Stronger Than Most

Chapter Three

"Of course I'm excited! Don't you remember what today is?" Yes Sharlot, I know what day it is thanks to you. Since I was taken away from my life and I live in this cell, I'm not allowed to go to school. I was only six years old, so I don't know how to properly write or read. I cant even tell the time. I just know the basics. When I get to see Sharlot she tells me what day it is and the month and year. A week from today, I'll be turning sixteen years old, a day after her birthday. Sharlot would be turning sixteen as well. She gets a birthday party every year, but I'm not allowed to participate in anything the pack does. Sharlot sneaks out whenever she gets a chance to bring me a piece of cake to celebrate my birthday as well in hiding. Hank, my best friend, is an Omega. He is more free to roam around and brings me something so I don't feel left out for my birthday.

We walk down to the river stream through the woods where no one could see us. We have a hiding spot down here where no one can see or hear us."Hey Elijah!, How you doing?" I know that voice everywhere. I look around and it's my friend Hank. He comes up to me and gives me a big bear hug.I give him a big bear hug back with a smile ear to ear. " Its been a while since I have seen you", Hank says. How are you holding up? You're getting tall man! You just need more meat on those bones. Here I have brought you something from the kitchen. It was a cornbread muffin wrapped in a piece of napkin. " Thank you, I'll save it for later." I put it in my pocket for safe keeping, so I can have it for later.

Sharlot, Hank, and myself go to our little spot by the river . There is a little cave that no one knows about . The entrance is covered with vines and small roots. We cover it like that so no one can tell what it is, or that there is even an entrance. Once you get inside it is big, you can stand in there. We make a small fire pit. As the three of us are sitting around the fire, Hank just looks at me with sad eyes. "I'm sorry your going thru all this , its not fair or nice." Sharlot agrees too with tears threatening to fall. " its okay guys, Im holding up.One day it wont be like this. It will all end." Where would you go? Sahrlot asked. I don't know yet, but I will be getting free one way or another as soon as I'm eighteen. Have you heard your wolf yet? Hank asked. Sahrlot is sitting quietly next to me eating blueberries she got on our walk here. She looks at me with concerned eyes waiting for my reply. I look down at my feet, where my shoes have holes, my toes sticking out of them because they don't fit. I wiggle them and take a deep breath. " No, sadly I have not heard my wolf at all. I don't think I have one. Im wolfless! I cant even heal like the rest of you."

Hank gets treated badly as an omega, but nowhere near to how I get treated. He and his family migrated from the islands. Just like some of us with different Spanish backgrounds. Not long after getting relocated here, his parents got killed. He was young as well. The same day, Sharlot's mom died too. Later I found out that my mom died in that same attack. The rouges came in the middle of the night unexpectedly and attacked the pack.My mom, being the Luna, was not just going to stand by and watch. Luna Luz was a great fighter, strong. Loved helping people, even the poor. My dad, Alpha Nick, didn't like that. Sharlot's mom was Beta Catalina.We don't remember much about them since we were so young. We sit around the fire quietly and think about our parents. How life would have been different if they were still alive. Hank is not allowed to train with the pack and is limited in what to eat. He's tall and skinny with chocolate completion and short black curly hair.I break the silence, " how about you Hank? Have you heard your wolf yet?" He looks at me with his big brown eyes. I see the sadness in them, " No, I haven't heard my wolf either Elijah."Another silence is between us.Sharlot is different. She has heard her wolf since she was thirteen.Sharlot, does your wolf talk to you often? says Hank after a moment of silence. "Yes, there are days that she cant keep quiet and other days that she just goes to the back of my mind, especially when I'm with Adam."