ALPHA FEMALE

CHAPTER THREE

Angelica looked at her parents and bursted into fits of laughter.
"Okay, that joke was funny try another one," she said amidst the laughter .
Her mother held her hand and stared into her eyes. Angie saw the seriousness in them and kept quiet .
"What do you mean Mama?" She asked already dreading the answer .

"It's true darling ."

"How? I have my photo album from when I was a day old so how comes I'm adopted?"

"Sixteen years ago, a woman showed up at our doorstep. She was heavily pregnant and wounded at different parts of her body. She was very weak and requested us to shelter her. Your Mama and I had been trying for a baby to no avail. That night she gave birth to you , named you Selene and handed you over to us. She never told us her name but told us that she was saving your life and we should give you a different name. She disappeared and came back on your first birthday disguised as a social worker so no one knew her real identity. On the second birthday she came but left in a hurry and on the third she came and left a letter and a drawing on our doorstep. Since then we've not heard of her."

Her mouth trembled as her body shook from the tears that threatened to pour out. She looked at the two people in front of her, the people who made her who she was, the people who loved her unconditionally such that she never suspected she wasn't theirs, the people who had their heads bent down ready for a rejection from her.

"You are my parents even though you never sired me but I need to trace my roots so I can be at peace with myself ," she said after a while .

The food was brought but her appetite was long gone. Her thoughts were far away.
"Angie , the food is getting cold... "Her mother said .

"Did she leave any clue on her whereabouts?" Angie asked absentmindedly while playing with her fork

"Come, let's give you the letter and the drawing maybe you'll make sense of it or rather the wolf in you will make sense of it,"Clinton said

This made Angel to growl at the back of Angelica's mind causing her to turn around looking if anyone had heard it.
"Did you hear that Mama and Papa?"

"Hear what?"they asked in unison

"Never mind."

The letter was still neat , Angie could still smell a faint scent of strawberry. Maybe it belonged to my biological mother, she thought to herself . The letter was short and looked like it was written in a hurry.

My dear Selene,

I know you've seen this letter after turning sixteen. I have no time to explain everything but just know that I left you for your own safety . I won't give you any clues because you were born to be a leader and that involves finding a way out of difficult situations.

There is a drawing that will guide you. Angel might be familiar with it. Bond with her,she needs you as much as you need her.
The longer you take , the harder the journey, the more your people suffer .

I placed a spell on you when you were born so no one would track you down but it weared off during your birthday so now you're fragile and anyone can track you so be very careful and don't trust anyone.

Your loving mother .

Angie took the drawing and analysed it. It was a picture of a wolf that had blood dripping from it's mouth, the lower part was human but the upper part was animal. It was injured and raised it's claws, that were also covered in blood , towards the moon.

She imagined her first encounter with her wolf and felt her presence in her mind .

"Are you familiar with this drawing?"  Angie asked her

"It does look familiar but I can't remember where I saw it. Though it is a pack logo."

"What's a pack?"  Angie asked again

"Talk to your parents first then I'll tell you all about our kind," Angel answered and blocked Angie from communicating with her.

"Angie ! Angie ! Angie ! Oh my God! She's not responding Clinton what do we do?"

"Mama, I'm fine . I was speaking to my wolf that's why I spaced out. Is there something else you want to tell me?"

Harriet handed her another paper similar to the one that was her letter.
It read:

To the Reeds,
Thank you so much for taking care of my baby girl for me. I knew I entrusted her to the right people.
On her sixteenth birthday , please lock her up in a room that is soundproof and even put loud music because she's not a normal human and that will be the beginning of her real self .

The letter was not signed therefore it had no clue whatsoever.
Her life had changed in just a few days and now a whole specie of people were depending on her to save them when she knew nothing about their existence or their way of life.

She bid her parents bye , informing them that she needed to know her people and their ways and only her wolf could answer so no one should interrupt her.

Confining herself in her room she asked in her mind
"Please tell me about us."

"You know we're werewolves. And we live in packs. Each pack has their own territory and their leader who is called Alpha, his mate called Luna, the second in command is the Beta and his work is to ensure that no harm comes to the Luna, the third in command is the Gamma and he's in charge of training and security of the pack territory . Each pack also has it's way of division and they live in a pack house except those who have mates and want to start a family ." Angel explained

"Then we have rogues. They are wolves that committed serious crimes causing them to be chased from their packs. When they stay alone for long they develop a thirst for vengeance and their animal part becomes domineering over the human part hence their aim is always to kill. Oh my God!!! This can't be..."  Angel started panicking

"What is it Angel? you're making me scared."  Angie said

"There is this one rogue who built a rogue kingdom , inviting all supernaturals including vampires, witches ,warlocks and werewolves that had been chased from their people . They are the strongest and they are causing chaos to different kingdoms."

"So how is it connected to us?" Angie questioned

"That drawing is their logo!" Angel snarled .