The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to Unveil

{Basic details -

Alpha male and female - They are the leaders of the pack. They are the pack's most vital wolves and take all the crucial decisions. Alpha females are also called luna.

Beta male and female (second in command) - They are second in command. In case alphas are unavailable, betas are given the responsibility of the pack. They are responsible for the border's safety along with alphas.

Gamma male and female (third in command)- They are responsible for training pack warriors and pups.

Delta male and female (fourth in command) - They are responsible for sorting the internal conflicts of the pack. If the matter becomes complicated, alphas have to look into them.

Omega - They are the lowest-ranking wolves responsible for cooking, cleaning, and other activities. Generally, omegas also study medicine or become pack's warriors after proper studying and training.

Packhouse - It is a place where those wolves live, who are not living with their parents or are orphans. Few of the alpha families also live in packhouses.

Mate - A mate is a soul mate of a werewolf. When werewolves turn 18, they can find their mate by sniffing their scents if their mates are nearby. They can confirm whether someone is their mate or not by eye contact or the sparks that they feel when they touch each other.

Rogue - The banished wolfs who have committed heinous crimes to get expelled from their packs.

Chapter 1 - Haunting dreams

AADHYA POV –

{A man is fiercely shoving things in a small bag and is continuously giving instructions to a crying female who is desperately trying to stop him.

"Please, don't do this. I will die without you" she tried to stop him, but he ignored her and tried to hide his tears from her.

"We don't have any options. If you do not leave, they will kill all of us" he tried to reason with her while continuing his work.

"I am not leaving you," she shouted at him and, after taking the bag from him, threw it to the side. She tried to control her tears and grabbed his collar. "You can't do this to me... to us, we are not leaving you alone here to die. If we are going to run, you are also accompanying us; if not, we have no issue dying with you. We are not afraid of dying," she said, and finally, he gave up and hugged her for his dear life and cried hard.

"Please, princess, don't make it hard for me. You have to run for our baby; they will kill him. You know that they are hunting all of us down, please run... please" he was merely able to whisper this when they heard several footsteps coming towards their house. He left her, grabbed the bag, and gave it to her. "Please, princess, run... run as fast as you can and promise me that you will not come back for me," he pleaded to her in desperation.

"But." Before she could say something, he grabbed her waist and kissed her profoundly, pouring all his love for her into it.

"Promise me, princess" his desperation and pain are evident in his eyes. No matter what she wanted to say or do. She already knew she had no choice but to run away from here. She nodded, and he finally gave her the same dazzling smile that always made her feel safe and happy.

"Run, sweetheart ... don't forget I love both of you," he said, and with a quick peck on her lips, he opened the house's back door. "Take care, princess..." She could hear his last words when he closed the door behind her. She wiped her tears and did as he said to her.

She ran a few kilometers on foot as the herbs he had sprayed on her could not conceal the scent of her wolf form. After a few more kilometers of running, she felt the searing pain in her chest, like someone pierced a dagger through her heart and stabbed it several times. She howled in pain and agony as she knew what it was.... it was the pain of breaking the mate bond.

More tears pooled in her eyes as she knew what it indicated; her mate was dead now... she wanted nothing more than to turn and run back to her mate, but she couldn't break the promise. She is not going to waste her mate's life.

As she crossed the borders, she felt every bond snapping from her pack, but instead of stopping, she shifted into her wolf and ran as fast as possible. Her sight is blurred from the tears, but she is attentive enough to sense and hear everything around her... BEEP...BEEP... she ran away when her mate wanted her the most... BEEP... her wolf is also in pain, but she is running for her pup... BEEP...she heard a few growls around her, but before she understood what was happening... BANG...}

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Aadhya's POV -

"Nooooooo," ... I woke up from the dream while screaming and frantically looked around. I am still in my bed, my alarm is beeping on the side table, and I am covered in sweat. I looked outside through the window. It is still dark, but when you have to prepare the training ground for 200 wolves before 4 am, then you have to wake up at 3 ... don't you? {duties of being an omega...}

I took a deep breath, my heart was still racing from the weird dream I had, but like every other time, it was still a blur. I got up from my bed, walked inside the attached bathroom, splashed water on my face, and brushed my teeth. Then I walked towards the cupboard and grabbed one of my hoodies and lower, tied my hair in a tight bun, and went outside the pack house. I directly went towards the training ground where our gamma was already present with some other omegas and warriors of our pack and was giving instructions. As soon as he looked at me, he gave me the work.

"Aadhya, go and clean the weapons" I nodded and went towards the arsenal, just opposite our pack house. I grabbed the knives, swords, and other weapons and started cleaning them.

