Gamma's Daughter

Chapter 2

Sienna's POV

"Long time no see" I hear the familiar voice.

I turn around only to get tackled by a petite lady. We fall over the ground and still hug each other as our laughter fills the living room of the pack house.

"Sometimes it really gets me wondering if you two are going to end up together," Asher comments walking out of kitchen with a glass of water in his hand.

Avery extends her hand with a smile to take the glass from him but he only smiles and drinks the water. I smile as I shake my head. Just like that, they both start bickering again.

"Alright girls. I have a teeny tiny Alpha duty right now. So maybe I'll join you both a couple hours later?" Asher asks after a few minutes into our 'how is life treating you' session.

Avery nods her head and Asher looks at me. He pulls my ponytail before walking out. He knows very well that it irritates the hell out of me, and yet he still does. Because like I said.. he takes immense pleasure in teasing me.

"Okay. So how are things between you and Asher?" Avery asks me again.

"Normal. Like they always are. Why do you ask?" I smile at her.

I have noticed that her demeanor is different around Asher now a days. I am picking up the hints but not really paying attention, because these both are my friends and I wouldn't jump to conclusions ruining everything that there is in my head.

"Ah! Nothing" she shrugs with a smile.

I know I should let this slide too but curiosity is really getting the best of me.

"Avy.. do you by any chance.. you know.. like Asher?" I ask trying to sound less offending but I know I straight up asked her a question.

"Oh My God! Why would you think that??" She exclaims.

Oh no! I really pushed the wrong button. Why did I have to ask that? They are my friends and now I feel stupid to even think that I thought this could be something else.

"Is it that obvious?" She asks again.

I take a moment to process. My eyes go wide and my smile gets wider. I shove her playfully making her smile too.

"Since when?" I ask her again.

"Maybe since a couple years? He broke down about losing his mate. I tried my best comforting him because then, you were helping your father with the patrol issues," she pauses and looks at me,"we talked a lot. I tried making him smile again. Our friendship skyrocketed. And since that day, the more I talk to him.. the more I fall in love with him"

So much happened around me and I had no idea?

"You do know that he is the Alpha to the most wanted pack lands, don't you? It will not be easy being Asher's girl. It wasn't easy for Madeline either" I whisper.

Madeline really was a tough girl. She was everything that Asher needs in a mate and a a Luna. They were literally the next gen rulers to keep the pack lands safe. Many of us still wonder about her death. She was a tough girl but still she was a weak target to whoever killed her.

"I know. Which is why I don't plan into jumping you know. Moreover I am very much aware that Asher doesn't see me that way" she smiles.

"But hey! If you just want to talk to him about it .. just go ahead!! I would be the happiest if my best friends decide to become one" I wink at her.

"Oh please stop" Avery says but the pink on her cheeks tell me otherwise.

Avery and I talk for straight three hours about her coven until Asher walks in again. His shirt covered in blood and I panic instantly.

"What the-"

"The blood isn't mine!" Asher laughs but still, I cannot seem to stop worrying.

"The Crimson ritual is in two days. So all of this is usual" he says.

"Oh! It totally slipped my mind that there is crimson ritual in two days" Avery says.

The Crimson ritual. The ritual that our pack carries once in every five years. This is second time Asher is going to lead it and the first one.. he worked hard for it.

"I'll just have a quick shower" he says as he kisses my cheek before running upstairs.

Avery and I wait in the living room again.

"Okay tell me about this crimson ritual" Avery finally asks.

She is a twenty three year old witch who is still practicing. She is not familiar with all of this and the reasons behind it. We have been friends since two years. She was my friend first and I introduced her to Asher.

"So our pack was the first pack Moon Goddess created. The outraging number of Vampires called for a nature balance check. And to keep them at bay, werewolves were created. Making their bite lethal to vampires. And our pack was the first one to be formed" I tell her.

She nods asking me to continue.

"It is said that when Moon Goddess was creating our pack, the world witnessed the Moon turning crimson red for the first time. That is how we got our pack's name. The Crimson Moon Pack. Since our pack was created by the Moon Goddess herself, every inch of this land holds magic, power and energy there is nowhere on earth" I say.

Again, she nods.

"Since our land is special to supernatural species, a witch from your coven then helped us come up with a ritual that can keep the magic of our lands to ourselves. Every pack member of The Crimson Moon Pack need to cut their palms and pour their blood into a huge vessel. Once it's all combined, Asher makes sure to draw a boundary around our pack with our blood. To stop the ritual.. rogues, vampires and sometimes witches of dark magic try their best stopping Asher. Because once Asher finishes the task, half of it is done" I tell her.

"Just half?" She asks and I nod.

"It is time for your elder witch to do her part. Agnes chants some spell that anyone doesn't know, and the blood of our pack members that is around the boundaries catch fire. As long as the fire keeps burning, the witches of your pack get weaker. And once the fire dies down and the magic is restored, the ritual comes to an end" I say.

"Just like that, everything goes back to normal again" I smile.

She smiles as she nods too.

We spot Asher walking down again. Now in black tee shirt and joggers. His love for plain Tee shirts never ceases to amaze me. More than half of his wardrobe has plain Tee shirts of all possible colours.

"And hey, you can stay here in our pack till the ritual. You can leave with Agnes then" Asher says to Avery.

She nods her head in agreement.

"Try hinting Asher. Let Avery stay here for two days. She might start hitting on him. Asher's parents are out running peace errands however" Hayley says.

Well that is a tremendous idea.

"Since Asher's parents are at Night Walkers Pack. You can-"

"Stay at Sienna's home," Asher smiles.

I mentally punch him for being so dumb. And yet, I melt looking at him now. He is smiling as if he just made the best decision ever.

"Okay" Avery laughs making me laugh as well.

This isn't how I planned it to go, but now I cannot do anything about it either. So I just shrug and nod. Mindlinking my mother to make sure guest room is fine since we will have a guest for a couple days.

Ivan walks in and he bows to Asher.

"The two Rogue dead bodies are now buried Alpha," he says.

Asher nods and waves his hand in dismissal. Ivan looks at the three of us before walking out.

"What's with Ivan getting worse day by day?" Avery asks again.

"Maybe the genes runs in his family blood. His parents were jealous of the friendship Sienna and my parents had. Our parents tried their best to befriend Carter family but they just wouldn't be a part of it. They keep it way too professional" Asher says.

I nod. Ivan keeps it way too professional too. He has a mate by the way. Lucia is now pregnant with Ivan's baby. And since the ritual is in couple of days, he sent her to her mother's pack. She is a good friend to Asher and I too.

"Alright, Avery ... Sienna and I are going for a run. We will drop you at her home. Take some rest and chill with her parents till we finish our run" Asher says.

I look at him confused.

"I need to talk" he mindlinks and I nod at Avery too.

We drop Avery at my home and we quickly walk to the open land where we usually run. I look at him and shrug asking him to tell what he wants to tell already.

And he says nothing.

"What?" I ask him again.

"I don't know. But something is weird around Avery since few months. I just needed air" he shrugs.

I smile at him. This man here loves attention but cannot really take a hint from a girl.

"Anyways. Ready?" He asks and I nod.

Asher's wolf Dash is a black wolf while my wolf Hayley is a red one. We howl together and run at our maximum speed enjoying every second of the race that we are in right now.