Coming home
Arabella
I stepped out of the airport and got into the huge arms of my older brother. He keeps forgetting I am not a werewolf and he can easily break me. Having a werewolf dad and a witch mom didn’t make me a werewolf witch, I was born human.
‘Arabella! You are here! You can’t imagine how Mom and Dad are excited about your return. Our baby girl is back,’ He always was so positive and happy that sometimes I got annoyed. Especially after living in France, where people and not so cheesy, this attitude is something I need to get used to again.
‘Hey, Marcus, happy to see you!’ That was honest. He may be my half-brother, but he is the closest person I have. From the moment I was born, he was my favorite person in the world, not surprised that our pack loves him so much and is proud to have him as an alpha.
After getting coffee to take away, we got on the road. Marcus told me about pack stuff, about my nephew Adam, who couldn’t wait to play with his favorite auntie Bells, as he called me, about mom and dad getting a small cabin in the woods to grow old together where we all will have to attend Sunday lunch every Sunday because mom told so. We talked about Paris, about my studies and Marcus was very curious about ‘boys in his little sister's life’.
‘I’m into men, Marcus, not boys,’ I tried to joke. It wasn’t funny for him.
‘What do you mean ‘men’?’
‘Like older ones, I like them older,’ I said. One thing I’ve learned in France is to talk freely about this kind of thing. It’s life, it’s normal.
‘How much do you like them,’ he was very serious.
‘Not enough to have a boyfriend, I still hope to find my mate,’ hearing this calmed him down.
‘And by the way, I’m 25. If I would have a boyfriend or friend with benefits, that would be absolutely acceptable.’
‘Oh, absolutely not!’ He literally roared at me.
‘Just drop it, Marcus,’ I said calmly.
He took a deep breath and I turned on the music louder. Hope he will not try to touch this subject again soon.
‘Honey! You are back!’ Mom was hugging me for the last 5 minutes and probably wasn’t planning to stop anytime soon. She was the loving mother I was lucky to have. She was like a real mother to Marcus, even though he was born before my parents met. Dad couldn’t find his mate for a few years and took a strong she-wolf as his mate and Luna, they had Marcus and one day she met her mate and left everything to start a new life. Soon after my parents met. My mom loves Marcus as her own.
Officially my mother is not Luna of this pack, she cannot be. By the law, only a werewolf can be Luna. Also by law my father shouldn’t be the alpha because he ‘doesn’t have a Luna’ but he had her, they had a son, the current Alpha, so technically he was able to keep his position. Also, he and my mom were accepted as Alpha and Luna of Eclipse pack by more than a half packs in the USA. The council didn’t touch our pack. Probably also because my mom is from the most powerful coven in Europe and we have their protection. Nobody wants to mess up with the Slavic coven.
‘We are so proud of you, Bells’ my dad said. They framed a picture of us 4 from Paris, the day I got my master's degree. He was looking at it with a huge smile on his face.
My dad was strong and a good alpha, people loved him. He was honest and caring for his people. Also, he is an amazing dad and a loving mate. I wish my mate would love me as much as my dad loves my mom. If I only could meet him.
‘You are thinking about your mate?’ mom asked me with her gentle tone. She may be a very powerful witch, but she is a very gentle woman. ‘You will find him when the right time comes. Look at the bright side, if you had met him when you turned 18, you would have been able to study and live in Paris. You loved it, you explored, traveled to the most amazing places around, and tried different life. You are not only the most beautiful woman I ever saw but also very intelligent. Your mate will be lucky to have you by his side.’ She always knew how to cheer me up.
It’s good to be back home, surrounded by loving family and old friends.
The only thing is not enough for me right now. My mate.
