The past 2

The nurse pulled the newborn's white blanket away to show her left arm.

A special red coloured strawberry shaped birthmark reside on her upper arm just before her shoulder.

"Our Luna has been born!" The doctor said with a happy smile.

Farrah smiled, her eyes closed. "She's destined for great things, Thompson"

A sigh escaped Farrah's lips as she gave her last breath.

Thomson smile flattered when he realised his wife was no longer breathing.

"Farrah?" He said shaking her shoulder where his hand was resting. "FARRAH!" He yelled in anguish.

And that was how Lilliana's mother died, a smile on her pale lips and an internal bleeding the doctor had not foreseen.

Farrah was an human mate to the beta of dark phoenix pack. Human mate were so rare so it had never occurred to anyone that she was better off delivering in a human hospital. Instead of the pack clinic. Maybe a human doctor would have been more accustomed to all the things that could go wrong, Farrah might still be alive.

Dragged by guilt over not being able to save his wife, Thomson fell into despair, throwing himself into his work.

Lilliana would always be the light of his life. But even her pudgy fist gripping his fingers or toothless smile was not enough to lessen the depression in his heart. Farrah's sister, Sarah took over the caring of her niece whenever Thomson was out with his alpha for pack work. She moved to the pack land, leaving her human life behind. Sometimes, Jennie the current Luna of the pack would stop by bringing her son Xander, who was a mere toddler at that time, to check in on her future daughter-in-law.

It was uncanny how the infant would hush when Xander was nearby. For his part, Xander would look at the baby, fascinated by her coos. Jennie had given birth recently but Xander's new brother doesn't fascinate him the way that little Lilliana did.

"Pweety, mama!" He exclaimed, on a warm sunny day when Jennie was visiting. She had left her younger son with a baby sitter, while Thomson had gone out with her husband to inspect the perimeter of the pack territory. Xander was pointing to the wild curls atop the 9-month Old's head.

"Oh she's going to have a wild time styling her hair," Jennie laughed fondly looking at the baby trying to crawl on her chubby legs.

"Her progress is a little bit slow...no?" Sarah asked, biting her lower lip worriedly.

By now most werewolves were crawling and getting into everything.

"Don't worry yourself," Jennie assured loftily.

"Every child is different. She is part human after all. The doctor said her werewolf gene would lay dormant until her first turn.

Sarah nodded, still worried about her niece. If younger werewolf were anything like their teen human counter parts, her niece would have a though time. "I worry sometimes, she might not fit in"

"Nonsense, she's the future Luna of the pack. No one would dare bully her," admonished Jennie

As the two female talked while watching Xander played with baby Lilliana, there was a sudden crash from the front door. A canister rolled into the sitting room. Gas exploded as the two adults were sent into coughing fits. Lilliana began to cry as did the 2 years old Xander. Both female went to pick their respective babies and run out of the house.

"Take them," implored Jennie, dumping her son into Sarah's arm.

Jennie was ready to her duty as Luna of the pack. She would gladly risk her life ten times over if it meant saving the pups. Placing a quick kiss atop her son's head. She turned to face the intruders as Sarah ran out clutching both children to her.

Sarah didn't get far however, as the moment she managed to run out of the house, a werewolf with an unknown scent grabbed her. Xander fell from her hold but the werewolf paid the two years old no heed. Instead, his eyes gleamed as he stared at Lilliana. A swift knife in the gut and Sarah fell clutching her stomach, blood beginning to stain her hand and Lilliana was in the werewolf hold, he turned to make a run for it but, out of nowhere, Jennie jumped on him, pummeling him to the ground.

The nine months old fell to the grass, crying over being jostled.

Jennie, already injured and bleeding from her tussle with the werewolf inside who she had successfully managed to dispose off, kept punching the werewolf asking again and again.

"Why do you want the future Luna of the dark phoenix pack?"

The werewolf, laughing and spitting blood finally spoke. Jennie's hand stilled mid-air.

"We will weaken your pack eventually! We will take over this territory one day. To do that we need to weaken the future Luna who is heavily guarded. An alpha is nothing without his Luna. We know your Luna are granted with special abilities. Once we do away with the future Luna, your pack will no longer be as strong as today!" The man gave a crazy grin and spit more blood out.

Sarah and Jennie realised these werewolves didn't know that the future alpha sat a mere few feet away, crying over the commotion. Out of nowhere, Thomson and the current alpha, Eduard emerged out of the nearby woods running like their life depend on it.

"The other one is dead inside," Jennie said grimly, getting off the werewolf who was laughing as if he had gone insane.

Thomson grabbed the crying Lilliana off the ground, running to aid Sarah who was losing blood fast. He began to dial for ambulance. Jennie turned to clutch Xander to her bosom while Eduard grabbed the intruders, hauling him up. The Alpha's subordinate wolves reached the clearing at a run and grabbed the enemy werewolf from Eduard.

"Take him to the cell room," Eduard muttered. His subordinates dragged him away. Then he turned his attention to Sarah who was bleeding profusely. She needed medical attention right now. The injury looked fatal. If she had been a werewolf, she would've been healing by now.

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"The only way to keep her safe for now is to send her away" Eduard stated quietly a week after.

Their prisoner had killed himself, never disclosing who was behind this evil plot to harm an innocent baby in a bid to distroy Eduard's pack.

"She's part human. She could assimilate well in the human world for now. When she's older and her werewolf gene's fully emerge, she would better be able to take care of herself. For now...this is the best option."

"If her mother were alive..." Thomson said warily..."I've become a mess to depression, I don't even think I can take care of her, I can't go with her" Thompson stated.

" I'm not asking you to Thomson, you are my beta. Both of us need to find the culprit who is behind the plot to kidnap the future Luna and harm my son. We have to eliminate them together...for both our children. Once we succeed, we'll bring Lilliana back to join our pack, in her rightful place." Eduard assured his friend and beta.

Nodding as he gulped back his tears, Thomson look at Sarah.

"I'll take her with me Thomson" Sarah spoke before Thomson could even ask it of her....

"You can't go as you are Sarah," Eduard stated with finality. "You almost died from the last attack if you're going to guard her... I'm sorry to ask you this but you need to be stronger"

Sarah looked at Eduard, paling suddenly. She would have to allow them to turn her.

"No," Thomson blurt out forcefully. "Farrah would never_"

At the mention of her sister, Sarah eyes filled with tears.

"Farrah would trust me to keep her baby girl safe" Sarah said to Thomson with tears flowing her cheeks. "I'll do it for Farrah and Lilliana. I'd even do it a thousand times over if it meant we keep this precious girl alive to fulfill the great things she's destined for."

"The turning process for all humans is painful. That's why I never turned Farrah. Some don't even survive the change," Thomson said furiously. You're risking your life. What would your sister say? She wouldn't want you to sacrifice yourself"

"I'm made of stronger stuff than Farrah was. She was always the more fragile one between the two of us. I'll survive." but the way Sarah's voice shook made it clear even she had doubts. She took a deep breath and kept speaking, "once....once you and our Alpha have gotten everything under control, we'll return."

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End of flashback*