The Hockey Alpha was My Childhood Sweetheart

#Chapter 1: A Promise to Myself

I arrived at the school gate of Shadow High School ten minutes early, but I chose not to walk inside yet. I hid behind a large oak tree, hoping to shield myself from the judgmental eyes of other students.School had become my least favorite place, a constant reminder of my differences and the painful truth I discovered when I was thirteen—I couldn't shift like other werewolves because I was wolfless.That revelation turned my life upside down in ways I never could have imagined.I became the different one. The wolfless are born with bad luck, they said. And it did feel like a curse.Since then, I could no longer catch up with my peers who had already shifted in terms of physical strength.Werewolves, especially teenagers in school, valued athletic abilities. Slowly but surely, my friends distanced themselves from me, and I became an outsider amongst my kind.I spent a long time getting used to my “difference”, and I realized I should not let my circumstances define me.I channeled m