Beautiful Stranger

November 11th, 1950- It's not over.

I was able to save him and stop the invasion but I got myself captured. Now they know I am his mate, they want to use me to destroy everything instead. I have been locked up for days but I know he will save me, I can feel it but I fear for what is to happen since this hadn't occurred in my past.

There is nothing I can do to save myself and I am too weak to shift, they must have known I would try to escape if I was able to turn. Now I am helpless. I was able to find out about the traitors of our pack who fed information about us away but my wolf is too weak to link with Richard, now all I can do is hope for a miracle.

I still don't understand my power and how it works but I wish granny was alive.

Riona was in her room, tucked under her covers after just waking up from her sleep. She picked up her mother's book to read the next diary entry. A gasp escaped her at the information. Her mom was captured? Her mother's life was really in danger and she was unaware of it. She rubbed her mother's ring she had put on, why didn't she have a close connection with her mother after she had grown up? She didn't even see her mom that often after she passed thirteen, was it that easy to grow apart from your own mother?

The story changed. She read it two more times before closing the book, her current strength would only take her so far. Preparing herself mentally and physically won't be easy and she couldn't raise any attention to herself as she tried to get stronger.

She would go to war for her people even if they saw her as a weak luna, proving herself to them was her priority. She took off her mask and put it in her bag along with other things she might find useful, she looked at herself in a mirror and tied her blond hair into a ponytail. Riona had her father's blue eyes but other than that she looked just like her mother.

Using a hidden passage in the garden, Riona slipped away from the mansion unnoticed even then she couldn't go far from the pack grounds without being spotted. She hadn't shifted since her turning but there was no other way to achieve a silent and quick exit. Riona hid just behind a tree before taking off her clothes.

Shifting could cause even the strongest man to yell in pain, people just built up a tolerance for the pain but Riona was fairly new to it, she bit her lips hard, almost drawing blood to muffle her scream as her bones crack and took a new form.

The pain had subsided and Riona was on all fours, a wolf with pure white fur that embodied it and deep blue eyes that sparkled even more than the skies, one would say her white wolf was a glorious sight to behold. In her wolf form, she was smaller than an alpha but still bigger than the normal werewolf. She sprinted off, everything blurred at the speed, even the detectors placed to notify when someone entered the pack grounds didn't make a beep sound as she ran past it.

Riona couldn't help but enjoy the moment as the wind blew her fur and the natural smell of the forest, nothing felt better as she headed to her special place.

* * *

It was now dark out and Riona was panting, her movements slowed and her body ached from shifting and training all day. It would take a little getting used to before she could train for longer hours.

Just then her skin prickled with a sense of awareness.

"Who are you? Show yourself." She pointed at a tree with the stick she used as a makeshift weapon.

She took a deep breath to relax her body and mind, finally taking in her surrounding. she caught a whiff of something in the air, the divine smell of honey, and something even sweeter.

"You are a little too late to realize things, I was here long before you arrived." Someone emerged from behind the tree and she gripped her stick tighter.

Riona stood there gawking at the person who appeared. It was a man, A foreigner? He had naturally red hair that was curled up in a mess but still managed to look amazing but it was his eyes that held her attention, a dark shade of green just like the forest. Is he the one that smelt good enough to eat?

He had been watching her since she had arrived but chose now she was exhausted to attack her. Riona had to be clever and use her greatest power against him... Speed. She also had the ability to mask her scent of her own free will, something she did as a kid when she wanted to sneak out without her father knowing. But he would be suspicious if her scent just disappeared.

"Wouldn't you call yourself a creep for secretly watching me," she said while waiting for the perfect time to make a move.

She had better chances if she could make a run for it immediately after masking her scent but the question is who was faster, him or me?

"You intruded on my lands, I was just curious as to your intentions." He watched her like a vulture did its meals, like he noticed the slightest movement she made and could see as far as her inner thoughts.

The last time she had been here with her father, the land had been unclaimed but now he comes and says it was his. Lair.

Riona had expected her story to change too but she pondered on the importance of this moment and who the stranger was.

"I am not here to hurt anybody."

"Maybe, but how would I know that for sure, you do have your weapon pointed at me. Maybe you are an assassin although a little rusty from what I could see."

It's a stick, you can't even call it a weapon.

One_ two_ three, Riona took her chance, doing a sharp turn before running as fast as she could in the direction of her pack, she looked back once and saw the stranger closely behind her. Of course he had expected it.

She successfully hid her scent but It was just a matter of time before he gained up on her, not having any other choice for her escape she leaped into the air, and clenched her teeth as she let her wolf out ripping her clothes in the process. She didn't look back again, she just kept running at full speed.

That dude has serious issues, why was he even chasing me?

She returned safely and slipped back into her room then fell to the ground, her breathing out of control and her naked body in enough pain to keep her unmoving. Just then her mind caught up with her, she lifted her up despite her exhaustion

"My bag!"