Aurora Dawns

Chapter 1

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Ariana

Vic stormed back to the village, her eyes were puffed by crying and she was covered with half healed wounds. She turned to me and whit a momentum she gave me such a big slap that I flew across the room and hit the wall. My wolf and I wimped in pain as well. She walked to me quickly grabbing me by my neck and growled to my face. Her eyes were lightning with a mad shine and her face grimaced to a cruel smile while she was chocking me. A woman from the crowd stepped next to her and put a hand on Vic's arm. 

- Let her go Vic. - She said, her voice was calm and kind just like always. I had no idea how on Earth could these two be related and how is it even possible that this kind woman is the daughter of Tantrum. 

- Shut the f**k up Charity and take your hand out of me! - Vic shouted at her. - She is the reason why Damien is still alive and your father, my dear uncle is dead! How can you act like this?! - She paid her attention back to me. I felt that I couldn't breath and my vision blurred. I heard another growl from the crowd and Vic let me go finally. I collapsed to the ground coughing and with my eyes filled with tears. My chest whistled as I tried to take big breaths. Charity kneed next to me. She had long wavy blonde hair, light green eyes, a little rounded face with an always cheerful shine in her eyes and her mouth always cornered for a smile. She was as high as Vic and they had similar body composition, but Charity compared to Vic was a little more feminine. She had a nice sim waist, firm little boobs and muscular but still elegant body, while Vic was just tall and slim. She at my back and made circles with her palm on it until I could breath again. Charity was like a mother to me, whenever Vic and Tantrum treated me badly she was always kind to me. She brought me food secretly when those two punished me with hunger, she treated my scars what I got after training. When I finally could breath normally I gave her a little smile and she returned it. I looked at the person who stopped Vic from chocking me and it was the newest member of our "Pack". His name was Carl , he is a tall blind werewolf who came here after Damien's mate, their adoptive daughter, chased them away from their house. I didn't liked Carl or his mate Beth especially but I felt sorry for them.That Frankie could be a real son of a b***h for hurting those who raised and loved her.  Carl turned to me and with his smelly mouth he asked.

- What happened Ariana? Why is he still alive? - I looked at him then my glance turned to Vic who was still angry at me and I saw hatred in her eyes. I'll have to sleep with a knife under my pillow and look at my back from now on always. Nice future.

- I tried to kill him with a silver knife but silver didn't hurt him! Then I jumped at him to break his neck but he threw me to a tree and my bones cracked and I lost consciousness. When I healed and woke up the fight was already over. I sneaked near and I saw that they interrogated and killed Tantrum... - He hummed and asked.

- How did they killed him? - I looked around in the room to see the rest of our rouge pack, they were all terrified and badly wounded. I swallowed a big one and Charity put a hand on my shoulder. I turned to her and she said.

- We all need to know the truth Ariana, even if it hurts.  - I nodded, took a deep breath and started.

- They have two vampire hybrids in their pack. After they wounded several times Tantrum one of them healed him a little but just to interrogate him. The other one a small, brown wavy haired hybrid put her hand on his forehead and when she nodded. - I saw the sad faces all around and felt incredibly bad for being the one who has to tell them. - Alpha Ryder and Luna Ariel got Tantrum by his arms, the vampire hybrids sucked his blood out by his wrists while Damien forced him to watch how they kill him slowly and painfully. After that Damien ran away and I came back. I was afraid... - Some of my pack members looked at me with disgust others with hatred but apart from Charity none of them with understanding. Carl nodded and smiled.

- Well what happened it happened, there is no way to turn back time but you can still correct a little your errors. - I lifted my head at him and asked nervously. 

- What can I do? I'll do anything. - He leaned closer to me and said.

- I know. - After that everything happened very fast. We ran to the ocean near to the famous cliff and they put me in a tiny boat with a silver net. I didn't understand anything.  Carl turned to me before he stepped to his boat and they hid behind some rocks near.

