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Chapter 3: Mate? Prt 1

Why now? How come whenever something starts to look better, my life comes crashing down. 

As the Beta and my fath- the alpha walks through that door, I see that they are beyond pissed

“I thought I f*****g told you to be sil-” The Alpha yelled before being cut off

“Alpha?” His beta said. “what?”

“She is shifting. What do we…” That was all I heard before a strong scent filled my nose. It was so intoxicating, the smell of fresh oak and musk made me forget everything that was happening. I forgot that two angry males were about to rip my head off. I forgot about my plan to escape. But when Hazel began to purr, I realised what was happening, I shook it off quickly and focused on shifting into my wolf.

Once I had fully shifted, hazel was saying something I couldn't quite hear until she screamed “mate! We must find mate.” I was about to agree with her, that was until I saw the pure hatred in my father’s eyes. “We can’t hazel, he will kill us if we stay much longer” “b-but…” “no we must leave, otherwise we will be killed just like m-m-.” With that hazel bolted through the door pushing past the alpha and knocking the beta to the ground.

I couldn’t believe it, I was finally feeling the outside world and could smell the damp earth around me. Even though it was raining, I continued to run; I could almost taste the freedom I craved for so long. Pushing myself faster I ran to what I hoped was the border.

I was so caught up in this euphoria, that I almost didn't notice the sound of wolves that trailed behind me. A large grey wolf, who I presumed was my father, barely nipped at my tail to which I turned my head, never slowing my pace, instead I pushed myself to my fastest pace leaving the pack in my dust. Well, that's what I thought.

After half an hour I had lost most of the wolves that chased me, the only ones who remained were the alpha and beta. Of course, they were still chasing me and of course, they wanted to ruin me. But what stumped me was why they wanted to keep me. It wasn't as though I was the pack's prized possession, no one even knew who I was. Why couldn't they let me be and start a new life without them? I know I was the alpha’s daughter and all, but he was going to start a family with his mate and have a child that wasn't me.

Finally making it to the border, I let out a sigh of relief. This was it; I would finally be free from all this bullshit. As i was about to step over past the border, a growl erupted from behind me. Turning, I realised it was my father. He shifted and Beta Dom gave him a pair of loose-fitting shorts. 

“Isabelle, don't you dare step over that f*****g border!” My father boomed in his alpha tone, with the tone in his voice hazel almost submitted to him, but I reminded her about what he did and what we have been through. I stepped closer towards the border with a smirk playing on my face. He no longer had control over. He was no father of mine, and he certainly wasn't my alpha.

“Wait! If you leave, you will never be able to come back.” He said with... worry? I laughed at that and replied, “Why would I want to be a part of this joke of a pack?”

“You will be alone and will be left alone, become a rogue.”

“As if I wasn't already alone!” I spat. “I’d rather be a f*****g rogue than be anywhere near this pack, anywhere near you! Father or not.”

“Fine but don't think you will survive for long.” his voice said almost broken, which confused me, was that fear, or was it sadness, maybe it was regret in his voice, he hated me so why is he acting like this. I brushed that thought off and rolled my eyes pushing myself over the border. I could feel the pack link break which made me smile. No one cared for me anyways and now, I will never have to see any of their faces again. It was as if a weight had lifted from my shoulders. My worries disappear. I was finally free.

Before I ran off into the darkness, I looked back. My mate was there and I could hear Hazel’s whimpers inside my head. She was beyond devastated. The only thing I could do was comfort her.

“It’ll be alright Hazel. We will find him when the time is right. But right now is not the time. We don't need a knight in shining armour.” I whispered to her.

Only when I started running again did I realise we had nowhere to go and that it was just hazel and I with the clothes on our back. Oh wait, they shredded when I shifted. I ran into the night when I found some clothes dumped behind a tree. I picked them up with my mouth and continued to run until the lights of a nearby town came into view. It had been hours since I last rested since I last ate. And now, I had finally found my salvation; I was in a new town away from my pack.

Dropping the clothes that were in my mouth, I shifted not caring if anyone could see me. I picked up the pants and shirt and put them on, realising they were way too big, but I didn't care. I just needed to find someplace where I could rest before I started creating my new life. Once I was changed, I continued to follow the light in human form. If I were still in my wolf form the walk would have taken probably 10 minutes, but instead, it took me 30.

