Finding You, Again
David 13 - Not as Seen

I hugged My..Er Mom once again tightly.

"I'll be fine Mom" I said calming her down.

He was very worried, because he thought, I would not be able to protect myself. I am much weaker, because I cannot transform.

He's already approved my departure for London today. But that didn't stop her from worrying.

Since yesterday he has been warning me to avoid other inhumane creatures - like Egon and Crispin - that I might encounter.

But I'm not that stupid as to fight them at the moment, I'll make sure my strength returns to normal before doing so.

I stayed in Manor for 2 weeks after the funeral.

I actually wanted to go to Bee's place as soon as possible, but Uncle Rex needed time to prepare the letters and all the equipment so that I could leave.

Not to mention Mom's situation that deteriorated again, after the funeral.

I looked at Mom's hair that had now turned completely white. The day after the funeral, Mom woke up with her hair turning white overnight.

We all panicked at that time. But dr. Sidra reassured us, it was nothing more than a change in emotions and stress. All the tests showed his condition was normal.

I started to imagine the worst of it. The story of how Elder Galen died only 2 weeks after Elder Calida still imprints strongly on my memory. I don't want to lose my mother again. Not after all the pain and suffering he went through.

I want more opportunities to make her happy. To make up for my stupidity for the past 8 years.

Finally I postponed my departure until Mom was healthy. Many times Mom said she was fine and told me to leave immediately. But I don't want to make any more mistakes after everything.

I choose to wait patiently until Mom returns to normal. I miss Bee so much, but it would be useless if I found her still with a burden on my heart.

I waved at Mom as I entered the car we were about to drive to Quebec. El, Roan and Uncle Rex are already inside.

The car we use is a type of luxury model Camping car with comfortable sitting room. We used this car not because we were going camping, but this is what many cars pass out of the forest here.

It would be very suspicious to see a Limo car come out of the woods, wouldn't it?

The main settlement of the Blackmoon Pack lies deep within the forest area, the road to Quebec will take several hours. But with all these facilities, our trip will be very comfortable in my opinion.

The sofa sits with a table located in the right corner, attached with pastel-colored curtained windows.

Uncle Rex was already sitting comfortably on the side attached to the window, with the laptop in front of him reading the report, which I believe had piled up due to his absence for several weeks.

El and Roan were arguing to determine who would sit in the most comfortable place, which was by the window in front of Uncle Rex.

Seeing that, I immediately took the most comfortable seat that was still empty. Without caring about the beautiful make-up of Roan.

The car we were riding, passed through the border pack area without a hitch. The Blackmoon pack border is also the border of Canada's largest protected forest.

Father has made sure - - with the amount of bribe that I cannot count the number of zeros - that the status of the protected forest, will not change until several hundred years into the future.

That way, the existence of the pack will be safe from territory development activities by humans. This is one step that no previous Alpha has ever thought of. Until before, there were some parts of our pack area that were controlled by humans.

Thank goodness my father realized it quickly, now our pack area will not be threatened again by humans.

This reason too, which led my father to establish the company and develop it to what it is today. With money you can buy anything in the human world.

Money is not important to werewolves, but it can provide comfort to the pack in the long run.

Pack territory is a sacred place, with rituals, life cycles of ancestors, bloodshed and most importantly protection magic that has been installed for thousands of years, making a pack territory has its own meaning for werewolves.

We can't just move to another place. Therefore, the werewolf would do anything to protect its pack territory.

As happened in my mother's pack, Moonrise pack. The witches who came and attacked the pack, wanted the power embedded in the land of the pack territory. For witches, the land packs werewolves, giving them more power, so they can cast more powerful magic without much effort.

A shameless selfish creature!!

I looked out the window, and the view of the trees began to sparse. Pack territory has been far over.

I actually wanted to fly straight to London, but thanks to Uncle Rex, my status as a human, was dead. Uncle Rex promised to take care of it, and create a new identity for me.

And because of that too, I won't be able to return to LA, where I've lived all this time. People would be very surprised to see me alive. I have to say goodbye to my life as David Adalrik.

Despite the short life, I felt quite happy at the time. Music and music, my life just revolves around it, and I'm also quite happy with the money I make.

Because of my ability to create songs and sing it, making my life comfortable is guaranteed without flaws. Some people I know aren't bad either, Justin-manager of my activities-was chatty, but he's a great manager.

My life would be easier if I obeyed all her schedules, but I was born not to be a submissive, so Justin and I argued often. And he was the first human to put up with my very bad temper.

And Hugh, he's the producer and owner of the record label I'm on. He's a prosecutor, but he'll pay for your hard work with the right results. They are the ones who make me survive in the human world.

Ck.ck I clucked with annoyance. I shouldn't think of them now, considering I'll never see them again after this.

Regarding my wealth as David, Uncle Rex has arranged for all my money to be transferred in full to be in my original name. So I still have everything I have gained from my work as a composer and singer over the past 8 years.

