"Seatbelt Lana" I tell her, and she buckles herself in. We leave driving back onto the highway.
"So, what is this big secret you wouldn't tell me?"
"It's not a secret, you will be staying with Tate for a bit"
"Why? So, you haven't sorted anything out with Tate? I am not going back and forth between Packs Drake" She states.
"I don't expect you too, it's just that I haven't told my father or the Pack about you yet" I tell her trying to gauge her reaction. She says nothing, but I could tell she was taken aback by my words.
"So, no one knows I am your mate? Why are you ashamed or something?" She thought I was ashamed to have her as a mate. Surely, she wasn't that insecure.
"No, Drake's father is a dick and very over opinionated" Elias adds, and I give him a thankful look.
"If I told my father I found you, he would have demanded I drag you back, but that's not also the only reason. My father believes werewolves should be with other werewolves, doesn't believe in mixing species"
"But I am a werewolf" She says.
"yes, but you are also vampire, even hybrid's, my father is funny that way, wants pure bloodlines"
"What's purer than a direct descendant of the Moon goddess?" She asks, and I could see she felt insulted. She was right, she was purer, purer than us but that would probably just irritate my father more, that not only would she be stronger than him, but the fact she wasn't wholly werewolf and had no wolf.
"I can't believe this shit; you keep telling me, I had two years to prepare for this and in two years you still couldn't tell your father?" she asks, incredulous.
"Am I expected to be a side hoe?" She growls.
"No of course not, I just need to speak to my father" I tell her.
Lana's POV
We drove for what felt like hours and I couldn't wait to get out of the car and away from Drake. He had two years to prepare, so to find out I was some secret he has kept really ticked me off. When he took a turn off heading along a dirt road amongst the trees, I knew we must be getting close. Drake suddenly tensed in his seat, straightening up and he looked nervous. We followed the dirt road which is surrounded by a dense forest. It was quiet out here. The only sounds were nature. Everything lush and green and completely secluded the further we drove. We came to what looked like a watch post. I could see a few men standing next to the wooden building. They look up as the car drives closer. Drake pulls the car to a stop beside them, and two men walk over looking in the windows. Drake winds his window down, but I don't pay attention to what they are saying instead my eyes focused on their guns.
Exactly how bad was this feud between them that Tate felt the need to have armed guards. Weren't being werewolves enough. Suddenly the car starts moving again and we follow the dirt path before pulling up at another hidden road and follow it to some huge iron gates, the entire perimeter was fenced and looked out of place in the middle of nowhere. Elias gets out walking to the gate before opening a panel next to it and punching in what must be a security code. The gates swung open, and I suddenly felt claustrophobic even though we were surrounded by forest. Back home we didn't have the borders locked down like this, we had patrols, but you could easily go from one place to another. This place was locked down like an army barracks.
Elias waits for Drake to drive through before securing the gates again and hopping back in the car again. "Three more to go" Elias states, making me turn in my seat to look back at him.
"What? Three more gates?" I asked. He nods resting his head on the head rest.
"Bit of overkill don't you think? Why the security?" I ask wondering what exactly they were trying to keep out, or were they trying to lock their people in? I was unsure. Drake says nothing. Instead we follow the road and Elias was right, there were three more gates to get through before we came to a town. Considering how far out we were it was pretty well established even more so than some of the towns we drove through on the way here. Trucks lined up leaving the way we came in and I noticed men in uniform checking the back of each truck, like they were looking for escapee's.
The town was bustling with people, the main stretch full of people going about their day and seemed quite content despite the amount of warriors in uniform walking around with guns looking like we just stepped into some concentration camp.
"This is different from back home, is everyone here werewolves?" I ask. Drake looks at me grabbing my hand. "You're safe here" He says, kissing my fingertips.
"Safe from what? Werewolves don't faze me. Hybrid remember" I tell him.
"Alpha Tate likes being prepared, training is daily. Meetings weekly and the same with drills" Elias says.
"Drills.. what are you preparing for a world war?" I ask. This place was unbelievable. Yet the people looked happy considering. Drake pulls up to a modest house, nothing like back home and the mansion I grew up in. It was bigger than most houses but not over the top. Drake pulls the car over parking it in the carport next to the house. He hops out and I sit in the car, suddenly feeling homesick. Everything was different and I wasn't sure if I liked it or not.
This was going to take some adjusting to. Back home, I could just jump on a train and go where I please. Here I was going to be in lockdown, confined to the town because I didn't know how to drive, and I doubt they had buses that even came this far out of civilization, let alone be able to fit up the narrow road to get here.