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|Story Start| 

|Rosalie Burns|

“Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Rosalie! Happy Birthday to you!” the crowd sang as Jake brought me my cake. 

Having a group of 80+ people sing you happy birthday is an experience that you will never ever forget. Every pair of eyes is on you and everyone is giving you a bright smile. I felt utterly embarrassed but at the same time thankful to my father that he cared enough to get people to do this. My face was bright red and I could feel my cheeks grow warmer with every word that they sang.

The plan was to sing happy birthday and have some cake before we went on the hunt. The party has been going on for a while now and let me tell you these hunters’s sure knew how to party. Things were pretty crazy which is why I stayed outside for most of it. Halfway through Matt came and sat with me while the other three stayed and partied with and I quote “All the fresh meat” no joke Cole actually said that.

Matt wasn’t much of a partier and I was grateful for his company. He was the only one who understood how I felt about the hunter life, Matt didn’t like it but that didn’t mean he wanted to leave it like I did. He said he liked feeling dominant for once. 

Boys, I will never understand their love of violence.

“Make a wish before blowing Rose” Jake whispered to me. I gave him a smile and turned towards my beautiful and delicious looking chocolate and vanilla cupcake cake. I closed my eyes and took a breath and thought for a minute about what I wanted. 

I wish I could get out of this way of life without hurting my family and friends. I just want everyone to be happy.

As I blew out my candles everyone cheered and I gave them all a happy smile. Then I began to help my father hand out cupcakes to everyone and we all began to joke and have fun together. Like a family, a very large family that is. But it was nice; the hunter life wasn’t lonely unless you made it that way. 

“So Rosalie what did you wish for?” Jake asked as he stuck an icing covered finger in his mouth. I giggled when I saw that part of the blue icing became smeared at the bottom of his lip. I took a napkin and wiped it away while he gave me a sheepish smile. “I can’t tell you! If I do it won’t come true!” I told him as I took a lick at my own cupcake. Ah chocolate, that is what you call heaven right there. I had a chocolate cupcake with blue icing and it was delish, I loved licking off the icing first. That was my favourite part.

Jake gave me a pout “Come on Rosie! That’s not fair” he whined. I laughed and shook my head “I am not telling you” I told him while flicking icing on his face. Matt, Cole and Mark began to laugh as Jake gave me a mocking glare and an evil smile. “Rosalie Burns you are so in for it!” he shouted as he grabbed a cupcake and tried to wipe it on my face. I let out a squeal and began to run away but turned around for a moment to stick my tongue out at Jake. “Like you could catch me loser!” I called back before dashing between the throng of people.

“ROSALIE!!” Jake’s voice rang out over the pumping music. I giggled but stopped when I felt arms wrap themselves around me. I looked up and saw Cole grinning at me evilly; I gasped and gave him the stink eye “You wouldn’t” I said trying to wriggle out of his arms. Cole smirked and threw me over his shoulder. “Oh my dear Rosie but I would” he replied with a hearty chuckle before walking me over to where Jake was standing with a smirk.

“Matt, Mark! Help me!” I whined. They shook their heads and gave me apologetic smiles “Sorry Rose but they threatened us with… well I can’t tell you but we can’t help sorry” Mark said with sheepish expression. I sighed and shook my head at them “What kind of friends are you?” I asked with a pout. “And Cole, you put me down the instant!” I commanded. Cole laughed “Relax Rose” he said before placing me down.

But before I could say anything a cupcake was shoved in my face and my face was covered in chocolate and blue icing. I scraped the icing off my face and gave Jake a smirk “JAKE!!” I yelled as I smeared my hand over his face. He gave me a shocked look when I started to laugh. Jake shrugged and started to laugh along with me, eventually Cole and Matt joined us and we were all on the ground laughing like hyenas.

We laughed for 10 minutes until some one cleared their throat. Immediately we stopped laughing and I looked up into the face of my amused father. He was tapping his foot with an eyebrow raised; hastily we stood up and tried to look composed but I couldn’t keep the grin off my face. “Sorry dad” “Sorry Mr. Burns” the boys and I chorused at the same time. My dad grinned “It’s fine but hurry up and get cleaned we’re leaving soon” he told us before walking away.

