Luna Catherine

Chapter 1 Catherine's POV The sun stung my eyes, and I slowly sat up from bed and found myself in an unfamiliar room. The clothes scattered on the ground were the ones I wore at the mating ritual last night. Yesterday was a mating ritual in Shadow Forest. It was a tradition that werewolves living in Nevada held a mating ritual in Shadow Forest every year. Alpha and Luna of every pack would bring their unmated werewolves here, looking for their mates at the ritual. Of course, if one didn't find one, the ritual next year was waiting for him. Once the ritual started, I strolled around with a drink, no desire about finding my mate. Well you must wanna know why, because I was wolfless. Suddenly I heard my stepmother whispering to her daughter Jessica. With my keen hearing, I got angry when I heard them speaking ill of my mother. So when they were done talking, I stopped Jessica while she was alone, asking her to apologize for my mother. Apparently she didn't mind my warning and with a shitty face written with 'so what', so I spilled berry juice all over her, smiling to see her screaming and running away. But my stepmother was angry and shouted with Luna tone, "Catherine! Find your sister now!" I couldn't disobey Luna's orders even if I was not willing, so I came for Jessica. After running a while, I was far away from the ritual. When I got near the forest, a werewolf suddenly rushed out from the shadows, hugging me.  With shock, I almost screamed, but then I smelled the sweet smell of vanilla on his body. Then I suddenly had a strange feeling as if someone else had taken over me and I fainted. When I woke up again, I was in this strange room. I pushed away the blanket and got out of bed, picking up my clothes. There was a man's suit jacket hanging on the back of the chair beside me. What the hell? I angrily threw it onto the bed, and this jerk actually left just like that? 'Is he my mate? Why can't I sense anything now?' Just as I endured the pain in my legs and barely put on my clothes, a knock came from outside the door. My stepmother and father rushed in as I opened the door. "Alpha Wyatt, you see, the mating night, you almost mobilized all pack warriors to look for her but she has been fooling around with the stranger here. If it goes viral, it will be a shame of our pack!" Luna looked at me viciously. "Catherine, yesterday I told you to look for Jessica but you were here for fun." "Catherine, you disappointed me." Father shook his head as he looked at the mess in the room behind me. My father was the Alpha of the Red Rose Pack, and my mother died when I was three. A pack couldn't live without Luna, so my father married the current Luna. A year later, my sister Jessica was born. Luna has been targeting me since in my childhood, and apparently not every pack was so lucky to have a good Luna. "I'm not fooling around." I said calmly, "I ran into a werewolf on my way to Jessica. He's probably my mate." "Mate?" Luna laughed mockingly, "No way, liar. You are mateless." "What? What do you mean mateless?" Every werewolf may meet his or her mate after eighteen. It was said that when a werewolf met his mate, he will smell amazing scent and have amazing feeling. Did she kill my mate? Luna didn't say anything and looked at my father, Alpha Wyatt, who was serious standing aside. A glimpse of fear spread in my eyes and I had a feeling the words my father wanted to talk next would be worse. "When you were born, a witch who divined for you, she said you were mateless." My father looked at me with pity and slowly gave me this shocking answer. "No no no! Liar! You all liars! Why don't you tell me before?!" I shouted in despair. My mind was in chaos, unable to think calmly. Werewolves lived in groups, and the one without mate would live a lonely life. "Catherine, I can't be biased just because you're my daughter." My father cut my thoughts. His eyes become calm and cold, and his tone carrying a high pressure. "Father ... Alpha Wyatt..." I had a bad premonition when I saw his unfamiliar expression. "Catherine, you've been exiled." Alpha Wyatt said solemnly. "From this day, you are no a member of the Red Rose Pack." Exiled? I could hardly speak, after learning that I would never have mate in my life, I got another piece of bad news. I was exiled by Alpha Wyatt, my father. This means that I will not be able to stay in the wolf pack territory. Without the protection of the pack, I will become a rogue that everyone hates. Tears dripped on my face as I looked at Alpha Wyatt, begging for mercy.  Luna by his side spread a complacent expression on her face. "Oh come on stop acting like a bambi. Get out of here now. We still need to find Jessica." Luna finally showed her true face. The pain filled my heart, and tears rolled down my cheeks. Alpha and Luna did not look at me again, nor did they listen to my pleas. They turned around and left. I was brought back to the Red Rose Pack by Beta, but he didn't let me go back to my house. I was blocked at the edge of the territory. After a while, Beta returned and left my luggage at my feet. "I don't think you realize your current identity." Beta disdainfully looked at me lying on the ground and said, "From now on, you're not the princess but a rogue."