Chapter 37: New Members.

Bella’s pov.

“We’ve divided you into groups!” I said loud enough everyone could hear me, the Twilight Moon pack members huddled around with all of the stuff they were able to bring with them with so little time and transportation.

John and elder Elian standing behind me in support of this.

Knowing how important it is to everyone.

“All of the women will be directed to the pack house! There’s multiple suites with two to three bedrooms, families will get priority for those so they can stick together! The women who don’t have family will get a single room with a bathroom for themselves. Women with friends or children with no mates will have priority over the two bedroom suits. On the bottom floor there’s five, two bedroom suites for some of the men, while the rest of you will take some of the empty houses on the outside of the pack. Most of you will be sharing a home with three to four other men, if you have friends or relatives let us know, so we can situate you together instead of with the pack members you’re less acquainted with!”

I paused, letting them take it all in.

Some whispered while others nodded thoughtfully, small smiles on their faces at the fact they’ll be with their loved ones.

I also smiled, happy at the small progress we’ve already made with the new members.

John stepped up beside me, a calm look on his face.

“We didn’t make this choice for you… however, we are hoping that you’ll be happy here. We are fair leaders… we care about our pack members and their needs. Houses are being built for all of you as we speak!” He said, earning more smiles and whispers among them, “You won’t always have to live in the pack house, almost all of our members have their own housing, even if it’s a one bedroom. All we want is for you all to be happy and comfortable here… we also hope you can find new relationships within our pack, maybe even meet your mates!”

More of them smiled, some even cheered from joy.

While there was still a select few with angry faces I was still happy at the small number of pack members warming up to the idea of being part of our pack.

“All of the women stand over here,” I said while pointing to the left of me, “if you have children or mates bring them to stand with you so it’s easier to decide which suites will go to who!”

All of the women slowly walked away from the group, forming their own group with their families.

Five groups of women with their mates and three two to three kids stood out to me first.

“You guys!” I pointed to the group closest to me, smiling as their confused faces looked at me, “yes, you! Come over here!”

They took small, slow steps towards me. Their children clutching the ends of their shirts.

I crouched down to their level, smiling softly at the three of them.

“Hello,” I said quietly, “my name is Alpha Bella. What’s yours?”

I waited patiently for their answers. Their small heads looking up at their parents for reassurance.

They smiled down at their children, pushing them towards me a little.

The tallest out of the three spoke up first.

“My name is Talia…” she said softly, a small smile on her face as she looked into my eyes, “I’m the oldest! This is my younger brother, Atlas and this is our younger sister, Tiana!”

Her eyes sparkled as her smile grew larger, her dimples showing on her cheeks.

“Wow!” I said back, matching her enthusiasm, “that’s a beautiful name, Talia. Are you ready to go look at your new room?”

I looked up at her parents, raising an eyebrow as they bit their lips, thinking about it.

Without a response they nodded their heads, unsure of what else they could do or say.

I chuckled internally, getting up from the ground and walking towards the pack house.

“Just follow me and I’ll take you to your suite. Unfortunately, we don’t have any four bedroom suites available right now… a house is being built for your family as we speak but for the meantime are two of the children able to share a room?” I asked nervously, knowing the children should all have their own rooms.

“That’s not a problem at all, Alpha Bella…” the man muttered, following behind me with his hand clutched to his mates.

….

“So… this is it. The kitchen and dining room are here, the bathroom is through the hall at the end while the three bedrooms are the other three doors in the hall. One is the master bedroom with a small bathroom joined to it while the other two are smaller but large enough for two beds. I’ll have an omega bring another twin size bed up for the one room. Are you guys taking the master room or will the two children be sharing it?” I asked while looking at the woman, still unsure of her name.

“We’ll let the kids share the master room…” she said quietly, grabbing into her mate's arm.

“What’s your name?” I asked softly, sad from their reactions.

She blinked her eyes a few times before she focused back on me.

“My- my name is Debra, alpha,” she said, looking between me and her mate unsure of my reaction.

“What a lovely name… Debra, you don’t have to be scared around me. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you…” I mumbled, wanting so badly for them to trust me.

“I-,” she started to say but was cut off by Talia's screeching.

“Look at this bedroom! It’s even bigger than the one we all shared at home!” She said so cheerfully it made my heart hurt.

The bedroom they all shared at home?

Were they all in one room?

“The room you all shared?” I asked, hoping I heard her wrong.

“Yes… but only because it’s all we could afford! Alpha Ethan was making us pay a fortune to live in just the one bedroom house! There was no way we could get a two or three bedroom place… this suite- its amazing. You have no idea how thankful we are for all of this,” Debra said between sobs, her mate wrapping her in his arms, rubbing his hand up and down her back.

“My name is Kevin… and my mate is right. Alpha Ethan was terrible to all of us… except for the higher ranking members, his mate and mistresses,” Kevin sighed, shaking his head sadly, “honestly… I’m glad we’re here now.”

I clenched my fists at my sides. Wondering how that pack lasted so long with such a careless leader.

“Don’t worry… you’ll never have to live like that again.”