****Cyrca's P.O.V.****

Adams, Edgar and I had been gone a month this time on a mission to establish more trade routes with suppliers further inland. We were excited to come back home though.

No way we would miss the twins big day. It had taken me years to get to the point where I was happy to see them. Edgar and Adams also had a great love for these two. However, in all things, Chana had taken over as their mother and primary care giver from the very first day they had been born. It was a very hard first winter for all of us to adjust.

Having two mates, a young werewolf pup who refused to leave my side, and now two young werecats in the household as well as being groomed by Master Davidson to become the head of the Family was overwhelming at times.

Going on missions was the best way for me to leave some responsibilities behind and shrink my world to a very small and goal oriented task with a clear ending. These moments would likely soon come to a close once Master Davidson decided to head out and start anew somewhere else. The master being an Immortal Vampire made for an interesting learning adventure. The Master thought in decades instead of days, long term goals over short term gains. I'd had nearly 16 good years at being groomed and had earned most of the Family's respect in the first few. In every members way I was already revered as the Head of House, only the formality of having Master Davidson officially give me the title and leave remained.

I had a few things I needed to sort out before I wanted the title though. One of those things was telling the truth to the twins. Most members already knew it but out of respect had not mentioned anything. My mate Chana and I had agreed that we must tell them everything before their first mission. We were running out of time. With their judgement day tomorrow we didn't have a choice but to face the consequences for our actions in the coming days.

Chana loved the twins more than anything and would be utterly crushed by their hurt. We'd kept the secret mostly because she feared the results. She feared the twins would turn away from her and I wasn't sure she could handle that rejection. I loved that woman deeply, her green loving eyes and her bubbly personality had me bewitched to do anything she wanted especially when it came to the kids.

I was so weak when it came to my family. I would have never guessed that when my instincts finally kicked in and I'd become a mature WereCat I would land here, among these people. No full blooded werecat in known history had achieved happiness amongst so many. We were know for our solitary spirit and wandering ways yet here I was excited to go home and be surrounded by them.

All in preparation for the bid day. I had no doubt the twins would be judged as ready to go on missions under supervision but this was just a way to celebrate their achievements and get the Family together again. Chana spared no efforts to make it a big and grand ceremony and Master Davidson helped organize the extra events for Family members.

I hoped Chana was ready. I would wait until after the big day to pressure a household meeting with just us six and air out the truth about the twins. I was truthfully surprised that it hadn't come out sooner. Everyone had kept their word and the twins hadn't shifted yet. I suspected that since their father was human the shift was being stunted for some reason. Being from a full blooded werecat line of the mountain lion shifters, I wasn't sure exactly sure how tamed bloods really grew into their cats. It was bound to happen soon though and that in itself would reveal a complicated story.

I wished I could just keep everything as is. Telling the truth would change everything and I loved how things were right now.

     "My Love, you seem upset?"
Adams looked at me worried and I noticed my pace had slowed down and Edgar was far up ahead.
     "O Angel. (I sign) I'm dreading having to tell the twins. It's going to change everything and right now everything is perfect"
"Things are forever changing. It's better if you get to control when and how it happens. Truthfully I never thought the secret could be kept this long. They need to know before their first shift. Could be any day now"
"I know, I know. Logic wins but my heart seems to ache and protest at it. It's just so rare that I have this feeling that it's hard to shake. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine"
"Mhmm"

He turned into a little ball of light and flew off. He had learned little bits here and there about being a fey. His wings, that only Chana and I could see, as well as every other fey, were like a mirage behind his back. Unaffected by anything. It did give him the power of flight though. With some trial and error he learned how to do it. When he flew it looked like a ball of light no bigger than a fist to Chana and I but to others they didn't see anything. It seemed to even want to make peoples eyes divert from looking at him directly. It had been a convenient skill on many many occasions. He had become the perfect spy for negotiations.

Adams became visible again standing beside Edgar. Edgar had become used to this now. Even said he could smell Adams approaching but never could see him.

Edgar, my Edgar, he had become a very strong young man who always made me smile. If he had stayed with his Alpha, Max, he would have simply stayed an Omega and probably done simple chores for the pack. Instead I had taken him on as my own and worked him hard. He became one of the top 5 wolf fighters of the Family. He had accomplished many missions with us and on his own.

He had also become a very very handsome young man who was now growing chest hairs and a little mustache. Soon he might go off on his own and start a pack. Raising him definitely got him alienated from his former pack and he kept butting heads with pack leaders. It was becoming tough for him to be around them. In his world, he still had the aura of an omega but the strength and intellect to challenge Alphas, Betas, and Gammas. I often wondered if I did right by him. I'd made him unable to be with his own kind.

Zivah and Adrick loved him though. They often trained together when we were all home and Edgar liked to tell them the stories about our missions and bring them souvenirs of where we had been. We really did have the perfect family.

"Quit slacking Nana. The twins are waiting for us, come on"
Well it's not like I had a choice. He had glued himself to me from the very beginning. This was as much his choice as it was mine. Seeing him wave frantically I smiled and ran to him. I shifted to my cat form once I was near and started running after him. He shifted as well and we would keep going till I would catch him or he got to far ahead.

These days, if the ground was flat he could outrun me. In this forest with all this underbrush I would likely win over him.

He had grown up to steal as much of my heart if not more than Chana and Adams.

When we played these games of chase, Adams was never overly pleased. He would just collect our clothes and fly up high to ensure no hunters or dangers laid ahead. My Guardian Angel in so many ways.

Home wasn't to far ahead now. I hoped I'd catch Edgar before he got to the house. Better hurry my ass.