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4. Strange Behavior

Jades POV

I give my mom a reassuring smile and tell her, "I'm not planning on going anywhere soon, you are probably going to have to kick me out for me to actually leave." I notice her eyes turn glassy and I hug her and she hugs me back tightly as if I will disappear at any moment. I pull back and look at her "Mom go rest, I will mind link you when dinner is ready." She nods and pulls Dad's hand and they head upstairs.

Ava and I finish making dinner and we also set up the table. I then open a mind link for Mom and Liam "Dinner is ready." After five minutes I hear our front door open and Liam walks in to the dining room, followed by Mom and Dad right after. We all take our seats and we start talking about my day. I let my mom about the gown I purchased from Rob today. I also told my dad about me starting to assist Julian with some training sessions. He smiles proudly and says, "Jade, I hope you know how proud your mother and I are of you. We know you will accomplish so much in life and you will make a difference in our werewolf community." I smile at him "I should be thanking you and Mom; you guys are the ones who raised me to be the way I currently am." They both look at me lovingly. We continue talking, Liam talks about what happened during the patrol, and Ava tells mom that she and Julian have been talking about officially becoming chosen mates.

Throughout dinner I notice Mom and Dad are stealing glances at me and their behavior seems somewhat strange. They almost seem to be sad and they have at times almost seemed distracted. Something is really bothering them, and based on the look I've seen them give me I'm pretty sure it has to do with me. I tell myself that if it is anything important, they will let me know. I believe their behavior might also be because their youngest daughter is going to turn 18. When dinner is finished, I asked my parents to go back and rest. I really do think they need it. I pick up the table and wash the dishes. I like to do the dishes on my own because it's almost therapeutic for me, and it keeps my mind from wandering elsewhere. I finish washing the dishes and make my way upstairs.

Once I am in my room, I go the restroom and shower. I wrap a white fluffy towel around me and head over to my closet. I put on my favorite spaghetti strap and short pajamas. I make my way to bed when my phone start ringing, it's Mia. "Hey girl, I know you are probably about to go to sleep, but you won't guess what happened!", she says with a lot of excitement in her voice. I purse my lips, "well by the way you sound it has to do with a guy, am I right?" She squeals " Yes! But the guy is into you. Freaking Levi Jacobs asked me if you were seeing anyone." I feel a bit confused I mean Levi is really hot. He is blond and keeps his hair long enough to comb over at the top but is short on the sides. He has gorgeous blue eyes, is about 6'5, and by his muscular body you can tell he is high ranking werewolf. But I never thought he was interested in me; I mean he has never made a move. "Really?", I ask. "Yes, Jade I think he has been into you for a while now, he is probably waiting to make his move when for when you turn 18, he probably wants to make sure your fated mate isn't in our pack." Mia's over excitement makes me chuckle. "Wow, with all that excitement it almost seems he asked about you." She scoffs "Girl, have you seen how hot that man is? If he was after me, I would have hopped on that right away." I shake my head "You would say something like that. Well, let's see what will happens, I mean he and I will be spending a lot of time together after Julian officially becomes Alpha. She sighs, " Who knows maybe he might be your fated mate, I mean just imagine Gamma warrior with his bad ass Gamma female as head warrior." She squeals once again making me pull my phone away from my ear and put it back when she is done. "Well, if it's meant to be it will happen. Now, can I go to sleep? I start helping with training tomorrow and have to wake up a little earlier in case Julian need help preparing anything." "Alright, Jade good night, see tomorrow for training. Bye" "Bye Mia" I fall into deep slumber and once again I find myself dreaming about those beautiful silver eyes"


I wake up at five in the morning to make sure I am fully awake for training. I go to the bathroom to do my business. I wash my hands, teeth, and face. I pull my hair into a high ponytail. I walk to my closet and put on some black biker shorts, a white sports bra with black trimming, and my running shoes. I finish in about 20 minutes and grab a re-usable water bottle and fill it up with water. I run out of my house and start making my way to the training grounds, it will take me 7 minutes to get there by foot. I couple of minutes into my walk, I bump into one of the pack warriors. His name is Emilio, and he is practically like another father figure to me. While my father taught me the basics when it comes to my training, this man was the one that helped me become the warrior that I am today. Emilio was once part of the royal pack but he transferred here around the time I was born. I never really understood why he left the royal pack. One of my goals was to become part of the Royal Guard, which is a special group of warriors assigned to protect the Royal pack where only the best of the best join. I learn a lot about the Royals from Emilio, he has always gone out of his way to teach me about the Royal's practices and traditions. They are called the Royal Moon Pack; the members of the Royals are decedents of the moon goddess. They the most powerful line of werewolves.

Emilio walks up to me. "Hello Miss Jade", He greeted. "Emilio how many times have I told you to drop the Miss, no formalities with me please." He smiles. "Sorry Princess, I just like to formally address those that have earned my respect, it takes a while to get used to." He always does this, if he doesn't address me formally, he calls me princess. I scoff, "We all know I am far from being a princess Em, but I guess that will do for now." He glances at me. "So where are you going?" I smile at him, " I am going to start assisting with training in the sessions with the teens. Today is my first day!" He smiles "Thats great princess, you will make your parent proud." He said with pride in his tone. I say, "Well it's all thanks to you, you are the one to train me to mold me to be the warrior that I am today, and I will be forever grateful. Oh, and my parents were really happy about it when I told them about last night." His smile fell. "Right." He was quiet the rest of the way to the training grounds. When I arrived, he said his goodbye and continues on his way. I thought to myself, something strange is going on, my parents are acting sad and stressed, and now Emilio suddenly got quiet when that man has a hard time to stop talking once he starts. Something is going on around here and I have a feeling it is not good.

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