Ch 1. Nightmares

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The smell of smoke, blood and death fills my nostrils and throat. I am only 3 or 4 years old holding onto a young wolf no older than 13 or 14 who is desperately running through the forest. I don't know who he is, but he feels familiar. Branches scratch and whip us as he races forward. I am crying and screaming but I don't hear anything except his heavy and tired breaths as he runs. BANG!! The wolf beneath me yelps as we crash into the hard ground. He struggles to get up and makes his way back to me, I am frozen with fear as I see he has been shot and is bleeding and limping. 'Run Aella. You need to run!' He mindlinks this to me in a panic and urgently. I am grabbing the dirt trying to get up. Suddenly another wolf grabs me and starts running away from the injured wolf. The injured wolf turns around and I see 5 other larger wolfs nearing him. I am yelling to get back to him, but the wolf holding me keeps running. I don't see it, but I feel it. I know the familiar young wolf has been killed as a sharp pain rips through me. My mind and heart feels like it will explode as I feel myself flooded with mindlinks of my Pack dying in a slaughter. I feel each silver bullet, each throat being slashed and others being burnt alive. I scream in pain. ******************************************************* I wake up suddenly sweating and panting. This same nightmare has haunted me for years. I don't remember these events happening, but it feels so real. I don't remember anything of my childhood before my foster mom, Essmerelda (or Ess as I call her). She told me she found me and adopted me when I was 4. I am 14 years old now. Most pups shift at 10 years old, but I still can't. I can feel my wolf struggling to get out all the time, but all I can do is shift my claws and canines. My throat is parched. I hesitate going to the kitchen to get a glass as my foster dad is a cruel and abusive drunk. I peek down the hall and don't see any lights or hear and sounds and decide to take the risk. I tiptoe to the kitchen and grab a glass from the cabinet. I open the fridge to get some cold water but am instantly pulled away and thrown against the cabinets. The countertop rams into my back as I drop the mug and it shatters. "First you try to steal more food you ungrateful slut! And now you've broken my items!" David my drunken foster dad slaps my face as I fall to the ground. "I should kill you for your stupidity" He kicks me in the stomach and the wind is knocked out from me. "Stop David please!" My foster mom begs as she races to stop him. "Shut up w***e!" David shoves Essmerelda back into the hallway. Ess and David are both submissive Omega wolves, bottom of the food chain, but David is still stronger than her and me physically. I wince as she hits the walls and collapses. Before he can hit her again, I claw at his legs. I'd rather take the beating than let him hurt one of the few people who care for me. He turns back to me and continues kicking me until I blackout. Sometimes I don't know if my recurring nightmare in my sleep is better or worse than the one when I am awake. ***7 Years Later*** I am now 21 years old and just finishing college. I am still latent and still having that recurring nightmare from time to time. All my life I was ridiculed and teased as the only wolf in our region that could still not shift. My wolf is stronger than most people know. I can feel her inside me pulsing to s***h the throat of anyone who insults us, but I don't let others know how strong she is. Ess thinks I have Alpha blood in my veins because I commanded her once as a child. If anyone finds out I would be a target for many unmated males. Alpha females aren't common and are desired partners, and a young wolf having Alpha abilities so young is unheard of. Mating gives strength to both pairs, but mating with Alpha female will result in even more power and strength. Ess fears as a latent, I would be vulnerable defending myself against any Alphas who tried to claim me against my will. I often use my self control over my wolf to keep her protected and Alpha vibes hidden. Luckily most males overlook me as a mate because of my latent wolf. The only people who know are strong my wolf are Ess, my best friend Evander and his family. Evander is the newly appointed Beta of our Pack, succeeding his father once Alpha Garrett reign began. Evander's family has looked out for me since I was a young pup, and Evander has always been protective and kind to me. Sometimes I wish he was my mate, but when I turned 18 and there was no fireworks, bond or sparks. I knew instantly he wasn't. I dream of the day I can find my mate and finally have someone who will love me unconditionally and completely in every way imaginable. I do worry I could be cursed like Ess and end up with a mate like David. She insists it was her who cursed him. Ess was barren and could not have kids, all she had was miscarriage after miscarriage until David gave up on having an heir and took up drinking. While she loves me as the child she never had, David hates me as a reminder he would never have his own. I don't live with Ess anymore, but I stayed close by to protect her. I train regularly with Evander, in my human form of course, so I am a skilled warrior even though I am latent. David doesn't know how strong my wolf is, but he knows how strong I am in my human form. I stop him from beating Ess whenever I can. He knows I can have Evander persuade our Alpha to banish him if I want, but I could never do that. Hurting David would mean hurting Ess as his mate, and I would never hurt her. She is the only mother I have ever known.
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