35. Bitch Fight (literally)

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Nova

Dark.

Cold.

Damp.

Moldy.

Those are the only words I could use to describe this sesspool of the place we called a cellar. I had never even been down here before.. never had a reason to be. I wasn't even sure where it was...

It took a lot of threatening to get one of the males to show me and even then I had to threaten him to take me to the front door.. and to keep quiet.

The cellars were naturally in the basement of the packhouse. But it was so deep inside the ground.. so far that the heat didn't touch it. It was like its own cavern... as if there was a cave beneath the packhouse before it was ever built so they took some silver laced wrought iron bars and put a door on it amd built on top of it..

The entrance?

Right in front of my eyes the entire time.

In the basement, where we have had countless safe house meetings, there was a wall. A hidden wall that could pop out from the rest and be slid back to reveal a cell like door.. the key was hard to retrieve..

Alpha Blake kept it on him. I was able to make up a reason to bump into him and slip it from his pocket easily. A natural pick pocket. It was kind of scary that these things i would never have done before were now things that didn't matter to me.. things that were simple for me to plan out.

Leaving the male wolf at the basement, tail between his legs from fear of getting caught, i slipped the skeleton key in the hole and turned, hearing the mechanism of the lock rotate and open. Glancing around, i noticed old fashioned torches lining the wall.. you'd think they would have some flashlights but apparently not.

Noticing a set of matches, i crept inside, took the matches and struck it to the side of the box, a flame instantly appearing along with the smell of sulfur whicj burned my nose. Scrunching my nose up in distaste, i held the match to the torch, feeling very old fashioned in the moment as the wick began to burn, licking shadows away as the fire consumed, burning bright.

Glancing back at the dimly lit entrance from the hidden wall, I tool a deep breath and grabbed the torch, picking it up out of its holder as i proceeded down the damn dark natural made stairs of the mouth of the cave..

Now, guiding myself down into this cavern, i could see why there were no flashlights.

Flashlights don't work as good or burn as bright in these kind of caverns ... even the most powerful and most bright led flashlight wouldn't work as good with how much space I was walking into. Fire seemed to do the trick.. not too bright..

Creepeing down one foot at a time, i continued dowm the tunnel of winding natural made steps until I reached the bottom.. a large cavern.. dripping water echoing through the silent yet enormous room of the cave... and water..  i could see a pond of bright aqua colored water in the far end of the room... almost like the movie Beowulf with Angelina Jolie..

I was expecting a monster to pop out of it in any second..

But this water seemed to glow.. as if day light was just on the other side..

Shaking my mind out of its daze, i held the old fashioned torch up in the air as my senses caught a hint of fecal matter.. you could smell stale feces and urine coming through a draft to the left so that's where i let my legs carry me as I held my sleeve over my nose and mouth, walking deeper into the Giants mouth.

I found myself looking in through iron bars jutting out from the natural made room, holding the torch up to the iron bars, i gasped at the scene before me.. the smell so foul and horrible i thought i would be sick.

There Deacon lay, nothing but a blanket to cover himself with in this cold dark damp cave. He was sleeping... on the hard floor. Bones littered the ground where others had been put here in wolf form, the ones in charge giving them deer legs and other choice pieces to dine on...they never cleared up the remnant.. rotting meat on those bones filling the air with a stale rot.

A bucket in the corner, which im sure held his excrements, was tall, high enough for him to sit on and be left for the entirety of two weeks.

Frowning, i shook my head in disgust.. i believed our pack to be better than this. This is something Dark Moon would do. Not us. We should have a cell with a toilet and a cot that isnt somewhere in the belly of an underground cave...

This is barbaric!

"Deacon. Wake up." I kept my voice firm and flat.. no hint of any emotion because if i let emotion seep through, my voice would just crack in fear. And i was not afraid of him.. i wouldn't be afraid of him. This was my chance to face my fears.. of the male i assumed to be my best friend once upon a time.. who helped me through my heart ache.

"Deacon wake up! I know you hear me!" I shouted a little louder, raising the torch so i could watch as he moved, slow movements.. groaning as he rose himself off thr hard stone floor, i wondered why he didnt let his wolf takeover and endure the punishment for him...