I came into the blue moon pack with my parents when I was eight. They are the beta couple of this pack. I was born in India, and as weird as it sounds, I was a premature baby. Werewolf pregnancy is six months and is very tough for all females, but having a premature baby is something no werewolf heard of. So, when I was born, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that I would not survive, but my grandma is one fierce lady.

She took me as a challenge and told my mom to leave me to her. My mom left me with my grandma, who lived there in a human settlement, and that's how I spent the most beautiful 8 years of my life. After that, my parents took me to America, and my grandma shifted with her son in his pack in Australia... (I haven't met him in my whole life) ... In the beginning, living with werewolves was very fascinating for me. It was like I landed in a fantasy story, but everything is not a fairy tale, especially for a human like me who is living with werewolves.

Werewolves have stronger senses than humans. Their eyesight, hearing, and smelling sense are ten times more potent than a human, and here the problem came. Despite being the daughter of two strong werewolves, I am a normal human. Truth be told, my eyesight is worse than a human... {yeah, you guessed it right, I wear specks}.

My friend Layla says everything has a different scent, but I am again different in this case too. I don't have a scent, even humans also have some smell, but I did not have any scent... so I have to use the liquid that mom gave me so that I can also have some smell and can't be treated as an outcast, but she can't help me in it when I was different in everything.

When a werewolf turns 14 years, he has his first shift, and though it is excruciating, it opens the door to many superior strengths in their body. Shifting opens the mind link of a person, he can use this mind link and talk with any person in the pack, and once they turn 18 years old, they can find their mates. As I am a human, I can't mind link anyone, and no werewolf in history has had a human mate, so my chances of having a mate are nil.

Ten years ago, my parents died in a rogue attack, and after that, I was demoted to the rank of omega. As an outcast and orphan, I was always the target of bullies. They never hurt me physically, but their sinister remarks and way of showing 'my place' is enough to break me mentally.

"Good morning chubby" I heard Matt's voice. I looked at him and found him picking the weapons. Matt is the pack's warrior and is the same age as mine. He is one of the few who treated me like a pack member and not some burden.

"I am not chubby now" I argued and extended a clean sword toward him. He chuckled and took it from my hand.

"I am always going to call you chubby," he gave me a smug look... "And you also know it, CHUBBYYYY" I smiled at his teasing "now come outside, gamma Alexander called everyone," he said to me and tried to take more weapons.

"I will take the rest," I told him, and he hummed and walked outside the arsenal.

I took the remaining weapons and went to the training ground, where others were gathered. We dropped the weapons on their spot and joined our respective groups. Matt went towards the other warriors, and I went towards Layla, who was looking like a zombie. Layla is my only friend other than matt. She is delta's daughter, but it doesn't mean she is mean to me like other high-ranking wolves. She never judged me; she accepted me as I am.

Layla, just like every werewolf, is incredible. She has shoulder-length brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, toned body and good height of 5'8" and you can say that we are very different in appearance, while her brown hairs are straight my black ones are more on the curlier side, I have black eyes and well my height is 5'6". I also have a toned body, but how can I compete with a werewolf in this matter?

"Good morning, Layla..." I greeted her, and as soon as she heard me, a faint smile came on her face, and she hugged me and slumped onto me.

"Good morning, addy," she mumbled and snuggled into me.

"Come on, Layla, get up; it's time to train," I tried to wake her up. She hummed but did not move. I can feel her sleep again as her breaths are getting even slower. I rolled my eyes at her antics and took a deep breath. I put my arms on her waist and started to tickle her, which made her wide awake within two minutes.

"You are a bitch addy" she cursed me while trying to catch her breath.

"I am not denying it" I gave her an innocent smile.

"Ten rounds of the ground, you have fifteen minutes... quick," we heard gamma Alexander's voice. Layla groaned in irritation but finally complied; with it, our day started with so much sweat.

When we completed our training, it was already 8 am, and my body was aching everywhere.

"Aadhya, put the weapons in the arsenal," gamma Alexander ordered me. I bowed and started doing the said. Layla and Matt joined me when I was collecting the weapons and helped me gather the rest.

"So, any plans for tomorrow," Matt asked me curiously, and Layla rolled her eyes.

"I just wanted to sleep the whole day," I said to him, and he rolled his eyes while Layla gave me a proud look. "And eat lots of delicious food..." I spoke with a dreamy look. After a few minutes, Matt snapped his fingers in front of my face and shook his head in disappointment.

"Don't give us these looks, matty. Food and sleep are the first love of our lives" Layla supported me, and we walked inside the arsenal and put different weapons in their respective places.

