"Why do you always have to make things so hard for me? I just want to make you happy!" he suddenly bursts.
Turning around, the usual affection present in his eyes when I see him has morphed into anger, clouding over his usually soft blue eyes. It's...
With a resolve to start a future together, we broke the news to her other sirens that they would not need to be there at the island anymore and with that, they left to find another witch to guard. That was our reason for living after all. Lena had been at that island for over a century before I arrived and had never once left so it was bittersweet for a lot of us.
Back on the island where I grew up as an alphas daughter, the stories of witches, mermaids, and vampires were all just bedtime tales meant to scare us. If only I knew that I would become one of those creatures that I always regarded as fantasy. Like any other 'normal' child, I and the fellow werewolf pups would play pretend as these creatures, them as the villains and us wolves as the heroes who would always end up on top. If only I knew how accurate that would really be.
As we were to leave, I had only one wish for Lena before we would start our lives together, and that was to say goodbye to my former pack. I knew for a fact they would think me dead. All other passengers aboard my ship perished when we were attacked and when I made the choice to leave my wolf behind in favour for a mermaid, our link was severed. To us, that only meant a fellow pack member had died.
I came to my pack by myself. Wading through the sea with the excitement of seeing my parents again, I had hope that they would find peace with finally knowing my fate and that I had found my mate; even if it wasn't the typical arrangement I was raised to believe having a mate would be like. However hopeful I may have been, I still could squash that naggling feeling that I would be let down.
Emerging from the shoreline and walking up the beach towards the trees, I know they can feel me here. As I wait for them to come to me, I gaze along the island where I grew up. All these memories of me and the fellow children running around and splashing around in the waves. Looking back, I would've never imagined the turn my life has taken. I was always brought up to believe I would one day grow old enough to have a mate and follow in the life my parents had. Lead the pack, provide heirs, and train them to do the same. I never really thought about how unappealing that sounds to me. I always dreaded growing up and having to face my responsibilities, but now that I've been given another path, I can't wait for what lays ahead.
Emerging from the treeline, the warriors of the pack start toward me in their wolf form, only to skid to a stop. Confusion and shock fill their expressions. I know they want to run forward and embrace me, but my sudden return and strange scent is throwing them off.
Then, I see my family.
Mum, dad, all my brothers and sisters, staring at me with tears in my eyes. I know I have tears rolling down my checks too. To spend my entire life with them with me, only to have the past year apart from them with no contact was overwhelming. But now that I'm back to tie up loose ends, I can't help but think of how little I would want to come back to this life.
Starting forward with my arms wide, I hear warning growls from the pack warriors, the same people I grew up with telling me to get back. I know then that even if I wanted to come back, I am no longer welcome here.
"What happened to you my child?" Booms my father, the Alpha, voice even and sure, but sad nonetheless.
"I was saved dad, the ship was attacked, all onboard perished but me. I was saved, but in order to be saved I needed to change into-"
"You should have drowned," he cuts in harshly.
Mind running a mile a minute, I stagger back as though I've been hit in the cheast. Looking to my mother, she stands firm with my dad. Looking to my siblings, they only look on with tight jaws.
All of their faces look decades worn and tired, despite being only a year sind I saw them last. My death must have impacted them, surely. They must still love me at least a little. With this new found hope I start again.
"I did what you wanted, I found my mate. She-"
"SHE??" My mother piques in.
"You are an utter disgrace. You should have never come back, I have kept sane knowing you're death was only an unthinkable accident, but this only taints my memories.
"Giving us hope but coming back, only to show up as an abomination with a female mate makes me sick. To know what my little girl has become..."
A once strong speech by my father trails off and it seems too painful for him to continue. Thus, my mother dutifully steps in to help.
"You must leave Drucilla, and never return. You are no longer our daughter."
And with that, I turn away from my old life and jump into the cool water. Swimming until I'm drained. Only then I let myself weep.
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