Chapter Eighteen ~ Now get out

Freya Rose

A few days had passed since I flew off ready to rip Amber a new one. Tristan kept mind linking me and I didn't have a clue how to turn it off. He kept insisting that it wasn't Amber that he'd sort of slept with. I didn't believe him, but his whining and begging were seriously getting on my nerves. I flew back home and threw Aiden, the Dr and Danny out of my house, and then had it out with Tristan. We talked all through the night and both apologized for our indiscretions. We agreed to call a truce, wipe the slate clean and start again. I couldn't take the moral high ground now and neither could he, it hurt a lot, but I now knew what he'd been through when I slept with Mason. We fell asleep in each other's arms just happy that we were both alive and together.

I awoke to an empty bed again, this is becoming an unpleasant habit, I thought to myself. I heard the front door shut and then heard whispers. Oh my God, it's too early for this shit, I thought as I stretched and prepared myself to go and face whatever was happening downstairs.

“Tristan?” I questioned as I rubbed my eyes while walking down the stairs.

“SURPRISE!” They all cheered and clapped. I jumped back in shock and tried to catch myself, but my foot slipped off of the step and I fell straight onto my ass, and then bumped all the way down the stairs, landing in a heap on the floor at the bottom. All of the people in my living room gasped and fell silent.

“Hahahaha!” I started laughing hysterically and they all began to join in, and within seconds everyone was in stitches.

“Only you, could fall down the stairs on your birthday,” Tristan laughed as he helped me up. I giggled and shrugged as I steadied myself. I had completely forgotten that today was my eighteenth. Thoughts started swirling around in my head. I am eighteen now, I can finally find my mate, well once I've had my first shift that is. I wonder if it will happen today. Oh, I hope it doesn't hurt. I wonder what I will look like as a wolf.

So many exciting thoughts ran through my mind, this was the first day of my new future and I was ready to embrace it all. I looked around the living room and saw all of my loved ones. There was my mom, Tyler and Cassie, Aiden and Clara and of course Tristan. I looked over by the door and standing there with giant smiles on their faces were my dad and Evan.

“Evan!” I screamed as I ran over and threw myself into his arms, he spun me around and giggled.

“Miss me, Angel cakes?” He asked as I hugged him.

“Yeah I did actually, how have you been?” I asked when I finally let him go.

“Yeah, all good babe. I have a girlfriend now, her names Ellie. I know, I know, you're disappointed, right? So many others are devastated too, that this stud is now off the market!” He said as he grinned at me. I slapped his arm and raised my eyebrows.

“Yeah, I'm in bits over here, I'm absolutely heartbroken,” I said as I dramatically held my chest and pretended to cry.

“Oi, stop taking the piss you!” He joked as he began to tickle me. I hit his hands away and then jabbed him in the stomach. He exhaled and bent over, clearly winded, he then waved his hand in the air in submission. I laughed and turned to my dad while Evan recovered.

“Hey, Freya, Happy birthday,” Damien said as he hugged me and handed me a gift.

“Thank you, I can't believe you came all the way out here,” I said as I fought to hold back my tears, I was so happy to see them.

“Of course I'd be here, it's my baby girls birthday. I wouldn't miss it for the world,” he said with a huge grin on his face.

I heard my mom tut in the background and whisper sarcastically under her breath,

“Well, you managed just fine missing the other seventeen birthdays.”

I could feel her scowl all the way from the other side of the room. I ignored her and rolled my eyes.

“Thanx for coming, I love you dad!” I made sure it was loud enough for my mom to hear. She needed a reality check, the guy was still my dad and if she didn't like me having a relationship with him then tough, she'd have to get over it. He smiled and nodded his head in appreciation. I hugged everyone and thanked them for coming. We were then all ushered to sit, by my mom, so that I could open my gifts. I sat in the armchair and proceeded to open my gift from my dad. It was an old book, must have been centuries old by the smell of it. It didn't have any writing on the front but inside on the first page, it read, 'The History of the Hunters.'

“I thought you'd like to read up about your ancestors and how we came to be. Sorry, it's a stupid gift,” he said as he lowered his head.

“No, it's not!” I shouted, he looked up at me with his eyes wide open. “It's perfect, thank you dad,” I said with a softer tone and a smile on my face. He returned the smile. Tyler stood up and gave me a bag to open. I opened it and blushed instantly; I couldn't show this to anyone.

“Show us what you got then,” my mom coaxed. I shook my head and glanced at Cassie, she giggled to herself and shrugged at me.

“Yeah let's see it Freya!” Tyler urged. I shot him a scowl and Cassie jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow, and he held his side. His eyes then looked up into the air, and when they came back down they were wide, and his face was full of embarrassment, I guess Cassie just told him what they'd bought me. I chuckled and mind linked Tristan.