"Come on, addy, tell me what the plan is. It's your twentieth birthday, and I wanted it to be mind-blasting" I rolled my eyes at Matt's enthusiasm on my birthday while Layla snorted.

"Then just put a bomb in her head and light it... you will surely be successful in blasting her mind," she commented sarcastically, and he rolled his eyes at her comment.

"Oh, shut up, Layla. It's because of you that she has become so lazy. You are the one who supports her in this shit," he scolded her, and she looked at me proudly... {well, he is not wrong. He loves to party, but we both are opposite of him. So, the majority of his party plans fail because we always want to stay indoors}

"I am proud that she finally learned something from me," she remarked while Matt looked at her in pure irritation.

"I am giving you time till evening; plan something on your own, or I will plan everything according to my likes," he said with finality and gave us the pointed looks, "and none of you can decline that."

"We will talk about it later, Matt," Layla said to him and waved her hand in dismissal. I was about to say something when I noticed uneasiness on her face.

"What happened, Layla?" I asked her in concern.

"I don't know, but there is something wrong with my wolf. She is uneasy and is continuously pacing in my head from yesterday," she said, and Matt looked at her in shock.

"Now, what's with you, matt?" I asked him.

"It's just, my wolf is also on edge from yesterday," he said, and both shared nervous glances.

"Does it mean something bad?" I asked both of them.

"Generally, our wolves behave like that when they sense some danger or something unusual," Layla told me nervously.

"But if something bad is going to happen, then don't you think that alpha Aiden's wolf had also sensed something" I suggested to her, and she nodded slowly.

"It's nothing, guys; we are just overthinking. I have to go now. I am patrolling the eastern borders with others in case you need me," Matt informed us, and we nodded. He ran towards his house while we exited the arsenal.

"Mom invited you for breakfast today," she said, and I smiled. Delta Delilah, Layla's mother, was my mother's best friend. After my parents' death, many things changed along with my rank in this pack, but she always treated me the same. After mom and dad's death, Alpha Aiden wanted to shift me to the human settlement, but Layla's parents talked with him and convinced him to let me stay in the pack. I lived in the pack's orphanage till I turned 16, and after that, I got a small room in the pack house. I looked at Layla, who was looking at me expectantly.

"I don't think Beth would like that, and I think gamma Alexander would surely have some work for me" Bethany is 17 years old, Layla's younger sister, but she doesn't like me.

When I turned 16 and shifted in the pack house. Alpha asked me in which manner I would like to perform duties as omega, like cleaning, cooking, gardening, or some challenging tasks like learning the basics of medicine and helping in hospitals or helping in training grounds. So, I chose the training grounds, and we got paid for these duties. Many people here thought that I would go to human settlements and live with them, but I didn't have the heart to leave the world where I was born, and except for my friends, no one knew that I wanted to be one of the warriors of the pack, that's why I train harder than any werewolf in this whole pack.

"It's my parents' house, not Beth's; I am going to alpha's place, he called me in his office. As soon as I am free from there, you are coming with me to my home; now go and take a quick shower," she told me sternly, and I nodded. Then she went towards alpha's house, which is the third building from the left of the pack house.

I walked towards the pack house with a smile on my face... {yeah, I love my stupid best friend} ... when I entered the pack house, I heard noises coming from the dining hall, and I smiled in victory... {it's good that they all are there, or they will surely try to give me a little hard time}. I ran into my room and took a quick shower. I changed into skinny black jeans and a white hoodie and ran downstairs. I was running fast when my foot got caught in something, and I was about to fall to the ground when I tilted myself in time. Finally, with a loud thud, my side came in contact with the cold floor, and I screamed in pain. For a few minutes, only blackness and pain consumed my thoughts. When I could finally see things, I slowly got up and found everyone laughing at me. Here everyone means our to-be-alpha Ethan smith, Max Moore (to be beta), Sam Carter (to be gamma), Ethan's girlfriend Stella Wilson (her parents were beta of red moon pack, they sent her here five years back for studies as our pack has best education facilities for werewolves in nearby packs) and her minions Annie and belle.

Slowly I forced myself into a sitting position and tried to get up. Ethan came towards me but stopped midway. I raised my head and looked at him; his eyes were not focused, which meant he was mind-linking someone. After a few minutes, he sighed. "I have to go, guys. Dad is calling me in his office" with it, he kissed Stella... {believe me, it is a sloppy one}... and looked at me "you all can continue your fun" he winked at his friends and ran towards his house.

I stood up and winced as I felt pain on my side and turned towards the kitchen. "Where do you think you are going, weirdo?" Stella screeched.