He held his hand over his eyes, blocking the light that flickered from my torch... his cheeks stained with what seemed like tears. "N-Nova?" He questioned timidly, voice cracking as it lilted a little too high for him.

Despite what he did to me... despite everything he told me.. i felt bad for him in this moment. I felt bad for my friend... not my attacker. I needed the answers i sought.

"Deacon.. " come on.. keep your voice level Nova... dont crack..

"Deacon i need to talk to you.. about whats been happening to you." I was proud my voice didn't waver because the sight before me had me wanting to collapse... knowing our pack had a dirty secret like this.. an underground cell unfit for even a criminal.

Deacon hung his head low as he crawled painfully slow, leaning his back against the stone wall. Dried blood covered his swollen and bruised face... stuck to his white t shirt.. they had beat him badly considering it had already been almost a whole day and he still looked like this.

"You shouldn't be here." He whispered, hoarse. The one thing i noticed that was provided for him was a pitcher of water. At least he had that.

"You know why im here. You know i know about you working with Grace... and Anita.. how could you, Deacon?" There was outrage in my tone as i stared down at him.. his body wracking with sobs which didn't break past his lips. Silent.

"Answer me!" I yelled out, anger filling me up to the brim. I needed answers. He had them. He had what i needed.

Deacon bent his knees as he rested his elbows on them, hands holding his head as he bowed into himself, crying. "Im sorry Nova. Im so sorry.. i.. I don't know why I did all of those things. I dont evev remember ..."

"Remeber what??!"

Finally he looked over at me.. and he looked like the Deacon i knew. Not the monster I had nightmares about the past few days.

"I dont remember anything.. i mean.. i remember doing those things i did.. but.. i dont remember why. Just that i had to do them!" He jerked his head away so he didnt have to see my face, fisting his hands in his hair as he screamed, pulling at the hair in his grasp.

"I don't know why I did it.. it.. it was Anita. She did something to me and its not even an excuse.. i want to die because of what i did to you." He choked back a sob, crying.. letting new tears stain his beaten face.

Taking a deep breath, i sunk down to the ground on my haunches.. feeling more at ease. My wolf wanted to end him but my skin side knew better.. my wolf would too once she heard his words.. sliding the torch into a slot next to the "jail cell", i held onto the bars, getting a good look at him, trying to ignore the stench that made bile want to rise up into my throat.

"Did she poison you? Just tell me the truth Deacon and ill believe you..tell me the truth about everything because i can't help you unless you do." It was a desperate command.

He peered up at me.. i couldn't tell what his expression was due to the mishape of his face but i could see those blue eyes staring at me in wonder. "Why?" He croaked. "Why would you believe me after everything i have done?"

Closing my eyes, i exhaled loudly. "Because i know that wasn't you. Despite how much i have hated you over it... despite how scared and angry i have been... i know that wasn't you. That wasn't the Deacon i know and im giving you a chance to explain." I reasoned with him. He gets a chance to explain and his brother didnt.. i didn't give Zaryn the time of day.. but i give the one male who almost ruined me a chance.

Doesn't make sense does it?

Zaryn had plenty of opportunity to explain but Deacon... Deacon was forced to do things he would never have done. Anita didnt interfere with Zaryn but she did with Deacon. I felt it.

He shook his head sadly, the shadows covering his face. "You are too good of a person Nova. I deserve whatever happens to me. It has haunted my dreams the entire 18 hours i have been in here and i will let it until I am set loose. My dad told me about the choice i have after two weeks are up. I can either be chained for a month or i can fight any challengers including your brother and mine. I know the entire male population of juveniles up to 21 will challenge me and Im going to pick the latter." He hung his head even lower. "I deserve to die for what i did to you." His words were whispered into the damp air.

Guilt and sadness..

I was getting pissed off.. not at Deacon because i knew he felt bad.. but at this entire situation. ... "Deacon man the fuck up and get angry! Someone made you do those things. I need someone to blame but it isn't you and i know that. If you feel bad then help me.. help me put Anita down! Tell me everything.. please! If you are sorry then please! Tell me!" I plead at him with my eyes, gripping the bars in desperation.. my tone begging him to just tell me.. he needed to get angry.

