Six Years Later

Erica:

"Will you marry me, Erica?" Lorenzo was on his knees, stretching his hands, he showed me the little box that had the most beautiful ring in.

"I want to make you the happiest woman, Erica, give me the chance to make you mine." 

"Will you marry me?" Why was I giving this a thought? I had agreed to get married to him, I had told my parents I will get married to Alpha Lorenzo for the sake of my children so why was I finding it hard to say yes. I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat and I nodded. It was just the both of us in the open field.

"Yes Lorenzo, I will marry you."'I smiled, I am happy that I am doing this for my children.

"Thank you." Lorenzo grinned from ear to ear, he put the ring in my finger then stood from his knelt position, and cupped my face gently.

"Thank you for making me the happiest Alpha alive." He kissed me on the lips and I kissed him back.

"I'll scream to the world and tell them that Erica is mine." I laughed. It was all fun with Lorenzo and if I had not thought my heart to not fall in love again then I would have loved Lorenzo more than the way I do.

"Thank you so much Lorenzo." I pulled him into a hug and he held me tight.

"No thank you for letting me in your life, thank you for letting me be a father to your children." It was like my smile faded but it was still there. I thought, maybe if Dante had loved me he would have been a part of his children's life. 

It's been six years since I had been divorced, six years since I had been saved by my real family, I had found out about my twins which turned out to be triplets. Life had been going smoothly for me and I had learnt to take charge and control. 

I was no longer the same woman that begged her husband to love her even after I had caught him in bed with his mistress, and even if I am not a Lycan or I am not as strong as he is, I am an Alpha and will be getting married to an Alpha soon.

I had gotten to know Lorenzo the day he had come to our pack for a meeting with my father, I had bumped into him that day, his charming smile somehow gave me butterflies in my tummy. He was very polite and since then we have shared this strong bond, he's always been there for me, for the three years that I have known him and I think it's only right that I should be there for him too. 

Lorenzo, a good looking Alpha that ruled a very huge pack with a lot of warriors and members and had worn wars in the last few years since he became Alpha, as gentle and as loving as he looked, Lorenzo was also fierce, strong, agile and good looking. 

I sat beside him on the mat we had spread out in the open space, it was just the both of us having a little time. The kids never gave us the time to be alone because Lorenzo always wanted to be around them.

I wiped the crumbs of cake on his lips and he chuckled, I stared deep into his black beautiful eyes, he is so huge and only a hug from him will probably swallow me up.

"You're a good man." I muttered.

"And you're a good woman." He gave me a soft kiss on my lips and I smiled.

I chuckled.

As we cuddled each other up, my phone rang out loud. I took my phone from my bag. It was Beta Ian.

As I placed the phone on my ear all I could hear were loud screams, yelling and wailing of people.

"The pack is under attack." as he said this I stood to my feet and turned to Lorenzo.

"The rogues attacked. We needed to go.'' Before I could finish my statement, Lorenzo was on his feet, we drove back to the pack and  indeed we were attacked, it wasn't a minor attack we had lost a lot of soldiers, who had risked their life to save people.

I had been gone for only a few hours and all of this happened?

I and Lorenzo helped get everything in order and when things had become a little stable we headed back to the pack house.

"Ian." I called as I walked in.

"Where are my babies?" I asked. 

"They are with your mother" He replied and I heaved a sigh.

"Where is my father?" Everywhere was tense, warriors were running around trying to help save lives. The pack was a whole mess. 

"Baby." My father walked out of the meeting chambers and the moment I saw him I ran into his arms, seeking warmth and comfort. 

"Dad what's happening?" He slowly pulled away from the hug.

"We need help, Erica." He held me in my arms.

"We are losing our pack, we might lose our pack Erica."

"No we won't, we will fight, we will get help. Lorenzo's pack can help us." As I spoke I looked at Lorenzo and who was standing beside me.

"We were also attacked. I also need help." He nodded his head negatively.

"I don't think my pack can help you." At this moment I got scared, just hearing this from him. 

"What can we do dad? We are slowly going down." We had earlier contacted a few packs and they had bluntly refused to help us because we were at war with the rogue King and no pack was ready to get into the mess with us. 

"I have asked for help from the  Lycan King but he needs our help too."

"Lycan King?" I froze, hitched an eyebrow and then stared at him. I know one Lycan King in the state here. 

"Which Lycan King?" My dad looked at me and all I could see was the pain and the worry for his pack.

"King Dante." He stated.

"Dad." 

"He has said he wants to meet me, Erica but I cannot go. You know I have to be here to take care of my pack. Ian is too young to go either, he has no clue on what to say."

"You want me to go in your place, dad?" I asked and he nodded.

Dad gave me a calm look and used his eyes to tell me he had other things to say. He knew Lorenzo had no clue about my past and he was not going to say anything in front of him. 

How do I tell my Fiancé that the Alpha my father is asking help from is the Lycan King  that is the father  of my children and the Lycan King  that has made me what I am. 

Lorenzo rubbed my back softly as he tried to calm me down.

My dad stared at me like he had a lot to say to me.

Erica:

I felt my world crumble in front of me, I couldn't tell my father I didn't want to go there, I couldn't make excuses. Alpha's don't make excuses. My pack needs me now, I can't tell my father that I cannot help because of Dante.

