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I walked into the small office and saw the Alpha and Luna sitting on the same chair. The Beta cleared his throat and they turned towards us at the same time. "Reese." The Luna addressed and stood up coming towards me.
She pulled me in for another hug and this time she didn't get hurt. I didn't hug her back through, I have gone three plus years without contact and this just felt wrong. "I see you got our message." Alpha Greg nodded at me when the Luna finally pulled away and smoothed down my hair.
"Just before I took off, yeah." I nodded and looked away from his eyes.
"It's a good thing we counted on it getting to you and you accepting. Since it is the middle of September and some of our pack, including our son, went off to college just last month, we are calling everyone back to accept you in. Our daughter is still in high school. Her name is Genevieve. Our son is Ian." He went on to explain a little bit more about what his daughter has been doing and I knew what I could do to get her to stop. I just had to convince her that what she was doing would mess her up in the end.
"Did that institution school you?" The Luna asked and I opened my mouth and then thought about it.
"I am still supposed to be in school, I have most of my senior credits but not all of them." I told her and she huffed and nodded to me. "Is that a problem?" I asked slightly worried.
"No Reese, in fact, that means you can go to school with Genevieve." Alpha Greg told me and I just nodded and stood there. "Oh, right, come with us." He walked past me and the Luna wrapped one arm around my shoulders and pulled me along.
"The Beta's name is Samuel, he likes to me called Sam." She told me and I nodded. "His mate is Caroline and she is actually a teacher at the school you will be going to." She informed me that she was the cook at the hospital near by.
I listened and tried to keep up with the way we were going so I could find it on my own later. "We have this room set up for you, it is right next to both of our kids... our son isn's around so I doubt that you will see much of him. He just started his third year of college and wanted to get out of the pack house for the last year."
"Don't see why." I saw the mother part of the Luna come out as she crossed her arms and looked longingly to his door.
"Our daughter is still at school, detention, we will all have dinner together." He nodded at me and I felt like he was my father, demanding me to come out of my room at dinner again.
"I have a few questions..." I told them looking between the two.
"What are they?" He asked looking concerned.
"Will I be able to contact my family?" I asked bit the inside of my cheek and they both looked confused.
"You have a family? Are they still in your old pack?" I nodded at both questions and they gave each other a look and I knew they were using their mate bond to talk to each other so I waited.
"Do you think that they would join us as well?" The Alpha seemed to gruff out the question and I shook my head.
"The only one who might even consider it is my younger brother, but I haven't seen him since the whole, take her away and lock her up." I said shyly and they both nodded.
"You can talk to them over the phone or by email or regular mail... what ever you want to do." The Luna nodded at me and I smiled.
"Thank you, both of you." I nodded and the Luna hugged me again before smiling and pulling away.
"Come with me. I have a surprise for you." She pulled my hand and went into the room and then let me go before turning back to me and opening a double door that had racks of clothes. "We kind of had our hearts set on you, and we got all the measurements and I sort of went a little crazy. I wanted you to feel safe and comfortable here." She told me pulling me into the walk in closet. "Do you like it?"
"I - I don't know what to say." I whispered looking around. For the past three years I have had two options, green jumpsuit or sweats. There were so many shoes and a lot of makeup and hair accessories and stuff I didn't even know what it was.
"We don't just want you here for Gene... we want you to stay here, and hopefully now that you are 18 you will find your mate."
"I don't want a mate Ms. Luna."
"Rebecca." She told me and came towards me. "Why don't you want a mate dear?"
"You know my story, if my mate is anything like my father... why would I need him?" I asked her almost silently.
"Not every mate is the same. Greg would do anything to save me, to take away my past pain, but there is nothing he can do about it... your father and mother's mating will not be what yours will be. You might end up with a mate that never lets you wear half the things in this closet, or maybe he will never let you leave his side around unmated males, or maybe he won't care because he trusts you so much... but maybe he will kill any male that dares touches you like mine basically did until I let him claim me... I don't want you to think that nothing good comes from having a mate. I have had two wonderful children and such a happy life." She cupped my cheek and smiled at me and then moved some of my hair out of my face and smiled at me.
"Rebecca, we have that thing to do remember!" I heard Greg shout and she smiled at me.
"You can have a shower, nap if you want. But I will come back up here for you in about 3 hours, okay?" She asked and I nodded.
She seems to really care... my mother never seemed to care, she was too depressed. Luna Rebecca hugged me one more time before leaving me in the huge closet. I grabbed a pair of dark blue jeans and a black and grey long sleeve before a change of underwear.
I walked into the bathroom smiling, this would be my first shower in three years without other around and without guards just outside the see through curtains.
I turned on the hot water and realized I would rather take a hot bath. I plugged the drain and waited for it to all fill up before stripping and stepping in. I saw the scars on my legs and felt the ones on my back as I washed myself.
I drained the tub before filling it back up with water as hot as I could stand it. I leaned back and relaxed and got out once it was cold. I dried off and wrapped my hair in a tight braid before going to lay on the bed. I could smell that they were new, no one had ever spend the night in these soft sheets and they had never been washed.
I didn't get in though, that would be saved for when I actually went to sleep tonight. I laid down though, and I napped.
I woke up before Luna Rebecca came for me so I started to look around the room again. I opened a dresser and saw a wrapped box and put it on top. I guess they didn't know something was in here. I decided to just hand it over to Rebecca when she got here.
I went back into the closet and slipped on some socks and a new pair of vans before hearing a knock on the door. I grabbed the box and opened the door. "Hi Luna, I think someone left this in the dresser... I don't know who it belongs to." I tired to hand it over but she pushed it into my hands.
"It's yours Reese, a birthday gift, sort of." She told me and smiled. "Go on, open it." She urged and then linked her arm with mine.
I undid the bow and lifted the top and saw a phone. I pulled it out and saw a few numbers already programmed into it and saw that it was the Alpha families names. "I don't think I will really need this." I told her and she shook her head.
"You don't have any rules here. You don't have to just come home after school each day, you can find a job, or explore the towns, or go into the city... you'll make a few friends here, I know it and you'll want to talk to them all the time. It's a gift and the Alpha and I are not going to take it back."
"Thank you Luna." I bowed my head and turned my neck, showing her the most powerful form of gratitude.
"It's Rebecca unless we are in the presence of another pack, okay?" She told me and I nodded. "Good, now just wait here and when I know everything in the dinning room is set up I will call for you to open the door okay?" She asked leaving me in front of a double door entrance. I nodded as she walked away.
I could smell the entire pack on this floor, of course they must have all ate at different times so all scents are still strong and lingering. I heard a faint call of my name and opened the left door only and then saw some lights on a table. I heard faint singing and started to back away but the door behind me closed and the lights turned on dimly and I saw the room packed with other wolves all singing and smiling.
I smiled slightly seeing the Alpha and Luna both smiling and waving me forward. I walked closer as the singing stopped and blew out the 1 and 8 hearing the loud cheering around me. "So you are Reese right?" I heard a female and saw that she was at least 17 or 18.
"Yeah."
"I'm Milly." She held out her hand and I shook it.
I shook a lot of hands that night, and I realized none of them belonged to Genevieve.
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