DAISY'S POV
Going to the cemetery was like walking into my enemies' trap like someone was right behind me. I kept staring over my shoulder, but nothing, I never saw anyone. Just my imagination, I told myself. I'm just scared because of the nightmare.
Mom's grave was exactly how it was the last time I was there. A simple white headstone with her name carved in elegant letters: "Elena Storm - Beloved Mother and Daughter." Someone had left fresh flowers there recently, probably Grandpa but grandfather was not around, Alpha said that he sent him to the border.
Tears flowed from my eyes. I couldn't hold it back and I knelt down and placed the new flowers I'd brought beside the old ones. My throat felt tight, my grip tightened and tears started to fall before I could stop them.
"Hello my darling sweet mother," I said in my thoughts. "I know I shouldn't have come to visit you sooner. I'm sorry if I'm really not a good daughter. I shouldn't have left to the rogues if I was around with you. Maybe I would've known who did this to you.
"I never knew that after that night I wont see you again. I regret being such a weak daughter to you. I was only happy that night that it's my 18th birthday and I was hoping to bond with my mate but it turned out to be a complete mess. I would have stayed home and helped you make cookies like you wanted. I would have told you I loved you one more time."
"Mom, I'm back now to stay in the pack." my whole body shaking with grief.
"I'm so sorry, please forgive me for leaving you all alone, Mom. I'm so sorry for everything. I'm sorry for being a weak daughter. I failed to be the kind of daughter you wanted me to be, but mom I promise I will make whoever that did this to you pay.
"Oh, what a daughter and mother."
The cold, mocking voice made me freeze. I knew that voice. My blood turned to ice.
I wiped my eyes and slowly turned around. Claudia stood there with Mila and another girl I recognized from school - Jessica, I think. Claudia stared at Mila and Jessica and they all smelled together, I know that they will never leave me alone. That smile is the kind of smile they give each other whenever they want to bully me.
I have already sensed trouble and I wasn't even in the mood for that.
"I really, really can't do this today, Mila," I snapped, gently standing up. My legs felt weak, and my heart was already racing.
Claudia looked at Mila and Jessica, and they all started laughing. "Aw, well, what are you gonna do about it?" Claudia said in a fake sweet voice.
"Just because you're living in the Alpha house now doesn't mean you can get away with laying a finger on the former Luna," Mila added, her green eyes sparkling with malice. "I mean, you're nothing but halfbreed scum."
"You'd be banished before you could even blink," Jessica chimed in. "Go ahead, show us your fangs, freak."
Anger flared up inside me like a wildfire. How dare they come here, to my mother's grave, and talk to me like this? How dare they call my mom names when she couldn't even defend herself anymore?
I raised my hands, ready to show them exactly what this "halfbreed scum" could do. I reached for my vampire strength, for the power that would make them regret ever messing with me.
Nothing happened.
"What?" I stared at my hands in shock. Where was my power? Where was the strength that had been growing stronger every day?
I tried again, concentrating harder. Still nothing.
Claudia burst out laughing. "Aw, see, Cupcake? Even with all that vampire blood rushing through your veins, you're nothing but a pathetic weakling."
She gestured to Mila and Jessica, and they quickly came Forward staring at me like they were up to something dangerous. I backed up until I hit my mother's headstone.
"Just like your dear dead mother," Claudia continued with a cruel smile.
"Don't you dare talk about my mother," I said, but my voice came out weak and shaky instead of strong and threatening.
Claudia ignored me and walked right up to my mother's grave. She looked down at the flowers I'd just placed there, and her smile got even more dangerous.
"What are you doing?" I asked, fear creeping into my voice. "Stop!"
But Claudia just smiled wider and raised her foot above the beautiful flowers. The flowers I'd picked so carefully this morning. The flowers I'd brought to honor my mother's memory.
"Please, no, no!" I cried out, trying to move forward.
But Mila and Jessica grabbed my arms, holding me back. I struggled against them, but it was useless, a normal girl like me can't fight against two werewolves.