- A siren will probably come to you. My adoptive daughter Frankie. You have to capture her. - I got terrified. His adoptive daughter is one of the most dangerous creatures of the world and he wants me to capture her?! She made him blind and she broke Beth's ankle! I looked at him with fear in my eyes but since he cannot saw me this was a useless expression. 

- How do you know she will come? - I asked him while he stepped back to the boat with Beth and Vic.

- Our scouts saw her being dropped to the ocean but being alive. - Vic interrupted him.

- We need her to kill the Shadow family and get their Pack. Without that siren we have no chance. Now shut up and do your duty , but if you won't success. - She paused for a minute and looked in my eyes with a devilish smile. -  I recommend you to die by the siren's attack because that will be a grateful death compared with the one I'll give you if you fail again. - I nodded and they disappeared in the dark. The night was cold but the full moon shined on the water. My clothes got wet by the ocean breeze , I peered at the water with my gaze to see if I noticed the siren. A little later a dark figure popped out of the water near my boat. It was a beautiful young girl, she had long wavy light brown hair, vivid purple eyes, her skin was covered with tiny white and transparent scales. She smiled at me and she clung to the edge of my boat.

- Whats your name and what are you doing here all alone? - She asked me and I turned to her trembling. My whole body had goosebumps when I heard her voice. It was the most wonderful sound what I've ever heard, like a symphony  of harps and soft violin. She smiled at me encouragingly and I was a little confused, this girl can't be Carl's adoptive daughter she is so kind and beautiful like a mermaid.  She said. 

- I won't hurt you.

- Are you a mermaid? - I  asked and tried not to drop my jaw while looking at her tail. I noticed a few little spikes on her back and her nails were a little longer than normal, but I've never seen a mermaid or a siren before and according to what Carl told me about her appearance this wasn't Frankie.

- Yes. Where are your parents? - I felt a tear running down on my cheek for the memory of my parents. I didn't remember of them I was too young when they died but sometimes I daydreamed about how they could've looked and sounded. She noticed my tear and gently wiped off form my face.I gasped by her touch it was so slippery, soft and kind. I hoped this was really a mermaid because she was the kindest being I met in my whole life.

- They are dead. -She looked at em with sorrow and pain in her eyes. I swear she seemed to feel sorry for me.

- Oh poor little girl, what happened to them? - She  asked but  Carl mind-linked me. 

"- What are you doing you i***t that is Frankie! Catch her! " - My smile turned into a vicious one. So she lied and she is a siren. She probably wanted to kill me and this whole kindness was just a great act! I quickly pulled a silver-plated net from a hidden part of the small boat and before she managed to jump back to the water I threw it over her. I saw how the silver burned her body parts which was out of the water. Her expression changed from kind to furious and pained. I felt a little sorry for her but got afraid when she started to transform. Her white skin got grey, her spikes on her back grew a lot and the looked like knifes. Her face became the most horrifying face I've ever seen. She grew large fangs out of her mouth and her veins got filled with blue blood , her nails turned into claws and she tried to escape but she couldn't. She let out a scream but that moment I noticed that a few pack member got in my boat and started to pull her out of the water. Someone clenched a machine on her neck and when she tried to scream it hit her with electricity. It was similar to a training collar for dogs but a lot more powerful. First she got surprised by the pain and got more violent. My eyes met hers , she now had neon purple eyes and I saw the urge of kill in her eyes. I took a step back and Carl walked to her. When she saw Carl she became motionless and she lost the anger for a minute and that fury I saw a minute ago became fear.

- Hello daughter, welcome home! - Carl smiled at her and we started to go back to the place where we put our boats to the water. - Keep an eye on her! - Carl commanded and I stared at the siren who was looking painfully to the direction of the rocks. She must've noticed someone because she started to sing a painful and sad love song. 

