ep6

Kassi

"ARES!!" I screamed "Come on buddy! Stay with me"

"HELP!!" I screamed as I ran to my room quickly.

With shaky fingers, I managed to grab my phone and dial 9-1-1 before running back to Ares's room.

It felt like my life was going in slow motion, my legs felt heavy, and I felt like the room was spinning.

"9-1-1, What's your emergency?" a monotone voice answered from the other line

"Please come quickly" I cried out, "I think my brother is seizing and I don't know what to do"

I quickly gave the operator our address just as my Grandfather ran in

"What's wrong?" he took one look at Ares and blanched

I ran back to Ares side, careful to roll him on his side.

Thank God I paid attention to my health class.

"Calm down ma'am," the operator said "Paramedics are on route"

"Please hurry" I sobbed

My grandfather started mumbling to himself. I was too distraught to understand his words or what he was saying.

I didn't give a damn what he was saying, I only cared about the well-being of my baby brother at the moment.

His cuckoo delusions could wait for

What felt like hours but was probably only a few minutes, the paramedics arrived.

I ran down the steps in a trance and was probably faster than the Flash at that moment.

"This way" I sobbed as I opened the front door and ran up the stairs.

I heard their thunderous footsteps following behind me on the stairs.

By now, it seemed liked Ares was finished shaking and starting to wake-up

I tried to call his name but it looked like he was still disorientated.

"Is he on any medication?" A third paramedic asked

I shook my head "No, he's a healthy little boy"

He continued to ask me questions as two of the paramedics worked on Ares.

They moved him to a gurney and in less than a minute, we were on our way to the nearby hospital.

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I dialed my mom's number but the damn thing sent me to her voicemail again.

"Hey Mom" I started "I don't know if you're getting these or not but I need you to call me back ASAP. Something's happened and I really need you here. Please, call me back"

"Sissy..." a small voice said from the back of the ambulance

I swiveled in my seat and gave him a small smile "Shh... Buddy. We're going to be okay. Rest up, we need to make a pit stop real quick to ask about those dreams you have"

I texted my mother, called her another 25,000 times, and even wrote her a couple of emails in the 10 minutes it took us to get to the hospital and get settled into a room.

I was pacing back and forth when a group of doctors came in, asked us some questions, and decided to run some tests.

I burst into tears when the test results came back inconclusive and the Doctor told us Ares had to be observed overnight.

I stayed up the whole morning, just watching Ares sleeping and monitoring the stream of nurses that came in and out of his room.

I was exhausted but I couldn't take my eyes off him.

I mean, the old man was here too but I didn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He would be the last person on earth I would leave my brother's care too.

"Go homegirl," he said gruffly "I can take care of this"

I shot him a dirty look "Why don't you go home? You're just sitting there doing absolutely nothing. I don't need you and neither does Ares. We can take care of ourselves" I snarled

He sighed and grabbed his coffee cup "I'll be back. You need time to cool off and I need some new coffee"

"Whatever" I turned back to Ares

The door clicked softly behind him, and for the first time since I've been in this god-awful hospital, I relaxed slightly.

That relaxation, however, was cut short when the door opened 5 minutes later.

I turned, ready to give the old man another piece of my mind when I paused and saw who was at the door.

A guy, probably a little older than I was, was standing in the doorway of Ares's room. He was tall, way taller than me, with a medium-sized built and long shoulder-length chestnut hair.

He was staring at Ares with a look I couldn't quite decipher

"Excuse me," I said rudely "Who are you and what are you doing in my brother's room?"

He looked at me and I nearly choked.

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His eyes...

The same color as mine...

Something I've never seen on anyone else before, well, besides my father

My tired brain was trying to make a connection but for some reason, it kept falling short.

"I'm sorry" he spoke, a slight accent mingled his words "I must have the wrong room...I was supposed to be visiting with my sister. Guess the Nurses station mixed up rooms"

I gave him a pained smile "It's okay, it happens sometimes"

He nodded at Ares and came a little more into the room "Is he going to be okay?"

"I hope so"

"He will be" the stranger promised

I stared at him "Excuse me, but do I know you from somewhere?"

The stranger cleared his throat "No, I just have that kind of face"

I was skeptical because A) I never met anyone else with those eyes, and B) He kind of looked like my dad and an older version of Ares.

Impossible, I know but I couldn't stop the thought from crossing my mind.

After an awkward silence, the stranger excused himself but not before giving me what he was holding.

"Here," he said, holding up a cute little wolf stuffed animal with 'Get Well Soon' embroidered onto his side.

"Oh no," I said in shock "I really can't accept that, besides it's for your sister"

"Don't worry about it. She won't mind" he smiled "I can just go to the gift shop and get another one"

"But..."

He put it on the table next to the door before giving me one last smile and gently closing the door.