"Outside," I told her with a blank face. They all are the same age as mine, Sam is Annie's mate, and others have not found theirs till now. They are my bullies from childhood, but they don't have the guts to lay their hands on anyone because of alpha Aiden, but it doesn't mean they can avoid a few 'accidents' like this.

Ethan and Stella have been dating each other for three years now. Everyone in the pack was fortunate that they would surely be each other's mates, but when they turned 18 and nothing happened, everyone got disappointed, but this did not stop them from dating each other. Truth be told, I feel sorry for Ethan's and Stella's mate. How can you date or sleep with someone when you are sure that there is someone special who has been waiting for you all his life? But then again, who am I to judge them?

"What is with that poker face weirdo? Don't you know how to talk with the to-be-luna of the pack? ".. {Well, that's news... does it mean that Ethan has chosen her as his chosen mate?} ... generally, if a werewolf cannot find his mate until he is 25, there are high chances that he can go feral, so there comes the concept of a chosen mate. Such wolves choose some other wolf as their mate and mark them as theirs, but there are very few cases of this. Generally, a wolf chooses a mate when his fated mate is already dead because it is tough for a wolf to accept someone other than its better half. Ethan is only 20, so choosing Stella as his mate is something I think alpha Aiden will never allow but again, who am I to say anything in their matter.

"You should learn to give some respect to your future, luna. Let's start with bowing," she said to me... {I am not going to bow to someone who is not worthy of it} ... I tried hard to keep my mouth shut. She waited for me, but I didn't do anything "ah, our weirdo is not in the mood to bow, no problem, babe... let me help you in it" she took a deep breath and commanded me with authority, "bow to me" I was expecting some force, but when I did not feel anything, I looked at others Sam, Annie and belle are bowing to her while baring their necks while Max is clenching his jaw clearly trying to fight her command.

After a few minutes, Stella gave up and looked at me in anger... {wait, what did I do? }.. she was about to lunge at me when I quickly took a step towards my right, and instead of me, she got max on her hold. She again turned towards me; her beautiful face was so red with anger that I was afraid soon smoke would start coming from her ears. Before she did anything else, Layla came toward us while laughing loudly.

"Come on, Stella, you can't expect your command to dominate her. Demoting her from beta to omega cannot replace the beta's blood that is running in her veins. Only alpha Aiden's, luna Olivia's, or Ethan's command can work on her," she said smugly and looked at me.

"Let's go," she said and dragged me with her. I stopped myself from wincing in front of her, but finally, I gave in and winced in pain when we exited the pack house. "What is it, addy?" she dropped my hand and looked at me in concern.

"Had a little 'accident' with Ethan," I told her, and she clenched her jaw. She knew very well what kind of accidents happened to me. She turned towards the alpha's house, but I stopped her... "Where do you think you are going?" I asked her.

"What do you think, addy?" she snapped, and I shook my head.

"You already know he is not going to listen to you. You will be just wasting your energy, and don't forget he is our alpha."

"To-be-alpha," she cut me off with a growl. I chuckled at her behavior.

"Yeah, to-be-alpha, and you are supposed to be the delta female of this pack, don't ruin your relationship with him because of me," I told her, and she opened her mouth to say something, but I cut her off... "You already know Layla; we are grownups now; we are not his friends anymore," I told her pointedly, and she dragged a labored breath.

When my parents were alive, Ethan, Layla, and I were best friends then; at that time, he didn't have any problem with me being a human. Even after my parents' death, he was good to me, not like the best friends that we used to be in the past, but at least he was not rude to me, but then with time, he changed, and his friend circle changed. He started hating me, and as Layla never left my side, he broke his friendship with her too.

"We are going to the infirmary first," she said with finality and dragged me with her.

When I removed the hoodie in front of the doctor, I saw a fresh bruise forming on my right side and arm... {at these times, I always envy werewolves for having awesome healing abilities} ... I can't say that the doctor was too pleased to see the bruise, but she did not question us. She gave me aloe vera gel to apply on it two times a day and a few painkillers. Layla's mood became sourer after watching the bruise, but neither she said anything nor did anything. We went to her home, and as soon as we opened the door, we came face to face with Beth.

As soon as she saw me, the beautiful smile that was on her face earlier transformed into a scowl. I smiled at her and said 'hi,' but she ignored me and went outside. "I don't think she will ever like me," I told Layla, and she snorted.

"Think," she scoffed. "I believe that she is never going to like you," she said, and I smacked her arm, and she smirked "truth is always bitter, sweetheart" I rolled my eyes at her statement, and we finally entered her home.

"Layla, is it you, darling?" We heard her mom's voice from the kitchen.

"Don't act like you have not smelt me even before I entered the house, mom," Layla commented, and I chuckled..damn werewolves.

