The Pack's Weirdo : A Mystery to unveil
Chapter 92: Bonus - I

Chapter 92: Bonus Chapter I

Aadhya’s POV -

“Stop whining or I am not going to put bandages on your wound Aria”, I scolded Aria for again cutting herself after sneaking at the arsenal... {God knows how Ryan and Dee will react to the new injury now} ... Bria was silently watching both of us.

Aria and Bria are now eight years old. With every year adding into their age, I always hope that this year they will mend their ways and stop troubling others or at least stop hurting themselves but every year they shatter my hopes as soon as I build them.

It is the third time that Aria or Bria tried to use the knives and cut themselves instead... {yep, it is the same every time. Only one of them got hurt whenever they do something stupid and this time it is Aria’s turn}

But I don’t blame them for this. Whenever we are training, Ryan, dee and I, all three of us can’t help but show off our knife skills to the other warriors and even compete with each other. So, it is normal for curious kids like Aria and Bria to get attracted towards these weapons and try to do the stunts as we do... {but at their age, Dee was not like that. Yeah, he also cut himself a couple of times, but he was way more mature at that age than these girls. Dee was way calmer than my girls. Aria and Bria are always way more excited to do and learn new things which always ends up in them getting hurt or hurting others.}

“Addy” I heard Dee’s voice calling me and I can’t help but get tense. Dee and Ryan both are extra protective of these two... and the problem doesn’t end here. Aria and Bria also overreact whenever dee and Ryan are around. I heard Dee’s footsteps coming towards my room and I can notice the sudden tears in Aria’s eyes “What happened?” Dee entered the room and looked at all three of us in concern as he has already smelt blood.

“I got hurt Dee” suddenly the calmly sitting aria said with teary eyes and a whimpering voice... {here the drama starts} ... Dee was by her side in seconds and as I have already dressed the cut, I didn’t stop any of them... {I can’t wait for them to get their wolves. At least I didn’t have to worry about their getting hurt... Or hurting others also}

I rolled my eyes and packed the first aid kit. I got up and went to the closet to put the box in its place. When I came back Dee was trying to distract the girls and is telling them one of his ‘cool’ stories, but I can still see the creases of concern on his forehead... {remember the time when we used to do the same with Dee} ... A soft smile came on my face just thinking about when Dee was a little kid.

I looked at him closely and I felt very proud of what he had finally become... {don’t forget that you are also like this because Dee came into your life} ... I agree with my wolf completely. If it was not for Dee, then I should have left the werewolf world a long ago. Neither would I have met Ryan, nor the other things would have happened the way they happened. There is a high chance that I would be dead by now if Dee was not there in my life.

Dee has become a grown-up man now even when he is still in his teens... {he is already sixteen... only a few more years and he will become an adult then he will have a pack of his own to lead and soon he will also find his mate.... Damn, when did he grow up?} ... It still astonishes me how these kids have grown so fast. It was just yesterday when dee was in school and I used to sneak into the hostel to meet Dee and Owen... damn it feels like it was just a while ago when I have given them birth and Ryan was also crying in the whole process along with me... {Well, let’s not get nostalgic right now. We still have work to do. Dee will take care of Aria and bria now.}

“Dee, love, do you have to go somewhere?” I asked him and he looked at me... {He is looking troubled}

“No, I am not going anywhere,” he said and caressed Aria’s head. I looked at Bria who is still looking scared and extremely guilty. They were fighting with each other and even after me telling them many times to practice with the wooden knives, they went for the real knives and here’s the result. Bria’s knife hurt Aria... {and the cut is deep too}

“Ok, can you come with me for a second,” I told him, and he nodded. I went to the office and after a few minutes Dee also came “She is not crying now, Is she?” I asked him and he shook his head negatively “What happened Dee?”

I asked him because he is way too silent today. I knew that there are many things that he didn’t share with us now and there are many problems that he took care of by himself but still I can’t ignore the fact that he is not looking like the normal Dee. He didn’t say anything just keep staring at the paperweight that was on the table and I gave him time to slowly contemplate if he wanted to share things with me or not. Finally, after a few minutes, he took a deep breath and looked at me directly in my eyes.