Before it shut completely he paused and said "Take care of yourself. You're going to need all the strength you can get"

Rhys

Approximately one hour later, a loud knock sounded on my office door.

"Come in" I yelled before standing up and greeting the Alpha pair.

"Nice to see you again Alpha and Luna Matthews" I motioned toward the seats in front of my desk "I hope your cabin accommodates all your needs"

"You call that a cabin?" Luna Matthews snorted "It's the size of our house and trust me, our house is huge"

I laughed "I see, do your children enjoy it?"

She nodded "By the way, your mother is a wonderful woman. I can't believe how nice she is"

"Or how quickly she found us" Alpha Matthews chimed in "You weren't kidding when you said she really loves babies"

"I hope she didn't give you any trouble" I winced "She has the nose of a bloodhound and I'm convinced she uses that nose to sniff out babies"

The Alpha pair laughed

"No trouble at all" Luna Matthews smiled "In fact, she was a big help. I would have had to stay with the kids if she didn't volunteer to babysit them for me so I could attend this meeting"

I groaned "Good luck trying to pry her hands away from them. She's probably on her way to the adoption agency right now to legally adopt them. By the time we're done with this meeting, I'll have a pair of new siblings"

They laughed again before turning serious

"I suppose we should get down to business" I sighed "Firstly, tell me the information you have and then I'll tell you what I have. We can go from there. I just want everyone to be on the same page and have no miscommunications"

Alpha Matthews nodded "We were just visiting my parents for a while. Usually, whenever my sister hears my car pulling up on the gravel road, she races down the stairs to be the first one to greet us. When my mother opened the door to greet us, I became immediately suspicious"

"I told him there was nothing to worry about, maybe she just didn't hear us this time or was busy at the moment" Luna Matthews grimaced.

"I agreed and decided to give it a while, after all, my siblings are teenagers," Alpha Matthews said with a chuckle "Anyways, after an hour of not seeing my siblings anywhere, I decided to ask my mother where they were. When she said they were in their rooms, I became worried. It's not like they couldn't hear us. We were talking loudly and Serenity was crying non-stop. There's no way their ears didn't hear us"

"So, I decided to check on them," Luna Matthews said "I was walking upstairs when I saw they both slumped on the top stairs"

"And here we are," Alpha Matthews said "They've been out of it for 5 days"

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He pierced me with those dark green eyes and I sighed before standing up.

"I think it'll be best if I show you" I motioned for them to follow me as I made my way down to the infirmary.

I began to talk about what I knew so far as we exited my office.

"Two days ago, at approximately 6:30 pm, A Pack member found four of my closest friends slumped outside of the Packhouse. I was called into the infirmary where I found them all passed out with bandages on their arms. When I inspected their arms closer, I found that they had deep gashes which I presume are claw marks on their skin along with severe burns"

As I was speaking, I felt the Alphas grow tenser and tenser.

I opened the infirmary door and nearly groaned when I saw the ruckus that was going on in there.

Mia was yelling and repeatedly poking the scared Doctor with her I.V stand. Matt tried to get closer to her but every time he moved, even if it was just a little step, she would whack him with the medal stand.

He whimpered and backed away before she turned her full attention to the Doctor.

"Have you fixed my friends yet" Poke "Hm..."

"N...No...Ma'am" he stuttered

Poke...Poke...Poke

"When are you going to fix them then?"

"I...don't know" he whimpered when she poked harder "It's...out of my...control"

I had enough

"Mia..." I growled, releasing a little bit of my Alpha Power through the Pack Bond "Get back in bed"

I not only heard multiple Gasps in the infirmary but I also heard multiple gasps around the Packhouse.

Mia gritted her teeth, trying to resist.

"Mia" I released more power "I won't ask again"

Every wolf in my Pack doubled over in pain.

From behind, I heard Luna Matthews ask a question to Alpha Matthews "Why can I feel his power? I'm not a Wolf so why can I feel like something's weighing me down and making me feel heavy?"

"You can feel it because you're Mated to a Wolf" Alpha Matthews gritted his teeth, no doubt feeling my power too "However we shouldn't be able to feel it at all, not unless he's mated to a very powerful Wolf"

Interesting

Usually, whenever I had to use my Alpha Power while another Alpha visited, they wouldn't be affected at all. But now it seems that since I found my Mate, the daughter of a Royal, my power must have grown as well, even though we haven't fully Mated yet.

Seems like our situation just got a whole lot more complicated.

Mia relented with a frustrated sigh and bared her neck.

I reigned in the power and everyone began to relax.

As soon as Mia was back in her bed, Alpha Matthews started firing off questions.

"What the Hell was that? Who the Hell is your Mate? And why the Hell were we affected?"

"I honestly don't know what just happened" I admitted "Never has another Alpha Pair been affected like you two have whenever I used my Alpha power"

He didn't seem to accept my answer "Who the Hell is your Mate?"

