《One Day, I Woke Up A Werewolf》


 Prelude: A Rude Awakening

    Prelude: A Rude Awakening


    Why did I have to be so curious? Is it really important to know everything and make sense of it all?


    ''''Now look at me! Stuck in a broom closet at school because I had to follow Jaxon. Just great!'''' I say to


    myself. Scared to death and definitely moments away from pissing my pants from all the growling going


    on outside.


    I honestly knew something was weird with Jaxon but animals at school? Did he have a secret pet or


    some weird science experiment gone wrong?


    Oh no....


    He was the type to torture animals by doing twisted experiments on them. If that is the case then I can''t


    just hide in here and let the boy I am secretly in love with do this to those poor animals, probably dogs


    or whatever.


    Maybe I need to stop watching crime documentaries, especially with ones of serial killers and people


    with weird fetishes.


    I need to find that courage I had when I stood up to my father and his vile wife. He is just a boy, what


    could possibly go wrong?


    The broom closet door swings open before I could talk myself in to pointless bravery to reveal Azuri,


    looking at me with deadly eyes. I could''ve sworn her eyes changed colours.


    "Pointless hiding in here. You were made the minute you arrived little human girl." Azuri says to me as


    she drags me out. She throws me on the floor as Ind on a pair of white sneakers that look a little too


    muddy, even for me.


    Little human girl? Guess I''m not dog enough to be tortured but I thought she was human too.


    "Why did you follow me Hailey?" Jaxon''s voice echoes through the school. He sounded different, a little


    deeper and it scared me.


    I look up toe face to face with Brett. He smiles at me but it looks more evil as his incisors look


    strangely longer and pointy, and his face contorted in disgust. I look away, feeling a chill run up my


    spine just by his look alone.


    Azuri yanks me up with so much force that I lose my bnce and fall back down. On my way down


    back to the floor, I lock eyes with Jaxon.


    He looked at me differently, not like the other times when we were together. He looked at me with so


    much anger, my heart sank. Why is he angry? He''s the one torturing animals. Speaking of animals, I


    realize I don''t hear growling anymore. My cowardice cost me the truth and judging by the looks they


    were all giving me, I was not about to get my way.


    Jaxon sighs out loudly before storming his way towards me and that fear I felt in the broom closet


    creeps back in, finding myself cowering away from him. My action has him stop in his tracks for a


    second and then slowly walking to me. That does not ease the panic that rises within, as I start to


    calcte my way out of here.


    "Stand up." Jaxon says to me but I am rooted to the floor, my legs reacting to the fear that has a made


    a home in the pit of my stomach, my whole body feeling like jelly. Why can''t I just be tough for once?


    Stand up for myself instead of being saved by everyone I considered a friend once in my life.


    The rest of the group around me start tough and I am not annoyed one bit.


    See, I want to be brave but I can also findfort in shying away from confrontation. Especially from


    an angry secret love who is pretending right now that I mean absolutely nothing to him. What did I think


    was going to happen though? He is a bully with all his friends and they prey on the weak, the likes of


    me but I convinced myself I will never get to experience his cruelty.


    Ha! Jokes on me now for being stupid enough to have been so na?ve.


    "I won''t repeat myself Hailey." Jaxon says my name with such disgust, such malice and hate. The same


    way he says the names of all the other victims that suffered in this school. If my mom was alive, she


    would have been here saving me and making sure that they get detention all year but she is not here


    and I am on my own.


    So with my mother in mind, I will stand up and look Jaxon square in the eyes.


    I stand up slowly, trying to gather all the strength that I do not have at all and I eventually get on my


    feet. Surprise takes over me as I don''t feel my legs try to give out on me, throwing a victorious grin at


    Jaxon before giving him my deadliest re.


    Half of my conscious begging me to look down but the other half was cheering me on. Our secret


    rtionship, something he asked for holding zero weight to his cold demeanour, Being my first kiss and


    first boyfriend. He knew this, knew that I am struggling to let people in because of my dad letting me


    down as a parent and my mother dying so suddenly. His constant reassurances that he will take care of


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    me were obvious tant lies and now I get why he asked for our rtionship to be on the low, he used


    me.


    "Last I checked, this school was for everyone and I happen to be a schr here, you being here is just


    a mere coincidence." I say without a stutter. My focus on Jaxon so I don''t falter.


    "Then why were you hiding in the broom closet?" Azuri asks me and I look at here curiously. She stares


    back at me and I look back at Jaxon, who was still looking at me.


    "Did you guys not hear the growling? And don''t tell me I was hearing things. I''ve been lied to enough." I


    say still looking at Jaxon. He looks away, having a staring contest with Brett before walking away from


    me, they all follow him leaving me alone with Caiphus, who was actually the nicest in that group.


