Chapter 7
Showering while my aunt and best friend strip my bed and hung it out to dry. I hear more enter my room groaning out why do they have to be in my room. Not even my fathers come in here anymore. Not since I stopped screaming in my sleep. I hate people in my space. Another reason I don’t want a mate right away is they would always in around, I like having my alone time. Repeating “it's one day just one day you can do this” over and over then I hear queen aria “oh I can't wait for the kid's 18th birthday then Blake and Jackson's ceremonies, then mating. You know I have to be honest I never thought the first pup I would celebrate their 18th birthday with Dan was the last one I would have guessed.” she and my aunt laughed. I knew my father had a rough start as I did only he was on the other side of the line, but also on the same side as me.
When I hear them start to cry I hurry out to find out what is wrong. As much as I hate when they do the girly things to me I love them dearly. What I find is them hugging and whispering to each other. This is something I had never seen. Linking my father's “Ummm aunt Kari and queen aria are crying in my room and I don’t know what to do. Help me now.” “so not the SOS I thought I would get from you. Noah is trying to make breakfast so I’m on my way” Cut the link staring at my door praying for dad to get here fast.
The door opens a very smiley father walks in holding a tray with steaming mugs. Setting it down he hands me one and nods to the door. Taking the mug I kiss his cheek and rush out of the room. Trying not to overhear but also want to know what had caused it. “hey now you scared ash. What happened you both were so happy not twenty minutes ago.” his baritone voice asks. “just realizing how far we have come from where we were.” a tense silence fills the air and I rush away. “what happened hun?” dad asks as I enter the kitchen. Seeing the kids all chancing uncle Zane in the back yard I just shake my head. “think it's a past thing you know.” shrugging. Dad grew up in a good pack he did lose his parents young. But he grew up in the alpha house his uncle being the alpha. The alpha is now his cousin and beta Bridget's brother. Alpha Liam is older than the rest of the alpha council. He and his packcoven run the university.
A large stack of waffles lands in front of me. Setting my mug down I dig into the waffles. More loud kids come through the door. You would think they never see each other the way they act. But they live next door to each other. Uncle James and uncle Kade come in holding hands laughing, ‘you know I don’t think they see each other enough.” my dad says to them as they bark out laughter. “well you know they missed two years so they have to make up for all that lost time. The wolves that named them when they were born was an idiot. But they had been called the names for two years so my uncles didn’t want to confuse them. So we have Jimi, Jimmel, and Jimena storm can you guess the name of the guy who saved them. Yep, bob.
After breakfast, everyone was back to normal and they were already giving me a headache talking about my hair and makeup. “smile little one it will go fast I promise. Especially if you find your mate.” king Brendon says coming in and holding one of the sumo babies. Nodding I get up to give him my seat and put my plate in the dishwasher. Squeals from the little girls coming from I think everywhere soon start to get louder. Looking at the door I realize they are heading this way. All the little she-pups know the royal pack and the whispering winds packcoven pups are coming today. Even at young ages, the pups know the importance of bonds between the packs. And some of their parents hope that one day their pup will be mated to one of these pups. Me I am just glad to call them all family. “who ready for hair and makeup” aunt Leigha sings coming into the kitchen “well it looks like king Damien could use a haircut.” I shrug and then take off running from them all.
Making it to my room first I celebrate too early. Behind the door was Addie with the devil's smirk on her face. “got her” she yells slacking down in defeat I let them descend upon me. They poked at me for three hours why? “are you excited you could meat your mate tonight?” “I won't. One my wolf is napping so no jumping around in my head and two I just have a feeling. But I just shrug. To be honest I am looking forward to leaving for the university. I have always lived here or at the royal pack and I am just looking forward to a little bit of freedom for a while. No fighting no wars just being a young she-wolf getting to know others in a natural setting. I know that when I take over as alpha I will never be able to be selfish and just have a not today day. I will be the face of our company and pack so I cant go super crazy.
The little she-pups all came running to get their hair and make-up done. Though there are many wolves my age in the packs and I get along with them all I'm just not the most social so I m not super close to many. My dad's gamma and delta are only a few years older than I will stay as the gamma and delta. Bridget will stay as beta until Addie is old enough to take over. My fathers had me help with choosing the gamma and delta as we decided they would make more sense to serve as gamma and delta both my father and I. this will cut the need to choose new ones and create new lines again. We decided on a she-wolf that was new to the packs. She was with a group of refugees that came to the packs for help and decided to stay. She and her twin brother had helped a small group get here they were the only warriors in the group. They lost no one on the way here. They first turned down the offer it took the goddess channeling through Bridget to get them to agree.
