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Chapter Fifty-Eight: Why Didn\u2019t You Tell Us Part One\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natala (Emerald) POV:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, dad.\u201d I squealed as I launched myself into my adoptive parent\u2019s arms!\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
It had been over two hours since the party started, and I hadn\u2019t seen mom and dad yet. I was starting to get worried that they wouldn\u2019t make it. I didn\u2019t want to leave for Supreme Diamond Pack without meeting them; I wasn\u2019t sure how long we would stay there, so I didn\u2019t want to risk it. They both caught me and chuckled. Mom let me go and held me by the shoulders, a little away from herself, looking at me from top to bottom. You could see the love shining in both their eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at you, sweetheart; I don\u2019t remember seeing you this happy.\u201d Said mom, tears brimming in\u00a0<\/p>\n
her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad nodded at my mom\u2019s word in acknowledgment as he smiled at me. I couldn\u2019t help but hug her\u00a0<\/p>\n
again in a tight grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
for \u201cI am mom; I am, so much that I can\u2019t even describe. Thank you, mom, dad, thank you everything. For being there when I needed someone, raising me as your own, loving me, everything, just everything. If it weren\u2019t for you, I wouldn\u2019t probably be able to see this day.\u201d I said as I sniffed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could feel mom tears wet my shoulder, but I didn\u2019t care; as I said, I may have found my mates and biological family, but my adoptive parents will always be my parents; they raised me to be the woman I am, stood by me, clothed and fed me. For that, I will always be their baby emerald.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much I have to tell you guys, but I don\u2019t know where to start,\u201d I said, sniffling as I moved\u00a0<\/p>\n
out of her arms and looked at them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead of inquisitive looks, I got big smiles, eyes shining with happiness for me. Huh?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know, sweetheart, we know. The triplet kings and the supreme alphas have already talked to us. That\u2019s why we were late coming down to the party even though we were here way ahead of\u00a0<\/p>\n
time.\u201d Said, dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked at them a little shocked, so that was where my brothers were. I hadn\u2019t seen them at the party since me, and the quads had come down. I knew they hadn\u2019t left since we were all supposed to head out to the twin\u2019s pack together once the party was over. So I thought they were busy with the logistics of all that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so happy for you, sweetheart. Your dad and knew how much you wanted to know about your biological family. Just don\u2019t forget about us now.\u201d Said mom, laughing at the last part, but I\u00a0<\/p>\n
could tell she was afraid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Never mom, never!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u05dd\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I smiled at her, held both her and dad\u2019s hands in each of mine, and looked at them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMom, I may have found a whole family with brothers, parents, aunts and all that good stuff but do not, and I mean it, do not think that will ever change anything. YOU GUYS ARE my mom and dad and forever will be no matter what.\u201d I said, hoping they could read the honesty in my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both of them smiled at me with tears in their eyes and hugged me tighter as I hugged them back. All of us only letting go when he heard a throat clearing behind us. Turning around, I see my mates and brothers standing behind us with smiles plastered on their faces. It was rare to see all these alpha males and the top of the lot show emotions, but all of them did when they were around me, which only showed how much they all loved me, just like I loved them all. I smiled at all of them and went to hug each brother. I didn\u2019t know what they had talked about with mom and dad, but with the way, mom and dad were so relaxed and readily accepting of the situation, I knew my brothers must have said something right. They all knew how much mom and dad meant to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to thank you again, Mr. and Mrs. Hutton, for rasing our little Natala when we all had given up and thought she was, she was.. well, you know.\u201d Said Tristan, guilt flashing in his eye as he said the last part. I squeezed his hand in reassurance and smiled at him that it was okay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whatever had happened had happened, we couldn\u2019t change back time. Everything had a reason why it happened. Maybe if Edward hadn\u2019t left me by the pack broader, I wouldn\u2019t have met my mate; who knows. But all I knew was that no one needed to feel guilty about anything; the past was the past and should stay there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour highness, as we said, Natala was our daughter and will always remain our daughter. Whatever we did is what any parent would do for their child.\u201d Said dad, looking at me with a small\u00a0<\/p>\n
smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I went and kissed his cheek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, Mr.Hutton, and for that, we will always be in your debt. Please do take into consideration what we talked about. I\u2019m sure Natal would want the same.\u201d Said Hayden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In debt? Holy molly of everything, holy! For our king one of the triplet brothers, to say that to an ordinary werewolf family like ours was life-changing; what couldn\u2019t mom and dad achieve if they wanted, all they had to do was ask the triplets, and would be done. Goddess!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mom and dad smiled, bowed their head in submission to their kings and alpha supremes, and said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd like we said earlier, your highness, we only want our sweetheart\u2019s happiness. No riches, whether it be in precious stones or becoming leader of a pack, could measure up to seeing the smile our little girl has on today.\u201d Said, dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My head shot up to my brothers! They offered my parents a chance to rule a pack that would\u2019ve made them Alpha and Luna, and they gave that up! All for my happiness, I couldn\u2019t help but look at mom and dad with ten more times of respect and love. We weren\u2019t rich. We were one of the few\u00a0<\/p>\n
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poorer families in the pack, but we never cared about all that because we had each other. They could\u2019ve had it all if they wanted, but they still turned it down, just asking for my happiness in\u00a0<\/p>\n
return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess! What good deed did I do to deserve such amazing people in my life? My brothers\u00a0<\/p>\n
nodded in understanding and told them to consider their request still. They bid my parents\u00a0<\/p>\n
