And Then There Were Four

Pollux.

Everything had happened with Cassie was like a movie playing in slow motion while I stood by unable to do anything. I had tried to tackle her, to stop her from hurting anybody, and even Lucas tried to calm her down. Yet, her powers bounced back and Melissa, her best friend, ended up getting killed.

Never in my life did I think something like this would have happened. Of course, I hated my sister for some of the shit she did, but I never meant for this situation to get out of hand. It broke my heart seeing her shed tears for a girl I had watched her grow up with. A girl who had been her only real true friend.

I lost myself the moment I saw her step out of the woods with Lucas and because I did, it started the trickling rollercoaster of events that played out. So in a way, I was responsible for Melissa's death as well, and that was something I would never be able to forget. How was I supposed to be the future Alpha if I couldn't even rationally control myself.

"It's time to go," Kara, Odin's Valkyrie said as she stood before me with her wings flexing behind her back and an eerie gaze in her eyes. She was a mysterious woman, one I had frequently seen over the years when she came to check in with her family, and as I gazed at my mother, I realized this was it.

Tears streamed down her cheeks as my fathers stood at her side. She had been so adamant for years this situation was never going to happen, and between her and our fathers, they had tried so hard to help prepare us, to control the uncontrollable.

I was prepared to go though. Priscilla had told me it would be inevitable and honestly, I had been excited. The idea of learning from the gods, and then being an Alpha who far surpassed the training of normal wolves, it was a calling I desired regardless if it meant I would have to remain away for an entire year.

With a heavy sigh, I walked towards my mother and wrapped my arms around her. The woman who had given birth to me and been my rock for my entire life. I would miss her when I was gone, but I knew one day I would return. "It's okay, mom. Everything is going to be okay."

"How can you say that you're both leaving me?" she replied tearfully. "How can you say it's going to be okay?

"Because it will be." I smiled gently as I wiped a tear from her eye. "It's only going to be a year, and if you think about it, that's the same length of time it would have taken me to go through the Alpha academy."

Taking a deep breath, my mother sighed, nodding her head. It was going to be hard for her, as it would be for any parent, but she still had four of my siblings at home to look

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focus.

"Make sure you look after your sister," Damian said firmly as he clasped a hand upon my shoulder. "I know you both haven't been close for a long time, but you have to overcome this."

"What about Melissa, what will happen?" I asked, letting my gaze fall to Melissa's body being tended to by the pack doctors.

"Don't worry about that. I'm taking care of it," Hale's words echoed through my ears and as I looked at him, I knew he would. Being an Alpha wasn't an easy thing, and this was something I would have to learn eventually.

"I won't let you guys down," I told them with confidence as I squared my shoulders and held my head high. "I'll come back as the man I need to be."

"I know you will." Damian chuckled. "Just take care of Cassie. She... she's going to need you more than you realize."

Nodding my head, I finished my

goodbyes, and as I turned, expecting my sister to be waiting for me, I was shocked to find she wasn't. Instead, I watched as Odin gave her a small smile placing his hand on the top of her back as she proceeded to step through the portal without so much as looking back to say goodbye.

She was a hollow shell of herself, and with every moment she was away, I prayed the gods would be able to fix her. That by some miracle she would become who she was meant to be, because I couldn't be expected to look after her forever.