~Jax~

It was strange. Sean grabbed my face and the next thing I know is that I'm watching a scene before my eyes. I was in a forest, and it was dark outside. The only light was coming from the moon goddess. Her light shone between the trees and cast shadows all along the forest floor. All of a sudden, a beautiful woman appeared. She looked to be in her thirties. She was running though, as if something was chasing her. I followed after her, trying to see what has upset her so terribly. As I ran after her, I saw a man and a little boy. They're humans. But the older man looked very familiar. I just couldn't put my finger on it. Then I see wolves. But not any ordinary wolves, these are wolves from my pack! My father is leading them with his beta and his third in command right behind him. They ended up cornering her. She then turned into a cat.

She was a werecat? They are very rare.

I watched from behind a tree as my father and the beta and third command circle around her. They were all growling at her. I then looked over to the man and the child, and the child was crying, holding onto the man. I'm assuming they were father and son. The man was now crying as well. The mom was looking at them from the corner of her eye. There were sorrow and love inside them. I started crying myself. It felt like I was connected to them emotionally somehow. This pain was unbearable. Also, considering that my father was going to kill a woman for no apparent reason, I was pretty upset. I knew my father could torture people to get answers, and that he killed rouges. But they were all werewolves. He had never killed a different species before and I was upset. The father I knew was better than this.

Then all of a sudden they all attack her, my father going first. He went straight for the kill. I gasped and covered my mouth. As my father went in for the kill, I felt a pang in my chest. I then looked toward the father and son and saw that they were both crying. The man fell to his knees, and I was overwhelmed with such pain in my chest that I fell as well. It felt like my heart had been ripped out of my chest and torn to a million pieces. The pain I was feeling was unbearable. I started to cry. I then realized that the man and woman were mates, and this must have been what it felt like to lose a mate. I don't know how he went on. Usually, people die when they lose their mates. However, he was human, so he was able to stay alive, just continuously mourn the death of his mate. After my father left her for dead, the father and son ran up to her. Once a werecat or a werewolf dies in their animal form, they go back into human form. She was naked.

"Mommy?" The little boy asks while crying.

"Mommy! Wake up please!" The boy was sobbing. He had just witnessed his mother's murder. And there was nothing he could do to help her. If he interfered, both he and his father would have been killed.

"Daddy, why isn't mommy waking up?" The little boy asked.

"Sean,"

Wait. Sean. That is Dakota's and Layla's brother's name. If that is Sean, and if that is Mr. Kennedy, then that means...

That was their mother. Mr. Kennedy's mate. Dakota and Layla's mother.

Who they think fucking fell to her death from forty-five feet!

This is awful...

"Mommy is gonna sleep for a long time now. She won't be waking up. She's gonna be in a peaceful sleep and nothing bad will happen to her. Just know, that mommy loved you so much. Don't you dare ever forget that. Okay, Sean?" Mr. Kennedy said.

"Okay, daddy. Please don't fall asleep soon. I want you to be able to wake up." Sean was still crying and Mr. Kennedy joined him. I was holding myself in a ball and crying. Then I didn't feel that pain. And the scene in front of me started to disappear. Before I knew it, I was looking back at the older version of Sean.

"Oh my god... Alpha is crying... What did you do to him?" One of my pack members asked. All I did was look from Sean to Mr. Kennedy, to the girls, and then fall to the ground bawling. The pain I just felt, is the most horrible thing I could ever experience. If I had ever lost Dakota, I wouldn't be able to survive. She is my everything. She is my rock. My anchor. My mea lux. (Mea lux is Latin for my light.)

"Jax?" I heard her angelic voice and it only made me cry harder. I longed to hold her in my arms and never let go. I just needed to be near Dakota.

"Dakota..." I sobbed her name and she came running over to me. She was clothed, so I'm assuming she changed when no one was paying attention. She touched my arm and I felt the tingles and not the heartbreak. I reached out for her and when I felt her body, I pulled her into my lap and held her as I sobbed into her chest. She played with my hair and said comforting things into my ear.

"Leave, now!" I shouted to the members of my pack. I hated them seeing me like this. They all left except for Logan and Jake, Mr. Kennedy, Sean, Layla, and Destiny.

