Chapter 4:

Alley POV:

A bunch of us had gone to the movies and he had asked if he could talk to me. Of course we couldn't get too far from everyone. I've never been interested in dating or anything so I had let him down gently. He tried to kiss my cheek and both my brothers got mad. Jackson had pulled me away while Tye landed a single punch to the kids nose. I felt horrible and tried to apologize but the family had moved to another pack.

"Yeah I remember, they moved not long after that had happened."

Coming back to earth I focussed on getting ready. I decided to keep my honey brown hair down, pinning it up on the sides and curled the bottom where it fell just above my waist line, Leia on the other hand had a blue dress on that hugged the top half but flowed at the bottom where it just just above her knees, she wore matching flats to go with it. She french braided the top of her hair and let the rest flow its natural blonde curls. Both of us applied light makeup. I chose to match the eye shadows with my skin tone and apply a light shade of pink under my eyes which oddly made my brown ones stand out more, Leia opted to just use a light shade of brown with a little eyeliner. I was just happy that the bruises had gone away just in time for the ball.

Finishing up our final touches there was another knock on my door and my mother walked in wearing a purple formal dress that flowed around her, her hair was put up in a pony tail that was curled with matching purple shoes, she took a look at both of us before walking over and engulfing me in to a huge.

"You both look lovely, Alley make sure you stay close to your brothers and Leia you stay close to yours and your guards." My mother had a way of being stern yet loving at the same time. We both replied back to her telling her that we promised.

"Leia, may I have a word with my daughter in private please?" She asked.

"Yes Luna, Alley I will be downstairs whenever you are ready." With that Leia walked out leaving me and my mother to talk about whatever was bothering her.

Usually nothing bothers my mother but I could see her eyebrows crease and the frown that had set in. My mother looked beautiful, she wasn't much taller than me, she stood about 5 '8'' with brown hair that fell mid length at her back, she had hazel eyes that oddly had a red tint to them at times. She was naturally tan and curvy.

"You know your father will be overly protective tonight, there may be a chance you finally meet your mate since you are 18 now. I want you to be safe, my little love. I know you can protect yourself but it would make me feel better if you stayed by your brothers." My mother told me to take my face in her hand.

"I will be safe momma I promise, Jackson and Tye will keep me safe and I will check in with you through the mind link to keep your mind at ease." I told her, smiling. She smiled from ear to ear replying

"Yes, that would make me feel better. Go see your father before you head out". She kissed my cheek before sending me off to my fathers study.

I knocked on the door and walked in to my father standing in front of the mirror trying to adjust his purple bow tie to match my mothers dress, I looked more like my dad out of all us siblings, I got his honey brown hair and his brown eyes, My father was roughly 6'5' and was well built, I walked over to him smiling before i straightened it up for him.

"You can clean up well daddy, you look nice." I told him.

"Thank you baby girl, you look beautiful," he replied.

"Mom told me to come and see you before Leia and I head out to the ball. Is everything alright?" I asked, wondering what he needed to see me for.

"I just wanted to see you before you headed off. I may not get to see you and the boys much tonight. I want you to stay by them and check in with either me or your mother to let us know you're safe." He told me to try to be stern but a smile hinted on his face.

"No worries daddy I already told mom I would check in with her and stay by the boys. Please try not to worry about me and enjoy the night." I smiled at him. That earned me a smile from my father before he hugged me and shooed me out of his study.

I quickly went down to meet Leia and the boys before we went out the door to the ball. I took a quick look over Jackson and Tye. They both had black suits with their dark brown hair slicked back they both had our mothers hazel eyes and both were equally tan, it's not everyday we get dressed like this. All and all everyone looks amazing.

"Those pups better keep their eyes to themselves tonight." Tye murmured

"Tell me about it, I wish Leia would have picked a different dress:'' Brad murmured, Brad is Leia's brother, he was 6 '2'' blonde hair and green eyes if people didn't know you would think him and Leia were twins.

We walked across the lawn and I could feel eyes on us. Everyone slightly bowed their heads when we passed. With everything going on everyone knew about the additional protection but this will be the first time I meet a lot of the farther area packs, not that there has been any other issues. We just stay to ourselves unless there's meetings but even then I don't usually go because I won't take over the pack. I'm sure they are curious to see the only daughter of an alpha, it seemed like no one could believe it unless they saw me and even then I couldn't be denied. I looked a lot like my father. As we walked across the lawn I ignored the stare that I felt burning into my back, I kept my head up and walked forward to where the ball was held.