Muted Mate

Chapter One Mate Today is my eighteenth birthday, and I wake up, feeling not any older, but I can tell my wolf is on edge, pacing back and forth, in a frenzy. "Today's the day!" My wolf yips excitedly. I chuckle at her and get dressed quickly and brush my long blonde hair out. My mom greets me with a smile and brushes a strand of hair out of my eyes. "Happy birthday baby" she smiles. I smile back and then see my dad and shrink in fear. My mother doesn't know about my fathers abusive ways. I've been to scared to tell her, afraid of what he would do, he only abuses me because he blames me for my brothers death several years ago. "Happy birthday Beth" my dad says forcing a smile. I nod my head and grab a apple before going to the pack house. My safe house. The only place I can go without being afraid of getting hit. I walk into the pack house, to meet my friend Jen, so we can go shopping, when a intoxicating smell fills my nose, causing my wolf to start clawing at me, to be released. "Calm down Charm" I say to her in my mind. The only way I do know how to talk, is by thinking. Jen finds me and stops in her track "You okay?" She asks hesitatingly. I smile and nod my head, and realize my eyes must be my wolfs eyes. We go to the living room and I see the beta, alpha, and Sophia, sitting around the tv watching the morning news. The smell hits me full force and my wolf starts screaming. "Mate! Mate!" I try to hush her, but then the alpha (Kyle) stands up, and his eyes turn black. "Mate" he whispers looking at me. Kyle and I have been friends for years (not close though), but never once did I think he would end up being my mate when I turned eighteen. He walks up to me and picks up a strand of my hair and smiles. "Happy Birthday Beth" he whispers before pulling me into a hug. I inhale his scent and it's relaxing, and also it calms my crazed wolf.