Chapter 5: Drowning…

Frizabelle

3 weeks passed

After that night, that very incident with the only vampire in the pack, there were seriously never changed aside from gaining another great cook in our house and a music entertainer for the kids. Everyone knew how to have fun and laughed even more but when the kids were involved in those fun, definitely a total chaos would occur in our house.

"KIDS BACK TO YOUR MOM!" Ethan shouted at the kids who were playing non-stop at the house – I mean to the entire house but these kids never listen to us whenever we babysit them unless the alpha and luna was here. But they weren't here for some pack business.

Sunday 7:45 am

Me and Ethan were being the babysitter of those energetic kids who kept running wild in the living room as their mothers were cooking for us. Just seeing 2-10 year olds turning the living room upside down really made any babysitter lose its temper. They're all making fun of everything since their energy was too high for us. No wonder kids didn't get any cold much like what some old people do. Anyway, as those kids running in circles which made me and Ethan look like we're 'it' if we're playing tag but no. We just want those kids to settle down and wait for their mothers but no, they choose to run around like some kind of madman. I groaned at the kids energy but more irritated when I smelled her which meant that she's here. Ceres chuckled on the sliding door frame at the garden patio where she was leaning and watching us being circled by these kids.

"Stop laughing there and help us here." I told her with irritation at the end of my tone but she just chuckled.

"I wasn't laughing but okay." She chuckled as she stepped inside but those kids kept continuing their games – running around wildly at the living room.

They're throwing pillows, writing and scribbling on the wall, jumping on the couch and anything else that they thought. No wonder why my parents didn't put any magazines, vases or even a TV here. Anyway, when everyone was running in chaos in the living room, Ceres sat on the vacant couch where mom always sits then she coughs. As Ceres cleared her throat then relaxed herself then she opened her mouth and started singing At the Beginning by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis.

We were strangers starting out on a journey

Never dreaming what we'd have to go through

Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing

At the beginning with you

As some kids heard her voice, they stopped from playing and went to listen to her closely while some kept continuing playing. Ceres looked at them carefully like she was counting them until she leaned closer to the kids like she was telling a story.

No one told me I was going to find you

Unexpected, what you did to my heart

When I lost hope, you were there to remind me

This is the start

She continued that even I was caught up on her lovely voice like it was an alluring and hypnotizing voice of a siren but she was simply singing from her heart. Of course, I could feel it even though part of her still irritates me a lot. Anyway, all the kids started listening to her singing which led her to stand up from the couch and start moving like it was a theatrical play. The kids were laughing and awe at how graceful she moved around as she acted the lines of the song.

And life is a road and I want to keep going

Love is a river, I want to keep flowing

Life is a road, now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there when the world stops turning

I'll be there when the storm's through

At the end I want to be standing

At the beginning with you

The kids' laughter echoed which made me and Ethan glance at them for a while then resumed on cleaning the messes that those kids did in the living room. We were smiling as we listened to Ceres' singing voice.

We were strangers on a crazy adventure

Never dreaming how our dreams would come true

Now here we stand unafraid of the future

At the beginning with you

In every stanza she sings, really made my heart pound like there was no tomorrow. I was pissed over it yet I'm getting used to it – it's been 3 weeks since she stayed here and be Lena's mate but I still don't agree with her on marking Ceres.

Knew there was somebody somewhere

Help me, alone in the dark

Now I know my dream will live on

I've been waiting too long

Nothing's gonna tear us apart

And speaking of being marked – I never realized that I had been marked until recently. Ceres always caught my eyes looking at her then she always smiled which made me blushed in instant like what's happening now. Our eyes met and I'm blushing while she was there singing and smiling at me. I bet she can hear my complaints within my mind.

"Why can't I? It was so unfair!" I was pissed off over it that made her smile wider.

See what I mean? She can definitely read my thoughts now that she marked me.

When she was done singing, some kids wanted her to sing more, she thought for a while then she smiled at them.

"Wait here and don't move on your spot, I'll be back." Ceres said then she went somewhere in the house and when she got back, she was holding something really familiar to me. I was shocked seeing my violin in her hand.

"Okay, listen." She told them happily and the kids were excited.