“Babe you wanna come and take this upstairs for me? Otherwise, my mom is going to get it out and show everyone,” I asked him, he frowned trying to work out what it was. “It's lingerie!” I shouted through the link. His eyes grew wide and so did his smirk. He came over and peered into the bag. His smirk grew bigger as he winked at me, and then he mind linked me,

“This is going to be fun to unwrap later. I thought it was your birthday, not mine.” I blushed and chuckled as he said to the room,

“I think I'll take this one and put it somewhere safe.” He casually walked off and up the stairs.

“What was it, why couldn't we see it?” My mom asked in confusion, my dad facepalmed, and everyone else started to giggle.

“Mom, it's an intimate gift,” I snapped at her. She gasped and sank down in her seat.

“Oh, um... never mind then,” she said in barely a whisper, and everyone cracked up again. I felt bad for her, she was pretty innocent, my dad was her first love and she hasn't really bothered with men ever since. I guess she never really got over what he did to us.

“Ours next,” said Clara, she stood up and handed me an envelope. She waited for Tristan to come back down. He walked over and sat on the arm of my chair. “This is actually for the both of you. Your dad and I sorted this out months ago, I'm just so sorry I lost sight of the love you two share, and how perfect you are together,” she said softly with a tear in her eye. I smiled at her and placed my hand on Tristan's knee. I then opened the envelope and gasped as I read it. I handed the envelope to Tristan to read.

“You bought us a frigging house?” Tristan shouted out in shock.

“What!? I didn't get a house for my eighteenth. Why do they get one?” Tyler whined.

“Hush boy!” Aiden snarled. Tyler lowered his head and Clara placed her hand on Tyler's shoulder.

“This is for Tristan's twenty-first as well, we will talk about your twenty-first another time,” Clara said to Tyler, and his face lit up like a kid in a candy store. “We haven't bought you a house exactly, we have bought ourselves a new house, and you two will have the main house. It has been that way for generations, each new Alpha takes over the main pack house. I hope you will both be as happy here as we have been,” she said as she held Aiden's hand. He kissed his mate and then smiled.

“I don't know what to say, thank you so much,” I said as I got up, then went over to Clara and hugged her.

“I'm sorry Freya, for everything,” she whispered in my ear.

“It's all forgotten,” I replied. I let her go, then held my hand out for Aiden to shake, he looked me up and down and I froze wondering what he was going to do. He stood up suddenly and towered above me, he then picked me up into a hug, and my legs dangled off of the floor like a rag doll.

“Welcome to the family Freya, and happy birthday,” he said with a chuckle as he squeezed all the air out of me. I wheezed a little, and Clara hit him on the shoulder to let me go.

“Oh, sorry Freya,” he said as he gently placed me back on the floor. Everyone laughed as his face grew red and he rubbed his neck with his hand. Tristan thanked his parents and my mom did too. I sat back down and was handed my present from Evan.

“It's not much, and it's a little corny but... Um, well... Here,” he said and then sat back down waiting for me to open his gift.

“Aww, I love it Evan, thank you,” I said with a huge grin. It was a goofy picture of the two of us in a beautiful wooden frame, that had a pink carved rose on the corner.

“It's for the days that you miss me too much, you can kiss it, hug it or sleep...” He was cut off by Tristan’s growl. He held his hands up and chuckled. “Ok, ok I was joking around I swear, don't get your panties in a twist dude,” he said to Tristan with a smirk on his face.

I raised my eyebrows at him, I found him hilarious, but I could tell the wolves didn't get his sense of humor. I think he was enjoying winding them up. He shrugged and slumped into his seat.

“Oh, I almost forgot, Mason sent you a gift too,” he said as he tossed over a black box. Tristan snarled at the mere mention of Mason's name. I opened the box and inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a heart pendant. It had diamonds across the top and a diamond Angel wing. It was engraved with the words,

Always on my mind,

Forever in my heart.

It was stunning, and I was shocked that he'd sent it to me. I closed the box and put it on the table, I didn't want to rub it in Tristan's face, and he was already wound up because of Evan and his stupid wind up tactics.

“Aren't you going to put it on Freya?” Evan asked in a provoking way. He was beginning to piss me off now too.

“No! It's a kind gift, but I think it's highly inappropriate, don't you?” I snapped at him illuminating my eyes. Evan smirked and shrugged his shoulders as if to say, 'I don't care'. Tristan placed his hand on my shoulder and said,

“It's ok Freya you can wear it, here I'll help you put it on.” He stood up and grabbed the box.

“What are you doing?” I asked him in our mind link. I then glared at him, not having a clue what he was playing at.

