White Alpha |h.s|

17. Truth

Noelle



I had been staring at her for ten minutes now, in the moonlight. Here she was, in human form. My mother. We sat on the edge of the hill, dangling our legs. No words spoken, none needed. Our embrace was all it took. She sat calm, as if she was sleepy, but wide awake. Her eyes glance to me, and she smiles,

"I thought you'd have more to say, Noelle." We laugh,

"I just-I'm just- You're..." I sigh heavily and wrap my arms around her middle. She chuckles and wraps her arms around me. Rocking gently, and rubbing my shoulder. Something I've wanted to feel for a long time. A mothers comfort.

"I know, sweetie, I know." She kisses my head.

"Mom? I don't even know where to begin-"

"Perhaps, the beginning?" She smiles down at me. I laugh,

"Sounds good."

"Well, by now, you know that Derek, is your father." I nod," Noelle, I love Bill. Or should I say, loved. After awhile, being with a asshole gets to ya. He was so caught up in being a hunter- he forgot that his best friend was one. Derek was always there for us, and it was wrong of Bill to treat him the way he did. If I was completely honest...I've always had a thing for Derek," She pauses, to look back at him. I smile, "It was all by chance, my dear. It was one of those things where you take a risk, so you don't regret it later. I never knew Derek was your father, until one night I was filing some paper work and came across a report of yours and I put two and two together. "

"Does Bill know?" I lay my head against her chest, as she pulls me closer. I feel her shake her head,

"No. He'd probably kill me, if he knew." My eyes widen, "Nonetheless, the night I left, Derek and I had to attend to some reports by the community of a rouge leader, fending on innocent mundanes. Derek advised me to go get you, and head to his house. Something wasn't right. On the way home, I was attacked by said rouge leader. He wasn't after me, though. I don't know who he's after. That's what Derek and I are still trying to figure out. But this leader...is smart. He made it look like I was in a car crash, and animals just tore my body away. Derek found me, and brought me back to his house, and was fixing me up. I was bitten. But since I was kind of close to death, I went full wolf. It took me...I don't know how long, to figure out what had happened, but when I did, I started looking for my way home. And someone saw me, and told Derek. Now, I'm here. Anything I didn't cover?" She lets out a breath, as do I.

"I don't know." I look up at her, she tucks hair behind my ears.

"How about we head back to Derek's, and go from there? I could use a shower." She smiles,

"Wait, how did you change back?" I say as we stand,

"Well, that's-"

"Jocelyn! Noelle! Run!" I hear Derek shout, Mom and I whip around to see a whole pack of werewolves appear from the woods, roaring and ready to fight,

"They've found me," I hear mom mutter, before she grabs my arm and leads us off. We all start running, I'm already gasping. Not from being out of breath, but from slight fear of the gaining animals behind me. Searching through the blur, I see Harry running with Sage. I make a bolt, bringing Mom with me to run with him. He doesn't look down at me, or acknowledge me, but I see him let out a short breath. We run into a clearing, but stop short. We're surrounded.

"Everyone pair up, and kick some ass!' Derek roars, as he half shifts. Mom pairs with him, Niall with Louis, Liam with Zayn, they both shift. Liam a big chocolate brown wolf, Zayn a redish brown. Sage runs over to me, while Harry stays on his own. He doesn't shift, and stands, while two brown wolves circle him.

"What is he doing?" I gasp, Sage shakes her head,

"What he does best," She looks down at me, before looking at him. Just as the wolves pounce on him, he flares his arms out, breaking their necks with a single blow, "Killing."

I think Sage has lost it. Either that, or I'm dreaming.

Hearing a growl, we turn around, to see four black and brown wolves, bearing their teeth. I gulp,

"Don't be a pussy," Sage says, before taking a stance, "You're stronger than twenty of them." She screams before she begins fight off two of the wolves. She's a fucking HUMAN!? At least, that's what I thought?!

I jump when I see the two wolves closing in, I swallow hard and watch them. I sense that one's going to attack from behind, and the other in front. Taking a large breath, I see them start to pounce. I jump high and kick them both in the snout with the heels of my boots, before coming back down. They squeal before snarling and coming back for more. As if something takes over me, I take these two wolves like nothing, kicking, punching, and screaming. One after another, they fall, as more arrives. When I think I've got the last one, I'm caught by surprise when one knocks me to the ground, roaring with it's bloody mouth in my face. It's much to strong for me to flip him. He raises his paw, his red eyes digging into mine. Gasping, I flinch and wait for the blow. But it never comes.

I feel a weight lift off me, another wolf attacked him, they roll around, growling, snarling, scratching, biting, until one squeals and falls to the ground. It was the wolf that saved me. Looking around, as I stand up, I see everyone but Harry. The wolf that attacked me runs off, leaving the light brown laying lifeless on the ground.

"Harry?" In the moment everyone rushes to this lone wolf, I realize just who the wolf was. The air in my lungs dissipates, and I freeze, "No...oh no..." I mutter, and stumble over to the scene. He's covered in blood, now back to his human form. He's pale and lifeless, it's just enough to cause my stomach to churn.

"He's not fucking breathing!" Derek screams, searching for the wound. "Oh fuck- shit-..." He says quieter, I swallow. He looks up at everyone,"He was scratched. Over the heart. It's deep..." He looks down,

"Well-" I squeak, "Don't just sit there! Do something!" I scream, feeling the tears welling in my eyes. I push Sage and Niall aside, to kneel next to Harry. I put my hands over Harry's wound, applying pressure, "Do something!" I scream at everyone, my eyes blurring. I feel the tears leaving my eyes, and blood seeping through my fingers. Looking down at Harry, I feel light headed. "Help him! Help him, damn it!" I hear someone calling my name, before everything fades to black.

Why can't anything be okay in this hell of mine? That was the last thought that crossed my mind, before passing out on my unconsious boyfriend.

Good job, Noelle. Good job. 

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