Chapter 2: Making My Mark

"What are you doing here, Pumpkin?"  My dad asks before he sees Alpha Eric coming in behind me and quickly lowers his eyes. 

"Eric drove me home and I need to pick up my things.  I will be living at the pack house from now on."  Shocked, I guess they thought that I would be staying there and have my things sent for.  Walking in, my mom smiles at me but then immediately looks down. 

My dad nods to Eric and then says warmly with mischief in his eyes, "I see you met our Alpha Eric finally.  Did you get acquainted last night during the Full Moon event?"  Knowing full well that we did by his flared nostrils, he chuckles and then gives me a big hug.  

Offering a firm hand, he says to Eric with respect, "Welcome, son.  You are not only our Alpha, but you are our son now too."

Watching this odd exchange, my mom stands back and waits till I turn to her.  She says lovingly, "I have waited for a long time for you to blossom into a woman, but when you did you came home with the greatest prize.  I would have never suspected that you were going to be the Alpha's mate, being so young."  She smiles at me with tears in her eyes and hugs me tight.

Dad and Eric move to the library for a drink and mom helps me pack my things.  After packing almost everything in relative silence, she touches my shoulder with her hand lightly, "Raven, did he treat you well last night when you were mating?"  Her eyes are filled with something I can't quite figure out, but I turn around and give her a hug before answering.

Trying not to blush while thinking about our love making, I smile and it makes her laugh.  She stops me and says, "Honey, the deliriously happy look in those eyes tells me everything.  I am happy that he completes you and takes care of you.  Trust me, moms don't want to hear all the delicious details of their daughters mating.  After all, I might get jealous."  She giggles and I can see the mice running around in her head as she thinks of all the positions we must have been in last night.

If she only knew that we started out in the car and then let our animalistic tendencies take over by going into nature, she would be shocked by everything we did.  Alpha Eric filled every need I had and then some, every way possible.  Teaching me the meaning of pleasure and giving me so many orgasms that at one point in time, it felt like one continuous one.

He is everything I have ever wanted and more.  As long as he wants me, I will be his.  Matter of fact, I am pretty sure that as long as we both are alive we are a mated pair, the bond is so strong.

Getting more boxes and packing the rest of my things, I listen for Eric and dad to come and rescue us.  After the last box is sealed, they show up and I comment with a satisfied look, "Perfect timing, if I say so myself."

Everyone laughs, before my mom and dad exit the room to leave us alone.  Eric gently cups my chin and leans down to kiss me.  His lips just barely touching mine, feel like I stuck my finger in a light socket.  The electricity flowing between us is surreal and more importantly, I feel the bond between us the most when we touch.  

Ironically, I also hear every thought in his head when we have skin contact.  Like now, he is thinking that I am going to get him into so much trouble if he keeps kissing me like this, but he can't help it.  I wonder if he can hear alll my thoughts too and quickly try to hide them.  

Since he seems oblivious of my desire for him right now, I am guessing that it must be one sided and that I love my gift my wolf gave me for becoming a woman.  I smile seductively when he breaks the kiss and sighs.  Turning quickly, his nostrils flare and he becomes alarmed.  

Lately, we have had a couple rogues coming and going in our territory and I can tell it has made him on edge.  Normally, he won't let anyone outside of our pack in, but he is trying to expand and that means introduce new members into it.

My dad runs in with blood on him, already starting to show his wolf, he yells, "They have your mom, but she is giving them hell."  

Hearing this Eric's eyes turn wild and he starts to change.  Before I know it, my wolf howls and I feel the change coming.  Adrenaline courses through my veins like fire and my bones begin crunching as they reform, forcing me onto all fours. 

My skin begins to get covered with fur and I look over to see Eric and my dad already transformed, heading out of the room.  Feeling so hot, my transformation completes and my animalistic side takes over.  I am ready for a fight, as I growl and launch myself into the mass of fur and limbs in the next room.

Leaping into the action, I snap my fangs around the rogues neck and draw blood, ripping the throat open.  The metallic taste in my mouth fuels me further and I end up ramming the other rogue who has my mother.  Proud of my mother for putting up the good fight before she went down, I rip his head clear off and watch as the blood sprays clear across the room.

Noticing that Eric and my dad take on the other two and finish them, I hurry to my mother who is on her last leg.  Reverting to our human forms, she lays there in my arms and smiles while she says, "You have made your mark and turned into an absolutely powerful alpha queen.  I will miss you, but I know that you are in good hands.  I love you."  She smiles one last time and then she takes her last breath.  

I watch as her eyes loose their spark and her head falls to the side.  Closing her eyes, I lean down to kiss her forehead and hold her tight.  When Eric and dad revert back to human form, they stand next to me and mom.  

The tears that form in my eyes never fall, but I do make myself a promise.  When I find out who is responsible for this, I will make them pay with their lives.