Instantly my happy mood faded and nervousness replaced it. I still couldn’t shake off the feeling that something bad was going to happen. “Come on Rosie, I’ll help you” Matt said giving me a kind smile. I nodded gratefully and allowed him to tow me towards the bathrooms. Jake and the others trailing behind, we entered the washroom and I hopped onto the counter while Matt took a towel and began to wipe off the icing. Jake went upstairs to clean up and the other two just sat on the now empty living room. Amazingly my makeup still looked good so I wouldn’t have to redo it.

“Alright so why are you suddenly so upset?” Matt asked after wiping the last of the icing. I sighed “I can never hide anything from you, can I?” I asked giving a weak smile. Matt smiled “Rose you’re like my sister, I can read you like a book. Just tell me what’s wrong” he told me with a smile. I felt my eyes become watery and I hopped off the counter before flinging myself into his arms. 

The tears began to fall and Matt started to brush my hair. “Hey Rosalie don’t cry, shh just tell me what’s wrong” he whispered. I clutched his shirt and before I could stop myself I was pouring my heart out to him.

“I can’t do this Matty” I whispered “Everything is too much for me, I don’t want any of this. I can’t be the head of the family, I can’t kill some one and I can’t live like this anymore. I don’t want to disappoint my father but I’m not cut out for this life. I’m not meant to be a hunter, and about this fight! I have a feeling and not a good one, I feel like something bad is going to happen and I just don’t know what. I don’t want anyone to get hurt, I want everyone to be happy” I cried out while burying my face into Matt’s neck. 

I guess this is what it felt like to have a caring older brother. I found that I really liked it, Matt would be the perfect older brother. Matt let me cry for a few more minutes and soon I was just hiccupping. “Thanks” I whispered when he wiped away the last tear. Matt gave me a smile “I told you, you’re like a sister Rose. But don’t worry about anything tonight, everything will be fine. Everything has been carefully planned. It will go smoothly, and the whole head of the family thing. Well we can tackle that after we live through the fight alright?” he advised with another warm smile.

I nodded my head and pulled away. I checked my face in the mirror and thanked god for water proof mascara. I touched up my makeup before giving Matt another smile “Thanks” I whispered as we walked into the living room. Another hiccup escaped my lips and I groaned “I hate crying” I grumbled. Another hiccup came out and I sighed making Matt laugh. 

“Why are you crying?” Jake immediately asked once we made it into the living room. I gave him a shocked look and a hiccup. “How did you know?” I asked surprised. This time all four boys rolled their eyes “Rose your eyes are slightly red and you hiccupping” Mark pointed out. I blushed and gave them a sheepish smile “Oh” I said. “So what happened?” Jake asked coming over to give me a hug.

“Nothing just pre-battle nerves don’t worry about it” I said giving each of them a reassuring smile. They gave me looks telling me that they didn’t believe me but were going to let it go, for now anyways. “Okay ready to go? Your father is outside with the truck” Cole informed me. I nodded my head and double checked for my weapons. Yup they were still there, along with my phone which was in the breast pocket of my leather jacket.

“Let’s go, I’m ready” I said before walking out the door while they flanked me. 

By no means was I ready. I just wanted to get this over with.

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“Alright Jake, Matt, Cole and Mark take Rosalie to your sector and keep the talkies on. I want to be able to talk to your five. I’m letting you take my daughter but you better take good care of her” my father whispered as we slowly made our way onto Lunar Eclipse territory. I saw each boy nod and Jake grasped my hand and began to pull me away.

“Good luck Rose” my father whispered out. I mouthed the words back and he gave me a smile before resuming hiding. I let Jake pull me away and we silently walked over to our sector. I passed a couple of familiar faces and smiled at the ones who smiled at me. Soon we made it to our spot and crouched down in a hiding position. 

“You all know the plan right?” Matt whispered out. Giving all of us a meaningful look, I nodded my head along with the rest of them. We knew how this was going to go, I honestly couldn’t believe that all of this was going to happen because of my birthday. It was absolutely crazy in my opinion.

