I accept Life. Please stay with us

             I always thought my life was just simply unlucky and there was a fairytail life out there, where everything was perfect, the love, respect, provision, just a perfect life.

But I was wrong.

My brothers and I were worried after we gave the result of the tea to our aunt and uncle. It hadn't been easy getting the evidence the culprits had hidden it well but they were no match for the Mcvincis.

          I knew I had my suspicion after my investigation, but I also wanted to be wrong I wanted a moment of doubt, a prank but alas we were left devastated when the result came out.

It threw away every possible idea or belief I had about mates.

My parents lived that perfect life as the perfect mates but in between, Alpha was there as the darkness between the light.

I thought my aunt and Uncle had it, even better than my parents. I brushed aside their lack of communication, the obvious signs of the darkness in the light of their relationship. Yet I knew better to never underestimate the power of denial, the heights of assumption or the depths of pain.

Aunt Vanessa was shock ridden to her spot after reading the evidence we had gathering to prove what we knew, we watched the emotions display in her gorgeous face before the tears fell silently.

We felt her pain, my brothers and I. The last weeks we had been here, we had felt nothing but undying love from our aunt and it pained us to see her like that.

Uncle Pedro wasn't any different.

Uncovering betrayal has never been pretty, just like how my friends had once betrayed me. People don't cheat by chance, they cheat by choice.

Their arrest was immediately schedule and their trial the next day. Maya and Alfredo stayed proud but Jason was another case, he was so ashamed he couldn't look up and his parents made it worse when they admitted it with ferocity.

"Dear Vanessa, sweet naive Nessa I hate you from the bottom of my heart.
Ha! Ah! you should have listens to your dead friend Vera oh wait she's dead too hah ha"

"You monster!"

Aunt Nessa almost went feral at her if it wasn't for Uncle Pedro's hold at her, the whole pack in the court room wanted nothing more than to murder the beings that dared hurt their beloved Alpha and Luna, for hurting them was equivalent to hurting the pack.

"Alfred, I considered you my brother..."

"Oh! cut the crap talk Pedro, this is all your fault for not letting me declare my love to Veronica"

It was a huge slap to my uncle as he watch his once friend speak so calmly and accusingly to him.

"Veronica wasn't your mate neither did she ever love you... You... I told you to stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be.

Alfredo dared with burning hatred the hatred he held captive for many years while Maya stared at him like a love sick fool.

"Pedro, I did try to forget you, but the harder I tried, the more I thought about you then I thought to myself Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry? When you can destroy them"

They were completed crazy, they fitted each other perfectly to love someone that didn't love them back.

         At first I got sad at their predicament, then I got mad, then I got tired...and now I'm exhausted.

A toxic tale it was, they had enough time to cheat, they had enough time to think about it. Maya loved uncle Pero, Alfredo loved my mother Veronica but their path was never meant to be yet despite what their fate said they never accepted it.

Because of their once friendship they were granted life imprisonment and not instant death.

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            That night I had expected both my aunt and Uncle to console each other not for him to lock himself in his room then hours later yelling my mother's name.

The household was in a state of mourning when there wasn't any body to mourn over.

They weren't even given that privilege and that was what hurt the most, losing something that was always theirs.

I was right when I said the moon goddess was cruel in her own way, whatever it may be.

I'm actually glad Ann Marie was here with me even if I wouldn't say it out loud, she was like a thread holding me together or like an anchor at sea.

We cared for both my aunt and uncle and also my brothers.

I was blessed to realize I wasn't alone anymore.

But it was too late.

After the hearing where we had to listen to their reasons, it broke my heart to see Jason who I already considered my friend stand there with a dejectedly look to watch others condemn him for something he was simply just born to.

I knew most of those looks thrown at him, it took me back to my life.

The truth may hurt for a little while but a lie hurts forever.

It all became too much for me, then

I snapped.

Not immediately, no my breaking point was the poison infested in my body, it came to me like the devil tormenting a soul before festering on it and the worst thing was that this time I didn't fight it, I welcomed it.

'Now my dear you have been a very naughty naughty girl running away from me didn't you know better than I will find you'

The whimpers that left my mouth were of the pain I felt inside me, pain from every part of my body.

Alpha had found me and had taken me to the place I hated the most.

The dungeon.

That filthy place not even the worst criminals and murderers were placed behind closed bar soak in silver and wolf bane.

Yes, and in that dungeon Alpha created a place where he could torture me all he wanted.

The torture room or as I like to call it, The Devil'S Soul

It was pitch dark as it always has been with little lighting that only shone on the torture devices. I was strapped to the chair in only my underwear and silver chin burning away my flesh.

Silver weaken a wolf, but wolf bane poison before killing off the wolf.

I thought this was only a memory only it was extreme as Alpha went extreme with torturing me.

"Ahhhhh!!!!!!!"

My screams of pain vibrated off the dark room as he cut off my pinky. All I wanted was to wilter away but Alpha was making it too slow.

"Naughty naughty butterfly thinking she could get away from me, no no I will catch little butterfly, pluck off her wing then tear her to pieces, yes yes I will do that"

He cut off my other pinky before procedure to my other fingers.

Tortures was what he found delight in, breaking a person's soul until he's nothing more than a shell.

I was forcefully taken out of there but not taken away from my pain, the pain followed me towards a dark room, an empty dark room filled with darkness and loud haunting voices.

I felt torn, like my soul was being encage

'Annabear what are you doing inside there?'.

My big round blue eyes landed on blue green eyes that stared down at me with concern.

