Chapter 1

         

The sound of my phone had awoken me from my peaceful sleep. I rolled over reached my hand out, and grab my phone, once I had it in my hand, I open my eyes to see that it was Journee calling me, and I immediately pick up the phone.

"Hey Journee, what's wrong?"

"Hey sis, nothing wrong, I got some exciting news, I found my mate Tiff."

"Ok Journee, you don't have to scream in my ear."

"Sorry Tiff, I'm just so excited about finding him, I could not wait to tell you."

"Well Journee, you could have waited, and told me about this later. Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Again I'm sorry Tiffanye, I just wanted you to be the first to know, I'll be having my mate ceremony soon."

"Congrats Journee, I'm proud of you, just let me know when, and I will be there."

"That's another reason why I call you, I need you to help me plan my ceremony."

"Journee, I don't know nothing about planning ceremonies of any kind, ask mom or Sunshyne about that."

"Are you crazy Tiffanye? Do you remember the last time those two planned my sweet sixteen birthday? They made it all about them, you know that for so long mom, always feel that she had to outdo the Luna. So no I will not be asking them, so please Tiffanye."

"I just cannot say no to you Journee, sure why not."

"Thanks, big sis, my ceremony is in one month from now, so I need you to come back home, and stay we have a lot to do."

"I’m not sure that’s a good idea Journee, you know how things are there between our parents, and me.”

“I know Tiff, I want you here, it’s been 5 years, and I miss my big sis.”

The minute Journee, get this way I can picture her doing those sad puppy eyes, which always get to me no matter what.

“Ok Journee, I will come, and stay you can take the sad puppy eyes off your face now.”

“How did you know Tiff?”

“Because we are sisters, when you feel that you don’t get your way, you put those puppy dog eyes on.”

“You got me Tiff, Journee chuckled.”

“I got to go now, I have to get ready for school, I see you soon love you, Tiff.”

“Love you too baby sis” the call ended, and I place my phone back on the nightstand. I look at my clock to see that it was 6 am. It was no point in me going back to bed, so I got up headed to my closet, and pull out my black sports bra, and panties, a pair of blue jeans, with a red crop top. I headed to the bathroom, and close the door, once in I open the bottom cabin from the sink, and reach for my brown sugar, vanilla body wash, and a washcloth. I went to turn my shower on, adjusted my water to warm, then I step in as soon as the water hit my body, I felt relaxed then I started washing up my body. I was thinking about how my day is going to begin.

I got out of the shower, I begin to dry myself, and brush my teeth, from there I put my long light brown hair into a ponytail. Then I put my clothes on, when I finish I open the door, come out of the bathroom and place my dirty clothes in the hamper. I looked back at my bed and saw that no good for nothing freeloader boyfriend of mine Jerome is still asleep. The reason why I call him that is that it was true, at the beginning he was sweet and charming but once he sweet-talks me into letting him move in with me, that is when I started to see the real him.

    When Jerome moved in he had a job, it wasn’t until two months later that he had lost it. He told me that they laid him off due to a bad economy, what kind of fool did he take me for? He was a sales associate at a phone store. Little did he know, that I knew the store manager there, I call the manager, and he told me that the reason that Jerome was let go was because of two sexual harassment complaints, and also he gave away three expensive phones to some ladies for free, the mess up part is that I was not one of those girls. It’s all cool, another reason is that he a cheaper, my neighbor Lexi, tells me that when I leave every day, he always brings multiple women to my home, I did not need her to tell me that because that is one the perks of being a wolf I can smell out the multiple women he brings in, even when he tries to cover it up. what you except a human. I had no desire of falling in love, I just needed this jerk to relieve the sexual stress, that was building up in me. Now that I’m back to normal, I don’t need him anymore, I lost interest. You would have thought that he had token the hid because we have not had sex in two months. Today is the day that everything will change, his meal ticket is ending. Once he leaves out and does whatever he does, I arrange for Lexi to come into my apartment, put all his stuff out, and have the locks changed immediately, the joke is on him.

I took one last look, at this scum, and grab my bookbag, purse, and car keys, and headed out the door. In the hallway, I close the door and locked it. Soon, I was about to leave when I heard the door open, and soon Lexi came out.

“Hey Tiff, how are you?”

“Good, how about you?”

“You know, the same is everything set for today?” Lexi ask.

“Absolutely Lexi, I already have his suitcases packed up, once you go in and look to the far side to your right, you will see three suitcases that are all his stuff.”

“Ok Tiff, that's all I needed to know, I will text you when everything is done.”

“Thanks, Lexi, don’t worry I will pay you later.”

Don’t worry Tiff, it’s just a sister looking out for a sister.”

“ I appreciate it, I got to get going now talk to you later.”

 Lexi gave me a nod, and I headed to the elevator since my apartment is on the third floor. One thing that I can say about Lexi is that she is a true friend. It was a week after I rejected my mate Quinton, that I decided to leave home, I got tired of feeling unwanted so, I grab my things, and left. When I got into town, when I discover I was in a human town, the first thing that I notice was a diner, so I went in and took a seat at a table. There is when I met Lexi who was a waitress she took my order and when she came back with my food placed it on the table, and she walk off. I begin to eat and was thinking about my next move, soon as I was finished Lexi came over to retrieve my plate. Before she could walk off again, she begin to say “Hello, you seem that you are far away from home, are you in trouble?”

“ No, I just ran away from home, that’s all”

“I can tell cause we don’t get many runaways here, but hey we are considered a small town.”

“Then I should have no problem adjusting here”.

“Exactly, my name is Lexi,” she said extending out her hand.

“Tiffanye” I started shaking her hand.

“Tiffanye, you look a little young, how old are you?”

“I’m sixteen, I’ll be turning seventeen soon”

“Wow, I would have never guessed it, anyway I’m eighteen.”

“Cool, so Lexi I wonder can you tell me, where I can find a motel around here, so I can get settled in for tonight?”

“Nonsense, you can stay with me,” Lexi said.

“I appreciate that Lexi, but I don’t want to be a burden. But most of all you don’t know me like that.”

“It’s not a problem Tiffanye, any way you are not the only one who ran away from something or somebody. I ran away too, coming from a broken home of mental and emotional abuse from my family, so I can relate to you.”

“ I accept your offer, Lexi, if you sure I want to be a burden to you?”

“Of course, you want Tiffanye, before we do anything are you sure that no one looking for you?”

“Well if you consider both parents that ignore me, a self-center sister, a brother who does his own thing, and my younger sister will wonder why I left, other than that no. But I will call my sister Journee up to let her know that I’m safe so she will no longer worry.”

“Ok, then you all set, come on let me show you my place,” Lexi said grabbing one of my bags, and I got up, and follow her. After that day, my life changed. I got to know Lexi, from her background to the goals she has set in life, then I gave her some background about me, except she does not know that I’m a werewolf, even though she is human, I can see myself telling her one day, about my kind until then my lips are the seal. I made it to the first floor, the elevator door opened, and I walk heading out the front door, went over to the parking lot unlock my car door, got in and started my car, and drove off headed to the gym, to do my daily workout.