SKEPTICAL...

  The pottage made her mouth water with the first spoon mainly because she hadn't had much to eat since she left her home. After the several spoons, she stole a glance at the woman seated in front of her, silently watching her eat.

"You are quite hungry,"

She nodded. Somethings were still a bit confusing to her. For a start, why she felt oddly comfortable around this woman.

"I haven't had any good food since the day before yesterday."

"It took you two days to get here," Aaliyah stated.

"I got lost a few times even though I didn't know where I was headed." With another spoon, she shifted the empty bowl aside. "Thank you," Tasha said to her.

"I know you have so many questions, so I'll spare you one."

Tasha hesitated before asking, "how do you know me?" Weary of the woman's answer, she leaned back slightly on her chair.

"I am a woman of magic Evans, I haven't know you for long but I've dreamt about you, several times. I was the little voice always in your head, urging you to leave there."

"Why?" Tasha had to ask. "I was fine there."

"You didn't belong there. You are different, you belong to the world of supernatural not humans and you are a living proof yourself," Aaliyah said to her.

"That's the thing, I don't want to be. I want to be normal like everyone else." Tasha said.

"But you can't be. It's your fate that you can never be normal, the sooner you accept it,the better for you. I brought you here so you can learn all you have to to fulfill your destiny."

"What destiny?" Tasha asked slightly frustrated.

"A great one. When you accept it, the rest becomes nothing but easy." Aaliyah told her.

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"The Alpha is injured?" Gamma Logan asked as he walked in a pace similar to his Luna's. They were in a hurry.

"No, it's Luca, he fell victim of Lampard's pack attack." Aisha said. They finally got to the room which they were directed. Without wasting any time, she intruded.

"Where's my son?"

"Aisha," The alpha caught her right on time before she got to her son. "You shouldn't be here!" Alpha Scott said.

"I want to see my son, let me see my son!" She yelled. When Scott didn't let her move another inch. She turned to him. "Scott please let me see him," but Scott continue to whisk her away from the scene, keeping her in his hold all along.

"Scott," she finally whispered against his chest. "Please don't let him die." Sounding vulnerable, Scott face softened. The last time he had seen her this broken was the time she lost her sister, Danica.

"He. Will. Not. Die," Scott firmly said. "Listen to me-"

"No-"

"Aisha!" He shook her shoulders bringing her teary attention back to him. "Our son will live, I promise you."

The door to the room they just came out from opened once more. Coming out from the room was Luca on a bed as they rolled him towards the surgery room.

When Aisha saw the state her son was in, she buried her face in her mate's chest and cried loudly. The Alpha's gripped tightened on her arms. He wanted to lose it there and there, but he had to be Aisha's hope. He willed himself to stay strong too. He needed to be strong, for his pack and mate and most especially, for Luca.

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Tasha found Aaliyah again in her little garden. A basket filled with grapes sat on the ground, next to her.

"Thought you were asleep," Tasha shook her head.

"What's with the grapes?"

"There's a village nearby, it's were I come from. I have to get these there on time." Aaliyah said to her.

"Oh, okay."

"You can come with me if you like."

Tasha's brow raised. "You wouldn't mind?"

"Of course not. It's not like you'd remain here forever," Aaliyah said before turning to walk awz

"Why? Are you going to send me away?" Tasha followed her steps hurriedly.

"Honestly," they both paused and Aaliyah turned to look at her. "You know that you do not belong here. I know that here, it's best you go to a play with people like you." With that, Aaliyah continued her steps into her cottage.

Tasha stood for awhile. Her mind taking a turn on how things were turning out. She didn't even know she had been waiting for quite a while.

"It's getting dark. You should get in just in case of wild wolves Tasha," Goosebumps erupted on her skin and she stilled when she noticed the uncomfortable quiet woods.

"Coming," she rang out immediately. Aaliyah shrugged and went in, Tasha followed suit.

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The chirping of birds was the sound that made her open her eyes after hours of sleep. She frowned when the Ray of light coming from her window met her eyes. She turned away immediately.

Never for a moment had she thought she'd feel this relaxed since she ran away from the orphanage. She climbed down from her bed to get ready for the day.

"Took you a while to get dress," Aaliyah said to her, immediately she opened the door that adjoined the kitchen and the outside world.

"I'm sorry, it took me sometime to find the river." Tasha told her. But she only hung the large bag over her shoulders.

"We leave now, we are late."

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Aisha walked up her husband. "How is he now?" All he could do was sigh and shake his head.

"The doctors managed to stop his bleeding but the silver is stopping him from healing."

"But he is supposed to heal,"

Alpha Scott looked away, avoiding her eyes. It was then she knew something was wrong. He was not telling her everything, there was more.

"Tell me, Scott. You promised not to hide anything from me." She pressured but Scott shook his head, meaningfully hiding his teary vision. "Huh, you shouldn't be doing this to me, he's my son too okay,"

Alpha Scott hugged her to calm her upfront in case she decided to throw a fit. "The knife was poisoned Aisha,"

Her hands went limp against his back but he didn't release his hold on her. "He might die Aisha."

"I can't lose him Scott. If anything happens to him, I don't think I can bear it." Aisha said to her mate.

"I know Aisha, he's all we have. I cannot stand the thought of losing him too. Seeing him unconscious even, keeps my wolf on the edge." Scott said.

"I want them all to pay," Aisha said. At first, she was unsure if that statement actually came form her. A frown came upon her face when Scott released his hold in her. His eyes pierced hers, trying to know if his hearing was intact.

The woman who would always do everything in her power to stop him from being violent is urging him to slaughter?

"I want them all to die!" She pronounced. Instead of saying anything, he hugged her fiercely when he saw her eyes swell up with tears. "Will you do that for me?" She asked, holding unto his shirt as if her life depended on it.

"Your wish is my command, my love."

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