Third Person’s POV;
“I must say, Aunt Mary, you made a mistake!” Eva announced in a disappointed tone.
“What?” Rose asked in confusion.
“A grave mistake indeed” Nova added with a nod of agreement with her sister, rather than answering Rose’s question.
“What do you mean?” Mary added in a muddled tone.
“You should have married, Alpha King Cole. He looks half of his age” Eva commented looking disappointingly at Mike.
“Is he even aging?” Nova asked in wonder.
“Excuse me!” Mike groaned and Mary chuckled.
“Don’t mind us, Uncle, It’s just Alpha King Cole is still so fit” Nova said dreamily making all the men cringe.
“We mean you are fit too but Alpha King Cole must have abs and that muscular body” Eva couldn’t help but add to their disappointment making them vomit in disgust.
“He is giving me daddy kinks” Nova said with dreamy eyes fanning herself to show the hotness she felt in his presence.
“What is daddy kink?” Olivia asked naively.
“Nothing you should know” Oliver added strongly giving the sisters a look which they readily ignored.
“And don’t even start me talking about Crown Prince Elijah” Nova took a deep sigh of ecstasy.
“Enough, stop yourself before I get offended!” Rose said menacingly with a smile making a cold run through their spine. Eva and Nova sealed their lips instantly but the want for the protest was clear on their faces so she added,
“You can take your kinks somewhere else. Stay away from Alpha King Cole and don’t even think about my Elijah!” Rose nearly growled which made Eva and Nova jump back in terror.
She accidently let out her aura which scared the sh*t out of her cousins.
Mary held her hand to stop her from letting her aura lose.
“Still! Rose gets the perfect guy!” Laina said under her breath and kicked her leg on the floor before storming into her room.
“It’s called ‘FATE'” Rose childishly shouted from behind.
“Are you done?” Oliver rolled his eyes.
“Rose, Mark, come with us. We need to talk to you guys alone” Mary said getting a nod from Mike.
“I am also coming with you” Oliver added hurriedly.
“No Oliver, you should stay out of it” Aunt Stella said while grabbing Oliver’s hand.
“Thanks Stella” Mary replied with a blank face.
“No problem” Stella replied back with a lack of expression as well.
Rose, Mark, Mike and Mary went to the basement to discuss the most important matter. Her soulmate bond with Elijah.
Once they were inside the basement Mike locked the door. Mark and Rose gave each other a look before their mother started to speak.
“Rosey, Elijah is not the right guy for you” Mary said gently but it made Rose agitated immediately.
“And father was right for you?” Rose asked enraged.
“Elijah belongs to the enemies” Mary added making her even more mad.
“And father was your childhood best friend?” Rose asked with a hint of sarcasm.
“Rosaline Blue! Stop back answering me!” Mary screamed in frustration.
“Oh hell, I am going to back answer today! You ran away with your mate the moment you met him even though you were in a committed relationship and you are trying to keep me away from my mate!” Rose screamed back in anger.
“You need to understand, that things have changed now. Werewolves hold a deep grudge against us, especially your father and I. The Alpha King Cole himself hates us. What do you think his wife will do to you when you enter the pack house?” Mary asked already imagining the worst case scenario that her precious Rose will have to face.
She was just worried sick for her daughter’s safety in the pack house as everyone from the werewolf community hates Mary and held her accountable for the chaos that erupted back then which was really her fault.
“Honestly, it all happened because you ran away. None of that was my fault. They can’t punish me for my mother’s mistake” Rose retorted back making Mary look down in shame. Rose wanted to stop but she wanted them to understand that she will not back down on her decision.
“I don’t know if you have noticed that or not, but Alpha King Cole still tried to protect you today when Mark and I tried to blame you. Although I won’t say that I saw love in his eyes, so I think, it might be for the sake of past friendship. Also, Elijah is there to protect me and I trust him completely” Rose said confidently but her words fell on deaf ears.
“Elijah is a werewolf, Rose!” Mary shouted angrily but Rose’s next statement shattered the ground beneath her.
“So am I! If everything Elijah said till now was true, that means I am a werewolf too! am I not??” Rose snapped making Mary stunned.
“You are a werewolf too and Dad was a hunter but you still made it! Then why can’t Elijah and I can make it work when we both are werewolves?” Rose asked furiously.
Mary was speechless for words; her eyes were popping out of her sockets in clear shock. Even Mike was speechless. They tried everything in all those years to hide Rose’s true self from her but she still found it out.
“You hid everything from me! How dare you do this to me! That herbal tea, it was wolfsbane, wasn’t it? How can you do that to your own daughter?” Rose shouted again losing control over her emotions.
Mary tried to answer but Rose held her hand straight to stop her mother from talking,
“Don’t even try to lie to me! I know it was wolfsbane!” Rose said in a straight voice leaving no room for discussion.
Mary looked at Mike for help but he was of no use as he was too stunned to speak. Guilt was eating him out.
“You were slowly killing my inner wolf! You were keeping me away from my reality. Why did you do this to me?” Rose asked, warm tears started to fell on her cheeks.
There was a pin-drop silence for a minute as Mary gathered her courage and finally said.
“Just to give you a normal life, sweety” Mary said softly but wasn’t having any of it.
“Did I ask for it?” Rose asked irritated.
“You are not old enough to make such a decision!” Mike tried to say in calm tone.
“I am bloody 23 years old! I am an adult and mature woman who can make her own decisions. You should have asked me if I wanted to be a werewolf or wanted a normal life but you decided to lie to me and hide things from me” Rose said and then pointed towards her father before saying,
“You helped her, Dad. You are equally responsible for this mess!” Her voice broke.
“We were protecting you. We were just trying to give you a life away from this bloodshed” Mary insisted but Rose shook her head in denial.
“You should have protected me from hunters, not my own true self. Right now, you are still trying to control me. My wolf will die if I don’t change until I am 25” Rose said making Mary gasp in surprise.
“How did you know that?”