“I don't want to seem like it bothers me, I know you chose me multiple times. I have nothing to worry about,” he replied in our link. I nodded in agreement and stood up. Tristan took the necklace out of the box, and undone the clasp. I moved forwards and he stood behind me. I lifted my hair up so that he could put it on for me.

“Wait, a bit of your hair is caught in your t-shirt,” he said as he pulled my t-shirt neck down. I wasn't quick enough to stop him and he revealed my mark to the whole room.

“What the fuck? That better not be what I think it is!” Evan yelled as he shot up out of his seat. My dad pushed Evan aside, and faster than I could blink grabbed me and pulled my shirt down. His eyes started to illuminate as he touched the mark. I instantly illuminated my own eyes in response, I knew he was about to ascend, and Evan wasn't far behind.

“Mom! Run, quickly!” I screamed at her, her eyes grew wide with fear, but she obeyed and sprinted for the front door, she made it out just seconds before Damien ascended.

“YOU MARKED MY DAUGHTER?” He screeched at Tristan, Evan quickly ascended, and I followed suit.

“She begged me to,” Tristan answered in a cocky tone. He wasn't scared at all, I stood between them, placing my hands on my father's chest as he pushed forwards to get to Tristan.

“You’re not helping Tristan,” I shouted over the link.

“Dad please calm down, it's true I asked him to!” I tried to say it as calmly as possible.

“You asked to become a flea-bitten dog?” Evan scoffed. I scowled at him, this was all his fault, he kept pushing and winding Tristan up. I wanted to run over there and kick his ass, but I knew the second I got out of my dad's way, he would kill Tristan.

“Shut the fuck up Evan!” I screamed at him. He chuckled at my anger. “Dad please I'm begging you, I swear this was what I wanted. This is what I have always wanted. I want to be with Tristan, and I want to be this pack's Luna. This is my choice and my decision to make. I'm sorry if I have disappointed you, or made you ashamed of me, but I love him and always will. These wolves are my family,” I said with tears streaming down my face. He stopped pushing against me and looked into my eyes.

“We’re your family Freya, me and the other hunters. You belong with us; I have let this go too far. You need to come home with us right now!” He said as he grabbed my arm and turned towards the door. Before he had a chance to drag me anywhere I screamed at him,

“Get your hands off of me! I'm staying right here with my real family, the ones that have been there for me, all my life. They have loved me and cared for me, looked after me when I was sick, held me when I cried. They have shared happy times with me and made me feel whole,” I paused to take a breath and saw that Clara and Aiden had soft smiles on their faces, clearly touched by my words.

“You of all people have no fucking right to demand anything from me! You abandoned me and my mother, all because I didn't have some stupid birthmark when I was born. Who the hell does that? I know you said it was to keep me safe, but safe from what exactly? Werewolves still found me, and vampires still found me. Maybe if you'd have stuck around, I would be the hunter daughter that you wanted, and the Fianna that Mason wanted,” I spoke honestly, finally getting it all off my chest. “But I am living this life, because of you. Now get the fuck out of my house and out of my life, I'm done with all of you!” I ripped the necklace off of my neck and threw it at Evan, he caught it and shoved it into his pocket.

“Freya I...” Damien went to speak but I cut him off, I didn't want to listen to anything he had to say right now. I love him, Evan and Mason but if they can't accept who I want to be with, then they can shove it, I thought to myself.

“GET OUT! before I throw the pair of you out myself,” I screamed into his face and then pointed to the door.

“I'm so sorry,” Damien said as he lowered his head and descended.

“What the hell? Are you just going to let him get away with turning our future Fionn into a fucking wolf?” Evan yelled at Damien.

“Enough Evan, let's go!” He ordered and walked towards the door. Evan stood there just glaring at Tristan and refused to move. Damien illuminated his eyes and screeched, “NOW EVAN!” He opened the door and then Evan descended and huffed.

“This isn’t over, DOG! Mason's going to skin you and your whole fucking pack alive when he finds out what you've done to his Fianna,” he said while glaring at Tristan.

Tristan growled in response and lunged forwards, but I managed to turn around just in time to hold him back.

“OUT!” I screeched as loudly as I could. All of the werewolves whined and whimpered as they fell to the floor holding their ears. I turned back around and slowly marched towards Evan. He stood firm just smirking at me, and that pissed me off even more. I grabbed him by his throat and lifted him into the air.

“If you, or any other hunters threaten my pack again. I will hunt down every last one of you, tie you each to a tree and let my pack eat you alive, you got it?” I screamed into his face as I carried him to the front door. He nodded at me as his face turned blue. “Good, now get out!” I yelled as I threw him out the front door. He landed on the floor and skidded along the grass. My mom walked back into the house and Damien then walked out, he turned to face me.

“Freya I...” He started to say, but I didn't want to hear it, so I slammed the door in his face and walked back over to join my real family.