Chapter 20

So I reuploaded this cause Wattpad keeps hating on me, and no it didn't send out emails to followers, or a little wattpad notification saying I updated. AND the story didn't update on phones. So here we are guys, Chapter 20 :)

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-Jesse's POV-

Kaitlyn put her keys in the lock of the front door, and pushed it open.

I had been silent the rest of the ride, blocking out the sound of the car tyres rubbing against the road and focusing on two things.

Rae, and who that man was.

Currently I was thinking maybe Theodore knew something about the man, as he was some sort of past Alpha. Obviously he wasn't part of our pack, because his mere presence makes me uneasy, and I've met almost everybody in this pack.

At least Kaitlyn would have recognised him.

I had no real suspicions about him, like I didn't think he was a mass murderer, so it wasn't really that big of a problem.

Although.. it could be.

But I couldn't talk directly to Theodore. I didn't want to bring up any small problem for a gut feeling. He was more my Alpha than my mother's husband, and I think I should go to someone who could help me without it becoming something big. If it is big, then we can go straight to him but for now..

I need Christan.

To talk to him that is.

Because as much as I'd like to think I don't trust a person who I've known for a little over 2 months, more than a childhood friend who I've known for almost all my life, I know its not true.

'Is there a..' Kaitlyn stopped her sentence for a second, before answering her own question.

'Crap Jess, there's a pack meeting' Kaitlyn said, making my head whip up from the kitchen floor to the sliding door.

The chairs were lined up, and it seemed as though majority of the pack was there. Hell, probably all of the pack was here.

'Why so suddenly? Why weren't we told?' I asked quickly, trying to figure out how we would slink in without making a huge late scene.

'We were apparently; I've got like 7 million messages from alot of different people' Kaitlyn slipped her phone back in her pocket.

I checked my pocket for my phone, but I didn't have it on me.

I must've left it somewhere in the house as I was waking Kaitlyn up with that ice bucket.

'Alright, how about we quietly go in through the sliding door, because I see an empty place beside Luke and one place beside Christan. The seats seem almost the same from the pack ceremony when I came, I'm just sitting beside an allocated person now'

Everything seemed so ordered.

It was quite fascinating.

I quietly opened the door, Kaitlyn following close behind me as we inconspicuously slunk into our seats.

She got in easily as everyone was standing, but as I was in the front row, I barely just made it in time when everyone had sat down.

I looked up at the amazing brunette beside me, who didn't return so much as a smile. He looked straight ahead at Theodore, like he was very interested in the Alpha addressing speech that is mandatory for Theodore to start with.

Even though the other day he did explain one of the reasons he didn't want to be Alpha was because of this speech, that majority of the pack knows by heart.

All alpha's, all werewolf packs, everywhere.

I brushed off that he was ignoring me, maybe he just wanted to listen to what his Dad had to say.

Surprise whole-pack meetings don't usually happen unless something that concerns everyone occurs, otherwise it would just be told in our meetings every 3 months.

'And now, for our first and only order of business; why this meeting has been called' Alpha Theodore spoke slowly and confidently, the authority in his tone not passing a single member of the pack.

'As from the previous night, war has been declared on the Silver Moon Pack'

My jaw, along with everyone else's dropped to the floor.

War? We were in war?

Whispers scattered across the audience as Theodore paused.

'The pack that has declared war on us is one that has wiped out others; even strong and honourable packs with their Alpha's. They are wanting our land, to gain more power by bringing the Silver Moon Pack to its knees'

Whispers.

'I, as your Alpha, have tried to negociate with the opposing pack, but they simply will not come to an agreement with us. So I have made the decision to decline them this offer entirely, so they have declared war on us.'

More whsipers.

'They may attack at any given moment. At my approximation, we only have a proper 2 months to prepare ourselves for this battle. Training will no longer be once a month as usual, it shall be mandatory for men and women over the age of 16 to train 12 hours over the span of a week. Ages 12-15 need to have a mandatory of 8 hours over the span of the week.

Along with that, women over the age of 16 are not expected to fight. Volunteers are welcome, but unless the circumstances are critical, which they are not at this stage; will women over 16 be asked to fight without volunteering, along with volunteers from the 12-15 age group.

The exceptions of training are a long-term sickness, a woman with children, or a child under the age of 12. If there are any inquiries about these rules then please come see me at the end.'

Now there was silence.

This was really happening.

'This war means the deeper woods and areas out of pack land are to be avoided as much as possible, and each werewolf must be accompanied by another if these areas are crossed into. For all workers and students, your work is to be taken a break from. All dedication must be given to keeping as much of us alive as possible, sacrifices must be made. The wages will be received from the pack as usual, nothing will change in terms of living conditions.'

