Kinsley 18 Years Old “Kinsley?” My mom steps into my room with a hesitant smile on her lips. She is wearing a beautiful green dress and gasps upon noticing I haven’t changed into my own. “Sweetie, why aren't you wearing your dress? Your ceremony is in less than ten minutes!” I blink back tears, and suck sticky air into my lungs. “What if I don’t want to become the next Alpha? Do I have to? Can’t Kit become the Alpha instead?” My mom’s lips turn into a thin line on her lips. “The only thing Kit cares about is eating cake, and annoying that friend of his… Michelle?” I laugh. “Michelle is hardly Kit’s friend—she hates his guts, and Kit is too thick-headed to understand that she doesn’t like him teasing her all the time. He follows her like a puppy, and eventually, she will break his poor

