Chapter 9 Baby Sister

• Nero’s p.o.v.
• Dad and Mara left a few hours ago, telling us they had something important to take care of and Noah is agitated because they refused to tell us what it was about.
• The four of us are in Dad’s office waiting for them to return, they promised they would explain things once they came back and we have gone over everything that they could tell us.
• My phone starts ringing and I see when I see the caller-ID shows Marc’s name, “Hello, Marc. What can I do for you?” I ask him before I tell him he is on speaker.
• “How much do you like paperwork?” He asks and I hear Noah groan, none of us like paperwork that comes with the responsibility of being a part of a Pack’s leadership.
• “Sounds to me that you like it as much as Anton and I do, but there is a solution to that problem. Anton’s Cousin offered to take care of the financial side of Pack business and that means we don’t have to worry about that in the future. The only problem is that Dad was very old fashioned when it came to bookkeeping and accounting, everything is on paper and it will take some time to get it all into a digital system.” Marc says.
• “Good thing that Alpha Gordon hates paperwork even more and digitalized everything years ago, that will make Autumn Pack’s finances a lot easier to process.” Nathan chuckles and Marc asks if I can come over in a few days to go over a few things.
• “We have a lot of decisions to make when it comes to merging our Packs and Crystal and I want your opinion on certain issues.” He explains and I tell him I will be there Friday afternoon.
• After disconnecting the call we get back to the reason why Dad and Mara left the territory, but every reason we come up with is not a good one and I am getting as agitated as Noah is.
• Nathan and Nikolay are more down to earth and they keep suggesting that we calm down, that we will find out sooner or later. I just hope it is sooner than later that we get answers.
• When Dad finally walks in with Mara I am ready to demand answers from them.
• “I want the four of you to hear Mara out before you say or ask anything, this is not going to be easy for her to tell you and if I had known about this sooner I would have made sure you four would have known sooner as well.” Dad says after he and Mara have taken a seat on the couch in front of the window.
• It takes a while before Mara starts talking, but once she starts we can tell this is not easy for her and by the time she is done I am not sure what to address first.
• Mara has a Daughter who is two years younger than me, a Daughter she neglected because of grief and I know none of us can wait to get to know our baby Sister.
• “Mara, how did she react?” Nathan asks and I see that Mara is thinking about how to respond to his question, “It wasn’t until I was talking to my Mother that I realized something, Alayah sounded just like my counselor and when I asked my Mother about it I learned she has a degree in Psychology.
• My Daughter probably understands me better than I understand her and I am grateful she is willing to allow me back into her life, I hope we will be able to build some sort of relationship.” Mara says and Dad tells us she shifted at the age of thirteen.
• “She was by herself, Mom was away on Pack business and I had left as I had done in the past. She didn’t accuse me of anything, even though she had every right to do so and I hope she can forgive me some day.” Mara explains.
• Mara tells us about her childhood, about how she and her first Mate grew up and how she witnessed his death only six months after marking and mating.
• “Mara, I think that your Daughter is the reason you are still alive. Grandpa told us that after Mom died it was tough and go for a while with Dad, everyone feared that Mom’s death would kill him in the end and that it was our existence that pulled him through. Your Daughter did the same for you and your Lycan, you just didn’t realize it at the time.” Noah says.
• We all know that what Noah says is the truth, it is known that Wolves and Lycans that lose their Mate can die from the severed Mate-bond. High-rank or Pups are usually the reason that they survive and I truly believe that Mara’s Daughter is the reason she survived losing her Mate.
• We talk about my pending departure for Crimson Moon Pack and Mara tells me that she will tell Alayah that I will be there for the weekend, “Maybe she can introduce you to my Mother and my Uncle.” She concludes.
• The next few days pass quickly and I have already packed my bag for the stay at Crimson Moon Pack, Marc told me I would be staying on the Gamma floor.
• Their Gamma hardly ever stays there with all the memories of his Mate and Pup, he cleared out the last of his belongings days ago and I have the entire floor to myself.
• I might ask Alayah to move there as well, it will be too large for just me and I could use the time to get to know my baby Sister.
• Marc is waiting for me on the front porch and we talk about the upcoming meeting as he walks me up to the Gamma floor. As I suspected it is huge and I know I will ask Alayah to move here soon, I doubt I would like to live here by myself for too long. Maybe I can ask my Brothers to move here if Alayah declines my offer.
• “Lets go to my office, there are a few people I want you to meet.” Marc says as he heads for the door, I follow him out the door and down the stairs to his own office on the ground floor.
• When we walk into his office I see Crystal talking to a female with jet black hair and emerald, green eyes and I feel a sting of jealousy when I see Anton’s hand on her arm.
• There is also another male in the room, but I don’t think I have ever met him before and I decide to introduce myself to him first.