Claudia brought her foot down hard on the flowers, crushing the delicate petals under her heel. She stomped on them again and again, grinding them into the dirt while laughing.
"Stop it!" I shout, tears falling down my face. "Please, stop!"
But she didn't stop. She kept destroying the flowers, she had insulted my mother so much, my heart was in pain. while Jessica and Mila held me back and laughed.
I had never felt so helpless in my entire life.
They threw me to the ground and were about to hurt me.
That's when I heard the footsteps behind us.
Heavy. Confident. Angry.
"I suggest you step away from her. Now."
Noah's voice was deadly quiet, and was about to put them in their place, Claudia's smile disappeared. Mila and Jessica stepped back letting go of my arm without any hesitation.
I cried and turned around, it was Noah he was almost walking toward us. His blue eyes were blazing with fury, and his hands were clenched into fists. He was so angry at them that he barely hold back his anger
"Alpha Noah," Claudia said, suddenly sounding much less confident. "It wasn't what you think, we were just playing with her"
"Whatever you think you're doing with her shouldn't be my concern but if I see a single scratch on her body you'll be dead" Noah interrupted, his voice getting dangerously low. "You have three seconds to get out of my sight before I forget that I'm your Alpha and handle you roughly."
Claudia, Mila, and Jessica didn't need to be told twice they were already shaking. Without hesitation They practically ran away, disappearing into the trees so fast they were just blurs.
Noah moved toward me slowly and kneeled to help me stand up, his eyes scanning me from head to toe, checking for injuries. His eyes landed on my mothers grave. When he saw the destroyed flowers scattered around my mother's grave, he tightened grip.
"Are you hurt?" he asked softly.
I shook my head, but I couldn't stop crying. I knelt down and tried to gather up the broken flowers, but they were too damaged already so nothing I can do is just to get a new one but Claudia and her friends are going pay for this it was because of them I had to leave my mom and run to my grandfather to the rogues before I know it my mother got killed and now this the dont want to let me be. There was nothing left to save.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "I'm so sorry, Mom. I couldn't even protect your flowers but I will make them pay one after the other."
Noah was still kneeling down beside me and gently took my hands, his eyes locked on mine. "It's not your fault, Daisy. None of this is your fault but why didn't you let me know that you're coming here."
I looked down and said, "I'm sorry that I didn't let you know that I was stepping out." But all this was just my fault. If I hadn't left her alone at least somehow she might still be with me by now, I could have stopped them. If I was stronger, they wouldn't have dared to mess with my mother. If I was a better daughter, maybe none of this would have happened.
"Something's wrong with me. I just really want to know what is going on. So many questions I need answered and I have search for the answers," I whispered, finally looking up at Noah. "I can't... I can't even feel my vampire side anymore every day everything is being taken away from me one after the other. It's like it's just gone."
Noah's eyes widened in alarm. "What do you mean, gone?"
I opened my mouth to talk then I remembered last night.
I looked at Noah and stood up. My body felt so weak like I had never felt before. "What did he do to me?"I whispered.
"who?"
I folded my hands and turned to him.
"I had this dream," I started to explain, but then I stopped. How could I tell him about the terrifying man who'd stolen my powers? How could I explain that I felt like half of myself had been ripped away?
Before I could figure out what to say,
It seems like something is going wrong in that cemetery even though Noah was not comfortable. Looking at him I saw the way he was looking around, not even paying attention to me or what I had to say.
Noah suddenly went very still. He looked up and by the corners, and his nostrils flared like he was scenting something in the air.
"We need to go," he said urgently, pulling me to my feet. "Right now." "Just come with me…"
"What? Why?" I asked, confused looking around, maybe if I could see something but I saw nothing .
But Noah was already pulling me away from the cemetery, moving so fast I could barely keep up. I nearly fell down but he held me very carefully.
"Noah, what's wrong? You're scaring me!"
He stopped moving too fast and turned to face me, his golden eyes filled with something I'd never seen before. He was more tense and said "Shh" don't make a sound.