“Oh my goddess! Isla. Is that you?” I grinned up at the girl standing a few feet in front of me.
Aly. She wiped her forehead with her hand and gasped at seeing me. “Yeah, it is me.” She looked so happy to see me, and it warmed my heart to see my old friend. She manoeuvred around the half-stacked chairs to hug me. As she got closer to me, I could not help but see the mark on her neck. She had found her mate. Wow. Me and I certainly had a lot of catching up to do. Maybe she could fill me in on what was going on around here. “Did you miss me that much that you came back after what, five nearly six years?” Aly gushed. She was so surprised yet happy to see me here. “Oh Aly, I am so happy to see you, but I returned because Daniel said my mother was unwell. She needed to see me.” I sighed and instantly noticed how Isla clammed up. “Would you like to have something to eat?” She suddenly seemed intent on distracting me from this conversation. “Aly? What is going on?” I demanded to know. She shuddered at my raised tone. I could see that she felt awkward, like she could not tell me what was on her mind. The same way my sister had behaved earlier. This made my blood boil. My brother bought me here, and I felt like I was being taken for a mug. I was happy back at my uncle's pack; coming back here had not been what I would have wanted or expected to happen. Yet here I was, standing before my old friend, trying to find out what my family should tell me. I growled and spun around, walking away from her. Part of me wanted to drag the information out of her, while the other side wanted to leave her be since it was clear that someone had sworn her to secrecy. That could only be Daniel or Cora since they would have known that I would question my friend. “Isla, wait! I am sorry.” She yelled after me, but I kept walking, not even caring to glance over my shoulder. My family were the ones who owed me an explanation. Cora was wiping her eyes, sitting in front of the pack house. She did not see me at first. I wanted to drag her by that ponytail, but instead, I decided to be calm about this. I thought I would go and check on my mother and hope she would be awake when I got there. Daniel had not come in yet, so he was probably still with that stupid Mora and Alpha Miller. I smiled to myself, amused at how pissed off he would be to find his precious bitch with my brother. How cosy they had looked. As soon as I reached my mother's bedroom door, I heard sobs coming from inside. Frowning, I pushed the door open slightly to see my mother sitting up with her head in her hands. She did not notice me at first, but as I opened the door further, it creaked and caused her to look up in shock. Her eyes widened as she realised it was me. Her daughter. “Isla, oh, my beautiful child.” She exclaimed in astonishment. She frantically pulled off the covers and jumped up to hold me in her arms. I smiled at her and ran to her. Oh, how I had missed her so much. She was skin and bone. But she was still my mother. “Where have you been all this time?” She held me tightly, almost squeezing the life out of me. “You know where I was, but that is unimportant right now. Are you ok?” I had many questions to ask her, but I did not want to overwhelm her. She sighed and loosened her grip on me before turning to the bed and sitting on it. With her hands on her lap, she looked up at me and shook her head. “What is it?” I whispered, kneeling before her and taking her hands in mine. I did not like to see her this way, in so much pain. She started to cry all over again, and I just sat with her until she felt ok enough to talk. “Isla, your father. Well, he’s gone and done a runner with his mistress. Just upped and left me.” She blew her nose hard into a handkerchief and wiped her eyes. My father had left us for another she-wolf. No wonder my mother was in such a wrong way. How could my father do such an evil thing to us? I could no longer have respect for him after treating my mother in such a disgusting way. “I am sorry for calling you back, but I needed to have my children close to me. I know you all have your own lives now. Daniel, you and Cora.” She said with a sad look on her tired face. I slowly stood up and shook my head. My mother had nothing to be sorry about. She had done nothing wrong here. I hated to know that she felt it was her fault. My father had a lot to answer for. A knock on the door made me rage, and I did not want to be disturbed while my mother was upset. “Who is it?” I flung the door open to see Aly standing there. I crossed my arms over my chest and tapped my foot. She bit her bottom lip nervously at my impatience. “ Sorry, Isla, but the Alpha wants to see you in his office immediately.” I rolled my eyes and growled. He was the last one I wanted to see right now. “You go, darling. I will see you later, and I need to go back to sleep for a while.” She pulled the covers over her and rolled over to her side so I could not see her face. I knew she was crying again, and I was unhappy about being called away from her side. Alpha Miller would undoubtedly get a piece of my mind. “I will be back up soon,” I told my mother as I glared at Aly. She lowered her eyes to the ground and