Azura

Lincoln

A/N: Yay! We're back with Lincoln! Enjoy!

Have ever smiled so much to the point where my face physically hurts, but you're too happy and unconsciously continue to smile? Yeah, that's me, ever since I laid eyes on Azura. I'm in the car with Lily, Jazz, Cam, and Alex and I can't get over how beautiful she is, every feature of hers is literal perfection.

'Moon Goddess knows best.' Marc comments.

Yes, she does.

I get out of my thoughts when Cam, whose driving, begins to ask me a question, "So, what 's you plan? I mean like, what are you going to tell your parents? Are you going to tell your parents? Just so that we know what we can and cannot say."

I hum, "Good questions. I actually wasn't planning on telling my parents anything. But now that you mention it, I think I'll tell them about Marc coming back." I answer.

"Why not just let them know about Azura as well?" Jazz asks. Alex smacks her in the back of the head and Jazz lets out a pained 'oww' and 'what the hell' before looking back at Alex to see him shaking his head in shame.

"In all honesty, I want to tell them when I tell her about what I am and see if she accepts me. If I tell my parents any earlier they'll be mad that I haven't told her about what I am, ya' know?" I explained.

Jazz with raised eyebrows and puckered lips nods in understanding.

Even though I'm an alpha by blood, I don't have as much of a need to be in control as most alphas I know. Other alphas want to be idolized and looked up to like their god, but I'd rather just have their loyalty and respect. I just want the people in my pack to know my title and set the basic boundaries anyone should when speaking to someone of higher power. In reality, I don't even expect the level of respect I'm supposed to get right now because I'm only 18 and still haven't mated, so I won't take over as the true alpha until my mating is complete, for traditional reasons.

'Traditional reasons my ass.' Marc scoffs.

I rolled my eyes at him. It honestly feels so great to finally be connected with Marc again. These past eight years have been difficult, our connection was lost during a large turning point in my life, right at the start of my alpha training. I had started getting involved with pack meetings and decisions, my transition into becoming an alpha was hard without Marc to support me and the obvious stares from the other soon-to-be alphas, only made my experience worse. They saw me as weak and incapable for not being able to connect with Marc, or for rather losing the connection.

*flashback*

It happened when I was 10 years old.

It was a regular just like any other, my parents, my younger sister, Clem, and I were spending a day at the park per Clem's request. Everything was fine, I had been playing tag with dad, while mom made some sandwiches for lunch, and Clem had been digging in the dirt.

Then I felt it, a pain so horrible the wind gets knocked right out of you. There was a constant burning and throbbing sensation all throughout my body. The heat was unbearable and was spreading through my body like a wildfire, I collapsed to my knees. I couldn't breathe, so I began to claw my throat: a useless action but I had no other options. I could hear my father yelling my name, but it sounded so faint. I couldn't tell if my father was shaking me or if it was just me, my entire body felt nothing but the excruciating heat, everything else I was numb to. I couldn't understand why this was happening to me.

The pain had become too much for my ten year old body to handle, and it gave out but I remained semi-conscious. I could hear mom yelling my name as if we were at opposite ends of a tunnel trying to speak to each other.