Mrs. Black came out of the kitchen with a pointed look. Layla is a replica of her mother... "Layla black, you are not allowed to use your stupid sarcasm with me," she said to her, and Layla chuckled.

"Don't act like you don't love it, mom," she said and hugged her from the side. Mrs. Black tried to keep her face stoic, but within a few minutes, she melted and smiled at Layla and then at me.

"I am hungry, Mrs. Black," I told her and hugged her from another side, and she chuckled.

"Come on then, let's have breakfast," she said and went towards the dining room, where bacon, pancakes, and syrup were already on the table. We went towards the table and took our seats.

"Where is Mr. Black," I asked her, and she looked at the clock.

"Connor went to Alpha's place in the morning, but he mind-linked me that he will be home within a few minutes," she said, and Layla rolled her eyes.

"He is always at alpha's," she complained, and Mrs. Black smiled at her.

"He is delta, Layla. We can't expect him to ignore his work and spend time with us," Mrs. Black explained, and Layla huffed.

"Hey, Layla, you have not told me why alpha called you to his office?" I asked her while eating the pancakes that Mrs. black served us.

"Same shit. He wanted to know whether I had found my mate or not. He is concerned about the future of the pack. Max, Ethan, and me, none of us found our mates, and we are supposed to take the charges from our dads in coming years," she said with a mouthful of food.

"But Ethan is choosing Stella as her mate." As soon as these words came out of my mouth, Layla choked on her food while Mrs. black looked as if he had seen some ghost. I passed her water while rubbing her back, and both took time to digest the news... {Yeah, I know it is shocking, but I was not expecting this type of reaction}

"Who told you that?" Mrs. Black asked me in a timid voice.

"Stella," she shook her head in disappointment.

"Aiden will never allow Ethan to do that," she said with pursed lips. "Kids these days... don't understand anything, having physical relations with the person who is not your mate, and now they will go against the will of the moon goddess," she mumbled angrily, but her expression suddenly changed, and she went towards the door. I looked at Layla in question.

"She just smelt dad," she said, and I smiled. We continued eating our breakfast when Mr. and Mrs. black came.

"How are you girls?" he asked us cheerfully while taking his seat at the dining table.

"I am awesome, dad," Layla replied

"I am also good, Mr. Black, but you look tired. Everything's alright?" I asked him.

"Yeah, my wolf is giving me a little hard time from yesterday; other than this, everything is alright" as soon as he said that, Layla and I looked at each other.

Layla cleared her throat, and I looked at her nervously. "What happened to your wolf dad?" she asked him.

"I don't know, sweetheart; he has been constantly on edge since yesterday," he said.

"Strange" this time, Mrs. Black said, "my wolf is also behaving the same," she said in confusion. "Did you talk to Aiden about it?" she asked him in concern.

"Yeah, but his wolf is fine. I also asked Olivia, but she said everything is fine," he said. Layla looked at me in question as if asking what to do, I gestured to tell them everything, and she nodded.

"Mom, dad, my wolf is also behaving strangely, and Matt also said the same thing in the morning... Do you think something bad is going to happen?" she asked them, and Mr. Black took a deep breath.

"No, sweety, everything is fine. Aiden's wolf is alpha; if there is anything wrong, then he would have been the first to sense anything, not the delta or warrior wolves," he said, and we all nodded.

"So, aadhya, tomorrow is your birthday," Mrs. Black said, and I smiled. "Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" she asked me, and Layla rolled her eyes.

"Nothing till now," I said to her, and she smiled nervously.

"Would you mind if I asked you for something?" Mrs. Black asked me, and I nodded. "You already know that our wolves are acting strange. My wolf considers you the same as it considers Layla and Beth, so she just wanted her children near her. If you don't mind, can you spend a few days with us?" she said nervously and to say I am shocked is an understatement. I opened my mouth to say something but again closed it. I actually don't know what to say. She just told me that her wolf treated me like her own, like her daughters, which was a huge thing. My throat was constricted with emotions, so I just nodded and continued eating the food.

"So, what does Aiden want to talk to you about," Mrs. black asked Mr. black.

"He is planning to organize a mate ball this year in our pack," he explained.

"So, he is seriously concerned about our children's mates," Mrs. Black asked.

"Yeah, he is, especially for Ethan. He thinks that Ethan is going to mark Stella," Mr. Black said while laughing, but when none of us laughed, he looked at all of us... "Is that true?" his question is directed toward Layla and me.

"No idea, dad, but if we take Stella's words seriously, then yes, he is planning to mark her," Layla told him, and Mr. Black pursed his lips in dissatisfaction but did not say anything. After breakfast, Layla and I went to her room while Mr. and Mrs. Black continued to talk about the other pack matters.