I huffed before averting my gaze anywhere but his.

"Hiding from the monsters."

"The monsters?"

There was a pause before a shift in the air along with a silent 'o'

"What did they do now?"

I heard the teasing in his tone that anger me further.

"It's not my fault but theirs, they keep following me around, crying and breaking stuff, its really annoying and I've got my own stuff to do."

"Well if you look on the bright side you have two pupils to teach all your science stuffs to. Didn't you say your friends bore themselves out of it."

I gave him my little version of a stink eye.

"But dad, they are too loud and and scary, they act like real monsters."

"Well sunshine, you'd just have to suck it all up."

"I don't wanna, I want to do my own stuff with my own friends."

"Sweetie, one day when all your friends abandon you, all you will have left are your brothers. You might not understand this now but you are your brothers rock as they are yours, you got to stick with family cause that bond holds deep, Mi cherie.'

"You are acting weird daddy, you talk like you already know the future."

"No one really knows the future, sunshine. Tell you what, why don't you and I play with your little brothers before Tyler comes over huh?"

"Hmm! alright"

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          I was brought back to the darkness, with the pain ten folds.

I realize now how he took everything from me and now I didn't want to exist.

        That memory from years ago stuck to me.

            I remembered clearly the howls of war, the cries of pain, the song of broken bones. I remembered meeting a new friend that day named Fear, he was a cruel being that I knew would never leave my skin. He snuck up to me with an iron grip never wanting to let go.

"Mom, I'm scared"

My eyes kept darting from my mother to my little brothers in our hands. I remembered wishing as I kept staring at my brothers I was like that calm and oblivious to the sounds outside, to the smell of smoke and death.

"Hush now my darling there's no need to be scared"

But I was.

I held onto Chris dearly while he played with my hair, shifting closer to my mother for comfort.

Our front door slammed open with a big bang, hurried feets brought father to the little door under the staircase where we hid.

His ever loving blue green eyes were shadowed in pain, those eyes locked with mother communicating with her what the situation was outside.

"Daddy, I'm scared. What's going on?"

He locked those eyes with me and showed me every little thing he always felt about me.

Pride, love, care and worse of all Fear.

In his eyes he knew what the future held, in his eyes he had accepted it, and in his eyes he rejected leaving us behind.

"Listen to me Annabelle, listen to my words and always remember. I need you to keep safe okay, both you and your brothers, I need you to be safe and always remember that mommy and daddy loves you both."

"I don't understand, whats going on?"

My father only smiled warmly at me while the tears flowed down his eyes. There was so much pain in them, so much heartache in the air.

"You are my brave little girl and daddy's little genius."

He spoke so softly as he cares my hair like he always did when ever he wanted me to go to sleep.

But I didn't want to sleep, I wanted to wake up from this, from this nightmare.

Gulping loudly with my fear riddled face, I nodded weakly at them.

"I promise."

Mother handed me Harries, both my brothers had finally calmed down and were clutching my shirt tightly in their little hands.

Mother laid a longing kiss on my forehead, I felt that familiar warmth transfer from her body to mine, saw the silvery tear drop from her chin.

"Never forget my dear that mommy and daddy loves you all dearly, always and forever"

Father joined me, pecking my head along with my brothers and giving me his famous proud smile.

His finally goodbye.

His last smile before they left us for good.

"Always be happy despite what the circumstances may be, live to the fullest with a bright smile on your face, and always remember that you are a Mcvinci and we Mcvinci never give up"

"Please wake up"

They left along with all my childhood happiness. They left us to fend ourselves from the devil himself.

"Please don't leave us"

There were times when I wanted so badly to join my parents, I so wanted to give up and just slip away.

I tried so badly but I was always stopped. My wolf would reason with me promising me it would get better and that she would protect us all.

We learnt to compromise, I took some of the pain away she took some, it damaged us greatly yet we still fought to stay alive, sometimes mostly because of my brothers.

"Don't leave us"

There were also times where I wanted to end their lives also, I was so selfish I wanted to end their suffering, I wanted us to both go meet our parents, I had almost given up that I wanted them to also give up.

"Please wake up"

Then I started thinking of what I had now and what would happen if I left. I compromised everything for my love, But at the end my love compromised me for everything.

I had finally reunited with my uncle who cares and is willing to make up for all the years lost, I had finalized their future with him, they were in safe hands. My wolf and I can finally find peace.

But why can't we leave. I have completed my promise, haven't I?

"Please don't leave us"

Glaring green eyes appeared behind my eye lid, it took over the darkness that surrounded me, taunting me, tormenting me.

I distantly heard my wolf howl in agony within me.

Then just as it appeared, storming grey eyes gazed at me. Those eyes that enchanted me with it's emotions buried inside, its mystery that had me itching to uncover them, it had my brain calculating and my heart fluttering. It brought light to my darkness.

"We need you"

             It all came down to me at lightening speed, everything that had hurt and brought me happiness, it all came down to me at that moment. The feeling of being captured by Alpha locked itself up.

The feeling of being chained up by the darkness evaporated and in its place two familiar orbs started down at me. At first I thought they were my parents, I could have sworn I saw them smiling down at me. It was the identical golden locks that gave it away.

I let loose a small smile, slowly raising my hands to caress from their hair to their cheeks.

I felt content.

"I love you guys"

My hands felt their tears then I felt their warmth.

I was aware of the various people in the room but all my focus was in that moment with them in my arms.

I refuse to accept defeat.

My soul refused, my heart refused

I accept peace

I accept love

I accept family.

Please stay with us