    "I am sorry about all of this Hailey.. but you have now made yourself a target and game for them"


    Caiphus says to me before walking away from me. I was all alone now and my legs finally gave out


    before the tears.


    Jaxon was supposed to be my boyfriend...


    He is supposed to be the one to take care of me but I''m learning once again that I am on my own and I


    need to stop believing people when they tell me otherwise.

 Chapter 1

    Chapter 1


    The school was smaller than what I''m used to, a little on the old school architectural side with statues


    of old men- no women.


    Kids in school uniform, some tried to make it look trendy but let''s be honest, it is still school uniform but


    whatever makes one feel better I guess. Different cliques all around, I am not able to tell which is which


    no thanks to the clothing but one can easily tell the queen bee of the school.


    A queen bee is never alone, either standing with her girls and the boys never far away. Always close by


    their queen and she knows it. A little hair toss to the side and the dazzling sh of white teeth as she


    us can see them.


    Every one is surrounding her, from her friends to the boys and the rest of the school. I don''t even think


    they notice it really, I mean they are all sitting on the one side of the grass, just divided in to groups and


    as much as most of the student body probably hate her, they can''t help but be drawn to her and now


    my n on staying away from her will backfire.


    She will quickly notice my ignorance and target me. I have no energy for bullies this year but


    unfortunately, that''s something I can''t guarantee for myself.


    I just always seem to throw myself in to the fire.


    Paying attention to make sure I don''t get the school''s royal to pay attention me, I bump in to a wall.


    It all happens in slow motion as I feel my body lose bnce and I start to fall, gravity couldn''t pull me


    down quick enough but a pair of strong hands catch me, his touch making my voice to hitch.


    I look up to the deepest blue eyes I have ever seen as he pulls me up and steadies me. I''m so lost in


    his eyes that my knees give out but he''s still holding me and I let him, takingfort in being in his


    arms as he also looks at me. His eyes focus on my lips when I bite my bottom lip trying to pain myself


    back to reality.


    His eyes get darker and I think I hear a growl which snaps me out of that daze, stepping back from him


    as I shake my head, I had to rid myself of the constant ringing in my head to go back in to his arms.


    "Th...thank you.." I quickly say and he smiles at me but it disappears quickly as he looks behind me.


    I feel my hair being pulled backwards as a sharp pain shoots in my head. The cute boy grabs hold of


    me and I scream in pain as he pulls me towards him and whoever is behind me pulls on my hair,


    tugging me back.


    Definitely lost a few strands there.


    "Another one Jaxon? Another human! Unbelievable!" The voice holding my crown says out loud as the


    entire school approaches, phones in hand to record this very embarrassing moment of yours truly,


    caught between two people and not one of them wants to let go.


    I whimper in pain as I try to scratch her hands off my hair, with no sess.


    "It''s not like that Azuri." Jaxon, the boy pulling me towards him says, his tone sounding a little angry but


    I could be wrong.


    She scoffs and let''s go of my hair,nding hard on Jaxon''s chest and his scent hits my nostrils and I''m


    all mush.


    His cologne sending me in to a frenzy as I feel weird all over my body. He holds on to me tightly,


    covering my face away from the world, not knowing that his scent was doing things to me that I could


    notprehend.


    I try to pull away but he was too strong and I don''t think I''m putting up much of a fight to be honest.


    "I don''t have to exin anything to you anyway. I told you from the beginning what you are to me and


    you agreed to it, please just don''t y the jealous girlfriend card right now. You are not and will never


    be my girlfriend." He says to her and my heart drops.


    How could he hold me so gently but be so cold to somebody else?


    I pushed him back, shock finally breaking my daze and I look him up and down before turning to face


    the fake girlfriend.


    My eyes bulge out when I notice who he was talking to and I mentally groan.


    The school''s queen bee was ring right at me. All that was left was for smoke toe out of her ears


    and Jaxon''s chuckles.


    I turn to look at him and he winks at me. This angers me a little and I pick up my backpack which


    probably fell the time I bumped in to this wall named Jaxon and when I was stuck between a lover''s


    quarrel.


    I run past him and in to the school building. I was given a tour of the school a few days ago when I


    arrived so I can be prepared on my first day but nothing could prepare me for that social suicide I just


    "Just. Great." I mutter through gritted teeth as I make my way to my first ss.


    I was now enemy number one to the school''s most popr girl. All because her good for nothing


    boyfriend decided to hold me like that.


    And wink at me!


    I walk in to the ss room to find Mrs. Meyers sitting by her desk.


