The Alpha's Twins

Dessy Returns

"Y-y-y-you're Alec's.."
"Ex. Yes, I am." She smirks at me and raises her eyebrows as if she's challenging me. Something in me told me not trust her and not tell her where Alec is. I take a deep breathe and wait until my heart slows before I say something.

"Why have you decided to come back now?"

"I need to speak to Alec and Apollo. Mostly Alec. Why? Do you have a problem with it?"

"Yeah I do, I don't trust you and I don't think your intentions are purely to just talk." I fold my arms and untwist my knees to stand straighter.

"Yeah, you're right. It's not purely to talk. But whatever his body chooses to do, isn't my fault." She smirks once again.

"Look over there! What is that?" Desdemona shrieks and points towards my town. I turn around but there's nothing there but bush, trees, and the path that leads to the backyard of my house that I created years ago.

I whip my head around and air rushes next to my head but there's nothing there anymore but the river that flowed. She was gone, and I had no idea where she was headed but it was most likely towards the palace. She played me. A sudden urge to go to the palace and protect my pups rushed through me but every fiber in my being fought back. I was confident Alec would protect them and I didn't want to be around him right now.

I head towards the path and walked into the backyard of my house. The lights in my brother's room were off so he was either out or asleep. An ache in my heart pressed onto my chest with heavy force, and then I realized that I missed my brother and my friends. The old life I had was far less complicated than my life now: crushes, parties, gossip, school, ballet. A life without all the drama that Alec has brought into my life. The days when I wished to meet my mate I now regret because I had no idea what I was getting myself into at all.

I stand at the front of my house for a couple of minutes and images come back to me of the times when I never had a thing to worry about. When my parents were alive, together, and happy and my brother and I would play in the tall grasses of our backyard. A tear bobs in my eyes and I wipe it away before it fell on my cheek. I stroll towards Wolfsbane Avenue and towards Eclipse's house. I miss her as my best friend and it's time that her daughter and my twins meet. I walk towards her door but her house isn't there. Instead, a pile of ash and dead wood. No. Please God no.

I rush towards the house and there is nothing there. I close my eyes and take a deep breathe to calm the thoughts that won't stop rushing through my head. My best friend who I've been ignoring and pretending didn't exist for days may be dead. I hold my stomach to keep from vomiting.

"Hello. Ma'am, are you looking for Eclipse Montane?" I turn around and I see a woman around her fifties cocking her head at me walking towards me.

"Yeah,"I sniff and wipe a tear off of my cheek before she can see,"do you know where she is?"
"Yeah that fire there started when Eclipse and her family were out. They moved across the village near the open meadow. You should look on Meadow's Land between Vermont Avenue and Thompson Place, okay?" She places a hand on my shoulder and gives me a warm smile which gives me a little bit of comfort.

"Thank you very much." The neighbor heads back to her house and I start to jog. The goal is to avoid all of my former friends. Unfortunately, the meadow is all the way at the end of the town which means I have to jog through most of the neighborhoods where my friends and their mates probably live.