Chapter one

Mia‟s pov

I left Trevor‟s room with a huff, I hate going to school, it‟s a literal prison and I know I‟m not the only one that hates going to school; I‟m willing to bet good money Britney is the only teenager that enjoys it.

“Quit complaining, you‟re giving me a headache” my wolf, Violet, said annoyed and I rolled my eyes and went into my room on the second floor of the pack house. I share the floor with Britney and her parents; my parents didn‟t want to live in the pack house so they live in their own home outside the pack house.

You‟re wondering why I don‟t live with them, aren‟t you, well, it‟s simple, my parents are a little loud so when I turned sixteen and „shifted‟, I moved to the pack house.

It wasn‟t easy; it took a lot of grovelling and even roped in aunt Kenya, Trevor's mom, to vouch for me until they finally caved in and let me move here.

Going straight into my bathroom, I turned the shower on, stripped and jumped in. I didn‟t have a lot of time to enjoy my shower so I didn‟t take too long. Getting out, drying and moisturising I went back into my bedroom. I picked out some ripped jeans, a long sleeve t-shirt and paired them with my white converse, no need to dress up for jail.

I got dressed and went down for breakfast, wouldn‟t want Britney dragging me out of the house before I eat, goddess knows that girl would never let me make her late for school.

The dining area was mostly filled with teenagers who didn‟t want to live with their parents so they live in the pack house, the unmated adults were on the training grounds getting stronger, which is where I should be. I felt my wolf stir at the thought, we love training, that‟s where we let loose and kick ass. My parents and the Alpha have always said I would make one fine warrior and gamma, I‟m strong and smart, killer combination for the battle field but it also means I have a few sparring partners, most of my peers don‟t even want to look in my direction during training.

I end up training with either my parents or Trevor. I joined my friends and quickly piled food on my plate, “try eating like a girl” Britney commented on my plate like she usually does, “I‟m not watching my weight” I said talking with eggs in my mouth just to irritate her, Britney was a lady, like her mom but I, on the other hand, was raised by my two dads who always piled food on my plate, saying, “you‟ll work it off during training”.

“Close your damn mouth” she screeched as she threw her napkin in my face, “please don‟t start, I‟m already in a bad mood for missing last night‟s run” Trevor groaned and Britney sighed looking down at her plate.

“We all missed the run, stop making Britney feel bad you jackass” I said defending Britney, we fight a lot but I don‟t let anyone have their way with her, not even Trevor and he knows it, which is why he closed his mouth and kept eating. “Thanks” Britney whispered so only I could hear, I only nodded and continued stuffing my face.

We finished eating and went to school, I couldn‟t help but notice that Britney hadn‟t eaten much, must be upset by what Trevor said. I thought we were cool after spending the night together but it turns out, he‟s still mad, but Britney made up for it by not going on the run herself and also making nachos, plus she kept getting us snacks all night to make up for it, Trevor and his stupid wolf need to get over it.

I let Britney take the lead and stayed behind with Trevor, “apologise” I said sternly and he glared at me, “I missed the run for defending her, and you know how cranky my wolf gets” he said and I knew that this irritation wasn‟t his, it was his wolf‟s and he was taking it out on Britney.

“I don‟t care that your wolf is sulking like a baby, Britney is upset, you upset her so grow a pair and apologise!” I said through gritted teeth and I saw the shame in his eyes, “fine” he grumbled but sped up to catch up to Britney anyway.

I stayed back and let them talk it out and when I saw Britney smiling, I ran to catch up to them as we continued making our way to our cars. Each of us had their own car because we all had things to do after school, Trevor had football practice, Britney had her clubs and I mostly joined my dad patrolling or training, like a said, I love training and my dad, being gamma of the pack, was one of the best fighters, so I need to keep up.

He is so strong, the Luna only spars with him if not the Alpha, I even heard that he trained her and she is really powerful. I hopped into my jeep while Trevor got into his Mercedes and Britney into her SUV and soon enough, we were parking into our respective spots at school.