"Tell me bitch, what do you want on your birthday?" she told me while she jumped on her bed.

"Nothing," I said and lay on her bed.

"Just tell me whenever you want anything," she said to me and closed her eyes. I hummed in response.

We lay there silently for a few minutes. "Layla," she hummed... "What does your wolf think about the whole mate thing?" I asked her, and she made a thinking face.

"She is both excited and nervous about it," she told me truthfully "you got emotional downstairs," she stated, which instantly made me chuckle.

"Yeah, I am used to being called an outcast, but when your mom said that she considers me as her daughter, that made me feel a little emotional," I replied, and a beautiful smile came on her face.

"You are one of us, addy, and you are not an outcast. You are just different, and people never accept someone different, no matter how much awesome that person is"

"Did you just tell me that I am awesome?" I teased her, and she rolled her eyes.

"I called you bitch earlier, but you didn't point that out," she said and smacked her pillow on me, and that's how our pillow fight started.

Matt joined us at night as he is staying at Layla's place today. I don't think Mr. Black is pleased about this idea, but I cannot blame him... {no dad who has two unmated daughters at home would like it if an unmated wolf would come and spend a night at his home} ...

Beth went to sleep just after we had dinner, but Matt, Layla, Mr., and Mrs. Black sat with me till the clock struck midnight. I cut my birthday cake Mrs. Black baked, and Matt gifted me a cool black leather jacket.

Matt and Layla were making further plans for my birthday when Mrs. Black interrupted us and told us sternly to go and sleep. Layla tried to argue, but one pointed look from Mrs. Black, and we gave up. Matt went to the guest room, and I went to Layla's room with her. I was half asleep when suddenly Layla sat on her bed with a jerk.

"What happened?" I asked her, but as soon as I saw blank expressions on her face and her eyes were unfocused, I knew she was mind-linking.

"Shit," she cursed and grabbed my hand... "We have to run, addy get up," she shouted, and we came out of the room. Matt also came outside the guest room while trying to wear his t-shirt. Mr. and Mrs. Black came out of Beth's room, looking alarmed, while Beth followed them, looking a little scared.

"I have to report at eastern borders," Matt said and hugged Layla and me. "Take care of my mom, don't let her go anywhere until everything is sorted out," he said to us, and we nodded.

"Don't let any stupid rogue claw your face, don't forget you still to find your mate," Layla said, and he chuckled.

"Stay alive," I said timidly, and he smiled at me and ruffled my hair.

"I will meet you guys later," he said and ran out of the house.

"Delilah, take all of them to the safe house." He said and kissed Mrs. Black, and with that, he also ran away from the house.

"Fast girls, we have to take everyone to a safe house," Mrs. Black told us, and we all ran behind her... {I don't know why but I am getting the feeling that my birthday is going to be a disaster...}

Our safe house is built underground, and its entrance is hidden in the pack house's backyard. We were helping pups when suddenly Mrs. Black came panicking towards us "aadhya, Layla, go inside the safe house. I will take care of others."

"We want to help mom," Layla said, and I nodded in her support.

"Don't argue with me, Layla," she shouted, pushing us towards the pack house. "Take care of others inside," she told us, and Layla nodded timidly. We were about to go inside when I realized that Beth was not with us.

"Wait, where is Beth?" I looked around frantically.

"Shit, where did she go? Damn," Layla cursed, "addy, go to the safe house and check if Beth is there or not. I will search for her outside" I nodded and ran inside the safe house. All the wolves who cannot fight are in the safe house, the pups are scared, and those who are wounded are trying their best to help in any way, while I can also spot a few warriors in case someone enters the safe house.

I looked all over the safe house, and when I couldn't find Beth, I ran outside. Everyone is running here and there, a few are running towards the safe house, a few towards the borders, and a few are taking the wounded towards the infirmary. Suddenly a message popped on my phone. I took my mobile and found Layla's message that she found Beth in the arsenal. I stuffed my phone in my pocket and ran towards the arsenal. The door was already ajar. I was about to run inside when I heard a chilling voice.

"You should not roam here and there when you are under attack, sweethearts" A man is standing with his back towards the door. He is lean but muscled and has a dark aura around him. "Now tell me which one of you wants to die first," I finally saw Layla and Beth in front of him. Layla is standing in front of Beth protectively, but she is also looking scared. "Answer me, ladies," he said coldly. Suddenly he extended his hand and grabbed Layla's throat. "Mind linking, are we," he said in an amusing tone. "Let's see how easy it would be to snap the neck of a gamma," Beth screamed and pleaded with him to let Layla go. Layla is struggling in his hold, but I can see that her struggles are slowing down, and her face is turning blue due to the lack of blood supply.

