I had to run.I wasn’t so sure about why I was running off anymore. I had a gut feeling that I should never quit. It didn’t matter how exhausted I was to the point that my feet bled. Or how hungry I was which made my stomach howl as if it were home to an evil beast.The only rule was that I should not stop, and if I did, it should be for a limited time as possible. Only when it was dark, and I was somewhere safe, such as the top of a tree or a cave, was I allowed to stop running. I was only doing it because running across the forest after the sunset was impossible. I could also plug in a town and try to stock up on food, but that didn’t always work out because I didn’t have ample money to buy it so I ended up stealing most of the time.I had to hold out for as long as I could to avoid being caught.Who was going to be the one to catch me? I had no idea.I had been on the run for so long that I had forgotten what had been worrying me. However, when I let my guard down, something in me
“Enough!” I yelled angrily.The kids around me paused for a few seconds before running around again. In this place, I was as powerful as a flea. Actually, they ignored me much more than fleas could.Bradley, the pack’s beta, had requested my assistance because his sister was in labor. Along with his mate, he was in charge of the pack’s nursery.Yes, I am a member of a werewolf pack, though I am not one of them.Packs worked in unusual ways. We had an alpha who served as our leader and wielded the greatest amount of power. Then the beta stood beside him and gave orders. He was the second in command, a respectable man who was capable of taking control of the pack if the situation demanded it.There’s also a moon, of course. The moon was predestined to be the Alpha’s partner. But we lacked someone to fill her position. And inquiring about it was considered impolite at the time. Nobody brought up the moon’s absence because they were afraid of the outcomes of doing so.I was adopted when I
The Institute. That place that is full of teenagers and raging hormones was anyone’s nightmare. Some could pretend to love this place while others instead openly demonstrated how much they hated it. Hunter was one of those guys. Always complaining and always grumpy. The Institute was dangerous and teeming with predators. Much more because this said Institute was full of supernatural beings who barely managed to live together. Humans were a minority in this place, but other humans felt too special to notice the anomalies. They did not realize that sometimes we shared classes with werewolves. A being so terrifying that they could kill an average human in just seconds. Oh, but arrogance can do more. None of them paid enough attention to anyone other than themselves, so even if the werewolves sometimes showed that wild behavior that characterizes them, the human would simply not notice. In fact, I only knew the existence of wolves because I was raised in a pack and I knew each of the m
And, of course, I didn’t.I had been walking in the rain for two hours. And not just any rain, it seems that the sky is about to split in two. I shivered with every step I took, my teeth chattering from the cold.The worst of the case? The rain didn’t allow me to see where I was walking, so I wasn’t even sure I was going to the right place. In the forest, everything was dark, with no trace of moonlight to guide my way. I tripped over a root in the ground again, hitting my knees as I fell to the muddy ground.I got up, even when it was just provoking me to stay there, give up and wait for, hopefully, the members of the pack to look for me all over the forest.I was tired, hungry, and dead from the cold. I couldn’t think coherently. I just wanted to take refuge in the heat of the pack.It haunted me to think that while I was having the worst day of my life, Hunter was on a date, having fun, happy.I collapsed, exhausted. There was not the slightest sign of being near the herd. I was los
The next day I was feeling much better. There were still traces of illness, I sneezed from time to time and I should always have a handkerchief at hand, but at least I could now go to school.The future Alpha was leaning against his white car, gleaming, waiting for me. He wore a forest green shirt, ripped pants at the knees, and a wild smile on his lips.So attractive, so provocative. I had an immense desire to jump on him, taste his lips and lose myself in him. He cleared his throat, drawing my attention.I didn’t feel ashamed. Hee did the same thing all the time. I was wearing a white T-shirt and distressed jeans. I needed to buy more clothes, but I had to free myself from a couple of exams before I could get to work.Sometimes I worked in a cafeteria in the center of the city. The owner was a kind she-wolf. She had accepted me as a daughter, despite her being a widow.I had come into her life right after the death of her husband. Werewolves normally die after the loss of their mate
Miguel didn’t miss that interaction, either. Oh, so that’s why he was angry. Primrose’s interest in the new teacher made her jealous. Poor thing. I felt sorry for him even though I was in the same situation.I cleared my throat loudly, trying to get their attention. We were in a room full of humans who had no idea what was happening, and they couldn’t afford to stare into each other’s eyes for hours.The professor blinked, coming out of the trance in which he was a victim. He tried to continue with the class normally, but I noticed that he was super attentive to each of my friend’s gestures.He started with the introductions, although something told me that this was not exactly what he had planned. I knew he did it just for Primrose. He wanted to learn more about her. Frowning, I analyzed his every move. Something about him didn’t please me, not at all. Why would a sorcerer be connected to a human? It did not make sense!When it was my turn, I got up from the seat with a sarcastic smi
“Has training finished?” I radically changed the subject.“Yes, after the incident with the human, the practice was suspended. I was waiting for you to leave.”“And Wynter?”“What about her?” he asked, confused.“Won’t you wait for her?” I asked with the obvious, sometimes Hunter would drive her in his car.After all, she claimed to be his mate, the future moon of the pack. He had to give her her place and respect her.But I knew she was lying.I was her true mate, her moon. And I couldn’t tell because no one would believe a mere human. Besides that, I couldn’t confirm it on my own either. I just had to wait and watch. Stay as her best friend and settle for it.“She can come on her own. I’d rather spend time with you. I propose an afternoon of movies and video games, as in the old days,” he invited me with a nostalgic smile.He knew he had already accepted, and there was no way I would refuse something like that.“What about your responsibilities?”“It’s my day off,” he murmured, star
Hunter smiled, though it seemed to me to be a fake smile, and he led her upstairs. Right in the middle of the stairs, Wynter turned to see me with a smirk, just before pointing to her suitcases.She believed me to be a servant, and Hunter never corrected her. Yes, I helped out at the mansion as much as I could, but it was my way of thanking them for everything they had done for me, not my job. However, I swallowed my words.I couldn’t believe Hunter would accept that she lived in the mansion, just like that.Where were the protocols? I was sure there was a rule that prohibited anyone from staying at the mansion for no reason.I took the three suitcases, trying to carry them up the stairs. What was she put here? Stones?Fifteen minutes later I managed to climb them. My back ached from the weight,and my heart broke with every second that passed. Their voices guided me until I found the room they were in.This had to be a nightmare, it wasn’t true. I could barely stand her seeing her a