Episode 10

They lowered their heads showing their necks and said mentally.

"Welcome, Queen Alpha."

"It's a great pleasure to be here, can we continue?" I asked.

"Yes, Queen, the Alpha is waiting for you, let's go this way."

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Gillian

I slept like a log, my wolf was calm like I had never felt before. It's dawn and I'm going to bring Mag to my Pack, something tells me that she is my mate. When a she-wolf is rejected by the Alpha mate, only a Supreme can replace him.

I smelled the scent of roses with blood, very exotic, but it reminds me of sweet memories next to my mother. One time, she was picking roses in the garden of our mansion and I went to help her, but on the first red rose that I picked, I pricked my finger on a thorn and screamed. I was only six years old. My mother took my finger and licked the blood that was there, but had already stained the rose, and so this scent stayed engraved in my memory as a sweet and precious moment, lived with my still-living mother.

I got up, looked at the distant tree where she lay last night and saw her silhouette in the sleeping bag behind the tree. I thought it best not to disturb her and went to the river to wash up. I took the opportunity and in my wolf form, I caught some fish. I returned to human form and cleaned the fish's guts, leaving the scales.

I returned to where we slept and added more wood to the stone circle and lit a fire. I put the fish on the embers to roast and went to wake up the sleeping beauty. I came close and when I bent down to call her, anger rose to my head and I let out a roar that shook the trees.

"CURSE YOOOUUUU!!!!!!!"

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Mag

We arrived at the Pack after passing between two rock walls, hidden from human eyes by magic. On the other side, everything was green and beautiful, winter had not arrived yet despite the cold. My grandmother was waiting for us, I turned back into human form to hug her.

She hugged me so tightly and with so much affection at the same time, that I finally felt at home. The hug my mother never gave me, I received now, from my grandmother. Then I observed her and we are similar and she is beautiful.

"I'm glad you've arrived, dear, you don't know how much we've been looking forward to your arrival."

"I had some little problems on the way."

"We saw, we followed your whole journey and I must say you did very well with the Supreme. For a long time, he has been trying to find this place, but the Red Bloods have never let themselves be dominated by an outsider leader."

"Wow, I'm glad I managed to escape from him, I hope I didn't leave any clues."

"You were very clever and my guards, for sure, also disguised anything that may have passed."

"Thank you, grandma, it's so good to be here. The most intriguing thing is that I didn't know anything until I transformed for the first time and it was a shock."

"Well, my dear, come on, let's go inside my cabin. You need a good bath, food, and rest. Only then, I will explain everything to you."

"I'm really tired, I ran almost all night and all day too. Before coming, I found my mate and he didn't say he rejected me, but he rejected me with a lame excuse, I felt the pain of the bond breaking right away."

"Oh, my girl, don't suffer for that, you have many things to think about ahead of you. Now, go take your bath and then come eat."

She led me to the bathroom and gave me clean clothes. The cabin was comfortable, but not very big. The downstairs had the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and a little parlor that I think was the office. Upstairs were three bedrooms and one bathroom. There was a balcony that covered the entire front of the cabin and covered the lower porch. It was all made of logs, with fireplaces in every room, making the atmosphere cozy with its rugs and heavy curtains.

I took a very nice hot shower. I wondered how they had electricity in such a remote place, although I didn't see any wires connected to the shower. I dressed in that leather outfit, it even resembled an Native American from the Apache tribe, but without fringes. I let my hair down for the first time in many years. You could now see that they are very blood red.

I went downstairs and headed to the kitchen. My grandma was sitting at the table, drinking tea, and the table was set for me. There was cooked cassava, roasted venison with sauce, salad, and farofa. If I eat all of this, I'll be stuffed. I left the farofa aside and ate the meat with salad and cassava, which I loooove.

"Thank you, grandma, it's delicious. Back home, I hardly ate meat, the men in the house ate everything before I could even get a bite."

"Did your mom not make enough for you, dear? Isn't your dad able to support you all?"

"No, grandma. It's not that. Before she left, my mom confessed that she didn't take care of me properly, so as not to get attached, because she knew one day I would leave."

She lowered her head, looking distressed, understanding her daughter's weakness.

"I'm sorry, dear. Your mother never liked it here, always wanted a life she didn't understand until she met the city and fell in love with modernity and urban life. When your dad arrived, I understood why and off she went, living the life she always wanted. But that wasn't a reason for her to treat you like that. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, my dad made up for her absence. He taught me everything I know. He trained me my whole life to face this journey."

"That's good, I'm glad then."

I finished eating and it was already night. She took me to my room and wished me good night. I closed the door and looked around. The bed was big, neither single nor double, a middle ground, covered with a patchwork quilt, with a folded blanket at the foot of the bed and two pillows.

There was a writing desk and a chair, a wardrobe, and a porcelain basin with a water pitcher on a small table by the door. Practical and functional.

I loved it!!!!

I lay down and immediately fell asleep. I've arrived, been well received, some doubts about my mom have been resolved, and tomorrow there's more. I am happy and that made me feel at ease to sleep a deep and restorative sleep.

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