Jake gave me a broad grin “Don’t worry Rosie I’ll protect you” he whispered and took my hand in his. I gave him a shaky smile “I can take care of myself, I’m a big girl” I lightly teased. Jake let out a small chuckle and shook his head not saying anything. 

Suddenly a howl broke out in the darkness of the night and I knew the wolves knew we were here.

The fight had started. 

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It’s been an hour already and more wolves have come since then. We were clearly being overpowered but my father still insisted on going forward. I had lost the boy’s ages ago and was currently trying to become one with the shadows and save as many shifters as I could without being noticed. I saw Emma about to finish a female off and I quickly intervened. “Emma! Mark needs back up, I’ll finish this one off!” I called to her as I brought my gun out. Emma nodded and quickly ran off towards the trees where I was pointing.

Somehow I had managed to get into an area that didn’t have many hunters. For this I was grateful, that meant I could let her go without any witnesses. 

The female wolf turned to me and snarled. I noticed she was a beautiful dark brown colour and had piercing golden eyes. There was something about her… but I couldn’t place what it was. I sighed and put my hands up “Quickly, go! I won’t hurt you” I told her while gesturing deeper into her territory. The wolf gave me a grateful but confused look before dashing off into the trees. I sighed in relief and put my gun away and began to move deeper into the forest.

“Please! Stop!” a little voice shouted, it sounded like a little boy was talking. Getting a panicked feeling I ran towards the voice. I stopped and hid near a branch when I saw what was happening, a hunter was just about to finish off to little kids! I felt myself pale at the sight, this wasn’t right. They were only children. Quickly I ran out of my hiding spot “Damien! Stop! Um… Matt called for you! He needs back up over by the east end!” I shouted. Damien looked at me “What about these mongrels” he spat out and the kids shivered. 

“I’ll take care of it” I told him. He nodded and muttered a quick happy birthday before running towards sector C. “Please lady! Don’t hurt us!” the little boy muttered as he clutched the much smaller girl towards him. He had light blonde hair and green eyes and he looked to be about 6 years old at the most. The little girl looked to be about 3 or 4 and had the same light hair and green eyes as the little boy. I smiled softly “Don’t worry sweetie I won’t hurt either of you, now I want you to quickly run back to your pack okay? Do not stop running until you’re safe” I told them before ushering them towards the forest.

The little boy gave me a quick hug “Thank you pretty lady” he said shyly. “Thank you” the little girl echoed before grasping her brother’s hand and running off. I smiled, good they should be safe. I was pretty deep into the forest so they’re main territory shouldn’t be too far from here. I instantly paled at the thought and started to run towards the edge of the tree line. I needed to get out of here before I was surrounded. Somehow I had managed to enter an area where no other hunter seemed to be. 

My strides started to come faster as I heard paws slapping the ground from behind me. The tree’s seemed to only become thicker and the ground became bumper and full of twigs. It was dark and all I could hear were howls coming from every direction. But I should have listened to Jake and Mark about being careful because you know what happened next?

I tripped. 

It was so dark that I couldn’t see the fallen log that was in front of me. I fell forward and scraped my hands and knees on the ground. I winced as I felt them slightly stinging from the small cuts and bruises that I knew had probably formed.

Instantly growls filled the air around me and I scrambled to get up only to fall against a tree. Of course at this moment my clumsiness just had to come out. I felt tears form in my eyes as a group of wolves started to surround me. Their wolf eyes were filled with rage and I knew this was the moment I was going to die. No matter how many wolves I saved it still didn’t matter, I was a hunter. I was scum. 

Suddenly a howl rang out and the female wolf from earlier darted out in front of me. I gave her a shocked look as she stood protectively in front of me. The other wolves began to whine as she stared them down. Instantly one of the males shifted and he was standing in front of me in all his naked glory. It was too dark so I couldn’t see his features but even so I felt the heart rush up to my face and I looked anywhere but him.

“Lena what are you doing protecting that hunter? She could kill us all, she’s a Burns!” he hissed out. I glanced at the wolf who I knew now was named Lena. She sent out a whine and I instantly knew she was talking through their mind link. The man’s face turned from anger to shock in minutes and I felt his gaze turn to me. “You hunter” he called. Reluctantly I made my head turn towards him. 