Ceres started to play a familiar melody and it was Senbonzakura by KuroUsa of Japan. She was playing so energetic like she was one with the melody. She moved gracefully while playing the violin that some of the kids started on dancing that made me and Ethan watched them. We were laughing so loud that exactly the pack wondered and watched us. Ceres was dancing with the kids and their parents laughing on the side. They were happy seeing how energetic their kids were. Oh please…kids could turn a house upside down with their energy.

"Ceres...she was a good teacher of music." Some omega and delta praised her from a distance while Ceres was enjoying herself playing the melody to the kids.

"She's full of love for music." I whispered in my mind that Lena was very proud over her mate entertaining the kids.

'Don't you dare let her go this time.'

"Of course, I love her music." I told her while smiling at the view of happiness within this living room.

But something caught Ceres' attention when she suddenly stopped from playing. She was serious.

"Okay kids, go to you moms and hide. Some rouge vampires are here." she calmly told the kids that made them rushed to their moms.

As Ceres said that, none of them believed her at first but the more I looked at my mate, I noticed that her eyes were too deep red like it was almost black. I went closer to her which made her look a little worried at me that seriously made me confused a little.

"They will listen to you. Tell them some vampire rogues are coming." Ceres told me that I knew everyone could hear it.

I was about to speak when we all felt that somebody entered our territory which made everyone go to designated position. I looked at Ceres and she was smiling at me like telling me that I could do it - I mean leading the pack. I was left alone with some of the pack while my parents along with Nate went on pack business trip which made me groan.

"How did they know that the alpha wasn't here?" I asked Ceres when the two of us left alone in the living room.

Everyone was in their safe place while some warriors were already on guard all over the pack house and prepared for any attacks. Ethan and I went outside to lead the pack but outside the pack house, I suddenly felt some tension building within me. I'm soon to be Alpha and this was too much pressure for me to handle. But I must break this before our blood spills into our ground because we're out number.

"Hush, Belle." Ceres hushed as she stood behind me while her cold-warm hands rubbed my arms lovingly.

"Close your eyes. Breathe in then breathe out slowly. Calm yourself. I'm here." Ceres calmed me down as I did what she told me, from there I sensed them.

I can sense how far they are before they reached our pack house perimeter and they were fast but not as fast as Ceres. But what pissed me off was their number.

"We're out number…" I mumbled but Ceres hushed me again which was very effective since I've calmed even more.

"Be their Alpha. You need to break the bones of being a beta. Awaken the Alpha Lena that sleeps with you." She reminded me who I am.

"I still don't control her thirst for fighting." I told her the truth but she just chuckled.

"I'll be here to calm her. Entrust me Lena and I'll be one with you." She calmly whispered to my ears that made me shivered for a second then sighed. I've collected my strength which I knew Lena was excited about. She was more like a monster whenever she was facing death. It excites her more.

"Everyone be on guard at your posts. Transformed if needed if not, then don't. But the first thing we need, don't let them get through the house and protect the pack. If we die, we die with honor of our pack. Put our family in safety." I pack linked everyone that made them growled in agreement.

We protect our family. We protect what we own. Just like that, the air awhile ago was present but now it shifted in such a quiet breeze. I looked around as I noticed that the sun was nowhere to be found which made me glance up to the sky, only to see such thick clouds covering the sunlight.

"Where's the sun when you need it?" I asked and complained when there was no sun in the morning but some rustling noises suddenly echoed within the woods.

One by one those pale-white corpses - I mean, vampire rogues began to step out from the shadow of the woods. Their eyes were glowing in blood which made every wolf with me growled but still on their defense position. We stood our ground and waited for them to attack us first.

'They're hungry Belle. Be careful. They won't stop until they are satisfied.'

"How did you –" I was about to ask her when she suddenly whispered through my mind but she cut me off.

'Lena.'

"Why I'm not surprised." I sarcastically said but groaned when Lena giggled with her.

'I'm inside the house. I'm putting some protective barriers.'

When I heard that from her, I wondered how she would do that if she's not even a witch - wait, was she? But I didn't dwell at that thought much; instead, I made a guess.

"Silver?" I guessed which she chuckled.

'No. Sun Blood.'

"What the heck was that." I wondered because I never heard that from anyone even to my parents.

'You'll know soon if I'll be your Luna.'

"In your dreams." I groaned at her remarks but I don't know why my cheeks suddenly felt warm.

'That will do.'

