I slipped through the crowd like I normally would, finally reaching the end and making my way down the hall to my left and towards my next class, ignoring all the insulting and degrading comments from some of my pack members who noticed me passing by.Then, there was this strange scent hitting me... it was strong and getting stronger. This strange scent might be that of my mate. Another wave of the scent hit me and I found myself smiling. And I was desperate to meet him. I turned around quickly, looking for the one behind the intoxicating scent. A shiver ran down my spine. He must be getting closer.And when I turned around once more, the scent was gone. I was instead met by the last person I would ever wish to be my mate, Jake, the biggest boy in class and a well known bully. He stood in front of me, backing me against a locker, one of his hands stretched out beside my face as he opened his mouth that almost got me suffocating with the bad mouth odour. "Listen up, Katerina." He be
On getting home from school, I kept thinking of how I'm ever going to find my mate that seems unwilling to find me. There's no male in this pack without a female companion. I can't even get close to any of them because everyone avoids me apart from Renee my friend. Even my own brother is distant from me.Shaking off my thoughts, I remained firm on my bet and decision to find my mate as soon as possible, even if I have to shift to do so. Maybe he isn't avoiding me and he's also looking out for me but there are obstacles in our way to meeting each other. Shifting would get me banished and I will have no where to go, but my wolf was dying inside.I checked time, it was time for the Pack's dinner. Everyone that came always brought their companion and I've never felt any sort of connection to anyone because I'm always at some distance from them. That was how much they hated me. My mate should be somewhere among us but I couldn't sense his presence yet."I haven't eaten since morning when I
When he got very close to me, he removed his hat to fully reveal his identity. To my greatest surprise, he was the Alpha! The person that hated me most in this pack was my mate? I couldn't believe my eyes. He stood in front of me, backing me against a locker, one of his hands stretched out beside my face. He was very handsome with beautiful eyes. I wanted to touch him, I wanted him to touch me. I let out another breath. No, don't say it. And I hold myself together, not giving anything away."Listen carefully, Katerina." He begins, his voice so alluring. "You're not good enough to be a luna. Hell, I don't understand how you can call yourself a werewolf. You have to know by now that you're nothing in this pack. And I can't even begin to understand why I was paired with you as a mate." He slams his fist on the locker, right by my ear. And then, after drawing his breath, in a deeply chilling voice he states, "I formally reject you, Katerina Bathas, as my mate." And I watch as Kol Knight,
It was a mother who was lingering on. She asked me to take her child away. I didn't want to care, but when I thought about losing my own parents when I was much younger, my heart softened. I met her badly injured almost at the point of death and with signs of rogues approaching, I quickly took the child away.Not long after, I passed by the home of a classmate who had bullied me. Their house was stained with blood. The girl fell in a pool of blood on the porch, her eyes wide open and out of focus. I wanted to turn around and not look at her eyes, but I felt that she was looking at me.Once, I was forbidden by the pack not to transform till I find my mate and my classmates laughed at me for this. If I said I didn't hate them, it would be a lie. But in the face of life and death, they were innocent. The further we went, the more brutal the battle became because the rogues attacked suddenly, the pack was not prepared in time and was obviously losing the unexpected battle.There was more
He was immediately stopped in his tracks by Kol. "Katerina, I won't tolerate your disrespect. Watch your tongue." "But she was ready to join the fight. She came here in her wolf form." Renee who was slightly injured, spoke out to defend me. "She's your friend, why wouldn't you defend her? But choose your next words carefully, otherwise, you will be dealt with. A werewolf fights in the face of danger, not attempt to fight in the face of danger. You can clearly see the difference, can't you, Katerina? You shouldn't have appeared with your ugly wolf. We would have been able to defend our pack without your help. Now, those idiots will think we are weak and can be easily defeated." "But she saved our children. If not for her, the rogues could have killed our children. We are grateful to you for your help, Katerina." Some elders spoke out. "She didn't save anyone. In the face of real danger, the rogues could have killed everyone including her. What strength has she got to save herself,
(Katerina's Pov)It has been 3 days since I left my pack, still wandering about in the woods, tired, hungry as hell and absolutely weak. I was in my wolf form, walking slowly this time to conserve energy. Ana is tired and extremely hungry, but she's still stronger than my human form. I had spent the previous nights sleeping anywhere I could find shelter. I didn't care if I get preyed on by bigger wild animals as I was mostly in my wolf form, at least Ana could bear the pains of hunger throughout the night than my human form. I wouldn't have been able to sleep because I had not eaten anything for the past 5 days. The tiny amount of food my pack gave to me only once in an entire day always felt like I had eaten nothing. I was always hungry, always weak. In fact, three days before I left the pack, I could say I had not eaten anything.I had managed to feed on wild plants while in my wolf form but there was no water to drink, no juicy fruits to eat in my human form. I could barely swallow
