No.5

POV Calvin.

"Honey, do you finally have time for your old mother? "

I place a kiss on my mother's forehead.

"How can you say that? I always have time for you. "

I pull out the chair right in front of my mom's, my dad sitting right at the end of the table gives me a stern look. This is promising!

"Hello father. "

"Is this the time of day a clan leader gets up? "

I rolled my eyes, I was sure he would make a comment like that to me, but I thought at least he would have the patience to wait for Mom to get up from the table, because he knows full well she hates to see us argue, but that was way too much to ask of him.

"I went to bed pretty late. "

"Yes that's completely normal. When instead of doing tasks for the good and survival of the pack you attend all these orgies. "

I swallow a mouthful of scrambled eggs. Delicious, I close my eyes for a moment to better feel all the spices. Orgies? Seriously?

"Father, that whole pack you're talking about or almost was at that party. "

"And of course you got more than a little drunk. You're the alpha you have to..."

"My son doesn't drink alcohol. "My mother replies.

"Even so! "yells my father. "You think he has nothing else to do but throw parties? "

A door opens behind us, it's Laurie. Yes, my dad has given her a room in his house.

"Hello everyone. "

At the sight of her, my dad smiles, she's the only one who manages to make him smile lately, if I didn't know he was also in love with my mom, I might believe that these two, are sleeping together. It's unbelievable.

"Hello Laurie. " Says my mom.

She comes up behind me and tries to give me a kiss which of course I dodge by pushing my head aside. My dad frowns, my mom squeezes my hand a little tighter and I just keep eating. I don't care.

"Hello, daughter. " My dad says to her.

"How did you sleep?" My mother asks.

"Very little, last night exhausted us. "

Lord, even her voice makes me tired.

"It's good that you accompanied your future husband to that party, you need to start learning how an alpha's wife behaves. "

I put my spoon down for a moment and burst out laughing. My father is so funny.

"Okay father. The same party you demonized a moment ago, you're praising her for going? That's pathetic! "I said in a harsh tone.

"Don't talk like that to your father. "My mother scolds me gently.

"Your mother is right, you should talk to your father with a little more respect. And what's more, she says, taking a glass of juice. You should never have allowed those stupid humans to come. They disrespected me I might add. "

What's this about again?

"What happened? "

"She spoke to me very badly, that Penelope. I had to put her in her place. "

I look at her, surprised.

"What are you talking about? "

"She allowed herself to insult me. "

"You see the people you are around, allow themselves to disrespect your companion. "Said my father.

"Don't worry, I made it clear to her that it was the first and last time. "

"What did you do to her? "

"Nothing too bad. " She smiled proudly. "Cora stepped in. "

My eyes redden with anger, I try as well as I can to channel it, but I feel it well which is present and asks only to leave. I seize violently his wrist, I tighten it hard, very hard.

"If you hurt him at all, you will see what I will do to you. And believe me, you have no idea. "

"You're hurting me Calvin. "She said with a look of fear in her eyes.

"That's nothing compared to what I'll do to you if you ever touch her again. "

"Now that's enough! "My father intervenes. "Instead of worrying about that female you'd better think about the fate of your pack. "

"I always worry about my pack father. "

"Okay, so when are you going to get ready for the convention with the other alphas to talk about the hunters? It's today. "

Ouch! So that's what I couldn't remember from this morning? The alphas' meeting.

"I was going to go there after lunch.

Every year on the same date, a meeting is organized between the alphas of several packs, in order to talk about the safety of the packs. But this year we had several because of the threat to our heads. The werewolf hunters are after us. They want to finish us all off. And we are looking for a way to stop them from killing any more families. It will be on the other side of town and I should be home early by then. Maximum two days.

“ I'll go with Michael and Cora. "

As usual my father tries to tell me what to do and how to behave, my mother gives me a forced smile and says she is sorry. I get up from the table and give my mom a kiss. I'll have to get ready to go. But first I'm going to stop by Penelope's house to apologize for Laurie's deplorable attitude.

I get out, tell Michael and Cora who are on their way. I get on my 1980 Harley Davidson, my jewel, I bought it for a fortune, but it was well worth the cost.