My mind is blank. I didn't know what to do, so, without thinking, I did what came to mind first. I picked up the sword from the ground and charged with full force on his arm, from which he was grabbing Layla's throat. In a single strike, his arm is on the floor, and he is screaming with pain and rage. He looked at me with fury, and that's when I found out what he was... {his blood red eyes are telling his identity} ... he is a vampire. Without giving him time to do something, I charged another strike, and this time, Beth screamed in horror as the vampire's head fell on the ground with a thud and his body fell to another side.

I looked around the arsenal for any more threats when I found everything alright. I looked at Beth, who was looking at me in horror, but I could see that she was relieved. Layla is unconscious on the ground.

"Beth, take Layla with you; I will cover both of you. We have to reach the safe house fast. I don't think we can fight them off on our own" I did not expect that, but she instantly did the same as I said without a single question. I went towards the drawer, took the pouch of silver powder from it, and applied it all over my body.

Vampires and werewolves both have the same weakness, and that is silver; when they touch silver, their skin burns. I am a human but putting silver on my body irritates my skin {maybe because I have werewolf blood}. Right now, I am glad that I am a human. I took the sword and looked at Beth, who was observing my actions very carefully.

"Listen, Beth, don't touch me; this silver will burn your skin. You have to run inside the safe house as soon as we reach there, understood?" I asked her, and she nodded... {I badly wanted Layla to see that Beth is seriously listening to me... but that bitch is unconscious... my bad luck.}

I exited the arsenal cautiously, and the sight made my blood boil. Many rogues are trying to overpower our warriors, and I can smell the metallic smell of blood in the air. We started moving towards the pack house without getting noticed. We were about to enter when a rogue came in front of us, blocking the entry; his brown coat was covered in blood. He snarled at us; I looked at Beth and gestured to get inside as soon as she got the chance. She was terrified but nodded. I took a step towards the wolf, and he lunged at me with his left paw on my right hand, in which I was holding the sword. I landed on the ground with a thud and felt the air knocked out of my lungs. I screamed in pain as I felt his claws digging in my wrists, but suddenly he backed away while howling in pain because of the silver on my body. Before he could handle himself, I lunged at him with the tip of the sword towards him and dug it deep into his chest. He howled loudly, I don't know what had the most impact on him, the sword or the silver on my body, but he died within a few minutes.

My heart is beating wildly in my chest due to all the action. I tried to pull the sword out, but it struck into his dead body. Finally, I gave up and was about to go to the safe house when another wolf lunged at me and bit my foot. I don't know which one of us first shouted in pain, but I know one thing... both of us are suffering... {He burned all his mouth when he bit my leg because of silver}. Matt's grey wolf came towards us, lunged at the rogue, and tore his throat in one snap. He looked in every direction for any threat, and when he was sure there was no one, he took a few steps toward me.

"Don't come close, matty. I am covered in silver," I said to him while groaning in pain. He looked at me in panic and ran towards the woods. I looked at myself and found myself covered in blood from head to toe. Obviously, it's not my blood... {, but Matt doesn't know this, does he?} ... After a few minutes, he came running towards me in his human form while clutching a wide cloth in his hands. He covered me in the fabric and took me in his arms carefully.

I looked around. All the males are now in their human forms and are wearing shorts, while all the females are wearing long t-shirts. Everyone is covered in blood, but none of them are injured... {the magic of werewolf healing} ... I can see many corpses of rogues littering all around but could not point to a single vampire's body.

Matt took me to the infirmary, and a doctor came rushing toward me "she is covered in silver," he warned her, and she stopped instantly.

"Come with me," she said, and we followed her. She took us to the bathroom. "You should clean yourself fast so I can see your wound," she told me, and Matt slowly put me on the floor.

"I will get something for you to change in," he told me and ran outside. I took a bath and cleaned myself thoroughly. Matt knocked on the door a few minutes later and handed me the clothes. I wore them and came outside. As soon as I came out, Matt took me in his arms and carefully put me on the bed, and the doctor started treating my wound. It would be a lie if I said that I was alright. My leg is numb from the pain, my wrists are clawed, my back is hurting like a bitch, and the bruise that Ethan gifted me yesterday is not helping me much... {but still, I am feeling strong}

The doctor started treating my wounds, and my mind played a flashback of the past few hours. When I remembered about that vampire and how I beheaded him, I felt like someone had poured a bucket full of ice on me. I don't know what got into me, but I wanted to protect Layla and Beth at that time. I am glad that I protected them. For the first time in my life, I feel proud of myself... {I am surely going to pat my back for this}

"If I were you, I would not have been smiling in the condition you were in," the doctor commented while dressing my wound, and it caused my smile to stretch more, but suddenly a thought occurred in my mind, and my smile faded away.

