I run to survive.

I cannot recall from what.

The pain of loss is something I go through as well.

Everything gets darker…

It has been five years and I still have nightmares. I can’t entirely remember what happened that day… only dead bodies everywhere and screams.

*You must save yourself, little Moon.* My dad screamed from behind me.

*Hide. Soon I will be with you.*

I cannot find my words; just stand there, scared. My mom was nowhere, and I panicked, started crying and then ran.

“Wake up, sunshine!” Mary knocked on my door. “Breakfast is ready. He will leave nothing for you if you don’t come downstairs. Your brother has no mercy.”

Oh! Well then, I must join them if I want to eat today.

“I am coming in five, Mary!”

After my parents died, and I had no family left behind and no one needed me. The pack doctor, Mary, had me adopted because she was only with her son, Kevin. She wanted changes in her life. Her mate, Jimmy, was in love with someone else and rejected her as his mate after a one-night stand. Motherfucker doesn’t have a brain or heart. Mary is a gentle person, an outstanding personality, a healthy mother with nougat brown hair and hazel eyes, with a shouting voice and twine-thin figure. What is not to admire?

Mary became a different woman after what happened to her and Jimmy.

I wonder about my mate. He cherishes me as my parents did with each other, or he will reject me like Jimmy refused Mary.

I took a great shower, put on a black and white knee-long dress. And no! Not like a fucking zebra. Just a white banded waistline, with a boat neckline and stiletto heels. I do my hair in a French twist style; I placed makeup on, and I am ready.

At the kitchen table, my brother keeps eating and writing on his phone.

“Morning.” He greeted me, grinning at me, revealing the teeth with of rest and food. Grossed!

“Wow! Nice to meet you. Who are you again? Do I still have something to eat?” I responded.

“Well, I’m not finished! You come into the kitchen too fast. I am a big guy who must eat more. Simple! Plus, I need to feed the beast.” He replied, full of himself, showing his muscles, then sending a flying kiss.

Rolling my eyes but saying nothing about his praising, but I gave him a smile when my gaze fell on the table. I put scrambled eggs, bacon, and a slider toast on my plate, and took a cup of coffee. Delicious!

Kevin is 18 years old with brown hair, straight eyebrows, and conoid brown eyes. He was six feet, a well-developed muscle, sweet but big mouth, and a very protective brother. Kev does not have a mate, saying he wants her, but until she comes across, he enjoys the lady.

Before we get into anymore, let me introduce myself. My name is Lara Moonlight. I am the daughter of pure-blood Alpha Matthias Moonlight. My mother is also an Alpha, Serenity Moonlight. They are the leaders of the biggest and fearless Pack named ‘Bluestone’ I am 5.6 feet

1.71 m

, kohl-black hair, oval shape, weak chin, rounded eyebrows, almond blue eyes, puffy lips, and a curvilinear waist.

When my parents died, the best thing to do is to run. But I just did not do it. With days on my own in the woods waiting for my dad. I just needed to make sure that they were okay. Feeling scared, I go back to my pack to find the worst. No one knows about me being alive or if I was the daughter of Alpha Matthias. No one wanted to talk to me about what happened.

I was mature enough to understand what was happening. I wished to investigate, but everything spun around, afraid of what information I may find out. Feeling wounded, scared of losing the ones I love, or too shocked to think further, I remember falling to my knees, letting the pain take over, the grief of defeat. If nobody was alive, there was nothing to live for. How can I get stronger after this?

*Lara, I’m sorry about your loss. I know what it feels like because I have lost my parents, too. You were away. That's why nobody asked for you. I am taking your father’s place and leading the Pack. Meaning that you must settle somewhere else. As an Alpha, I’m demanding to not say a word about who you are. Having no choice, you will accept, or you I punish you. From today on, you will ask no questions.* The new pack leader, Markus, said while shoving his Alpha power over me, trying to make me obey.

Does not work now, does it? In that instant, his eyes were going dark and his jaws clenching tight together, knowing that by lowering my eyes he would think it scared me and give in. I told myself that I could take him down. But I did nothing in that matter.

Letting out a relief, he continues with an unpleasant smirk.

*Everyone else will know that you are an orphan, Omega. The daughter of Alpha Matthias Moonlight, they have killed her with her parents. You don’t have Alpha traits, anyway.* He added, putting a hand on my shoulders, giving me again that horrid grin.

And do you do? I think about myself.

And now here I am. Five years later.

“Do you want me to drive?” Kev asked, then stared at me with concern in his eyes.

“Hey, you are, okay? I called for you three times. Chewing over something?” He continued.