"Anita used you to get to me. I know that. Im not stupid. I dont believe for one second that you'd do those things to me. Get angry! Make her pay! Tell me! Now!" I was demanding him now...ordering him.

He peered back up at me, hope in those blue eyes as he moved himself so he leaned against the stone wall to face me.. determination set on his grim swollen features. "You believe in me that much after everything?" There was disbelief in his voice.

I moved myself to sit indian style (a/n: yes i say indian style, as in native american indian because im 20% cherokee im alowed to say indian and that's totes what its called so nyuh) since my legs were becoming numb from my previous squatting position. I readied myself mentally.. being here was a feat on its own..

With conviction in my voice, holding his gaze, "Yes Deacon.. i believe in you because i know you. I know you dont love me that way. I know you wouldn't have done those things to me had you not been under the influence of someone else. And you would never hit a female. I know these things because you were.. are.. my best friend. Give me a chance to have some peace over this. Please dont let it haunt my nightmares... please.." i felt my eyes sting at the truth in my words. That night... that night had put so much terror inside me that I was going through the early stages of ptsd. I felt numb and i didn't want to see Deacon the way I have been seeing him in my mind... as that gold eyed monster.

Deacon let out a strangled sob, tears falling freely as he wiped them from his broken face, wincing. He looked at me with eyes that held strength. "You are wrong Nova.. i.. I did develop feelings for you..." he dropped his gaze down to his bare feet, arms wrapped around his legs as he huddled into himself.

He really did love me? Like... love love me?

"But... how?" I felt my brows knit in confusion because of his confession... had i been too blind to see it? I just thought he was being protective..

Deacon seemed embarassed. "After.. after Zaryn came home.. seeing you two after how he had treated you, i got so angry. When Grace saw me after the fight i had with Zaryn and we both wound up at Doc's... she told me i was in love with you. That she could see it. I said she was crazy but..  then i started thinking about it." His eyes met mine. "I thought about how i would feel if i ever kissed you... and well. I liked the thought of it. Then i started thinking of you.." he drew his eyes to the stone wall and plucked at it with his nail.

Had Deacon really loved me and not even knowm himself?

"For how long?: i asked.. curious.

"I guess forever. I just didnt realize it until now. You've never dated or even talked to any other guy besides me so i guess i have never had to be tested with jealousy.. i never even knew until Grace pointed it out. After that.. after Zaryn gave you the necklace.. it made me angry.. jealous even. Grace had come to me and told me how much her pup and having Zaryn meant to her.. and that she wanted me to help her get Zaryn .. that way you could be mine. I laughed at her.. said that was ridiculous, our pack values mates and i have one out there somewhere... i refused to help her." He glanced up at me.. begging me to understand. "I refused nova. After that night on your back steps.. i was angry and agitated over my feelings but mostly because Grace had asked me to basically help ruin any chance between you and Zaryn. As much as i loved you... i just wanted you to be happy. I would never have taken that from you. I knew what Grace was asking was wrong so i said no."

I believed him. Its true we valued mates more than other packs did.. some packs waited for their mate and if they saw them as weak, they would find another female to mark, shattering the Moon's will. The mate that had been rejected would have to find another wolf but it would never be like the feelings you get when you have a mate. Sometimes.. if the rejected wolf didn't want the mate bond to be rejected.. if they wanted their mate who didnt want them.. then sometimes the moon would be in their favor, granting them another mate but it was only ever heard of.. very rare instances indeed. I never knew of anyone personally.

"Go on Deacon. Tell me the rest.." i urged him, not bothering to linger on his admission.

He went back to picking at the wall, leaning his head against it as he watched his fingers , illuminated by the flame of the torch.

"Well.. when I refused.. she became angry, crying.. she kept saying she was running out of time.. that everything was going to fall apart. I wound up feeling bad for her and helped her get back to her cabin... the oracles cabin. The oracle was gone , doing some scrying for Alpha Blake so she invited me inside for a cup of tea. I denied her offer but she pleaded... said she had no one to talk to and if i would just listen to her that she would be ever so grateful. Being the gullible male i am, i felt bad so i stayed. We wound up talking...she gave me some hot tea as we both drank...said it was a special herbal tea she made herself. Little did i know then.. it was a poison but it wasn't like the kind Eden had drank.. it was something called Red Lockheed. Dead man walking.. which i now know.. but at the time i just thought it tasted wonderful."

