The Alpha Luther's Lost Mate

It felt odd for Samantha that everybody would be staring at her like she had committed something taboo. There were glances and whispers as they passed by her. Even Aaron had become distant, and he would always find a way to pass on talking with her. If he saw her coming his way, he would immediately turn away and go somewhere else.

Maybe it was because she told the Beta about her dreams of his little sister, Serenity, a girl who had been missing and assumed dead after a rogue attack a year ago. It was a heart-wrenching memory for many members of the pack because Serenity was beloved by almost everyone. Amelia and Jason still have not moved on from her ‘death’ and such, and it was because of said Serenity’s death that they persevered even further to become better doctors. Aaron spiraled into depression but got himself up by conjuring a personality that was warm and nice to everyone. Even the Alpha, who was Serenity’s mate, lost all sense of his sanity because his spirit wolf had not spoken to him in years.

It has been a week since she was accepted into the pack, and being treated right for once was refreshing for Samantha. Away from the horrors as an Omega back with the Mountain Peak Pack, but the weariness that everyone had for her chilled the girl to the bone.

One time, she was just hanging out at the hospital while Amelia was cleaning her wounds, and two members of the pack came by and asked her to leave.

“Please go. You are ruining the harmony of the pack,” they said blandly. Samantha just stared at them stupidly while Amelia looked up and chastised them for their words.

“Do not bother her!” Amelia said angrily, making the two members of the pack step back in fear at the doctor’s sudden fierceness, “She has done nothing to you two, yet you come up to her and speak to her as if she has done something awful! Do not isolate her because she happens to look like my late daughter.”

Amelia’s anger shooed them away and left, apologizing profusely.

Right now, she was in her private room in the hospital, and Elise was hanging out with her.

“Can you do my hair?” Elise asked innocently, and the TV was blaring out a movie that Elise seemed to love so much. It was about the main character with ice powers that she could not control.

“Sure. What kind of style do you want me to do it?” Samantha told her with a smile, and she always loved having Elise around. It was as if she was a calming presence in her otherwise bland and boring routine as she recovered from her wounds.

“Like that one!” Elise said in a cute voice, pointing at the main character, ‘Elsa’ who had braided blonde hair.

“Like Elsa’s?” Samantha answered, and Elise nodded energetically. It was her favorite movie, and Elsa was her favorite character. “Very well!” she started working on Elise’s hair immediately as the child watched the movie. She had watched this multiple times already, and she never got bored of it.

As Samantha braided Elise’s long, flowing hair, Amelia came by with a smile. She was fond of these two, and seeing them together always warmed her heart. In the days that they had spent with the pack, they came together like siblings, and one was always with the other.

“Well, glad to know you’re keeping busy,” Amelia commented, grinning at Samantha, who returned the smile, “She wants the princess braid, huh? Who are you putting on that hair for, Elise?” Amelia asked the little girl, who started to blush profusely.

“Danny,” she said in a clipped voice, “He said that I would look better with braided hair.”

Samantha giggled at this, realizing that they were probably mates. To find a mate at such a young age must have been quite the experience.

“Can you put some makeup on me after?” Elise asked Samantha. Amelia shook her head and started to check in on Samantha’s wounds.

“They seem to be healing nicely, don’t over-exert yourself too much, the wound might open, and we would not want that. You’d be bleeding all over again, okay?”

“Yes, mom!” Samantha said jokingly, and Amelia put a hand to her chest, a gasp. In a way, she was reminded of Serenity. Aaron had told her about the dreams, but even Amelia could not believe them. It was too vivid, too specific, which is why she simply chose to ignore it and treat her like everybody else.

“I’m old enough to be!” Amelia said, grinning, tapping Samantha’s shoulder, “So you best follow my orders, okay?”

“Now then, what was that about makeup?” Samantha said, turning her attention to Elise, who was facing her now. The braid was finished, and she looked like the Ice Queen Elsa with that braid.

Elise blushed again, “I want to look pretty for Danny. I want him to adore me.”

Samantha rolled her eyes, and even Amelia chuckled at what she heard, but it was normal for things to be like this. The doctor put a basket of food at Samantha’s side table and quietly made her exit while Elise and Samantha stayed put.

“Honey…” Samantha said, putting her hands on both of Elise’s cheeks, “You don’t need to look beautiful. You do not need to put on thick makeup for Danny to absolutely adore you.” She squeezed tightly so that Elise’s lips started to pucker up, “You are beautiful the way you are. But if you truly want to, I can teach you how to apply makeup. But I am telling you now, and I am not that well versed in it. Just the basics.”

Elise nodded and hugged Samantha tightly, and the older girl smiled at this show of affection. Later on, Danny arrived with drinks, and Samantha offered them her sandwiches. Peanut butter and Raspberry without seeds. It was her favorite, and she wanted to share it with the two children.

They were giggling, laughing, and just all around having a good time as they ate their lunch. Samantha started to hum a lullaby that her mother used to hum to her, and memories started to come back to her as she looked at the two children with her.

She was six years old, and she was given her first bicycle. Samantha was ecstatic and had given her parents tight hugs for the gift, and as she started to pedal off, she immediately crashed and scraped both her knees. Her parents came to check in on her immediately as she cried because of the pain. They immediately helped her up and comforted her without a second thought.

It was these memories that made Samantha tear up, a distant longing for affection that she had not experienced in years. In turn, she is giving that affection to these two children who had just lost their parents in an attack that she experienced years back.

On the other side, Luther watched the three of them quietly. He had not spoken a word, and he was not even seen by them. He lingered in an area of the hospital where he would not be seen immediately. He could not help but smile as he saw Samantha braid Elise’s hair, their banter as Amelia entered, and how comfortable they had seemed with each other after only a week.

The Alpha looked on as memories of his dead mate flashed before him. She looked exactly like her, same eyes, the same hair, and the same smile. The way she spoke and the way she moved it was reminiscent of Serenity. He could not help but feel his heart be torn to pieces as he remembered how his mate would be.

“You good?” Amelia asked gently as she walked out of the room. Luther smiled at the doctor, “Why don’t you go speak with them, Alpha?”

Luther shook his head, “No. It would be better for me to observe from the shadows first. I heard that Aaron is having troubles?”

Amelia frowned and stared at the floor, “Yeah. It was because Samantha had told him about her dreams. It freaked him out that he wants nothing to do with her.” She immediately stared the Alpha in the eyes, “Please, Alpha Luther. Speak with him. Samantha does not deserve to be treated like this just because she had the awful fate of looking like Serenity.”

Luther’s heart shattered again at the mention of the name, “I will. How is Samantha anyway?”

“She is recovering nicely, and the wolfsbane is slowly being excreted from her system. She should be okay in a few days.”

Luther nodded now and walked away, remembering how Aaron had approached him a few days ago with tears in his eyes.

“She dreamed of us. That day in the pool, she dreamed of it vividly, even the day when Serenity died.” Aaron had said, crying, and I could not even say anything about it.

I just stared at him, confused, shattered, and broken.