    "Good morning ma''am." I say walking up to her. I was told she assigns seats for her students so I was


    not about to just sit down.


    "Hailey is it?" She asks and I nod my head yes.


    "You will be sitting in front of me since you are new and I need to keep my eye on you." She says and I


    gulp away the fear I felt when she said that as I enjoyed sitting in the middle.


    Nobody notices the middle students. We blend in. The kids that sit at the back are usually the trouble


    makers and the front, well that''s always the know it all kids or the straight A kids which I am but I just


    wanted to go through the first few days blending in.


    Not in this school.


    I''ve learned t0 blend in since first grade, not many paying attention to me. I guess it''s a little hard now


    that I can''t hide under a hoodie, I''m forced to have my hair in a ponytail and wear only school provided


    uniform.


    I''ve been told by many that I''m beautiful. Especially my mother''s best friend Tara, who kept begging my


    mom for me to join her modeling agency.


    I look like my dad, he is a very handsome ck man but I took after my mother''s skin tone, green eyes


    and soft hair thanks to her Irish and Mexican descent.


    My hair is soft but definitely curly.


    I sit down, taking out all the necessary books for the lesson.


    People start walking in, the noise picking up as more students walk in to see their friends and catch up.


    "Okay ss settle down." Mrs Meyers says and all the chatter dies down as they take their assigned


    seats.


    "We have a new learner in ss. We will allow her to introduce herself and tell us a little about herself. I


    will not tolerate any rudeness, you know me. Hailey." She says and I reluctantly stand up.


    I turn to face the ss and I find Jaxon''s eyes staring back at me. My nerves shoot up and I''m


    suddenly shaking.


    I look to the back wall, eyes above everyone''s heads.


    "Hello ss. My name is Hailey Ferguson. I love to read, sing and yeah that''s all." I quickly say before


    sitting back down on my chair. I look up at Mrs Meyers and she smiles at me.


    "Thank you Hailey. I hope you will all make her feel wee here in my ss and the entire time she is


    at school. Now, open your books to page 2, Azuri will read for us." Mrs Meyers says and Azuri groans


    out loudly.


    I don''t make the mistake of looking at Azuri who was sitting all the way at the back. I remain focused,


    waiting for her to read what was on the page.


    I feel the whole ss turn to face her but me and time goes slowly as she doesn''t read. I look up at


    Mrs. Meyers and she gestures for me to also turn to look at Azuri.


    Great, she loved an audience in ss too. I turn to face her and she throws me the deadliest re,


    making me want to sink in to my chair.


    sses go by fast and it was now lunch time. I put on my noise cancelling headphones and walk my


    way to the cafeteria.


    After this morning, I''m sure nobody would want to be my friend since they all look up to Azuri, so I


    figured I''d just get my food and find a table to sit alone.


    I honestly don''t mind that at all.


    One of the reasons I transferred to this school is their cafeteria. They have wonderful vegetarian and


    vegan options, even though I eat meat but if they have a mushroom burger or a good tofu sd then


    I''m game.


    My mother was a vegan so our dinners were insanely healthy but so tasty. I missed that, I miss her.


    She was creative though, her meals were never boring and I''d love to eat some meals to remember


    some happy moments with her.


    I order a berry smoothie, salsa quesadi and frozen yogurt, they gave me tutti frutti vor. I show the


    I quickly find an empty table after making sure it is far from the schools popr kids and make myself


    Three boys sit on my table, one being Jaxon who sits next to me. I remove my headphones looking at


    them puzzled.


    "Is this your table? I can move." I say as I start to put away my lunch. Jaxon''s hand covers mine,


    making me freeze.


    "No need. We don''t mind sharing the table with you, right guys?" He says shing me his killer smile.


    He doesn''t even look back at his friends after asking them a question and they mumble something I


    couldn''t quite make out as I''m lost in Jaxon''s eyes.


    Not forgetting how warm his hand was, how his touch was igniting a fire in me I could not understand.


    I was never the sexual kind. What is happening?


    Jaxon removes his hand and I feel empty, cold and my mind crying out to Jaxon to hold me again. He


    turns away from me to chat to his friends as he bites in to his steak, which looked too raw for my liking


    and I now did not me my mother for being a vegan, that is just disgusting.


    I turn to focus on my lunch, seeing that my dessert was missing. I look around the table but the boys


    did not have it until I felt a coldness on top of my head, feeling something really cold drip down the side


    of my face, making it''s way in my ear and to my neck.


    Within seconds, my whole face is covered in yogurt and I heat up all over from anger.


    "You want to humiliate me Jaxon? I''ll do the same thing to her." Azuri says and I lose it!