And thank God, because the number is arguably very good. All the royalties I got from my entire song after I died - this sounds really weird - will also go straight into my account as Duke.

Uncle Rex has arranged for my real name, listed as the main heir of David Adalrik. Complicated, but it's necessary. And I'm glad I didn't have to take care of all that myself.

I've accepted reality and destiny, if I'm going to be an Alpha.

There are some regrets, but I made a choice. And David Adalrik was my sacrifice. I have to give up that life. Life does not always go according to desire. I have chosen to sacrifice my life as a human being and live my destiny as I should, which is to be an Alpha.

But I wouldn't sacrifice Bee for anything. There is still a sense of anxiety that weighs on my heart, because after all Bee is not a werewolf. I don't want our story to be more tragic than my mom and dad.

Although Uncle Rex stressed to me many times, the Elders won't be able to do anything about it, but I still feel uneasy.

"Stop it!! Both of you!!" snapped Uncle Rex hard, crashing my daydreams.

Uncle Rex looked resentfully at El and Roan who were glaring at each other. I think there's another debate I'm missing, because I'm daydreaming.

Uncle Rex fiercely glared at them before returning to his job. I smiled wryly as I looked at El and Roan who were still glaring at each other.

I cast a glance asking El who was only answered with a sluggish head. While Roan stuck out his tongue at me, just because I asked. They're so cute isn't it?

I looked out the window again, continuing my broken daydream. I'm still kind of bothered by what Mom said after Dad's funeral.

Mom said at the time that the cause of the weakening of the werewolf was not because of distance, but rather because of the decision taken by the two of them not to meet again, and forget everything that ever happened between them.

For me, this is bad news, at that time maybe I was not too aware of it. But after settling for a few days in my brain, I finally realized, this is bad news.

I obviously didn't want a farewell with Bee, but why would my werewolf remain weak? Unfortunately, the only answer that pops up in my brain and makes the most sense is-------

F*ck! I don't want to say it, even if it's just inside my head. There's no way Bee has found a new love.

When I heard Uncle Rex's explanation first, I thought it was because the distance between London and Canada was indeed very far.

But Mom clearly said that distance was not a problem.

The more I flipped through all the facts I got about this 'Mate', the more I disliked the conclusion that always popped into my head.

Bee won't easily get over me, won't by being 'Mate' our feelings will be mutual?

But Bee doesn't know if I'm alive, not even the fact that Bee is human. Perhaps this benchmark of mutual feelings would only apply if the mate partner was a werewolf?

A million new questions popped up, every time I tried to guess about this.

"What's wrong? You're thinking about your Mate?" ask Uncle Rex who heard it and guessed it right.

I glanced at him, and saw him taking care of work and turning off the laptop.

I just nodded lazily, not wanting to discuss this with her. I still blame him, because he made me die.

"What's her name? I don't want to forever call her 'the girl', and I don't think her name is Bee?" ask again.

I frowned "You don't know his name? Didn't you gather information about him? You showed me the pictures".

As I know, the information network owned by the pack is very reliable, both for the inhumane world, and for the human world through Monath.

"The photos were the only ones we got, and that was almost a life gamble. One of the informants resigned because of the terror he received while seeking information about him" Uncle Rex explained.

"really?" manywould be surprised.

Is it from her brother? Big brother Bee is indeed very protective, I wouldn't be surprised if he protected Bee excessively, but lost his life? It was a little beyond my shadow.

After all, I can't imagine Brother Bee would pay someone to kill, even if he could afford it of course.

"He's from a rich family, but I think your informants are over-indulgent uncle, they're not the type of terror or killer, they're ordinary people" I said.

Uncle Rex raised his hand a sign of not understanding.

"Informan told me, there were people who came to his house and rummaged through to look for the photos. Fortunately, he sent it to your father. After that the investigation was stopped immediately, too dangerous. If you say the girl's name is Ariana Grande or even Melania Trump I'd believe it, because that's all I know about her" she said, with a slight smile.

El and Roan immediately giggled at the words of Uncle Rex. They listened to our discussion.

"Name Eluira. Eluira Ignes Delmora" I answered honestly. There will be no problem, anyway later I will bring it to the pack, if all smoothly and goes according to plan.

"Waoww.it's a nice name!!" roan exclaimed excitedly, "Where did you first meet? Is it in LA? Is he also a singer? Or model? Ah.. Seems not to be, her body is too tiny to be a model. Oh.. is he a movie artist?"

A series of questions immediately rippled from Roan's mouth.

This is one of the reasons why I'm lazy to talk about Bee in front of Roan.

"No!! And I won't answer it. You ask him yourself if you meet" I replied, hoping that all this would go well. Roan sneered dissatisfied to hear it.

"You're telling me Miss Delmora and she's from England?" Uncle Rex asked in a tone of disbelief, and wide-eyed.

