CHAPTER ONE
WARNING – This book includes scenes of s****l assault, violence, and r**e. If these are triggers for you, I would advise finding a different book. Please note this is the only warning I will not be providing one for each chapter containing any of these things.
One more sleep to camp I think to myself, and honestly, I cannot wait. I have never been away from home for more than a night, you see I am a werewolf, and in a few years when I turn 18, I will get my wolf. Rather than going to the pack school my parents put me in the public school with humans where no one knows who or what I am. I finish packing as dad walks into my room.
“Everleigh, honey are you sure you want to go to camp? Dad asks.
“dad, you know I don’t have a choice the whole squad has to go and anyone who doesn’t go will be cut.” I reply.
“I don’t even know why you joined the cheerleading squad,” he says while shaking his head.
“Because it’s fun and normal and every high school girl wants to be a cheerleader. Plus, you and mum are the ones who made the decision, you are the ones who wanted me to learn to be around humans, wanted me to have a normal school experience, if it had been up to me I would be going to the pack school.” I can see that I won, and he will not put up a fight.
“fine but your mother and I will miss you” he responds
“so, will I” pipe up the voice of my sister Isabella. She is 6 years old and I lovely her fiercely.
“I’ll miss you too Bella.”
You’re going to be gone for your birthday, that means we won’t get cake” she complains.
“ahh, so that’s why you’ll miss me” I pretend to look hurt before continuing. “it’s okay though because when I get back we are having a party to celebrate my 16th, the whole pack will be there and there will be cake.”
“yay” she yells as she runs away.
“I have to be at school by 8am for the bus tomorrow dad, and I need to finish packing, I’ll see you in the morning.”
The next morning we load my bags into the car so that my dad can drive me to meet the bus. I quickly hug my mum and sister yelling I loves you and bye before jumping in the passenger seat. If I knew then what I know now, things would be different, I never would have left.
*Two Years Later*
I am awoken by my alarm clock I roll over and look at it and groan, Its 6:00am and I have slept in, I silently thank myself for setting the additional alarm last night, if I don’t get up now and head to the kitchen there will be no breakfast. I slowly climb out of bed, can you even call it a bed if it’s a mattress in the floor? I think to myself, while taking note of all today’s sore spots. Due to the sleep in I forgo my morning bathroom trip, I know that I will not get a shower today.
I mean I may only be allowed 5 minutes and no hot water but at least they let me bath, but only before the rest of the Shadow Lake pack is awake. I am the lowest of the low in pack order technically. I am not even a member of a pack especially not this one, not after the m******e of my pack 2 years ago. I try not to think about that time shortly after my parents packed me off to camp, our pack had been attacked. Everyone was killed, the Beta, Gamma, their mates, all the omegas, and children who kills innocent children? The deaths that affected me the most though were the deaths of our Alpha and Luna, my parents.
I felt their deaths while at camp and cried knowing that I would have no home to return to. So, at 16 when I finished up camp got on the bus back to my home town and started walking, eventually I found a pack willing to house a 16 year old girl who had no home. I lied to them about who I was, no one wants the daughter of a different Alpha in their pack if they knew who I truly was I would be killed, so this is a secret I must take to my grave, or at least until I turn 18 and can declare myself a rogue and get the hell out of here.