Chapter 2: Lullaby
-9 years later-
~Erin~
The wind made the tree limbs dance and the rain hit hard against the ground. The mountain rock under my feet was covered in mud and felt slick. I stood on a cliff's edge on a large mountain side, above a cave my clan took shelter in. I was thank full for the rain.
'You honestly thought he killed your mom? Stupid halfbreed.'
A cruel voice repeated in my mind. A hand squeezed my shoulder and I didn't have to turn to see it was Darren Jones, my second in command, my beta.
"You need to come inside."
His worried voice made me turn. His long brown hair was plastered to his head from the rain and his hazel eyes were dark with worry. The grey jacket was soaked along with the black shirt that now stuck to his stomach and chest. His jeans and sneakers were also soaked. The water dripped off his silver amulet that resembled a crescent moon. I let him lead me down to the cave and sit me in front of a fire he had made. Ray Cooper, my gamma, had his hands stuffed into the pockets of his dark grey jacket. Water dripping of his eye length black hair and black glasses. His golden eyes were half lidded from lack of sleep. He sat up against the wall with one leg bent while the other stretched out on the ground. We were a sad one, but we were a clan. Both boys were wolves and I didn't exactly know how we were a clan, I just figured it was because I was a dragon. Well, half dragon.
"So where to now?"
Ray asked in a sleepy voice.
"First, we all need some rest. After that, I don't know."
I answered. I rested my head on my hand and closed my eyes.
~Darren~
Erin and Ray slept up against the walls of the cave. Erin had spent the past few hours running through the surrounding forest checking for any clan or pack territory borders. I didn't really understand her story. I had won my elder name and was leaving the village I lived in to find a pack to join when I, literally, ran into Erin. She was thirteen at the time. I remember how she asked if she could travel with me, I agreed on one condition, she make a pack with me. She told me how it would be kinda hard since she was a dragon, but I could smell wolf all on her. We found Ray wandering in the woods after his mate had died in a battle. He was torn and broken, so Erin made him a part of our 'pack'. Somehow Erin became the leader, we could call her alpha but didn't. I traveled with her for four years and Ray for three. Now Erin and I were seventeen while Ray was eighteen.
"You need to sleep."
My head snapped up to see Erin sit next to me on my rock. She wrapped her arms around her stomach and sighed.
"I can't, I've tried."
I told her. I proved it by slipping off my rock to sit in front of it. I lay my head on it and closed my eyes, only to open them moments later.
"See?"
I shrugged. She looked down at me with a smile. I turned and looked at the fire. After a while, I heard humming.
"What is that?"
I asked Erin.
"A song my mother sung when I was a child. It's a special lullaby for a stormy night. Figured I could get you to sleep if I hummed it."
It was her turn to shrug. Her black hair fell in her face.
"I like it. It's relaxing and simple."
She laughed and continued to hum, but after a while her hums became words. Erin was actually singing me to sleep.
My eyes started to close and I let myself fall into a peaceful sleep. Even then I heard Erin sing.
~Ray~
I smiled as Erin finished her beautiful song. I woke up as she was singing. Darren had finally fallen asleep and I knew he needed it. Erin went back to her spot and followed suit, so I listened to the rain and dozed off again.