Mated To A Ghost

"Don't fight them. Not this night, Dad." Little Sera advises her Dad, Jason.

Jason scoffs, "That's why I'm a wolf. I have night vision. I'll let them know I'm indeed a Beta."

He pulls her in for a hug, and kisses her forehead, "I promise, I'll be back."

The name of the pack house rings in Sera's head. "Velvet Shadows Pack."

"Smile for me." Jason stoops, rubbing her cheeks. Sera forces a smile, and shrugs her shoulders.

"Be safe!" She hollers before he is out of sight.

No sooner had he left here than the fight started; Sera hides at a corner, as she watches Jason fight. A pack of wolves attacked her mum and killed her - as though that wasn't enough, her body was served to the vampires mainly for blood sucking benefits.

Jason is on the winning side - which entertains Sera. She winks at him, "defend my mum."

Once she says that, a different being joins the fight. Sera rubs her eyes, running towards her dad.

"Vampire! Dad, watch out!" She screams as her brother emerges from the other direction, to save Jason.

"I'm sorry, you're a bit too late." The vampire snarls, looking at Sera and Dylan, her brother.

"Werewolves, retreat." The vampire commands, kicking Jason to the floor, pointing a dagger to his throat.

"We have no business with you. Get off him." One of the werewolves who was attacking Jason, confronts the vampire.

Sera's breath seizes as ideas keep flowing into her head, prompting her to take a decision - but no, she is hesitant. The vampire is the most dangerous being, except for demons and maybe, Ghosts.

"Sera!" Dylan controls her.

"Don't move. They'll help us." He whispers to her.

"I was only helping you. Step back." The vampire warns the Werewolves - they bow accordingly.

"Now. Go."

The werewolves whine and leave the vicinity as the leaves rustle, confirming their honest take-off.

Just like a whirlwind, the vampire darts into the darker side of the pack house, leaving Sera and Dylan in shock.

Sera screams, "Leave me!!!"

"What do you want to do?" Dylan attacks her. "Do you even have your wolf activated?"

"I-I don't care!" Sera retorts, her voice breaking. "Dad's all I got. Af-After the vamp took my mum, all he could to was…"

"You're not only in this, okay?" Dylan deadpans, walking away from her.

"Where the hell are you going to?" Sera questions. "To report to the Alpha, maybe? The one who doesn't care about his subjects?"

Dylan stops in his track, and turns to look at her.

"I'm going to find Dad." He informs. Before Sera could say a word, he vanishes in thin air. His wolf has been activated before now, and he could employ his wolf's speed even without shifting yet.

Sera stares at nothingness, wondering the disaster the few minutes brought to her. She walks slowly towards the direction of the vampire but she notices a different shadow.

"Who's that?" She gently asks, not looking back.

A low growl erupts from behind her. She squints her eyes, trying to figure out without turning back. She's left with a guess - maybe a rogue.

"Go home now." A soft masculine voice speaks. She's convinced to look back now.

"I thought there was a stranger here. So I came to check up." He speaks again.

"It's Logan?" Sera asks to confirm.

He pulls her in for a hug.

"Did anything bad happen?"

She shakes her head, "no."

"I'll like to be back inside the pack. Come on in, you need to be safe." Logan, the official security wolf for the second Beta, welcomes her back into the pack house.

"Did anything bad happen?" Logan asks, once more, feeling suspicious.

"Nothing, Logan! Nothing bad." She repeats and runs to her room, without looking back.

Chuckling, she creaks her door open and tiptoes inside. Before she shuts it, Logan is at the door.

She gasps, glaring at him.

"Wondering how fast?" Logan asks, shutting the door himself, leaning his back on it.

"If nothing really happened, then where's Jason?"

Sera stammers, "Ermm…he's fine. He's…like, okay."

"The pack detected that he's not in the pack house at the moment." Logan retorts, whispering cunningly to her. "... where did he go to?"

Sera stands to her feet, knowing the consequence of a Beta leaving the pack house without notice.

