Rejected and Beaten but never once Broken.

Chapter Fourteen- The Final Chapter 6 Years On..

Life never fails to surprise me, I have had two great loves in my life, the first was Ryder, he showed me love when I thought I was unloveable, he gave me my three beautiful children, he showed me my powers and what having a family really felt like. I also have Lucian, who by all odds, managed to find me, every. Single. Life, I have lived he has been there over the last six years, helping me raise these little girls they call him "Papa" they know he isn't their dad but they love him like that anyway, these two great loves taught me to love my imperfections and to always believe in myself. Even when everything seemed to fail, they taught me to be strong.

I have been lucky enough to be blessed with Three amazing best friends, Bree, who defied all odds and thrived in life even after her rough childhood, who was always there for all of us no matter what, who brought Courtney and me together, I don't know where I would be without her.
Sarah, who I had only met when I found my first real mate, has managed to bring out the best in all of us, especially Courtney. Even after everything I did to her, still loves me with all of her heart, she forgave me for the worst thing I ever did, who helped when I didn't want it.
And then we have Courtney, the girl whose crazy matches my crazy, who I've had the strongest connection with over the years, who will always be my light no matter what. I don't know where I would be without her. The girl that never fails to amaze me, she has been through so much over her years and we would never have known that she was an immortal unless she told us, she had to watch us die and die again while she lived with the burden of grief and loss, we stop ageing at 25 so we can pull off teenage years if we managed to live long enough.

We have all managed to live the longest lives yet. Everything has changed over the last six years.

Bree and Zac got married and had a baby girl Delilah. She is a mini Bree all over even the sass is all her. They are happy.

Courtney and Sarah haven't gotten married yet, but these girls did the cutest thing, they had both approached me with their rings they were going to propose to each other with, I convinced both of them (individually) that they should do it on the same day, so they both organised to propose when Courtney got down on one knee and Sarah started to cry, then laugh as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her ring as well it was so romantic.

