XENIA'S POV
"Leave her alone, Marrylen", it was him, the same voice and face I saw every night in my dreams, now standing here before me in the flesh.
Ok, what sort of sorcery is this? How is that someone I saw continually in my dreams actually existed in real life, not that I've seen or met him before elsewhere, the major thing being that he looks and sounds exactly the same. If I had confided my dreams to someone, they'll certainly say I'm crazy, but here I am, staring into those brown eyes as they bore into mine also. It was the lady who I guess her name is Marrylen that broke the silence, "And why would I do such Kaleb?", She asked him…
Kaleb, Kaleb, even his name sounded so perfect, like it was made for him, with the way they spoke, it seemed like they were acquainted with each other, then again, Beddington is a small town so I guess everyone knows everyone.
Instead of responding to her question, he turns and look at me, "Finally, Xenia, you've come to me", he says and I'm shocked at how he knew my name, without me responding, he continues talking, "I know you know who I am, I can feel it", he says.
"Do you know who he is?", Marrylen turns to me also and asks, their attention both fixated at me, before I could respond also, Kaleb stretched forth his palm, "Come with me Xenia", and like someone under a spell yet with full control of her senses, I ignore Marrylen and put my hand in his palm which he acknowledges by smiling at me.
We're drawn from our smiling trance when Marrylen holds me back and looks at Kaleb in the eye, "I won't let you take her", she says to him and then looks back at me, "You have no idea who he is, he's a dangerous being", she said. Now standing between I and Kaleb, somehow, I feel conflicted and this is saying much about people I met just few minutes ago, but somewhere deep down in my heart, I feel like I've known them forever. "I'm sorry Marrylen", I said, "I came all these way in search of him", I replied her.
All these while, Kaleb had been awfully quiet, like he put the mantle on me to make my choice, yet somehow I felt if I had chosen to go with her, he would have fought against it.
"Fine, if that's what you say, I'll have to agree with you but that doesn't mean this is over, you can't trust him", she replied, that last part focused on Kaleb, and with that she continued her journey into town.
KALEB'S POV
There isn't a time I've had an encounter with Marrylen that she didn't leave a sour taste on my mouth, today wasn't any different, what gave her the guts to interfere or insinuate what she just said, maybe because she hasn't felt the true wrath of my anger before. "Even if I want to come with you, what about my car?", Xenia's voice drew me out of my murderous thoughts and my attention returned to her, this time noticing every one of her features and to be honest, she was the most beautiful being I've ever set my sight on. "I'll have it fixed in a minute and then we can head to town, I was actually on my way there, do you have anyone in town you were supposed to see?", I asked her as I bent over her car and noticed the issue being the faulty alternator, and so after performing a battery test, I asked her to turn on the engine again and the car roared to life.
"Thank you very much Kaleb, if you don't mind, I can give you a drop to where you're going, plus I have to look for my mom's brother, Beck Mason", she said and I nodded and entered into the car as we drove into town.
BECK'S POV
Few days ago, I got a call from my niece, the last time I saw her was when she was a year old, after my sister left Beddington and swore never to return, that was after she said a woman met her in the supermarket and told her that her newborn daughter was betrothed to their Pack's Alpha.
Everyone in Beddington knew about the existence of the werewolves, however it was more like a myth since we hadn't encountered one before.
I, for one, believed their existence of these species and hoped that I'd be chosen as a kin, I read about them a lot as a kid and even as a growing teenager and became so enamored with the thought, however, I was not chosen and so when Isobel, my younger sister had a child and she came back with the news of the betrothal, it was like a dream come true, but Isobel wasn't pleased with the idea and took her child, my little niece, Xenia and relocated in a bid to get her away from the prophecy.
You can then imagine my surprise when I got a call from my said niece asking about her hometown and roots and talking about plans to relocate to Beddington.
Looking at Xenia as she stepped out from her car, she's the splitting image of her father, with her black hair, height and hazel eyes. Her father worked for Maine's Forestry Research and Wildlife Maintainance Team, but he died few months before my sister put to bed, while working on the field.
After she settled in and freshened up, we sat on the table to have dinner, "So you're trying to tell me that I'm betrothed to The Alpha of a Pack and that's why my mom left and never wanted to speak of home?", She asked me and I nodded, "This is so insane yet I feel it makes perfect sense", she said, "So how is it supposed to work, am I supposed to wait around to be summoned by the Pack, afterall, I heard voices calling unto me to return, so now I've returned, what next?", She asked me.
"I don't know the ways of the Pack my dear, but right now, only time will tell". I replied her.
