The Lost She-Wolf

Hello, my name is Grace. I am a middle child loved by my father and not so much by my mother. My siblings can't stand me. I am the different one. I have 2 older brothers and 1 older sister. I also have 2 younger brothers and 1 younger sister. My father was Alpha Richard. Our pack was attacked by a group of rouges and my father was killed. I was 5 years old when the attack occurred. Our pack's name is Mountain Moon Rise. We are a large pack of 3000 shifters. After the death of my father, my life became miserable, as I was left out completely. Mom would take my siblings out for shopping and visits to granny, and I was always left behind. So I became self-sufficient. At age 6, I started training with my dad's Beta Luke. We started out by running, then we would just watch the warriors train. I was sure I would be a warrior. I was fearless at age 6. By age 7 I actually got to train with the warriors. That's when Beta Luke notices my eyes changing color. He said they are a brighter green with a blue ring around them. Luke said," I have never seen that before and will have to investigate the meaning of that." After my dad was killed, my mother moved me to the basement of the packhouse. She said I was different and did not want to be associated with me. That hurt so very much. No-one in my family stood up for me. They just laughed and said I was a stain on their linage. My mother remarried by the time I was 8. His name was Nathan and he was a horrible man. I had found out by listening to the elders talk that he was kicked out of his pack, and how could the Luna of this pack choose him? I did not hear why he was kicked out. He was arrogant, a cruel man for sure. The elders said he was not Alpha material and that made him even more hateful. He would watch the little girls with lust in his eyes. He looked like a dirty old man. I don't understand why my mother would choose such a nasty person to marry. So I asked her, and she said when you have 7 children, you don't get the pick of the litter, you have to settle for what you can get. I thought I would never settle for someone like that. Then one night, as Grace was getting ready for bed, Nathan came into her room. He said, Little girl, do you know why I am here? I fele fear like I had never felt before. There was nowhere to run as he blocked the only exit to her room. As he got closer, he started undoing his clothes. Something inside me shifted, then I heard a voice in my head telling me not to be afraid he will not touch us. I asked her who she was, she said, I am your wolf and my name is Gayle. Then, in what felt like a split second, I shifted. At age 8 and 1/2, I was fairly big as a wolf! We attacked him then ran as fast as we could. Not knowing if we killed him but hoping we did. We ran and ran until we couldn't run anymore. We found a river with a waterfall, so we took a rest there. My wolf did not want to shift back. She said it was better protection for me this way. They curled up by a large tree and finally fell asleep. When they woke up, there was a lady with kind eyes looking at them. Gayle backed away, and the lady said not to be afraid, as she meant no harm to us. The lady said her name was Clarissa but could call her Clare. She is the former Luna of her pack. She tried to persuade us to shift back, but we were too afraid to do that. So we just kinda stared at her. She said we can talk if you change back also I have some clothes you could put on. I hadn't thought that I would be completely naked. Now a bit embarrassed, I was sure I would stay in wolf form. My belly growled and Clare laughed and said to follow her and she would feed us. So we followed her, not knowing where we were going nor what was going on in our pack. Is Nathan dead or just hurt? Gayle said she hopes hes dead. They arrived at a beautiful place, almost like a castle. Clare went in first and was talking with a young man. She called him Callab, her son. Callab is the new Alpha of the pack. The Alpha was kind and spoke softly to me. They thought I was at least 16 years of age as that's the normal age to begin to shift. Boy were they in for a slurp[rise. I was invited in still in wolf form. I saw in a mirror my wolf was beautiful, dark red fur trimmed in silver highlights. Wow, I have never seen a wolf of that color. They led me down a long hall and into a kitchen where they had the cook fix some food for me. I had never had so much food to eat at one time in my whole life. As back in my pack, I only got leftovers if there were any. Just like my clothes, I always got second-hand stuff. I was so full I got sleepy. Clare took me to a beautiful room. It was bright with a huge bed and lots of pillows. The walls were pink and lavender. Bay doors that led to the balcony, I thought maybe I had died and was in heaven. Clare told me to rest, and she would check in on me later. Meanwhile, Clare and Callab called Doctor Dee to come to the house. When the dr showed up, they took her to the room I was in. I was sound asleep and didn't hear a thing. They were trying to figure out how to get me to change back so they could talk to me. Dr. Dee told them to do their best to make me feel safe and not to let any other pack member see me in this form because of my color. As this is a rare color, they would need to go to the archives to investigate it. Dr. Dee told Clare that she would have the best chance of persuading my wolf to change back. They couldn't understand why I couldn't command my wolf. Probably because I was only 8 and half. But they did not know this yet. I slept through the night and woke up feeling refreshed. Then I remembered what all had happened and got scared again. If I killed him, they would kill me. My family already hated me and my pack looked down on me. There was no way I could go back there. There was a knock on the door and Clare walked in. She sat next to me and told me it was okay and no-one here would ever hurt me. The problem was I did not know how. I was thinking hard. I don't know how I changed into wolf form and I don't know how to change back. I looked at Clare and the shocked look on her face like she heard me. She did hear me, she looked at me and asked me how I mind-linked her as we are from different packs or at least that's what she thought. I was sure of that.