stepped aside so I could pass. I knew that she was going to follow me and attempt to try and talk to me, but I was not interested in anything unless it was about my mother since she was the most important one right now. The shit with my brother and my ex-mate, crappy Luna, was the least of my worries. The packhouse was so clean it reeked of disinfectant. I saw that Alpha Miller's door was slightly ajar. Peering in, I could see that he was standing up with a glass of something alcoholic, no doubt. He was staring into space, and it was pretty funny to see him so engrossed in something other than himself. He suddenly turned to me, and I noticed a twinkle in his eyes when he realised it was me. “Isla, I am glad that you have come.” He assured me with a big grin on his face. He was a complete arse hole, but I knew how my wolf wanted him, and she was ecstatic to be in the same room as him. “Yes, Alpha, what can I do for you?” I said politely but secretly, hoping he would let me return to what I was doing. I had no desire to be near him right now. Not ever! “You realise it was down to me that you were allowed to cross my territory again. So I think next time you see me, you will address me with the respect that an Alpha deserves.” Was he for real? I could not help but laugh since he was one big hypocrite. He growled to let me know he was not amused. “You have no respect?” He walked around his desk to stand in front of me as if he were trying to scare me. Seeing the mark on his neck made me want to lose my shit. But, it was he who had rejected me. “With all due respect, Alpha, it was you who rejected me and you who were insistent that nobody would want me. I left this pack, not wanting to get in the way of you and Mora. She is welcome to you, and once my mother is better, I will leave this place. You do not have to worry about me at all. I have no loyalties to you. This is no longer my pack.” He looked stunned for a few seconds before Mora strutted through the doors. Here we go! She looked mad when she saw me, which caused me to laugh inside my head. “What is she doing in here alone with you?” Mora practically screamed in his face. She was one crazy arse jealous loon. But I suppose harbouring a secret like hers would make you paranoid. “Oh, Did you enjoy your cosy conversation with my brother?” I smirked smugly. She spun around to look at me, and her mouth was wide open. The colour drained from Alpha Miller’s face. It confirmed to me that he had not found them together. “What are you lying about now?” Mora tutted. The lying bitch! She thought she could lie through her teeth and make me look like a jealous fool, but then she had another thing coming.“Do you think this is acceptable?” Mora growled at Alpha Miller when he did not immediately defend her. She did not like how he was acting and the way he could not keep his eyes off me. Mora was jealous! A small part of me felt good about the tables being turned, she would know how I had been made to feel since the day I found out he was my mate. He had rejected me and made me feel like a worthless piece of shit. I cried for days after that, felt lower than a limbo stick on its lowest setting. They had destroyed my dreams of having my happy ending. They were the reason that I had left my life here, my family and everything I had ever known. When I had arrived at my uncles pack, I had been a right mess. But meeting Zara she had become my rock. We hit it off and became the best of friends. She was the one to make me realise that I deserved better than him anyway. The moon goddess has made a huge mistake when pairing me with him. He was selfish an
Alpha Miller’s POV Seeing her again after all this time has made me realise what I did that day was wrong. Mora may be my chosen mate and carrying my pup but the way I feel when I see Isla is a different story. She is literally out of this world. I should have never rejected my true Luna. She is gorgeous, stunning and just beautiful. I do not know what I was thinking that day, when she left Pembroke, I felt as if a huge part of me was missing. She had never accepted the rejection, just packed her things and left without any warning. If I had known then I would have stopped her and made her stay but how could I? I had already rejected her, chosen Mora as my mate and Luna. Mora was a beautiful she wolf that all the unmated wolves wanted back then. I saw how they would drool over her. Everyone loved and respected Mora, that was why I felt she was Luna material. Isla was the complete opposite, teased and ignored by many. She was treated like an omega alth
Isla POV My brother Daniel was so stupid to challenge the alpha. Miller was much more stronger and powerful than my brother. Daniel was going to get himself killed at this rate. “Stop. Now!” I ordered them. Not that it made any difference since the crowd were going wild, cheering and egging them both on. I pulled myself away from the two idiots and pushed my way through the crowd. Running through the pack house I frantically searched for my sister. It did not take long before I saw her. She looked like she were a million miles away and it was obvious she was still upset about earlier when Daniel had lost his temper with us. Now he wanted to play the big brother act like he used to. I could have handled Miller myself but something ran deeper in Daniel. He held a lot of hatred towards the alpha. “Isla, please do not leave. Stay the night. I need you here. Our mother needs you.” She touched my arm and looked at me with such a pleading look in her eyes that I cou