"I can't tell you"

His green eyes darkened "What..."

"Kaden..." Luna Matthews said softly "It's okay, he doesn't have to tell us if he doesn't want too"

"He almost hurt you Skylar!" he roared "He almost hurt my Wife and the Mother of my Children!"

Everyone in the room flinched except for Luna Matthews.

She stood calmly in front of her husband, giving him a stern look.

"I didn't die! Look at me!! I'm alright"

"That's not the point!" Alpha Matthews growled "And you know it"

Luna Matthews rolled her eyes "I know what you meant but we can't change what already happened. And we definitely can't force an Alpha to talk about his Mate" she gave him a pointed look "You, of all people, should know that"

Alpha Matthews grumbled under his breath.

A knock sounded on the door and my mother peaked in giving me a small smile.

"Can we come in?" she asked "Please?"

I looked at the Alphas and they nodded.

"What's wrong Mom?" I asked

"Nothing much but when we were getting snacks, this precious one started crying"

She walked in holding a beautiful little girl sniffing and rubbing her eyes. Trailing behind my Mom and the little girl, was the little boy from earlier eating some Animal crackers.

When the little boy saw his parents, his face lit up and he ran to his Dad.

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"Daddy guess what!" he exclaimed holding up the bag of animal crackers "Luna Emmie gave me my favorite cookies!"

Alpha Matthews grinned and picked up his son "Oh yeah? That was very nice of her. Did you thank her properly?"

He nodded vehemently

I heard cooing behind me and I found, Luna Matthews rocking her baby girl while chatting with my mother.

The baby seemed to stop sniffling but now she was staring at me as she could see inside my soul.

I started to get nervous and fidgety with her stare and was about to excuse myself right when Alpha Matthews and his son walked up to Luna Matthews and the baby before kissing the little girl's head.

She looked at him and smiled before putting her hands up to him in a grasping motion.

He beamed and took her out of her mother's arms.

"Rhys" Matt called from his bed

"Yeah?" I said, walking to where he sat, staring wearily at the Alpha Family "Who are they?"

"An Alpha family from California that is having the same problem we're having "

"The children..." he trailed off

"I know"

Mia groaned from her bed "Why are they so bright?"

"Quiet" I hissed "You've caused enough trouble today. I don't want you fighting with two Alphas in front of their children. Especially about something stupid"

She grumbled a little but otherwise, stayed relatively quiet

"Alpha Matthews" I spoke loudly before gesturing for them to join me at my Beta's bedside "If you would kindly join me, I want to make sure that these markings are the same as the ones your siblings have?"

I motioned for the Doctor to unravel both bandages.

The Alphas joined me and when they saw both Mia and Matt's wrists, they sucked in a breath.

"Yes.." Luna Matthews sobbed "Taylor and Ethan have those exact Markings"

"I was afraid of this" I started pacing back and forth in the infirmary.

"What is it? What are you afraid of!" demanded Alpha Matthews

Everyone in my Pack began to growl at the intimidating Alpha but I silenced them with one look.

I met the Alpha's stare head-on and we were quiet for a minute before I began speaking.

My Mate..." I began softly "The one you're inquiring about so much, is a very special Wolf. You weren't wrong when you said I was Mated to a powerful Wolf. She is very powerful, in fact, I am pretty sure she is more powerful than all the Alpha's put together" 40

"Impossible" Alpha Matthews barked "No one is that Powerful"

"Believe what you want Alpha," I said curtly "But just because you don't choose to believe in the truth doesn't mean that it stops being true"

"Go on" Luna Matthews urged "Kaden won't interrupt anymore. I promise"

I smiled slightly and continued "My Mate and her brother are part of the last remaining members of the Royal Family"

Everyone gasped

"No way" Mia whispered from behind me

Luna Matthews looked toward her husband in confusion "What? There's a Royal Family of Wolves? Why haven't you told me about this before?"

"Because I never thought any of them still existed, they were myths"

"Apparently not" Luna Matthews replied sarcastically before looking at me "And you know this for sure? That your Mate is from the Royal line"

I nodded and began to tell them everything I've learned from my parents or pieced together over the last couple of days.

When I was finished, their mouths were hanging open.

"Where is she?" Alpha Matthews asked

I rubbed my neck awkwardly "That's the thing. I don't think she really knows what she is"

"What do you mean?"

"She smells different" Mia added "She doesn't smell like how a Wolf should smell"

"And what do you guys smell like?" Luna Matthews asked "I always wondered"

"It depends on the Pack," I said "Usually, which State or Country you live in gives wolves from other Packs a general idea of where you come from. That scent, your Pack scent, is mixed in with the standard Wolf scent"

"If we didn't belong to any Pack, we would basically smell like a wet dog" Matt chimed in.