“My wolf is behaving like a jerk” he paused, and I instantly knew where the conversation is leading but I nodded and encouraged him to continue “He is acting weird. He is snapping at everyone for even the tiniest of things. The things that used to feel like a good joke are now making him mad and this is making me irritated too. I was just training with Owen before I came here. Owen teased me and I don’t know what happened to Delcan (dee’s wolf), he took control from me and attacked Owen” before I ask him about the well-being of Owen he continued “No need to get tensed... He did attack him, but that attack was not the kind of attack to hurt someone. It is just to show him...” he stopped and looked downwards “his place” he completed his sentence, and I can’t help but smile.

“And you think you are becoming like Ethan?” he didn’t say anything but took a deep breath.

“I don’t want to do mistakes and hurt my people just because my wolf needed to show everyone their place... I don’t know why he started taking himself as some almighty suddenly. We are just normal wolves. Being alpha born doesn’t mean that he is ahead of everyone,” he said in irritation, and I can’t help but smile.

“If you think like that then I have to say that I am really impressed by this” he looked at me as if I have gone mad.

“Just because you love me doesn’t mean that everything, I do is right addy. I am not a kid anymore now. Do you think I can’t see how you treat me and how you treat Aria and Bria? I don’t remember you scolding me as much as you scold Aria and Bria. You guys always supported me but when aria and bria do something wrong you always scold them and even don’t talk with them sometimes but that never happened with me.” I tried to interrupt him, but he shook his head in denial and I shut my mouth.

“You have to accept it because it is the truth. I didn’t remember you leaving me behind when I got an injury. No matter if you are busy or not you always stayed with me. I know I am your favourite among all the children, but you have to tell me when I am doing something wrong.” Though he is complaining in all this he has not even looked once towards me “I only have you, addy. If you will not correct me on my mistakes, then how will I be able to step in your footsteps” he said and finally looked at me “you are smiling” he narrowed his eyes at me, and a familiar pout came on his face unknowingly.

“Did I tell you that I am proud of you Dee?” I asked him and this surely caught him off guard. “When you came into my life, I didn’t know much about kids or how to treat a kid. Neither did I have younger siblings, nor I lived with any kid before I shifted to the pack’s orphanage. Truth be said, I never saw you as a kid. You have always been my safe zone even when Ryan has not entered our lives.” he is looking too shocked to react.

“After becoming a warrior, I used to stay in the woods even after my duty was over. I just went to pack house to take a bath or for food. When I shifted to the orphanage, I met you."

"You are the reason I started coming back at night because you used to wait for me even for dinner. I raised you as my equal. I never scolded you as much as I should Aria and Bria because first, you were not as much naughty as they are, second, that time I was very immature myself, most of the time I don’t even know when to scold you and when not. My love was never a motherly love towards you. You are more like a friend but aria and bria are my daughters, I can’t help but treat them as my daughters. You sneaked out of the hostel with me many times and I even appreciated it that time but if I caught aria and bria sneaking out like that I will surely be mad if they will not have any strong reason for it.”

“Look, as a mother I know that aria and bria are going to do many stupid things in their lives because no matter how much I wanted them to be like you or Ryan I know that they are more like me... and I don’t even know my capability to do stupid things, so this means that I didn’t even know the capability of my girls. I only knew that I have surprised everyone by doing many stupid things, but I didn’t want my girls to do the same. I don’t want them to challenge vampires when I knew that getting alive from that position was almost impossible, I don’t want them to follow a psycho killer when I already knew what he was capable of. I am never scared for you in this case. You are more like Ryan than me. You always observed him, and I can even see many similarities between you two, but my girls are ‘me’.” He finally smiled and nodded.

“And no need to worry about all this alpha wolf ego thing. King and Aadhya (addy’s wolf) are still like this. This is the only reason Ryan always adds ‘I am alpha king for a reason’” both dee and me said Ryan’s favourite dialogue together and then started laughing loudly.

“So, that’s normal” I nodded, and he is looking relieved now.

“You just have to learn to calm your wolf a little. Aadhya will also talk with Delcan about this” he smiled and nodded.

“Why didn’t you change your wolf’s name addy? I mean it is a bit confusing sometimes” he said and came towards me took the snacks from my desk and started munching... {here comes my dee back... and I am not changing my name. Mom chose that name for me. If you want, then you can change your name} ... I rolled my eyes at my wolf’s statement, but my thoughts are similar in this case as hers. Our name is the only thing that I got from our birth parents, and I am not going to change that.

