The Mate I Rejected

As It Should Be

Hailey's POV

I don't know how much Lulu knows about witch craft but I am now convinced that this is a Grimoire. My father brought back the book a few hours after he took it and after that I had a problem with not knowing what it was. I went online and I did a bit of research and I found that this Grimoire was very old, at least a few hundred years old, according my research Grimoire's dated back thousands of years ago, the research said that the older the Grimoire, the powerful the spell's.

I am not a witch so I don't know how true is that. This thing bothered me so much that I struggled to sleep and when the morning came, I didn't wait for Lulu to come for her book. I waited for my father to go out and after that, I found my way to shiela's house. I didn't even know if she would tell me about the Grimoire, witch business is not my concern, especially since my kind hunted them. I wish I knew why and maybe I could understand why the did that in the first place. Shiela was in her garden.

" Shiela... Are you home?" I called out for her.

" In the garden." She yelled from the back of the house. I left the house and went out back where I saw Shiela working her garden. She had on gloves and a garden scissors on one hand.

" You are up early..." She said with a smile.

" Actually, I didn't sleep much." I said.

" What's the matter?" Sheila asked me.

" My friend gave me this, I want you to look at it. " I said to her. She finally stopped working and put down the scissors. She stood up and came to me.

" Let's go inside." She said and we went inside her house. We went into the kitchen and I took a seat.

" I'll make us some tea." She said. I took the book out of my bag and put it on table. She came to the table with two cups, she gave me one.

" Where did you get this?" She asked me. She looked rather shocked.

" Do you know what it is?" I asked her.

" Yes... It's a spell book, a Grimoire, I haven't seen one like in ages...It must be very very old." She said.

" I thought as much, my friend gave it to me. " I said. She opened the book and read a few pages.

" This book has some of the most powerful spells, it's old magic. " She said.

" Old magic?" I asked her with a puzzled face.

" Yes, the old witches had powerful magic and so they were able to do powerful spells, as time passed old magic died out as the new witches lost their powers." She said.

" How did old magic die?" I asked her.

" Just like werewolves have different packs, witches have different covens, we all have different magic but unlike werewolves, we are all connected. If one of the covens has problems, their magic affects other covens. It is said that one coven lost all of its magic and as a result it set off a domino effect on other covens, they didn't lose their magic but it got weaker, that is how the old magic was lost, without the power to do powerful spells, Grimoire's like this one became all but useless. " she said.

" Interesting..." I said.

" Who gave this to you?" She asked me.

" It's actually my friends book, she said that it has been passed on from her family for generations. I wasn't sure but when I first touched it, I felt something, I knew then that this book was full of magic. " I said.

" Interesting... " She said.

" What's interesting?" I asked her.

" Only powerful witches can touch a Grimoire and feel it's powers." She said.

" That can't be right, I am not a witch. " I said to her. She knows very well that I am a werewolf.

" How much do you know about your family history?" She asked me.

" The same as everyone I guess. " I said to her.

" Alright then... so your friend, is she a witch? I am guessing that is the only reason that she could have something like this in her possession. " Sheila said.

" She said no, maybe she doesn't know that she is. " I said to Lulu.

" Hailey not all witches are bad witches and not a witches are good witches and if your friend is a witch and she hasn't told you she is, my guess is that she is hiding something. Go back and tell her that you don't know what the book is until we know what her intentions are." she and the she froze, her eyes went to the back of her head.

" Sheila, Sheila what's wrong?" I asked her.

" I just had a vision... Go home child, today is going to be a hard day for you." She said.

" What's that supposed to mean?" I asked her.

" Go home Hailey. " She said.

" Sheila please tell me what you saw." I said to her.

" I can't child... I will see you again soon." She said and turned her back on me. I was confused but I was defeated. Sheila is one of the most stubborn people I have ever met and if she said no, there is nothing I can do to change her mind. My phone rang in my pocket, it was a text from Lulu, she was at my house. I left Sheila's house and I went home.

I went in the house and found my father sitting outside on a porch with one of the guys from the pack.

" your friend's here." My father said.

" She texted me. " I said and went Inside the house. I went upstairs to my room and found Lulu sitting on the bed.

" Hey you..." I said and hugged her.

" Hey back at ya." She said. I put the bag on the table and took out her book.

" So where were you?" She asked me looking at the book.

" I went to see that friend I told you about. " I said to her.

" Oh... did they tell you what this book was?" She asked me. I know what the book is but Sheila was right, this book didn't end up in her family by accident and if she can't tell me the truth then I can't let her know that I know.