I felt myself blanch.. i knew that name.. that was the plant Eden had told me about. The one that can turn you into a walking talking zombie, carrying out things people persuade you to do...

" It was a small concentration at first.. just barely enough for her to be able to coax my mind. She told me how much you needed me to protect you.. how Zaryn was bad for you and didn't deserve you.. how much i loved you, which i do.. but its like the more she spoke.. the more i believed her. The more hatred i had for my brother. She asked me again to follow Zaryn.. said that it would help keep you safe from him so i agreed without hesitation." Deacon's voice became less shaky and i could feel his agression as he thought back to the past few weeks.. this is what i needed him to feel.. but i couldn't help also feel hurt by this.. that she had so much to do with everything. More than i assumed.

" She handed me a pouch of teabags and told me that i should drink one every day.. that it would make me stronger.. make my wolf stronger so i took them. That night i left and that's when i began following Zaryn. It was before you recieved the necklace from him.. i followed his every move.. it was like i had to. Her words played in my mind over and over and i felt the need to make sure he didnt go near you. I followed him every time he met with you at the tree house.. heard the words you both shared and it angered me.. i was not myself.. i was drinking those teas thinking if i were a stronger wolf, you would love me.. i didn't know she was slowly poisoning my mind at the time.. i watched him give you the necklace but you two had heard me. Every time you thought you heard something it was me." He dropped his head in embarassmenrt. " When he left... i followed him. Neither of you could scent me because i used a masking spray. I followed him down the lake to his spot where the tent was and that's where i found your underwear and.. stuff.." he coughed, becoming even more embarassed. I had to fight my wolf from coming out as i took deep breaths, forcing a calm expression on my face. I needed him  to get it all out. I couldn't snap on him for telling me the truth. He had no recollection..

"And..?"

He peered up at me sheepishly. "I became angry over it.. well.. the person i was at the time was angry over it. I took those items and hid them in my room.. waiting to figure out what to do with them. I didnt want to do anything.. the real me woudnt but the me at the time was angry. Grace summoned me... mind you i had been drinking the tea daily because well.. i guess she made me believe it would make me stronger.. i felt stronger and i wanted to appeal to you more.. i dont know why looking back.. but.. she asked me if i had found anything but i told her whatever I found, it wasn't for her. I wasn't giving her something like that because i knew what she would do with it.. i dont even know why i took those things Nova!" He grasped his hair again, pain on his beaten features. "just... i just dont! I only agreed to spy because i wanted to find out where he went.. i wanted you to see me in a new light at the time.. and that's not me you know that right?" His blue orbs pled for me to understand.

Nodding my head solemnly, i relaxed a bit.. this would never be Deacon.. but.. how much did he actually love me? "Keep going" my words were whispered.

He shook his hed frantically, remembering. " I just remembered wanting Zaryn to mark Grace so you could move on with your life.. it was like she made me believe that's what i wanted.. I was so delusional but i remembered saying how i would reject my mate for you.. if you could love me. And i do love you Nova but even i know the power of a matr bond! I would never think that! Although if you asked me to i would."

He would reject his mate for me?

" Grace was mad i wouldn't tell her what I had found so the night of the welcoming barbecue for Anita, she had me meet her. I felt bad vibes off that  wolf.. she felt.. dark. More witch than wolf and you know I don't believe in witches. Grace introduced us and told her i was the one who had helped her with Zaryn.. that i was his brother. She smiled at that.. looking at me with those dark eyes but seemed delighted. She talked me into coming to their new cabin they shared together for a drink and i felt compelled to go. Once we arrived she offered me the drink she had made herself..  and i was dumb enough to drink it. I felt different afterwards. Looking back, i know it was some sort of poison just with small amounts of whatever she used in my drink.. she began asking me all these personal questions, i guess as a test to see if her concoction was working and i felt compelled to answer her truthfully. About everything. She insisted you needed me and i believed her..she asked me about what i had found during my time following Zaryn and i told her what the items were! I did! I couldn't lie no matter how badly I wanted to! I swear it!" He shouted, rocking back and forth. A sheen of sweat covered his face in the dim glow from the torch.

