolf back then so I was not yet able to mind link anyone. When wearrived at the Cold Lake pack we had a quick pack joining ceremony, we didn’t want to wait toolong and alert Alpha Alistair of our betrayal. Breaking a pack link could be because someone hasdied or because they are the members of a new pack. Most members of the Crimson Moon packknew that Brian had lost his mate, so they would probably assume he took his own life. I was anobody, but some might have noticer I was gone. My parents were too embarrassed of mypregnancy, I'm not sure they would tell anyone. Would they have thought I died when the pack linkbroke? I was living a pretty rough life in a shed in the forest for a few weeks. But they would havetried to replace my body I hoped. Ugh, why am ai even thinking of my old life. I have a new life, a newfamily and a new pack. I'm better off without them. Although I did miss my sister Claire sometimes.She took care of me for most of my childhood and she was probably wandering what hadhappened to me. I could have tried to replace her when I was kicked out, but I didn't want to get her introuble. How would she explain my child to everyone? A child that clearly resembles Axel.

I needed to get some of these thoughts out before tomorrow. I couldn't be a nervous wreck atwork. I had to be alert and focused if I wanted to avoid Axel. I didn’t even know if I wanted to avoidhim, but I knew that if I was going to meet him for the first time I didn't want to be an emotionalmess. I had a life here and I wasn't a love smitten teenage girl anymore. I could take care of myselfand I didn't need him. I could feel my wolf agree. She always gave me confidence if I needed it,letting me know in her own way that I was worthy. That I was wanted. I should reward her. I lookedoutside and saw it was cloudy and was going to rain. Perhaps I could let her out for a bit, at theoutskirts of the forest. No-one ever went there during the day, they mostly went to the side of thelake. The Cold Lake pack was known for their beautiful lake, in the middle of the forest. It was big,very deep, the water was clear and full of fish and wild life. But it was so freaking cold most of theyear, only during the summer months some kids would dare to swim it. It was nothing like the smalllake Axel and I used to visit on our secret meetings. But it was a beautiful sight in the night, themoon would reflect on cold lake making a mirrorlike image of the whole forest. But the outskirts ofthe forest were dark and left to nature, the plants and trees grew wild and it was harder to runthrough without hitting a branch or tree. But it was better than nothing. Elias was already on hissleepover, I would have to start early tomorrow to help prepare everything. I walked to the forestand waited until I was far enough to shift. It could feel myself calm down and my wolf thanking me.I ran around aimlessly, trying not to bump into branches while jumping over roots. Suddenly I heardsomething rustle a few feet away from me. My wolf started to get excited, like she smelled or sawsomething she liked. Perhaps it was a rabbit, she often felt the urge to hunt and kill rabbits whileshe was out. Not my favorite activity to say the least, but I couldn't refuse her that bit of fun when Ikept her locked up so often. But when I heard the ruffles again I noticed two blue eyes staring ayme through the forest. Crap, it was another wolf! It was still pretty cloudy, but I only needed a bit ofmoonshine to make me stand out. I tried to run away, but without my special abilities I was just asfast as a regular werewolf. I could feel the other wolf catching up with me and out of the blew Ilanded on the ground. The wolf had tackled mel. I felt anger, but my wolf felt a sense of peace andhome while the other wolf was pinning me down with his paws. He wasn't there to hurt me, hedidn't use his claws and wasn't using much force. It was just two wolves playing around. Somethingmy wolf had little experience with. I slowly looked up to see who was on top of me. I noticed hisblue eyes from earlier staring down at me, his fur almost gold and he was big. Really big, I hadn'tseen a wolf that big, the only one that came close was Alpha Drakes wolf. He smelled great likeEucalyptus and Sandalwood. He slowly moved his paws and stood up, still staring at me. I didn'trealize why until it was too late. Some of the clouds had disappeared and I was glowing. I lookeddown and ran as quickly as I could. While the wolf could easily catch up to me before, even hecouldn't match my speed when I was charged by moonlight. I shifted back as soon as I was near theforest line. I ran home and quickly closed the door behind me. Shit, I went outside to clear my headbut left with something and someone else to worry about.