Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.
Well it was the moment of truth and everyone’s eyes were on me. I looked down at my drink, took a sip
and let out a small sigh. I could remember it all just a vivid as the day it happened. The day that
haunted my dreams.
My eyes looked up from my drink to my mate, as he gave me an encouraging smile and I began to tell
my story.
“Okay, so it all started on my sixteenth birthday. I was with our mother, we were getting ready to go to
the store to buy all the ingredients for my birthday cake. The night or well I guess the morning, well
maybe midnight brought on a realization that I don’t have a wolf. So you can imagine I was pretty
bummed out about that revtion. Of course the Alpha family knew immediately, considering they have
to witness the first shifting of our wolves and help guide us through it for safety reasons. She never
showed up and I guess the gossip spread like wildfire.
By the time it was the day of my birthday party, many people already reversed their RSVP and had
been avoiding me all week long. I was seen as being cursed by the Moon Goddess for not having a
wolf.. I begged my mom to cancel the party.. My mother still insisted on having the party regardless of
how others were acting and treating me. ‘Keep your chin up, soon things will change. You’ll see,
everything will make sense one day.’ is all she would tell me. I wasn’t sure what she was talking about
but now I think I have a clue or at least a feeling.” I paused and looked at Everest and gave him a small
smile and he smiled back to
1.
I continued as everyone was still waiting and hanging onto my words, “Anyway, the day of my party
was the worst day of my life. My mother and I had just left the house and were walking our short cut
route to the packhouse when she smelled them. The scent of blood and a God awful putrid smell of
Rouge Lycans. There was six of them, they cornered us and demanded for her to give up her child.
She wouldn’t do it of course and she told them over her dead body. Well she fought them off the best
she could. She was super strong and I was amazed at her and how well she actually held her own
against the Lycans. That is until one got by her and was running directly at me. I remember falling and
crumbling onto the ground and covering myself. When she turned to protect me one of the other’s took
her by the neck and I heard cracking. She was still fighting and the leader of the group shed her
neck. Not twenty secondster | could hear the packing and one of the malen looked at me and
said ‘One day we will be together, sorry about all the mess, you’re mine.’ then they all vanished. Not
even thirty secondster the Alpha and some of the pack warriors showed up. They found my curled in
a ball crying and screaming over my mother. I told them exactly what happened and the Alpha didn’t
believe me because their was no scent left behind. He said it was some storyl made up to cope with
the trauma of losing my mother to Rouges. He said ‘Why would anyone want a wolfless little girl?’ Then
everyone started treating me different. Even my own brother, but he’s fine now. He was grieving and
needed someone to me and I was his easiest target. ire was the only friend I had the year
between my 16th and 17th birthday.” Tears were streaming down my face and Everest was fuming.
“You left your sister, who couldn’t defend herself alone?!” He mmed his fist on the table and my
brother looked down in shame.
“I was still a kid myself. I know now it was wrong to behave that way. My mate helped me work through
my grief in a healthy way.” He was looking at his empty appetizer te,
I ced my hand on my Mates and his gaze drifted back over to me and I felt him calm back down.
I began telling my story to them all as I looked around the table, “Now on your seventeenth birthday
we all know wolves can find their mates. I was walking and I caught his scent. I was so confused but it
was only faint. Not as strong of a smell as you I just felt drawn to him, like the pull of a ma. I came
across him training in a field and he turned to me. I guess he caught my scent too but when our eyes
locked and he whispered mate he was confused then very angry. He rejected me and forced me to
ept the rejection.” I looked around the table. Pity was held in ire’s eyes, Josh was confused and
angry, but my mate, he was boiling.
He let out a low growl and was now gripping the table “Who rejected you?!” I shook my head, I didn’t
want to make anything worse. Josh spoke up “He forced you to ept the rejection Avalynn?”
I nodded slowly and Josh mmed his fist down on the table this time making ire jump. Her eyes
went wide then she frowned after a moment. I knew they both know who my first mate was and should
have been
They looked over to Everest and his eyes went wide and he stood abruptly from the table. “I will kill that
good for nothing piece of crap and his fake Luna!”
Oh s**t, oh no, oh s**t! This was not the reaction I was expecting. I stood with him and ced my
hands on his shoulders forcing him to look at me. “It is fine. I’m fine. We are fine now.”
Our waitress came around with our food and then refilled our drinks. “Please sit and let’s just have this
afternoon. We can work everything outter.” I tugged him to sit down and I noticed Jameson and Ted
rx too.
