Prophecy in the Eye of the Wolf

Chapter Seven

It had been almost a week since I had arrived at the Crystal Moon Pack. Pretty much the whole pack had heard of my arrival by now, but I didn't really talk to anyone about it.

But then there was Mason. He was pretty awesome. He was fun. We hung out everyday, racing through the territory, playing games in the game room, watching movies in the living room. But there seemed to be something that both of us didn't know about each other. I still remembered that day perfectly clear.

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I growled at Mason as we played around in the woods. Mason leapt at me, but I ran off with barks of laughter. The two of us ran through the forest, tongues hanging out of our mouths, smiling at each other.

Suddenly, a shiver ran up my spine as a howl rose in the air. Mason froze. I stopped. "What?" I barked.

He looked at me. "Intruders," he answered. Another howl rose in the air. "Stay here," he ordered me. "I have to go."

Mason started to run away, but I raced after him. "Woah, woah, woah. What are you talking about? I'm not staying back here without you. Why do you have to go? You should stay back, let the adults handle it," I tried to reason with him.

Mason spun around. "No! I can't! I have to go!" He snarled at me.

My eyes went wide as he yelled at me. I backed up a few steps, slowly lowering to the ground in fear. Mason immediately stopped, his expression softening to apologetic and concerning. "I'm sorry, Sammie, but I have to go. It's my job."

I tilted my head to the side. "Why would that be your job?"

He sighed as he averted his gaze. "Because...I just have to, okay?"

I shook my head. "What aren't you telling me, Mason? You can trust me." I took a few steps towards him, my voice gentle.

Mason sighed again. He looked up at me. "Because I'm the future Alpha."

Okay. I had to admit, that was not what I was expecting. "Future Alpha?" Mason nodded as he hung his head. "So your father is Alpha Drake?" He nodded again. "What's wrong with that? Why didn't you tell me that before?"

He looked up at me. "Because of the way you treat me. Usually, whenever someone finds out that I'm the future Alpha, they just give me tons of respect and act like I'm all high and mighty. But I just want to be treated like I'm normal. And you did. So...I didn't want you to start treating me different because of what I was."

I smiled and trotted up to him. "Mason, I would still treat you the same. As you may have noticed, I'm not a normal werewolf." Mason glanced up as I gave him a goofy wolf smile.

Mason laughed. "Thanks, Sammie. But still, you need to stay here."

I shook my head. "You're not the only one with a job," I smirked. Mason looked at me in confusion. "I think your future Beta will be needed, too."

Mason looked at me in confusion. "Future Beta? But that would be the child of Brian, but he doesn't have any kids, so we haven't decided who will be my Beta."

I smiled. "Of course, you do. I will. How could I not?" Mason continued to look at me in confusion. That's when the realization hit. "You don't know..." I whispered.

"Know what?

"Do you know who your father's Beta was?" I asked.

"Duh, it's Brian."

"No," I replied. "Before Brian." Mason looked at me puzzled. "Josh Felman was the previous Beta of the Crystal Moon Pack. My father was the Beta."