Chapter 5 - Giselle
As the last thing, I'd like to remember... I woke up that morning with fresh memories of the day Alpha Dylan announced to everyone that the contest for his position in the Pack would happen in the following spring.
The vivid memory of all the eyes on me completely scared me while it also made me understand the smile Noah showed me before he went on stage...
... He certainly knew everything for sure, yet he didn't warn me about any of the Alphas' plans and intentions...
A few years ago, both Alpha Dylan and Alpha Magnolia told me that I should show everyone how powerful I was without being ashamed of what they would think of me.
So I knew it was their way to make me take part in it, as they both always liked to say that I had just as much ability as any other Dominant wolf that lived in our lands.
However, it wasn't as simple as they thought for me since I couldn't understand how I was one of them!
... An Alpha to make things even worse...
But back to what I was saying, they always liked to try to change my mind about the position I didn't think was for me, and they weren't the only ones as Noah always agreed with them too since a couple of years ago, he had wanted to create his own family Pack.
... Which ended up making this side of him even worse after his Mate finally accepted him while sharing similar feelings in mind as my friend...
And so, putting all these thoughts together with the dream I had, I couldn't expect anything good to happen today, making me want to stay in bed until tomorrow came before I heard the creaking sound of my door as it opened... The same noise that would probably make my mother run into my room if it was a few years before Eddy was born.
... It didn't take long after that for me to notice him climbing onto my bed, although I didn't turn around to look at him...
The smell similar to Aaron's was present on him as always while he giggled softly, coming to my side, imagining that I was still asleep... Just as that simple action made me forget about the unknown one, whose scent would always mix with his father in him until Eddy grew up and found his Mate.
A sad reminder of how he wasn't mine, despite how my wolf and I felt about him, and what he seemed to agree to when he sneakily whispered something against my ear that warmed my heart right away...
"Mommy... Mommy, wake up..." That might sound silly, remembering the several times I told him not to call me that when the others were at home.
Yet on that morning, while I wasn't feeling so well, it was enough to make me smile as I turned over, surprising him with a hug when he was about to try to wake me up again.
"Good morning, Sweetheart." Not losing the smile on my face, I soon whispered to him before kissing Edward's forehead as he continued to stare at me with squinting eyes... Making me wonder if my startle had been a little too much for him until he furrowed his eyebrows together like Aaron always used to do when he's pissed off.
"It's not fair! You were already awake! That's not fair, Mommy!"
"I'm sorry, pup. But it would be best if you were quieter the next time. I promise you that I'll not wake up then." As if I could control something like this, I promised him, kissing his head again as he whispered a simple promise back to me. "Yes, I do."
"... I love you, Mommy!" And so, unexpectedly, Eddy said out of the blue to me a couple of minutes later, hugging me back with his little arms, yet before I could say the same to him... I felt his scent approaching until he knocked on my door.
"Hey! Is Eddy there with you?!" Shouting from outside, I didn't know if he did it on purpose like Ronnie to provoke me... Or if his knowledge about Werewolves truly disappeared while talking to me, as it was impossible for him not to know that it was unnecessary, seeing how many years he lived in the Pack.
"Yes, he is! You can come in!" But nothing about this mattered right now, as I yelled back, sitting up on my bed while Edward was still lying in my lap.
"... Why that doesn't surprise me anymore... C'mon, Eddy! Let's go, or you'll be late for school!" Letting a sigh escape his lips first, he spoke next, calling out to the pup who just seemed to prefer to ignore him strangely on this morning, hugging me even tighter with his little arms.
"Eddy... Stop ignoring your father and go with him now." Wanting only to help, I said to the little one who was awake for sure as I heard his little giggles that were muffled by the blanket while Aaron came to my bed with an angry look on his face.
... As always, being in the same place as I seemed to annoy him, and today from all the other days, he chose to don't hide it...
"You don't have to say anything; I know how to handle my son." Even his voice seemed to agree with my thoughts now as he told me this before holding Eddy, trying to remove him from my lap. "C'mon, Edward! It's too earlier for you to want to be this mischief! So let go of her right now, or we both will end up getting later!"
Somehow as if that was a good argument to use with a child, he kept trying to take the pup from me, only for the little one to hug me more tightly, leading him to look at me angrily for one second time as if it was my fault, despite my attempts to help him.
"C'mon, Eddy. You need to go to school like all the other good pups."
And doing my best to ignore what he had told me a few minutes ago, I tried to convince Edward about how all his friends would be there to play with him while not expecting that his following answer would make the mood in my room colder than the weather outside...
"No! I don't want to go today! I want to stay with Mommy! I want to stay in the store with you!"
... And right away, when my Mate's eyes met mine again then, it was enough for me to think that I wasn't wrong... My dream had truly been an omen about how today would be a terrible day as I felt like I was losing my breath.