"I know Deacon. I believe you. What else?" I pursed my lips, readying myself for the conversation to get to the part I dreaded.

"Well.. it was like she had control over me.. she told me I needed to go fetch the items for her and i did...bringing them back to Anita."

I swear my heart broke at that. I had always thought it was Grace.. never Deacon.. but i cant hate him for being poisoned to do it. He peered up through his lashes, sensing my change in emotion.

"grace had already left. She rewarded me with some sort of alcohol drink which stupidly i drank.. but this time I felt so... alive afterwards. I felt strong. But also lustful and you were heavy on my mind. That's when i left to find you at the party.. you were already pretty wasted and something in my mind told me to give you a few more shots.. so i did. You were being fun that night i remember.. i was enjoying that side of you. You looked so amazing too but still there were whispers inside my mind telling me to get you alone.. so i did. I took you to the hot springs and i felt brave.. the alcohol had loosened you up so i listened to the voices inside me..." he trailed off, looking back down again.. afraid to meet my eyes. I held onto the bars for support.. readying myself for this moment. The truth of what happened that night that he had only briefly told me about before.

" and... i.. i sat you on my lap.. then .. well i touched you.. and.. and i gave you an o-orgasm with my hand. It felt like i had to have you.. once i turned you in my lap and we k-kissed.. i was going to go for it.. i mean.. well.. to .. you know... I was going to make love to you but the moment i asked if you were sure.. you told me you were feeling hot and you were about to pass out.. that's when you told me you took one of your moms pills.. on top of drinking and it angered me.. worry for you and guilt from what i had done was what cleared my mind and before i knew it, i was pushing away the need i felt and getting you out of the hot springs, lying you on the stone. You passed out so i brought you back home, dressing you in one of the tshirts you keep on your back porch." He sighed, clearly uncomfortable and guilty. I had to hold back my tears.

" The next day, i hadnt drank any of the tea because i had forgotten and at breakfast when Grace came and dropped your belongings on the table, i felt rage at remembering what i had done and anger for Anita because that's where those items came from. It took everything inside me not to rip her throat out." His glared hardened at the floor.

" That's the day i noticed a change in the pack.. how they were backing you against she and Zaryn.. that the pack loves you.. more so than the love Zaryn.. But that's the day something changed in me too.. i dont know if it was the mixture of everything i had consumed but i drank the tea Grace had given me when i got home and yeah it did make me feel powerful.. but it mixed awfully wrong with what I had drank the night before... i felt loyal to Anita.. i went to her.. out of the blue. Just seeking her approval. She kissed me that night.. the night Grace was hospitalized because you broke her arm. Idk how to explain it.. she was so furious at you and in turn i wanted to please her so i became furious too. I just wanted to do what made her happy. To make her proud." He spat the last word, disgust rolling off of him. "She told me to find you and mark you.. and that's when i came to your house the night i threw pebbles at your window.. and showed you Nic had been sniffing around. Anita knew this and wanted me to drive a wedge between you two and I knew it would hurt you but i did it anyways.. then i told you i was in love with you.. and proceeded to attempt to mark you but thankfully you got away from me and attacked me. I know you ran straight to Zaryn because he found me not even an hour later. His wolf and mine went at it but he subdued me.. threatened me to stay away.. i healed quickly from both your and his inflicted injuries.. i felt like the tea was infact making me stronger so the next day i doubled it up.. that was the day Eden was poisoned. Anita had given me a bag of teas she made.. told me it was for your heat.. to hide the scent of the last few days until it hit you fully and you would be locked away, so Zaryn wouldn't mate you before hand. I delivered it to Eden, being slighty embarassed at giving it to you, looking back, i would never give u something from that witch! But the herbs wer forcing me to listen to her Nova!!!" He screamed.. holding his head as he sobbed. I bit my lip hard, trying not to cry. To keep it in.

