44. The moon goddess is a liar.

Mia.

The rain announces its coming through the rumbling thunder and lightning. As I look outside the large window in my room, I see that there are growling, ominous dark clouds gathering above. I fight the urge to jump into my bed and wrap my duvet over my body in fear. I am afraid of thunderstorms, they give me the chilly vibes and seems to always announce the coming of something bad.

The thunder had rumbled over and over the night mom died, I had also once been bullied under the rain too. It always seemed to be there to mock me, to tell me that my total existence was just a joke, a joke to give certain people some fun. I hate thunderstorms, yet I fear them. I will always fear them.

I suddenly hear the door to my room open but then I could not hear footsteps. The night keeps scaring me more and more but I manage to get off the couch I my room which I am seated upon, take the nearest object I can find and walk silently to the entrance of my room. I tiptoe across the room in a fighting stance with my weapon like I am sure to overtake whoever the intruder is. Silence hangs in the air before a falling glass shatters on the ground at the same time that my door opens and then I scream.

"What are you doing?" I hear the little voice that I recognize anywhere.

"Oh my God, Diego? What on earth are you doing up by this time, why the heck are you acting like a rat in the house? I could've killed you!" I scream lowering my weapon.

He stares at me like I am a mad woman and then look to and fro at my face and the so called weapon.

"Kill me? Really? With a book? Seriously, Mia? Nobody dies from being hit with a book."

"Whatever! Always announce your arrival as loudly as you can instead of just walking in like an assassin, in the middle of the night at that. I have been on the edge since what happened with Ms. Elena. What are you doing in my room by the way?" I half-shout.

Silence. Diego is silent as he stares at me with a sad look and I immediately know that he is funding it hard to sleep in the rumbling thunder just like I am, the only difference is that he used to just ask Ms. Elena to keep him company but now she's indisposed and he is finding it hard to sleep.

He never finds comfort in dad's bed, not since mom died.

"Daddy used his Alpha voice on me, Mia. And I even had to leave against my will, I don't like it." He says to me and I am shocked.

"What? When did that even happen?" Alpha Voice is a characteristic that alphas possess that can force another designation into doing what is commanded, even against their will. If used on a beta or an omega, it will cause great pain if they attempt to refuse the order. The voice is impossible to ignore or disobey.

I can not imagine dad using something that strong on Diego, he never even used it on me. Ugh! This is why I so not like him anymore, all he does now is cause his own kids pain without thinking. He never cares about me anymore nor what happens to me in school. He's just very more concerned about being in his office and the basements torturing some bad men about things.

I go back to my bed and Diego follows, trying to get into my bed with me, don't get me wrong, I love my baby brother so so much but I want my space too and I do not think I can protect him like he wants me to. Even I need protection, "Diego, you are not a baby anymore, you are going to have to learn how to sleep on your own, in your own room, with or without the thunder and rain. Its not going to do anything to you." I scold like I normally would when he tries to cling to me too much but when I look back at his face this time, I realize that he is more than just upset, he is now crying even.

I may act so tough and shout at him sometimes because he can get on my nerves so easily and at so many times but I love my brother a lot, so I proceede to open my arms to him and he comes into it while I engulf him in a hug, "Daddy never meant to scare yoh.like that, Diego. I guess he was just trying to give Ms. Elena her space so she can be treated and get better. And don't worry about Ms. Elena, she is very strong and she will be fine, I can guarantee that."

This is the focal point of his worry and I realize that Diego seeing Elena so frail and almost lifeless, makes him worried that he would loose yet another person that he cares for.

"Everybody said this with mommy, they said mom was just indisposed and that she will be fine, that I would see day, the next day but she never came back, everybody just kept promising me that but it was all a lie." He says refusing to get fooled again..

My heart sinks at the mention of mom such that even I do not know what else to say to convince him further as it brings back bad memories that I do not want to be reminded of. "Will she die and leave us just like Mommy did?" He asks further and I am more than stunned by his question.

"Diego, that will not happen to Ms. Elena. The moon goddess will never allow us loose more people in our pack, we just won't. " I say and it almost seem like I am trying to convince myself too

Diego suddenly disentangles from my warmth and gets off my bed, "that is a lie, Mia. The moon goddess allows anything, my friends at school even say that there is nothing like a moon goddess and I am just spitting some imaginary stuff. The moon goddess is a liar and so are you just like everybody else!" He yells and then bolts out of my room.

I sigh at his tantrum, knowing that it is just being fueled by his trauma from loosing mom at a young age.

The whole aftermath of the situations makes even me upset and worried that I can barely sleep through the night. When I finally awake, I do just in time to see my father shifting into his werewolf form and going for a yet another run through my window. I have come to know that he does this whenever he is upset about something. I am unable to.sleep after this and when it is dawn, I just refreshed myself and get ready for school.

I come down to the kitchen for breakfast and I meet Camila who.is in the kitchen helping Mrs Cali prepare a very nice breakfast, one that has such beautiful But still does not interest me enough because I just do not have any appetite, so I ask her to just pack the food to go, so I can eat it at school.

"Uh, Camila? How is Ms. Elena?" I ask, heeding to my concern and curiosity, but the way my voice comes out is like I didn't actually care that much, I asked in a nonchalant way, I just do not want to act like I care so.mich about her.

Camila however obviously sees through my facade and chuckles, "Hm... Elena is fine. Nothing has really changed yet, its just morning afterall but I promise to keep you posted of any development that comes up, cos ypu and I know that that want that yet you act like such tough girl." She says to me and I scoff.

I finally notice that Ms. Sofia is also somewhere in the kitchen when she speaks, "Ugh, I can't believe that Elena is there sleeping while I have to do her job and mine. I keep having to cover her lapses everything even when she's not unconscious. I do not even understand why she's still here, it's not as if she does anything tangible around here. If I say something about just letting me both and all, the alpha keeps saying that everyone has their own work to do and space to fill. But really, I don't get enough to take on this while she gets paid, and from what I heard, whatever it was that happened was not when a big deal,, nothing nothing happened and here's she is going unconscious for hours like she got shot or axed. If If ask me, I think she just enjoys being given so much attention, such a drama queen!" I roll my eyes at all she has said, it's not news that Ms.. Sofia just does not like Ms. Elena since she came around.

Nobody knows the reason either. And to be honest, Ms. Sofia had never really liked anybody per say, she's super strict and uptight.

Camila gets angry at her words and soon, the two starts to argue and bicker, which is is not a new development. Camila is the only one who calls her out on her crap around here.

I get fed up with them both and go to wake my baby brother for school. But when I open the door, I realized that the room is empty and Diego is nowhere to be found.

And then, I rush back to the kitchen, "DIEGO IS GONE!" I yell frantically.