Dakota's POV
Walking in the middle of the forest toward the meeting spot for our pack I smiled to myself. Sam came out from the bushes a gave me a look. "Dude, what's with the stupid grin."
My smile broadened as I thought of the kiss. Sam must have read his mind because he burst out laughing. "Ha! You finally tapped her?"
I growled. "No. I just kissed her. That's all."
Sam rolled his eyes, "Whatever." Kelli came up to us in wolf form then shifted back.
"Hey Dakota. What's up?" She asked.
"Nothing much. You?"
She sighed in frustration. "The new Alpha sucks. He's had me running all day. My feet feel like they've been walking over hot coals."
I chuckled. "Hopefully he will learn that being Alpha isn't always about commanding."
"Dakota!" A familiar voice said behind me.
"Speak of the devil..." I muttered and turned to see David. "Yes, almighty Alpha." I said sarcastic. I did this to the Alpha before. As a Dark it's basically my nature to cause havoc, and I loved the thought of me causing it.
"Shut up, Dark." He spit at me. "I need you to scout out the new wolf. There is one going criss-cross between the Denali's territory and our territory. Find the wolf, and either kill it or make it join us. If it decides to join the Denali pack kill it."
My eyes widened, but only for a second. We both knew I didn't, no, wouldn't kill if I didn't have to. So I wouldn't. Still, I already knew who the new wolf was. Why he didn't say something about someone scouting her earlier, I didn't know.
"Why don't you get one of the others to scout it. I am after all a Dark." I retorted.
He rolled his eyes. "I'm Alpha now. There's no better reason for you to follow orders Do as I say." He shoved me and my wolf growled in anger. I was about to loose my temper. I was stronger than him. I could take him.
"Dude, come on. I'll help." Sam said tugging me away from what could have been a major blood bath.
Kelli followed us past the Alpha's meeting place. We walked a little bit until we came to the rest of the Darks. They all looked at me... there leader.
"Hey, Boss." Said the new kid Derek. "Any new assignments?"
"Yep." I said.
One of the more older Darks gave me an evil grin. "Do we get to kill any Denali?"
I smiled back even more evil. "Maybe next time." I didn't want to tell them that we were going to find Brooke. I had to lead them astray. "We are going after a new werewolf." I eyed Sam and Kelli. They nodded understanding. "Last time the scent was spotted it was Northeast of here about five miles away from our border."
They all nodded. Matthew, who has a knack for being a man-hoe, asked me in a low hungry voice. "Is it a girl." The rest of the Darks looked at me with the same look.
I growled at them in protectiveness. They all backed down not knowing what to think of my reaction. I couldn't let them see me like this. If they knew what was going on I would be in serious trouble.
"Don't think like that. The new wolf is to be brought to the Alpha."
"What if the new wolf is a Denali?"
My eyes flickered among the crowd with anger. I was trying to avoid this question. "That's up to the Alpha. We bring her in." I lied smoothly. Lying came natural to the Darks. Its one of the reasons we are "exiled."
"So it is a girl!" Matthew eyed me a mischevious smiled on his lips.
"Knock it off!" I barked.
With that they all dispersed to the North. "Man," Sam said gripping my shoulder. I turned. He and Kelli shared a worried expression.
"What?"
"What happens when the realize you're lying?"
I rolled my eyes. "When have I ever been known to follow rules?" I scoffed.
Sam laughed. "Yeah, I know. But she's got to come in sometime. She is the Offering."
"WHAT?" Kelli almost yelled.
"Shit, thanks Sam. Kelli doesn't know."
Sam shrugged his shoulders. "You've seen the Offering?"
"It's Brooke." Sam said. He said it as if he was commenting on the weather today.
Kelli's mouth fell open. "Nuh-uh. Holy cow!"
I looked at her for a minute with my eyebrows furrowed. "Who says that?" Thinking about it reminded me of Brooke. "In fact, you and her would get along really well." Brooke had a knack for old sayings.
"Anyway, Dakota, you need to get her in before the others figure it out. She needs to come in for training anyway. The Summer Solstice is only-"
I gaped at him. "Months away. She has plenty of time. May I remind you it's the middle of winter!"
Sam nodded. "She just figured out she's a werewolf. She doesn't know she's the daughter of a God and a Demi-god. She doesn't know that she is the one to stop Hades in the Final Battle, or so the prophecy says. She needs all the help she can get."