" On top of that what I had drank earlier, after Eden had went to the Docs.. later in the afternoon.. Anita gave me a cocktail and a few bags to take home with me. She told me to drink that and you would be attracted to me. It tasted the same only stronger.. i guess more poison and something else added.. that night.. that's the night i .. i attacked you." He gazed up at me with so much conviction.. so much sorrow "Goddess, i dont know what happened to me.. they only told me what i did. I don't remember anything that happened. I don't even remember being there! I swear Nova.. please believe me. I admit that i love you.. but i would never do any of thise things to you!" He plead ..

That night.. i hated thinking about it. It was so fresh being just recent.. but i believed him. Tears streamed down my face, rolling hot and thick as he blurred in my vision.. "i believe you Deacon.. " i whispered, my heart wrenching inside me. All of his confessions.. they werent him.those things he did werent him, i had to remember that. I had to remember that this was Grace and Anita.

"Deacon.. im going to get justice for you i swear. That night.. it has haunted me. And its still so fresh on my mind.. hearing your words has helped me but now i need to prove your innocence and get rid of Anita and Grace. Do you have any of the tea left?" I stood, taking the torch up with me.

Deacon crawled over towards the door and i jumped involuntarily, causing a hurt expression from him as he bowed his head. "Yes. In my floorboars under the rug in my room." He admitted softly.

I wanted to apologize for still being cautious.. but i couldn't. Who knows whats left in his system. "How did you finally realise you were being poisoned?"

His eyes met mine, saddened. "Because once all those thoughts of making you mine passed... i realized that It had to be the tea because my mind has cleared since i have been here. As if a haze has been lifted from my mind."

I nodded, tears streaming down my cheeks. "I just... i need to make sure you dont feel those things anymore.. to be safe." I admitted to him.

He nodded his head in understanding, his black and blue face raising slightly. "I get it.. and im so sorry for whatever its worth.. i do love you Nova. I do. But i would never do those things." His tears rolled down his face in streams.. stinging the cuts that littered his cheeks.

Then i had a thought. I pursed my lips as i watched him. "Deacon? Can you tell me about the letters?" My voice was soft.. coaxing.

His eye scrunched up as a strangled sob left his mouth. "Im sorry." He whispered, bowing his head once more in shame. "I remember feeling jealous.. i wanted to just pry you two apart. I'd take your letters.. the last ones you sent to each other.. i would take them to Grace. She and Anita woud re write them and order me to replace them and that's what you found. Im so sorry Nova.. im sorry for causing all of this drama in your life.. for being an awful person." His voice broke as he cried.

Taking a deeo breath, i attempted to stop the tears that wanted to flow. That last letter was the reason I truly felt numb over Zaryn.. and the one he recieved that wasn't from me.. it had him seeking comfort in Grace.

"Im going to help you D. Just ... hang tight. Im going to get you out of this. Im going to make the both of them pay." I spoke with determination as he peered up at me with pleading eyes.

"Thank you Nova. Im going to make everything right between you and Zaryn. I promise .. go do what you set out to do. Please help me get my revenge." He cried out.

Nodding, i sobbed softly, pressing a kiss to my hand then at the iron bars before turning away and leaving my best friend in that dark cave, taking deep breaths once i began traveling up the stairs.. or slope i should say.. the rotting smell finally leaving my senses.

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Exiting the basement, i covered my tracks and set out to slip the key back into Blake's pocket, stealthily. He would be leaving the training classes right now. Wiping the excess tears from my face, I walked through the woods toward the training grounds but as I came into the clearing, the sight before me had me eyes widening in fear..

Fear that my mother had found out Nic wasn't my fathers after all...

The training camp was empty of any juveniles or young males.. only two wolves were around..

Luna Penelope ... and my mother..

I hid behind a tree as i poked my head out, watching. Mom was on her knees, crying hysterically.. clutching onto Luna's arm who was squatting on the ground, full blown sobbing..

I had never seen the Luna cry before but it somehow brought me satisfaction in my mind to know my mom has begun to right her wrongs. This could only be about one thing..

I could barely make out their words..