Cora looked straight up, and relief flooded her face the second she saw me. I noticed our mother sitting in bed, looking extremely glum. “Oh, Isla. Please, will you forgive me?” She started to weep as soon as I closed the door behind me. Cora shrugged her shoulders, unsure what to say to either of us. “What do you mean?” I queried, making my way to the empty side of the bed. “I am so sorry for suggesting that Daniel fetch you. Your uncle has been calling and calling. They all miss you back at the Eclipse.” She sighed, using the back of her hand to wipe her tear-stained face. Cora handed her a clean handkerchief and remained silent, looking at me to see how I would respond. "I want you and Cora to return with me to Uncle Ed's. There is nothing here for either of you," I announced. My mother gasped; her face turned a pale white as if she had seen a ghost while Cora shook her head. Her eyes had turned into substantial round saucers as she thought over what I had sai
I smirked at him as he looked from me to Mora. She looked like she wanted to kill me and I would be dead if looks could kill. “Well, she is not your fated mate is she? So obviously she has a mate. Do you think that she doesn’t already know who that is?” There was gasps and silence around us as I could see everyone was shocked that old Isla could stick up for herself against the mighty alpha. He was a fool to think that I would sit and take any shit. Being at Eclipse had made me stronger, the training I had every day. My uncle Ed took no laziness, there was no room for slacking. We all did our bit and worked our arsed off. Alpha Miller was nothing compared to the Eclipse. “Well, are you going to let her speak to me and you like that. In front of the pack?” Mora practically shouted causing Alpha Miller to growl. “And why is Amanda out of bed? Should you not be resting since your mate ordered the alpha to make sure that you did not cause anymore drama to yourself of the
It did not take long for me to find my mother, she was laying in her human form sprawled out naked by the stream. I immediately howled in distress and shifted back to my human form. Not caring that I was now naked and sensed that he had followed me. I rushed to my poor mother and started to cry because I was scared. What if she died? She was barely breathing and looked like she had been attacked since she was covered in cuts that looked fresh. “Isla, please allow me to help. This is my fault.” he sighed and I could see that he meant well but that did not mean I was about to give him any chance of hope with me. “Here.” he suddenly went behind a huge oak tree. I wondered what he was doing when he reappeared with a bundle of clothing. He was also dressed in a tracksuit bottoms and white plain top. “What is this?” I frowned and took the clothing that he was holding out to me. It was two dresses and some clean underwear. I glanced up at him and raised
“Where am I? What happened to me?” Our mother tried to sit up as her eyes fluttered open. She looked around the room, dazed and then the panic set in. “Why am I here? What is going on?” She started to pull at the tubes and wires off her while Cora called for the doctor. In a few moments, the pack doctor and a couple of nurses had calmed mother down with a sedative since she was freaking out and disturbing the other patients. “Your mother needs to rest now for a bit. Once she is awake, we will call for you.” The doctors said and I agreed. She would be a bit better once she had slept it off. Cora and I walked out of the pack hospital to get some fresh air and discuss what we would do next since Daniel was not coming back and if Uncle Ed head about this, he would demand I return. I could not leave my family here at Pembroke again. My mother was broken, and my sister would have nobody else since goddess knows where our father was. Not that I would want to see him.
“Is there something you need to say?” My father roared angrily my way causing Cora to tremble and lower her gaze to the ground. I wrapped the huge dressing gown around me that Aly appeared with. She quickly scuttled off without even looking at me. They were afraid of my father. He was nothing. Who did he think that he was? “What could I possibly need to say?” I bit back refusing to allow this piece of shit to make me submit. He had no power over me. I did not see him as my father any longer, he did not deserve any respect from me. His eyes flashed and his warning growl told me that he was not impressed by my response to him. I did not care. He was not going to come back here and bark out orders to me like he had done nothing wrong. My mother was inside that hospital, all because of him. He did not give a toss about any of us. I had no clue as to why he was back here. “What are you doing back here?” I demanded to know. Ignoring the shocked gasps from everyo