" Unfortunately no, she said that she has never seen anything like it before. I am sorry I couldn't help you. " I said to her. I took the book on the table and handed it to her.

" Oh... you know what? You can keep it and perhaps maybe do a little more research on it." She said.

" Are you sure about this? I mean this book must have been of great value for your family to keep it with them all this time." I said to her.

" Well it's just sitting around gathering dust, I would rather you find out what it is ." She said.

" Okay then..." I said.

" Do you hear that?" Lulu asked me. I kept quiet and I heard it too.

" I think my dad is arguing with someone." I said to Lulu.

" Well let's go and see what's happening." She said. We went out and went downstairs.

" It's probably nothing..." I said to her.

" Well let's hope so..." She said and we both laughed as we went down the stairs. The noise didn't stop infact it sounded like something was breaking.

" I think that you should stay here, it could be dangerous." I said to Lulu. She is not like me, I can fight better than most men I know so I know that I can take care of myself.

" Are you sure? Maybe I could help." She said.

" No, I'll handle this, you can go back to my bedroom." I said to her.

" Are you sure?" She said.

" Yes." I said and went into the throne room. I saw the broken table on the floor and the Moon Alpha and his son's. I know my father said that their meeting went well the other day but why did he come here? I was worried, especially since I heard my father raising his voice.

I went in there and my heart stopped beating, I saw Ashton. Our eyes locked, I felt my blood boiling, I have never in my life had a man who made me mad by just looking at him. How did he even know where to find me and why was he with the Moon Alpha and his sons. I have seen the moon Alpha and he was always with his two sons and I have never seen him with Ashton. I suppose he is one of the Moon packs werewolves. I finally got my answer about which pack he comes from.

"What's going on? What are they doing here?" I said with venom in my voice. There's only but a few packs left but the Moon pack has always been our biggest rivals. The fact that my father raised his voice meant that things were not going as good and well as I thought they would be.

" Baby we have to talk." He said and pulled me to his office. He went in and I closed the door behind me and took a seat. I was confused and I needed some answers.

" Dad, what's this about, what are they doing here?" I asked him.

" I thought that I had more time, this is not how I wanted you to find out about this. " He said.

" What are you talking about?" I asked him.

" There's no easy way to say this so I'll just rip off the band aid. You have been promised to one of his sons, they came to get you. " He said.

" Get me?" I said. I know what he said but it was like I was not hearing him. It sounded like he was giving me away to them.

" Yes babe, I am so sorry, this was not how I planned to do this." He said.

" No, you can't do that to me, tell them that you have changed your mind. " I said.

" I can't. He called for a Regala Madura if we don't do this then you would be putting the whole pack at risk, I have to honour my promise, it's the way we do things. I wish that there was a better way to do this. " He said.

" Better way? You are giving me away to one of your biggest rivals? I am a daughter of an Alpha, a granddaughter of one, I was born to lead and now you are asking me to leave my whole life, my home, you want me to go to a place where you know good and well that I won't be treated with equality.

I won't do it, I am not going to marry that man whoever he is, he is not my mate and he will never be one." I said to him.

" I might be your father but I am still your Alpha and this is an order, You will be a good girl, be the strong woman that I raised you to be and go with them, you will marry him and he will be your mate, one day when I am gone, your first born will take over the pack." He said.

" No! You can't do that, how can you do this to me?" I yelled at him as tears came running down my face.

" I know that you won't see it right now but this is for the best, I am sorry." He said and stood up. He left the room and went back to the Moon Alpha. I heard him talking but I was too angry to listen to what he had to say. A few minutes later two of the guys from the Moon pack came into his office.

" Let's go sister, your new home awaits you." One of the guys said.

" No, don't my come near me." I said. My father stood on the door way.

" Take her..." He said and they grabbed me.

" No! Take your hands off me. " I said as I struggled to set myself free. They wouldn't let me go. They took me from my home kicking and screaming and my father just stood there and did nothing, he watched as they took me away from my home. I saw Lulu looking at me with a shocked face.

" Hailey..." She called out my name and tried to run after me but my father stopped her.

When Sheila told me that I had a difficult day ahead of me I had no idea this was what she meant. I think I know why she didn't tell me what her vision was, I would have probably ran away if she did. I would have never agreed to marry into the Moon Pack. I wonder what my mother would have said about my father's decision, how could he let himself get into that kind it trouble? He made himself a bait and put the pack at risk. For the good of my pack, I have to do what is right for the pack. The Moon Alpha is heartless, I am guessing that this was his plan all along. He wanted a way to warm his way into our pack.