Eighteen

~Valdus~

My eyes started to become weak, and my body started to shut down. She stared at me with some kind of emotion but I couldn't seem to care any less. I felt my legs give out first and then my body fell forward. I fell on her but that's when my eyes closed, and that's when I fell into darkness.

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I woke up on soft grass. I didn't know where I was, I looked around and I saw Bethany's house, but it was more further out in the distance. I got up and looked around. Flowers covered around the side of this dirt trail, that I was at the beginning of. I grew even more confused, so I was about to turn around and walk to my estate, because I didn't even know how I got here in the first place, but something was telling me to keep going forward. So, that's what I did.

I walked down the dirt trail and trees, all kinds of different trees leaves covered above me. They were all different types of trees too, not one was missing. All kinds of fruit and hard wood trees. Birds chirped above me, while I'll look at the flowers and see bees and humming birds, even butterflies. I continued to walk further in the trail, and when I looked behind me, all I could see was the flowers and the trees. Bethany's house was out of sight. 'No turning back now' I thought.

I looked forward and started to see long brown hair flow through this slight breeze. I grew confused even more because I didn't think anyone would be here, except for me. So I started to walk faster and once I saw who was it, I froze.

My body froze. My heart dropped. And my lungs stopped working, "Mom?" She was sitting next to this tombstone and I didn't even know was here. I never even seen this part of my territory. She looked up from the flowers that was growing and smiled. Her brown eyes looked directly in my mine and that's when I fell on my knees. Tears rimmed my eyes and they slowly fell out. "Mom." She smiled softly at me and quickly got while walking towards me.

When she was close to me, I wrapped my arms around her legs and started to cry on her thighs. Her hand was combing through my hair and my heart pulled. "It's okay Valdus. It's okay." I shook my head no, and continued to cry. She started to kneel down, so I let her and once she did, I wrapped my arms around her neck and held her close. "I'm here."

"I know you're not." I whispered while I held her tight while I choked back the sob that forcing its way out.

She kept saying things in my ear while she would rub my back and slowly I started to unwrap from her and pulled apart from her. A few tears fell down her cheeks while she smiled at me. "I'm here Valdus."

I gave a sad smile because I want to believe it but I know she won't come back. "Where am I?" I asked while I wiped my eyes and looked at the tombstone, and that's when I finally read it. My eyes slightly and she smiled. "This is the place I would go to. My favorite place. Me and Wilson would go here. Since I loved his fruits he made, he made me this place and I grew attached to it. I loved coming her with Alcander when I was pregnant with your sister, and when you were hanging out with Helmer and his sons." She said.

"How come dad never showed me this. I didn't even know your tombstone was here." I said while I stared at it and my heart picked up slightly. She looked back at me from looking at her tombstone and that's when I saw her eyes hold sadness. "You father never showed you this because he didn't want to come here to be reminded with our memories. And he didn't want to be reminded what killed me." She said while a tear fell out.

"She didn't kill you, and you know it." I growled slightly.

"I know, but Alcander stuck-"

"Just because dad thinks that my sister killed you doesn't mean you have to follow. You lost to much blood mom. It's not like my sister had a mind at that time and stop her self from making you lose blood." I growled slightly.

"I know." She whispered.

"I'm sorry for yelling, or growling." I said while I looked down and played with the grass.

"Truth hurts, that what Helmer always told me." She joked. "Anyway, I need to talk to you." She smiled, "mother and son talk."

I smiled, "okay."

"Your mate. Aphrodite."

"What about my mate?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Nothing wrong with your mate, but I swear if you hurt her, I will smack the living shît out of you Valdus." She growled.

My eyes grew wide slightly, "why! I haven't even done anything yet-"

"Yet? Valdus! You marked her with out her permission! What do you mean yet?!"

"She did the same!"

She shook her head, "all I'm saying, you better not lose her. I talked to moon goddess and she said that she's going to be the number one resource in that pack. So don't lose her. Let her help this pack. As a former Luna, I give her my title and for her to hurt you."

"Thanks mom." I rolled my eyes.

"Welcome. And with your father."

I looked back at her while she looked at the ground while she sat in her calves. "I want you to take care of him Valdus. Please. Please watch him. I can only do so much, and I'm afraid he might take away his own life." She said while I saw a tear fall down her cheek.

"What? Why say that? And I will always take care of dad, even though he hates me-"

"He doesn't hate you Valdus. You have to understand he doesn't hate you. He loves you so much, but he can't get past the fact that I'm gone. He can't stop seeing me in you, so he beats you because he wants to forget what we made. Your father doesn't hate you. Your father loves you so much I wish you can see that. I wish he changed his act when you were growing up. I wish he didn't break my promise. I wish he showed you how he was when you were little when I was there. I wish he was that same man through out your years of growing up. You don't know how sad and mad I am at!" She cried out.

I crawled towards her and pulled her in my arms while she cried. "I just want him to show you he loves you!" She sobbed out while she held my shirt.

I held back my tears and held my mom.

She pulled away, "he loves you Valdus. Don't let him hurt you, or don't let him hurt himself. I trust you Valdus. Take care of your father and your mate." She said while tears flowed down her cheeks. "Promise me that. Promise me that Valdus." She cried out.

"I promise you mom. I promise." I choked out.

She gave me a sad smile. "I love you, don't forget that. Okay baby." She said while her had cupped my cheek and I cried.

"I love you too mom. And I won't forget, ever."

"Okay," she smiled while more tears fell out, "take care of that promise." She kissed my forehead while I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I was starting at the pack clinic ceiling.