I watched him sit and began again “The whole year I did everything to avoid them. Then on the night
before I turned eighteen his wolf took over and found me by the pond outside our house. It was a clear
night and I wanted to enjoy it. I watched him visibly struggle with control over his wolf. He said my scent
still appealed to him and his wolf was angry. Angry with him for rejecting his true mate.. He said that the
pack would be better off without me, I was trash, and he wanted me gone. He doesn’t want to see me
at his ceremony but then said he ns on banishing me from the pack as his first order as Alpha.”
My mate was raging below. I could tell, his heart beat was erratic and his eyes kept changing and being
more vibrant. He took a slow and deep breath and looked at me, “Fine, but he is obviously not ready to
take over the pack and the approval will be denied at his ceremony.” He growled. “He’s going to know
what it’s like to be humiliated in front of everyone. Everyone will know that you are now my mate and
was his. Not that it matters because if you were mated to him and I found you, I would have challenged
him for you.” He grinned.
“This is going to get ugly.” muttered Jameson. I saw Ted nod in agreement.
I sighed and we all began eating our food in a very ufortable silence. ire kept looking at me
and I shook my head at her. I wish she would stop looking at me like I was wounded. I’m not, I have
endured so much over thesest few years that no one realizes. I am much stronger than they all give
me credit for.
Tate my food and ended up not being able to eat it all. I pushed it around my te when I could feel
him watching me. I picked up another bite of steak and ate it. I couldn’t help it, it was so delicious. I
looked up finally and he was smiling at me. I smiled back in return.
The waitress came over to check on the table and he ordered four chocte cheesecake slices, four
red velvet cake slices, and four carrot cake slices. Enough for everyone to have two slices. I guess I
best stop forcing this food down my throat so I could enjoy dessert and not be miserable.
“So Avalynn have you shifted into your beast yet?” He asked curious and I noticed all eyes moved to
me.
I shook my head “No I haven’t. Honestly I wasn’t aware I had anything until I met you, yesterday at the
waterfall.”
“Why did you go to the waterfall?” Josh asked. “Not important.” I sighed. “So yesterday was the first
time you heard your beast?” I nodded again. “Yes.”
“Oh, happy bted birthday then, my beautiful mate.” His eyes shed in anger and I know he realized
what Ryder said was right before I met him. The look was gone quickly and he softened his expression.
He took my hand and kissed the back of my palm.
I felt my cheeks heat up “Thank you.” I smiled and gazed over to him. “Do you even know what you
are?” His head tilted to the side.
“Well I have a pretty good guess I’m a Lycan? But how when my brother is a wolf?”I looked down the
table to my brother and he just shrugged.
“Well when you were talking about what happened to you, you mentioned something your mother said
to you. She said something like you would understand one day?” His hand went up to scratch the side
of his face as he was thinking.
“Yeah, I dont know why she said that. Looking back it seems like she knew I wasn’t a wolf?”|| shrugged
and looked down at my brother. “But how are you a wolf and I am a Lycan?”
Jameson spoke up then “Well maybe it’s gics or you’re adopted?” I sat back in my seat a frowned
at thestment. Why would mom keep it a secret from me?
“Maybe Alpha Mike knows? He has to know all the ins and the outs of the pack?” ire suggested.
Everest nodded his head “Yeah I can ask him. He will have to tell me. He could of been hiding the truth
the night your mother died to keep the pack under control. I big pack scared of Rouge Lycans wouldn’t
be pretty for anyone involved. It could of risked you life too. We will get it figured out, don’t you worry.
But for now let’s find your shoes to go with the dress and book you an appointment to be pampered for
the ceremony? ire would you like to join her?”
“Oh I couldn’t..” She began
“Nonsense. You deserve it after everything you’ve done for my mate. Maybe Josh and I can get some
truth while youdies are getting ready.” Everest looked at Josh who nodded in agreement. “It is settled
then. Avalynn, ready?”
I smiled and we went searching for the perfect pair of heels. I found them and essories to go with
my dress. We booked a spa treatment, hair and make up appointments. When the sun was setting we
met back up with everyone.
“See if he will help you shift.” Charlotte asked.
“Uh, Everest would you mind helping me in my first shift? I don’t know what to really expect since ! was
brought up learning about wolves.” My feet suddenly bing very interesting.
“Of course, let’s go.” He took me by the hand and led me into the forrest.