Alissa Tate fell to her knees her father catching her fall. He came down with her. "It can't be true" She cried out to him. She pulled on his jacket it was the only thing that kept her close to her father. She wanted to go into the room and save her sister. "There has to be a way" She asked her father. "There has to be" She said. She pulled away but he wouldn't let her go far.
"I am sorry but there isn't." He said. He couldn't take looking at his youngest child as she cried for her older sister. Daphne Tate had died of a terrible animal attack. Alissa was lucky to be okay she had gotten bitten but it wasn't death threatening. She had been released a few hours ago before her sister had died. "Alissa please calm down" Jared told his daughter. He stood and helped her up. He walked her over to a bench and sat down with her.
"Daddy how can you be so calm through this. She is your oldest daughter and you haven't shed a tear" She said to her father she pulled away from him and looked his face. She looked deep and notice that there wasn't anything no emotion. When he told her there was but not anymore it was like he didn't even care.
"You were supposed to die not Daphne" he said suddenly. She looked at him confuse.
"What do you mean" She asked him.
"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. My daughter wasn't supposed to die" He said to her she didn't understand what was going on. One minute he was holding her and the next he was telling her she was supposed to be dead.
She stood up and backed away from him as he started to reach for her. "Alissa come here there is something I should have told you a long time ago" he said to her. She just kept backing up. She had just lost her sister and now her father was acting strange.
"Daddy what is going on" She asked him.
"Don't call me that I am not your father" He said to her. Everything was so confusing. "I took you in because I wanted to hope that you were mine but as time went on. Everything was telling me that I was wrong to hope that I was your father. I am not your father but just the man what took care of you for sixteen years." Alissa stared at him his words piercing her heart, every word another blow. Tears fell from her eyes. As he pressed forward grabbing her wrist "You are nothing to me. You are just like your mother. I have pretended for far too long." He said his words getting harsher.
"Let go of her" Alissa heard a voice that sounded familiar but she couldn't place it. Her father let her hand go and backed away in fear. Alissa turned carefully and saw a dark haired woman with dark toned skin. She smiled at the girl with the Strawberry blonde hair.
Kali walked in front the young girl. "I am sorry but Deucalion wouldn't be too happy to know you didn't keep you promise to him." She said her nails growing from her finger tips and her feet touching the cold floor. "If you Hurt Alissa he would kill you or have you killed. You daughter Daphne was an accident. If she hadn't run in front of Alissa she would be alive. Alissa is the one we want and need" She said. Kali turned and grabbed Alissa by the arm. She gently pulled her along.
"Who are you" Alissa asked her.
"I am Kali and I am going to be your teacher" She said her eyes flashing red. "You are going to be a powerful Alpha one day" She said with a smirk. "One that your father will be proud of" She said. Alissa didn't say anything more. She didn't know who she was anymore. Nothing made any sense. As far as she knew she didn't have a father anymore. Who could Kali be talking about. She didn't know but he had to be important if Kali respected him.
Alissa jumped off the branch and landed on Ethan's back. He threw her down and she swiped knocking him to the ground. She quickly moved and pinned him down. "Got you" She said to him. As she did he flipped her over and pinned her down.
"Nice try" He said to her she leaned up and kissed his cheek.
"So you think" She said to him she slipped away from him and stood up. Ethan copied her and came over to her. "I am tired we have been at this for two hours." She complained to him. He knew this was a trick however he knew her too well.
"I don't believe you" he said.
"She is getting better at deceiving isn't she" Aiden said. He was Ethan's twin brother they were the same on so many levels. Ethan and her play fought but with Aiden it was all real. They got along but he was always the more serious one.
"Kali teaches me every day" Alissa said to him with a smirk. She had been with them for the last two years. She had trained and become close to the Twins they became like her brothers. She loved them Kali was like her older brother. Ennis was like an uncle to her. They all trained and cared for her. She had learned the truth of her birth.
Her mother had fallen in love with another man and she was conceived. Her mother wasn't married to Jared Tate he was just the one her mother's parents wanted her to be with. Her mother ran away and found Deucalion. Daphne Tate her older sister wasn't even blood to her. She had both a different mother and father. Alissa had long forgotten the Tate family she had a new family now and that was her pack.
"I am sorry to interrupt but Alissa your father wishes to speak with you" Kali said walking up to the young girl she cared about and trained.
"I will see you two later" Alissa said to the boys before she followed Kali to her father's room. She entered and found him standing next to the window. She slowly walked up to him and touched his forearm.
"You wanted to see me" She said to him he nodded and looked at her. She knew that he couldn't see her but he could sense her.
