Chapter 8 The Truth

“Mom, what new pack?” I asked her.

“Eve dear, I think it is time you know the truth, we owe you this much”, mom said with sadness in her voice.

“What truth?” I wanted to know everything. Mom heaved a sigh.

“By now you might know that you are wolfless, your wolf has not shown up and you are almost of age”, I knew that now so the news didn’t hurt me as it should have.

“In order to protect you and your life from our previous pack we decided to join a new pack”, mom explained further.

“Our ex Alpha would have forced us to abandon you and then your life would be over, cause no wolf can survive without a pack,” mom said with tears in her eyes. I wiped her face.

“We could never abandon you even if our lives are put at stake, so we ditched them, I know it is treason to abandon your pack, but the choice was you or the pack and we choose you”, She said and hugged me tightly. I started crying again.

“There, there, everything is alright now Eve my sweetheart, in this new pack no one will threaten your life, you are safe”, Dad said from his seat looking at us in the rearview mirror.

“But you have to promise us one thing Eve, Never ever tell anyone about your wolf scenario. You must keep it quiet and be nice to pack members, they will accept you as their own”, Mom cautioned me.

Really, I have to now stay quiet about it here too. I have to lie my whole life. Why was I made like this?

“Promise?” Mom looked at me.

I nodded knowing fully well that this kind of thing will eventually come out but then looking at the tears in my mom’s eyes and seeing the calm on my father’s face I decided to not say anything further to the pair of them.

“We will be joining the hollow woods pack”, Mom told me.

“What???” I was surprised.

“Are you guys insane?” I was not having it.

“It’s for the best Eve,” Mom said.

“Do you have any idea of what you are talking about, you know it’s our rival pack”. I yelled loudly.

“Enough Eve, everything is taken care of, now no more questions, I want you to calm down”. Mom said and put an end to this discussion. I sat back, arms crossed.

I get it, my life was in danger and we needed a quick getaway but choosing our rival pack was not a good decision in my opinion. Ever since I was a kid we were told about the viciousness of the hollow woods pack. And we were going to them. What horse shit was that? I was not one bit satisfied with my parent’s decision, it felt like I was a pig for slaughter headed towards my final destination where the new pack members would end my life.

But I was helpless, I was still not of age so I had to stick with whatever my parents would decide. I would rather run away and disappear into the woods, living like a rogue she-wolf than put my parent's life in danger. I would move far away from all these packs and live my life in complete isolation and maybe once in a while drop at my parents and watch them that they are living well and healthy from a distance. I'll miss them for sure but I would live knowing that they were safe and were not banished from the pack.

But this was all just a wish. In reality, I was still in the back of the car with my parents.