Mom grasped her hand desperately. "Luna.. im so sorry.. i never knew.. please. Please forgive me i only just assumed after Grace found out Nic was her mate. Please.. i had no idea!" She fell to the ground as Penelope ripped her hand from her grasp, standing up to look down at her with so much anger in her crystal blue eyes..

"How could you!?! I've been dealing with the secret of your affair for decades! Now this!? To find out that none of my children are next in line but yours is because he is my mates son!?!" She screamed angrily.

"Please. I didnt know!" Mom grabbed her leg in desperation.

Penelope leaned over, backhanding her so hard, i heard a crack and winced from the sound. This wasn't my fight but my wolf was begging to be let out.

"You dont get to apologize!! But you wont say a word!" Luna commanded. "Your son will not take my son's place.. i will worry about the test tomorrow..  but you will say nothing! Not to your mate..  not to Blake.. not to anyone!!! Its my turn for you to keep a secret and i hope it eats at you like the one i have kept for you for so long!" She screamed down at my mom who suddenly wasn't crying anymore.

Mom rose, her dried tears staining her face as her eyes became dark.. canines descending... claws jutting out. Penelope seemed startled as she watched my mom partially shift before her. "You threaten me? I came to you first before anyone!! I'm coming clean to everyone.. even my own family!" She growled low, circling Luna...challenging her wolf.."this is a secret that can't be kept and you know it!"

Luna Penelope also let her wolf ascend to meet moms.. claws, teeth, eyes.. all of her wolf as she rotated. Circling with mom slowly. "You won't take anything else from me Dahlia! You have already taken too much. You take and you take!" A rumble came from her chest.

Suddenly a male voice came from the trees opposite of me. It was Alpha Blake.. "what the hell is going on here!?" He roared, watching the two women he had known intimately circle each other in a challenging stance.

Luna and mom looked at each other before mom began to run toward him with as much speed as she could. "Blake! I have to tell you something! Nic is-"

She wasnt fast enough.

I watched on, shoving my wolf back down as i saw Penelope shift fully, her clothes shredding, bones crackling as she leaped into the air, running full speed with growls coming from her dark colored wolf. Before my mother could finish the sentence, Penelope was on her.. her wolf tackling her to the ground as mom shifted the rest of the way, her tawny wolf kicking Luna off of her, her hind legs shoving claws into her belly as Luna fell backwards with a thump..

Blake's eyes were wide with fear and confusion as he watched. "stop it! Both of you!'

There was no stopping.. Mom came at Luna whose jaws were ready, snapping around her shoulder as moms wolf whined out, biting down onto Luna's neck, as she left it unguarded. Luna thrashed in the jaws of my mothers wolf and jerked away, a large chunk of flesh ripping away from Luna's wolf's neck.

This was going to end badly if Alpha didn't step in...

Dun dun dun!

6200 words omg. 3x as much as usual.

Karissa! You guessed my chapter name 'secrets' but its actually the next chapter. I forgot i had to cut the chap in half because of its length  xD

Anyways so things are unfolding left and right as of now. Who would have thought the Luna, sweet luna would have a crazy side. She doesnt want her baby to be thrown out of line bc of nic.

Do you think that Alpha will find out from Dahlia  (novas mom) or from the alpha test?

Also i have to mention, this chick named kittycat6545 had the audacity to come to my profile and berate me saying i shouldnt have left shatter hanging and given up on it lol. I was like.. obviously you dont know what you are talking about because i update it alllthe time. Then she gets mad because i didnt give her a shout out in my last chapter lol!!! Shes muted.. and i had to get her..

But let me splain something.. im a nice person! Until you make me angry. Then i get hood. Its just me! Also i gave a shout out to my TOP commenters... those who left A LOTof comments! If you just leave one, i thank you very much! But i csnt list 145 ppl lol so those who had commented quite a few times got shouts.

Also i realized thats gonna be kinda hard to do every chapter because there are SO many of you lol but im gonna try to fit it in later since im.sure you dont wanna wait 45 mins extra for your update!

I will say thank you thisgirlisnotonf7re for having my back in the trenches dawg!! Lol

There. Dunzo.

Thank you for reading my crazy author note where i can rant!

Xoxo

Chilee