Warring Twin Wolves

    I was in shock; completely flabbergasted.  Everything felt like it was from a dream, and then that dream was yanked away abruptly.  I didn't see it coming.  I told myself, 'Never again, Gabby.  Never ever again.'       My name is Gabrielle Stone.  I am the daughter of Alpha Matthew Stone and the sister of future Alpha Cooper Stone.  It never occurred to anyone to consider giving me the title of Alpha.  I think my mom, Luna Marie, has been working on my dad behind the scenes. You see, I am female and I am considered to be more valuable to the pack to be used to solidify a treaty with another pack.  I am expected to go where I am told, but my only dream is to meet my fated mate and make a family.  I don't necessarily want to be mated to an Alpha, or a ranked wolf.  I am tired of all the pack politics, and the sexist expectations.  I just want my true mate.        I remember all the events that led up to the worst moment of my life.  That morning I was getting ready to go out shopping.  "Hey, b***h!", my best friend, Tessa, yells as she's bounding up the stairs to my room.  "Hey, Slut!", I answered with a grin.  "Are you ready to go get some sexy clothes?", she says while wiggling her eyebrows at me.  I shook my head at her in mild disbelief.  She is incorrigible, this girl.  "I am just looking for something that looks nice", I said quite lamely.  We got into my baby my little Beetle convertible.  All I heard from my side was silence.  She was staring at me with her mouth hanging open.  "What?  Why are you looking at me like that?", I question her.  She replied, "Looks nice?  Looks nice?  You are still eighteen years old, right?".  I looked at her with a face like I have heard this before, which I have.  "Yes, I am eighteen, not eighty, as you ask me constantly", I say in a monotone voice, while rolling my eyes.  She gets a determined look on her face and says to me, "We are going to find a dress that makes you look sexy".  I rolled my eyes again.  "I don't know.  That's a pretty tall order.  I don't have your athletic build, your height, or curves in the right spots", I said, feeling really uncomfortable.  Why do we have to bring any attention to me and my look?  I just want to shop and buy whatever I think is cute, and not have to analyze how my body looks in a dress I have no business wearing.  She looked at me like I had three heads.  "Do you even own a mirror?", she says to me with incredulity, "You're short and curvy and cute.  You have a chest that a Playboy model would covet, a beautiful head of hair-"  I cut her off while rolling my eyes, "-and a flat butt, and I don't think you are taking ALL my curves into account when you call me curvy", I finished, looking at her with doubt.       After hours of shopping, we were finally leaving the mall with our purchases.  Tessa had gotten a slutty dress, and as hard as she tried to convince me to get a dress that was even sluttier, I got a super cute dress with a form-fitting top and the skirt flared out and came down a little above the knee.  We had also gotten new shoes.  I looked at Tessa with worry, and said, "I think my Dad will freak if I bring home one more pair of shoes".  Tessa looked over with a mischievous look in her eyes.  "Well, we can hide them at my house, and I can just bring them, and then you can change into them at the party", she said.  I slumped at the wheel a little.  "So it's either hide them or come clean to him right away", I said, deep in thought.  Ooooh, why do I have to be such a good girl?  I threw my hands up really quick in surrender, and said, "Oh, who am I kidding.  Of course I'm going to tell him-".  I gave Tessa a quick sideways glance and grinned widely, "-if he asks me", I added quickly.  Tessa gave me a look of joy, I guess because her friend wasn't a complete goody-goody.  "I knew you hadn't turned into a full adult yet!  Your childlike side is still in there", she said while flashing her pearly whites.       We pulled up to the packhouse and quickly brought our goodies to our respective rooms in our respective homes.    My family lives in a house that is behind the packhouse and is connected by a walkway.  The beta gets the top floor down, with the gamma the next floor down, and the delta takes up the floor after that.  The ground floor is for warriors and various other pack members, and the basement floor is for pack members and staff.  Tessa is the daughter of two of our top warriors, Victor and Natalie.  Their family is in one of the family units on that floor, but I know they were thinking of getting a house because they were feeling a little cramped.  We'll see.  I hope her parents hold off a little so I can have my bestie near me as much as possible.     Victor and Natalie are amazing.  I love to watch them spar.  It makes me grateful sometimes that werewolves are such fast healers.  Tessa has gotten pretty far in the warrior training herself.  Actually, she is at the top of her class; not because her parents, who are the instructors, played favorites or coddled her.  No, she got the top position because her parents motivated her to work harder than the rest, and she achieved the recognition of being the top warrior above boys and girls.  Yep, I am quite proud of my ass-kicking friend.       After waving goodbye to Tessa, I walked through the packhouse lobby, out the back, and along the path to our house.  I came in and quickly scaled the stairs and slipped into my room without making too much noise.   I had so much anxiety about going to the party, that I decided to go on a run with my wolf.  Giving her a little control and feeling her happiness makes me feel peaceful.  I also get a lot of anxious energy out of my system.  After about an hour, I figured I should get back and get ready for this party,  After a refreshing shower, I put on the beautiful maroon dress, and nodded at myself, thinking that I looked pretty good.  What if I meet my mate tonight?  No, I can't start fretting about that, I'll just get myself all riled up for nothing.  I put on my makeup and did up my hair.  After some last-minute adjustments after checking the mirror again, I was out the door, and on the way to go and meet my brother, Cooper, so we could go to the party.  After greeting me, we walked out of the house and across the path to go and meet Tessa. The whole time I kept encouraging myself to have a fun time and not overthink everything.  By the time I got to Tessa, I walked over to her purposefully, and said, "Okay let's do this!".