Chapter 6
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Diana couldn’t help but stare into space as she awaited the arrival of either her brother or Howard. She was to be discharged from the hospital today and none of them were yet to show up. The man in her dreams didn’t show up last night and that bothered and placed her on high alert. She couldn’t even reply to Brittany’s cheerful greetings and the latter didn’t seem to mind. Diana was always in one mood or the other so she understood.
She was dressed in a plain white gown and Brittany had braided her hair into a fishbone braid. She wore a pair of low black pumps as she started moving around more on her own. Every part of her has healed physically except for her unreachable memories.
Suddenly the door opened to reveal her brother, the Alpha, dressed in a crisp black suit. His hair was brushed to the side of his blind eye to mask both his scar and his eye patch. Diana just noticed that they share many resemblances. They had the same brown hazel eyes but Diana’s were flecked with a touch of faint green if you look closely. They both have the shade of Auburn hair but there is one streak of black among the many locs on Diana’s head.
The siblings have the same oval-shaped face and the same pouty plum lips gotten from their mother. They could pass easily as twins even though the alpha was five years older than her but his features were hardened since he wore a scowl every time and practically growled every one of his commands. Diana’s features were softer and she radiated a warm glow.
” How are you doing peaches?” He asked offering her a smile. She flushed but returned his smile, a memory suddenly flashed in her mind and she held her head in pain.
Flashback
She and Leonard were under a tree, she panted heavily and forced her breathing to normal, he was lying on the ground Stark naked few meters away from her. He looked brutally beaten and was covered in dirt as if someone flung him from a far distance
” Damn peaches, you can’t just ridicule an Alpha like that. Your wolf is too strong” He rasped trying to calm his breathing, he still had his two eyes and they were softer.
The flashback ends with Diana grabbing her head in pain. She remembered the memory because Leonard called her Peaches, the same nickname he had called her in the memory.
” Are you okay?” He asked, concern flashing through his face. She took a deep breath and nodded, she wouldn’t tell him a thing, she still did not trust him.
” just a slight headache I think” She rasped out to mask the pain of remembering something for the first time. He shrugged his shoulder and led her out of the pack hospital to a Range Rover parked in the garage. He opened the door for her and she entered while smiling at him gracefully.
” hmm, how did you get your scar?” she blurted out suddenly immediately he started the car. He stared at her for a while and sighed.
” I’m sorry I shouldn’t have asked” She flinched at his expression but he just wore a fake smile and continued driving.
” It was the vampire king. He tried to hurt you and I stepped in to protect you so I ended up like this” He answered her out of the blue, this made her frown at the thought of those evil creatures as Howard had called them. They have been mortal enemies with the werewolves from the beginning and decided to attack them because they were jealous of the werewolves’ interactions with the humans. While the Vampires had to live in hiding, the werewolves could mingle with humans when they wanted still, the werewolves lived in packs away from human intrusion but they protected the weaker race against the bloodsuckers.
They brought an army of vampires against the pack of werewolves intending to eradicate them Alpha Leonard stepped in and defended them bravely but they were forced to live in total hiding. A witch cast a spell that made the pack house invisible to both humans and the Vampires.
” I’m sorry” She muttered but he just chuckled.
“It wasn’t your fault peaches. If I don’t protect my little sister who will?” He said but Diana only nodded. The Vampires were evil, what if her brother wasn’t there? Then the vampire king could have killed her? She shuddered at the thought.
A few minutes later, Leonard packed in front of the pack house, five gigantic buildings that housed over three hundred pack members. In between the house were large fields here Diana could guess we were the farms. Immediately the gate opened, Diana was surprised to see small houses for mated wolves who wanted privacy. The packed house was like a small City, with the essentials. She was impressed by the way everyone in the house related to each other. They looked like a big family.
Immediately the Alpha opened the door for her, she could see everyone coming out of the respectful houses and rooms, they made their way to the big hall awaiting their Alpha and his sister’s arrival they
They all gave her a warm welcome when they stepped into the grand hall located in the middle of the five buildings, everybody wore faces of happiness to see their Alpha’s younger sister even though some smiles were forced. Diana suddenly felt small as anxiety washed over her from the intensity of the many eyes staring at her at the same time. She wanted nothing but to hide behind her brother to avoid their gazes.
” Why fear them when you can easily crush them with just one finger?” A smug feminine voice that sounded similar to hers but stronger and rougher whispered inside her mind. She whipped her head around to whoever it was that said that, but the presence left her the moment it said those words. She wondered if she was actually going crazy or if she was just imagining things.
” What is wrong?” Howard asked as he walked closer to her. He held her hands as he noticed her discomfort but she only kept quiet and said nothing. There was a kind of force that restricted her from telling all of them certain things like the appearance of the strange red eyes man in her dreams and now the voice in her head. She frowned briefly but allowed him to offer her his comfort for a while.
” Nothing I’m just not used to many people” She lied and gave him a fake smile, he pulled her closer and engulfed her in a hug, the entire cooed watching the interaction.
The Alpha announced to welcome her back to the pack after being in a coma for three years. Murmurs filled the entire hall but they kept quiet after seeing the gaze on the Alpha’s face. Tension cleared out the murmurs as Diana wondered what was going on. Everybody looked like they were communicating with each other through the mind link.
Suddenly a woman cried out in the crowd, she was already shifted halfway. Baring her teeth at Diana with a mad look dominating her face. Her actions were treasonous but she doesn’t care. She glared at Diana like she was dirt.
” If every one of you is pretending!” She shouted moving and clawing her way out of the crowd. Others have her a warning gaze but she doesn’t care.
” I won’t pretend nor would I feel happy that the person who killed my mate woke up from a coma she should have died from!” The woman shouted angrily moving closer to Diana who cowered under her gaze. If the Alpha wasn’t angry at the rude interruption before then he was furious as the woman moved closer.
” Another step closer and one more word from you!” The Alpha gritted out
” And what? You will kill me the way you pushed my mate to death?! You and your sister will die! I curse you! I curse you, Diana! You are..” The Alpha’s claws were buried deep inside her heart before she could utter another word. She gasped as she looked at him straight in the eye.
” At least I will be with my mate” She sobbed as she took her last breath. Diana was horrified at the scene of someone dying in front of her. Howard placed his hand on her lower back to offer her comfort.
” Ah I was hoping little Diana wouldn’t witness such being her first time in the pack house but she left me no choice. Take care of this” Leonard said wiping the blood of the woman from his hands. Two pack warriors carried the dead body away instantly.
” Now that the rude interruption has been discarded. I would like to announce the next on the agenda” He continued while everyone wore an expression of happiness as if they hadn’t just witnessed their Alpha murder a pack member.
” My beta, Howard will take my sister Diana as his wife and mate at the next crescent ball”