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Brooke's POV
"Mom?" I said walking in my front door. However, before I could even breathe a body slammed up against me in a hug. I coughed. "Love you too mom." I smiled and hugged her back. She never hugged me like this. The other times I ran away she was never this huggy. She just got mad at me and after the first few times I did when she noticed I was home she asked me if I was okay and left me to my solice.
This time it was my turn to ask. "Mom, you okay?"
She laughed pulling back. "Yeah, I'm fine. Dakota came by to see you. We talked about...."
"Yeah, he found me and told me."
"Are you alright?"
I nodded. "Now I am." My mom smiled catching onto my meaning and maybe sensing that something happend between me and Dakota.
"You should invite him over sometime." A mischevious glint appeared on her face. "I might just have to embarass you and tell him about when you went around naked outside when you were five."
My eyes went wide with shock. "MOM! NO!" Oh gosh, mom, please don't!"
She laughed. "I was only kidding. There's this thing invented in the sixties called "sarcasm.'"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're the one that invented it."
"Hey! I am not that old."
I snorted.
My mom can be pretty cool I guess. I thought. Going through all the memories I thought she was awful. The truth is, as I look back on it, she was pretty funny. I was just in an awful mood to see it.
The hours of the night went by very slow. I can't believe I am really hung up on this guy! I closed my eyes remembering the feel of his short dark hair knotted up in my fingers. I remembered the sweet forest smell of him mixed with soap. I still felt the soft touch of lips on my and that small promise of seeing him again.
I fell asleep with good dreams that night.
In my dream it was like I was climbing some tall mountain in a far away place. There was snow that would be piled up to the middle of my shin in wolf form which was convenient because I was in the dream. The wind whisked by me kissing my face lightly. That was weird. I never really felt anything in dreams or really saw much detail. This... this was so vivid. It was really weird as I looked around. I was in fog but I could seeing this light gray swirl around me. As I walked farther up the mountain the air grew thinner. Almost too thin, and I live high in the mountains of Wolf-tree.
Up ahead I could see light growing brighter. I kept walking up when the fog went away. I had to squint as the light almost blinded me. As my eyes adjusted I saw that the top of the mountain had a huge building on top. Greek like pillars stood over fifty-feet tall over my what was now minuscule wolf body. I was really confused. Where was I? Well, I was in a dream so who knew?
I kept walking until I was on a stone marble floor with light gold painting. Pillars stood around me looking over the earth at the bottom of the mountain. I took a deep breath savoring the view. I had a thing for them. On one side there was a drop but the drop slanted into a steep decline down to a beautiful blue ocean. The sea was so blue it was unreal.
On the other side was nothing but snow until my eyes found the bottom of the mountain. The land was vast and huge. Other mountains surrounded a valley I looked down on. There was some kind of civilization, but it was so small even my hightened sight couldn't see it clearly. It was like I was on top of the world.
"Brookenia." Someone said. That was my full name. I hated it. I growled and turned to face the person standing behind me. However, there wasn't a person standing there, but a person floating about three feet off the ground. She was gorgeous. She reminded me of, well... me. Only more of a highly paid model version of me. There was no way I was that pretty.
The white satin silk flowed around her body like water giving her a body models tortured themselves to get. Her long wavy dark brown hair was wrapped in a neat loose bun that had gentle strands caressing her face. A huge moon flower was placed in the middle of her bun while tiny flowers were scattered around her head. Her eyes were a brilliant deep blue. Her features and her oval face combined made her look like a Goddess.
"I am a Goddess." She said like she was answering a question. She was answering my question.
My eyes grew wide. How is that possible. Well, it is a dream. I thought. At least I thought it was.
"Wrong, Brookenia." I gasped. She was definetly answering my questions that were in my head.
"Wh-Who are you." I hesitated asking I somehow felt I already knew the answer even though I couldn't point out what I knew.
"I am Selene. Greek goddess of the moon. You are Brookenia. My Daughter. I am your mother."
Oh shit!
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Hey readers. One of my Pet Peeves is when someone pronounces a name wrong. Brookenia is pronounced... Broo--- ken---ya.
Okay. I am also really sorry that is is sooooooo short. The bar to the right got really small that I thought it was going to be around four or five pages. SORRY!!!!
