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Naya's P.O.V.

It was unnatural for a wolf to have not found their mate by the age of 25. Considering the werewolf community had dwindled down to only a handful of packs in this modern day and age.

It was harder to hide in the human world. Which, in fact, increased the rate of meeting ones mate sooner rather than later. Packs were not in war anymore. The A peace treaty was established by our ancestors.

Therefore, each year, un-mated wolves would travel to different packs to seek out their mates. To the humans it seemed like a vacation to a different part of the world or country.

That is how it was supposed to look like. Hiding in plain sight.

Unfortunately for me I haven't found mine yet. I'm 22 for goddess sake and my parents had sent me to every "vacation" there possibly was. But NOPE.

It seemed like my mate was and probably still is hiding from me. Being the daughter of the Alpha of our pack I had many responsibilities. One of them had been to plan the upcoming Annual Leadership Gala that my father was hosting after quite a few years.

Every year the Alphas of all if not most packs gathered together with their Heirs to strategise about a better way to keep the werewolf community together so we don't become extinct like some of the other supernatural colonies.

Packs became Tribes. Tribes became communities. A label given to us by the humans to describe a community of people who didn't like to integrate with others.

Now, with the high technological world, it was much harder to not socialise. Some packs around the world decided to lock themselves in one community in a land surrounded by trees bought from the government.

The outside world saw them as cults but in reality, they just didn't want their secret to get out, nor did they want any more killings of their kind by the humans.

Those particular Alphas or the packs weren't as modern as my own or any of the other I am more familiar with. My father saw himself as a community leader more than an Alpha and he wasn't the only one.

It was hard to put these two polarising opinion in one place without some wolves butting heads. But one thing was always clear. Protect one another and our secret at any cost.

"Naya, can you recheck the number of rooms you book at the hotel, I don't want anything to go wrong my dear." My mother's voice floated through the closed door of my room.

She knocked and opened the door without waiting for me to reply. That move drove me crazy as a teenager and now, I don't even know why I moved back after college.

"Everything is done. I even called the people who were hosting some Alphas at their home. Jane Mildrige –the beta's wife-, Margaret O'neal, Roger Spencer and Pricilla Gomez are all more than happy to host the weekend for the Alphas who weren't comfortable with staying at the hotel with high activity of humans." I replied without turning around in my chair.

Instead I stared at the white realm of snow covering every surface of my mother's beloved garden. The chill in the air did nothing to me. It only made me want to crawl out of my human skin into the light grey wolf.

A garage door opening couple of miles away caught my eyes. A human family with two kids rolled out of their driveway and drove off along the rows of houses before turning the corner to disappear.

A sad sigh left my lung.    

I couldn't just burst into my wolf and go running whenever I want to. The primal instinct never dies no matter how "integrated" you feel.

"...done but I'm still worried about three Alphas under one roof." My mother tinkered around my room. Putting things back in place where they belonged.

"What?" I asked realising that I missed half of her monologue.

"I said the guest's rooms are done but I'm..."

"Don't be. We'll separate them. Alpha Ocean Deveraux can stay in the right wing with his Beta in the next room and Alpha Dalton can take the left wing with his wife. Stop panicking. There's much more serious matters in hand." I closed the planner in front of me. Not only did it contain every detail about the weekend but topics of new problems arising from within the community.

"I know, you're doing such a good job. I'm so proud of you." My mother started stroking the back of my head in a comforting motion. "Don't worry about those other Alphas say; you were born with Alpha blood, you are more than capable of running this pack."

"I'm not worried about that. I truly wouldn't mind Alex taking over. He's mated and a he's older. I don't think our Tribe would have a problem with him leading the-"

"What nonsense!" My mum exclaimed. "Just because we are not some backwards hillbillies, doesn't mean we would allow just any Beta to run the pack. He doesn't have the mental capacity to run any pack."

Her astonished voice encouraged me to peel my eyes away from the calm nirvana resting outside my window towards my mother with light brown.

I never did inherit her blueish grey eyes. Just plain grey. She was right. An alpha was more in tuned with the spirit world. We were gifted with the power of not only communicating with our family at all time but the whole tribe as well, in and out of wolf form.

We have a gift of command that is accepted by others within the Tribe. Whereas a non-titled wolf would only be able to communicate with their family member in in human form but as wolves –in our primitive nature- we could communicate with everybody.

"He's the Beta, but he's nearly in his 30s. I think he is more than capable of keeping the tribe together." I suggested.

"It's not about that. I mean look at us. Living amongst humans, accepting their laws. We have evolved but we still mustn't forget who we are. What our ancestors went through for us to get here. We can't give up on all our culture."

