Avery's POV

"I don't remember much." I admitted. "It's all fuzzy."

"You don't have to tell us, Sweetie." Artemis placed a hand on my shoulder.

I shook my head. "No. I want to."

They nodded and waited for me to continue.

"When I was three me and my parents were in a car accident. A person ran into the road, I can't remember what it looked like, but my dad lost control of the car and it drove into lake. My parents drowned but somehow I escaped from the car. I couldn't swim all I could do was float to the surface. A man pulled me out of the water. He looked at me and smiled. It was a sinister smile, like he knew something. It scared me at first but I got used to it. He took me in and adopted me."

Tears ran down my cheeks.

"That's awful but isn't that a good thi-" Melissa spoke but I cut her off.

"I'm not finished. When I turned ten something in him snapped. He started abusing me for some reason. He said I was going to get myself killed one day because of my attitude. It made no sense. Everytime he gave me a beating he would place me in my bedroom with a first aid kit then leave the house usually for a day. I was thankful for it. But just a couple days ago I ran away and ended up here. I said I was 18 years old but I'm not. I just said hat so I could go to a real school for once. I am 22 years old and it makes me mad that I stayed with him for this long." My voice was shakey.

Artemis pulled me into a hug. "It's OK Sweetie I know how it feels."

I pulled away and looked at her. "You do?"

She turned to Melissa. "Can you give us a minute?"

Melissa nodded and left the living room.

"I lost my parents when I was a baby. They were killed by rogues and every day since I was 16 rogues tried to kill me. I never knew my parents but at least you got a few good years with them." She explained.

"I guess I never thought of it that way."

She included something that was around her neck. It was a bright gold coin on a gold chain.

She lifted my hair up and clipped it around my neck.

"Every woman in my family has had a gold coin just like this one. It was my mother's she passed it down to me and now I want you to have it." She smiled.

I looked at her in shock. "I can't accept this! It's yours! It's the only thing left from your mom!"

"I have plenty of things left from my mother. I want you to have that gold coin and keep it safe. Can you do that?"

I looked down at the coin around my neck. I looked back at Artemis and nodded.

She smiled brightly at me and pulled me into another hug.

"What's a rogue?" I asked after we pulled away.

"It's a wolf without a pack. Wolves that kill for pleasure. Including humans. They have been exiled from their packs if they disobey the laws of there pack. My job was to kill rogues to make sure they don't over populate."

"That's sounds... difficult."

"It was. But you get used to it." She smirked.

"Um guys." Melissa came back. "Ash is here."

"What!? How did he find us?" I asked.

"You can't keep a male wolf from finding his mate. Not unless your practically shower yourself in perfume." Artemis said, clearly out of experience.

"Then what was the point of coming here?" Melissa asked.

"We at least needed to get some alone time." Answered Artemis.

The door bursted open practically tearing it off it's hinges, traveling Ash. He looked like he just ran a marathon.

"I remember when you father broke that door. He was angry too." Artemis commented.

Ash rolled his eyes before pulling me into a hug.

"Let me go! You're all sweaty!" A complained but he didn't let go.

"Wait a minute." Melissa said. "Avery if you ran away from your him then where have you been living?"

Ash pulled away and looked at me in shock. "You ran away from your parents!?"

"I've been living in a motel." I answered Melissa's question.

"Not anymore!" Ash cut in. "You're going to live with me."

I raise an eyebrow.

"In the pack house I mean!" He corrected himself. "I will not have my mate living in gross cheep hotel."

"OK first of all, it's not that bad, and second of all, I can't just barge in and live with you and a bunch of werewolves!" I yelled.

"Yes you can. Your the pack's next Luna. You don't even have to be in the same room as me you can have your own room."

"Luna?" I asked confused.

"It's the alpha's mate. The runs the pack along side the alpha."

"I can't run a pack of werewolves!" I nearly freaked out. "I can barley run!"

Ash grabbed my shoulders and made me look at him. "Don't stress. It's not that hard."

"Not that hard!? You can freaking turn into a giant dog! How am I supposed to run a pack filled with them!?"

"Hey! You'll do fine. And it doesn't have to be today. It'll happen when your ready." He cupped my face with his hands.

I calmed myself a bit and slowed down my heartbeat.

"Alright wrap it up love birds." Artemis interrupted. "Ash your father is home."

Ash turned to me and smiled. "Ready to meet the rest of my family properly?"

I shook my head. "No."

"Too bad your meeting the rest if my family anyway."

"Dude are you not going to ask what we were talking about?" Melissa questioned.

"Huh?" Ash asked completely clueless.

Melissa grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of the living room.

Ash's POV

"She has been through a lot!" Melissa whisper yelled in my face.

"What do you mean a lot?" I asked.

"She'll tell you when she's ready but the name gist is that she's never been to a real school before so she said she was 18 years old to go to school." She explained.

"Well then hoe old is she?" I asked. "She's not 30 is she?"

"No idiot! She's 22 years old. Three years older than you."

"What's your point!?"

"My point is, remember when your mom told us about the story about that guy Logan?"

"Yeah. My mom never killed him because he had a child."

"Correction, an adopted child named Avery."

"So? It's a coincidence."

"What if it's not? What if she's the same girl?"

"If she is the same girl then I'll eat a bucket of lard. There's no way my mate would be living with a rogue most of her life."

I didn't wait for her reply I went back into the living room for my mate.

"Let's go Avy." I grabbed her wrist and left the house.

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