Defying the Laws

The Secret Truth

Derek POV

Olivia and I have listened so intently throughout the entirety of this story. It had been a complete and utter shock to have a family member, Granny, in our lives from the very beginning and have never suspected a thing.

Selene herself made herself known, to these forbidden lovers, and gave a name to aid in their futures. But the moon goddess is surely never wrong. We have to believe that they were truly mated for a reason.

Olivia is still beside me, a box of tissues in her lap as she sobs uncontrollably. Her eyes are puffy and red, having so much anguish and sorrow for those who have already passed. She cares so deeply for others.

I on the otherhand have eyebrows furrowed hard. So many questions still swirling like a whirlwind in my mind.

"I cannot believe what I am hearing. Mothers lineage was a secret to all. A forbidden hybrid child. I think I am most surprised that you were okay with your union. On the other hand, what does this have to do with alpha abilities? Her bloodline was tainted". Not quite understanding how or what ability she gained.

"Son, our abilities are given to us by a beautiful, magical force. I ask you to consider, would a wolf with extra magic in her veins. An alpha wolf mixed with high ranking witch blood, that somehow a magical ability wouldn't be bestowed?" My father has somewhat of an amused expression. I did not think of it like that.

I am still wracking my brain, thinking if I have ever studied anything about a hybrid child.

But now I understand that if there were any, the children and the pairings that they came from would seek to be hidden.

"I guess you are right father, but that still doesn't answer the question about what it was mothers ability turned out to be".

With a smile spread wide across his face, he lets a chuckle loose from his normally pursed lips.

"Your mother was an amazing women as all knew. Your mothers ability was fertility, but not just of people, no her ability was magnified tenfold by her white witch part. Fertility of the earth and in turn prosperity to the pack followed. Our gammas twin girls Lacy and Lily are actually the result of your mother coming into her ability".

I couldn't believe what I just heard, her ability sounded astronomical, with near no limits. The perfect quality to bestow upon a royal family. Fertility and prosperity for a kingdom.

"Your mother never abused her power, only aided for the greater good. She was truly too good for this earth.." my fathers happy demeanor has fallen slightly, to reveal his longing and sadness for her.

"Wait! Is that maybe why mom had a white wolf? Because she was a white witch?" Olivia chimes in enthusisstically.

My father and I exchange glances, and return our gaze back to Olivia.

"It may very well be, I've honestly never put much into the thought. Your mother was always an extremely capable fighter, so she did not have the need to fight often. Especially once she had children". My fathers shocked expression, tells us that he really hasn't.

"Ouuu! Does that mean because Dereks wolf has white on him, that he's gunna have white witch powers too?" Olivia is now clapping her hands in excitement, and slightly bouncing in her seat.

My eyes go wide, same as fathers, as we stare at eachother. No words exchanged, but we both know this may be good, or very bad.

"Uhh yeah he has some white but not totally like mum.. by the way why was mom always such a fighter in human form?" My terrible excuse to change the subject, but father gets the hint.

"Oh yes that. Well, your mother knowing what she was, wanted to always be prepared in the event she never got her wolf. You see, her birth mother was never able to find out if she would or not. So your mother took on vigorous training from a very young age. No one ever did question her that I know of, as she was the first born to the alpha line. There was no way of knowing in the beginning if Ronald and Lenore would ever have a son, so she trained. By the time Her brother was born, she had shown such promise as a fighter that she continued to move up the ranks" a proud smile on his face.

"Thats how you and mom met isn't it? She moved up so high, she was to be a royal guard. You fell in love at first sight". Her hands clasped as Olivia lays her head to one side and stares off dreamily.

"Yes yes. Truth be told she could have even beaten me. But don't ever dare tell a soul I said that".

The room erupts in laughter for awhile, until the laughs are reduced to chuckles and silence.

"I think that is enough story telling for one day. But you two must promise never to speak of what I have just told you. All of the packs and species seem to very strictly believe in the anti-cross species mating. One day I hope to change those views, but for now, your mothers heritage must remain a secret".

Olivia and I nod our heads together, one palm over our hearts. Something like this would surely make a scandalous story around the kingdom if in the wrong hands.

As we are leaving fathers office, Olivia turns to me, and embraces me in a tight hug. Tears well just at the edges of her eyes threatening to spill.

"I miss her so much Derek, I know I was only young. But, I do get jealious I didn't get more time with her like you and Myles did". she looks to the floor.

I scoop up her chin with my finger to look at her eyes.

"You may not have known her long, but you know her well. She lives on in you, her little clone". I say with a smile, which seems to make her chuckle a little.

"I will be in my room if you need me, I need to lay down and process all of this" I can tell she is going to go cry some more, but I wont push it.

"If you need me, I'm here. I'm going to go look in the library, to see what I might be able to find about hybrid mates or children". With a wave goodbye, we are off in opposite directions.

'I think we should skip all the useless public archives, and skip straight to the royal restricted ones. No one is going to make something like forbidden mates or children public knowledge'

Finally, he's been quite silent in my mind during all this. I could see him not far back in mind observing, taking in all my father said.

'I think you're right. Might as well cram in more crazy learning on top of all we just learned. Make our brain explode before we go to bed'.

'I don't like the idea of exploding, how about just enough you get a headache?'

I chuckle to myself

'Yeah that seems like an okay amount'.