“Because we both like that” Dee nodded and looked at the files that are everywhere on the desk.

“Ry, El and I already solved this issue. No need to work on that” I looked at the file and checked the first page and I found Ryan’s mark of completion on it.

“When did you work on that file?” I asked him and he

“Last night ry and el are working on it. I was also free so ry told me to join them” I nodded “now, here are your remaining snacks. I am going with the girls now. I think we have already given enough time to bria to apologise to aria right” he asked me, and I nodded “cool, now I am going with them. And don’t expect me to not spoil them. You are their mother, for me they are my equal. I am also immature, and I will also appreciate if they will break rules with me” he used my words against me with a smirk and went out of the office. I smiled at his stupidity when Ryan mind-linked me that there is a very important discussion he has to have with me. So, I asked him where he is, and he informed me that he was in knights.

I took the motorcycle key and helmet and drove towards the knights after mind-linking dee. I parked the vehicle in the basement and went towards the elevators. By now, I knew almost everyone who works here now, specifically the guards because no matter whether wolf or human I assist matt in their training very closely. I am very glad to even say that there are almost a hundred wolves that learnt the art of semi-shifting from my wolf. I never felt it was a huge capability before because like many things my wolf has developed this with time but when I was informed that only Ryan was able to do this and that too with not much clarity, I finally understood how important this capability is. Now all the ranking wolves have this capability and even Dee too learned it very soon. Actually, his wolf has insane respect for my wolf. She is his idol, so if she does something then he makes it his goal to learn that too. This is the reason that Dee learned mid-shifting or semi-shifting at this age too.

I went towards Ryan’s office and entered after knocking. I was expecting dad and Ryan to be here but the presence of alpha Aiden and luna Olivia surely did surprise me. After Ethan’s death, I was expecting them to blame me for everything, but they didn’t even say a single word to me.

I still know when they arrived in the crescent moon pack after we informed them about Ethan’s death, and actually, there is not even the need of informing them. The exact second when Ethan took his last breath, they felt the pain of his death. I was with Ethan’s body in the hospital when both alpha and luna arrived there. While luna collapsed on the door while crying as soon as her eyes landed on Ethan’s body, alpha just stood there like a puppet.

Let’s just say that there are many memories that I badly want to forget, and that memory was one of those. They stayed for two days in the crescent moon pack that time and that was the last time I met them.

“Hello, Alpha, luna” I greeted them and no matter how much I got comfortable with people treating me like luna queen, I will never be able to be comfortable with people whom I knew before treating me like a queen. Both of them stood from their respective seats and bowed to me.

“Hello luna queen” I nodded awkwardly and told them to sit. Dad was sitting on the head chair and Ryan was just standing by the glass wall. I felt his gaze and looked at him. He is looking tired yet calm, he extended his hand towards me, and I went towards him. I hugged him and released my scent to calm him and instantly smelt his scent too.

We finally let each other go in a few seconds (yeah, or dad will surely say that... Ahm, ahm no need to make me jealous love birds} ... but neither Ryan nor I let go of each other hand.

“So, we have a matter in hand” as soon as dad said this, I got tense because the last time blue moon pack has issues the reason behind that was me and my family. Ryan squeezed my hand, and I assured him that I am fine “Alpha Aiden want to retire from his alpha duties” suddenly the visuals from my childhood flashed in front of my eyes when Ethan used to tell me that he going to be the alpha of the pack and then no one will bully me... {and later he himself become our bully}.

“Though normally in their case people went to council for help alpha Aiden has something in mind” the way dad looked at me after his statement clearly stated that this surely have something to do with me... {oh come on, I am not going away from my family and my pack... shit} as soon as I realised what they are referring to I looked at Ryan who is himself not looking prepared for it.

“They wanted Dee to take over the Blue moon pack” I looked at alpha Aiden and Luna Olivia who are closely observing my reaction... {What the fuck is this?}

“Dee is sixteen only. He is not mature enough to handle a pack right now” I said to everyone and looked at dad.

“But he already is stronger than many alphas of other packs.” I opened my mouth to deny but dad cut me off “you both trained him yourself. None of you can deny this. He has proved himself uncountable times. Not only he shifted into his wolf three years earlier than every other wolf, but he also mastered the art of mid-shift. He is observing Ryan’s work from the time he was twelve and now he already has developed a deep understanding of pack matters.” dad stated all the things of dee that all three of us are extremely proud of but still I am not ready to let him go this soon.