She had a great point but one of the many things of that particular culture was to have a son who could take over the Alpha role but my parents didn't care about that.

They were more than happy with me. They wanted me to take over. Sad thing was I didn't want to but somehow I excelled at it. Taking care of every member of the pack.

Making sure the first wolf transition for teenagers were done as discretely as possible. It came as a second nature to me.

Something's still missing.

It wasn't my heart talking. No. I don't think it had anything to do with me not finding a mate. In the back of my mind there are lingering memories or daydreams I make up sometimes.

Full vivid dreams that seems so real but the minute I try to touch it; they vanish into smoke. Shaking away the haziness from my head I flipped the itinerary closed in front of me. 

"I know some of the Alphas coming today will not like the idea of a mate-less she wolf-"

"Female Alpha!"

"-to take over when I get older. But if it supposed to happen then I won't back down. Don't worry mom."

She had perched herself on corner of my brown silk covered bed. It was odd to be back in this room. I had changed it before I moved back.

From light pink to maroon and black accented walls just seemed right. The colours screamed home to me. Even though they were never my favourite colours.

Before we could continue the doorbell rang through the marble stairs, gliding its way up to my room.

"That's probably Lucy and her catering team bring all the food down for tonight's supper. She said everything will be ready. All we have to do is reheat and serve. Alex said we could use his kitchen as well so we can serve at the same time." Picking up my phone to check the time I realised it we were one hour away from the arrivals of the two "closed community" Alphas. Two hours from dinner.

"Good." My mother seemed thoroughly pleased. Usually it was a job for the alpha female to organise and host an event like this but I wanted all experiences.

To serve or lead. I wanted to learn it all. She got up as well. Straightening her royal blue dress that ended way below her knees. Her hair hung in layers just below her shoulder blades.

"Why don't you go put your feet up for a while and I'll take care of everything?" I asked taking in the wrinkles around her eyes.

She smiled making the lines more prominent. A proud gleam in her blue eyes. They greys seems to have disappeared somewhere. It made me tilt the left side of my lips slightly.

"Agh, I'm so proud of you. A degree and all. When did you get so big?" She started to fix my hair into place avoiding any eye contact. I could see the tears forming in her eyes.

"Yes, a degree with no job." I joked trying to lighten the mood.

"Don't worry honey, with that business knowledge you can start something on your own. Like everyone does these day. I'm just happy you're home."

I hugged her. Tightly. Even though it was slightly embarrassing to be doing absolutely nothing, I did help my dad out with his construction company.

With bills, new shipments and hiring. I made sure that every one of them were wolves. Didn't matter from what packs they were from. It was better to work that way with super strengths. Away from human scrutiny.

"I missed you too." I whispered. "Now go, rest then put on a nice dress for tonight." Without a backward glance I left her standing there in the middle of my room.

My mother felt sorry for me. It was evident in every aspect of her expressions when she spoke to me. She found my dad in their first summer camp together that my Dad's pack hosted.

Right in this Manson. My mother didn't leave after that. Her parents came down here from Queensland -a small Island floating near the coast of South-Western Hemisphere. All the way across the Poseidon Ocean.

The bell rang just moments before I opened to door revealing a smiling Lucy with a huge tray on both of her palms. The different amount of aromas had already hit me before the even got out of the car.

Now, it's even more amazing. My mouth salivated. She was a great cook. She catered nearly all events in our pack and some big ones in our neighbouring packs in Western hemisphere. Not to mention humans too.

Smiling slightly, I greeted her and her team before moving away from the door allowing her and her team to find their own way to the kitchen. It's not like they didn't know where it was.

Sometime after I found myself wondering around the huge dining hall. My dad built an extension next to the kitchen downstairs. It was filled with circular tables of different sizes to accommodate at least two Alphas and their families or Betas.

The black and white marble hall had high walls and three crystal chandeliers at equal intervals across the middle of the ceiling, glistening like diamonds across the reflective surfaces all around the room. Golden and silver colours accented everything.

A weird sense of déjà vu hit me suddenly from nowhere making me dizzy.

Higher stone ceiling with candle holder brass Chandeliers. Wooden fire sticks on each surface of the hall. Two huge chairs, side by side.

"Waoh!"

Two hands grabbed me from the back to stop me from falling over. The chairs became hazy; looked more like a silhouette of...something.

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Some cities, streets, countries, continents and seas mentioned in this book are made up but some are kept the same. You can say, this was set in a semi-parallel supernatural universe. If that even exist but imagine this world with a different time line. Lots of things here won't make sense if it existed in this reality. If you're confused to why certain history doesn't match, that's probably because it doesn't exist in this universe.

If you know anyone who's interested in editing the whole book, please let me know.