She’s Here!

Jayden’s POV

I looked around at the strange faces as I drove into Foxtown. I was meant to come a day earlier with my cousin and best friend Eric, but I had a few issues to sort out, so I asked him to go before me.

Instead of going home from the airport, I decided to drive straight to Torin High School to meet him.

On getting there, I was told the students were having lunch already and directed to the cafeteria.

When I walked in, the whole room turned to stare at me, but I continued my search for Eric unbothered; I was used to people throwing admiring stares.

Just as my eyes fell on Eric, I cut the scent of something familiar other than Eric’s scent, and I felt my body react with excitement. _She’s here,_ the voice in my head whispered.

"Hey man," Eric said, coming to hug me; he must have perceived my scent.

"My flight was delayed, otherwise I’d have arrived earlier". "How is your first day at school going?"

"Not bad. I’m popular with the boys already, I got the girls drooling, and this pretty Luna by my side all day. What more can I ask for?"

I smiled; Eric was back to his player ways already; he had always had his way with women. It’s no wonder the moon goddess hadn’t granted him a mate yet.

"Whose she?" I asked, staring at the pretty girl seated a few meters from Eric’s table.

"I don’t know. I heard she’s a member of the outcasts, the Grey pack.

"She’s pretty stunning," I replied, still staring. The scent was getting stronger.

"She’s an outcast, Jayden, a member of the Grey pack."

"It doesn’t matter."

"It does, Jayden. Besides, I find her quite intriguing; earlier today, I heard her heartbeat. But then after that fraction, I didn’t hear it again, plus I felt no attraction towards her. And I think Betty is my mate."

"The powerful Luna?" I asked.

"Yes."

"Hmm, according to tales, when a male werewolf hears the heartbeat of a female werewolf once, it means he has found the mate of a family member."

Eric turned to stare at me like I had gone nuts. "The pack won’t approve of her, Jayden; the great whites would be furious."

"Isn’t the moon goddess an interesting woman?" I said with a chuckle. "Let’s see how it all turns out. In the meantime, would you be nice enough to show me around?"

We passed the rows of tables in the cafeteria with Eric telling me a bit or two about each group. Eric had the power to pick people’s brains and hear from far distances.

"This group is called the ancient pack; they belong to families of extremely old werewolves that have lived for thousands of years. It is said that Betty was to be the next Luna of the pack."

"The other group over there is called the brown ones; they’re a pack of pretty ordinary werewolves. From the look of things, they’re quite rebellious."

"The group on the right is called the great whites; they have accepted me already, as they earlier assumed I was the alpha of our clan. They come from families with great white wolves as the head, and their pack consists only of Alphas and Betas."

"The group at the end is called the black ones; they’re second in command to the ancient ones."

"And finally, the last group over there are just three best friends. They didn’t see it fit to move with the other groups. Maddie, the pretty dark head, belongs to the ancient ones; she’s Betty’s cousin and next in command after her. Phil, one of the great white Alphas, is her mate."

"Anna belongs to the black ones; her mate is Conan, the Alpha of the Black ones."

"Jovita belongs to the Grey ones; rumours have it that she was abandoned by her birth mother, while her father passed on a few months after her birth."

"Interesting," I said.

"Let’s go meet the white ones," Eric said, pulling me forward.

They all stood up in reverence as we reached them. They seemed to sense my powers.

"Guys, meet Jayden, the… Alpha and the next great white of your pack?" An Alpha with flowing white hair, whom I later came to know as Seth, the head of the pack, intercepted Eric.

"How do you know?" I asked surprised.

"I read Eric’s memories, and I think I might be related to you and Eric because I can hear your thoughts."

"We can hear yours too," Eric and I said in unison.

"Welcome, Alpha," Seth said with a deep bow, a sign that showed he recognized a greater power and was willing to let me take over.

"I have no intention of taking your position," I said quickly. "I’m on a mission here and will be leaving soon; I’d only need your help and cooperation."

"We are ready to help you in any way," Seth said with a genuine smile.

"We can trust them," I mumbled to Eric. "Now what’s the next plan?"

Eric and I, in concert with the rumour, had been sent to hunt down one of the cold ones. His name was Uriel. He had broken the treaty and killed a human on our soil. When the pack got wind of it? He fled to Alaska for refuge.

The young males of the pack had been dispatched to different parts of Alaska to find him. But recently, I checked on his trail and found out that he had sneaked into Foxtown. Instead of informing the rest of the pack, Eric and I decided to discreetly hunt him down to prevent him from slipping away this time.

"He is currently taking refuge with a Coven in the far east of downtown," Eric replied.

"We begin our hunt tonight then," I said.

"We’re running with you," Seth said, rising. I suddenly remembered that he had followed our conversation.

"I won’t want to put any of you in danger, Seth; the cold ones are quite slippery, and we don’t know how many of them belong to this coven or any of their abilities," I replied.

"We would run with you, brother," Phil, Maddie’s mate, said. He was tall and handsome with flowing dark-brown hair. He was the second in command.

"Fine, brothers," Eric said. "We’ll meet at 10 p.m. in the green woods."

"Can I ask a favour?" I said.

"Speak," Seth replied.

"The others believe Eric is my pack’s Alpha, and I’m just an ordinary guy; I’d love it to stay that way."

"As you wish, brother," they replied. 

"Good, don’t forget to bring an extra pair of shoes," I said with a smile.