'As we all know, we have conquered many wars in The Silver Moon Pack's name, as we will with this war. We shall stand our ground and fight for ourselves and true justice. Training begins at the beginning of next week. Meeting dismissed'

Everyone stood up, utterly silent. Which was an easy thing to do, because everyone was still in slight shock.

I reckoned the rest of the pack would be used to it, because a pack doesn't become one of the strongest without winning wars.

We all remained standing, till Theodore walked off the stage and out of the entire pack's vision.

"Jesse, Theodore and I need to talk to you both" My mother's unmistakable voice bounded in my head.

She then linked me an image of the outdoor shed around the back of the house, where no one usually went.

Whenever my mum linked, it was like an email.

When rarely used, it is often important and gives very little information with an attached image, because your sender could not be bothered typing out a few extra words.

People started to chatter around me.

'Lets go' Christian's voice said deeply beside me, making me jump lightly.

We both walked away from the crowd towards the back shed.

He didn't speak a word to me, rather, gave me an Elsa-ice-storm shoulder the whole way.

Now I know he's mad at me.

Maybe he's finally come to the realization about how much he hates me because I rejected him?

"See Jesse? Now you've waited too long and he's gone. Congrats on the loss" Rae growled in my thoughts, shoving herself mentally away from me.

Why is the moment always too late for me?

Its because I left him after we kissed, and didn't talk to him at all isn't it?

This has just all come back to bite me in the bum.

When I push him away, he keeps trying.

When I take a turn out of my stubborn ways and stop pushing, he's already given up.

It hurts to think that the feeling I have now, is what he must have been feeling like for the past few months.

This feeling sucks.

We both walked up to the back of the house, the grass glistening with the rain from last night.

Just as I was about to turn the corner, a hand roughly pulled me back towards the house, my head banging harshly on the stone.

Unexpected pain rushed through my skull, my mouth letting out a small "Ow".

I looked up at Christan as my hand flung to my head.

'Oh my God' He said softly, immediately lifting my head off the house.

'Im so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you Jay' He replaced my hand with his, rubbing my head gently.

His face was scrunched up with full guilt.

'Its okay. I'm fine. Why'd we stop?' I took his hand from my head and put it down, showing him the pain was purely shock and nothing else.

When he didn't reply for a few seconds, I met his beautiful brown eyes with mine.

'Christan?' I whispered, waiting for a reply.

'I just.. you- I-.. no- just listen' His words were jumbled like he didn't know what to say, his tone and emotions changing constantly.

So he gave up and stood beside me, and when I listened I understood.

They were arguing.

'Dont you use that tone with me. You chose me to be your Luna, and all I'm doing is telling both our children what is in their best interest! Christan is going to be Alpha soon, and she needs to know' I heard my mother say in a rough tone.

She was trying to hush her voice, as she argued with presumably Theodore.

'Honey.. I know. But we don't know the details yet, and we can't leave them both with something like that' Theodore said, reasoning laced through his tone.

'You know what he did. I can't bear the thought of her not knowing, it affected her as much as it did me'

'We will tell them both everything on Sunday, when we have all the details. Agreed?' Theodore asked.

If you love someone, they must really be your weakness if Theodore, a great and strong Alpha is asking the one he loves for permission, even when he doesn't have to. He respects her opinion, and I admire that.

Hell if he didn't, she wouldn't have agreed to marry him.

'Agreed. What do I tell the kids? Something else has come up?'

Theodore must have nodded in agreement, because less than a split second later Mum linked to presumably the both of us, saying "Something else has come up. We'll start this conversation at another time"

So.. that's it. I've always known my family never told me the full truth because I was a child, of course they couldn't.

I was never told why my pack was attacked as cruelly as it was, why my family is gone.

I was never told why I wasn't supposed to be in the woods that day, nor that I did, I would be attempted for use as a sort of bargain.

There are alot of holes in my past.

I'm going to forgive my mum for not telling me; till Sunday. I am filling in those gaping holes in my past, because I deserve to know.

'So we just wait?-' I stopped as looked beside me.

Christian was gone.

I sighed, and begun to walk back.

I past the entire pack and went inside, watching as they all discussed the war to come.

My head was banging with the thought of the deaths with war, the rooms within my old blood-stained house flashing through my mind. I shook my head of the rooms filled with dead bodies and took in my actual surroundings.

Which was beautiful.

And I had a beautiful little girl with bouncy brown locks running up to me.

She was even more beautiful.

She never fails to put a smile on my face, no matter the situation around.

'Mummy!' Valerie yelled, grinning widely.

Then she slowed down, and walked slyly towards me.

She had her I-did-something-but-I'm-so-adorable-you-have-to-forgive-me face

'Dont give me that face. You know how I feel about that face' I whined slightly, knowing she was about to persuade me into something she "needed".

Like a "need" for fuzzy bunny slippers that have pop up ears every time you step on them.

But she doesn't ask for much, unless she really loves it. So I'm okay with getting it for her, as long as she knows I'm not a credit-free, withdrawal-only bank.

