The Wolf In Me

Part 1 The house I grew up in

My eyes stared at the empty entrance hall that once was filled with joy, love, friends and family. The hall resembles that beauty and the beast hall where they danced for the first time together. It was as wide as I remember it but it looked bigger as it felt empty.

Darkness consumed it as the closed curtains stopped the light from entering. Mei started to open them up and with the sun coming in I could now see all the details. The brown hardwood floors looked grey with all the dirt on them.

Spider webs all over, dust everywhere vases broken and trashed on the floor.

I felt a tear running down my cheeks. I remember the last day like it happened yesterday.

"Now, now darling. Don't be sad," She said wrapping her arms around my waist. "We are here to fix what has been broken." I looked at her with sad eyes.

"This is what my father has built and what my mother managed to break. Can't you see what damage all this time did? How can I forgive her? This breaks my heart."

Mei looked at me with motivation.

"Look at me Luka! Look at me! listen, you are an alpha. Since I am lucky enough to be your mate, I am automatically the luna of the pack. Together we can manage to conquer and salvage everything. Let us start from here."

She looked at the surroundings, then continued to talk.

"When we finish cleaning everything we will bring the pack back to this house. We give them chores like before and we teach them to survive. The vampires have endangered our species so much especially around these parts and we need to be strong and ready for when they return this coming winter."

I looked at her as she reminded me of where it all began.

"Vampires," I mumbled. "I'm ready Luna! I'm ready!" Now I felt like I did have a duty after all.

It was time to get my hands dirty literally to do what my father waited for me to do all these years.

The day the doors of this beautiful place were shut closed was the day the vampires attacked us. Everybody fled except my mum, dad and me. We hid until we were sure that all the vampires were gone. Dad did not want to risk our lives since he was not expecting such an attack. The pack was not strong enough to fight and so fleeing was an order so that dad would be able to save the rest.

"Shhh, quiet. Stay here, I am going to check on the situation and come back for you," Dad said quietly.

"But Dad, what if they are still here?"

He looked me in the eyes for a while exposing his red alpha eyes, then turned around and left my mum and myself alone hidden in the dark.

We started to clean and the hall took us hours to bring it back to life. She hooved the floor and we both washed away all the dirt from it. I threw away all the trash that we collected and dusted the beautiful staircase.

"There. Look at it. Isn't it beautiful?! All we need is some new stuff like vases, new curtains and a freshly painted wall."

I looked around the hall and felt satisfied. It felt more fresh and clean.

"I couldn't have done it without your help Mei. I am so lucky to have such a positive mate," her cheeks blushed as she looked down at her toes.

It was time to have a look at the kitchen. It was a disaster but we did need more help. We couldn't clean everything ourselves. The packed house was enormous and so we planned on bringing everyone back now to help us.

Mei called Jake and Steph so they would be the first ones to come. We waited for them just outside the entrance to greet them there.

"Hey you," Mei called out when they came out from the car.

They rushed through the garden that was still a mess and both hugged Mei. We let them in and explained everything starting from what happened to me and also our plans for the future.

"So your father was the last alpha to rule this packed house?! I was still very young to remember even being here. Now our pack are scattered everywhere around the globe but I can help out with bringing everyone back," Jake said enthusiastically.

My eyes focus on him and I felt like giving him some importance so I grinned and placed my hand on his shoulders.

"There is something I want to offer you. Since I am re-starting the pack, will you be my beta? We do need someone by our side to help us out," I told Jake, watching his eyes widen.

I looked at Mei for reassurance and she smiled and nodded. Jake stared for a while then stood up from the stairs and started pacing along the hall.

"Beta? I have always dreamt of being by an alpha's side. Oh gosh! Yes of course! I'd love to be your beta!"

He looked up at the ceiling and raised his arms as he jumped twice to express his excitement. "Can I come in for a hug alpha?" He asked.

I opened my arms and he rushed in for a man hug. "Damn I am so excited" he announced.

Mei and Steph giggled as they had their arms wrapped in each other's watching silently whilst Jake was overjoyed.

"Steph does not think that you don't have a job to do. You are still so young and need to learn but I know that you love love, love cooking. How about being the head chef and take care of the kitchen for us? I... we, trust that you would make a great job."

Mei looked at me smiling as Steph squeaked with excitement and goofed around the hall dancing and screaming.

"You have no idea how I'm feeling right now," she said running around.

"Yes, we can tell," Mei said both of us laughing.

"Right, now beta Jake, are you ready?" His bright green eyes looked at me waiting for an order.

"I am as ready as can be," he said, moving closer to me.

"When you are done bringing everyone back I need you to help me train my pack. I can tell that you do some kind of training by looking at those abs and strong arms. Bring them in good use".

He nodded and smiled.

"I would be pleased to help in that sector too. My job is playing European football so I have been training every day all my life. I can bring everyone's muscles back to life," he said grinning.

Jake left to start his mission and Steph left with Mei to show her the kitchen. Since I was left alone I felt the need to go check more rooms starting with my parent's old bedroom. As I unlocked it I could still smel my mum's sweet perfume and with my astonishment, I have found my father's necklace that he always used to wear around his neck. I thought it was gone but it was laying in the drawer of the bedside table. I held it tightly in my arms.

"I will make you proud papa. I promise you!" I said aloud.

Then I hear a shuffle and turned around to see Mei looking at me as she rested her body on the door.

"You will make him proud," she said with a smile exposing her beautiful white teeth.

I showed her the necklace and she took it to help me wear it around my neck. I started to clean it and decided that the large beautiful room would be mine and Mei's.

I heard Jake's car return and I went downstairs to the hall to receive the news. He managed to find a good amount of the pack still around this area.

"They will be all coming tonight to join the pack. They were extremely excited and enthusiastic to know that the alpha has returned."

I couldn't be any happier.

"I knew you would do great as a beta. Well done Jake," I said, patting him on his shoulder.

I felt more ready now knowing that I had people that were willing to help me build back what was lost. Mei found some old photos of the previous alphas that were all my bloodline and she hung them neatly on

the wall as you go up the stairs. I smiled and we both stared for a while at the picture of both my parents together and myself smiling wide still very young on my dad's strong arms.

"That was the best time of my life Mei."

She turned to face me and smiled whilst she hugged my chest.

"We will one day have our photo hung up amongst the other pictures," I continued, kissing her on her head.

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