not as soft and shiny as hers. In my young mind, I believed no guy would want me because at the time I didn't possess such traits. It is a stupid thing to believe-that I am too ugly
supposed to be beautiful right? Flawless skin, vibrant hair, lushes lips, soothing voice, perfect body, a list of tra
rs," my mother would tell me, pushing
breasts will come, you're ju
t aren't
ce will
ovely, people want brow
d me. Will I really grow into my ears? No. They'll always
girl's mothers than mine. She could have been an Alphas Mate, that's how perfect she was. Only
eel free. As the other girls prepared for gatherings-ones where packs would get
have a ma
arms. "That's
have a mate; it doesn't matter i
dress and let's get going
the corner all night while four girls my age found their mates. On
tes, their dancing, their dresses. Sure, I found it easier to acc
been once, when I was seventeen, so I'd like to spare myself from that pain. My mother
ce of golden cloth, and I already know what it is. A dress. "We've been through this befo
hould go this year. You di
ou want me to go, but there's no point. I have no
ne has
s one more girl werewolf than ther
st three years, so it's time you start taking this seriously. You're nineteen, girls your age are excited by parties and t
ly. "A guard c
door. "They will now!" Th
ld and silky and girly, and something one of the pretty girls would wear. A girl like me should not wear this dress as the bust area clearly requir
ut the door after handing me a pair of her shorte
lost or couldn't find it," my mother calls as I wander away
rmal Saturday nights in the pack. It's nothing exciting like sneaking off pack land or secretly meeting up with a guy who is not my mat
make me less
tion is not my specialty, so when I hear voices coming at me, I rush into the
sight of him. I have met the Alpha once before, and I was awkward as usual. He probably wouldn't remember me if he saw me. A
a, and I lean a little further, and my foot gets caught on a tree root, and I claw at the b
all upon me, somewhat hidden behind a low b
on my dress. "Sorry," I say nervously. "I thought I saw something out further,
r the mateless?"
e small crowd. My eyes go straight to my Alpha, apologeti
of his magnificent features and write a book about it all, but something else has me entranced. The feeling in my stomach. Or is it my h
ouldn't think in such ways about someone above me. His
come to me again, then leave again, like he's looking at an eclipse. His jaw muscles clench, and I cross my feet, one leg moving in fro
opping my virginity in the forest, against a tree, may
t.
en?" My Alpha cuts through the si
ogether words that mean nothing to me at t
his scent giving my head a spin. He doesn't look back at me like I would for him, he o
minute, still sta
what I do not want to hear. It's shouting at me,
to an Alpha? What a joke! If the girls were here right now, they'd sure get
o smack myself fo
ete idiot, but I will also now have to watch girls flirt and dance, maybe even discover their mat
g my sixteen-year-ol
one hundred and one females, and
before walking towards it,