Myles POV

After what happened to Derek, I couldn't believe my eyes. I was ready to hurt him. Bad. If it hadn't have been stopped by his first shift. I really might have killed him.

I'm still laid out on the ground. Petrified of what I just saw, I see Jarred out of the corner of my eye extending an arm to assist me upright.

"Man, you must have said something to him that made his wolf snap like that, it's kinda bada** that it happened though. Tempts me to let you kick the sh*t out of me so I can shift". Jarred is chuckling to himself as he helps me to stand.

"Figured the prodigal son just needed some more attention" I say to him while dusting off.

"Chill man, he's the first in line to be alpha, of course he's gunna do some cool stuff". Jarred shrugs.

"What are you talking about cool? He's a freak! Did you see what his wolf looks like all patchy colored like that? He looks like a f*cking rogue!"

I cannot believe that one of my best friends could be so nonchalant about this. There is obviously something wrong with him, no one shifts before their 18th birthday.

"Man let it go, you should be happy for him. Hell, maybe you'll get your wolf early too. I'm dying to get mine!".

'Careful what you wish for, I had to nearly kill Derek for his to come out' I roll my eyes internally.

"So now that all the excitement has died down, you wanna hit the kitchens for something to eat? I'm starving!" Jarred is over enthusiastically holding his stomach hunched over whining. For a wolf, he eats A LOT.. and I'm an alpha wolf.

"Yeah man I'm hungry too, but I kinda sorta pissed off Ms. Megan, so lets try and avoid her if we can". I grimace a little, even with all thats gone on I know Ms. Megan, that woman is an elephant that never forgets.

"Oh you're so f*cked now buddy! C'mon lets go, I'm drooling smelling the food from here!". Jarred takes off in a steady pace towards the pack house.

As I look at his retreating form, it's no wonder to me why he is so hungry. Next to the royal alphas, Joseph and Jarred are beasts. The brothers could easily pass as twins with their 6'4 frames and walls of muscles. They train hard to be the toughest line of defence for the royals, other than the royals themselves.

Both boys strut their mothers icy blue eyes, but they stand out even more against their tanned olive skin, they of course train topless to have the she-wolves stare, even though Joseph refuses to take advantage.

Joseph has black hair that is longer and spikey, with side swept bangs, while Jarred normally sports his signature military type cut with a fade.

If you looked at them from behind, it would not be easy to tell them apart until they turn around. Joseph sports a scar running from his temple nearly all the way diagnally to his eye.

Jarred however swoons the ladies with what I've heard humans say Angel Jolie lips? Or something like that.. his physique and features make him the perfect wing man, and he's usually always down, not like I need one.

We make our way into the kitchens, an assortment of various fruits, crepes, all the toppings you could think of, eggs, sausage, bacon, hashbrowns.. Jarred is definitely in his element. I have to admit, my mouth is watering too.

I rush up to Jarred, and as we are loading our plates, I catch a glimpse of the girl that makes my heart race. Lacy.

Her dark brown curls bounce with every step, along with her, ahem, ample assets. Her light hazel eyes shine when she speaks, they brighten with her smile to which she always wears. One of her best assets by far. Being a twin shes a tiny little thing, 5'4 but perfect for me to hopefully toss around at my leisure.

"Man if you drool any more over her, your food is gunna turn into soup" Jarred smirks as he checks out Lily.

"She has to turn out to be my mate man, ever since I turned 16 I can't keep my eyes off her" I sign and stare at her dreamily.

"Yeah but that hasn't seemed to stop your d**k off of others" he roars with laughter.

I know I'm promiscuous, I have been since Trixy took my virginity two years ago, I simply can't help myself. I'm addicted. But the she-wolves around here crave power, and submit to my desires without even asking.

Just then we catch Ms. Megan in our side view. Thats it. I'm a gonner. I face palm myself during her approach, ready for an earful.

"Myles James Thompson! How dare you storm through my kitchen, nearly knocking me a** over tea kettle! Without so much as an appology!" she is fuming mad, and I had completely forgotten I didn't even apologize.

"I'm sorry Ms. Megan I..." before I can even get my words out, shes going again.

"None of my freshly baked treats for a month! Maybe then you won't have all this extra energy to run through the house wherever you please. Take it out in the training grounds, but not in my kitchen".

This earns me a whack to the back of my hand that is out stretched for a cinnamon roll to add to my plate. I'm not surprosed that she whacked me, I'm pretty sure she's the only one in the whole palace that could do so, other than my father.

"A whole month??? But Ms. Megan, look at me, I'm going to waste away!" that would be pretty hard considering I'm just shy of 6'4 and generously built, blessed with royal alpha genes.

"You heard me, now eat up, I hear you are to head straight to training with General Butch this afternoon". Turning on her heel, she leaves Jarred and I starring at her blankly.

In the midst of everything, I also forgot about training. General Butch can be a hard a**, but he seems to have taken a liking to me. I am not looking forward to taking over for him come Monday. He trains all of the royal warriors vigorously, he trains them almost all day, every day. That is except for his weekly Sunday meeting with my father about strategy and progress. That gives me an idea.

"Eat up Jarred, because come tomorrow, my father is going to realize just what a freak Derek is" I'm angrily staring off into the distance.

Just as I am finishing my food and going to leave, a bubbly brunette accidently bumps my arm, and flames shoot through me.

"Lily" I say unimpressed.

"Myles, I think there's something we need to discuss".