Chapter 2 What If

"Caleb please leave my hair alone." I cried. I had always been my brother's test subject and lab rat. Today he was tugging my hair and trying to fix it.

His caring towards me had increased and I had a sick feeling that something was up, something that no one was telling me about.

"Caleb are you going to tell me what's up or do I have to get it from you." I queried.

"Goddes, Ciara. Would you just keep your head at a place and let a man work?" He smiled as he continued. I studied his face from the mirror I sat in front of and dammit he was hiding something from me. Something important.

"Cale, it's about my mate right?" His smile faltering before he quickly fixed it up. I pulled away from him and stood face to face with him. He just gave me a questioning look.

"Our whole family is keeping something away from me." My voice came out and it got higher as we spoke. "Can you just calm down." Caleb said as he moved closer to rest a hand on my shoulder. I stepped backwards so that his hand dropped he liked at me with a resigned expression.

"C. Honestly I don't want any of this for you." He started but I cut him short.

"You don't want any of this for me,- I said as my hands were moving in demonstration.-–dad doesn't want any of this for me, mom doesn't. But it's happening." I moved closer to him "you know who it's happening to Caleb?-–I poked his chest hard-– it's all happening to me."

My hand went to my hair as I ruffled and tugged at it then I fell to the ground. I heard Caleb's footsteps get closer to me.

"I know what I must do, but what if the Alpha is not my mate Caleb? That's the big question, what if he's not my mate?" I sniffled.

"Has anyone thought what I would feel like? What if I met my mate before the Alpha arrives? I'll have to reject him. This Alpha coming here, what if he has a mate who he keeps hidden and makes me his other woman? What if I don't like him?" I rapped out.

My brother wrapped his hands around me.

"Ciara I don't want this for you. I've thought of all these 'what ifs' you're mentioning. I swear I've thought of it all, but there's nothing you or I could do. You've been given a fate no one can change." He rocked me back and forth as my sniffling was slowly turning to a full time crying session.

"I've long since accepted my fate but now it's starting to feel all wrong."

"Is it starting to feel all wrong because you've seen a guy you like?" I froze. Of course I had someone I liked. He was nothing but an ordinary wolf and he also might not be my mate.

"He's someone in our pack right?" Caleb asked and I nodded. I really couldn't keep anything from him.

"I won't ask who. But I'm sorry you're going through this." Caleb and his nobleness. Not everyone saw the goodness in him. He could be a brat, playful and all that but he had the heart of gold.

A knock sounded on my door.

"Come in." I said. I and Caleb turned to face the person it was an omega. Chi-Chi. She entered and bowed her head.

"Young Alpha and Princess dinner is ready." She said her head still bowed.

"We'll be there in a moment." Caleb said as he stood up from the floor. I stood up with him. He walked to the door existing my room and then stopped abruptly.

"Chi-Chi, help my sister in cleaning up." He said and walked out.

"Princess." Chi-Chi greeted again.

"You know I've told you to call me Ciara like everyone does." I scolded her.

"I'm so sorry Princess but I am only an omega and your royal name isn't something that should come out of my mouth easily." I shook my head at her explanation.

"You being an omega doesn't make you less of a human being. You know." I said and walked to my wardrobe. I heard my door open and close.

"No it doesn't." A new voice said. My mother's.

"Your highness." Chi-Chi greeted again. If I heard one more greeting I was going to snap.

"Chi-Chi you can go." My mother dismissed her. Caleb must've told her I was crying. When I turned to face her, I saw her with a tray of food. Goddess bless my mother.

"How long will you keep avoiding your father Ciara?" Oh basically she was here to scold me. It funny how my father turned from my best buddy in the world to my enemy.

"I'm not avoiding him." I said. Still facing inside my wardrobe.

"Yes you are Ciara. Today you left without joing us for breakfast." My mother complained.

"Because I was busy."

"And yesterday when you didn't join us for picnic? Wait don't answer that or for the past three weeks that you've been avoiding your own family like a plague?" She queried.

"Mom you don't know what I'm going through right now. Just leave me alone." I turned and faced her. It was like looking at a more mature version of myself. I possessed every feature of my mother's face except from her doey hazel eyes. Instead I had my father's striking and piercing sky blue eyes.

"Ciara in all you're going through don't shut your family out, don't shut me out. Please." My mother's pleading voice hit me. I reverted my eyes away from her gaze.

I honestly didn't want to hurt anyone but I hated the fact I couldn't control my own destiny. Why is reality so cruel?

"Mom I'm sorry." I walked up to her and hugged her. "I'm so sorry. I can't do this alone it's so suffocating." I said tears starting to spill out of my eyes again.

My mother rocked me back and forth just like Caleb had done.

"No one has been able to defeat John for a long time now, how'd they expect me mating an Alpha to be the redemption of all werewolves in the northern packs?" I asked my mother.

"As we can not explain destiny so we can not also explain the workings of fate." She replied. Stroking my hair.

She pulled my fave up so I could look her in the eyes. "Ciara, no matter what happens or any decision you take, know that I love you and I'll always support you. But please don't do the wrong thing." I gave her a small nod.

"You can't change destiny. You can take a different part, you can delay it but you can't change it as so long as you're walking destiny's path."

She said and walked to my bed.

Everything she said was true I just have to resign myself to my fate.