The long-awaited boy

-Avery POV-

I see how the door closes behind Joshua and I look back at Adam. I feel how the energy is flowing through my body. It’s one of my powers. It helps me think quickly and clear in difficult situations. When that happens, my eyes turn lighter. That means I get closer to my wolf and to the Moon Goddess herself. She’s clearing my mind, to help me make the best decisions possible in that situation.

It’s also connected to my emotions.The stronger they are, the more my eyes lit. I know Adam has seen my eyes lit up a few times. He only dared to ask once, and I refused to answer his questions. I think he felt he shouldn’t ask further, ‘cause he never did. Although he never told me, I know Joshua knows too. That’s why I didn’t suppress my eyes changing a few minutes ago.

I know he’s looking at my eyes and I wait. I wait until he starts. He needs to lead this conversation. A few minutes passes by. I’m still looking at Adam, but he says nothing. I see the confusion, the anger about the betrayal of James, and I feel the tension in his body. He has so many questions. It’s time for him to know. Time to clear the secrets. Well, some of them...

-Adam POV-

I don’t know what to say. I have never been this emotional. I can feel the anger through my veins. I know I have a temper, but this is new for me. I am confused as well. What the hell does Aura mean? Why do I have the strange feeling my mother knows all about this? After a few minutes I look into my mother's face. And there I see them again, her eyes. They are lighter. I’ve only seen this a few times in my life.

Once, I tried to ask her why her eyes lit up sometimes. Why it looks like they change color to a somehow white shade? She answered with the most cold tone in her voice, I’ve never heard before. I remember I got chills all over my body. She said she didn’t want to talk about it and that I never can ask again or tell anybody. That it was not the right time. When I grew older, one day I told Joshua when I was angry at my mother. He’s the only one that knows. And I didn’t tell my mom. I notice my mom isn’t talking. So I guess I need to start.

I clear my throat and start asking. “Mom, I’m confused. I’ve so many questions. First of all: What the hell is wrong with your eyes? I know you told me not to ask, but I want to know everything.”

I see my mother's face soften a bit. Her face get a glance of sadness as well. She starts talking, she explains about her power. How her eyes change shades and sometimes even color, to almost white, to help her connect with the power of nature and think clear. Clearer than any human can do. How it’s connected to her emotions too. In some strange way I am not even surprised. I always knew my mother is special. But I need to know more: “Why, mom. Why are you special?”

Avery sighs. I see how she closes her eyes while she start talking again. “My sweetheart. It’s not only me, who is special. Our whole family is. They call us the chosen ones. Moon Goddess herself has made our family special. Hundreds of years ago she decided to choose a man and a woman to be special. They were close to her, she also made them mates. She made them pure from heart and gave them special powers to protect the people. In that time, the wolves were close to extinction. The humans and other species get the upper hand in the world's population. So she decided we need protection to increase the chance of surviving on this planet. You know the Moon Goddess can only help ús. She can’t interfere with the Gods of the other species. She’s only one of the power sources in this world. Well, long story short: we are one of the last members of this family.”

Wow, this was a lot to take in. “So, does it means that I am special too? And what happened to our family then? If we’re the chosen ones, have special powers, how couldn’t we manage to stay alive? It doesn’t make sense!”

“That’s not all, my darling,” my mother says. “The Moon Goddess decides that our chosen bloodline can only be run by Luna’s. By woman. To make sure of that, there are only girls born in our family tree. We are not ‘just girls’. We house special powers in our body’s. We are stronger than almost every Alpha on earth. Not always physical. We’ve our own ways." She continues:

"But once in a while, when she feels we need more power, she let one of the children be a boy. Because Alpha’s can be physical stronger then Luna’s. And there is the twist, my darling. You are the first boy born in 150 years. There is something big coming up.”

I feel my mouth hang open. I’m shattered. Why didn’t she tell me this before?

But before I could ask, my mother already answers my question: “I know you want to know why I didn’t tell you this before, my son. But I couldn’t tell you before, because it’s dangerous. You can image that holding powers is interesting to many people. They will be intimidated by us. They will be afraid, and try to do anything to get rid of us. And the Moon Goddess only wants us to use the given power for good. We’re not supposed to exposed the power to much. You need to see the power as an emergency button. Not a button to use for our own sake. It’s only for protecting the members of our pack, to protect the pack itself. You understand?”

I nod. I understand. “Mom, lacking to interact with my wolf, to shift - has that anything to do with this? Have you seen that before? Do you know what is wrong with me?”

She looks at me and says: “Yes, I can assure you that this is connected to you, and being a chosen one. But I can’t tell you more, my darling. Have patiënt. Moon Goddess makes it all clear to you when she feels it’s time.”

Hearing those words make me even more angry. I feel an intense feeling tingling in my head. I jump out of my chair and I yell at my mother: “Have you ANY idea how this feels!? NOT be able to be a wolf, while everyone around me takes shifts and show off their amazing other half? And now you tell me you know the answer but you’re not willing to tell me? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?”

The feeling in my head is increasing and lowers to my throat. I open my mouth and let out a loud growl.

I freeze. Damn. Did I just growl?