Third Person’s POV;
“Accept our condolences” Said the voice making people feel a chilling cold passing through their body.
“ELIJAH!” came out of Rose’s mouth like an automatic reaction.
“Hello, Love. I must say lace and dresses suit you better” his voice softened a bit when his eyes fell on his mate who was wearing a knee-length black lacey dress that was belted delicately around her waist.
“Wait! Your mate belongs to the family of hunters?” Cole glared at his son.
“Details details” Elijah replied nonchalantly.
‘Have I seen her before? Why does she look so familiar?’ Alpha King Cole thought as he stared at her in confusion.
Liam suppressed his smile while Alpha Luke and Matt were equally shocked.
Oliver hid Rose behind him which resulted in a loud threatening groan from Elijah,
“Hands off my mate!” he said menacingly.
“She doesn’t belong to you!” Mike said coming forward hiding both Oliver and Rose.
“Oh hell, she does!” Elijah said standing up from his place.
Mike turned towards his daughter and asked him in a suspicious tone,
“How do you know him, Rose?”
“I….” Rose swallowed hard.
Elijah observed the nervousness and beads of sweat dripping through her nose.
“Talk to me, not her” Elijah demanded removing the focus from her nervous mate.
“Why are you here?” Levi demanded him.
“Because your little puny brothers forgot their place and attacked my son last night” Alpha King Cole said folding one leg on another showing no sign of worry.
“Your son killed my brother” Levi shouted angrily at him.
“They tried to kill him first. They shot him four times!” Alpha Luke replied still relaxed in his comfortable seat.
“You attacked him first?” Mike looked at his brother in disbelief.
“He is lying brother! That’s what werewolves do. They lie!” Uncle Levi was shaking when his brother looked at him with suspicion.
Levi, William, Mike, and Oliver removed the gun from their pockets to point at them but suddenly, the windows of their home broke and a bunch of werewolves came inside, circling them.
The rest of the females who were standing outside also came inside screaming as they were circled by the werewolves.
“Mary?” Alpha King Cole suddenly stood up from his place when his eyes fell on the familiar face.
“Cole” Mary replied while swallowing hard.
Their faces were overflowing with emotions. Their eyes were as wide as flying saucers.
“You know each other, Mom?” Rose asked in a muddled tone.
Elijah looked at his father and then Rose’s mother and the corner of his left lip twitched into a smirk.
‘Hell, I knew it!’
Flashback*****
“What is it? What is troubling my dear nephew that he had to call me here urgently?” Crystal asked gently.
“Tell me everything you know about Mary Dawson” Elijah asked her making her confuse by his question.
“Why are you asking me about HER all of a sudden? Why remove the dead skeleton from the closet” Crystal asked in confusion.
“Maybe because I will be needing that information soon” Elijah replied not giving out any information.
“Is this why you sent me that text and called me urgently?” Crystal asked with a sigh and Elijah nodded.
“Okay. You know that she and your father had a thing in the past. Quite serious actually that we thought that they would end up together, even though they were not each other’s mate” Crystal began her tale and Elijah listened carefully asking questions where needed.
“Mom said she was your friend too” Elijah asked and Crystal nodded reminiscing of the past.
“Yup we were close until she broke up my brother’s heart, obviously. You know, that b*tch found her destined mate and left the pack to marry him” Crystal said still harboring hate for the person she once called her bestfriend.
“I know this much. I want to know more” Elijah said making Crystal look at him wearily.
“That’s all I know” Aunt Crystal replied but Elijah wasn’t buying it.
‘She is lying’ He thought.
“So, about this mate of hers. Is he a hunter?” Elijah asked directly and closely observed the change of expressions on his aunt’s face.
“What?” Her face turned pale. Nobody was given this information all these years.
“Did she marry a hunter? Is she Mary Blue now?” Elijah asked directly making her flabbergasted.
“How did you find out?” replied Crystal which gave the answer he needed.
End of flash back******
“Mary!” Mike groaned and Mary broke eye contact with Cole.
She looked away as Mike was still glaring at her. She stood behind her husband and looked down.
Alpha King Cole rolled his eyes.
“Mom! How did you know him?” Rose asked again.
“You don’t need to know that” Mike replied plainly.
“But dad…” Rose was about to continue but was shut by her father’s anger voice.
“ROSE!” Mike shouted and Rose was surprised as this was the first time her father raised his voice at her.
“Nobody shouts at my mate!” Elijah growled letting loose his Alpha aura which was affecting each and every single person in the room. It was suffocating them.
The least affected was Rose, Alpha King Cole, and lastly, Alpha Luke was a bit more affected than those two.
The rest of people grabbed their chest and held what was next to them to stabilize their bodies. They were suffocating to death with every passing second.
“Elijah, stop it. You are hurting them” Rose said urgently looking at her family with worry.
“Elijah, please. For me!” Rose nearly begged and Elijah removed his influence. Everyone took a deep sigh of relief.
“Do you really want to know how your mother knows my father, love? But firstly, do you even know your mother’s true identity?” Elijah asked looking her straight in the eyes.
“My mother’s true identity?” Rose repeated after him blankly.
“Yup. My dear, your mother is a werewolf” Elijah replied giving a look to Mary who was looking down not meeting any one’s eyes.
“What nonsense! She is a normal human being!” Rose said standing in front of her mother protecting her from the looks she is receiving.
“Have I ever lied to you before?” Elijah asked in a serious tone and Rose shook her head.
“Still, ask your mother for confirmation!” Elijah said. Rose thought for a moment and then turned toward her mother.
“Mom, is he telling the truth?” Rose asked gently.
Mary glared at Elijah and growled before replying,
“Yes”
“WHAT!”