Before I begin I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter. It came to me after a very hard day at work and a bottle of wine. Yes! A WHOLE bottle. Now before you think of me as an alcoholic let me tell you this--I'm 23 almost 24 (I know I'm old!) and hardly ever drink but today was a day that I decided I needed a break and here I am. Head pounding and suddenly this story pops into my head and I think to myself, "I have to pee and get my laptop."

~Alpha Melany Hunter~

What's wrong Melany?

Nothing.

My wolf is getting annoyed with my constant worry. Melody went out with her friends and thankfully she did not put up much of a fight about her shadow going.

Chase!

He does not take more than a few seconds to respond, Alpha.

Have you arrived at your destination?

I can sense him relaxing as if he were waiting for a different question. Yes, we just arrived.

Okay, watch over my daughter like a hawk.

Always do! Cutting our mental connection I roam around the now empty and extremely quiet house.

Silver.

Silver is my inner wolf's name. In my thirty seven years of being on this earth she has shared twenty eight years of them along my side.

Melany.

Do you think I worry to much about Melody? I sigh and make my way towards my office. Taking the stairs at a leisurely pace I am drawn to my safe haven.

You're her mother of course you worry. Are you overprotective? Maybe a tad bit but she is not living a normal human life. She is part of a pack that is swarming with enemies and she is vulnerable.

Yes, I know she is a free spirited child just like I was many, many, moons ago but with that mind set I got myself into a lot of trouble. Trouble I had to fight my way out of with fangs and claws but she can't do that.

Making my way inside my safe haven I sink into my chair behind this glorious desk that Mathew bought me. Mathew is the Alpha of Alpha's and my godfather. With acquaintances like that you are bond to make enemies in very high places. The desk that he bought was made out of the black oak tree, a rare type of tree that only a few know about and even fewer know of their location.

He must have paid a great deal to have one cut down to make this desk. The outline of the magnificent desk is made of the Blood Sacred tree making this desk perfect for both Hunter and I. The desk is as black as a moonless night and the red represents the blood that courses through our pack.

Being inside of my office makes my mind drift. The fireplace's flickering light calms me there is electricity in the room so I can turn on the lights but this, this soothes me. This is how my father would be all the time.

My father, when he was alpha, would stay up working late and whenever I would have a nightmare or just needed some company I would run in here into his arms. No matter what he was working on or who he was talking to he would drop it the second I was inside. My father was both parents to me when I was scared he would sing to me calming me down. If anyone would hear him they would be shocked since he is so authoritative with everything that you would think he did not have a soft bone in his body.

Maybe that's what's missing between you and Melody.

What?

Your father was both your mother and father stern when need be but caring when you needed it.

What are you trying to tell me?

Melody has two fathers! One that she trusts and other one she is terrified of. Take a guess which one you are.

I refuse to be the man in this! I am her mother. I was there with tears in my eyes the day she said mama, I was there when she tried to take her first steps with concern that she wouldn't get hurt, and I was there when she fell to pick her right up. I sang to her to help her fall asleep and I stood there watching and listening, constantly watching and listening for anything that might want to hurt her.

You were a mother then and something happen when she was about ten.

She was so close to the age that I shifted that I turned into this crazed animal ready to rip whoever throat that stood to close to her. I had to protect my baby, my child, and our Hunter and I's melody.

Melody is the melody that both alphas' hearts beat to.

Silver knows what to tell me but does not know how to respond when I am at the brink of letting myself jump over the edge.

I have to be here for my pack and my mate but Melody is part of both my worlds and I could barely handle it when it was Hunter. Now I have two beings that mean the world to me. Hunter and Melody. Who am I willing to lose if I had to choose between Hunter and Melody. Hunter is a fighter but Melody...

My throat tightens and I feel as if all the air in the office is being sucked out and I am suffocating in my own dilemma. Gasping for air I decide to put my mind somewhere else I open up my connection to the rest of the pack and since I do not do this often the pack is surprised.

Alpha Melany!

Alpha Melany is here with us.

Is there anything that you want to discuss with me, Drake.

Drake's presence in my mind is overwhelming and I know that he wants to talk about something.

Actually Alpha there is. My son Josh went to a party in town that I was not completely comfortable with.

Go on.

I just wanted to know if there will be any scouts out there. You know for a peace of mind.

Scouts, there is not any that I am aware of but I can contact my husband and check. I know that I do have Shadow out there at the moment and he has not reported anything to make me worry.

A Shadow? You mean Chase Whitman!

The one and only. Drake, I wouldn't worry about them. They are under the protection of the Moonless and Crimson Moon packs if anyone wants to mess with them they must be extremely stupid or are seeking a death wish.

I well sleep a bit better since I know that you allowed your daughter out to this party.

Only a close few know about Melody, Drake being one of them, but I had to fake her death when she was just a few months old. No one really knew her name and now when anyone sees her with Hunter or myself we pass her off as our niece or Madison's friend.

It kills me not to be able to let the whole world know that she is my daughter.

When Melody was born it was the best and worse experience of my life. During the day I was the loving mother and wife but at night...

Shaking the thoughts out of my head my body releases my tension but releasing a loud sigh. The ringing of my phone pulls me out of my thoughts faster. Before my phone was for Hunter before we could mind link each other but now I have it for Melody, who never calls, and emergencies.

Pulling my phone out of my pocket the number is unknown. Debating whether to answer or not my instincts make me answer on the fourth ring.

"Hello," the erratic breathing makes my body jump up and I am on my feet.

"Alpha Melany, Melody is hurt." His words echo in my mind.

"How did this happen?" I growl at him as my body shakes.

Hunter! Melody...Melody! I could not bring myself to say it even in my mind.

What about Melody? Hunter screams at me. Opening my mind I let him hear what Chase has to say. Chase has both his alphas in his mind that a whimper escapes him. "Wolf's bane is coursing through her body as we speak." Chase mumbles, "I can't touch her she weakens my wolf and myself. We're at the Wolf's Den," he takes in a deep breath, "the owner of the club's house. Kiero's packs here."

Kiero! Hunter shifts and his wolf is ready to sink his teeth into whoever touched our daughter. My wolf is so close to the surface.

Melany! You can't come. You are too aggressive when it comes to Melody. I am as well, but I can control myself. If you go everyone will know that there is more between you and Melody than just a friendship.

"My god there is so much blood," Carl's voice breaks through. My baby is bleeding and I can't go to her. My chest feels as if there is something ripping through it.

There is some noise and then Chase speaks again. "Melody you're hurt you need to stop."

"Hunter is on his way," I can sense him moving through the trees and towards Melody. "Is Melody conscious?"

"Yes, she just opened her eyes. Alpha Adrian is on his way."

"Keep me informed."

"Yes, alpha I will keep you informed." I hang up and my whole body is trembling. I take two steps and my body cannot handle the turmoil and my body drops to the ground.

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Poor Melany.

What did you think about her POV?

Should she have gone to Melody?

Happy Reading~JudyQ22