XENIA'S POV So now I was fully aware of the reasons my mom left Beddington. Yes, it still seemed strange and sort of archaic to me that bethrotal is something that still exists in this modern age and time.Whoever this Alpha might be, what is the guarantee that I'm going to love him because I can't be with someone I'm not in love with, and also, at one point in time, I was sure about everything, my life, my career, my future with Bradshaw and now everything just collapsed in one swoop. Moreover, the way I felt drawn to Kaleb is like no other person I've Loved before or Marrylen, the kind lady who tried to help me, whom I felt a bond with too, will I be able to pursue my feelings for them or would I all dump it for this Alpha. All these thoughts filled my mind that I didn't notice it was daybreak. "What would you like to eat, Xenia? I don't really have much but I could do a quick run to the grocery store", my uncle said as I stepped into the living room. "No, it's okay, I'll have a
MARRYLEN'S POV At this point, I wanted to shun Kaleb; the way he barges in, even though he's an Alpha and with all the dominance towards humans, there's still something known as politeness which he lacks.Also, the way he commands Xenia to do certain things and how she goes with it without resistance is appalling.I've been studying werewolves ever since I was put in charge of my department, and something looks amiss here. The way Kaleb commands Xenia, the way she shows little or no clap back, and even with the little she told me about her life in New York and her sudden pull to return home, it can only mean one thing… Why didn't I catch onto it earlier? That's the only sensible explanation for this scenario. Back to the bar where He'd just asked her to come with him, she looks at me, smiles apologetically, and leaves with him. Like she just went with him, a woman I'm still trying to woo just stood up and left with Kaleb. Is it that she's not into girls or hasn't noticed the blari
XENIA'S POV "She's not supposed to do that, wake up my kin", I hear Kaleb call out to me in the darkness and my eyes flutter open. Disdain fills the eyes of the other members of the pack and to be honest, I have no idea why they'll keep their faces like that, it's not like what happened was purposely caused by me. Maybe if I grew up in Beddington or Maine especially, I'll have a better idea of what is supposed to happen at the bonding ceremony, so boo hoo. However, I feel what went on was something I couldn't control, first of all, why did I feel Marrylen's presence at the same time as Kaleb's, what connection do I have with both of them? "Where am I?", I ask the many pair of eyes staring down at me, and I try to stand up as Kaleb makes me rest on the bed which I'm very surprised is as soft as it is, "Rest my love, everyone Get Out, give her room", he says as people begin to dispatch from the room one by one. "Why did that happen to me, Kaleb?", I asked him as soon as the room was
"Xenia Mason, Xenia Mason, Xenia Mason, you're my kin, my mate and my bride, I command you through the Fate of The Seven Who began Our Order, wherever you may be, in any corner of the earth, Return home to where you belong, Return home to me, your mate".XENIA'S POV Mondays are literally the most stressful days of the week, what I don't get is how one has just two days in a week for rest with pile of work to attend to, and then resume to the busy streets of New York. Don't get me wrong, I relocated to New York immediately after my graduation with the hope every fresher has when moving to this city, the dream of living in a High rise building, overlooking the city every night, but when reality hits you hard, you just have to readjust… Working as an assistant to the assistant of the best fashion designer in the city is sure to be a very enviable job anyone would want but when it comes to working with the kind of boss I have, well, how would I put this lightly? It sucks. The only
XENIA'S POV I've never been a strong religion fanatic, infact I'll describe myself as an atheist. I don't believe in God or any spiritual entity. I believe that humans have full control of whatever happens in their lives and that only us can decide our fate. A good decision brings a positive outcome and a bad one brings a negative outcome too. It's another major reason I moved from my mom and Sherman oaks, ever since I was little, I felt like I was been pushed to believe in something, but not only that, I felt my mom was using religion as an excuse to run away from something, like a daunting past. That was also the emotion she gave whenever I brought up dad. I knew I didn't look like mom; she was of average height, approximately 5'3 and had a thick body shape whereas I was 5'8 with a slender runway model like figure, mom had auburn hair with blue eyes while I had hazel eyes with black hair, so you can imagine why I wanted to know about dad. There was not one photograph of him while
MARRYLEN'S POV Working for Maine's Forestry Research and Wildlife Maintainance Team has never been so hectic as it has been for the past six years now when the department I work in Beddington, Washington County for, discovered a new threat in the woods and ever since then, I, Idara and Foxlee were charged with hunting this threat down, with me leading the team. The perks of it, I get this sweet laboratory equipped with state of art technology and this sweet cabin so I can't complain much. Plus, we also get days off to chill in the town. Beddington is a small town with a population of about 250 people, which is why everyone knows everyone. Saturday evening is usually one of my best days mainly because I get to go to DeDeon's Bar and have a nice time with Idara especially, we've been best of friends ever since the first day we were recruited, she's the only one I've ever had feelings for although I don't want to let her know so as not to ruin our friendship.Idara had asked that