"Argh! Whatever!" I shouted as the taint on my cheeks turned red out of embarrassment which made Ceres laugh behind my thoughts. I must focus on this fight and no flirting. Wait! What?! Me, flirting?! No!

I slapped myself mentally and focused on every step of those vampire rogues then they began on charging. I roared to the pack link as their signal to fight. Those fights were based on strength from each race since I didn't let anyone shift unless it was totally needed. But seeing some of us weren't beginning to lose the fight, I turned myself into a wolf. I shifted into my silver gray wolf with a green crescent moon tattooed on my furry forehead like my parents possessed. Meaning, I'm also a promising wolf that was being blessed by the moon goddess. But from my forehead, a taint of bloody diamond formed underneath the crescent moon then highlighted-line marked down till the tip of my tail. I was marked by Ceres, that's why it has those bloody highlights.

"NO ONE MUST BE LEFT! THEY'RE BLOOD THIRSTY VAMPIRE!" I growled to the pack link that made them transformed and bit them to death.

When I shifted in my wolf form, everything was covered with blood and corpses of those vampire rogues. They might have outnumbered us but we still managed to kill them though some of us were injured but they will live. I howled for victory that made them respond and shifted back to their human form naked apart from me. As they all went back inside to get some clothes, I smelled the irritation on my nose which only meant Ceres was walking towards me. She was smiling. I tried to hide but too late, she was standing in front of me – I forgot she's a vampire.

"Kindly tell me, why are you so gorgeous?" Ceres frankly asked me as she stroked my fur that made my heart pounded so hard again.

"Oh! Nervous much?" she asked me along with her chuckled.

"N-NO! let's go inside…" I told her through my mind as I tried to ignore her question.

"Shift here." she insisted.

"Not in front of you." I mumbled against her demand.

"So you're cool in front of someone else?" she asked which made me think of it. I hate it.

"NO!" I defended myself.

"So it's okay with me?" she asked me with a grin on her face.

"NOT THAT ONE EITHER!" I shouted that almost sounded like a roar at her.

"Okay…shift." She sighed like she's giving up but not.

"I said no…" I was totally getting nervous around her. If I shift she's going to see me naked and hell I'm going to show her my body like that – wait, am I expecting too much ahead? NO!

She stared into my eyes like she could see my embarrassment. I'm blushing over it. She chuckled.

"I won't force you. Let's go." She told me then walked away but Lena and I went to her then snuggled ourselves to her.

She laughed then pet my head and moved it closer to her face. She gave a peck on Lena's snout. Lena was happy about it as she wagged her tail excitedly while I was blushing.

"Stupid Lena." I complained.

Ceres chuckled. I shifted back uncontrolled that made Ceres remove her coat while I covered my face in embarrassment. She put her coat to cover my naked body. She didn't stare at my body. She respected me well.

"I will see them soon." She whispered into my ears that made me totally red.

She chuckled. I slapped her shoulder playfully while we're walking back inside the house where everyone was waiting. I can't face anyone which made me went to the kitchen to get something cold to calm down my burning cheeks from that incident with Ceres outside. I took out my 500 grams chocolate mint ice cream from the fridge and ate them calmly.

Seriously, I'm drowning to her. It can't be. Can it be?

Ceres

As we walked inside the house, the rain suddenly fell from the sky which I was a bit glad since we were not going to take some time to clean up those vampire rogues' ashes. Anyway as the rain kept falling, everyone was waiting and some were doing some medical healing for those wolves that were injured. I went to check them but before I could go to the infirmary that was a step away from the kitchen, I noticed Frizabelle ate her favorite ice cream. I knew that she wanted to cool down from the incident outside and just thinking of it made me grin like an idiot. But those kids from earlier suddenly jumped onto me like they were my own kids which cut me from my thoughts and seriously, it led my butt on the wooden tiled floor. It was painful but I just giggled to their innocent affection.

But Frizabelle groaned which I chuckled as I didn't mind her glaring at the kids that I'm playing with.

Seriously this girl…she always tried to push me but here, she is being a jealous mate. I kinda like that reaction – it's cute. But I must take everything in the right pace like I must keep things slow but sure. I won't regret loving a wolf like her. What I mean was I'm getting seriously in love with her but forcing wasn't good. Slow but not that too slow. If I ever found an opportunity, I'll pounced on her.

That'll be fun. Cute.