“Yeah, I’m sorry. I just remembered things about work. You can give me a ride.” I lied

“You can lie to yourself, little sissy, but not me.” He claimed with crossed arms and increased brown.

You can tell me in the car. Putting his plate away and grabbing his car key from the counter table, went out.

Taking a deep breath, I followed.

Considering we worked in the same building. I have no auto just yet, there is no need to take a bus every time. His sport black truck just started, and I stepped inside, frowning. Kev’s looks show that we will be on a long ride.

I am an assistant manager at one of the biggest companies in the world in The Accounting Department.

The financial accomplishments of a company must present a ‘’true and fair’’ view of the company’s achievement.

Mining a monetary transaction of the business must give an honest interpretation, control the tasks, gather fiscal information about activities and production of the industry, prepare and analyze the reports.

Likewise need to pay the day-to-day running costs like labor costs

wages and salaries

, raw materials and components, advertising, maintenance, administrative costs, and so on.

But, I never got to learn about the CEO, but I am sure my Alpha plan to not happen. Understanding the motives behind making things clearer is what this company does.

You can see Alpha’s names everywhere, so please. A power-hungry asshole. He took everything owned by my parents and sent me away after that. Markus fucking Stone. Do not know why he keeps trying, but when I am 18 years old, I will become the Company’s legitimate owner. The Moonlight name will rise again, because of me. Not because of the influence and money. But because of my parents.

No one knows about me as an Alpha daughter, just me as an orphan, Omega. So, I studied harder and trained harder to fight when no one was noticing. I am strong in every way now. Just it still devastates my heart.

I cannot speak with Mary about anything when keeps saying she does not remember what happened that time.

Mary was the pack doctor for about 23 years, and she knew my parents. She was there when it all fell into pieces; she was there when my father died.

Taking everything into account. You wish to learn why he did not kill me that day, isn’t it? Well, let me tell you something. I do not know! We must discover this together.

My best friend Clarissa, my Wolf, keeps helping me out with all, giving me straight. A powerful Wolf, for which I am thankful. In six months, I will shift and be ready to find my mate. The question stays. Will he reject me? Or assume the role of my mate.

“He is our mate! Of course, he’ll love us!” Clarissa screamed in my head, spilling my coffee on the table.

“Fuck. Can you just give me privacy or something? I was thinking. Everything is possible, you notice. Have you forgotten what happened to Mary and Jimmy?”

“Our mate will worship us. I know it.” Yes. She is fuming all right.

Wishing to collect my belongings to reach home, my phone just received a message from Kevin. He had business to take care of in the IT department. Meetings gain time.

Exiting the building, needing to leave for the bus station, I collided with someone’s life. Struggling not to lose balance, making me look like a clown who goes for a Limbo dance, I apologized to the person whose chest was hard as a wall.

“What’s the rush?”

My heart stopped for a second when I got to see a giant good-looking guy, working to answer the damned question, which I suppose I did not forget.

“My… sorry.” What? This is embarrassing.

He doesn't make a sound, but he is standing with open hands. I may be wrong but, before me, stood a man from Olympus. A well-built body, short dark-blond hair in an undercut style. I may add that his emerald, green eyes with flat eyebrows are very intimidating and beautiful, with sexy thin upper lips and pointed nose. Wondering about him, he did the same thing, making me blush when his pupils dilated and undressed me with his gaze.

“My pleasure.” Spock smiling.

That smile is breathtaking. Okay, time to get a grip, lady. I walked away, without embarrassing myself anymore, to the bus station.

Could not walk elsewhere just like that. I glanced behind me just to stare again into his eyes. He stood there combating something with himself and looking after me and my movements. Interesting fact, which does not bother me at all. I love his eyes walking on my body and making my heartbeat faster. My actions were not so smart because he just smirked and walked away.

After a while, the bus comes, I take a seat, bring out a book from my bag and start reading. Or so it looks like, meaning that the emerald, green eyes keep coming to my mind. I do not expect healthy to feel about him when my mate is somewhere waiting for me. This man is powerful and his dominant aura says that he is an Alpha. It is like I have seen him before, but only in my imagination. Anyway, I still think about him, and ridiculous.

The sun had sunk once I got home. Mary is busy at work today, and that means I am alone. Nobody can distract me from the good-looking man who invaded my mind. Clarissa didn't say anything from that moment.

Letting out a sigh, I went to my room, taking a shower. Perhaps finding something to eat and going for a run to free my mind. Well, I can run in human form, you know?

Until I shift to my Wolf, Clarissa, I do, as always, jog into the woods because it makes me feel better. I have this feeling of being free and not alone.