I sighed heavily as I watched the students, wolf and human alike rush into doors of prison, “I can‟t wait for this to the over” I muttered and Britney laughed appearing at my side, “come on, it‟s really not that bad” she said hooking her arm with mine.

“And it‟s like you said, just three more months and you‟ll be doing what you love doing every single day” Trevor said standing on the other side of me, “true” Britney added pulling me towards the entrance.

I sighed following her into the school, here‟s to seven hours of agony. The smell of cheap perfume hit my sensitive nostrils the moment we opened the big double door of the school, “oh for goddess sake, it is really too early for this” I groaned scrunching up my nose.

“Urg I know, this is one of the disadvantages of sharing a school with humans” Britney murmured as we past some human girls who were on the cheerleading team.

“Hey Trevor” Marisa, the captain of the cheerleading squad greeted with her annoying nasal voice. “Hey Marisa” Trevor greeted back not stopping to talk to her, he didn‟t like her very much and always kept communication as dry as possible. She grabbed his arm, making him stop and face her, “I‟m having a party at my house this Saturday after the game and you are invited” she said placing a hand on his chest with a flirtatious smile.

Trevor glared at her, making me snort, to which she threw a deathly glare my way, two faced much, “so, should I be expecting you?” she asked moving her hand to his shoulder.

“Is she flirting with him? Because it‟s not working and from the aura he‟s exuding, I‟d say the demon wolf isn‟t happy” Britney said through the link and I almost laughed out loud, you gotta love Britney some times.

“I‟ll be busy Saturday” Trevor dead panned, snatching his arm away from her, “well, when are you not busy? Maybe we could hang out” she quickly said when he was about to turn and leave, “will she ever get the message?” Britney asked out loud, “what did you say?!” Marisa asked turning red.

From the look on Britney‟s face, I could tell she didn‟t mean to say it out loud, which made me burst out in laughter, ok, maybe school isn‟t so bad.

The bell rang, signalling that we had five minutes to get to class, whatever Marisa had to say would have to wait, she huffed and left with her brainless minions while we made our way to our lockers. The three of us shared the first three classes, which were

English, mathematic and history, I personally loved history the most, there was just something about knowing things from a time I wasn‟t even a thought on my parent‟s minds. I don‟t know anything about my past, my family or where I come from, shifting before the normal age also raised a lot of questions about who I am and where I come from, but I‟ll never get answers to my questions.

I asked dad about the day he found me and all he could tell me was that my mother was killed by rogues, he found me crying over my dead mother and the only thing I knew was my name. We chalked up the memory loss to trauma; I was around six at the time so I would have been able to remember other things, something. 

The first two classes went by in a blur and before I knew it, I was sitting in history class, lost in my thoughts, again. 

A paper was placed in front of me, breaking me from my depressing thoughts, “if you hadn‟t gotten the highest mark, I‟d send you to detention after school for not paying attention” Mrs Reeves, our history teacher, said patting my shoulder.

I looked down at the paper and I saw that I

got a ninety eight on the test we wrote on Monday, quickly putting it in my bag, I realised that Britney was watching me, “what?” I asked sitting straight.

“How are you the most carefree and ignorant person in this class and still get the highest grade, every time?” she asked, her eyes shining with amusement, I just shrugged my shoulders, marking down the pages our teachers was telling us to read on before tomorrow‟s class.

“Britney, don‟t you know she has a super brain” Trevor said just as the bell rang for lunch, “ha ha very funny” I said as I put my books in my bag and got up to get some well-deserved food, chemistry, which was fourth perod, requires a lot of thinking and thinking makes me hungry.

We were on our way to the cafeteria when a hand wrapped around my shoulder and pulled me into a muscular body, “hey baby” Wade said giving me his pearly smile, “hey boo” I said smiling back, Wade was that one friend in the group that was always flirting and when there wasn‟t a hot girl for him to flirt with, I was the victim for his stupid charms.

