HADES PIERSON

Watching Jade sleep was kind of therapeutic for me.

I was itching to touch her soft curly hair.

She has this little tic when she sleeps which I find very cute. She blinks her left eyelid.

All of a sudden, Jade yawned which was contagious as I also yawned, I tried blinking the sleep away but the day has really been tiring, from paperwork to trying to understand the incidence that happened between Lucas and Jade and also thinking up strategies to protect our pack..... I slept off like a light.

I woke up and saw Jade still sleeping. She must've been really tired than she let on. I need to know what happened and how she got to the territory. Uncle John refused to give me details. He was very unconcerned when I told him Jade was at the hospital, he said she was very weak and it was better she stayed with us.

"What are you looking at?" Jade asked opening her eyes all of a sudden.

"Nothing" I said."Oh, I told John Black you have to stay here for a few days" I told her the lie so she wouldn't feel bad. I really don't know why John Black is behaving this way. His behavior is really concretizing the speculations that he's the Red Rouges leader."Why do I need to stay here?" She asked, looking at me dubiously.

"For starters, Jeanine is coming and John Black thinks it would be nice to mingle with your peers" I finished. That should be able to satisfy her curiosity, I hope.

Jade sighed and looked at me "You don't have to lie, Uncle John would never suggest this". Thinking about it, John Black might actually have been mistreating the girls. I thought back to the weeks after the tragic incident that occurred. I noticed Jade and Jeanine were sadder than usual but I thought it was grief as I was coping with mine too. But after I finally got better as I could be, Jade and Jeanine were still sad, infact they were always together like it was just them both against the world. Thinking back, they always flinched anytime anyone shouted. I'm such a fool for not noticing sooner. To this day, Jade can't stand any form of violence, another reason why her uncle didn't want her in the pack. What if he was just hiding them in the pretext of protecting them?

What if he was the one they needed protection from?"Jade....." I paused

"Yes?" She replied.

"Never mind " I said. I don't want to remind her about any painful incident.

"Hades, you need to tell me all that's happening. You told me about my parents and all but I don't fully understand the concept of werewolves and why our families were attacked" she finished. I guess since she knows about werewolves, I just have to come clean about everything. Sighing, I decided to tell her about everything from the very beginning.

"A very long time ago, in a village called Yopa, the inhabitants were friendly and nice to one another. Everyone knew each other and peace reigned until the Drogons appeared. The Drogons were the complete opposite of the Yopa people, everywhere they went to was filled with bloodshed."

"The Drogons always destroyed villages, take over the villages and when they were tired, they moved to conquer other untouched villages. The Moongoddess saw this, took pity on the Yopa people and decided to bless them with heightened speed, strength, great eyesight in the dark, great hearing and other heightened senses."

"There had to be a balance so the Yopa people wouldn't misuse the ability, they had to face the horror of the first shift and they were vulnerable to Silver. The Moongoddess decided to name them Werewolves." I finished.

"Woooow, so you're a descendant of the Yopa people? " Jade asked."Yes, I am and so are you to an extent" I said. Jade frowned at me in question."Have you forgotten you're a hybrid Jade? You're basically half werewolf half human" "Your dad was a werewolf and your mum was human" I told her. "But werewolves have to marry werewolves right? Why did my parents get married?" She asked. "Ummm, another thing you need to know about our kind is that werewolves have mates like their soulmates. Most of the time, a werewolf to werewolf pairing occurs but there are few exceptions like your parents and Jeanine's parents". I finished.

"But I thought soulmates aren't real "

"Well, you thought wrong. Soulmates are real and there's a mate out there somewhere for every werewolf " I said while playing with my fingers, itching to touch her hair.

"So where is your mate?" She asked, shocking me. Sputtering, I replied her "Umm, werewolves don't find their mates until we're 18"

"Ohhhh, this is very informative" She said, nodding her head and frowning at me all of a sudden. "I want to be alone" She said out of the blues looking at me like I killed her dog."Ummm... What?" I asked her, confused as to why she was suddenly angry at me. "I want to be alone Hades, please get out " She repeated, looking at me with stone cold eyes. I stood up "If you need anything, you can let me know. Jeanine is almost here" I said, walking towards the door.

I've come to a conclusion that Jade is bipolar. If any other person was this disrespectful to me he/she would be 6ft under. Funny thing is my wolf doesn't feel disrespected by Jade's outbursts or pranks. Maybe its because we've been pranking ourselves since we were young. "Alpha, there's a breach at the border, the girl says her name is Jeanine and she wants to see you" Cade, one of the pack warriors mindlinks me. "You can let her in Cade, tell Josh to guide her to the pack hospital " I mindlinked back."Yes Alpha" He replied and I cut off the link with him.

Standing outside the hospital waiting for Jeanine seemed to go on forever till I saw her reddish brownish hair at a distance. Jeanine seemed to take more of her dad's genes unlike Jade who took her mum's. Jeanine finally got to the entrance of the hospital where I was standing, looking breathless and scared at the same time."What's going on?" I asked her.

"Dad...gone....I don't know...letter....Jade, where is she?" Jeanine started screaming. "Jeanine please calm down, what are you saying" I tried calming her but she got more hysterical. Looking over her shoulder at Josh, I asked him the silent question of what happened."I don't know Alpha, she was hysterical before getting to the border". Josh mindlinked me in response. "JEANINE, PLEASE CALM DOWN" I used my Alpha tone on her because every other thing seemed not to work. "Please could you tell me what is wrong?" I asked her gently not wanting to set her off. "Ca.... ca... can we talk in your office" She asked me shaking. "Yes of course, let's go" I lead her away from the hospital to my office at the pack house."Lucas, watch over Jade" I mindlinked him. Getting to the office, I offered Jeanine a cup of water from which she took a sip and put it on the table. "Jeanine, you can talk now, my office is soundproof " I assured her.

Shaking again, she said something shocking and not so shocking at the same time

"My dad is gone and he was the one who killed Jade's parents, my mum and your dad" She said crying.