The Calling

A mate bond was thought to be of something beautiful and life changing, the day you would find your soulmate, the one that would get the chance to hold your heart in their hands and cherish you like a gem. Getting married and having pups was all I would dream of. It was the only thing we she wolves looked forward to when it came to getting our wolves.

It was meant to be a joyful occasion to obtain our wolves and our mate shortly after, most of my pack members were lucky enough to be mated to their childhood crushes or best friends. I hoped that I would get to do the same.

But then again Life was never that easy.

The moon goddess always was said to have a plan for all her children, but I was beginning to doubt the plan that she had set for me. As I lay dying on the cell floor, blood was slowly surrounding me as I watched others being beaten up and the other females screaming in pain.

When my mother got pregnant with me, it was said that I was a traitor’s daughter, my father was ashamed of me in public, but he was normal when we were home. I felt bad for my father, he lost my mother the day I was born and now he had me as a constant reminder of what my mother did to him.

Every morning, I would get up and clean the kitchen and then make sure we both were up on time to leave for work and school. My father wanted to be apart of my life but him being the alphas beta it made it hard for him to defy the alpha.

My father did not know that going to the Lycan kingdom that he would find out that my mother not only slept with the Lycan king but was also the True mate of the Lycan king, my father chose my mother as his chosen mate due to an arranged marriage set up by his parents.

 They liked one another regardless since they met one blue moon ago at the Annual Gala Ball that was there for young werewolves to find their mates.

All young werewolves were to attend from around the territory, even some would travel from distant packs just to find their mates came, it was the most important night of the century since we she wolves would be on display for them to choose, it was sad really.

We never got to choose who we would like to have as a chosen mate, and those who didn’t get picked would have to wait till the next gala to meet their mate.

Once chosen as a chosen mate it did not rule out the possibility of their true mate being out there, but it did help them to not feel alone, it would not only help with loneliness but for status as well.

Most Alphas were already told who to choose for their mates if they didn’t find their true mates at this event, some had been to multiple pack events to try to find their true mates.

So, the fact that my mother found her true mate in the Lycan King, Alpha Gray used his alpha command on her and forced her to be a rogue, he stripped her of her title as the packs Training Instructor and was banished from the pack and all its surrounding territories.

My father was in pain as he watched my mother being forced to transition and leave after just having me, my mother didn’t even get to say goodbye to my father or me before leaving.

My mother was deemed to be a traitor of the pack, only because she had found her mate and even mated him while being married to my father, but had it been the other way around they would have forced my mother to reject my father and accept that he was with his true mate.

My father was forced to accept that I was his responsibility now till I turned 21 which would be the age that I would be forced to become rogue had I not found my wolf yet and swear to them that I would not become a traitor like my mother.

Today was about to change though..I was to be able to get my wolf...seeing as this was my 350th birthday! I was excited when I woke up, it felt like my body was buzzing with happiness, all I could think about was, who would be my mate and what my wolf would be like. 

I knew it was stupid to assume that the Mate bond was still a beautiful thing after everything that was explained to me by my dad, I was still eager to meet my mate one day. I hoped that he would see me for who I truly am and not what this pack had labeled me. 

I woke up and did my usual routine, I fed the cat and even tried to clean some of the dishes that were left last night, I knew the routine and stuck by it to keep everything running smoothly, I made a pot of fresh coffee and served my dad some in his canister. 

I went to my room which had its own bathroom in it, granted it was not big and luxurious as the others places but it was more than enough. I stretched as I yawned and my spine finally popped as I sighed and went to my bathroom. It was tiled to be Black and White with gold mixed in.

My sink was a family heirloom that was passed down to me by my aunt who did not want to part with it but had to since I was her sisters daughter. The sink was made of real gold and silver the design was beautiful, it had lycans and wolfs all over it and stood out in my small bathroom.

As I turned the shower on I waited for the water to get warm, I scrolled through Pupbook and was able to see that everyone was already cursing my existence, so much hate for what my mother did to my father and the fact that the alpha allowed me to live was something that left a bad taste in peoples mouths. 

I looked in up in the mirror and sighed as I looked over my hair that was curly and had purple highlights mixed in with my lycan black hair. I call it lycan black because jet black is lighter than a lycans black fur color. 

My eyes had bags from the tossing and turning I did the night before, I put some of the eye masks under my eyes so that the color could be corrected and it could allow the coffee grounds to work its magic. Touching the water it was luke warm which means I would have to wait a lilttle longer, I looked back in the mirror wondering if my mother had the same eyes as me...Lapiz Blue. 

Most of the time I would forget how pretty my eyes were due to the bruises that I would get near them, it made a shiver go down my spine as I relaized today was going to be hell. 

Finally taking off the eye masks I jump into the shower and enjoy the hot water, wishing that I didn't have to go to school today. "Grace, when you are done can you come out here for a moment?" My father shouted from outside my bedroom door, I shouted back " Yes Beta." and quickly rinsed off my body and hair. 

I threw on my outfit that I picked out for today and some chunky heels and headed out of my bedroom. "You requested my presence Beta?" I ask my father calmly as he looked at me and smiled. 

"You know you can call me dad here, besides I have some amazing news." He said as he kept looking down at his phone that kept getting messages, "What news is that?" I asked and uneasyness set into my body. 

"You get to stay home today, I am going out of the pack for buisness, I wont be home till tomorrow and I set for the guards to pick up the entire list of food that you been wanting for your birthday." My father said which made me more uneasy. 

"What is this about dad? We never celebrate my birthday? And you wont be here when I shift?" I ask knowing my father would never want to see what wolf I would have considering my mom cheated on him with the Lycan King, most who mate with a lycan tend to have normal pups and never a lycan pup. 

But I knew my father would try to avoid my shift as much as possible, "Unfortunately yes dear. But I can eat with you tomorrow if you would like." He said to me as I shook my head, "Wont be necessary beta, you will be far too tired or busy when you get home." I say to him as I throw my pack on my back and start to head out for school. 

"You are not allowed to go to school today Grace, though I know you wish to but the alpha ordered you to remain inside the house till your shift, once you are about to shift you can do so in the backyard.." my father said with a very serious tone.

"Right..because who would want me around on my day of birth right.." I say to him as he sighs and grabs his canister, "Happy Birthday sweetheart...I will see you tomorrow."  he says before leaving me standing on our porch.