“Happy birthday darling pup,” my father said, “May you grow up strong and be the pride of our pack.” He gave me a beautiful scarf, latest brand that I had been longing for.
“Happy birthday my beloved princess, future luna of a great pack.” My mom said and gave me a big hug. She also gave me a gift, a gold bracelet, that I coveted when we visited the capital. I was so happy.
“Happy birthday to my favourite sister.” Gavin said and pinched me on my side. I squealed and got down from the bed to chase him. He ran to my father’s throne room, where he stopped beside his gift, a Chibi Maruko-chan toy, that I envied my cousin Lylah Silvermist for having, when I visited their pack with my brother two weeks ago! I jumped on my brother and we both fell on the ground. I was so happy I could die.
Tears stream down my face at those lovely memories. If only I had died then, maybe my parents would have been alive; maybe my brother would still be his happy self. Maybe I would be remembered for good. But fate would not be that favourable to me. No. It was my dad himself that hastened us up as we rushed to the competition. I made sure I splashed some of my birthday cake cream on Gavin’s face before we left. It was my custom to do that to him, no matter whose birthday it was. He pursued me to the car to retaliate and my daddy, our alpha drove off after we got in.
That was when the disaster struck. We were ambushed by a rival pack and my parents were not strong enough to conquer them. My dad did not take his gun with him because we were just attending a ceremony. He shifted and fought with the wolves while my mom took us pups and ran to hide. We heard dad’s screams at the same time that two rogues hit our mom on the head. Blood was streaming down her face, she was gasping for breath and she still held me and my brother tightly to herself, protecting us from the rogues. I was crying, my brother was crying. Gavin wanted to fight but mom shook her head. She was still holding us when I heard a gunshot and everything became black.