Alpha Markus and Celeste

Chapter 50

Chapter 50 – Celeste

Celeste P.O.V.

“Are you ready for this Tuli?” Markus asked.

I took a deep steadying breath and nodded, grabbing the key and unlocking the door. It opened to

about 10 different regular sized

deposit boxes. I grabbed the first one and brought it out onto the table. Markus grabbed the second

and placed it next to it and so we

went until we’d gotten all 10 boxes onto the table.

Topened the first one. It had a bunch of pictures of my parents and myself. I looked through them with

Markus’ chin on my shoulder.

There were about 100 pictures and a usb drive stick, which I hoped would have more saved on it.

The second box had a pretty basic Last Will and Testament where they left everything to me. There

were a few more deeds in my

name and a couple still in my parent’s names, along with car titles and other documents.

“We can drop the Will and all the titles and deeds to my attorneys before we head home so they can

start transferring everything over to you,” Markus said as he piled things into categories.

There were two deposit boxes full of jewelry. We decided to keep most of it in the deposit boxes for

now, but I took a set of sapphire

jewelry that would compliment my eyes and some amber items that I thought I might be able to wear

for the ceremony.

The next 4 boxes had what looked to be formal and ceremonial dresses. They were beautiful and each

looked to be hand made.

Intricate delicate stitches decorated some parts of each dress with Aztec symbols. They looked old, but

new at the same time. Almost as

if they were magic.

Only one of the dresses didn’t look like it belonged with the theme of the other dresses. It was a light

yellow bohemian style halter

dress. Light fabric under handmade lace. It had some brown beading dangling curtain style in the torso.

The fabric ended around the

knee level, but the lace fabric continued down to cover the legs. Something about it called to me when

Markus pulled it out and I just had

to touch it. I felt my body push backwards the moment I did. I saw a younger version of my father. Curly

hair, blue eyes, and soft smile in

loose khaki slacks and a light button shirt with the top 4 buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up

talking to a young version of Lucian when a younger version of my mother comes out in the dress I’m

holding from a place called Cantina de la Loba. I saw as my father’s head

suddenly turned upwards, smelling the air. He turned and I saw the moment their eyes connected.

“Mate” his eyes glowed as he

approached my mother. I looked up and saw a full blue moon in the sky.

I jerked forward again to the present, where Markus was looking at me with his head c****d, “What did I

just see?” He asked.

I smiled, “I think that was the moment my parents found each other.” A sudden thought occurred to me.

“Did you see the vision I had during Lucian’s funeral?”

He looked at me funny, “I saw something. It wasn’t clear though. It was like I was looking at it through a

fog. I just saw figures running

and heard laughter. I couldn’t make sense of it. I thought I imagined it.”

“Hmm…must be because you were only just starting to share that gift with me. This one was clear?” He Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

nodded.

“I wonder if we’ll always have the same visions or if you will have different ones or if we need to be

touching/together for them to be

shared.”

“Not sure how you would test that. You can’t control when they come, can you?” He asked. I shook my

head, “We will just have to

wait and see, I guess.”

I nodded and added the dress to the take pile.

Two boxes left. I opened one of them. I gasped. “I remember this dress. I used to see it in her closet all

the time. She told me it would be mine when I grew up,” I said, as I gently touched the shimmery

beaded fabric. I didn’t need to take it out. I knew what it was. It was something I thought was long lost. I

grinned at Markus, “Looks like I don’t have to go shopping tomorrow after all,” He laughed at me and

shook his head. I took the dress out of the box and passed it over. As he took it, a letter fell out from

within the folded cloth. It just said” Celeste” on the outside of it. I held it in my hands. !

and put it on top of the dress.

One box left. I opened and saw a really old looking document. On top of it was a pendant. It was made

of beautiful solid obsidian

stone. It was round and had a lot of symbols on it. There was rose gold filigree attached to the top,

bottom, left and right sides of the

round pendant as if holding it together. A single fire opal in the middle shone brightly. It was beautiful

and magical.

“That looks like the Aztec Calendar,” Markus said, coming over and taking it from my hands to inspect it

more closely. The amulet

seemed to respond to him, the fire opal shining more brightly.

“It looks like it’s chosen its owner,” I said. He looked confused but added it to the take pile.

I pulled out the parchment paper, “It’s a family tree,” I mused. Markus took a good look at it and his

eyes widened.

“That’s your mother’s family tree. Look at this…it seems to follow the matriarchs. All of the females.

Celeste, I think this is the tree

that documents all of the females with the blood lines. All of the gifts. Look. The males are noted, but

not followed. There’s only a name

to them unless a woman was born to them. But see, the women all have dates of birth and death as

there’s little symbols underneath

them.”

I looked at it more closely, “Half of these women died so young. Not even past 20 for some. Many didn’t

even find their mate before

they died,” I whispered, my stomach sinking.

He took the tree and put it down on the take pile and wrapped his arms around me, “That won’t be you.

We will never let anything

happen to you,” he said as he held me tight to his chest. I sighed and let him hold me in silence. After a

few minutes, he pulled back

chuckling as my stomach growled, “I’ll go get us a box for the take pile, why don’t you start putting the

rest of the stuff back and we can go drop off the documents to the attorney and then I’m taking you to

lunch.”

“I’m paying remember?” I yelled after him as he left the deposit box room and I took all the boxes with

the items we weren’t taking

with us and placing it back in the box locker. I was locking it when Markus came in and we went on our

way. Mr. Ronin gushing after us the

entire time.

We then dropped the documents at Markus’ attorney’s office. We were just parking near a little

restaurant called Bailey’s Diner when

the phone rang through the truck’s speakers.

“Hey Gillian, What’s up?” Markus answered.

“Alpha, someone took her. I’m sorry. I don’t know where the security measures in place failed. I am

getting the camera’s video to see.

You need to come home.”

“Who Gillian? Who did they take?”

“Ruby. Someone took Ruby. Her bedroom windows are shattered. Two of the kids heard a scream and

saw two people dragging her

towards the forest. We couldn’t catch them. They had too much of a head start,” He said in a defeated

tone.

“How did they get past the gates?” I cried, “Who took her??! We have to get her back.”

“I’m trying to find out Luna. I’m so sorry.I am trying to figure out how something like this could have

happened. We should have

been able to sense anyone coming past the borders uninvited.”

“We’ll be home soon, Gillian. Have all the cameras pulled for the time window we need. No one takes

my pack members and lives,”

Atlas and Markus growled, already pulling out of the parking spot.

“Maya? Has anyone checked on Maya? Did they get her too?!?” I said, panic filling me.

• “Maya is fine. Danny and a few guards are with her. She was with Mrs Quinn and Kelly hashing out

some details for the ceremony

when they took Ruby. They were supposed to me-f**k. OK. Just get home please. I think I know how

they got in,” He hung up. I looked at

Markus and he grabbed my hand, speeding up.

“We’ll get her back, Celeste,” he said with determination, but I had a bad feeling we were going to be

too late.