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.......................................*Flashback*.....................................

"Mom! Catch me!" I say while running away from my mother while laughing. I look at her to find her laughing with me and running after me.

"I'm gonna get you, Primrose." She says and I run faster towards the woods. I push myself harder and run as fast as I could.

"Cassandra! Not too far in woods. Come back! You're going close to the pack boundary." I hear my mother yell from behind me but I ignore her and keep running.

"You're just saying that so you can catch me and win." I yell back still running.

"Cassandra, please. Look I've stopped running. Please, come back. You're going to far." I hear her worry filled voice and I stop running. I turn to look at her and she sighs.

"Good girl. You win, Primrose. Now let's go back home." She says softly and I nod. I run back to her and in her arms.

"Yay. I won, mommy. Now you'll have to bake me a chocolate cake!" I grin at her and she smiles.

" Anything for My Primrose." She says and kisses my forehead. I lay my head on her shoulder as she carries me back to our home. Suddenly, she goes rigid and stops. She puts me down and look at me with fear.

"Primrose, I want you to run as fast as you can and mommy will follow you. You keep running no matter what happens. We'll have a race as to who will reach home first, Alright?" She whispers to me. I get confused but nod nevertheless.

"Okay, mommy." I say and she pushes me in the direction of house.

"Run. Go now, run." She says and I start running. I hear sounds behind me but I keep on running just like Mother said. After a while I hear her scream and I stop. I look behind to see my mother laying on the ground with blood oozing out of her head. I run back to her and lay her head on my lap.

" Mommy? Mom. I- please wake up." I shake her as tears run down my face.

" Get up, mommy. Primrose needs you. Mommy, please. I promise will be a good girl. I will never run away from you." I whisper to her while crying. I hug her tightly to me and lay next to her with my head on her chest. I continue crying until I hear a sound and I get up. Alpha Lucian with other Pack wolf's come towards us and I run to him.

"Alpha! Alpha! Look. Mommy is hurt. She is not waking up." I pull at his trousers and point at mother. He looks at her and picks me up. He starts walking towards the pack house and I look at him to see tears in his eyes. I hit him on the chest and start screaming.

"No! No! You have to help mommy. Help her. No!" I keeping hitting him and he hugs me tightly. I thrash against him and he using his werewolf speed takes me down to the pack house. He puts me down and Luna Audrey comes to us. He shakes his head at her and she stills. Tears come in her eyes and I run to her.

"Luna ! Luna! Help mommy, please." I say to her and hugs me.

"Mommy is gone, princess." She whispers as tears run down her face and I shake my head.

"No... NO!"

......................................*End of Flashback*...................................

Tears run down my face as I tell Alexander how I lost my mother. Alexander picks me up and puts me in his lap and kisses my forehead. I put my head on his shoulder and continue to cry. His grip on me tighten as I start hiccuping.

"I'm so sorry, love. I'm sorry." He keeps whispering in my ear and hold him tighter. He lets me cry, and I needed that. I needed to let all my tears out. After a while the tears stop and I calm down. I pull back from him to see his eyes red and filled with moisture. I get of his lap but he shakes his head at me. I look at his shirt which was wet with my tears.

"I'm sorry." I say to him while looking down.

"For what?" He asks his voice strained.

"I ruined your shirt." I whisper as my voice quivers.

" Look at me, love." He says softly and I look up.

" Never say sorry to me again. I don't care about the shirt being wet the only thing that breaks me is knowing your tears made it wet. I can't see you in pain, Cassandra. I'm so sorry. You were only eight and you saw your mother dead. You're father left you and you waited for the moment to met you mate. But I- I hurt you. I tortured you and I'm sorry. I'll change myself, I'll redeem myself for you just please I can't see you like this. I'll do anything for you." He says and kisses slightly on the lips and pulls away.

Hugging me closer to him gently. He places both of us on the bed with me laying my head on his chest and him holding me in his arms. I wanted to tell him I'm okay, but I didn't have the strength in me to tell him that so I snuggled closer to him. I know he'll ask me about my scar and I will tell him but that's a story for later. I felt him place a kiss on my head. My eyes closed from exhaustion and I fell asleep.