Kids from One Alpha

Chapter 3: Welcome to the Pack

Serena parked her car outside the house address she was given. There was

a woman waiting on the front porch for her. Although Serena

hadn‘t had many interactions with her yet, she knew it was Adriana, the woman who had secured her p

osition in

the pack medical facility. Adriana waved and stepped off of the porch, heading to the driver‘s side door.

When Serena cut the engine, Adriana opened the door for her. “Serena?” she asked. Serena nodded, g

lancing behind the other

woman at the house she was parked in front of. “This is your new home.” “Really?” Serena asked. She

hadn‘t been expecting a whole house to herself!

“Come on, I‘ll give you the tour,” Adriana said with a soft chuckle. Serena

got out of the car. Adriana went back to the porch, but Serena opened the back door of her car

to let the twins out. Olivia immediately ran up the front steps, but Oliver hung back and walked next to h

is mom. “Adriana, these are my children Olivia and Oliver,” she said. “They are adorable,” Adriana

said, smiling at Olivia. Olivia stuck her tongue out at the chief of medicine. “Olivia!” Serena snapped, gr

abbing Oliver‘s hand

and rushing up the steps, half dragging him behind her. “That is rude. Please apologize to Adriana and

say ‘hello,” she instructed. Olivia pouted, looking down at her feet bashfully. “Please, I

work with children, I‘m used to it,” Adriana said. Serena sighed. “Come on, Olivia, be a big girl,”

Serena said. Slowly, Olivia raised her eyes. “I‘m sorry for making faces,” she said. “It‘s nice to meet you

.” She was still looking at the porch, kicking at the boards with the toe of her

shoe. “That is quite alright, Olivia,” Adriana said. “It is nice to meet

you too, and Oliver.” She leaned down slightly to scrunch up her nose at Oliver. He laughed and hid his

face in Serena‘s leg. “Shall we?” Serena asked. Adriana nodded, opening the front door and letting the

m in. Immediately, Olivia bolted into the house.

“I‘m going to pick my bedroom first!” she shouted. Oliver ran after

her. “No, I will!” he challenged his sister. Serena rolled her eyes. “The house is move–

in ready,” Adriana said, flashing a smile at Serena. “Electric and utilities are hooked up. Three bedroom

s upstairs and a full bathroom. Eat-

in kitchen, living room, office or den, and a half bathroom on the first floor.“. “This is amazing,” Serena s

aid. Being in medical school, she hadn‘t had the luxury of so much space with her

two kids. She imagined that the office/den would be converted into a playroom for them instead. “It was

recently refurbished, so everything should

be up to date,” Adriana assured. Serena nodded, heading into the kitchen to look around. There was pl

enty of cabinet space and the new counters had

never been cooked on. It was more than she had hoped for. “Thank you, Adriana,” Serena said. “I‘m loo

king forward to getting to

work.”

“Yes, of course,” Adriana said. “I am so happy you agreed to complete your residency here.” “Is the me

dical center short–

staffed?” Serena asked, glancing over her shoulder at the other woman. Adriana shrugged. “Not neces

sarily, but I always appreciate an extra pair of hands, especially one with ties to our allied packs,” Adria

na admitted with a somber smile. She did not need to bring up Moonshine pack for Serena to understa

nd the woman‘s concern. “That is understandable,” Serena said, heading out of the kitchen and into the

living room. There was plenty of natural light. The kids‘ heavy footsteps clomped around on the second

floor, letting Serena know they were still running around.

“Take all the time you need to settle in,” Adriana said, following Serena. “It is great to have you here, an

d I want you and the kids to get comfortable before you get too immersed in your work.” Serena smiled

at the other woman.

“Thank you,” she said. “I am eager to get to work.”

“Alright, well, I will leave you to get

settled,” Adriana said. “If you need anything at all, please let me know. I’m around.”

“Great, I will,” Serena said, walking with Adriana as she headed to the front door. “Oh, here are your ke

ys,” she said handing Serena

a key ring. One was clearly a house key. There were a few other keys on the ring too. “The others are f

or the medical facility,” Adriana clarified. Serena nodded, following Adriana outside: She went back to

her car, popping the trunk to get the suitcases out. Adriana waved a final goodbye and left. Serena wav

ed in return and then began hauling luggage out of her trunk. When she got her

the luggage inside, Olivia and Oliver had come down the stairs and were screaming at each other. “I sa

id I want the room in the corner!” Olivia said, stomping her foot

and crossing her arms. She glared at her twin. “I like the corner room more than you” Oliver argued, sti

cking his tongue out at his sister. Serena pushed the suitcases aside. “Alright,” she snapped, “That‘s en

ough, Olivia, Oliver, let‘s all go look at the bedrooms and settle this right now.” “Fine,” Olivia said with a

n eye roll. Serena worried about habits her daughter was picking up from her. “Fine,” Oliver grumbled

more quietly. Serena took one of their hands in each of hers, being the Berlin Wall between them as the

y went up the stairs. There was a short hallway with three bedrooms, the one in the corner was the larg

est and had two windows where the rooms on either side of that were a little smaller and each only had

one window. “Okay, this is what we are going to do,” Serena said. “I‘m going to take the corner room, th

en the two of you will have identical rooms on either side of mine.” “But…” Olivia began to protest. Sere

na looked sternly at her daughter, preventing Olivia from protesting further. “That is the only fair

solution,” she said. Olivia sighed, pulling her hand from Serena‘s. “Okay, fine!” she said, stalking off tow

ards the room she wanted. Serena looked down at Oliver.

“Can you be okay with that?” she asked. Oliver‘nodded and went to the other side room to claim as his o

she had put her own mother through. As Serena pulled the last bags out of her trunk, she stiffened, a dis

nose. A scent she hadn‘t smelled in over five years, one that was barely a whisper of a memory from the

that had surrounded it.

Swallowing, Serena found that her legs would not obey her to turn around

and face the approaching male. She‘d never seen his

face, she couldn‘t remember his features behind the mask, but she remembered his smell!

Gripping the box in her hands, Serena

slowly gained control of her legs again, even as her fingers and knuckles turned white from the strength

put the face of the male she saw now on the body of the man she‘d spent the night with so long ago. He

built with greenish–yellow eyes and wavy ash

blonde hair. If it wasn‘t for his scent, Serena would have sworn she‘d never seen him before. She still co

even been sure if the man she‘d had the one–

night stand with had belonged to the Night Sky pack. He‘d been in their territory and made references to

there as a child, but he‘d never told her what

pack he belonged to. Her mind panicked as she glanced at the open door to her new home. She

willed that the children stayed upstairs until she could figure out

what was going on. “You must be Serena,”

he said warmly, a deep smooth voice that complimented his height. “Yes, that‘s me,” Serena said, her vo

to keep from having to shake his hand. “Welcome to Night Sky, I‘m Logan,” he said. Serena nodded, sm