    I quickly stand up, chair screeching out loudly, gaining everyone''s attention. Azuri loses her bnce as


    she was standing behind me. My chair pushing her to the floor. Facing Azuri,


    "You. Want. Your. Jaxon? Have him! I don''t want him and why not throw him with the yogurt? Huh?" I


    shout out loud. The shock on her face had not yet registered to me and I couldn''t care that she''s on the


    ground.


    She put a wet substance on my hair. My hair.


    "Why do you have to be such a cliche? Popr girl picks on the new girl. Popr guy''s girlfriend picks


    a fight with the girl the popr boyfriend is paying attention to instead of fighting with the popr


    boyfriend. Incase you forgot, I''m the new girl here. I''ve only been around all of you for only four hours


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    give or take, I''m trying to stay alive and sane before picking a boyfriend so the next time he humiliates


    you by flirting or doing whatever it is that you let him do, dump him! You and I, we don''t know each


    other. I don''t owe you shit and because you''ve allowed him to do anything like the king you make him


    think he is, he won''t stop. That''s on you, not me or any other girl, you!" I scream out.


    I stomp my feet away as people start pping their hands. It also has not yet registered that they are


    doing that because of my speech.


    I stop walking, turn around to face her again.


    "And don''t you ever, ever touch my hair again!" I say and walk out.


    I was going back to my dorm but first I am going to pay the school principal a visit on anti


    bullying.

 Chapter 2

    Chapter 2


    I walk in to the school''s office.


    "Hello dear, the restroom is in the opposite direction. You are going go mess up my carpets!" An old


    woman shrieks as she runs to me with a hundred tissues in hand.


    She wipes my face and hair gently, throwing away every used tissue in the bin. The gentleness in her


    actions has me gulp down a sob that was threatening toe out as it reminded me of my mother.


    "What happened dear?" She asks.


    "A girl in my ss. She did this because her boyfriend sat with me during lunch period." I say and she


    rolls her eyes.


    "Azuri will never learn. Let me get the head mistress for you." She says before throwing me a look of


    pity.


    Argh I hate that.


    I sit down, ying games on my phone as I wait to be called in to the principal''s office. A few minutes


    go by until I''m called in..


    I walk in to an office. The head mistress was not in yet so I remain standing.


    "Ah, miss Ferguson. Please, sit down." Thedy says to me and I sit opposite the head mistresses


    chair.


    "I''m head mistress Ger. What happened to you?" She asks.


    "Azuri happened. I would like to know what steps the school takes tobat bully behavior? It is only


    my first day and yet I''ve been subjected to being a punching bag." I say making the head mistress to let


    out a sigh.


    She presses some sort of buzzer that has the receptiondy rush in to the office.


    "Call for Azuri." She says and the receptionist nods her head before walking away. The fact that the


    school teachers knew it was Azuri without me saying her name was rming.


    "I am sorry you have to go through this. I will sort this out, in the mean time, head back to the dorms


    and freshen up." She says and I nod my head.


    As I stand up, Azuri walks in. Eyeing me but the head mistress calls her out.


    "Azuri, this is the third strike. I''m afraid I''ll have to expel you. I''ll be calling your parents toe pick


    you up and let them know of the different options for home schooling." The head mistress tells her.


    I was just through the door before Azuri pulls me by my hair again. Throwing me to the ground, head


    first. One could hear the loud thud when my head hit the floor followed by another as the rest of my


    body follows.


    "Azuri! She''s human!" The head mistress says or I think she said that. I was seeing ck spots as my


    ears were ringing.


    I could hear shouting and people running around me. I felt someone carry me, someone with warm


    hands as one held my exposed thigh.


    "Shhh I''ve got you now..." the soothing voice said before I cked out.


    I jolt awake, sitting up too quickly making my head hurt. My hands shooting up to hold my head as


    events of the day y through my mind. Thest thing I remember is Azuri pullinv my hair again.


    I look around and see that I''m in my dorm room. I was changed in to my pajamas, my hair did not feel


    sticky but boy did my head hurt.


    "Here, take this." A voice said. I look to my left and there is Jaxon, holding out two white pills and a


    ss of water.


    "Who..." I try to say pointing at my pajamas and he chuckles.


    "Would it be such a bad idea if I did it?" He asks and my eyes bulge out at the thought of him seeing


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    me naked.


    "Calm down, the school nurse changed you out of your clothes. Look, I''m sorry you had to experience


    all of that. I need you to know that she is not my girlfriend, we are just casually hooking up." Jaxon says


    and I scoff at him.


    "She has feelings for you. Maybe stop hooking up with her if you don''t want her acting a fool in the


    name of love." I say and he nods his head in agreement.


