*MIA'S P.O.V*

I look at my Mom with confusion written all over my face. What did she mean more people cared about me than I knew?

Before I can ask her, we're interrupted by Blake's announcement. He and others will capture Chase and Jared. The rest of us will prepare outdoor prisons for Chase's pack members who refuse to swear allegiance to Blake's pack.

I make my way towards Blake. I want to give him one more farewell kiss before he goes. None of us know what's going to happen and I don't want to be left thinking "What if?"

I stop beside him and he pulls me into his arms. We nuzzle our noses together and I give him a passionate farewell kiss. I can hear a few whistles of approval from the others, but I ignore them.

Blake pulls his face away from mine and looks into my eyes. "I'm gonna see you soon, ok baby?" He whispers. I nod and give him a peck.

"I'll hold you to that" I smirk. Blake chuckles and squeezes me tighter before letting me go and turning towards the group he had selected to accompany him.

"Boys, let's go" he shouts. He spanks me one last time before leaving. I watch him run with his crew until he disappears into the night. To think a week ago I was angry at him making comments about my butt. Now I love it.

I turn back to walk to my mom as I see her building makeshift prisons with the others who were left behind. She turns and smiles at me and I smile back as I help her.

"Mom" I ask.

"Yes baby?" She replies back, half concentrating on me, half concentrating on building.

"Before we got interrupted, I was trying to ask you what you meant when you said that I mean a lot to lot of people" I ask gently.

Mom suddenly goes stiff and avoids eye contact with me. I panic slightly at her sudden change in demeanor.

"Well, clearly a lot of people here find you very important as you're their Alpha's mate. His happiness is their happiness" she says quickly.

I raise an eyebrow. "Is that really what you meant? It sounded as if you were talking about...other people" I say.

"You're overthinking it baby" she says back to me with a smile. Anger starts to bubble inside of me.

"You haven't been in my life for as long as I remember, and the moment you come back, you decide to lie to me?" I whisper yell. "I've lived a life without you, and I can gladly continue to do so if you continue lying to my face" I say venomously.

As I watch her, I can see expressions of doubt and confusion flash across her face. My anger goes away and instead I begin to feel sympathy. She doesn't know me either. I need to show her that I care.

"Mom tell me the truth. Please. I haven't seen you for almost 10 years" I plead. She sighs and turns to me.

"I can't tell you now. But I will. I promise." she begins.

"When?" I ask her desperately. She turns around to make sure nobody is looking.

"After Chase and Jared are captured, meet me in my cabin. Tell nobody. Not even Blake. I don't know who I can trust" she whispers.

"You can trust Bla-" before I can finish - she grabs my hands.

"Promise me Mia. Promise me you won't tell anybody, especially Blake." She pleads. Her eyes are wide.

I'm a bit freaked out but I still nod silently and slowly. "Ok I won't tell anyone. I promise"

Mom sighs with relief. "Thank you sweetheart" she says gratefully before walking away to help others.

As I watch her walk off, questions begin to fill my mind. What did she really mean? Why can't she tell me now? Why doesn't she trust Blake? Why does she want to wait until after Chase and Jared get captured to be honest with me?

I spend a few moments pondering as I try to come up with answers. But how can I come up with any? I don't know her. Like I said, it's almost been 10 years. Yes, she gave birth to me, but I don't know what she's like. I don't know if she's a liar, a truther... or even my mom at all?

I shake my head at the thought.

No, she is my mom. She has to be. I can't be a victim of a joke so cruel, especially after everything that's happened. I take a breath to calm down and go to join Kim and the others who have decided to start cooking.

"Were you just talking to the freaky lady?" She asks me.

"Yeah...she's my mom" I say as I give her a dirty look.

Kim's eyes go wide but not with embarrassment. Rather, with shock. "That's your mom? So why is she a werewolf and you're not?" She asks confused. I explain to her the story between her and Jared. Kim let's out a deep breath.

"Wow man. That's a lot. No wonder she's so messed up" she says to me.

"Huh?!" I let out instantly. "Why are you talking about my mom like that?" I stand up with my fists clenched.

"Woah!" Kim yells back at me as she stands up. "Don't get mad at me for knowing what goes on in her head. That's just werewolf telepathy dude!" She says defensively.

My face twists with anger. "What do you mean? What's so wrong with her thoughts?" I ask accusingly.

"Dude, did Blake not tell you? All she keeps thinking about is weapons. Which ones she has, which ones she's left behind, which ones she needs. You'd think she was going to war after this." Kim ends.

"I still don't understand" I tell her. Kim shrugs and sits back down.

"Your mom likes to block her mind often so I can't explain any further than that. Ask her." she says before continuing to cook.

I walk away without responding. Instead I wonder at how much not only my own Mom is keeping from me, but Blake too.

Is she really thinking about weapons? What for? What is she hiding? Who doesn't she trust?

My mind switches to Blake. So, he knew about the thoughts she was having and said nothing to me? He pretended as if everything was normal? I don't understand.

