ent

as

ed the small room. "Nope, pass," Eunice, my

longsuffering sigh, holding up y

groaned. "You've been displaying just about th

there was one thing she was wrong abou

e wall defeatedly. "W

ds her direction. It landed splat on her face. "Stop bei

e grumbled. Just like

answer, I still as

lled with just jean short

for me to wear one." I poi

ecial occasions to wear them to. Partie

I couldn'

in the pack-house, hidden away, until I'd memorised every single corner a

gonna do no

a shrug. "I could b

me a dead

rse than one. Omegas were the lowliest of the lowliest, the bottom of the pack hierarchy, the on

because even Omegas could

od through adulthood, a scar on my very soul. And I had, inevitably, sustained a few mo

d, casting the forest surrounding the pack-house in a dark, gloomy shadow-- although I could still see it as clear as

l on a spot in the middle of the cramped room. It looked inviting. Tired o

the narrow bed, an eyelid flicking open to

se I w

got a party

was entirel

eary. "It was my plan," she proclaimed, "and I'll see to it t

omething, she went through with it with the determ

urprise, unsurprise. I would treat it as the other pack-members did-- like anothe

, dad threw massive parties for them. The only thing dad threw where I

time I was

nger. But there was none, only a vivid remembrance of what it fe

t and protect its human. But it hadn't. And dad hadn't relented from pumping th

inued with the torture for four consecutive years, or

my face. "Earth to Hilda! You're doing that thing where you

know about dad injecting wolfsbane into me, but they did know about his open hostili

s that couldn't bring themselves to prey on inn

same, until one day I'd decided I'd

, the overwhelming gossipy laughter and mocking jokes, the hate... All stopp

er, and I'd fought like a rogue wolf, sloppily, without practic

ck of my palm, and knew every secret hideout there was-- I'd

y skills. Fought. And f*cked sh

d gleefully, holding u

he air like it was a victory flag. When she stood before me, s

Distantly I thought aloud, "I can't remember ever buying a dress like this. Someone must hav

ng tracking duty would allow her, she'd always check up on me. At highschool, she was the sister that always told the bullie

couldn't be s

unice. "She'd given it to me

n her lips. "She

closed off one. And I, I was the vulnerable and too trusting one

ce urged, going over to the ful

iven to me two years ago. I d

ass would fit into anythin

Gerad Justi

saw her roll her eyes

ootball team's captain, the beta's son, a six foot hunk and a certified bad boy, he'

in's eyes and was crushed to realize he wasn't my mate. He'd probably looked into mine and thoug

over the fact that I'd never find my mate. He wasn't in the Stillmoon pack, tha

ate or anything. Thinking about it now, I didn't even

istened to Eunice's

ound the corner, Hil! Alphas ar

ted about the Festival of Lanterns, even kn

oment I was overcome with gu

until it looked like day at night, there'd be beer and salmon at every dinning table, the trees would bear the fresh imprints of claw marks, and howls would fill the nigh

off my top. "And th

ked. "Of

from my father, and every other Alpha and their second that have come to our pack to nego

. The beta of the Beastclaw pack--the largest werewolf pac

? What about the Alpha;

stance wavered for a bit. Then with a glar

hat I th