Midnight Visitor

3. Family dinner

Ariels POV.

I am wearing a pantsuit because I did not have time to change before Fredrick walked into my apartment and sat down. I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek but he did not flinch or move. 

“You are early” 

Without saying a word he looks at his watch but then just at me again. I know he is not early, I just wanted to see if he would talk to me. I walk over to the small kitchen island and look over the food the omegas made for us. The omegas have a good life here, I actually have a waitlist for the kitchen, I have sent some to a few of my hotels to work if I like their food and that is good pay and life. I move those thoughts out of my head and try to focus on my family. I am just hoping my mom won't be drunk. 

She is always drunk but I have to say she is strong. Most wolves would die after losing their mates.

Yeah my mom is one of the strongest persons I know, she is just going through a tough time.

The big problem is your brother. 

Melody…

She backed off, we have talked about this, she does not like how he is acting around us and showing us this disrespect. I walk over to the bar and pour myself something to drink, I shake an empty glass as Fredrick but he just shakes his head. He is not 21 yet but I know he has been drinking since his first turn four years ago. I take my glass and sit at the table with him and start to sip my drink. They makes us wait for about 20 minutes before they walk through the doors without knocking. I see right away that mom is tipsy but Sebastian is quiet and pisst. I can smell the s*x off him and I want to gag but I show no emotion, he knows I can smell it and he on purpose did not take a shower.

“I am so happy to see that you guys made it” I say rather dryly. 

Mom smiles and gives all of us a kiss on the cheek but then just makes her a drink and then sits at the table. Sebastian just sits next to me on the table and I can see the anger and spitefulness in his eyes. 

“Alright, I see no reason to wait so let's get this dinner started” I say.

Me and Fredrick help each other out by putting the plates on the table, usually I would have Omegas serve us but now I just wanted family. I even gave my phone to my beta.

“So Sebastian, when will the yellow group be ready to go into the mountains?” I ask.

We section the training groups up into colors, Yellow is the best, red next, green and on and on. I have both of them training two groups but I feel like they are moving rather slowly, the whites are not ready to leave for school nor the Greens are not ready to start board control. 

“They will be ready next month, their stamina is not up to date and I have to say some are just not ready for serious battle” he says rather arrogantly.

I turn my head towards him in disbelief.

“These are our top warriors, they were trained by Edward, they are older than you, what do you mean?” 

He throws his fork down on the plate. 

“IF THEY WERE SO GOOD THEN HOW DID THEY LET THEIR ALPHA DIE?” he yells at him.

I lean back in my chair. 

“It was not their duty to watch over him that day, they are not to blame, No one is to blame for fathers death other than the rouges” 

He takes a deep breath, he closes his eyes, calming down. 

“I did not have you guys over to deal with this s**t. Not everything has to be traced back to that horrible black day Sebastian” I say calm.

“THEN WHY DOES IT?” he yells again.

“Because you are letting it, I can also connect him to everything, I am living in their old room, the room that we used to sneak into when there were thunderstorms. The room that he made me sleep in when he thought I was having s*x with one of the males from the pack”

My mother is not crying but in silence. I close my eyes and control myself.

“I know it feels unfair but we have to move on for the pack”

“Well maybe it is so easy for you to forget your father but you have to understand if I don't stand on the same page” Sebastian says. 

We sit in silence.

We eat and then we just sit and look at our plates. 

“Mom, have you heard anything from your brother?” I snap. 

Mom jumps a little in her seat, I think she fell asleep a little. 

“Lily is doing good, she is helping as she can with her grandchildren, Blaine is still trying to get her to travel more” mom says vainly. 

Lily had her son a little under a year after I was born and he found his mate when he was 20 years old. They have mated, taken over the pack and then children. I look away from mom to the picture on the wall. There we all are, mom, dad, my brothers, me, Uncle Blaine, Aunt Lily, their son Finley and their daughter Rose. We took this picture when I was about 12 and we look so happy. Uncle Blaine came for some time after dad died and I really thought mom would be alright but as soon as he left then she went back to how she was before. 

“Are you thinking about going and visiting them?”

She looks at me and I can see in her eyes that she is a little more tipsy than I thought in the beginning. She must have drinked a lot before she came here, as werewolves it is hard for us to get to this stage so she must have had a lot. 

“Ohh no, I don't want to be around a screaming teething baby right now” 

I take a sip.

“Then we are lucky Ariel has not met her mate” Sebastian mutters.

That made my wolf angry so we stand up, step on his foot with our heel and grab his neck.

“You want to say that again?” I growl. 

I see a tiny little glimmer of fear in his eyes, I know Melody is fronting and I feel his wolf submit to me. 

“Sorry” he mutters again.

I let go of him but I leave the small holes after my nails in his throat. They bleed a tiny little bit but I sit back down. We look at eachother again just in silence.

“Ariel will find her mate when they are both ready for it, the goddess has a plan” My mother says while finishing her drink. 

I don't say anything to her, I know she means well, I know she wants me to find my mate one day. She begged me before dad died to find my mate first then take over the pack but i did not find him in school so he must live far away or be lower. I thought also about the fact that he might also be older than me but now I don't think so, I am 24 years old if he is that much older than me then I must be his second chance mate. We usually find our mate before 30 and if you don't find them before that time then wolves most often take a chosen mate. If you have never met your mate then you don't know if he or she is alive or not. I went through a tough month in school because the other girls were bullying me, saying that my mate must be dead. I called my mother crying a few times because of this. I even went to uncle Blaine’s pack over christmas to see if my mate was there. At that time I wished for a mate but now I just wait for him. 

“So since we have eaten I need to leave” Sebastian says while standing up. 

I look at him through my eyelashes and smile a wicked smile. 

“We are not done with family fun time” 

They all look at each other then at me. 

“We are going out for a run” 

Moms jaw dropped but Fredrick smiles with me. 

“There is a witch out there, we are not going running with mom while she is out there” Sebastian says. 

I look him dead in the eyes. 

“Don't think you can protect her?” 

He does not answer. 

“Three alpha children running with their alpha born mother? I don't think we will run into much trouble” 

“Fine” he mutters. 

As soon as he drops the word I jump up, grab my mothers arm and start running outside. I run through the house with my mother in a tow, my brothers following and I feel a little giddiness in me. We run into the treeline and start to strip, as wolves we don't really care about nakedness and especially not when it comes to us being siblings. I was first to undress, tie a shirt to my ankle and then shift. The shift was pain free and before I know it I am looking at my white spot on my paw. I am black but I have big splashes of white on me. Over one eye, big spot on my back and then on the end of my tail. Mom is white with a little silver in her, Sebastian is also black but has two socks on his back legs and then Fredrick is gray with a black ear and tail.