I nodded "Your husband and children smell like Poppies, an earthy and smoky smell"

"And they smell like the air after it rains"

"So...Your Mate smells like a wet dog?" Luna Matthews scrunched up her face

"No, the problem is she doesn't smell like anything at all. Nothing at all. She doesn't even smell like a regular Human"

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"Well, if she doesn't smell like a Wolf or a Human then maybe it's because of her status. You all say she's powerful and I'm guessing since she doesn't know what she is because, maybe, someone didn't want her to know"

"What are you saying," I asked the Luna

"Don't you think it's kind of coincidental how the mother of your Mate is coming to you now? She had all these years to come to you for help but yet, she didn't. Why?"

"Because they're being Hunted" Alpha Matthews stared at me hard "That's why her mother never came to you before. She didn't want to involve you and your Pack before but now she has no choice. She must have run out of options and the people that were hunting them were probably close on their tails"

My Wolf started snarling and pacing restlessly in my head, urging me to find my Mate and protect her with everything we have.

"You need to find her and bring her here before the people who are searching for her do"

"How do you want me to do that?!" I growled "She doesn't even know what she is let alone what I am to her. How do you expect me to bring her here and keep her?"

"You have to think of something and fast, or else you won't have a Mate and we won't have a ruling Royal family"

Kassi

I woke up to loud whispers coming from the hall.

"Bloody Hell" I murmured into my pillows "Can't a girl get some sleep around here?"

I went to pull my pillow over my face when my hand caught air. I sat up when I finally realized where I was and why I was here.

"Bloody hell" I paused, taking in my words "Why the heck am I saying 'Bloody Hell'? I'm Greek, not British"

The whispering increased

"You can't keep me from my family!" an unrecognizable voice pleaded "I finally found them and you're keeping me away from them!"

I inched closer to the door but then froze when I heard a very familiar second voice.

"I'm keeping you safe" My grandfather hissed to the stranger

"But..."

"But nothing!" My grandfather whisper-yelled "I kept you safe this long and I'm not going to let you ruin it and not only endanger your life but also theirs. No way. Not when You know who is watching us like Hawks"

"But they don't even suspect..."

"I SAID NO!!" Now, my grandfather was full-on yelling at the mysterious stranger "Now, Go Home. You've caused enough trouble"

There was shuffling of footsteps and I quickly ran back to my seat and pretended to be asleep.

My heart was pounding both from the conversation and the rush of not getting caught.

"You can stop pretending to sleep now"

Damn it!

Spoke too soon

My eyes popped open and I glared at the old man as I sat up.

"Who were you talking to just now?"

He raised an eyebrow "I'm sorry? The last I recall, I was the adult and you were the child. I don't need to tell you anything"

I glared "True, but I'm not legally a child. I turned 18 a month ago"

"Do you pay bills?"

This time I raised an eyebrow "What?"

"Answer the question," he said seriously "Do you pay bills?"

"No"

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"Have your own house?"

"No"

"Does your Mama still claim you on her taxes?"

"Yes"

"Than by me standards, and all the standards of the parents in the world, you are in fact a child. Therefore, I don't need to tell you anything regarding my business"

I glared at him like there was no tomorrow, willing him to catch on fire or something.

"Did the Doctors come in while I was sleeping" I spat out

He nodded "The boy should be ready to go soon. They just want to watch him for a little longer before he officially gets checked out"

I stood "I'm going to the Cafeteria. I'll be back in 15 minutes. If anything happens to him, I won't hesitate to stuff you"

"Aren't you going ask me if I want something from the Cafeteria?"

"Did you offer me some coffee earlier?" I smirked when he became quiet "Plus, you're the adult here. Don't adults usually bring back things for the children?"

I swung open the door before closing it to him chuckling quietly in his seat.

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"That will be $9.95," the bored cashier said from behind her register.

"Geez" I muttered before taking out a ten "That much for water and a small plate of food"

"Look, I don't make the rules. I'm just here to take your money" the cashier snarked as she gave me my change.

"What a Rip off"

She shrugged

I was about to reply when my phone started ringing.

I quickly made my way toward the exit, knowing that I would not be able to get any reception in the damn hospital.

I nearly dropped the rip-off investment I call a meal when I saw my mother's number flashing across the screen.

FINALLY!!

I hit the accept button before firing off questions "What the Hell Mom!! I've been trying to get a hold of you for ages!! Where are you? Something happened..."

Silence

I checked the call to see if we somehow managed to disconnect but no, the signal's strength and the seconds continued to accumulate so...

"Mom, you there?"

Silence

"Mom?"

Click

"What the..."

I redialed and when I did, I nearly dropped my phone.

"The number you have dialed is no longer in service..."

Just then, screeching car tires sounded as a black truck exited the hospital parking lot.

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