CHAPTER 3: The Opportunity.

Tana’s Pov

I stood there and watched how Philip carefully carried my sister Veronica out of the office and ordered the guards to throw me out of the pack.

“Guards!

Take this one out of my sight.” he said, pointing at me with disgust in his eyes. “I never want to see her again.”

The guards grabbed me by the arms and started dragging me out of the room. I struggled to break free, but they were too strong for me. I heard the door slam shut behind me.

When they got to the gate, they threw me out and I fell to the ground and sustained a little injury on my leg.

As I lay on the ground, pain shooting through my leg, I felt a deep sense of despair. I had lost everything. My pack, my home and my mate. I didn’t know what to do next, and I felt completely lost.

My body shaking with sobs. I couldn’t believe that my own sister had betrayed me like this. I thought she was my sister, but now I realized that she had only ever seen me as a problem that needed to be taken out of an equation.

It was getting dark and I knew I needed to find a place to rest my head for the night, but I had nowhere, no one, I don't even feel like going back home either.

I tried to push myself up off the ground, but the pain in my leg was too much. I felt hopeless, like there was no way out of this situation. I was alone with no one to turn to for help.

So I tried again and got up, I started leaping as I walked into the woods as the sun was already going down. I was scared as I had heard rumors of the woods being filled with dangerous animals that kills loners like me.

I swallowed saliva as I walked more, looking around and praying that the rumors were not true but only a mere superstition.

Just then I heard a sound coming from behind me.

The sound pierced the air, and I froze, not daring to breathe. I knew what that sound was. The snapping of a branch, the scuttle of claws on dead leaves. It was coming for me and there was nowhere to run.

I tried to run, but my legs were hurt and not healing as it should be and I wondered why. Was it because I was now a lone wolf abandoned by my own pack?

Suddenly, I heard a low growl and when I looked at where the sound was coming from, I saw a two red eyes staring straight at me.

I was frozen in fear, unable to move. The eyes were getting closer and closer, until I could see the outline of a large wolf, its fur black as night. It stood in front of me, its gaze fixed on mine.

“Is this the end of the road for me?” I asked myself as I looked at the beast in front of me who was ready to devour the life out of me.

No one would miss me, no one would come for me and no one would rescue me and you know why? Because I was alone.

As the wolf raised his claws to strike, I closed my eyes to accept my fate as I felt this was the end of the road for me. But I silently prayed with tears in my eyes that if I was given another chance to live, I would seek my revenge on all those who hurt me and made my life a living hell.

I would destroy my sister Veronica for taking away the one thing I cared about. I would make my mother pay for treating me like I was a failure and not caring about what happens to me.

And then, I would make the man I thought loved me pay for cheating and claiming I was his mate only to humiliate me in front of everyone and choose my sister saying he was never in love with me.

Tears in my eyes i felt my life flashed before my eyes as I waited for my fate to be sealed.

Just then, I heard a loud growl from another side of the woods, and suddenly a figure rushed and attacked the black wolf and a fight ensued.

The black wolf snarled and lunged at the newcomer, but the other wolf was quick and agile, dodging the attacks with ease. The two wolves circled each other, snarling and growling, the air filled with the scent of blood and fear.

And then with a single, swift motion, the newcomer struck, sinking his teeth into the black wolf’s neck. The black wolf howled in pain, then slumped to the ground dead.

I stared in shock at the scene before me. Who was this newcomer, who had come to my aid? And what would become of me now?

The newcomer turned to me, and I saw his eyes glowing in the moonlight. They were a deep rich blue eyes like the ocean on a clear night.

He suddenly shift, transforming to his human self. My eyes widen with shock, I was literally staring at the most handsome man I've ever come across, and he was also staring at me with curiosity in his eyes.

I gasp, I couldn't even move as I was frozen in place. We both stared deep into each other's eyes, I felt this tingling sensation inside of me and the smell of pine forest hit my nose, literally driving me insane.

This was all so confusing and I was finding it so hard to believe despite my wolf running crazy in my head and screaming the words that felt so impossible to believe.

The stranger took slow strides towards me, coming dangerously close to me, his eyes darkened with both lust and admiration, then he called me the name I didn't want to acknowledge.

"Mate!"