Prologue
Beep, Beep, Beep
I hear the sound of the alarm go off. I hate that alarm, but it was a gift from my adoptive father.
My name is Emma Black. I am 5’8, green eyes, platinum blonde hair, and it’s my natural color. I am fit and tone due to all the training that I have done since I was five. Tomorrow is my 18th birthday. I am the former Beta’s daughter but you would never know, even though Beta blood runs through my veins. I come from a modest pack, Blue Moon. Kinda of a stupid name is you ask me because it is so unoriginal, but we are located in the middle of the forest and we have a lake that when the moon is full, the reflection of the moon in the water looks blue.
The thing about my pack was that it was a family, people loved you no matter what, or so they say. I have never really had any sort of family relationship. My life has been a living hell here since the time I was thirteen. That’s when everything changed.
I grew up in a loving and caring family. My parents were the best in the world. My mother was not only a Beta female, but she was also the head trainer and tracker. She was amazing and I always looked up to her. I am her exact replica when she was my age. My father as Beta was amazing. He was strategic and kept his cool when things went into chaos. He always trained me as well as my mother. They not only trained me and my siblings in their roles, but they also taught us other things like cooking and how to handle money.
I have two brothers and a sister. My brothers are twins. Matthew and Marcus. They are the oldest. They are 6’5. They both have dark brown hair and green eyes. We got them from our Mother. My brothers are 22 and have found their mate. They met their mate when we had a visit from a nearby pack. Their mate is the Beta’s daughter from our neighboring pack. She is kind and keeps to herself. I can tell she loves my brothers. They already have pups. Twins to be exact. She is now the Head trainer for our pack. She is seriously badass.
Then there is my sister Mila. She has always been spoiled but I have always loved her. My sister is 5’8 and has blonde hair and blue eyes like our dad. She inherited her hair from mom. Mila lost interest in any training after she turned 13. I was 12 and my brothers were 16. Mila is now 19 and she still has not found her mate.
When I was 5 years old like any other werewolf, I shifted. It was a painful experience. But it was amazing. My wolf was pure white. It was rare but She was amazing. In wolf form my green eyes shine even brighter but are a bit darker in color. My wolf’s name is Emerald. She is fierce and feisty and I have to keep her down a lot. Especially in the last five years.
My best friend, Nathan, the Alpha’s son was there and so was Alpha Drake and Luna Elise. They were an amazing couple and amazing people. The Gamma couple was also there. Ben and Jen. They were also my parents best friends. Everyone was shocked when they saw my wolf and her fur. No one thought anything of it though.
When I was 13, while we were home having a family day, there was a rouge attack. Because Nathan was with us, him and I had to run to the safe house together. While we were on our way to the safe house we heard the rouges close. Nathan told me to go with him to a cave to hide. I told him that we should keep going to the safe house as quickly as possible. He said no because he was scared. So we stayed at the cave. About 5 minutes later, the Alpha mindlinked us asking where we were. Nathan linked him back and said that we were in a cave and that the rouges were outside. We could hear them getting closer. The alpha said to stay here and that they were coming.
It was quiet after that but all of the sudden we heard howls and growls. Two shots rang out and I froze, recognizing whose scent of blood that was. The Alpha yelled through the mindlink not to come out but I couldn’t stay in there any longer. I ran just as they killed the last rouge. I went passed them and to where my parents were. Silver was running down their sides from the wounds they had taken.
I screamed for them, they leaned their bodies against a tree for support. My parents looked at all four of us. My brothers and sister was right next to me.
“Everything is fine. Just listen to the Alpha and your siblings.” My mother said to me. Then she looked at all of us and said “Take care of each other and protect each other. I love you all so very much and being a mother to you guys was my greatest gift.” Tears were flowing down my cheeks and the cheeks of my siblings.
“We love you four. Take care of each other. We love you.” My father said. With that they looked at each other and said they loved each other and breathed their last breath.
My sister screamed at me saying it was my fault. If they didn’t have to come back and get me they would have still been alive. She then slapped me hard against my face and ran away. My brothers glared at me before chasing her as well. The Alpha had picked me up, and I grabbed his shirt, crying because I know I had lost my family tonight. For something that had nothing to do with me at all.
I stood beside the Alpha as I watch the casket with my parents inside get lowered into the ground. I couldn’t cry anymore as I stood there emotionless. My siblings had disowned me and no one my age came near me. Nathan even ignored me. The funeral ended and I have heard of the plans my siblings had to burn down the family home this weekend with everything in it. Today the Alpha, Luna, and I went to the family home and cleared it out while everyone else grieved. It was the only request I had.
Hours had passed and we had everything I wanted to keep of my parents and my own in a trailer attached to my fathers convertible that he had treasured and I would too. I could not let these things be burned. They were precious to our parents and to us. I even took the family pictures. I still loved my siblings.
The Alpha stored the trailer and the car for me in a place that was at the very back of the property where no one could find it. The Alpha and Luna had decided they would adopt me as my siblings had disowned me. Since the Alpha and Luna were my godparents, they were able to be do so. They moved me to the Alpha floor where my stuff was placed. I had a very nice and large room with my own ensuite bathroom. Once I entered the bedroom, I went straight to the bed and that’s where I cried myself to sleep all alone.
The Alpha and Luna have been amazing adoptive parents. Nathan on the other hand I avoid. My siblings have turned everyone in my age group against me. They blame me for my parents death. The sad part is even Nathan. Yet he was the one that wanted to go into the cave that day. My brothers don’t do anything. They don’t talk to me or anything. They just watch from afar. They are not the brothers they once were and I still miss my overprotective brothers.
When they met their mate, they told her to stay away from me. When they had their twin boys, I was not allowed to meet them or go anywhere near them. Their mate Clarissa tries to be nice to me in secret. My brothers caught her once being nice to me when she helped me of the floor after a boy younger then me pushed me down. They told her to not interact with me at all. She now just looks at me sympathetically.
Mila was the culprit though. She would spread word to everyone that would listen on how I was the reason my parents were dead. She would get together with other kids our age and bully me to the point that it got abusive. So abusive that I was in the hospital for a week from silver and wolfsbane. I almost died. When the Alpha and the new Beta who was the old Gamma found out, they were punished and were told to leave me alone.
That stopped the abuse at home but not at school. They would punch and kick in places no one can see so they won’t get in trouble. Even Nathan joined in on the abuse and that hurt. He was my best friend. Now all I have is my wolf, The Alpha, Luna, Beta, And Beta Female who were also best friend with my parents. Since tomorrow is my birthday, I know there is a chance that I will find my mate. I hope he can love me and not believe the rumors my sister and ex-best friend have been spreading.
I miss my parents so much. I miss the love they would give me and their hugs. I miss spending time with who my siblings used to be. I miss playing with my brothers and being treated as their pup at times because they were so much older than me. They used to care. My sister use to care.
Now even though I have people that care about me, there is still this empty lonely feeling in my heart that will not go away.