"I swear, it's not what you think!"

Logan plasters a smirk on his chin, "The Alpha called for you."

Sera's anxiety transforms into sheer astonishment once she hears that. "What did I do?"

"Questioning the authority of the Alpha can lead to grievous punishment, it's certain that you're aware." He reminds, and leaves the room.

Sera breathes shakily once he moves out of the room.

"I can do it." She tells herself, moving out of the room. When she gets just outside the room, her perspective changes.

"I can't do it. I have to defy the Alpha's orders."

As she turns back into the room, security wolves grab hold of her suddenly.

No words. Just straight way to the Alpha.

"She's here." They say, and take their leave, leaving the Alpha and his personal Beta alone with Sera.

"Sera Moonshade." Alpha Regulus calls. "We made our rules clear when appointing Jason as a beta, didn't we?"

She nods her head affirmatively.

"Now that Jason has violated her rules, we won't pardon him for any reason." He says.

"Sera…" He walks towards her. "It has always been my dream to see you shift into your wolf and make me proud here, but it seems reverse is the case."

Sera looks into his eyes while a tear drops down her cheek, "how do you mean?"

Regulus chuckles, "Oh. Cry baby. We're not moved by emotions because what? They cloud judgment. We follow our head, not heart."

"Beta Cyprus, expel her from the pack!" He gives the order as the Beta approaches with an air of fury.

"Damn! Alpha!" Sera raises her voice, wanting the Alpha's consideration. "...my father was never a bad man. How could I even suffer for something I didn't do?"

"Sera Moonshade, follow your father out of this pack house." He repeats. "I won't repeat this. Cyprus?"

Cyprus seizes her, but she tries to free herself.

Her tension reduces when she remembers that Dylan promised to find their father.

"We'll bring him back!" Sera tells the Alpha.

"We?"

"I'll bring him back. I. Me." She attests again.

"Useless words from an underage wolf. Let there be no more statements from you. The law is hard, but the law is the law." He gives his verdict as Cyprus storms out of the room with her, and handles her to many other security wolves.

They send her out of the pack house, threatening, "If you step your feet here again, you're gone."

The name of the pack house slowly sticks to her memory, as the event instigates her to utter a word of return - comeback.

She shakes her head, tears dropping from her eyes as reality dawns on her - lost her mum, dad, and now, can't find Dylan, her only brother. She wishes she could shift into her wolf now and look for him but she's only seventeen years.

Not wanting to think about it further, she runs away from the front of the pack house, straight down the bush. It starts to look like an exercise, especially now that someone stops her. A person different from the last person she saw. Someone with a smile on his face.

"Hey!" He stops her, chuckling. "You almost bumped into me."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologizes, getting attracted by his nice scent.

"You don't need to be. Are you going somewhere or something?" He asks.

"Um…not really." Sera retorts, not wanting to look the way of her former pack house.

"Can we go to my place?" He asks her out. It sounds strange and sudden to Sera - her feeling about the question all shows on her face.

"Um..no, sorry. Official introduction. I'm Mane."

"I'm Sera. Sera Moonshade." She forces a smile.

"Can we play over there, at the field, maybe?" He requests. He squints his eyes, expecting the offer to be turned down to his own disadvantage.

"Let's go." Sera agrees. He holds her hands and leads her to the field.

After a few minutes of training, she agrees to follow Mane to his pack house.

She stops midway when a thought flashes through her mind, "what if his pack house is same as Jason's?"

"What's the name of the pack house?" She asks, getting his hands off of her.

"What, what's wrong? Let's get there. Don't fidget." Mane retorts.

"Tell me. Do you wanna deceive me, and get me killed?!" She raises her voice.

"Did anything bad happen?" Mane asks, reminding her of the question Logan did ask.

"Just tell me. Or…" She tells him, walking away. "...I return to where I came from."

"Alright! It's Midnight Echo Pack!" He calls her back.

She returns with a smile, "thank you."

And she follows him to his pack house, unsure of what might befall her this time around.