300 Days With The Alpha Beta Triplets
MY FIGHT

Bella:

With each passing day, I prayed for this nightmare to end, but the more people called to give condolences, the more it sank in-my mother was gone. Father allowed me to remain in the Frost Pack with Alpha Fred because I wouldn't take no for an answer, but something in me felt it was the wrong choice. Everything would never be the same.

School made it worse.

How could I ever forget my mother when she was the principal of the school, and a memorial was set up for her? Each day, students dropped gifts, including cakes, flowers, and money. And each day I walked past her memorial, I was reminded that she was gone, and there was nothing I could do about it.

"I don't think I can take it anymore," I said to Hazel and the triplets as we stopped in front of the door.

For a moment, I stood still, watching a girl walk to the first corner in the hallway, where gifts were overflowing.

"I baked you another cake today, Principal Evelyn. Thank you for always watching over us. Howlstone will never be the same without you, but I am happy I met you," she said, and I glanced at my friends.

Were we really so terrible that we didn't notice this side of my mother? Everyone seemed to love her, and it felt like we were the ones with the problem. Or was it the fact that the students had no clue the school was hiding so many secrets from them?

As the girl dropped the cake, a sigh escaped my lips, and I quickened my pace, walking away.

"Bella, wait up!" Hazel yelled, coming after me, as did the triplets, but I didn't stop until I reached my locker.

I opened it, taking out my books and slamming it violently.

"What next? Someone she played a motherly role to? It makes me look terrible, and the guilt can never leave." My voice cracked as I spoke, and they all covered me in a hug.

"At the end, it was you that your mother loved, and that matters too," Hazel said to console me.

The bell for classes rang at once, separating the four of us. Hazel and I made our way to class. I tried to concentrate through the entire first period, but the weight on my mind made me hear little to nothing.

After the first period ended, an announcement echoed throughout the entire school.

"All students assemble at the auditorium immediately. All students assemble at the auditorium immediately."

I knew what it was for, and the chattering students confirmed my suspicions when I heard one of them point out that the new principal was about to be chosen.

The weight in my chest intensified. Yes, everyone had to move on eventually, but it felt as though things were moving too fast, and no one cared what I was going through. Without saying a word to Hazel, I slung my bag over my shoulder and left the class.

I rushed to the restroom, gripping the edges of the sink hard as I crashed down in front of the mirror.

"Bella, you need to stop!" Hazel's loud voice cut through me, intensifying the pain I felt.

"Because you're tired of me?" I asked, tears rolling down my face.

She sighed, closing the space between us.

"It's good you're looking in the mirror. I know I can't tell a hurt person how to cry or how not to, but at this rate, you're going to kill yourself," she said as I kept glaring at myself in the mirror. "I've been in a similar situation, and God, I wanted to die, but I didn't. All I did was hurt myself for so long, and it hurts me so much seeing you in this condition. You're stronger than this."

Her words echoed in my ears, but all I saw in the mirror was a disgusting, weak hybrid who would put everyone in her pack in danger. Halle's words echoed in my ears, and the feeling of failure weighed me down.

"Take me back to the dorm, please," I said to her, and she nodded. We made our way out of the bathroom. Shortly after, we arrived at the dorm. I threw myself onto the bed, thinking of the best thing to do at the moment. If I was supposed to help this pack in the future, then I had to start now. My conversation with Sue was still clear as daylight. The vampires were recruiting, and while we carried on with our daily activities, they were probably planning the best time to strike. I had to do something, but I didn't know what it was.

As I lay on the bed, I turned to see Hazel on her bed with a book open.

"What are you reading?" I asked, and she looked up at me.

"I'm trying to study my spell book. I do it in my spare time because we can never tell when the vampires will attack," she said, and I forced a smile.

She was doing something to help, but my weak self couldn't think of anything brilliant. As I shut my eyes, I felt a ding in my ear-like a light bulb lighting up. Then I turned to face her.

"When you found Scarlett, what spell did you perform?" I questioned, as though I didn't know the obvious answer.

"A location spell," she said, her brows creasing slightly. "Why do you ask? Are you trying to replace someone?" she asked, and I shook my head.

The look on her face told me she knew it was an obvious lie.

"Don't tell me you want to locate your mother because that would be crazy. And I'm sorry to let you down, but I can't open a portal." When she said those words, relief washed over me because it was far from what I was thinking, but that sounded like another prospect.

"Well... we could give it a try," I said, trying to act like she knew what I was headed toward.

"The answer is no, Bella," she said, and I let out a lazy sigh, like I was disappointed.

Then I lay back on the bed, thinking of how to present my request to her in a way she wouldn't be suspicious. "What other supernaturals can you track?" I questioned, and she raised a brow.

"Everything."

"How can you track down vampires?" I questioned, and she shut her book, her eyes lighting up.

"Many ways. Using their stuff, and it's even easier because they have this thing called links. It's like their vampire child-you know, the one they created from their bite," she said, then her face fell flat. "But I haven't tried that out because it's mostly humans that you can replace vampire links in. It's difficult to change a werewolf without a ritual to accompany the bite."

I took the chance I had gotten at once.

"Then there's me," I said to her, and she frowned at me. "I should have a vampire mother. I mean, I was bitten as a child, but I don't think she's still alive now. Or he. Maybe they died during the brief war in the Rune Pack." My voice went low, and I prayed deep down that she'd fall for my trap.

"You know what? It's useless and..."

"Useless?" She cut in before I could finish. "That's brilliant, and I don't think I've ever thought of it. There's no harm in trying to check if your link can be tracked. If they're dead, then I'll only see darkness, and I'm not stupid enough to go further and open a portal, so come on, give me your hands," she said with excitement laced in her voice as she pushed herself out of bed.

I tried to act neutral, putting my hands out to her. She grabbed them at once, shutting her eyes and chanting some spells. Suddenly, her eyes glowed white, and her pupils vanished for about a minute before she jerked back to reality.

"Your link is alive, and she's somewhere in the Thorne Pack mountains. This is bad," she said, getting into character at once, feigning fear.

"We better get our game up because they're everywhere. The vampires that came to the Rune Pack are still out there, and the ones that killed your mother. There are a lot, Bella," Hazel said in a tone laced with fear, but I wasn't scared.

Now I knew Sue's location. My goal was to replace her and put an end to this madness. Hazel's stomach rumbled at that moment.

"I'm going to get something to eat because worrying about them won't help me."

"Can you get me some snacks too?" I asked, and she nodded before grabbing her purse.

"Don't worry too much," she said before leaving.

At that moment, my legs started to work. I grabbed my card, threw on a hoodie, tossed some clothes into my tote

bag, and fled the room without looking back. This was my fight, and there was no backing down.