"I surrender, I mean no harm. Please don't hurt me." Ana, my wolf, growled in wolf's language. The black and brown wolf in front of me showed no sign of understanding or mercy. It kept approaching me with its gritted teeth, like a wild beast that has been starved for weeks and is ready to devour any kind of food that comes it way.Suddenly, to my greatest surprise, it began to shift back to human. He was an elderly man, should be in his late 50s. I didn't recognize him, maybe due to the darkness of the night. When he's fully shifted, he asked me to shift as well but I told him I was too weak and hungry to do so. I didn't have the strength required. "You are stronger than you think, Katerina." Now, that was strange. Did he know me from anywhere? Is he from my pack? "How did you know my name sir?" "We don't have time, I will explain later. For now, let me take you to my place. Please don't panic. All you have to do is to trust me. My reation when I saw you just now was feigned. I alr
"We don't mean trouble. Whoever or whatever you are, you can show yourself." The elder spoke for whatever was hiding in the bushes to show itself. At first there was no response, neither was there a movement. We kept observing all around us, to make sure it doesn't catch us unaware. Something tells me it won't be friendly. Suddenly, we heard a growl from the same area the thing had moved about in the bushes beside us. I was still in my wolf form but the elder was in his human form, preparing to shift in order to protect me, as I was weak from severe hunger and hadn't eaten anything for dinner yet. We were about to eat when this wolf interrupted our movement into the place of shelter we had found. "You will regret stepping foot onto this path tonight." We heard the wolf say from within the bushes, still yet to reveal itself. "Who are you? An Alpha of a nearby pack?" The elder asked as he was observing his surroundings, still preparing to shift if need be. I was totally weak from se
"Hold it! We don't want trouble here. You just searched EVERYWHERE possible and you still couldn't find it. Where on earth can it be in this entire house that you've not searched already? You were even allowed to search where you weren't supposed to search, and yet you found nothing. Be sensible and get away from here right now before I change my mind. You and your fellow scumbags should get out of my sight this minute and don't ever come back here, else, you won't live to tell the story to whoever the douchebag is, that sent you here." I didn't know where my courage came from. I didn't believe I just spoke those words either but I didn't show any sign of disbelief or fear. My eyes sparkled, indicating I didn't mind shifting if they wanted to fight right here. Seriousness written all over my face."What big guts you have, little bitch." The leader turned away from Mr. Daniel and came to my front, still in the mood to transform at any minute. My master, a douchebag? My men and I, scum
"Please let them in, grandpa."I couldn't take it anymore. The threats were too much. I couldn't just be there and watch this elderly man and his family being attacked, even though he will be stronger in his wolf form. The rogues were many, we will be no match for them and as promised, I have to remain in my human form in order not to get discovered by everyone, especially Alpha Kol. The last thing I would want is for Alpha Kol to investigate this matter and find out I'm in this pack. And just as Mr. Daniel had said, he will face serious punishments if Kol learns that he brought me back to the pack illegally, regardless of the reason.It was a serious crime, the manner in which he brought me to the pack and a lot of allegations will be on him, like being accused of having a connection with these rogues, etc."Stay back. Let me handle this." Mr. Daniel tried to stop me as I approached the front door, still in my long hair disguise. None of the rogues knew me in my human form anyway, t
Time stood still. Both of us were shocked. They were already here? Rogues at the door in their human form? What did they mean by 'cooperate nicely' in any case? So many questions were going through my mind as I followed Mr. Daniel down to the front door."You should find somewhere to hide, let me see what they want. You never know, they might not be alone. You can pretend to be my daughter and you can only assist if there's any trouble from them."Mr. Daniel said as we were approaching the front door where the rogues were waiting. I nodded and went to the room where his wife and grandchild were awake, having been disturbed from their sleep by the hard knock on the door. Almost panicking, I told them both to keep quiet."Hello sir, do you have something that is not supposed to be with you?"I heard one of the rogues say to Mr. Daniel."I don't know what you are talking about. Everything in this house belongs to me and my wife. Who are you guys by the way? I don't know any of you." "Oh