Reaching my destination, I let a sigh of relief, this was where I would begin my life in solitary, where I would find a job, make a home and then hopefully one day if the moon goddess blesses me, I would meet my mate. 

Fatigue and hunger consumed me. I had no money so I decided that I should probably find a bench to sleep on. Looking around I finally found what I was looking for so I started to walk towards it, only I bumped into something, well somebody, which knocked me to the ground. Getting up I brush myself off apologizing to the lady.

(Julians POV)

I couldn’t believe why my father was attending Alpha Rob, no Alpha Rick’s stupid baby shower party. It wasn't as if we were friends or even needed them. They were pathetic compared to our pack. But considering we had some sort of mutual agreement, we were obliged to attend. I complained to my father about going but all he said was “do I need to remind you that you are the future of this pact and that you have responsibilities. Besides, think of this as a way to look for your mate.” He just had to say the ‘M’ word. Like why was it even such a big deal? I don't need to my other half, in fact, I am already whole, I don't need any mate to fulfil me. Plus who wants to be bound to just one girl when you have as many girls as you please.

As the time ticked by it was about an hour until the party commenced, it took 50 minutes to get there, so that gave me 10 minutes to get ready if I wanted to get there on time. Me being me, I am always late to these kinds of parties, because honestly, I had no care for them. Being a 16-year-old male, I had other things I’d rather be doing like hooking up with girls, or throwing wild parties where I would hook up with girls.

Before I decided to get ready, I scrolled through my phone, checking my social media and liking random chicks photos, when I got a text from Brittney, the pack slut.

B: Hey babe, wanna hand out tonight xx

J: Not tonight

B: why not :(

J: I have to go to this stupid party that the Blood Howlers are throwing.

B: Aww. Have fun.

J: Wish I didn't have to go ;)

I know what you are probably thinking, why am I calling her the pack slut when you talk to her as if she was my girlfriend? Well, to be honest, she is easy, meaning I can have my way with her whenever I please and because of this, I need to make sure she doesn't get pissed.

After about 20 minutes of scrolling through my phone, I showered and got dressed before grabbing a bite to eat. Who knows what kind of garbage this party will have. After I had finished getting ready, it was 6:40 and I decided to take my black Ferrari GTC4Lusso and sped off to this party.

During the car ride, my wolf wouldn't keep still. No matter what I tried to do he wouldn’t stop. He could feel that something would happen, something that would change our lives forever, for the better or the worse.

~50 minutes later~

I arrived at the packhouse half an hour late, not that it would be surprising considering I am always late to these kinds of events; it wasn't anything new. But what I didn't expect to see was wolves already passed out on the lawn. The party had barely started and there were wolves s**t faced and completely out of it. 

Walking out of the car, my brother greeted me

“About time you showed up.” Hunter laughed.

“I hadn't realised Hunt” I rolled my eyes.

He continued walking across the huge lawn. My brother, as usual, talked about all the hot girls that were here. Not that I minded, in fact, the thing I looked forward to was to hook up and screw around.

“It wouldn't be surprising to wake up with a bunch of girls in our bed brother.” I laughed. He nodded in agreement. It wouldn't have been the first time that that would have happened, not even the second or third. I would never say it out loud but we were the biggest playboys in our pack and our school. 

“We should probably find our father before he explodes,” Hunter told me. He was right if I didn't greet him and the alpha of this pack, I would feel the wrath of my father.

As we were about to walk through the front door, time had stopped all of a sudden. A gorgeous white she-wolf sprinted out the door almost bolting my brother and me over. She was still only young, no older than me, but she was still bigger than the average she-wolf, and she had the most intoxicating smell I had ever smelt, she spelt coconut and vanilla.  As I was brought back to reality, the she-wolf turned to look at me with her icy blue eyes meeting mine, something flashed in her eyes, but before I could decipher what it was, she turned her head again and kept running. She must have been the daughter of a higher-ranked member of the pack. But why was she running, wasn't she supposed to be celebrating this new baby?  

“MATE!” David my wolf yelled. “Must follow her.” Before I was able to run after her, Hunter had grabbed my arm telling me we should go. We continued to walk into the house where a furious Alpha Rick walked past us. Why was he walking in the other direction of where the party was, where his wife was? My brother nudged me silently asking what that was all about.

“Who knows.” I said.”Who knows.”

“Let's forget about that and just party brother,” Hunter replied.