goodbye and told them their parents would be in touch as they would want to meet the people who had brought up their little girl to become the amazing woman she was. I couldn\u2019t help but\u00a0<\/p>\n
blush at my brother\u2019s comment; they were so extra sometimes, but I secretly loved it!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome, little luna; it\u2019s time to cut the cake. Then we have to be off. The later it gets, the more\u00a0<\/p>\n
dangerous it gets to travel at night.\u201d Said Ezekiel, wrapping his arm around my waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded and looked at mom and dad, asking them to come. They both smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo on, sweetheart, we\u2019re right behind you,\u201d Said mom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before we could turn around and walk to the table, dad stopped us, looked at my mates, and said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTake care of her alphas. Treat her like the queen she is!\u201d Said, dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could see all my mates give my parents a small smile when they all spoke simultaneously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlways,\u201d they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My dad smiled and bowed his neck in submission to his alphas; kissing my parents on the cheek, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
was ushered to a round table in the middle of the ballroom. Where a giant eight-tier cake stood,\u00a0<\/p>\n
with white icing and a vine of colourful flowers running from top to bottom, it was beautiful but oddly fimilar; when something hit, I remembered once showing Hannah a picture of a cake like this; looking at her, I saw her giving me a wink, and smiled. This was her doing; I mouthed a thank you and went to cut the cake. I was surrounded by friends, my mates, parents, brothers and the quad\u2019s parents. Looking around, I felt content, all that was left were my biological parents and reaming family, and soon they would be here as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After cutting the cake and another round where everyone sang happy birthday, the party was slowly dying down. The invited she-wolves weren\u2019t fond of staying and left the first chance they got, I had received more glares than ever before from them, but I didn\u2019t care. They could be jealous all they wanted; I was done putting up with them, I was their Luna, and they had to suck it up. I had full intentions of putting anyone in their place if they decided to pick on me again; I wouldn\u2019t let what happened with those three she-wolves in the pack dining room happen again to me. I was a princess, majestic wolf and their Luna; they needed to know that I wasn\u2019t the same meek pushover little girl anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCall us daily, and text us if you can\u2019t.\u201d Said Ela as she hugged me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We had to head out, so the quads and my brothers wanted me to meet everyone so we could get a\u00a0<\/p>\n
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move on towards the twin\u2019s pack. I had already said my goodbyes to my parents; the quad\u2019s parents and my guy friends, just Ela, Hannah, and Leah, were left now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will! Stay out of trouble,\u201d I said to her; she just smiled and winked. I shook my head. Trouble and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ela went hand in hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you need anything, and I mean it, Nat, anything, you call me.\u201d Said Leah, as she came forth and hugged me and gave me a big smile pulling back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will, and you take care of my little niece\/nephew. can\u2019t wait to play with him or her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Congratulations once again. I know you\u2019ll make a great mom; you were born for this.\u201d I said; I saw\u00a0<\/p>\n
her blush and nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After being marked by the quads, all my feeling regarding Leah and Eli were like they never existed; even the littlest animosity I held deep down was gone, and I couldn\u2019t help but compliment them as a couple. I was ecstatic for their baby!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t worry about wee old me over here, not like I\u2019m your best friend and sister-in-law.\u201d Said Hannah dramatically from the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t help but chuckle and roll my eyes at her. Letting go of Leah, I went towards Hannah and hugged her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBe careful out there, Nat. And, come back soon; the packhouse will be boring without you.\u201d She\u00a0<\/p>\n
said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew she was scared of Edward popping up again, but she didn\u2019t need to worry. I was planning on telling the quads and my brothers about him before we left. We were travelling late into the night, I didn\u2019t want to risk it, plus I\u2019ve held it back long enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry; I\u2019m going to tell them tonight. Take care and stay out of trouble with Luca.\u201d I said,\u00a0<\/p>\n
winking at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She just chuckled and let me go but not before reminding me about the plan I had for the quads that had me blushing beet red. I scowled at her as she laughed out loud. After another round of hugs and goodbyes, I was off to my room to get dressed for the journey and pack a small bag just in case I needed something on the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jumping into the shower, I quickly washed off the sweat from the day and dried myself. Deciding on a pair of black tights and hoodies, I threw them on and paired them with a pair of black Balenciaga sock shoes I found on the shelf. My outfit, making my silvery wet hair and blue eyes stand out more in contrast to the all-black. I decided against any makeup and, leaving my hair down my back for it to dry, I left the bathroom and came face to face with my brothers and mates as expected. I had mind-linked them to meet in here before I started my shower.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything okay little wolf? Your mates said you wanted to tell us about something important.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I nodded and gestured for them to sit, which I knew was no point because they would all be blowing their heads off when I told them about Edward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood in front of all of them, taking a big breath and praying to the goddess that they wouldn\u2019t go all alpha, king or supreme alpha on my bum. I opened my mouth and began.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person that lured me into the forest was actually our uncle Edward\u2026\u201d before I could finish the\u00a0<\/p>\n
sentence, nine growls resonated around the room, the packhouse shook, and dust came off the\u00a0<\/p>\n
ceilings. I saw nine sets of eyes looking at me, nostrils flared, and fist clenched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well s**t!\u00a0<\/p>\n
25\u00a0<\/p>\n
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