My love, my love

My fearless love

I will not say goodbye

Sea may rise

Sky may fall

My love will never dieGo on, go on

Go bravely on

Into the blackest night

Hold my breath

'Til your return

My love will never die

Oh all the tears I've cried

Oh I may weep forevermore

My love will never dieMy love, my love

My fearless love

I will not say goodbye 

Sea may rise

Sky may fall

My love will never dieSea may rise

Sky may fall

My love will never die

My love will never die  - During her whole performance she was crying and looking at the same direction. All of our pack members had earplugs in their ears except me. Her voice just captured my heart. I knew this was a particular power of the sirens but still it was so magical. Her voice was filled with all the pain you can imagine, it was so sad, so melancholic, but enchanting at the same time. I understood why everybody else had earplugs for a man this sound must be heavenly if its already magical for me and I'm a girl. But something didn't let me rest, she was singing to someone, I forced my eyes to see better but couldn't see or smell anything apart from the sea and the sirens sweet scent. It was the same smell I felt near to the house which belonged to Carl and Beth, but I never managed to see well Frankie. She smelled like sea salt and dewy tulips. When she finished singing she turned to me and looked deeply in my eyes. I saw the disappointment in her eyes and the feeling of been betrayed. She whispered to me.

- Set me free, please...- I looked away , her gaze penetrated my spine and awakened a terrible guilt in me. But I had to stay strong for not long and I will get rid or her or at least I thought. We arrived to a cage far from the cliff and we got out of the boats. A few male members from our pack pulled the hissing and scratching Frankie out of the boat and put her in a little wheelbarrow. She was staring  at Carl and I saw that she became more and more furious and terrifying. We passed through the algae of an abandoned mine. We went until we reached a hidden little underground bunker that will be our home from today until we get back what is ours. They took the siren to a little cave  that had a special cell installed just for her. Carl and Vic was well prepared, but I wouldn't be surprised if this bunker was Tantrum's B option if his first plan goes wrong. They hit Frankie at her head several times until she lost consciousness and they could safely carry her to her cell. It was  very little cell with an old dusty mattress at its right side  and a little toilet in the left  corner.   Frankie was thrown in the cell, they tied her hands with extra strong silver chains and attached to the further side of the wall. Her chains were long enough to be able for her to lay down on the bed and use the toilet but that was all. When they tied her I saw her wrists getting burned and I looked at Carl.

- I know that she is dangerous but she won't be useful to us if she looses her hands. - Carl turned to the direction of my voice and nodded. 

- Put her hands on a bowl of water. She will still hurt but she won't lost hear hands. - He grinned in a very disgusting smile and Vic stepped next to him. 

- Since she worried so much for the siren she will be the perfect person to guard her! - She said with a devilish smile, I looked at her with worried and afraid eyes. I fell no my knees and grabbed Carl's left hand praying to him.

- Please don't leave me alone with this creature. She frightens me! - Carl took away his hand and laughed at me with Vic. 

- At least you will become more tough little one!  Put these in your eyes you are too recognizable!  -Vic said.  I couldn't believe. They quickly brought a few of my belongings which I owned in my little house in the room which had Frankie's cell inside. And they closed the door at me. I heard the three different door locks closing. They left me alone with the siren closed in a room with her. I hit the door with my fists screaming to them to let me out but there was no use. I slowly gave it up and slide down to the ground pressing my back against the door. I pulled up my knees and buried my face in my hands. There was a few light blurbs hanging down from the ceiling.My room had no windows but it had ventilation system. " At least I won't die for lack of air." In the room there was a little separated bathroom with a toilet, sink and a tiny shower next to the door. At the end of the room   was the cell, in the opposite side where the siren's bed was placed, they put mine and I also but a little armchair, a wardrobe with a few clothes and with my books on it. That was all that I had. I looked around desperately in the room and for a moment I thought that it would've been die when I tried to kill Damien than this. At that moment the siren moved and I jumped up at my feet.