"His family name is Delmora and he lives in London" I replied, Most of the pictures were taken in London.

Uncle Rex certainly knows, but what's up with that reaction?

"You say they're rich and a regular family? You are wrong about this!! ... They are rich but not ordinary families. It's only fitting that I can't find any info on him" Uncle Rex's face was filled with complacency, as if a big question had been answered.

Very contrary to me, because now the confusion is against me very much.

"My men are lucky they're alive. This Delmora we're talking about is the owner of Delmor Corp isn't it?" he asked again, wanting to make sure that we were talking about the same people.

"Yes, of course. Oscar runs the company now, he's Bee's brother" I explained.

"Hmm.yes I know who he is. Some of our subsidiaries, some are working with them, and of course there are also competing. A very smart young man with an incredible business sense, even more so than his father" Uncle Rex's eyes laughed.

It's a surprise to me, I didn't know Uncle Rex knew Oscar.

"You know him?" It turns out that this world is not as big as I imagined.

"I've never met in person, but his name is well known in the business world. He had only succeeded his father for almost 2 years, but the business steps he took have made the value of his company multiply". Uncle Rex sounded both amazed and horrified at Oscar's performance.

"He was a child who was nurtured and educated to be the heir to the company, Bee told me this. And he's one of the best graduates Oxford Business College has ever had, as is El"

I told him a story, pointing at El who was nodding a small sign of agreement.

"Wait!-- You went to business school in Oxford?" he asked El in shock. Uncle Rex was momentarily sidetracked by the fact I just revealed.

"Yes, are you sure you have a good informant? How could you not know about this? El was there for seven years, he also took the title of Master". I think Uncle Rex needs to replace some informants, their work is very bad.

"I don't know anything about it, all the information about you, go straight to your father. I can tell you about your lover that's from your father too. The whole surveillance report you were on outside the pack all went straight to your father. He was very careful about choosing informants. He will not put you in danger, because he was exposed when he was outside the pack. That girl's info was the only thing your father shared with me. That's because your father had trouble getting data on it. And I'm not surprised now, it turns out he's a Delmora" explained Uncle Rex at length.

"And?.." I'm impatient. What makes the Bee family so special?

"Delmora Family is family-yah say almost mafia-like. Very old and powerful. They have connections with the kingdom!" It was a little too excited.

"What..?!!!" I can't believe it, it must be a joke.

"Mafia?? you mean like a Mob or gangster?" my question made it clear, because that answer, was very unexpected.

Uncle Rex nodded with a mantab.

"Relations... Lui is a dancer, Ballerina. She's not a mob!" This time El did not believe.

"I'm not saying he's a gangster either, but the Delmora family is one of the most influential families in Europe. And that's all the info I know. They've got successful businesses and companies, but they've also mastered some dark sectors, which you better not know.."

Uncle Rex again raised his hand, a sign that he knew nothing but that.

Lui?? The bee? is their family a gangster?

I actually don't care much about Bee's background, because yahh. My family lives in the middle of the forest and not humans. With that fact alone, I have no right to complain, about the Bee family's situation. I don't care one bit.

But the fact that Delmora is the Mafia would still come as a surprise. Oscar's handsome face doesn't match violence.

"Wow..your girl is a bad*ss!!" roan said as he gave his thumbs up.

I looked at him in amazement. Well.I can count on Roan to show me the strangest way of looking at things. Gangster and bad*ss?.

Well, because I was planning to chop off someone's head and rip out someone's heart, so me and the Bee family had more or less the same black side. What a life!!

I ended up just shrugging "I don't care about that Uncle, he's still Bee, whoever his family is!" I said firmly.

"I just want you to be careful, you already have a dangerous enemy in the inhumane world, lest you have an enemy that is no less deadly in the human world" he advised.

"This is too much for me!!" el said as he ruffled the hair that began to lengthen. El also knows Bee and Charlie. And like me he's kind of hard to accept the fact that they're gangsters.

But it does explain some things that I thought were strange before. Everything becomes clear.

The plane crash, Bee's mother who died from being shot - not the usual cause of death - was then Bee's private hospital where she was treated.

The main thing is the existence of a bodyguard who always follows Bee secretly. I thought it was part of Oscar's paranoid and overprotective attitude toward Bee. But that's all easily explained that they do have power.

"Somehow I feel Bee doesn't know anything about this. He still often wondered why his mother could have died in a shootout. Although Oscar has often said, if it was a robbery, but sometimes I can see, he sometimes doubted Oscar's words"

I flipped through my memories of Bee.

El nodded many times, agreeing with my opinion.

Bee was not involved in the Delmor Corp business at all. I used to get the impression that Daniel Delmora-Bee's father, had never met-behaved unfairly, because he didn't try at all to get Bee involved in handling the company.

But I now understand why.

Of all the women in the world, whether inhumane or not, I have Mate who comes from such a family! What else does destiny bring to me?