I looked at Matt, who was looking everywhere but me. He is a ruthless warrior for everyone, but when someone who is dear to him gets hurt, he can't even look at their wounds due to fear. He is only with me here because he doesn't want me to feel alone.

"Matty," I called him, and he carefully looked at me, desperately trying his best not to look at my wound. "Is there any casualty?" I asked him, and he sadly nodded.

"We lost five warriors," he said and continued, "few are wounded, but with the doctor's assistance and their wolf's healing capabilities, they will be fine by tomorrow."

"Did you check on Layla and beth" as soon as I asked, this black family entered the room with panicked faces, and at the same time, the doctor finished the dressing. Layla came running toward me and hugged me tightly.

"What were you thinking bitch?" she shouted at me while hugging me tightly.

"I have to do something. He was about to kill you," I told her, and she let me go while glaring at me. My eyes automatically landed on her neck, where he was gripping her throat. His fingerprints are still visible but are fading away slowly.

"I don't understand why vampires are attacking us," I asked no one in particular, and everyone except Beth and Layla looked as if I had grown two heads.

"Vampires," Matt said in confusion... "As per my information, there are fifty rogues, but no one said anything about vampires," he told me and Mr. black and Mrs. Back also nodded at his information.

"Yes, aadhya, matt is right. We are attacked only by a group of rogues" Mr. Black supported him.

"You are wrong, dad" to everyone's surprise, these are Beth's words "aadhya is telling the truth, I was scared when you went away, but I also wanted to fight. Mom, Layla, and aadhya started helping everyone around, and I sneaked into the arsenal. I was about to come towards the eastern borders when Layla stopped me and told me to go to a safe house with her. She was about to drag me outside the arsenal when a vampire came inside and blocked our way." When she said this, Mrs. Black gasped. "He was about to kill Layla when addy came and beheaded him," Beth said and gulped, and now everyone is looking at me.

Everyone was silent for a few minutes when suddenly Layla shrieked in happiness and again engulfed me in a hug... "That was badass, addy," she said while Matt shook his head.

"We should inform Aiden," Mr. Black said to Mrs.Black, and she nodded. "Matt, take the girls home. Doctor, I don't think aadhya has to stay here," he said to the doctor.

"I have to check her thoroughly. After that, you can take her home" they nodded and went outside. Matt and Layla helped me and took me to Layla's house while Beth ignored me and went to her room.

No matter how much we love to sleep, all the adventure just happened is not letting our brains relax enough to sleep. I tried to lie down on my side when I winced in pain, and Matt and Layla were on my side in a second.

"What happened, addy?" Matt asked me in concern while Layla clenched her jaw.

"That was the bruise that Ethan gave her yesterday," she told him, and matt also clenched his jaw.

"Forget it, guys. We all know he hates me," I told them.

"Alpha Aiden is mad at him," Matt informed us, and we looked at him with a questioning gaze "he went somewhere with Stella before the attack. His mind link was blocked, and he was not answering his calls also," he told us, and a wave of rage passed through me. He is the to-be-alpha of our pack, and instead of protecting his pack, he is whoring around... {what if something has happened to Matt or Layla...} Layla changed the topic as she sensed my building anger which I am really grateful for.

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In the morning, when we were having lunch, Mr. Black informed me that I had to meet Ethan and give him the details about the vampire, and when I asked him why I couldn't give these details to alpha Aiden directly. He informed me that alpha Aiden is already very busy and stressed about the situation, so Ethan is handling this matter to make amends for his absence. So, now I am sitting in Alpha Aiden's office, which is in the pack house, waiting for Ethan.

After a few minutes, the door opened, and someone entered the office. I already knew it was Ethan, so I did not turn toward him. "Start speaking," I heard his voice... {I am still feeling rage towards him.}.

"What do you want me to say, Ethan?" I asked him.

"I am your alpha" he growled.

"Then act like one" before I can even understand what I said. I was lifted in the air and pushed on the wall harshly, which knocked the air out of my lungs. I closed my eyes due to the pain and felt Ethan's hand on my throat. I waited for the blow or his painful words, but when I didn't receive anything for a minute, I finally opened my eyes. He was looking at me with weird expressions, suddenly, I felt lightheaded, and the alpha's office seemed to be spinning around me, but I clearly remembered the word before I lost consciousness... 'MATE'