Now I, on the other hand, have no ring on my finger yet. I hope he does it soon or I'll have to ;)
Lucian is taking me out for a surprise tonight and I am not too sure what's going on but Courtney is watching the triplets which is great (night off woohoo!), i met him at the door where he was looking so nice in a completely black tux yummy! While I am wearing a light pink dress that stopped just above my knee, I paired it with a pair of nude heels, with light makeup and my hair draped down my back. I wish I knew where we were going, he takes my arm in his and takes me down to his motorbike, he puts a blindfold on me and then puts a helmet on me, I grab onto him and we ride for a little while, when we come to a stop he hops off the bike and picks me up bridal style and carries me through what smells like the forest, we are walking for about 20 minutes before he gently puts me down and removes the helmet but not the blindfold, he whispers in my ear "remove the blindfold when I say so" I just nodded, the suspense is literally killing me, I think I was standing there for like 10 minutes before he said "you can Take it off now" I gently removed it and what I saw brought me to tears, the waterfall, my waterfall, the place I go when I like to be alone, I don't know how I didn't pick it. The forest around me was decorated in fairy lights and the ground had rose petals all over it and in the middle was Lucian down on one knee with a blue velvet box in his had, I walked closer to him worried that my feet were going to give out any minute, I stood barely a meter away from him he took a deep breath in and started to speak "Trini, ever since i met you a thousand years ago, I knew there was no one else for me, so I made it my mission to find you in every life, and in each life, we never made it to this stage. I wanted to make this the most special and romantic proposal, So Trini Moon will you do me the incredible honour, of spending eternity together and marry me??" I was speechless all I could do was cry and say "yes, of course I'll marry you!" He put the beautiful diamond that must of cost a fortune on my finger and I jumped into his arms and kissed him like there was no tomorrow. He made me the happiest woman in the world, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen, it was that sick in the stomach feeling that I couldn't shake, I jumped off Lucian and ran to throw up. Lucian's eyes went wide, "how could you not tell me Trini? Or don't you know yet?" I looked at him lost until I realised. I'm Pregnant. I didn't realise until now. I was about to speak when I heard a scream through my mind link with the three girls. I shifted into my wolf and bolted through the forest only to see the house completely surrounded by rogues, all I saw was red. In a flash Lucian was beside me, I used my abilities to snap necks, left, right, and when I couldn't use them I ripped them out with my teeth. No one gets between me and my babies, no one. After all of the ones outside have been taken care of, there were still the 15 inside that needed to die, I raced inside to see three in the lounge surrounding Bree, normally she could take them easy, but she looked weak, like she had been fighting for a while, I jumped on the first ones back and snapped his neck, Lucian took care of another, but the third one took me by surprise and tackled me biting into my stomach, my first thought was my baby, Lucian had his head as soon as the rogue touched me, but not before he took a chunk out of my stomach, I brushed it off because I need to find my babies and the girls. I used my healing powers to heal my side quickly, we race upstairs where 12 more rogues were there, surrounding my babies, I couldn't see Courtney or Sarah but I could hear Leilani crying, I was furious, I let out the deadliest growl I have ever done causing the house to rumble and the rogues to all turn towards Lucian, myself and now Bree who looks much better than before, we all went charging at them snapping necks and biting heads off until only one was left standing, the leader he looked deadly, like he was infected with something that's turned him crazy through the mind link I said " Don't let him bite or scratch you, he doesn't look well" they just nodded and proceeded with caution, we couldn't use our powers anymore because we were already weak. We just had to fight him. He charged at us first, he went for Lucian who just jumped out of the way causing this wolf to get angrier, he then went for Bree she slid under him and made it to the triplets which made me feel better, then he went to charge at me. Before he could reach me I jumped over him, extended my claws and scratched from his neck all the way down his back exposing his spine and muscles he growled once more before falling to the ground dead, I shifted and raced over to my babies who aren't really babies anymore, I was so worried but they all seemed perfect. Not a scratch on them. Weird all Leilani could do was point towards the other room, I walked over to the door which was locked, weird, I broke it down only to see my worst nightmare. Sarah drenched in blood with Courtney lying lifelessly in her lap covered in slash marks, I dropped to the floor and screamed, they killed my best friend, I crawled closer to Sarah who just looked broken, and that was something I had never seen before, I just sat there holding Sarah for about half an hour before Lucian came in, Sarah growled not knowing who it was, he wasn't scared of her, he came over too us and picked Courtney up off Sarah and I and took her out of the house, we followed in pursuit, me holding Sarah, Bree with the triplets and what was left of our pack following closely behind, we took her to the waterfall, the secret spot where the girls and I would go and hide when we were scared or wanting to just get away he laid her down in the flowers that were blooming in the grass we all just sat there silently until the sun came up and her body did the most magical thing, it started to turn into flower petals and float away in the light breeze, the Four Elementals, were now three and we don't know if we will ever be okay.
Days passed and I didn't let go of Sarah, she wasn't coping, all she would do is cry, it broke my heart to see her like this, Bree looked after my kidlets while I recovered with Sarah, it turns out I lost the baby when that werewolf hurt me, that was another blow to the soul. Lucian has come in to see me a couple of times, he wonders when I'm coming back to our room, I tell him the same thing every time "when Sarah asks me to leave I will" she hasn't asked yet.
As the months went by I started leaving Sarah alone more, getting my life on track and trying to mourn Courtney in my own way, by keeping myself busy, I am the Alpha after all, it's my job, I haven't been the best Alpha these last few months so I need to get back on track. Lucian has been miserable lately after losing the baby, he has been distant, I miss him so much, I am going to talk to him now "Lucian" I say as I knock on the door he was laying on the bed, I went and say next to him putting my hand on his chest, what he did next surprised me, he pulled me into a hug and nuzzled into me, I whispered my next sentence "I want to have a baby" he looked at me and for the first time in a while he genuinely smiled and that night we tried for a baby....

EPILOGUE
It has been a year since her death, since the rock of our group was murdered, life hasn't changed much, I got married to Lucian, it was a beautiful white wedding but it wasn't the same without her, nothing is, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, I named her Rose in honour of my best friend, Sarah is doing really well, she adopted a girl named Courtney, who looks scarily like our Courtney maybe there is hope yet? I wish she could see how we are all doing. She would be so proud of all of us, Sarah also got a cat, my guess was that she is filling her life up so she doesn't have time to think about the death of her mate. That feeling never goes away. No matter what, I hope that she's okay, I am going to see her now with the good news I am giving her the alpha title. Technically I will still be an Alpha but she will run the pack, I walk up to her little cottage and knock. She opens the door she genuinely smiled at me which is so great to see on this day, "I have to tell you something" I said as i sat down in her lounge room with Rose in my arms, Sarah looked at me funny as I continued "Sarah I am stepping down as Alpha from our pack, Do you accept taking over the title?" She started to cry and then she came over and hugged me, once she got herself under control she spoke softly "I Sarah Light take over as Alpha of the Silver Light pack". I now get to spend more time with the people I love and I'm not always going to be away from Rose, she needs me, Lucian has been so great with her, he really stepped up while, I was away on trips, she has him wrapped around her finger, he would do anything for that little miss, I also have a surprise for him, I am pregnant again, I have never lived long enough to live this full a life. I wouldn't change it for the world, even all the less, and heartbreak. Because life wouldn't be the same.

There are many things I have learnt over the years, One. Never get too comfortable in life, it always throws a curveball. Two. Life can never be all bad or all good, eventually, it finds its way back to the middle. Three. Always trust your gut, it's usually right and Four when you think your angry and moody. Eat something you cranky cow. This is my life and I don't want it to change.
This is the end.