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The two kids sat on the overwhelmingly huge couch.

(The couch)

Mabel was sat in the middle with Adonis to her side, fussing over her and searching her for any more scratches.

She was still covered in dirt and blood so it was very hard to look for possible.

The Alpha stood a small distance away from them with his Beta, observing the situation.

"A-A-Addie I'm fi-fine, I prom-mise" she stutters out nervously, glancing over at his father and uncle who both stood watching them with stoic expressions.

"Amabilis-!" Adonis tried to object.

"M-Mabel" she said, her mom much preferred calling her Mabel, and she quite liked Adonis already so he could call her that too.

"Right, sorry Mabel, you have blood all over you, are you super sure you're okay? Uncle Arthur can check you over again." He said, beckoning his uncle over.

He came over cautiously. This was the first time Adonis had let someone near the small girl since they had arrived an hour ago.

The girl squeaked and shook her head furiously, eyes welling up with tears as she quickly moved to Adonis, in need of comfort.

He wrapped his arms around her in less than a second and hid her away, not wanting anyone to see her vulnerable.

Dad said letting people know your vulnerable makes you weak and Mabel is not weak he thought strictly, as he rubbed her back as she nestled her body closer to his and practically laid on top of him.

She shut her eyes and slowly fell asleep, to the scent of sweet apples and cinnamon.

Once Adonis was sure she fell asleep he lifted her small body and set her down on the couch in a much more comfortable position and stood up.

He was about to walk over to his father- perhaps to discuss the situation- when Mabel let out a small, pitiful, whine escaped his mates mouth and he was back to her in an instant.

Her arms were spread out in front of her with her eyebrows knitted together, searching for something.

He slowly placed his arm on her stomach and sat down with his back to the couch.

She grabbed onto his arms and sighed contently before falling back into a deep slumber.

He sighed in relief and laid his head back on the couch, thank the goddess she fell asleep again- the little girl was exhausted, he didn't want her to get sick from lack of sleep.

"Adonis" he heard someone call.

He lifted his head up and stared at the source of the voice, his father.

"Yes" the child answered shortly, although all he did was hunt today he was tired and his mates touch was just comforting him to no end, making him even sleepier.

"We need to talk about Mabel, like where she is going to go" His uncle spoke up.

Uncle Arthur was like a mother to Adonis, he was caring and loved to bake, he was his fathers Beta and naturally his best friend. Arthur was bi-sexual and had given up hope in finding a mate until his mate, Bellamy, came along.

She was a warrior from another pack in Ireland and had beautiful blue eyes and thick ginger hair that fell in wild curls. She was wanted by multiple men for her talents and looks but once she met Arthur she never once thought of any other person.

Bellamy and Arthur were quite the love story and after eleven months together she fell pregnant and bore him a son, whom they named Liam after Bellamy' father who was killed in the War of the Moon, after saving half of his troop.

"She is going to stay with us obviously, right dad?" Adonis said, looking straight into his fathers eyes.

"You know I would, but your mother is sick, and we can't have another pup right now. It's too much for her, we will have to have her stay at the orphanage" his father spoke. It was true, of course, that his mother was sick, she was dying. But Adonis was sure she would welcome Mabel with open arms. His mother had been attacked by her best friend when Adonis was still in the womb. He had been removed by emergency c-section and she was close to brain dead by the time he was one. She had then made a miraculous recovery and began to speak and move around. The pack was overjoyed. However she was getting violently sick again and it was worrying everyone.

But the thought of Mabel being at a random place without him and being scared made him want to cry.

He just wanted her to stay with him. What if she goes to the orphanage and get adopted? What if she has to move away? He knows that he had never been necessarily looking for her but now that he had her he wasn't letting her go. Ever.

"No" Adonis states. She wasn't leaving.

His fathers soft awkward face turned into a hard scowl.

Uh oh, Adonis thought, dads angry.

"No? Listen young man, you can hurt me physically, you can hurt me mentally, but you will not put stress on your poor mother, do not disrespect her sacrifices to you by being so dismissive to her feelings and her mental health." His father shouted, effectively causing Mabel to wake up with a start and for Adonis to glare harshly at him.

He wanted to act like any other five year old and throw a fit. But because he was a potential Lycan and had not been reared by his Mothers soft nature Adonis was quite mature and oftentimes acted like any other adult.

So instead he tried to get through to his father by using his words rather than throwing a block of play dough his way.

"Father I think it more beneficial for Mabel to stay with me rather than the orphanage, I can be with her if she's here and can take care of her. Please dad, please don't make her leave." He begged hoping he'd gotten through to him.

Mabel was rubbing her eyes tiredly and yawning. She had pushed Adonis' arm away and was now crawling off the massive couch to sit near him.

Even a blind man could see how dependent she already was on him.

And by the way he eagerly wrapped his arm around her waist and pull her to him subconsciously, they could say the same about him.

"No and that's my final decision. I will summon Bellamy to wash and cloth her and I will ring the orphanage to get a spot for her right away. You have approximately an hour before Bellamy gets here and then she will be taken away and you can see her tomorrow. This is for you own good" His father speaks, while walking away.

Adonis scoffs and growls lowly making his father turn around to give him a warning look.

Adonis snarls at him once he turns around and doesn't look at him.

"Look at me Adonis" his father speaks.

"No. You don't deserve my affection" Adonis replies. He tightens his hold on Mabel but she doesn't mind, she just snuggles even deeper into his chest.

"She does." Adonis finishes off and turns them both away from the alpha.

His father growls before storming off.

"Addie" a small voice calls making him look down.

"Yes, my love" he replies automatically, not thinking much of the pet name.

Arthur stand there forgotten and still observes the two with ongoing interest.

He had never seen such young mates before. The youngest mates ever recorded were 13 and 14, not 4 and 5.

"W-W-what p-pa-pack am I n-now?" She asks looking up at him intently.

"You're in Pack Regium, right next to Pack Jacobs." He replies, smiling sweetly at her with his chest puffed out proudly.

She shivered in fear making him frown.

"P-papa says P-p-pa-pack Timor is s-scary" Mabel says quietly still shivering slightly.

"Well my pack is known for being quite strong, but I promise no one will hurt you because I'll be there- I'm the future Alpha so I have much more strength" Adonis jokes making funny gestures to make her laugh.

Her silver eyes light up when she smiles.

"Who is your father?" Beta Arthur questions out of no where.

"M-m-my pap-papas name wa-was Nicholas Romevello", Mabel says, remembering the time her father had sat her down and made her memorise his name for a whole hour.

Beta Arthur' jaw slacked as he only then saw the resemblance between her and her father.

"B-but why are you here and not with him? He never reported you missing?" Arthur spoke, forgetting he's talking to a four year old.

Mabel then burst into tears making Adonis race to her comfort while sending Arthur scowls to which he pointedly ignores.

"M-mean m-m-man said p-papa is d-dead" Mabel cries loudly, getting weird and sympathetic looks of pack members who seemed to just be coming through the door.

"M-mommas de-dead too, I fe-fe-felt it" she says, clutching her heart, as if relieving the pain.

"Mean man? Who's the mean man?" The Beta says only just realising there was an attack.

"P-papa said r-rog-rogues" Mabel cries, decides she's run out of tears and wraps her arms around Adonis' neck and just lies there.

"Oh fuck" Arthur yells before running in the direction Alexander Timor, or alpha Timor, had stormed off.

They had missed something, and judging by what Mabel has just told him, they had missed something costly.