I bent down, seeing she had something black in her hands behind her back.

'So Daddy threw Tyler on the bed before when he was really really sad and angry, and then after, I said he shouldn't be sad anymore because I don't like Daddy sad. Then he had to go to the werewolf bored room, so I went on Tyler and I accidently touched the music instead of Sims, and then it clicked on May Day's Parade-'

'You mean Mayday Parade? You like Mayday Parade?' I shouldn't be shocked that my daughter likes amazing bands.

And shocked because Christan would throw MY things around. Throw your own goddamn phone around when you're pissed, don't touch my baby.

'I like the shirt colour printing's too... Is that bad?' She held out the shirt from behind her back guiltily.

'Bad? That's amazingly good! Val you've taken your first step! Your first step to discovering music and exploring the genre's you like! This is a valuable moment!' I squealed lightly, picking her up and swinging her so she giggled.

'But I do think that shirt is too long, and the sleeves would look odd..' I said, and gestured for her to pass me the shirt.

'Oh, okay' She sighed, looking down slightly.

'There is something we can do, but it needs to be a secret' I said quietly, before bending down to whisper in her ear.

'We get to do a real rockstar thing, and cut up your shirt'

At first when I pulled out sharp scissors and chalked the shirt to Valerie's size, she was really excited.

So excited, she was jumping up and down and wanted to cut it herself.

'Val' I held her shoulders to stop her jumping.

'Only big people can cut with scissors, its dangerous for your little hands. We don't want you losing a finger do we?'

'But the finger will heal fastly because I wasn't cutted by a wolf right?' She asked innocently.

I immediately felt bad, because I couldn't give her what she wanted. She wasn't born a werewolf, and one can only turn by a moonwalker.

Which is dangerous because A. It changes your thinking and makes you thirsty for human blood

And

B. The bite can kill you.

I can do the best I can, to make her feel like she is part of the pack although she is human. Her place is obviously here, she fits in so well.

I'm afraid of how she'll adjust, but she's a good kid. She overcomes all her obstacles that her unfortunate life has thrown at her, and she'll come back stronger.

That's why I love her.

Her strength is something I admire about her.

'No sweetheart, that's why Daddy and I have to protect you' I said, not sure how she would feel.

She paused for a long time.

'Thats okay, You'll protect me and that's better' She genuinely smiled, making me feel better inside.

'Always. Ill always protect you' I said, before sighing.

'Alright! Lets get started on this'

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'Daddy! Daddy!' Valerie yelled as she ran down the stairs, her hair flapping behind her.

The shirt was big on her, length and size wise. If I had cut off any more off the bottom, the Mayday Parade logo would've been cut off. And we couldn't possibly adjust the bust and body size, unless I were amazing at sewing which I am not.

But it wasn't too bad; the armholes were just slightly large yet fine when she wasn't flapping her arms in the air, and the shirt only came to halfway up her thighs.

Somehow.. she still loved it. So much she was frantically trying to find Christan to show it to him.

I chuckled lightly and walked after her down the stairs, walking through all the rooms and not finding Christan in a single one of them.

Maybe he had left somewhere with some of the pack? Everyone had left to go home from the meeting by now.

'Hey Nicholas?' I approached him in the living room, as he played Modern Warfare on the Xbox.

'Yeah? Whats up Jesse?' He replied back with a mouth full of chips.

'Hey Jesse' Vanessa waved from beside him.

She had dyed her hair blue. It was a good change.

I haven't seen her in what felt like forever.

'Have you seen Christan around?' I asked.

Vanessa reached over and paused his game with the console, making him pout, before she kissed him on the cheek and they both turned towards me.

To think that she said she never wanted a mate? Ha to that.

'I saw him heading towards the woods before, he seemed pretty pissed. You know when we were younger, he used to go to this place that was at this-'

'Cliffedge'

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Yo guys, what's up with Christan? :P

Hope you enjoyed the chapter Brownaynays! Tell me your favourite thing that has happened so far in the story (overall) maybe?

My fav will get a shoutout <3

Okay so you don't have to read anymore but

I MET THE MADDEN BROTHERS TODAY AND THEY WERE AMAZING.

I HAD MY GOOD CHARLOTTE ALBUM WITH ME AND I ASKED "Would it be too awkward to ask you to sign my Good Charlotte album too?" AND THEN JOEL GOES "Nah its not awkward, we treasure our band. It got us where we are, and it'll always be one of our best memories" AND IT WAS SO SWEET.

AND BEFORE THAT WHEN HE ASKED ME WHAT MY NAME WAS HE SAID I HAD A PRETTY NAME.

GUYS I WILL NEVER HATE MY NAME AGAIN.

I just... they were everything I imagined and like.. wow I could rant all day :D

Okay. Rant= Over.

Love you all! Have a good one ;)

Shania xx