“He can’t take alpha duties right now dad. He is only sixteen and don’t forget that he will only be able to find his mate after he turns eighteen. He is still a kid, at least let him live his life freely till he was eighteen” this time Ryan interrupted dad.

“You took the alpha king duties when you were sixteen” dad stated.

“I was given those duties dad. I didn’t choose that for me. Moon goddess gave me a crown that’s why I have to be the alpha king. We are Dee’s guardians, and we are not imposing this responsibility on dee until he is not eighteen at least” Ryan said, and I nodded in his support.

“I am not active as I used to be before” suddenly alpha Aiden interrupted all three of us “I think you can also see this clearly. Though I agree with you from a parent or guardian’s perspective. I don’t agree with you from Dee’s perspective. A normal alpha wolf has their first shift at sixteen, they transform their underdeveloped command according to their nature... the more dominant the nature of the person is the more speedily their alpha command and nature develop. Still, there is not even a single instance when an alpha wolf has not developed the command fully after two years of his first shift. Deigo has his first shift in thirteen I guess” he said, and I nodded softly “he is already sixteen now. I don’t know if he shared with you or not, but I am sure you have also noticed those ‘alpha wolf’ triggers in his behaviour now. None of you feels threatened by his alpha wolf because you are the king and queen of our world, but his wolf will soon start craving for his land, own people and own pack. The last decision will obviously be yours but think about this part too” I can feel Ryan’s anxiety and I am sure that he will also be able to feel mine too.

“I don’t want to give control of the blue moon pack to anyone. We loved and cherished that pack our whole lives. We are just trying to ensure that our pack goes into the hands of someone worthy of it. We are retiring from pack’s duties, but we will be there with Dee if he will face any issue in pack matters.” these are the words of luna Olivia. She looked at alpha Aiden and then again at me “at least for two years we are planning to live in blue moon pack more just to ensure that we have given the pack in the right hands after that we are also planning to shift somewhere far in peace” and now if I consider everything with a rational mind, I really have to accept that both of them have a strong point.

“That’s not the only thing Olivia, Aiden,” Ryan said to them “along with the rank of alpha there comes many risks too. Dee will be the direct target of many dangerous people especially when everybody knows how much important he is for us... the alpha king and luna queen” none of the people present in the room said anything after this.

“Let’s first talk with dee in this matter. Let us hear what he thinks about this after that we will think about that” dad suggested but I can’t help but interrupt him.

“No one is talking with him in this matter. You have to assure us first that he will be safe if we will send him there.” I said and Ryan nodded on this.

“I know you don’t believe me and Aiden. But you do believe blacks, don’t you?” luna Olivia asked me. Beth is the current delta of the pack, and her mate is Gary (yeah, the same Gary who used to be the assistant of Ryan. They found each other when beth came to meet Layla after the war with greyson}... “Let’s do this. We will give the alpha duties to Diego on papers, but we will not disclose the information until he turns eighteen. Till then we will act as alpha and luna of the pack, but every decision will be of Diego.” she suggested, and this actually confused me.

“Why are you so eager to transfer the alpha rank to Dee, Luna?” I asked suddenly and both of them looked as if a deer caught in headlights... {there is something surely wrong} ... “Don’t forget that the person who we are talking about is ‘my Dee’ alpha, luna” I warned them, and they visibly shook because of my aura.

“Council members are making pressure on us for a few years either to take someone as our heir or to give up the alpha rank now” as soon as I heard this, I again felt the same anger towards elders that I always feel in those conferences in the council.

“We don’t want them to forcefully remove us from the rank and give our pack to someone who is not worthy enough” now everything they said was making sense to me “Even two years ago too we thought to come and talk to you about the same, but it felt really cruel for even us to give this much risk and responsibility to a fourteen-year-old. Even today too we came to ask for a solution to this problem. We heard alpha talking with Diego on the call about some cases earlier and the way Diego was talking with him and the suggestions that he was giving are way more mature for just a sixteen-year-old. I am not concerned about his values or his strength because you are the one from whom he learned all the things in his life” alpha Aiden said while looking at me... {Do we really have to live apart from Dee now? Is there really no other solution to this problem?}

Author’s note -

I started developing the plot of Dee’s story. Hopefully, the starting Chapters of the book will be uploaded by late February 2023.

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