The dark forest echoed numerous footsteps, the chase was long but they needed to hunt them down, "Disperse and find them." One vampire commanded.

"We don't follow your orders." growled a werewolf.

The little creatures on the way crawled inside their house and had their doors shut.

"There's no time to complain, we must find them!" growled another one.

Groups were made and sent in different directions.

One of the vampires ran ahead of the werewolves, the other by their side mocked them for their slow pace and zoomed ahead.

"How dare they?" One of the werewolves growled and was set to hunt them down for their audacity.

"Stop." one transformed into his human form, "ignore them and focus on finding that bitch. It's all because of her, she has disgraced us. Find her and kill her along with her child."

"Haah... haah.." She ran with all her might but she couldn't lose the vampires and werewolves behind her, she was weakened due to the childbirth, the labor was a hard one and soon after they were being chased, if she could turn into her wolf form, she thought as she hid behind a large stone.

She heard hundreds of footsteps coming closer to them. "This is no good. I'll have to distract them." She placed her newborn baby on the ground. "Be a good girl and wait here. Mama will come for you." She whispered to her child as she took out a necklace that had a small bottle tied on it. She sprinkled the water from it on her child, "this will mask your scent."

She transformed into a wolf and ran towards her enemies. She bit them, tearing into pieces. Several vampires surrounded her, she heard wolves howling from a distance, "damn they're near! There're too many of them." By the time she became aware of her surroundings, a vampire lunged at her, just as she was about to be bitten a powerful force threw all the vampires away.

"Adrian!" She shouted the name of her beloved, the only one who had the power to throw them off without even touching them.

"Sorry, I was late." She heard him inside her mind.

"Where're you?"

"Hide somewhere safe, I'll come after handling them."

"Come back to us safe." She whispered as she dashed back to her child.

"Hush, everything's going to be fine now. Papa is here, he'll come to us soon." She kissed her baby and held her close. "Let's get you somewhere safe." Just as she was about to move she heard someone move swiftly towards them, one... two... five of them, three vampires and two werewolves she sensed.

"It's the dead-end, Gabe." She saw one wolf walking toward them.

"Stay away, Bran!" She shouted.

"Guess what? We don't take your orders anymore, Luna." another wolf appeared right beside her.

"Let us go."

"Hand over that child and I swear you'll be spared." He said slowly approaching her.

"Over my dead body!"

"As you wish then." He lunged at her. She rolled down on the ground avoiding the attack, she placed her child under the tree and transformed into her wolf self.

The two werewolves encircled her but she immediately leaped at them, she threw them off on the ground and stepped on their chest with her paws. "You're million years too early to think you guys can defeat me."

"It's you guys who deserted the clan and teamed up with the vampires. You guys better have learned your lesson. Don't you dare follow us." She stepped down and turned around to go but one of them attacked her, she immediately pulled him off her and tore him into pieces. She glared at the other wolf lying on the ground, "Run away!" She growled. He immediately fled.

She then fell on the ground and winced in pain, she was injured.

She again heard a footstep approaching them.

"We gotta get out of here." She held her baby close to her chest and ran from there.

"Gabrielle!" She heard her mate.

"We're here, Adrian." She called out to him.

"I'm so glad you guys are fine." He smiled weakly.

"What's wrong?" She frowned.

"Nothing. Let's get out of here." He tried to move but he fell on the ground, his face was pale and he was severely injured, his wounds were gaping.

"Adrian?!" She shouted she had never seen him like that, his injury always healed on its own, her mate was invincible.

"They injected me with something." He winced in pain, sensing the danger lurking around he whispered, "listen, you need to get out of here."

"We, we need to get out of here." She cupped his cheeks.

Just then one vampire appeared, "Your majesty!" He knelt.

"Listen, Gabrielle, he'll take you somewhere safe where vampires and werewolves won't be able to reach you guys."

"I'm not leaving you behind!" She shouted tears filled her eyes. "I'm not!"

"It's not the time to be stubborn, you guys aren't safe here." He scolded her.

"You're not either." She argued.

"I'm the Vampire King remember?" He cupped her cheeks and rested his forehead against hers.

"Please listen to me once in a while."

"Fine, we'll send our child with him but I'm staying with you."

"You know that's not possible, she won't be able to survive alone, she has tremendous amount powers, she'll need you to guide her."

He took their daughter in his arms, he was finally able to look at her face, "My princess!" He planted a soft kiss on her forehead. He took her little hands into his and kissed them. "She'll do what we couldn't." He looked at his mate. She was the child of prophecy, destined to bring the 2 clans together, destined to rule over them. "Sorry that papa can't come with you but I promise to return to you both very soon." Handing her over to his mother, he held his tears back.

"Now go." He stood up turning his back to them.

"No, please don't do this to me." She begged.

He turned to her and pulled her in a hug, "After this ends, I swear I'll come back to you." He kissed her tears away.

"Promise me."

"I promise." He sealed it with the kiss on her lips. "Now go."

She refused to let go.

"I love you," he whispered before he teleported them to the end of the forest.

21 years later

"Mom! I'm getting late!" A girl shouted. Her black long hair was tied into a pony, "Where's my lucky jacket?" She shouted throwing the clothes out of the wardrobe.

"On the bed." She heard her mom shout from downstairs.

"Where my lucky shoes?" She shouted again.

"Right at your doorstep."

She opened the door to find them, putting them on she shouted again, "And my keys?"

"Here." Her mother threw the keys at her.

"Got it." She caught the key and hurried over to the window, "Start the car." She shouted throwing the keys at her friends, who were waiting for her outside.

"Okay bye mom, love ya." She hurried down the stairs before she could reach the door she felt a tug on her arms, "Hang on a minute!" Her mom pulled her.

"What?"

"Have your breakfast before you go." She pulled her into the kitchen.

"No way! I'm already late." She tried to run off but in vain.

"I always listen to you, now it's your turn. I'm not letting you go with an empty stomach."

"Okay, here." She stuffed one sandwich in her mouth and grabbed another one in her hands.

"Now bye."

"Is it really necessary for you to go?"

"My dear overprotective mother! I'm not a 5-year-old kid that'll get lost, I'm turning 21 tomorrow and It's just 2 hours by car, I'm not going on mars. I'm just going on a trip with my friends, I promise I'll take care of myself and return home before the clock strikes 8, happy?"

"Tch." She saw her mom's face clouded with worry.

"I've also got your favorite bodyguards with me, remember?" She tried to pacify her.

"So can I go before they wake up the entire neighborhood with that sound? " they heard the car's horn. "Alexa!" She heard her friends shout her name.

"Fine. But please be careful."

"Of course." She nodded, "Bye, love ya." She kissed her mother's cheek.

After her daughter left, she looked at a photo frame, "Can't blame me for being overprotective, right? I've been keeping my promise, Adrian. When are you going to keep yours?" Her eyes teared. "I can't even reach you. Are you okay? Are you still fighting there to protect us?" She cried.