5

DASH

I couldn't stop thinking about those grey orbs, they looked too familiar but I just couldn't put a finger on where I had seen them.

"Hey are you even listening." Shaun my third in command hissed snapping me out of my thoughts and back to reality.

"Huh." I looked at him confused.

"Come on Dash, it's like the 3rd time we are going through this." Angelo growled.

"What?" I looked at him still confused, I was oblivious as to what he was talking about.

"I swear I'm going screw your head you idiot." He yelled.

"Mind your language and tone beta Cross." I growled in my alpha voice and he immediately bowed to show respect.

"I'm sorry alpha." He apologized.

"Its fine.” I told him, now feeling sort of guilty for having over reacted, but yet again, I blamed my wolf, he was an alpha, superior to all and as such could never take being disrespected. “You can carry on with whatever plans you have made."

"But-" Shaun begun to protest but I cut him off.

"I’m not paying attention to anything both of you is saying and just wasting your time and energy.” I told them. “You can execute the plan whatever it may be, I trust you both to do what is in the best interest of the pack, now out.”

"Yes alpha." They bowed and left

"Ugh! That fucking child." I groaned running a hand through my hair. "Get out of my head!"

My mind couldn’t focus on anything but the small boy, for some unknown reason I had a very strong urge to get him and now that was disturbing everything, it was like my entire word was now revolving around that boy.

Frustrated, I went to my room and lay in my bed pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Are you alright?" Caesar asked.

"Yes, can you believe a little child is driving me insane?" I groaned trying not to laugh at myself.

"Honestly it's almost like the twerp has cast some sort of spell on us."

"I need to let off some steam." I got out of bed, took a quick shower and got dressed before going downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Penelope asked as I approached the front door.

"None of business." And with that I walked out of the house, shifted into wolf form and run into the woods.

Caesar was a huge fury white wolf with golden eyes. Werewolves especially alphas were often black, rarely white we were one out of a hundred,

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"That was a good run." Caesar stated after having run through the woods for hours.

"I know and I've got a plan to catch that boy." I smirked.

I walked to a nearby waterfall, it was hidden deep in the woods only she and I knew the place.

I reached the falls and inhaled the fresh air but it had that mouthwatering scent again.

"Mate, she's here!" Caesar said excitedly.

"No, we don't need a fucking mate." I hissed.

"You don't, but I need her to survive."

"I don't care I don't need some whore to help ruin my life."

"Well I don't care either now let's go to her."

"I'm in control here and I said fucking no!" And I blocked him out of my head.

Turning to walk away, bumped into someone, their scent was so strong and mouthwatering it clouded my mind. Groaning with my eyes closed, I took in a deep breath of the fragrance allowing it to invade my lungs and brain. I was in so deep that the only thing that brought me back to reality was a small yet audible gasp that reached my ears.

My eyes fluttered open and were met with a pair of beautiful amber that I could get lost in forever like I used to in the past, had they not belonged to the one person I loathed.

"What on earth are you doing here." I gritted out clenching my hands that were now rolled into fists.

"D-"

"Don't call my name." I hissed, hearing my name rolling from her tongue was the last thing I wanted, I didn’t want it to

bring back the memories of us. "What are you doing in my pack!"

"It's my pack too." She mumbled lowly.

"Not anymore, I want you gone!"

"Da-"

"Don't fucking call my name you slut!" I pushed past her ignoring the sparks and warm sensation I got when our skins

touched.

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I barged into the house and found everyone seated at the table having dinner.

"Dash where have-" My father growled but I cut him off in a rude manner.

"When the fucking hell were you planning to tell me that she was back!" I hissed matching the angry expression on his

face.

"Who are you talk-" Ericson tried.

"Don't act damn with me." Out of rage, I grabbed a glass and threw it to the wall.

"Dash-" Penelope spoke softly.

"Don't fucking call my name! When were you fucking planning to tell me!" I growled.