Before I can think any deeper, I'm interrupted by cheers. I turn around to see the pack cheering and shouting at the unconscious bodies of Chase and Jared being dragged by Blake and his crew.

As I watch, my heart fills with love for Blake at how masculine he appears. He went and not only saved the girl he loves but he also made sure that those responsible for hurting her were made to pay. I run up to him and kiss him passionately.

"His Queen." I nuzzle into his neck

"Her King" he mutters back as he strokes the back of my head. I melt into his arms.

"How did you capture them?" I ask him.

"Oh, someone helped" he smirked as his eyes darted to the side. I turned to look, and my knees became weak. Blake quickly catches me before I fall to the ground.

"But...but I buried you" I whisper as I stare at the glorious sight of breast in front of me.

"I know. You didn't do a very good job of it. Chucked a few twigs and leaves on me before running off. Thanks for that." Luna replied cheekily.

I run up to her and hug her. I weep into her arms. "You saved me...and I thought...you were gone." I weep. My chest heaves up and down, causing my voice to jump alongside with it.

Luna rubs my back and holds me tighter. Blake comes up behind me and kisses the back of my head. I pull myself away and take a few moments to compose myself.

"How? How did you manage to do this? I don't understand?" I ask. My mind is whizzing at 100mph as I try to understand how they pulled this off.

"Well, it was Blake's idea to begin with" Luna starts before trailing off as she looks at Blake.

I turn to him. "YOU PLANNED THIS? WHY?" I yell.

Blake shushes me and rubs my shoulders.

"I had to" he begins. "It was the only way I could get Chase and Jared to think they were one step ahead of us - by getting rid of a traitor" he says.

"But...but she wasn't moving! She was cold! I shook her! I saw them throw her body!" I howl. Tears continue to stream down my face.

"Baby, baby" Blake begins as he wipes my tears. "Let me explain" he begins.

"It was planned way in advance. Remember at school? When Luna told us that it was Chase who put Noah in the hospital? Well, later on that night she came over to mine and told me his plan to get at me through you. She told me how she didn't agree with what he was doing and so we came up with a plan to stop him.

The day we went over to Chase's mansion, it was planned. I already knew what his deal was going to be. I already knew about his plans of imprisoning you. Why? Because of Luna. She was the one who gave him the idea of the deal - the perfect deal. Of course Chase would've agreed to it. Have me give up being Alpha to stay with my mate? How could he resist?

So, whilst it looked like Luna was taking you upstairs to keep you there, and I was being escorted away by Chase's guards, it was all a part of the plan" Blake says.

"What about Jared? Why didn't you tell me?" I ask.

"We'll get there, hold on" Blake says. "Anyway. When Luna sent you off to warn me, it was actually to get you out of the mansion whilst Jake and his pack snuck in. They took down Chase and locked him up in another room.

Whilst you were looking for me, Luna was already injecting herself with morphine to make it appear as if she was dying when she was just really out of it. When she had finally fallen asleep because of it, you thought she had died. But she hadn't. It was simply the plan. The letter you found was just a nice touch to make you grieve more in case someone was to read your mind.

Anyway, you're probably wondering. How did we manage to trick Chase's guards into thinking he was still around and beating on Luna?" He asks.

I don't reply.

"Well" Blake continues. "Sound effects behind a locked door! And when we decided it was time for his goons to carry Luna out, Jake simply mimicked his voice and hid whilst they came in to collect her body. To them, it would've appeared as if he had already left." Blake finishes.

"So why didn't you tell me?" I ask in disbelief. "Do you not trust me?"

Blake chuckles. "It's not that baby" he begins. "Anyone could've read your mind and figured out the plan. Even if I had taught you how to block your thoughts, you're still getting used to it and would've forgotten to do it once in a while. That's enough time for our whole plan to be found out and foiled." Blake says.

I don't bother arguing with him. He's right.

"Now, about Jared. Well, he was easy enough to fool. He doesn't even live in this part of town. All we had to do was wait for him to arrive at 12.30am and then collect him. We knew he was coming at that time because of Luna - it was already planned. We got there 30 minutes earlier so we'd have enough time to cover all of the entrances and exits so he couldn't escape in case he spotted us."

I nod.

"Right ok. Let me just digest this all. One moment." I say.

"Why don't you digest it over at my house?" Blake growls.

I giggle but then reality hits. I'm meant to be at my mom's house.

"I've gotta do something, but I'll come over later baby. Ok?" I say as I start to jog in the opposite direction. "I'm late!" I yell.

"I mean I just told you that awesome plan but ok I'll see you later?" He yells back. Ugh, I feel so bad, but I promised mom.

As I make my way to her cabin, I wonder about what she's going to tell me. What could be so big that I'm not allowed to tell anyone?

I arrive at her cabin and open the door. It's unlocked

"Mom?" I yell. No reply.

I make my way into the cabin and begin to look around. All of a sudden, I hear a loud clatter from behind me. I spin around and look into the darkness.

"WHO'S THERE?" I scream.

No one replies. However, the harder I stare into the darkness, the more prominent the figure standing within it becomes.

"Hello..." I say weakly. My voice trembling.