My Snow Moon Wolf
I was the downfall of my pack. I was only six, but I foolishly brought an unknown enemy into our territory. Thinking that this person would help me find my wolf that is hidden in my mind, I let them in.
I had fallen asleep one night and woke up to screams filling the woods. When I ran towards my pack, I saw my mother's head get torn off and saw my father fall to his knees. All around was bodies and blood. When I made eye contact with my father, he yelled, "Run Storm run now!"
So, I did. I ran away as fast as I could, but not before seeing my father get stabbed by the one I trusted and brought to my home, Zander.
Years had past and I was still on the run, too scared that I would be found. Though I did not just run, I also trained myself to fight, speak in other languages, and most of all lock my emotions away. I could no longer feel pain, sorrow, joy, or love. I thought I would be all alone with no wolf until the Snow Moon on my 19th birthday arrived.
I still have nightmares about that night. But as usual, I push them out of my mind. Looking at the clock and reading that it was 5 AM in the morning, I groaned and dragged myself out of bed. I take off my PJ's and get dressed in a sports bra and leggings. Both are black and then I walk over to the mirror and brush out my long, almost pure white curly hair, and put it up in a ponytail. I have never once cut my hair and I never will because my mom always loved it. I use it as a way to remind myself of what I caused back then.
'Focus Storm, enough of those thoughts. Just go out and jog, no emotions.' I thought to myself, getting on my running shoes.
I grab my keys and start heading for the door. Once I'm outside, I lock the door. Turning around, I'm met with the beautiful forest that surrounds my little cottage just outside of the city. I have my own gardens, a lake with a small waterfall that has a cave hidden behind it, and, of course, my two beautiful friends, a pure black horse named Shadow and a black and white husky named Oreo. I give them both a pet on the head and take off running on the trail around the forest.
About two hours later, I'm back at my little cottage taking an ice-cold shower and washing off the sweat. Once I'm all clean, I get out, dry off, and head to my closet. I pick out a pair of blue ripped skinny jeans, and my favorite black crop top with mid-length off the shoulder sleeves that shows off my phoenix tattoo on my stomach. I put my hair up in a half-up, half-down style and then put on some mascara.
Today is my birthday and tonight there is the one and only Snow Moon. I'm turning 19 finally, and in the country I live in, I'm finally able to go out and get a drink and get in to all the fancy clubs. Tonight I will be going to the most popular and most secure club that is in the city, Zezo's Club. It's a family run business that only the first born of each generation can inherit. The other children are free to do what they want to. It's kinda like a pack. There is the alpha who is the leader in charge of everyone, then the luna, who is tasked with planning events within the pack and caring for the pack members most of the time. The rest are just like soldiers willing to die for their alpha and luna.
I'm not just going to Zezo's to drink, I'm also going there to take back the one thing that is left of my mother and father, the crescent moon and snowflake necklace that was mom's and the twin silver daggers that were father's. Almost all wolves can't touch silver, but for some reason dad could. I will be able to because I have no wolf, even though you are supposed to get one when you are six if you have alpha blood in you and others turn when they are twelve. I was just born without one. The Zezo family were given my parents things and land when my pack was found dead. I just want to burry the things that be long to them with them so that way they can hopefully forgive me for what I had done.
I worked in the garden while I thought of what to wear when I went to the club when Oreo came up to me.
"Yes Oreo. is there something you need?", I asked, and I get what you are thinking. I'm not crazy I can understand any animal I was born this way.
"You need to be careful not to get caught. The second son of the Zezo family is back and he is a detective, after all."
"Don't worry, I'm always careful and what will they do to me if I am caught, put me in jail? It's impossible to, I always get out of cells and chains.", I say.
Oreo just huffs and walks away, leaving me to finish tending to my gardens, which will take a while since I have so many to tend too.
Ten hours later and I'm back inside getting ready for the club. I took a shower and dried my hair. Right now I'm French braiding my hair and puffing it as well, leaving some strands in the front to frame my face. I then give myself smoky eyes and do cat eyeliner. Smokey eyeshadow makes my ice-blue eyes poop out more. After putting mascara on I looked at my phone and saw it's 7:46PM, I head over to my closet and grabbed my cute white corset crop top and a pair of black skinny jeans. I put them on and then grab my leather jacket and bag with my wallet and keys inside and head to the door to put on my cute winter heels. After putting them on, I headed out, locking the door and saying bye to Shadow and Oreo.
After walking about 30 minutes and taking a cab for ten minutes, I finally reached my destination, Zezo's Club. I, of course, have to wait in line for about half an hour since it opens at 9 and right now it's 8:26.
"Gonna need to check your ID if you wanna get inside.", the bouncer said with a straight face to the group of girls in front of me.
"Oh come on, I work here, we practically see each other every day. Just let me and my friends in.", said a very pitchy voice from the girl in the front.
"Your friends can go in, but unless you have ID I can't let you pass, sorry", said the bouncer, moving her out of the line by gently pushing her. Then looking at me and asking, "You got your ID miss?"
"Here you are sir.", I said politely, handing him my ID with my everyday fake smile.
"You are free to enter and Happy Birthday to you, miss Crest.", he said, handing me back my ID and moving aside to let me in.
