But How?

Mike was left very confused and puzzled by his mate, more than he was before. He was sure he knew what was happening. He was certain this boy knew they were mated.

Did this mean he was not human? Or was he aware of the supernatural? How was that possible? What did he mean about his birthday and the truth?

Mike found himself confused more and more about the events of today. He was not sure how to handle everything and he found himself drowning in a sea of the unknown.

"What is happening?" asked Aldrin. He saw the respect the boy showed at them. He even showed some submission and greeted them respectfully.

"Yeah, man. What was that with Jammie?" Brandon was aware something was going on here.

Why was Jammie behaving like a pack member?

"I don't know how, but he knows," replied Mike.

"What do you mean?" asked Aldrin.

"He knows of the supernatural. I just found out he is my mate," he replied.

"WHAT?" both his friends asked in shock. "But how?" asked Aldrin

It was known by all the members his birthday was on Friday. This didn't make sense and the question asked by his Alpha was posed for many reasons.

But how Jammie knows about the supernatural?

But how can Mike find his mate today?

But how was it possible he was born before the known birthday?

But how did his family hide it and why?

How, how?

It just was the endless questions to which they had no answers. He will only be satisfied once he spoke to his family.

"So what's with what he said when he left?" asked Brandon.

"I don't know, but he seems to be warning me I will not like the answers," he answered.

"I will ask again. But how? How can he know of this?" asked Aldrin.

Sadly none of them had the answers they needed. Hence the reason Mike went home early.

***

Lydia, Oscar and their daughter Talia were at home. Talia noticed her mother was acting very unusual today. She was being very mean, disrespectful to her father. She even said mean words to Talia.

Talia was not pleased with her mother's behaviour, her father was a sweetheart and being so disrespected and attacked for no reason was very unfair.

"Mom, what is your problem? Why are being mean to dad? Why are you attacking him?" asked Talia in annoyance.

"Shut up. I am talking to your useless father here," Talia couldn't believe her ears. Perhaps she heard wrong.

"Excuse me, I would like you to refrain from calling my father useless. As you have mentioned. He is my father and your blunted disrespect is appalling, mother," many may not understand why she was being like this to her mother.

However, Lydia never showed affection to them nor treat her father as a mate like other couples. Even though this was very evident to them and the pack, but she has never behaved this way.

"Don't mind her Lia. Whatever is bothering her, is her doing. I don't care what she thinks of me, as it makes me no damage. Insecure people like her, who trample on others misery are very disturbed," Oscar said.

"Are you looking down on me Oscar? You good for nothing, useless man. If it weren't for me, would you be where you're now?" she said in anger.

"Your position, your respect from the pack and others. It is all thanks to me. I made you a better person, without me. You would be nothing but trash," she said with venom in her voice.

Talia was shocked by the hatred in her mother's words, this was way demeaning her father.

"Mother, what is wrong with you?" shouted Talia.

Dear Lord, it was just a day she came back and now she has to go through this?

What was this behaviour with her mother? What was this hostility towards her father?

"What? Do you think I am lying when I am calling him rubbish?" laughed Lydia.

"I found him in the streets and if it were not for me, he would still be a beggar. I made him be what he is today," she ridiculed. "He was eating from the bins," disgust was seen in her face and eyes.

Oscar looked at the woman in front of him with disgust. He was very disappointed in her.

How can she bring the past back and condone him with it? He has never done her any harm but she never stopped belittle him.

"No, you are wrong, mother. You might have been the start of his life, but all that he has and what he has accomplished is thanks to his hard work. He worked hard to be where he is and never slacked once. Alpha saw his loyalty and dedication and renown him with status, it had nothing to do with you," proclaimed Talia.

This angered Lydia, she screamed in anger.

"Shut you little slut. What do you know?" this was the chaos Mike found when he arrived home.

"What is happening here?" he asked filled with confusion and shock. His mother just called his sister a slut.

"Why are you calling Talia a slut mom?" Lydia stood there wide-eyed as a deer caught in headlights.

Lydia was shocked to see this boy home at this time. He was supposed to be still in school. What was he doing here?

"Why are you not in school?" she asked with a stern voice.

"Why don't you answer me, first, mother?" Mike was not an easy person and most people took his stubbornness as disrespect.

He was very blunt and he hated lies. He was a straightforward person, this was the reason why Talia could not deal with his sudden appearance.

"She was being very disrespectful to dad now, and I was not allowing her to be. She got all angry and called me a slut. How can she look down on dad so much, it is very disturbing," Talia said.

She was still very much confused with how things were unfolding today. There seems to be something her parents were hiding, and her mother was more worried about it than her father. So, she took all her stress and anger on her father.

"Is calling father and Talia names going to resolve whatever is going on with you, mother?" asked Mike.

"Does this have anything to do with me being born today, not Friday? What's with the extra 2 days? I mean it's stupid really. We are werewolves, this was going to be out the moment I turned 18. So, why bother lying?" he asked calmly.

It was evident he was angry, it could be heard from his voice. The problem was that he was too calm. It was scaring Lydia.

"I don't understand what you mean?" said Talia. "How can that be, we always celebrated your birthday on the 23rd, now how come it's the 20th?" things just kept on getting weird and complicated today.

Talia felt like her veins were going to pop because of stress. This was giving her a headache. What was this nonsense?