"Jax, it's okay. You don't need to cry... Baby..." As Dakota hushed me with little sentences like these, it really helped me calm down. With all of the tingles and her voice and feeling her warmth, I felt whole. I felt complete. If only she would accept me. But most importantly, I need to get her father's blessing. That will take a lot of work though, considering my father and two other members of my pack killed his mate. He probably does not deem me worthy. Also considering I kidnapped his children and their friend.

"Dakota... I'm so sorry... I do not expect your forgiveness, I do not expect anything from you. But please give me another chance. I can't lose you... I just can't!" I held onto her tighter, but not too tight to where she couldn't breathe. She was in shock, I could tell because she started to stutter a bit and stopped all movement. She then continued to play with my hair and helped calm me down.

"Jax? What happened?" Jacob asks as he stares at me in astonishment. It takes a lot for me to break down like this.

"Nothing," I said in a hard tone.

"Jax obviously some-"

"I said nothing!" At this point, I was seething with anger. Why would he do that? What had she ever done to him? Most likely nothing. I want answers now. There are laws between werecats and werewolves. One species can not kill someone of the other species unless having a good reason, like if they committed a crime on the other's land, or if they did something terrible to the alpha or luna, things that are just plain awful. My father isn't a good man. He abuses everyone in the pack. Including my mother and I. But that's a story for another day.

"If you say so alpha." Jacob showed his respects by bowing and calling me alpha. I shoved my head into the crook of Dakota's neck and took in a long deep breath. Her scent was out of this world. I couldn't get enough of it. It helped calm me down a lot, and I eventually stopped crying. However, I still had a tight grip on Dakota. Her father was giving me a death glare though, silently telling me how he hated the way I was holding his daughter. He then looked over to his other daughter Layla and became infuriated. Jacob was holding Layla and kissing her forehead. She sighed in content and if looks could kill, Jake and I would be buried in the ocean's depths.

"I will not have my daughters mated to some no good werewolves!" Mr. Kennedy yelled. We all looked over to him.

"My mate is a werewolf, dad. I know you don't like it, but I'm the alpha in our little family. I'm not going to go on life without her if I do meet her in human form. She was one of the wolves that we saw at the deer stand." Sean trailed off quietly and his father looked at him, ready to explode.

"Dad, why didn't you tell us we were werecats? That would have been nice to know!" Dakota asked in an accusing tone. Her father then looked down and started to rub the back of his neck.

"I didn't think you girls were ready to know. And Destiny, why are you covered in blood?"

"We got into a car crash running away from these guys." Dakota said nonchalantly.

"What!" Her father was now enraged.

"They may or may not have tried to kidnap us..." Layla said quietly, then immediately hiding behind Jacob's back.

"Girls! You will be coming home with me now! I forbid you from seeing these disgusting pieces of shit ever again! Sean, get them now and meet me by the car." As Mr. Kennedy finished saying this, one of my pack members came out to investigate. It was my cousin, Riley. When Sean looked over towards the door, they both made eye contact and gasped.

You're shitting me, right? These guys too?

"Mate!" They both yelled as their eyes turned black. They ran up to one another and embraced each other. She then took a deep whiff of his sent then backed up.

"You're a cat." She said bluntly, sounding angry because of the fact.

"Yes. I am. Is that a bad thing?" He asked, looking quite hurt by the expression she was giving him.

"I do not know. I don't know what to think about this." She said, as she looked away and rubbed her arm. She didn't look like she wanted to be his mate.

"Oh," Sean said, the sadness clear in his voice. She flinched a little from the sound and looked down at her shoes. It was awkward silence for a moment before Mr. Kennedy spoke up.

"I will not allow my children to be mated to werewolves. You will become mates with either a human or another werecat." He said angrily.

"But dad, we're rare! Who knows where another werecat is. Besides, we can't not accept our mates. Obviously it's going to take time because they tried to kidnap us, but my cat has already accepted his wolf. We can't just leave them and start a life with someone that isn't meant for us." Dakota said and he stumbled on his words for a second.

"I do not care. You girls are leaving, end of discussion. You girls will never see them again. Including you Destiny. Unless you want me to tell your mother about all of this and get you grounded and that boy in jail. I can tell by the way he is looking at you that you both are mates."

