Chapter 1
"Joyce! It's time for school!" Dad screamed from downstairs. I groaned and laid on my belly. I pulled my pillow on top of my head and went back to sleep. After 1 second of sleep, I heard my door open and I just laid there, pretending not to hear it. "Joyce, I know you're not sleep! Get Up!" Dad yelled from the door. I groaned again and turned on my back with my pillow under my head.
"Dad, I don't want to get up!" I whined with my eyes closed. He scoffed.
"I don't care. Now, get your lazy butt up." He yelled at me and I quickly opened my eyes. I looked at him and my wolf growled. The growl slipped out and he just looked at me.
"What did you just say?" I growled to him and his eyes narrowed. Well, really, my wolf growled. I just went along with it because he was being disrespectful.
"Who do you think you're growling at?" he said with venom in his voice. My wolf whimpered like a punk and I looked at Dad apologetically.
"Sorry. Alpha mode came in." I said and Dad rolled his eyes and left. As he went down the stairs, I heard him say "Up! Now!" I groaned and sat up.
Yep, I'm the Alpha of the California Pack. I'm an 18 year old Alpha female too. First Alpha Female in all time history by blood. Dad was the Alpha but he turned 41 a little bit ago and the wolves' law said that we can only stay Alpha until we turn 40. Anyway, I'm the Alpha because I have the biggest mark of the Great Ones but I'll explain that later.
I looked around my room. It was small but cute. It had burgundy and white stripes on the walls. My bed/sofa was on the whole right side of the room and my floor was wood. My north wall had complete glass and it was a desk in front of it. On the left side of my room was my plasma TV in my bookcase. The other side of my room just had my bathroom and my walk in closet.
I got up from my bed and went to my bathroom. It had the same colors like my room and was regular size. So I turned on my shower and climbed in. I didn't take long washing up because Dad would be pissed if I was late to school again. I really didn't want to hear a long speech anyway.
I climbed out and wrapped a towel around me. I went to my closet and picked out a black and white striped v-neck. I pulled on some dark blue skinny jeans and some black and white converse. (It's November.) I went back to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. I just brushed my fiery red curly wavy hair and let it out. I put on some brown eye shadow to match my eyes and finished. I had a dimpled chin and a button nose. You would think that I would look stronger than I am because I'm an Alpha but I look like any other slender girl.
I went out of my bathroom and picked up my black backpack. I went out the door and down the hallway. I went to the dining room which was in front of me and saw my brother eating breakfast. He had short dark brown hair with dark brown eyes. He was wearing some jeans, a white t-shirt, and leather jacket. I threw my backpack on the couch in the living room and ran to the kitchen.
My mom was at the stove making pancakes and my dad had an arm around her waist. My mom had dark red hair and pale green eyes. She was slender and had high cheekbones. My dad had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes like my brother but they look nothing alike. I don't look like my parents at all. My brother, Sean, and I just hare the same eye color. That's it. Sometimes I think I'm adopted.
"Hey Mom. Hey Dad." I said as I kissed their cheeks. I went to the fridge and pulled out some juice. I was going to pour it in a cup but a hand stopped me. I looked up to see Dad. "What?" I asked confused.
"No time for that. You have to get to school." Dad said and I rolled my eyes. He let go of my arm. I poured my juice into the cup.
"Lauren is picking me and Sean up today so it doesn't matter. And I'm starving." I said and he looked at me to see if I was telling the truth. He saw that I was and nodded. Mom came over and gave me a plate of bacon and a blueberry pancake. My favorite. I licked my lips and went to the dining room with my food and my drink. Sean was still there. I sat down and started eating my pancakes.
"How did you get bacon?" he asked pissed. I rolled my eyes. My 16 year old brother was so crazy about food.
"I don't know. Mom, just gave it to me." I shrugged and he stole all my bacon. Now let me tell you something that I am ashamed of. I love meat and I don't mean love. I mean LOVE. I know wrong but I can't help it.
"Give it back." I whined and got up to take it from him. He stood up and put his arm in the air. I jumped up to get it but no success. He's just doing this because I'm 5'4 and he's 6'0. "Come on, Lauren's going to be here any minute." I said still jumping.
Now, you're probably wondering why I'm not commanding him. Well, there's a problem. The Alpha's family is not affected by the Alpha mode. So even if I use it, he still wouldn't be afraid. I'm not afraid of my parents because they were the Alphas but because they were my parents.
Anyway, I'm still jumping and I started to get pissed. I already finished my pancake and drink. I just wanted my bacon. Yeah, I was hungry. Ugh, he's such a bum. Mom came out the kitchen and gave me some bacon with an annoyed look.
"Sorry, Mom." Sean and I said at the same time. She shook her head and walked away. I heard a honk outside and saw Lauren in her white Infinity G37 Convertible. I sucked my teeth and ran to get my backpack. Sean grabbed his and followed me.
"Bye." we said running to the door. We went out and I locked the door with my bacon in one hand. Sean was already in the car and I saw Lauren driving with her mate/my best friend (beside Lauren) George. I jumped into the back and we sped off with the top down. I started to eat my 3 pieces of bacon while Sean ate the 3 he stole from me.
Lauren had long brown hair that was in a ponytail right now and brown eyes. She was wearing a yellow v-neck, white skinny jeans, and yellow converse. George had curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black jeans and a blue shirt that showed off his abs.
"So, are you going to the party tonight, Joy?" Lauren asked me from the rear view mirror and I shook my head.
"No. Dad said I had to search the perimeter with this doofus." I said nodding my head to Sean. Lauren and George are wolves too. Lauren and George chuckled while Sean hit me on the back of my head. I smacked him and the hitting wars began the whole way to school. Lauren and George just talked to each other, ignoring us.
We made it to school and Lauren parked. We climbed out and Sean ran straight to his football buddies. We go to school with humans and werewolves. Of course the humans don't know and the most of the football and soccer team for boys are werewolves. While Sean is popular and hangs out with everyone, I just hang out with the werewolves. I don't hate humans but it would be too hard to be friends with them and not tell them what I am. It would kill me not to tell.
As we walked into the school, George put his arm around Lauren. I felt uncomfortable because of 2 things. I felt like I was in their personal space and we've all been friends since we were 4. Wolves don't mate until they are 16 and it's still uncomfortable to be around so much love. By now, I should have a mate but I don't. I don't really think about it because it's really emotional to me for some reason. Any who, we walked to our lockers and to our class. I had my first 5 classes with both of them and my other 3 are with other wolves. George and Lauren both have 7 classes and share 6 of them together and 5 of them with me.
"So, how does it feel to be Alpha?" George said and I rolled my eyes. We were sitting in the back of the classroom and everyone was filing in. I was in the corner while Lauren was next to me and George in front of her. I've been Alpha for 4 months and they act like I've been doing it for years.
"It's ok. Sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's hard." I said shrugging. Lauren shook her head and George sucked his teeth. They wanted more detail but that was it. It's just in my blood so it's practically easy.
"You just don't want to tell us anything." Lauren said shaking her head. I smiled and looked at her.
"No, that's it. There's nothing to say." I said and she turned around. That meant she was playfully mad at me and I smiled. Mr. Redstone came in the room with this new kid. He had long messy brown hair and blue eyes. He was like a mix between a rock star and emo. He was cute but wasn't my mate so I didn't really care for him.