"I need you to start school in Beacon Hills befriend the wolves there and their friends. Relate to them make them see that you are a friend. Do not get close to them" he said his voice was cold when he spoke. She was used to that.
"I understand. When do I start" She asked him.
"Tomorrow, your schedule is on the desk along with some supplies you will need." He said to her.
"Yes Deucalion" She said to him. She didn't feel right calling him her father yet.
"One day you will call me father. Just because I wasn't visible doesn't mean I wasn't there" He said to her. She looked down she still didn't have an identity. She was still Alissa Tate in her mind even if she now knew the truth. "You may go now" he said to her. She nodded and moved to his desk grabbing the stuff and leaving the room.
Deucalion listened as the door closed. She still didn't trust him. He hadn't given her any reason not to. He left her a regular beta. She was not an alpha at least not yet she would be one day. "She will trust you one day. It takes time for one to accept the truth. She believed that man was her father for sixteen years. She had been lied to her most of her life. She is coming around I can feel it" Kali said to him.
"You really don't have to say that" he said. "I know that it takes time but it's been two years. I have given her every reason to trust me yet she doesn't" Deucalion told his second.
"She does I know she does Deucalion she just doesn't know what to think. She had spent more time with us than she has you. Spend more time with her and you may just get what you want. You're daughter." She said to him.
"I want that but I want that Alpha in our pack right now and she may be the key to get that to happen Kali. I want you to continue to train her." Deucalion said to her. Kali nodded.
"She is a quick study there isn't much more I can teach her" She commented. Kali was impressed with the young wolf that was for sure.
Alissa took the school supplies she had gotten from Deucalion and put it in a backpack. She picked out an outfit which consisted of a light grey summer dress. She grabbed a pair of black flats and put them out. She walked back to her bed and sat down. She wasn't miserable here but she did miss her old life a bit. Everything was okay before she had lost Daphne. She didn't care that they weren't blood she was her sister. Tomorrow was the day she started over. Home schooling was over and she was going to a real school.
"So sister ready for school tomorrow" Aiden asked walking in her room. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Of course I am" She said to him he sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I am wearing that" She said to him pointing the dress. "I have to make a good impression" She said.
"And you will" he said to her she smiled and leaned into him. Aiden was her best friend she was close to both twins but Aiden looked out for her the most. "I have to go Ethan and I have to make a run to the bank. I will give you a ride in the morning" he said to her. He stood and left the room. Aiden looked back and smiled at her. He shut the door and she stood from her bed. She walked into her personal bathroom to take a shower. She had spent the day training and looking after the two Caught Werewolves that were being held in the bank.
The water washed away the sweat of the training she did today. She got out and wrapped a towel around herself. She walked back into her room. She walked to her dresser and pulled out a pair of comfy shorts and shirt. She pulled out some underwear and slipped them on before her clothes.
She walked to her door to open to find Kali standing there. "I was wondering if we could talk" She said to the younger girl. She moved so Kali could come in her room she closed the door and followed her to the bed. They sat down and Kali began to talk.
"I have known Deucalion for a long time. He can be so ruthless and heartless. But when it comes to the people he cares about. He will do anything for them. He cares about you Alissa he does but when he lost his sight. He lost apart of himself. When he killed his pack he did it to prove that he wasn't weak. He became powerful one of the most powerful Alpha's ever. Alissa he wants that for you too. We all do." Kali said. Alissa sat her confused she didn't understand why Kali was telling her this.
She had never really seen or spent time with Deucalion. There was very few times when he would be at her training sessions with the others. She didn't see him much only when he summoned her to him. When she first came here she didn't know what was happening to her. Kali was the one who explained it to her and taught her how to control it during the full moon.
She had never gone through so much pain before. After the first shift it got easier to the point where she just did it. "He is proud that you have come so far in your training you will be an alpha before you know it." She said to her.
"What is the point of this" Alissa asked Kali.
"He cares about you and wants you to trust him. Everything he does is a way to a more powerful future" Kali said. "He wants you to be a part of that" She said to her.
"I am still her aren't I. I was given a choice stay here and train or leave and not survive on my own" Alissa said "I stayed here I am going to stay. I don't know him anymore than I know the man I thought was my father. I don't know who I am right now. It's late Kali I have school in the morning I would like to get some sleep." She said to Kali who looked at her and left the room.
"Know you always have a place her" She said to her. Alissa nodded and watched Kali close the door. Alissa didn't know what to expect tomorrow but it was going to be a long day. She didn't know what kind of tests Deucalion would have for her tomorrow.
Alissa lay in her bed and covered up. She set her phone with an alarm even though she knew that Ethan would wake her in the morning like he always did. She closed her eyes and fall asleep.