"The records. Where are they? I can't find them. This was where I kept them long ago." I heard Mr. Daniel panicking from his inner room. What was going on? Did any of those rogues stole them from his room during the last attack? What could they possibly know about the records, mere papers with maybe some few pictures?"Annie, did you take some couple of old papers from my old shelf?" I heard him asking his wife."Not at all. You had something in there? It has not been opened in years and you last told me there was nothing in there and the lock got bad, so it can't be opened and hence, it's useless. I hadn't bothered to use it all these years." I heard his wife's reply. This was strange. Did it vanish?Mr. Daniel came back to meet me, disappointment and panic written all over his face as he began sweating. He had some old papers in his hands that I would have thought were the records of the great war if not for his current facial expressions. "These are empty, empty papers. The recor
"Hey! Who's there?" A pack guard started walking towards our direction, about to alert his colleagues. He took out his whistle and was just about to blow to draw the attention of others, when the elder, who was yet to tell me his name, quickly hid me behind him. He then made a familiar identity sound of the pack. A sound that is used to identify with each pack member, to let them know they are from the same pack and not strangers, just in case they meet in an unfamiliar environment and are not able to recognize each other due to any obstacle. Seeing that it was an elderly man, the pack guard halted in his actions, as the elder was waving at him, to discourage him from blowing the whistle. An enemy would try to run away or panic after getting caught, so the guard felt maybe there was no need to sound the alarm, at least for the meantime as the elder didn't seem to pose any threat."What are you doing outside by this time of the night sir? And you are not in your wolf form. As a human,
My wish came to pass. Morning came in no time and we were up, ready to begin our long journey back to the fallen moon pack, my abandoned pack. Thankfully, the night was peaceful although we both slept with one eye open. We finished eating and began our long journey back to the pack. It was going to take at least an extra day or two to get back to the pack.*******(Unknown POV) So she's still alive. Her pack didn't burn her for killing her parents? That's ridiculous. I thought I paid that coward handsomely to do a clean job. Did he inject her wrongly or with the wrong mixture? Now, the threat remains. The threat to my rulership remains. That little girl must have grown by now. She must not find out the truth about who she is. Now, with every passing minute, I feel threatened, knowing that she's still alive. Where has she been hiding all these while? No, this can't be. I must find a way to eliminate her and I must be quick about it. "Byron!" "Yes Alpha" "Bring me the records of the
He was a huge black wolf with a little brown mixed at his sides. He wasn't familiar at all. He gritted it's teeth at us and his members started getting closer to us, having formed a circle around us. They all looked scary and were ready to attack us at any moment but we didn't wanted to fight. It was pointless, we meant no harm but these crazy rogues or whatever they were won't listen to us. At this point I gathered all what was left of my strength and came forward to meet the leader's gaze fully. The elder wolf tried to make me stay behind him all along, as a form of his protection but I was fed up. I needed to join him face whatever was bound to come, even though it was just the two of us against these twelve or so crazy wolves. We would fight together and die together. Maybe my life has finally come to an end. Just as soon as their leader saw my wolf's face clearly, it halted it's movement towards us. The expression on it's wolf's face turned from that of anger towards fighting an
"We don't mean trouble. Whoever or whatever you are, you can show yourself." The elder spoke for whatever was hiding in the bushes to show itself. At first there was no response, neither was there a movement. We kept observing all around us, to make sure it doesn't catch us unaware. Something tells me it won't be friendly. Suddenly, we heard a growl from the same area the thing had moved about in the bushes beside us. I was still in my wolf form but the elder was in his human form, preparing to shift in order to protect me, as I was weak from severe hunger and hadn't eaten anything for dinner yet. We were about to eat when this wolf interrupted our movement into the place of shelter we had found. "You will regret stepping foot onto this path tonight." We heard the wolf say from within the bushes, still yet to reveal itself. "Who are you? An Alpha of a nearby pack?" The elder asked as he was observing his surroundings, still preparing to shift if need be. I was totally weak from se
"I surrender, I mean no harm. Please don't hurt me." Ana, my wolf, growled in wolf's language. The black and brown wolf in front of me showed no sign of understanding or mercy. It kept approaching me with its gritted teeth, like a wild beast that has been starved for weeks and is ready to devour any kind of food that comes it way.Suddenly, to my greatest surprise, it began to shift back to human. He was an elderly man, should be in his late 50s. I didn't recognize him, maybe due to the darkness of the night. When he's fully shifted, he asked me to shift as well but I told him I was too weak and hungry to do so. I didn't have the strength required. "You are stronger than you think, Katerina." Now, that was strange. Did he know me from anywhere? Is he from my pack? "How did you know my name sir?" "We don't have time, I will explain later. For now, let me take you to my place. Please don't panic. All you have to do is to trust me. My reation when I saw you just now was feigned. I alr