Chapter 1: Mate
"Lyra!" I hear a yell from outside my door, it was my mother's voice.
thank god it wasn't Alpha Max. "get dressed you wretch" she spoke before walking away from the door. I got up, sighing before getting dressed. I walk out of my room to enter the kitchen to start on my infinite list of chores I had to do, along with cooking lunch and dinner for the entire pack. my mother started to hate me just about after my fifth birthday when it became clear I wasn't a beta like my two brothers and three sisters, and my mom, my father being an old alpha from another pack before his pack was killed and he joined this pack, but decided not to step up as alpha seeing how this wasn't his pack to control. Instead, my father is a trainer, training male pack members ages 13-54. I loved my father though, he was the only one besides my brother Mason who treated me as an equal, as a pack member and not an object.
I had started working on the bathrooms and storage room in the pack house, hoping no one would notice me, when my hair was harshly pulled, spinning around to see who it was this time, to find it was my sister's mate, Dylan he grabbed my hair and slammed me into the hard Wall. "oops" he said with a smirk before walking past me to my sister Allison, who was giggling.
this was normal for me, I seemed to be the pack play toy that almost everyone abused. all because I was the shy and quiet one in the pack I rarely said anything unless to answer my alpha. but I decided a long time ago I would run away and leave my pack on my 18th birthday, aka my first shift. I longed for the day I would meet my mate. to be honest, I was curious about men, and women, and once in a blue moon, the goddess would pair same-s*x mates. I honestly didn't care though as long as they loved me and would protect me and we could have so much fun and love like other mates do.
my 18th birthday was tomorrow night which meant I had to leave this disgusting place, I already had a backpack ready. I got through the rest of the day getting the rest of my chores done. before I could go to my room for bed, I was stopped by Alpha Max, staring at me from across the room like I was a delicious snack, I shivered in disgust and ran into my room and locked the door behind me.
tomorrow I will be granted almost 4 extra hours of sleep, for it was necessary to have a lot of energy for the first shift. I changed into my nightwear and climbed into my bed before quickly drifting to sleep after my eyes become heavy from the long day. I woke up the next day, the time being 2:45 pm when my mother pounded at the door again letting me know to get up. I got ready, brushed through my hair, then glanced in the mirror beside my bed. I had light brown hair, with natural golden highlights that went to the midsection of my chest I was a little curvy, I stood at 5'3 and a half, and I was 110 pounds. I left the room to start on my chores for today, I didn't have much today since I would be released early to prepare for my first shift. I started on lunch for the pack, and today would be smoked salmon and salad for lunch, I called the pack to let them know the food was ready, but there wasn't any left by the time they were done so I didn't eat anything.... again, the same as usual. I began on dishes, then laundry and now I was working on my last chore of the day seeing how it was 6:35 pm. I had just started walking to the staircase to excuse myself for the night to prepare for my first shift and probably leave the pack when alpha Max had already pulled me to the side and had me against the wall. he inhaled my scent deeply before smirking disgustingly. "how about we have some fun weak one." my eyes widened in fear.
"no" I said shocking us both that I was disobeying the alpha. "are you sure sweetheart~" he tried to convince me. "I said no!" I yelled as I kicked him in his intimate area, making my way for the staircase. before I could make it to the third step I was supposedly grabbed by the throat and thrown over the railing of the staircase and my body landed straight into the glass cabinet we kept all the alcohol. my body slammed into it with such force, that the glass door along with all the contents shattered leaving lots of cuts all over my body, I whimpered in pain. "how dare you deny your alpha!" his voice a loud angry growl. realizing he was making his way down the stairs, I ran outside fast as I could, he decided to make it a game so he sat and gave me a nearly ten-minute headstart, before he shifted and ran in the direction I just went. I felt a large pain in my spine when I was halfway to the border. I was shifting! the pain was excruciating as I felt every bone in my body crack and reassemble itself, but I wasted no time after I fully shifted I began running as fast as I possibly could, and I finally reached the border, I heard him starting to catch up to me so I forced my legs to start running faster, I stopped when I heard several growls around me a beautiful black wolf came out of the bush in front of me, and was just about to do something when my wolf form got too weak and my body was forcefully shifted back, covered in cuts everywhere from where I'd been thrown. that's when Max caught up to me and with five other wolves as well. the wolf that wasn't from my pack stood in front of me in a protective manner, whilst they howled and a few seconds later about ten other wolves showed up by their side. Alpha Max lunged forward only to have the wolf in front of me growl and bite his neck, Alpha Max fell to the ground whimpering in pain causing him and the others he brought to leave. the wolf in front of me shifted into their human form only then i could see it was an absolutely beautiful girl she had long black hair that went to her mid-thighs, and she was rather tall, about 5'9-5'10 if I had to guess. another wolf next to her shifted as she kneeled in front of me observing me curiously with an almost emotionless expression. the wolf who shifted next to her began to speak "what are we gonna do with her Alpha Raine?" wait the most feared female Alpha in the region?!
"I don't-" she stopped suddenly when she touched me, and that's when sparks began to run through my entire body. "mate" we said in unison with shock on both our faces. For some odd reason, I suddenly could smell this intense smell, like it was trying to drown me in it. it was her, the delicious smell was her.
the man next to her was so confused.
"mate?" he repeated with wide eyes.
Raine simply nodded in response. "she will be coming back with us now." the man next to her went to grab me but Raine gave a loud growl at him and he stepped back. instead, she lifted me up and carried me in her arms, she was really warm, I felt suddenly really heavy, and as if on cue my eyes were trying to close, before closing my eyes I bury my face in her chest for warmth without really realizing it, and I placed a hand on her shoulder. I heard a slight groan as I did this, before I quickly drifted off.
the next morning I woke up in an unfamiliar room.
where was I?
memories of last night came flooding into my head.
was my mate really another female?
not just any female either, she was a dangerous alpha who ran a dangerous pack, and she was very well known for her short temper, once you pissed her off it was over for you.
was she really as cold and violent as they say?
she wouldn't be that way toward me would she?
wait what if she's not into girls?!
my mind was filling with questions and doubts.
then suddenly that familiar drowning scent hit me, my wolf was wagging her tail in my head.
she entered the room