CHAPTER 6

I lie on my bed and try to collect my thoughts. It's been a week since I moved and I have been moving through motions. I still haven't felt grounded.

My grandma knocks on my door and she comes in "hey sweet pie how are you"

"I'm still settling in but it's all blurry grandma. I haven't even had time to understand what happened on my first shift, how I feel being here, it's becoming a lot."

She hugs me and I sink into her cuddle.

"I know. That's why I wanted to check on you. It can all become stressful. i remember my first time, I was lost for a week."

I look at her bewildered "a week? Where were you?"

"that's the thing. I didn't even recognize I was gone for a whole week. There are things us Leblanc women possess, that plus the shifting, its engrossing. Our shifting is not only attached to the wolf but also from deep within us, deep in our core. When we first shift, it stirs that deep part inside, more like a full activate that's why when you shifted you felt like you were losing yourself but you didn't know what exactly."

"grandma, I did feel like that but I'm confused. No one has ever mentioned this to me. I didn't know the women of this family were special in any way like that. What are you telling me?"

"We come from a generation line of powerful women, alpha women who possessed powers outside of just being a wolf. Powers passed down each generation down o the children. i have the powers but your mom doesn't. your birth mother had them .that normally happens in cases of siblings. I can sense them in you."

My mind is racing trying to process all this. "how come no one has ever mentioned his before to me?" she holds my hands "no one knew you had them. I didn't know until when you came and I sensed it. You are a beautiful young child I didn't want you to start dealing things you probably didn't have to deal with in the first place. I apologize for that. All I want for you now is to be able to know all about yourself; understand and be able to use your abilities for the good. A lot has befallen this family, this clan and the last thing I would ever want to see happen is to see you end up like your mother."

She looks so sorrowful and sad it crushes my heart. "I know you have questions about your mother; I can see it in your eyes. I suspect that's part of the reason you agreed to coming here so easily.

"yes, I have questions and just the need to know her more you know, I barely remember her, that makes me feel guilty at times"

she pulls me closer "no sweet pie don't ever feel guilty about that. I get that your mom is hesitant when it comes to talking about her sister. It's hard on her as well."

"what really happened grandma? You are all sad when you mention her"

"there's a lot to talk about when it comes to that but just know I will tell you. Right now I want you to understand yourself better starting by knowing that the founding families are all connected."

"connected how? And who are the founding families?"

"well, the founding families are the Leblancs that's us, the Belroses', the Hopkins, the Bouchards, the Parks and the Shepherds."

"they are six?"

"yes. Six founding families all connected under one force and the founders of the town. but there are the brotherhood families so technically ten families. I know what you are thinking; a lot of packs are male dominated and there are rarely alpha female wolves. It's a common misconception people tend to think. We are all connected with life force that allows us to be stronger. The women in each family, in every generation, identify the ones who have that bond and we perform a ritual to connect you all. It is like an initiation to lead the pack as well. When this is done, you become sisters, you will feel when one is in immense danger, when the clan is in danger you will fight for it. You are leaders. You will all protect it. Forever bonded."

"what about the male?" she stands up and goes by the window

"there are alpha males too but its different from ours in this clan. they don't have our special gift. We have our sisterhood; they have their brotherhood. It's all balanced out. Until it wasn't. Right now as we speak things are not as they used to be. We are in a war with the brotherhood because someone tried a power play that didn't end up so well."

I stand up and look at my grandma, "that's lot to wrap my head around."

She come to me "I know, and i am proud of you; and you are taking this so well. I had to tell you all this because things are speeding up and now you have a responsibility; a role to play."

Deep down I know what she was about to tell me "the elders require you all in this clan war if we are to end it. The elders are the leaders of the sisterhood clan."

"Let me guess, you are an elder too" she laughs "you catch up quick."

I can hardly say that. This is not at all what I had imagined my life going about. This was supposed to be a new beginning for me; not being mixed up with power plays this is way out of my league. I am from New York for crying out loud. It's safe to say I'm not big on generational stuff. I suspect there is more to the story than what m y grandma is telling me.

There's always more.