"Dash stop your madness now!" Elizabeth yelled making my temper rise even more

"Don't you raise you damn voice at me!" I glared at her. "Know your place."

"Shut up!" Father yelled. “Now!”

"No you fucking shut the hell up!" I hissed at him.

"Dash he is your father." Penelope growled angrily.

"I don't give a damn and if I were you I would shut up and stay out of this." I gritted out. I hated and rarely yelled at my

sister but I was filled with rage and it clouded my words and actions.

"OK dude you need to calm down." Angelo growled pulling Penelope behind him and out of my sight.

"Don't you use the tone on me!" I retorted knowing fully well that he too had known that she was back in the pack and kept it from me. "So much go being my so called best friend."

"Dash-" he looked at me apologetically, he was feeling guilty.

"Don't even give me that stupid face, to hell with all of you." I threw a plate off the table and stormed off to the gym.

Taking off my shirt and throwing it on the ground, I began hitting the punching bag dangling from the ceiling.

"Why the hell can’t you just disappear from my life!" I growled hitting the punching bag repeatedly "Ugh! Why does it always have to be me!"

I had been hitting punching bag for hours, I swore if it had a mouth or feelings, it would have complained. Finally out of energy, I fell knees first onto the ground. I was drained, physically, emotionally and mentally to an extent that I just laying on the floor and a single tear rolled down my cheek.

Seeing Rosalie Blake again after all these years made all the memories come back I had been trying to forget flash through my mind causing all the emotions I ever felt resurface. It was so overwhelming I couldn’t even pinpoint which one was overpowering the others. I felt everything all at one, the sadness, anger, pain, hatred and betrayal. She had opened my wounds again and I was no longer sure I could even forget, over the years I had tried so hard but after today, all the effort I made had gone down the drain, I was back to square one. I took a step towards healing and now I was taken further back to where I was to begin with, it felt like I was playing a losing game.

I felt like I was drowning, like the universe was against my existence, everything I ever loved or attempted to would always turn against me and cause me much more pain than the things I had no care for. I wanted it all to end but no, the universe continued to punish me by making her my mate, I never really entertained the idea of having a mate after being heartbroken, but a small part of me still believed in it, I hoped that one day my mate would love me the way I see others being loved, but now all that hope had vanished, I was never going to find happiness in life.

ROSALIE

After seeing Dash, I went home, sat in a corner of my bedroom and with knees to my chest, I hugged myself as I cried. I was still in disbelief as to what had just transpired, I had seen him again after so long, he looked really good, his jet-black hair was now reaching his neck, he was now taller and far more muscular than I remembered but he looked great.

As much as I liked how he looked now, I loved that one thing about him hadn’t quite changed and that was his big grey eyes, I always loved them and got lost in them when we were together. But just like the last time I had seen him, they changed from grey to black when his eyes met mine.

I could tell he was still hurt and angry with me, he loathed me, all his emotions were clear, it was evident how much I had hurt him and that tore me apart.

"Mummy? Mummy what's wrong?" Cage asked softly but I just kept crying.

I hated crying in front of my son but I couldn’t hold back my tears, I just couldn’t.

'Why on earth would the moon goddess make him my mate' I groaned internally.

The thought of being his mate made a small part of me happy whereas the bigger part just couldn’t get over the feeling

that he was never going to be happy, had someone else been his mate, then at least he would have had a shot at true happiness but now, that was impossible, after everything that had happened between us, there was no way he could ever be happy with me, hell he wouldn’t even accept me.

"Mummy." He pulled me into a tight hug. "Please don't cry." He rubbed circles on my back gently. "You know I hate seeing you cry, so please don't be sad anymore." He cooed.

“I’m sorry.” I tried to wipe away my tears but they kept streaming down my cheeks. “I love you so much my baby.”

Changing my sitting position, I pulled him to my lap and burring my face in his hair.

“I love you too mummy.” He whispered back.