Life as a Werewolf called Danielle.

Chapter 6-There's always the next day.

‘Hi…Hi…Helloooo…Danielle will you please wake up!’ I couldn’t remember fully what happened last night I just know I hate Tom, but why did my head hurt so much…urgh. ‘Helloooo…anybody homeeee’ there was that voice again, I was already awake and couldn’t see anyone in the room so what the hell? ‘Dammit Danielle you’re such an i***t…I’m not out there I’m in your head…you turned 16…I woke up and boom…here I am! Surprise!’ And then realisation dawned on me, my wolf!

I must have been so preoccupied last night that I just ignored her, or was I too drunk? I didn’t even drink that much hmmm. ‘Hello? Are you ignoring me? I’m sorry I didn’t help last night I was still half asleep, and I didn’t know what to do…’ after explaining that it just took me a minute to wake up and realise, I wasn’t going crazy and hearing voices, she calmed down, though I was left with questions, what did happen last night? I spent the next hour getting to know Maya and generally chit chatting when we we’re interrupted by a knock on the door.

Maya jumped in my head making me laugh, before a voice came from the door “can I come in?” it’s Alpha. Maya seemed giddy at his appearance but I tried to concentrate on his words. “I’m so glad you’re okay, I’m sorry for what happened, I thought everyone had left…but he’s in the cells you don’t have to worry” Maya fell silent, and I barely got my words out “what…who…why? What happened?” Alpha explained what Tom had done the night before and that he had come into the house just in time. He thought I was taking a while to grab another bag and was about to check on me when he heard me squeal, when he got to the kitchen, he saw Tom almost on top of me and me trying to run, thrashing like crazy to get out of his grip. I felt my stomach drop and Maya let out a sigh. Alpha had hit Tom to make him stop but since he was holding me up as I tried to run, we fell like dominos under the Alphas force, and I hit my head on the marble floor. I had a small cut above my eye brow, but nothing that wouldn't heal soon.

Tom had been pulled away to the cells, screaming that he’d done nothing wrong, yet the alpha had been a witness, whilst a nurse had checked me over and ordered I be carried up to bed. They had notified my dad, but he trusted his colleague and knew he would see me in the morning, said it was best he calmed himself first. At the details of the story me and Maya sat in silence mulling over what to say next, we eventually broke the silence in need of water. Alpha passed a bottle he was holding in anticipation, and we drank deep, almost emptying it in one. We finally formed a line of thought. Breaking the silence we asked “What will happen to Tom? Does his family know?” Maya sat watching from my eyes as Alpha signed, “under your old Alphas’ ruling he would serve his sentence in the cells here, however my pack handle things differently…he will be sent back to my home town where he will serve his sentence, 6 months in a confined cell followed be 6 months serving the Beta to show he has improved or changed, if he does not meet a better standard the process will be repeated. His family has been notified and his father has agreed to his punishment while the family is saddened they knew of his…love for you though they never thought he would take it this far” After answering all our questions and promising our safety Alpha left us in the room, Maya wanted to shift and run free, but I’d always promised dad he would be the first to witness her, so we hopped in the shower, letting the water make us feel clean again. 

In the shower my mind trailed back to all the time Tom hadn’t been caught, all the times he preyed on me cause he knew my parents we’re always out busy and I was too scared to speak. After the first incident he’d told me my mate would reject me, if it wasn’t him…who wants an impure mate? A Slut who wonders around giving it to anyone. He made me feel worthless. Maya interrupted my line of thought reassuring me that we had value, we’re not worthless. But it didn’t help the last few years I had learnt to just deal with him, I justified it since he had never hurt me, not really. I never had bruises or felt much pain, other than the first time. Maya pulled me back again ‘Come on we’re better than this, it pains me to feel you like this but I’m here now, let me share the burden’. No body knew of the pain we felt almost every day, or the true relief we felt now. I’d lost track on time in the shower but decided I needed to move on. I looked at myself in the mirror, sad to see my own face and Maya pushed forward ‘Today is going to be a good day’.

Once dressed and packed we headed home, Maya sniffing anything and everything along the way, she decided she loved the smell of freshly cut grass, and I told her to wait until it rains, it smells even better. It had always been a favourite of mind, along with that new book smell and a fresh latte. Maya suggested we stop at the café on the way home so she too could smell a latte, who was I to refuse, we grabbed one for dad too.

Once home we barely got the door open before dad was hugging us, we could feel his worry and anger bubbling at the surface, he stood back to look at us fully, as though he needed to see us to believe we were okay. I passed him his drink, dropped my bag and moved to the sofa with a huge grin on my face. He looked perplexed by my smile but before he could ask Maya pushed forward, making my eyes a beautiful blue colour and his face snapped with realisation. Since wolves can’t speak like humans Maya used the mind link to greet dad and introduce herself, I could feel the excitement filling the room. After bouncing around and howling in my head Maya finally agreed to let us finish our coffees before she shifted and went exploring. 

Maya was chanting in my head ‘down it down it down it…come on come on let gooooo’ The first time you shift is the most painful, some teens even have to stop halfway through and wait to try again, so I was naturally apprehensive not that Maya seemed to care ‘Come on I’ll make it quick I promise!’ I guess part of me was reluctant to shift as it meant I was officially a pack member and well it just makes it all real. Suddenly I felt my self-overwhelmed with emotions, I felt nauseous which is probably from the nerves or was it the excitement? Then the what if’s started…what if I was the same colour ad Dads wolf, then I wouldn’t have anything from mum, but what if I was the same colour as mum and it made dad sad and… ‘Danielle…there are a million what ifs in this world, sometimes you just got to do the thing and live in the answer, now come on…Dads already shifted and he’s ready to help us, or just greet us when we’re ready, you need to let him know’ Maya was right and I tried to snap out of it but I couldn’t stop all of the thoughts, in the end though I think the distraction helped, I was barely two steps into the garden before I had fully shifted, I barely felt any pain and just stood there.

Maya decided the pool was a great place to get a drink and I heard dad chuckle behind us. When Maya turned to face him, I heard him and his wolf David, gasp through the mind link, Dad told me to look at my reflection, so we both turned back to the pool and waited for the water to steady that’s when we gasped. I didn’t think this would be the combination or any where near my colours yet here I am just the same as the figurine I laughed at yesterday. I was a half and half wolf! Forgetting the mink link was open to Dad and David me and Maya went crazy, we asked every question, we made every comment, it was all fun and games until we hit the what ifs…what if everyone thinks were freaks, what if they take the mick? What will we do? That’s when David jumped in ‘Everyone has a what if, we had them all when we lost your mum, what if we can’t raise a girl, what if she doesn’t want to live with just dad, what if what if what if. But at the end of the day all that matters is that we keep going, we find the answers, but we live with or without them. For anyone that thinks you’re a freak there will be another that thinks you’re amazing. And just know we both think you’re amazing already’ I felt an awkward flush from dad, we rarely had any emotional chats, but he always came through when I needed it. Even if it was strange to hear it from David.

With that in mind Maya went back to begging to run, she wanted to sniff, chase, and play all night…or for as long as we’d allow. We must have run for hours, with dad and David showing us all the spots they used to visit with mum and her wolf, for a little while in the flower fields I let Maya have full control, it was all fun and games until I re-joined her at the front and started to sneeze…got damn pollen. But we felt so free and with that freedom our bond was even stronger. At some point Alpha had mind linked and asked how we were, he was still concerned about the whole Tom situation, but he understood we we’re enjoying some family time and simply offered himself, should I need to speak to anyone. Dad said it showed how much Alpha Jax cared for the pack, yet David seemed to change his mood and suggested we headed home before it got much later.