My father  knows about my past with Dante but he calls it a past and tells me that I have a better future ahead. I know I have a better future ahead but I do not want to see him.

Dante caused me so much harm.

"We will go there." Lorenzo said to my father who had his eyes locked at me, I was in a state of shock. Lorenzo had no idea who the father of my children was. The day he asked, I told him that I never want to talk about him and  he never asked about my past again.

"Yes." I nodded firmly, we will go there. We are doing this for our packs and not for anyone else.

Pack affairs should be treated first. 

"We will leave tomorrow." Lorenzo added.

"Lorenzo, you should look after your pack, send your Beta instead.  As an Alpha you need to be there for your pack." Dad advised and Lorenzo nodded, he had always kept my father in high regard.

"Come Erica, I need to talk to you." I followed my father as he walked through the chambers, while Lorenzo stayed back to help around.

"Dad." My voice was low and I felt the need to cry, I pulled my father into a hug when he closed the door.

"Dear, I know how hard it is for you." His voice was cracked and it was as though he felt my pain with me. 

"I know you don't want to see him, Erica, he is your past and I respected your decision all this while but dear when I saw my people cry and slowly die because of this attack, I had no other choice. I am your father and I will never want you to go back there, but you need to restore our pack. It's in your hands now. The seer said the next generation shall save us. You are my next generation. I should send the beta but he will be too busy helping around to go and he has no clue. I cannot go either, I have to be here for my people." As my father narrated his pain, I straightened myself up. 

"I know you want to say no but given  the situation you cannot." I nodded, my father knew me so well. He has been my strength since I found out  that day that I am his daughter. 

"I will go there." I looked at the bruise on his arm, he was bleeding but he didn't know.

My father's pack used to be the strongest werewolf pack until we started getting attacked by rouges, losing our members, warriors and our title to the rouge.

I do not know what Rouge King Hazan wants from us.

"Alpha.." Beta Ian barged into the room.

"Alpha, we got news, a message." He held a white scroll on his right hand and he looked tense. 

Ian ruffled his thick black hair and gave a sigh. He was too young for all of what he was going through. 

"It's not good news, Sire."

"Go on, Ian." 

"We've had news that you have our gem! Naturally I hate you so much Alpha King Roland and now you have something that's ours, hand it over or else, I'll tear your pack apart.  I hate you but I will give you the chance to come back to your feet before our next attack, if I do not get the "Living Gem" I'll come back for your pack in the next one month, on the night of the full moon." Ian read out, his hands were trembling a little, he's faced too much today.

"That bastard, we do not have the gem. Send him a message telling him that we do not have the gem and call me the seer." Dad replied sharply and angrily, he noticed how Ian looked tense so  he calmed down. 

All of this was just too new to him and he had not so many people to guide him. 

"My strong boy, you're brave like your father and with you we will conquer." He tapped Ian on his shoulder.

It has not been easy since the demise of our beta, he had died a few weeks ago fighting in the war with Rouge King Hazan and now his son Ian has taken over as beta even when he is too young to do so but he is doing a good job.

Ian left my father's chamber and soon the seer arrived.

As he pushed open the door and walked in he smiled at me, showing his very white teeth, he looked a bit dirty, and he dressed like he was from the 90's, long old dirty pants and black boot. He  strolled in.

"Our pack is in your hands." He laughed. I was confused, what was he talking about.

"What do you mean seer?"

"There's no Gem, Alpha. If we had the Gem we would have won this battle for a long time but we can find it."

"Where can we find it?" My father was desperate to know the same way I was.

The seer walked up to me and stretched out his hand for me to touch. I put my hand on his palm and my eyes rolled in my head, I screamed.

Blood stains everywhere, blood spilled on the ground, my pack members were crying out for help, they got nothing. I watched Hazan stab my father right in the chest and in my arms, I watched my father slowly die. 

Lorenzo was gone too, my mother's bowels were out on the ground and the cold rain beat every single dead body on the ground. It felt like I was the cause. 

He took his hand away from me and I gasped.

"What was that? How can we stop it?" I asked swallowing hard. 

"Our pack needs you."

"How should we go about it, seer?" Dad furiously asked, he didn't even see what I saw. 

"I do not know. I have nothing else to say, my king. If you may please, excuse me."  The seer had nothing else to say, it seemed he got his messages in pieces today.

It is funny how we got entangled in a war with the rouges when we do not have what they want.

As the seer left my father turned to me.

"Erica, you are leaving tomorrow, you will go with the triplets, you will help Dante get what he wants. Lorenzo will visit at intervals too so you don't need to be afraid."

I nodded.

I never thought that I would go back to the Blue Hades pack, I had left there and planned to never come back but Dante is the strongest Lycan King and has the strongest Lycan pack. If he fights he will surely win.

We need him and I hope he needs our pack as much as we need him.

He doesn't know what I have become after I left his pack, to him I had died.

"I will get ready." With that I walked out of my father's chamber and headed to my room.

I pushed the door of my room open and my babies were fast asleep on my bed. Their nanny was beside them.

"Ma'am, they cried so much, Elma seems to have a fever."