The Stolen Children (book#1)

Alora

Alora POV

I've been sitting in silence in the back of the car, for the last half an hour. I'm not sure what to say and still upset that I'm alone in a car with practically strangers.

I'm so lost in my head, I hear my parents talking but pay no attention to their words. I can't stop my tears from flowing, especially since Kylie had blown me a kiss goodbye.

I'm now regretting agreeing to go with our birth parents alone. We should have stuck together and moved slower.

I feel arms wrap around my shoulders, that's when I notice that my dad has stopped the car and is turned in his seat and as I look up my mum has gotten into the back seat with me.

"My sweet darling, please don't cry..." Mum said, pulling me so I'm now got my head on her shoulder as she rubs my back. We stay like this for a while until my tears stop.

"I've... I've never... been alone before," I say as I feel like my heart has been torn out and stamped on, my family have all gone and I'm alone to face whatever greets me when I reach the pack. My family has always given me my strength to face everything head on, but now I'm alone and scared.

"Darling you are not alone, I know this is all new to you but we are here every step of the way" I heard mum say lovingly "no matter what it is we are here always" dad chipped in and to be honest it's nice to hear and puts some of my worries to the side.

"You can come to both of us about anything at all," Mum said as I lifted my head, and she wiped my tears with her fingertips. "Well, most things," dad said grumpily, causing me to snap my head to him, confused. "Come to me about anything at all except women talk and boys... that's your mothers department, " he said, blushing slightly, making me and Mum burst into laughter.

I wasn't expecting that.

Ok, this might be a little easier than I thought.. maybe, just maybe this could work.

"Ok," I said between laughing.

After a few minutes I was a little scared to ask but I needed to check Kylie, Poppy and Liam was ok "Could I use your phone when we get there please, I'd like to make sure the others are ok" I ask nervously, twiddling my fingers while looking down at my hands.

"Darling, you don't need to ask. Do you not have a mobile?" Mum said as I snapped my head up at her, mobile... do they have mobiles here, I was thinking they would have a house phone or something similar but not mobiles. Silly thought now I'm thinking of it, this is a magical world with supernatural beings of course they would have mobiles.

I hear mum laughing, probably at my expression "we do have mobiles, we don't pay for them though, they run on magic just like almost everything else" dad went on to explain as I frown "if you have a mobile we need to-" but he stops as I shake my head no "ok we will get you one.. if you would like, " he said, and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much."I can have my own mobile phone, to myself..." I ask now, giddy, but they just look confused."I've.. we've never been able to have one, the money we made barely covered food and clothes we have never had luxuries like hot water or new clothes... especially a phone, " I explain in a rush. Their eyes widen, and I feel like I've said something wrong as a tear slips from my mothers eye.

"Oh my darling child. You can now have all those things and more ok, you don't have to ask ok, " Mum said after clearing her throat.

I nod my head, now feeling a little better.

"Ok, we need to get moving again," dad said now with a serious look, and both their eyes glazed over as mum quickly checked my seat belts on and clicks herself in, and dad speeded off. Ok what the hell is happening but I don't have to wonder for long as out of nowhere appears a tall man with dark black hair flowing behind him, pale skin and his eyes as red as blood. What the hell....

But dad floors it, and we are speeding away, but the man just smiles creepily and waves at me.

Dad swerves the car to miss a big wolf and then another, and when I look back, the man has gone.

"What is happening" I ask panicked "it's ok darling those are rogues dad is handling it" mum said calmly "so the man was a rogue too" I ask confused as there's so much I need to learn " what man" mum asks now looking all around us "there was a man in the tree line as dad sped off" I say thinking that was why he had sped off in the first place. Mum now looks worried "can you explain what he looked like" she asked as dad was still driving trying to get away from the big wolves but they are not giving up easily "he had long black hair past his shoulders, pale skin and really really...." I'm not sure to say it. I sound crazy "What... he had what? " dad asked in a strained voice, trying to concentrate on the wolves and the road."Red eyes, he was smiling weirdly at me and waved, " I said with panick

"Don't worry darling, we are 10 minutes from our border, we will be ok," she said her voice was calm, but her eyes were screaming with worry and concern. "Shit... we have a flat.... f*****g rogues" dad shouting and I'm sure the car shook "I've linked Darian he is on his way with our warriors" mum said to dad as he kept driving.

Within 5mins the car had been knocked to the side by one of the rogues and hit a tree all I could hear was metal being pulled and twisted.

Dad was already out the car as mum covered me the best she could with her body.

I was searching desperately for my dad when all I could see were more filthy unkempt wolves surrounding a magnificent black and brown wolf, it was bigger than them all but they kept circling it. It must be dad... he has no chance against all of those beasts.

With a mighty growl he pounced ripping 2 to bits before I could blink but at the same time the others starting jumping for him.

"We have to help" I scream but mum holds me still "he can handle them plus our pack is a few minutes out. We stay put so he doesn't get distracted ok" she said full of determination and pride. I nod ok but as I watched on he had 5 dead laid by his paws leaving at least 6 left that I could see. Out of nowhere a wolf has ran at the car knocking us to the side again and is tearing through the roof trying to get to us.

Mum's ready for it though and as it gets his head in mum has her claws out and slices it's neck almost to the bone spraying us with blood as its body drops to the floor leaving it's head through the window trying to breath.

Putting my attention back to dad he is surrounded by other wolves fighting the rogues and withing seconds they are all dead and dad is running to the car ripping the wolf out and tearing it to pieces.

I'm now looking at the wolves surrounding us keeping a watch out for danger and I feel arms dragging me out the car. "Where does it hurt, are you hurt" dad asked taking my attention to him but as he grabbed my arm I screamed, it's so painful and as my mum takes my jacket off my arms at a weird angle. s**t it's definitely broke. "I want the one that fled hunted down and killed now" dad roared making me jump a little and the wolves to speed off leaving a couple behind with us.

"It's ok honey... I'm sorry this is going to hurt but you need to hold on tight with your good arm ok, it's not safe here and we need a doc for you" I nodded not sure what he was talking about but he change into his massive wolf and lowered to the ground. "This is Zeek, he will carry you but you must hold on because we have to move fast" mum said while lovingly stroking his fur. She helped me on and made her way to the car retrieving a beautiful scarf from the mangled metal heap. She wrapped the scarf quickly around me as I laid with my broke arm pressed between me and Zeek, trying not to scream and cry from the pain. And tying it around Zeeks neck. "I hope I'm not hurting you or choking you Zeek" I say in a painful and strained voice which caused him to wine and shake his head while standing slowly "he said you are his pup and it's his honour to carry you, but he also said sorry because he knows this is hurting you and will probably hurt more and he is also happy for your return he loves you" mum said with her eyes glazed over. I so can't wait to be able to do that. I nod and mum also changes into her wolf, she is smaller that Zeek but is so beautiful, she is all black with 2 white front paws and white chest. With a nod we set off and I can't hold in my whimpers I try but it really hurts.

We come to some big iron gates that are already open for us with a few people waiting for us and that's when darkness takes me...