Legendary

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Chapter Seven of Legendary

"So you're telling me you don't have a mate?" I ask Kayla as we sit on a bench. "Yea, I know right? I'm twenty two!" She exclaims and I laugh. "I'm eighteen." I say and Kayla stands up so I do to. "Where to?" I ask. "Bed." She says and stretches, her shirt going up in the process. I look at her skin. "No way!" I say in surprise. "What? What is it?" She says confused. "Darren has that same mark!" I smile at her. "So?" She says, doing a different stretch. "Darren told me that people that are mated to an Alpha have a mark there and yours is the same as Darren's!" I exclaim. "Oh my fucking god I'm the Alpha's mate!" She squeals in delight. "We have to go see him. Come on!" I pull her up from the bench and we run into the house.

"Darren!" I yell, searching for him. "Yea?" He responds. "Come here quick!" I say and pull her into the living room. We sit down on the couch and Darren comes in and sits on the other. He looks at me first and then Kayla. "Who's this?" He asks tilting his head and looking at me. "Your mate." I answer simply. "You found my mate?" He asks happily. I didn't know it was possible, but I smiled even more.

"Come here." He asks her and she gets up. Darren stands and they hug. "What's your name?" He asks her. "Kayla." She responds simply. "Kayla." He whispers mostly to himself. They pull apart and hold hands. I feel nothing but happiness for them. "My work here is done." I say and start to walk away. "No, please stay." They both say at the same time. I turn back to them and smile.

"Would you like me to make dinner?" I ask, trying to avoid being the third wheeler. "Sure." Darren says. They sit on the couch and talk about themselves to each other while I happily make spaghetti. Once I'm almost done, Luke sets the table. I bring the spaghetti to the table and Luke had already called them. I dish it out for them and myself. I set down the pot and sat down.

"Thank you Scarlett." Darren says and I smile and nod. We eat and laugh about Darren and Kayla. I'm happy if they are happy. Darren and Kayla decide to clean up afterwards and I go to my room. I read till ten, and then go to bed. I wake up and hear some yelling. I check the time and see that it's 10:39. I get up and get dressed. As I walk through the halls I locate where all the yelling is coming from; the office. I open the door, probably a big mistake.

All eyes snap to me and I feel myself shrink. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude. I just got woken by the yelling and wanted to see what it was about." I say honestly. Darren walks over to me. "It's okay. It's about you anyway." He says and motions me to sit down. I do as he says and pay attention.

"The Bloodstone pack has been seen on our borders. They are the most powerful pack in the United States and I think we all know why such a large pack would come after our little one. You." He says to me and my stomach drops.

"We thought packs would find out, but not this soon. It's only been a day." Darren says running his hands through his hair.

"We are going to war." He finally says. "We don't know how long it will take for them to attack but we want to get there before they do. We will be leaving asap." He informs us. I nod. "Scarlett, it's your choice if you want to come or not. Knowing you, you're going to say yes." I nod and smile.

We disband and I grab some personal things. I know they'll take me, they are a huge pack. I get my clothing bag and put all my items in there. It's a small bag, so it won't get in the way when I'm running or fighting. I just realized now that when I shift my necklace doesn't break. It stretches around my neck. I shrug and carry on to the back yard, where I'm guessing everyone is meeting.