Two.

"Alpha Nigel, where is the child” Aerlda asked as she stepped into the council chamber.

“He’s here, sleeping” said Luna Daisy. She had comforted the restless child and she rocked him as he slept.

“The doctor told us you were ambushed by cold bloods”

“They know of the prophecy; they came to kill him” Aerlda stated.

“What about the boy’s mother?” he asked.

“Dead, I threw some spells in the building, it should clean up everything” Aerlda said.

As they spoke, they felt someone seeking permission to enter their barrier. Only a witch could do so, Aerlda vanished and appeared at the border.

Witches from other cities had arrived. They had also felt the immense power from the birth of the child.

Aerlda allowed them into the city and closed the barrier back. They went back to Alpha Nigel’s Council chamber.

“It is time, we must find the missing pieces of the legend” Aerlda voiced.

For hours they chanted not giving up until they saw a sparkle on the scroll, where parts of it came little by little. Seeing this only made their voices louder and more confident.

“The one who shall mate with the Alpha’s Luna shall have power beyond measures”

The witches stared at each other with white eyes, knowing what the legend spoke of.

If the True Alpha meets his mate and does not claim her as his, any other being could mate with her.

Just then Thea fell, her eyes rolling, she was having a vision. Hopefully one that had answers.

By the time she had awoken, the other witches had returned to their cities and the only one left with her was Aerlda.

“Tell me sister, what did you see?” Aerlda asked concerned.

“The boy... The moon goddess will visit him when the time is right, he will know who his mate is as soon as he sees her, and it could be at any age” Thea breathed.

The vampire King searched for the witch and the child. He searched for any witch that could be of use to him. A day turned to weeks, which turned to years.

Nineteen years later and they have found no news. Cold Blood and Weres have hidden in the shadows, each for a different reason that leads to the girl. Cold bloods want to wait, for when she is revealed before they attack, they have found young Weres and have raised them to be spies against their own people. Convinced they would be turned to cold bloods. Weres on the other hand hid to protect the Alpha, and hopefully his mate.

As the days grew by, every soul felt the dread of war approach.

Carson stood with his friends in front of a class as they chatted away, his eyes following a particular brunette.

“You’re staring again Alpha” his beta, Ian called.

Carson reluctantly peeled his eyes away from the girl and looked at his beta. Each day getting harder to stay away from her. But it had to be done. She wasn’t even of age yet. But she would, he just had to wait a few more days to finally tell her, to be with her.

Carson wondered why it was hard to wait for something you’d spent years waiting for when it is just a few days away from you finally getting it.

“She’s right there and I can’t even go to her” he whined rubbing his hands on his face and neck.

“I want to say I understand but only I don’t, all I know is that you’re doing this for her” Ian encouraged his best friend. “And you said it yourself, just a few more days so get a grip Alpha”

“I know, I just wish I could talk to her once you know, but I have to do this for her, for us”

“Alpha, does something seem off to you?” Danny asked sniffing and spinning his head searching for something.

“What is it?” Carson asked feeling the hairs on his body erect. He knew too well what this meant. Someone was watching them and that someone was a cold blood.

“Someone doesn’t belong here but is” Danny hissed still searching.

Not finding anything and with the creature gone; since they couldn’t feel the chills of death, Carson and his friends left for class. They were the only ones that knew who his mate was and he trusted them with his life to keep the secret and look out for her.

Audrey has caught the Alpha staring at her multiple times. At first she thought he was looking at someone or something behind her, but soon understood that she was what he was looking at.

She has always waited for her mate and had hoped he would be good to her. But she didn’t understand why she felt a pull towards the Alpha.

He’s not even the Alpha yet

Everyone knew that Alpha Nigel had adopted Carson as a baby. Everyone also knew that he was the prophesied One True Alpha.

Why do I feel something towards him? She questioned her heart as she shut the door to her locker.

Audrey has never understood, and then decided it would be best to stay clear off from him.

She knew how girls swooned over him even though he paid them no mind, she knew his mate to be would be one of great power.

I’m just an ordinary girl she reminded herself, giving her heart a more reason why it needed to stop feeling the way it did about the Alpha because like every girl, she too had a crush on the boy.

She turned her head around when she felt his eyes on her once again. His eyes always held a cold and hard expression. One could mistake his stare for a blank and zoned out werewolf, one that could be seen mind linking someone.

She stared into his eyes as he stared back into hers trying to figure out what he wanted or what he was thinking.

Not being able to keep her eyes on him any further, she peeled her gaze away and walked off to class.

She sat quiet at the dinning table with her parents as he thoughts drifted to a certain boy.

I should be thinking about my mate, not some other boy she warned herself.

“So how would you like to celebrate your birthday sweetheart?” her father asked as they ate dinner dragging her attention back to the dinner and her parents.

“I don’t know, maybe just the usual, I’d be home” she shrugged only caring about finding her mate.

“Are you looking forward to meeting your mate at the ceremony?”

“Yes father, I’d love to meet him, assuming he doesn’t reject me” she looked down her plate.

“Oh sweetheart, he would love you like the gem that you are” her mother said.

Audrey looked forward to meeting her mate at the event which so happened to fall on her birthday.

She prepared for her next day to school as her birthday isn’t until two days.

Two days Carson thought as he lay in the darkness of his room.

He would finally have her in his arms. He had convinced his father to schedule the mating ceremony on her birthday. It should make things easier.

“Have you found her? Your mate?” his father asked when he made the request.

“I’ve known who she is since I was kid dad” Carson replied looking at his father’s shocked face.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” disappointed flashed in the Alpha’s eyes.

“I’m sorry dad, but I wasn’t allowed to. The moon goddess appeared to me a few times like I told you about and one of the things she said was not keep my knowledge of my mate a secret” his father understood and nodded at the cruciality of keeping the future Luna a secret.

“I understand son, I would have done the same thing, I’m guessing you’re not allowed to tell me who she is ether right?”

“Sorry old man” Carson teased. “But her birthday is on the 18th, do you think you could schedule the mating ceremony to that date?”

“There’s a specific day for that son, but I know the elders will understand. I just fear it would raise suspicions” his father pondered.

“At least that day I would get to mark my mate and be one step closer to completing the mating process” Carson reasoned.

His father nodded as he took a bite of his food “I guess you’re right”.

On the other side of the city, Thea collapsed again to another vision. Aerlda rushed to her and held her shaking body close to her pale one.

“What did you see?” Aerlda urged her sister as soon as she awoke.

Thea has not had a vision in nineteen years.

“The witch goddess and moon goddess send a message. The Alpha’s mate will have four protectors who will be arriving soon” Thea announced still fazed from her visions.

Aerlda summoned the other witches to a session. There bodies didn’t need to be physically present but they still saw each other like a hologram.

“We must stay alert sisters; the goddesses have raised protectors to stand with the Future Luna when the time comes. But they shall be on their way to her soon. Keep guard and help them where they will need it. They shall find their way to her but inform your Alphas to grant them permission to head for their journey when they seek it”