The noise it makes when it whirs is more pleasant to hear than a woman moaning. We head for Penelope's house, with Michael and Cora following behind. We leave our motorcycles further down, we continue on foot to the house. We are still outside when we hear voices inside.

"I can tell you're attracted to him, even that bitch Laurie noticed. "

"Oh please Annie stop it will you? I loved my fiancé more than anything and I wouldn't love anyone else like him. "

"But who is talking to you about love? I'm talking about what is obvious. Your desire for him. As soon as the two of you are alone, just look at how you devour each other with your eyes. "

"I will never be attracted to a monster. To be with a werewolf? Someone who can't even stand up to Mason? Never do you hear me? "

These words hit me right in the heart. I didn't know it could hurt this much, in my whole life I've never hurt this much. I am close to crying, words hurt more than blows, I have the proof today. I've been hit a lot in my life, but it has never hurt this much. The door of the house opens on Penelope, as soon as she sees us she gives us a pained look, I look at her and then I turn to leave. I never want to see her again.

I didn't know that in her eyes I was a monster, I never hurt her or did anything to make her say that.

"Cal..." She whispers.

I don't even want to look back. And to think I thought I had feelings for her, never has anyone made me feel so bad, so bad that I regret being a wolf. I was so wrong. About her, about me.

Cora and Michael are behind me, they almost have to run because I am walking so fast. I get on my bike and start. I have never been ashamed of my nature, being a wolf for me is a pride and I would never regret it.

For me it is a real honor, this part of me I communicate with pride, because yes my wolf is a part of me that I can't get rid of. I ride, faster and faster, I need the exhilaration of the thrill, if I don't transform and go running in the forest I let the wind whip my face.

We arrive faster, in the clearing where the meeting must be held. Mich tries to talk to me, but he changes his mind at the last moment when he sees my face close. I am not open to discussion. We walk a bit more and finally arrive at the meeting point. Franck, the oldest alpha, welcomes us.

"Calvin. Son, I'm sure glad you came. "

I draw a fake smile on my lips.

"Me too Franck. "I say before giving him a hug.

"So how is your old man doing? "

"He's fine, but still annoying as hell. "

"I can imagine. " He said with a laugh. "Follow me, we were just waiting for you. "

We head towards a small village where the pack led by Franck is located. I find a whole council already present, in all, we are six. Six packs are present in this area.

Edgar, the alpha of the sun pack, throws spikes at me, I am much too beautiful, charismatic, in short, I am much too everything for him and he is jealous. I make him a finger of honor and everyone laughs.

"Well, Franck starts. Now that we are all here, we can start. I'll get right to the point, the hunters are on our tail. "

Everyone starts talking to say nothing. All at the same time.

"It's impossible let's see. "

"How did they find the wolves among the humans? "

Franck is silent for a moment and looks at everyone, he is getting older and consequently has trouble getting respect.

"Quiet! "I shouted.

All the noise stopped.

"Thank you, son. Well, let's get on with it! The hunters have found us and are coming after us. The poor innocent children, who haven't even discovered their powers yet. "

I clench my fists. How could anyone be so horrible? To attack children who have done nothing, who have not asked for anything.

"But how is that possible Frank?"

"They found out about the notebooks. "

Everyone stands up. The notebooks are our family tree, so to speak, and inside are all the werewolf families in each pack, each pack has one. Ours is kept by my father, safe in a trunk. I've always thought that mentioning everything in a notebook was stupid, what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands?

But no one ever listened to me and in the end it turns out I was right.

"But how did they find out about the notebooks? "

"I don't know son, but I need your help. They've taken Damian. "

Damian is Frank's grandson, he could not give birth to an heir and instead had a daughter. Who today is married and whose son was to be the new alpha. I put my hand on his shoulder.

"You don't need to ask. You can count on us. "

He shakes his head without saying anything. All the wolves in the meeting stand up and turn Mich and Cora do the same. I take off my shirt and let the wolf take control.

The transformation is not painful, it's just a strange sensation as if electricity is flowing through your skin. Once transformed, I let out a rallying cry to which all the wolves respond and we head straight into the forest.