Awakening Alpha Henderson

CHAPTER SEVEN

HENDERSON
Why does grandpa wants to see me. I thought about it all along the way as I drove to grandpa's mansion. The Smith's mansion structure had not changed a bit since I decided to move out to live in college. But the once bubbling place of people and servants alike has transformed into a place of abject serenity.

Approaching the front porch, a woman, in her fifties which I was sure was grandpa's personal maid opened the door and welcomed us. This lady must be special to both grandpa and aunt Mira, because the two ladies both exchanged familiar pleasantries and they were all smiles.

"And who is this young man", the woman asked, with curiosity written all over her demeanor.
"Ooh, him, he is the grandchild of that scary old man you work for", aunt Mira said jokingly and the both chuckled in excitement.

She moved over to me and greeted me with a warm hug. I returned the greetings in the most subtle and polite way possible. But, was the hug really necessary?
"Come in, come in", she said. He is waiting for you both in the study.
"Thank you", we both replied and found way into the mansion.

We found way into his study and found grandpa behind his table scribbling on a paper with an ink pen. I tried to decipher what he was scribbling on the paper, but I couldn't.

I waited for grandpa to finish up what he was doing and I took the opportunity to text Lory and give him the right procedure on how he was going to handle the clients coming in today in my absence. Lory can be careless at times. Aunt Mira went about the study looking for new books she could lay her hands on. Grandpa's study can be compared to one of the biggest libraries in Mupin city, a quarter of his wealth well invested in here.

It took a while for grandpa to finish up his scribbling, and his sigh of satisfaction signalled for our attention. With the paper sitting pretty on his laps, he pushed himself towards us for he was wheel chair bound.

"Grandpa, aunt Mira said you wanted to see me. is anything the problem", I asked going straight to the point.
"Yes, I did", grandpa replied.
"Henderson whatever I'm going to say now, you just need to listen to me aptly. This concerns our roots, our history and your nature.
Henderson you have been having troubling nightmares since you turned eighteen and all conventional method has proven futile. This wasn't something those methods could do, it was only if you came to terms with your original nature", grandpa coughed and continued.

"Once upon time, in ancient times, when silver threads weaves itself around the lunar moon cycle. For anytime such happened, a prophecy was always foretold. And it happened on one of those many nights when your mother was still heavy with you in her womb. The saintess of the pack invited your mother and everyone in the pack to the great hall and told everyone that the wolf child your mother is carrying will be born, born under the celestial realm, who is going to be the next guardian of the night for the werewolf race and the alpha of the pack in the near future.

The guardian of the night stands as a gap bridging the realm of humans and werewolves, protecting each one accordingly. That particular position has been left empty for the longest of times causing a deep rift between humans and werewolves. A particular feature of night guardians is their dormancy, unable to shift and harness their power till a later stage in their life, this, is the main reason for your nightmares becoming more brutal than the last.

"And grandpa, what has this guardian and alpha stuff got to do with me", I asked already irritated.

"Henderson, I won't blame you if you don't understand, I'm willing to break it down to your level of understanding", aunt Mira said. "Henderson boy, we are werewolves by nature. We are forever bound to the moon. You are a werewolf by nature, but due to the inherent qualities of the nature bestowed on you by the moon goddess you are dormant for the time being. Subsequently, in the coming days you will realize you are a wolf and definitely have to live up to it.