He was good looking with blond hair and a cute face, blue eyes and a great body, given he was a wolf and a part of the football team. “Want to know how I know you‟re my mate?” he asked as we walked through the cafeteria doors, “how?” I asked already knowing what he was going to say, “Because when you called me boo, my heart became a mess and even though we‟re not eighteen yet, I feel the bond between us” he said making me laugh and move away from him so I could grab some food. 

“I‟m serious woman, you are mine, why don‟t we just get together already” he said flashing that perfect smile. “Tell me why I would even want to get together with a man whore? You have slept with almost all the girls on the cheerleading squad, don‟t get me started on how many lovers you have in the pack house” I said throwing a grape in my mouth.

“Wouldn‟t it be great to be the one woman who can tie this bad boy down, you‟d be a legend for taming such a wild beast” he said wiggling his eyebrows, “seriously? That is the worst pick up line I‟ve ever heard! Does it actually work” Britney laughed and I joined her, “you‟d be surprised” Trevor said grabbing a few sandwiches. We made our way to our table, which to get to, we had to pass by Marisa‟s table, which was annoying because she‟d always try to flirt with Trevor, while he just ignored her.

“Hey, Trevor, why don‟t you join us today, there‟s plenty of room” Marisa said as we were passing, “no thanks” Trevor responded, not even sparring her a single glance. “Desperate much” Britney said and I lost it, “who the hell are you calling desperate you dumb nerd!” she yelled standing up and I saw Britney‟s eyes widen.

“Yes, you definitely said it out loud” I said to her while wiping my tears, “I'm talking you dumb ass” Marisa said to Britney when she didn‟t respond and I stopped laughing, Britney rolled her eyes and continued walking, ignoring Marisa‟s insult.

I was about to say something to the blond bimbo when Britney grabbed my hand and pulled me towards our table, I glared at Marisa while she smirked at me, she better be grateful she‟s human.

We sat down and began eating our food, I was still a bit annoyed and since I wasn‟t a football fan, I couldn‟t participate much in the conversation, they had a game on Saturday and seemed really pumped about it.

“Cole!” we heard someone call and we turned to see who was calling out to the last member of our little group. I was not in the least surprised to see Ramona, one of Marisa‟s minions waving at him, she‟s been after him for years and he has made it blatantly clear that he doesn‟t want her.

Goddess, anyone with eyes can see that he likes Britney and even though she‟s all “I‟m waiting for my mate”, everyone can see that she likes him too and I know deep down she‟s hoping Cole is her mate.

She rolled her eyes looking back at her food, more like glared at her food, Britney wasn‟t one to hate people but she hated Ramona and she always made a move on Cole.

“Bitch” she murmured stabbing at her salad with a fork, “hey guys” Cole said taking his seat next to Britney, which made her blush, “what happened to being mad?” I asked her through the link and she turned an even darker shade of red.

“Hey dude, how‟s it going and why have not smashed that sexy ass yet” Wade said nodding at Marisa‟s table, making Cole roll his eyes, "yeah I‟m good” Cole said biting into his chicken sandwich.

“Come on man, you can‟t possibly be waiting for your mate? It‟s your last week of freedom, tap that ass and then find your mate” Wade said and I rolled my eyes at him, “not everyone is a man whore, I really feel sorry for whoever turns out to be your mate and there‟s absolutely nothing wrong withwaiting for your mate, I think it‟s very gentlemen like” I said winking at Cole.

“Why thank you for such kind words, I can‟t wait to finally know who my mate is” he said glancing at Britney before going back to his sandwich.

Britney had already turned eighteen and was waiting for her mate, Cole, like the rest of us is sure that Britney is his girl, she‟s the only one being in denial, probably to keep her heart from breaking because she really likes him.

“I can‟t wait for you two to finally be mates” I said teasing them and Britney turned as red as a tomato, “Mia!” she exclaimed sending me a glare, “what? Everyone is thinking it” I said sipping on my soda.

“She‟s not lying” Trevor said and Wade nodded stuffing his face, “you guys are seriously annoying!” Britney said rolling her eyes and we all just laughed, this was the one time I really enjoyed school.