I walked past him and down the stairs to where the club was. 'First thing first get me something to drink and then look around for what I really want', I thought to myself. I got myself a Margarita from the bartender and it was really good. I then scouted out my surroundings only to be met with the face of one of Zander's Men. 's**t! Looks like Z found me better make this quick then', I thought as I turned around. I went off to the room that looked the most normal beside the guards that were around it. But me being me, I set up a little distraction. '3...2.....1.....' BOOM! I made a small alcohol bomb. All the guards rushed over to the bar and I ran into the room.
Right as I closed the door I saw my parents' belongings. I slowly walked towards them. Flashes of memories started to flash in my mind. Mom's head getting ripped off, dad falling to his knees, him telling me to run, and Zander stabbing him. I was just about to grab mom's necklace before I heard the door open and shut and the voice of a man.
"Miss, you aren't allowed back here. Leave now."
"Well s**t, I have been caught. The only thing is that the necklace and the twin daggers are the ones that shouldn't be here.", I said, while slowly turning around to meet the eye of a very handsome man.
"How the hell do you know about the objects in this room?", he questioned me with a confused look on his face.
"Because they aren't yours, that's how," I said as I quickly turned around and grabbed the necklace and the twin daggers ready to fight. The only thing that stopped me was something in my head telling me no. Even though the man was pointing a gun at me, I was not scared.
"Put them down now. You don't know what you are dealing with here girly.", he said as the doors opened up to reveal two other men that clearly had some sort of power.
"Oh you have got to be f*****g kidding me. Your wolves aren't you", I practically yell when the door is closed. Of course, they all stiffen and then growl at me. One even shifts into his wolf.
"How do you know about wolves?", the one with the gun grits out.
"Well, first tell me your names so that way I won't call you by the nicknames that I have given all of you." I said. 'Yes, their names, his name'. I hear the voice again but still no emotion or facial expression.
"Fine, the one that is behind me. His name is Zeek, this one is Bane". He tilts his head at the wolf, " As for me, my name is Nick---"
"Well s**t your the Zezo boys. The name is Storm by the way, and I'm just going to go now.", I cut Nick off and said, as a risult Bane growls at me. 'No, don't leave stay. We have to stay. It's time for us to meet.' ,says the voice again.
"Yeah you're not going anywhere, Storm. Now put those down or tell us how you know about my kind.", Zeek says.
"Not going to happen. These belong to their owners", I say before I feel something snap.
"What the hell was that? What did you---", Nick starts to question me but is cut off by the sound of more snapping and breaking.
"Ow, what the hell is happening to me!", I screamed out because I realized the snapping was my bones breaking. 'As I said, it's time for us to finally meet my human. My name is Ace.' I know what's happening now, it's my wolf, the one that I thought was never going to come to me.
" You're one of us, you are a wolf too. But how, you smell human?", Zeek was confused. So were the other two.
"s**t you cant't fight your wolf when you shift.", Nick noticed me trying so hard not to shift, "If you try and stop it you are going to die." and for some reason I listened to his words and stopped fighting it. Soon the snapping stopped and I stood on all fours, they were all looking at me, Bane looked shocked and Zeek looked like his world was ending and when I looked at Nick, the world stopped and I heard him say the one word that made every she-wolf extremely happy, "Mate."
I froze for a split second before I snapped out of the trance. They all stood there frozen by what just happened, which gave me the chance to escape with mom and dad's things. 'No stay! Stay with mate Stormy stay!", Ace howled at me with so much emotion, 'No Ace, I feel nothing and it will stay that way because of what I did in the past.' Ace went silent after that and I bolted out the door, scaring all the humans in the club and leaving shocked faces of other wolves.
I ran so fast that I was home in a matter of minutes. Oreo and Shadow were spooked, but when I got close enough they knew it was me and calmed down. I went in to my cottage through the window I always leave open on the first floor. Oreo always hated cold nights, so I left it open for her to jump through, since I don't have a doggy door.
'Ace, how do I change back? Tell me please.' I begged Ace.
'Just think of your human appearance and focus. Will we ever be able to be with Mate?'
I didn't answer her right away, so that way I could focus and I shifted back to my now very naked self and quickly put on a random pair of clothes. 'Ace, I don't know when I will, start to express, or even feel, emotions after what happened, and I don't think I should because of it which is why I was hoping I didn't have a wolf. I didn't want you to be deprived of your mate with me being the way I am. I'm sorry.'
'Can you promise me one thing?'
'Anything that isn't going to be something I have to do today or tommorow.' I said with promise laced over my words.
Ace perks up at me saying that and says, ' Ask Nick for help in three days and after you get your revenge on that man, tell our mate everything, leave nothing out.'
'I pronise. Now tell me what kind of wolf you are please.', I say, wanting to know.
'Well, I'm a Snow Moon Wolf, but other wolves call me the White Wolf. My kind are rare because they need to be born on the night of the Snow Moon and they shift when the Snow Moon comes back on their 19th birthday. Happy Birthday by the way.'
'Thanks and wow, so you are rare and right now I need sleep, because of all the running, so go night Ace.', I said with a yoan.
'Night Storm.'