"Sir, you can't just not allow the alpha to see his mate. It will drive him crazy to the point where he will do anything to get to his mate." Logan spoke up.

"Plus, I'm the beta and the man next to Destiny is the third in command. Their mates are the most important part of a pack. Surely you must know this sir." Jacob said in a polite manner and Mr. Kennedy just looked at him. The despair in his eyes was clearly seen by all of us, and we all knew he was still mourning the death of his mate to this day. Riley then looked up in a rush. We all looked towards her to see what she wanted to say.

"I do not want a mate right now." She said bluntly. However, I could see the pain she was fighting from showing. She didn't want to say that. We then looked at Sean and he stumbled backward and fell to the ground holding his chest. Dakota gasped and then stood up.

~Dakota~

"How dare you!" She screamed in rage.

"Stay out of this. I have no need to talk to a bunch of felines." She growled and started to walk away.

'HOW DARE SHE TALK TO HER LUNA LIKE THAT!'

'Luna? What's that?'

'It's the highest female rank in a pack, also known as the alphas mate. Let me at her!

Before I could do anything, Butter came to the surface and I was watching from afar. Does she always view things like this?

"How dare you disrespect your Luna!" Butter screamed at her and Riley turned around, she looked terrified.

"You can't possibly be my Luna." She said in an opposing tone. All of a sudden I shifted and roared. It held so much power. I could feel her wolf was trying to obey and bow, but Riley was stubborn and wasn't allowing it. I kept roaring at her until she shifted and bowed. Then I would know that she has made it known that I am the one in charge here. She finally shifted after about two more minutes and she bowed, her ears tucked to her head. I growled at her, which made her cower more. She then stood up slowly and walked over to me, tail tucked and all. She bent her head down so the back of her neck was shown to Butter. Butter growled towards her and nipped her neck in anger and dominance. After that, Riley laid down in submission. I saw my brother sadly walk over to me, with a pair of clothes. They smelled just like Jax so I knew they were his.

I grabbed them with my mouth and walked behind a tree to shift. I shifted and put on his clothes and walked over to Riley, holding up the clothing since it was so baggy on my small frame. I grabbed her by the ear and she yelped.

"If you reject your alpha mate, you will regret it. You will be missing out on probably the best person on this earth. And if you ever disrespect your luna, female beta and female third in command, you will regret that even more. Do I make myself clear!" It was me towards the beginning, but Butter came out for the last part. She only whined and whimpered in submission and I took that as a sign that she understood kind of thing. I pinched her ear hard before letting it go, watching her run off in fear. I scoffed at her actions and turned around to see a lot of people. I'm assuming they're all in Jax's pack and they just witnessed their luna have a childish wolf submit to a cat.

"Way to go Luna!" Logan yelled out and I nodded and smiled. I then looked at my brother Sean and my father. There was so much pride in my father's eyes. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"What in the hell is going on out here? Why isn't anyone doing something with their lives you worthless pieces of shit!" I heard an older male talking and I got scared. Jax got up and kissed my forehead. He put me behind him and Logan and Jake did the same thing with Layla and Destiny. Then an older version of Jax came out, and I knew right then and there that it was his father. Then a small woman came out as well, and she had the same eyes as Jax, so assumed that was Jax's mother. She was very beautiful but terribly bruised. I gasped a small bit, and that made Jax's father turn towards us.

"Why the hell are those pathetic felines on my property!" He roared in anger and I felt Butter get infuriated. She came to the surface and I couldn't stop her.

"How dare you! We aren't pathetic, and quite frankly, I am Jax's mate." I grabbed his hand and he smiled at me for not letting anyone talk poorly about my family.

"I don't think so. You're too weak to be a Luna. You will never be strong enough to be anything in life." After he said that I growled and shifted into my large cat. Everyone gasped and backed up. I stood tall and was filled with determination and pride. I would show him who's weak. I roared at him and he growled and shifted into a black wolf that had a blue tint to it. He tried to stand taller, but my cat was slightly bigger than his wolf. I smirked at him and let Butter have full control. I watched it from afar. This was either going to go very good or end very badly.