Love By the Moonlight

Looking for work

Even though i looked like i had died and risen again, the clerk took my money at the hotel, and i was able to get clean. Now im at a local coffee shop eating a muffin and enjoying a coffee. I’m looking on my phone that i luckily still have and am applying for jobs.

I’ve found a lot to apply for, im going to have to work like 3 jobs for a while to make sure that i can get an apartment in the next 2 weeks.

i got a call back in an hour and took the job, Father, that it took about 4 hours to hear back from 2 other places, and i took those immediately. I went to a thrift store and bought black plants and shoes and a few tank tops. I next went to a grocery shop and bought some food to cook with. I spent the rest of my money and what i had left on my credit card connected to my phone to pay for the 2 weeks I needed and then went to bed.

The next day, I went to the diner who had hired me first and filled out the paperwork for hiring, and agreed to start the next day. The next one was Sephora, and then a general store. Between the 3 of them, I'd be working every day of the week. Luckily, I'll start working right at the beginning of the pay period, so 2 weeks, and I'll have a down payment for an apartment.

I start all 3 jobs tomorrow, Sephora first, at 4am to noon, the diner from 12:30 to 7pm and then the general store from 7:30 to midnight. Being a wolf, the 3 hours of sleep will be fine for 3 weeks, and then i can move down to 2 jobs, i only need 3 to get a decant apartment and fast.

The 2 weeks passed buy really fast, i was able to find a nice apartment with 2 rooms and a beautiful bathroom. With the leftover money, i got a small bed, and busted couch, discounted, and used silverware, internet, and a tv. It’s on the floor for now, but at least i have it. With my tips from the dinner, i was able to get clothes throughout the weeks and get some groceries for the fridge. I’m going to quit the general store. It just doesn’t pay as much as the other 2. And the diners tips are amazing.

before I knew it, 4 months had flown by. I had filled my apartment with everything i needed and had begun to have a few excess bills to start to decorate it. With my employee discount at Sephora, i was able to get my makeup collection back up to par and my hair accessories and tools. I feel more like me again, more confident.

Without the constant pressure to be the most beautiful and popular, im not wearing skimpy clothes, a page out of Penelope’s book. I understand now why she dressed this way. Understated beauty is way less to deal with. The clothes aren’t frumpy like i used to think they were, and im able to style them really cute and put my own spin on them. And i stopped bleaching my hair and am letting my natural red hair grow out.

im learning to love me again, and im starting to really like who im becoming. Now, all that left is to find a local wolf pack and see if i can move in. I'll be an omega this time, though. There's nothing like what i was before when i was a betas daughter. This is going to suck.

Turning in Anissa and entering the woods, I begin to sniff around and try to find the markings of pack wolves. I’m in the woods for hours, finding nothing but the scent of rouges when i stumble on the scent of a pack wolf, we follow it to a boarder and then stalk it to a road to find the main entrance. We’re not stupid enough to try to just enter the lands. That’s a death sentence. We smell like a rouge. We are a rogue at this point.

with Anissas' small size and dark coat, we blend well into the shadows and make it to the entrance with ease. I hide in the shrubs and pull my clothes out of my pack, and get dressed. I make it to the gates at the entrance of the pack and go to the booth to the right where a guard is.

“Excuse me, Sir, im seeking asylum and would like to request an audience with your alpha. Please” it kills me, but since im a rogue, i bare my neck in submission and wait for a reply.

I’m a betas daughter, a trained fighter. Whatever rank this warrior is, it's beneath me. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

The warrior sniffs the air around me,discerning my rank and mixed race before he says. “Rise, I'll link the Alpha and see what he says.

“Thank you sir” i say and bow slightly before stepping back and moving over to the side. I wait for what feels like an hour before he leans out and says to me

“The Alpha unit is almost here”

“Thank you” i say, and step in front of the entrance. I hear footsteps coming up a gravel path, and then the gates open, showing a beautiful path that winds up to a giant pack house. It looks like a mansion.

“I could rule this place like the queen i am” my conscience says. “NO!” I answer back. I’m not going through that again, I can’t go through that again. I won't.

My eyes land on a group of 6 people walking up to me. The whole unit brought their mates. That makes sense that the females will be the ones to decide my job and status.

I bow before they even reach me. When they arrive, they circle around me. I don’t move. I hear them sniffing the air. They will know that i used to be a beta. But I don’t dare to move.

“Rise.” A deep voice demands.

I do so slowly, but don’t meet anyone’s eyes. I don’t even turn to look at the one that spoke.

“Why are you seeking asylum from our pack?” The deep voice says again.

“I was banished from the Coastal Sea pack in Maine. I had attempted to take my Luna’s place. I was wrong to do so. I wish to be nothing more than an omega and help your pack with my warrior training if you’d allow it, sir.”

“I like her honesty” a female voice says. It’s soft and beautiful but authoritative. She might be the Luna.

“you are dark fey? Yes?” I sigh internally. I’m unseelie. But none in this realm seem to know that.

“Yes sir, but we prefer to be called unseelie.”

“Are you magical?” The female voice asks.

“As of yet I’ve shown no signs” i answer.

The group is quiet, most likely mind linking. I wait patiently for them to decide my fate.

“Come back tomorrow morning, we will have our decision then.” The deep voice says.

“Thank you sir” i say and bow down. They all walk back into the gate, and I don’t rise until I hear the gate close. I let out a deep breath and smile, i might just make it.