I nodded my head to show I could hear him. “Is what Lena saying true? Did you save her?” he asked, surprised was laced with the anger in his tone. Again I nodded since my voice refused to work at the moment. Some more growls filled the air and the guy suddenly turned from shocked back to angry. “You’re right Dylan, it doesn’t matter that she saved one wolf. She still needs to be brought in, she is a Burns after all and Alpha Asher will want to see this” the guy stated as he gave me a hard glare.

Oh no I was going to be kidnapped asn't I?

I was about to protest but I felt something hit me in the back of the head and instantly my world went black. 

* * * * * *

“Ugh” I groaned out as I started to wake up. There was a pounding in my head and I was sore all over. I tried to move but I found that I couldn’t, I looked down and saw I was tied to a chair. I looked around and noticed I was in a jail cell. I groaned well wasn’t this a wonderful birthday surprise. I sighed and felt the tears form in my eyes.

I was all alone in a jail cell in the Lunar Eclipse Pack’s territory. I didn’t know what they were going to do to me but I was sure it wasn’t going to be something I liked and I could feel the rope digging into my wrists and each time I moved I felt my skin break. I was getting rope burn and the smell of blood was reaching my senses. Remember hunter’s have a better sense of smell, almost as good as wolves. The room was small and made of concrete, there were no windows only a small bed, the chair I was tied to and well the barred door. Not very cozy if you ask me. 

I stopped struggling and fell limp in my chair. No matter what I did I wasn’t going to get out if this and I could feel that I had been stripped of all my weapons. My ears perked up when I heard voices coming down the hallway. “Alpha she’s a Burns she needs to be taken care of. So she saved Lena but that’s no excuse, who knows how many other wolves she’s killed” the guy from earlier said.

I paled oh god the alpha was here? I felt myself start to panic and my breaths came out quicker and labored. I will admit that I was scared; apparently the alpha of this pack was mean, scary and was ruthless to enemies. I shivered as their voices came closer. 

“Then why didn’t you kill her on the spot? I don’t understand why you wanted me to hear her out Lena” the alpha’s husky voice said. I instantly perked up, Lena… that was the female that protected me! She was here as well? I also couldn’t help but notice the shiver’s of pleasure that were sent through my body when the alpha spoke.

“Asher! She saved me, Lily, Ryan and a couple others as well! She doesn’t deserve to die. That wouldn’t be fair” Lena reasoned. I smiled she was still defending me? Why would she do that? I could be a blood thirsty killer for all she knew. Their voices were closer now and in a couple more minutes they would be in front of my cell. I held my breath as their shadows became smaller and smaller as they approached. 

The first person I saw was a girl. I’m guessing it was Lena; she had dark hair and golden eyes as was actually very pretty. She turned and held up a hand to make the other two stop “Lena” the alpha growled out. Lena sighed “Oh shove it would you brother? Let me talk to her first. I won’t even go in the cell.” She said before turning to me and giving me a bright smile.

“Hi I’m Lena! I just wanted to thank you for saving me back there! I’m really grateful for that” she told me. I could see the sincerity in her eyes and I weakly smiled. “You’re welcome, I’m glad you’re okay” I croaked out. My voice was raw and gross, I just noticed how parched I really was. I winced as I swallowed. “See how can that be a mass murderer?” Lena asked as she gestured towards me. “Let me see her” the alpha murmured. 

Then the most gorgeous guy I have ever seen stepped into view. I think I almost fainted right then and there from his piercing golden gaze. He had light brown hair that was tousled to perfection, his golden eyes seemed to be trained on me, and from the dim light I could see evidence of a 5 O’clock shadow. Hi shirt was tight enough that you could see the outline of his taut muscles. He was more than delicious. But my eyes couldn’t leave his gaze for more than a few minutes and the word that came out of his mouth made me understand why his gaze held so much love and adoration.

“Alpha?” the guy whose name I still didn’t know asked. 

“MINE!!” his voice roared and rang out through the whole jail.

Holy hell I was his mate. 

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