Chapter 1


    “All you have to do is reject her,” hearing those words leave her mouth had me freezing in my


    tracks.


    I carefully made my way back to the balcony and hid behind a pir so she wouldn’t see me. She


    had her hand on his shoulder and I could see him thinking about her offer.


    “All you have to do is reject her,” she repeated, “And you will have the position of the future Alpha.”


    FLASHBACK


    The day started like any other. I woke up long before the sun had even thought to rise and I started


    doing my usual chores. It is an unspoken rule that once the members of the house wake up by 7


    a.m. the house has to be perfectly cleaned and breakfast has to be ready.


    It took me three months toe up with the perfect time to rise in order to get everything done. I


    wake up by 3 a.m. and spend the next two hours cleaning the entire house from top to bottom. I


    also have to be quiet because if my father wakes up then I will be in for a lot of punishment.


    I waited for my sister and father to leave the house before I snuck out of the house into the woods


    that had taken over at the back. It was quiet and I was sure that no one would bother me there.


    I followed the marked out path that I had be familiar with over the years. I can navigate this


    path blindfolded and in my sleep because of how many times I had gone through it, especially in the


    past few weeks.


    I got to a small cave. It wasn’t big enough to draw attention to it but it was big enough that I could go


    in and practice without being disturbed. A few feet into the cavey a few books I had taken from


    father’s library without him noticing a small nket for when the days got colder.


    I sat cross legged on the floor and imagined all the different types of wolves I had seen. I imagined


    my father’s which wasrge and ck with dark brown eyes. It towered over me easily in my human


    form and for a very long time it terrified me.


    I imagined my sisters which was smaller in size. It was a d*rty brown color and in her wolf form, she


    had the same icy blue eyes as she did in her human form. Her wolf was graceful and petite and I


    smiled as I thought back to a memory of her running.


    I let the feeling ofpleteness wash over me and I willed my own wolf toe to the surface but


    nothing happened. I tried harder, even tried picturing what my own wolf would look like. Would it be


    d*rty brown like Brittany’s or ck like my father’s? Maybe it would even be a different color, sandy


    blond or even a deep brown. I didn’t care what color it was, I just wanted it.


    I don’t know how long I sat there willing, wishing and praying for my wolf toe to the surface but


    it never did. As the seconds ticked by I got more and more frustrated. I thought I felt hair o my skin


    and I opened my eyes in excitement, d I had made a little effort but the excitement dissipated


    when I realized it was a stray feather.


    I let out a barely contained scream and buried my head into my hands. Angry, hot tears burned


    beneath my eyelids and for a moment I wondered if I would ever get my wolf. For a moment, I


    wondered if it was even worth it at all.


    But then I remembered why I was doing it all in the first ce- ke. ke and I have been


    together for a while and I know that the only way for us to stay together is for me to get my wolf and


    then we can be properly mated.


    He was the reason I started this four months ago and I am not giving up now. I wiped the tears from


    my face and gathered myself to my feet. I can always try againter.


    KADEMN’S P.O.V


    I went out for my morning run like I usually did. It was the only time I got to myself before I was


    swamped with work and it was a good way to clear my head. No one knew that I went on it and I


    liked it that way.


    While I was running, I heard a faint scream that had me pausing in my tracks. It wasn’t that the


    voice was female but it was something about it. It felt familiar and I felt my wolf perk up when he


    heard it. He was anxious within me and he wanted me to find the source of that voice.


    “I thought I heard our mate,” he told me but I shook my head, it wasn’t possible. “I can’t feel her


    presence but that was her.”


    “I think we are hearing things,” I teased him and he was about to respond when we heard a crack of


    a twig.


    This time, I knew it was no girl and I was instantly at attention. I followed the sound only to get to a


    clearing and see a bunch of rogues. There were three men and they were whispering amongst


    themselves. I didn’t want to make my presence known because the element of surprise was always


    a good ally.


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    I made my way over to them making sure to stay hidden within the trees. Once I was close enough,


    I jumped out of my hiding ce and snapped the n*eck of the one closest to me. The other two


    jumped in surprise and fright. They didn’t recognize me instantly which was their mistake because


    they tried to jump me.


    I was quick to deflect their moves and within a few minutes, I had both men lying dead in front of


    me. One had a small pocket knife embedded in his chest while the other had his throat shed. I


    shook my head as I looked at them. They made the mistake of bringing out a weapon they couldn’t


    use.


    I was about to leave when I heard a small whimper in the woods. I turned to see a woman hidden


    there. Her hair was d*rty and she was backed up into a corner. My wolf warned me against her but I


    ignored him and made my way over to her. I helped her to her feet and she smiled softly at me then


    tried to trail her hands down my chest.


    “Let me thank you,” she reached for the waistband of my joggers and in one quick move, I snapped


    her wrist. She stared up at me in anger and that was when I realized she was one of them. I threw


    her hard against the tree and she crumpled to a heap on the ground with blood pooling from the


    back of her head.


    I stared at the four bodies in disgust and mind linked my Beta- Caleb.


    “I found the rogues,” I told him. “The bodies are in the forest. Get a cleaning crew to handle it.”


    AMELIA’S P.O.V


    I stepped out of the cave and was shocked by how dark it was. I ran as fast as I could to the house


    and looked at the huge grandfather clock that stood in the living room and cursed; ke will be


    here to pick me up any minute from now.


    I took a very quick bath and changed into the prettiest dress I own. It is an old dress I have had for a


    while, father said he couldn’t spare any money for a new dress for the party but that doesn’t matter


    because as long as I am with ke, I am happy.


    I snuck into Brittany’s room and applied a little bit of her makeup to make me look pretty and I tied


    my hair up into a high ponytail and waited at the bottom of the stairs for ke to knock. I nced at


    the clock and saw that he was running a bitte but I figured there must have been an emergency.


    What else could it have been?