    "Yeah, you''re right." He says looking at his shoes.


    "Besides, we can never be together together." He says and I raise my eyebrow at that.


    "Why''s that?" I ask.


    "Our families would never allow it. You''re new here so there are some things you won''t understand but


    in time you will. My family is a big deal in this town and school, they would never approve of her and I''m


    not in to her like that anyway." He says and I chuckle.


    "You are in to her if you are hooking up with her and only her." I say and this time we both chuckle.


    "I''m 18 and expected to have a steady girlfriend already so I had given up on finding one. That''s when I


    started hooking up with Azuri but then you showed up and I was hopeful again." He says.


    "You don''t deserve all that''s happening to you but I''ll fix this mess, I promise." He says.


    We remain quiet for a few seconds as I digest what he just said.


    "What do I have to do with this?" I ask and he stands up, walking to the door.


    "I''ve said too much. Get some rest, the head mistress wants you back in ss tomorrow. Good night


    Hailey.." Jaxon says before walking out. Before giving me a chance to ask even more questions.


    Were these the archaic times? Did I just go through a time warp on my way here?


    Although we had wifi here and smartphones so, why would Jaxon''s parents want him almost married at


    18? My phone rings pulling me out of my head.


    "Hello?" I say as haven''t read the caller ID.


    "Little one, it''s Tara. How are you? The school called me about your ident. Should I sue?" She asks


    and I chuckle.


    My aunt was always the dramatic kind. A very busy woman but sessful and still so caring. We don''t


    talk much but she checks in on me every now and then, also sends me money which my dad uses. He


    took my card away after finding out that Tara was sending me money.


    "No aunt Tara!" I say and we both chuckle.


    "Well I ran in to your father who berated me for sending you money. So it''s safe to assume he has your


    card too right?" She asks and I groan through the phone.


    "I''m sorry Tara. I wanted to tell you but he said not to." I say.


    "That''s okay. You''re almost 18 so your dad won''t have a hold on you anymore. Your mother was smart


    enough to leave a will and most of the money will be essible to you when you turn 18 and until then,


    I''ll take care of you pumpkin. I''ve sent money to the school, let me know when you receive it okay? Go


    shopping and treat yourself. Decorate that awful dorm room and change your style, also have you


    thought about trying out for modeling now? You won''t have that figure forever you know? Trust me. I


    thought I''d be lucky...but who knows, your mother had a body even in her old years." Tara starts talking


    and if I don''t cut her off, she''ll go on and on.


    "Tara, I took these pills.." I say.


    "Oh look at me bbing on and on! Get some rest pumpkin, text me okay? I love you." She says


    before the line goes dead.


    I feel alone most of the time and even though aunt Tara checks up on me and takes care of me, it


    doesn''t ease the pain that my father couldn''t care about me or that my mother died.


    Her love will neverpare to that of my mother''s but I will forever be indebted to her. For still caring


    even though she has her own family to worry about.


    My thoughts are interrupted by a giddy short girl running in to my room.


    "Don''t you knock?" I ask and she giggles.


    "Not when we all just saw Jaxon Ger leave your room after spending hours in here!" She says.


    "Ger? As in head mistress Ger?" I ask and the girl nods enthusiastically.


    "Wait, he was in here all day?" I ask and the girl nods her head again.


    "He was fussing over you. Telling the nurse what to do. He actually had the nerve to order her around


    and what''s funny is, she did as she was told! He ordered her to wash you up, waited outside while she


    did that and never left your side right after. Must be nice to be so pretty hey?" She asks and I look at


    her confused.


    "What?" I ask..


    "Well, you just arrived and snatched Azuri''s boyfriend. All the girls are calling you The Wrecker. It''s


    trending on ChatPax." She says grabbing my phone and downloading the app.


    We sit together creating my profile and within minutes I was in their schools app. I mean, why couldn''t


    they use the apps we all use around the world?!


    The girl left me alone as I read all thements about me. How I stole Jaxon from Azuri and that I


    should''ve been the one to be expelled.


    Wtf?!


    I bang my phone on my nightstand as anger washes over me. I was not a wrecker, I was far from it. I''ve


    never even had a boyfriend or done anything kids my age have done at the sweet age of 13. I''m almost


    18 and I''m a virgin in every sense!


    How could I be a homewrecker!?


    I pull the covers over my head as I force myself to sleep. If I''m going to survive tomorrow, I''ll need sleep


    and two cups coffee but first sleep.


    I can grill Jaxon tomorrow and have him make things right.

 Chapter 3

    Chapter 3


    I could not sleep.


    I kept tossing and turning, checking my phone for new updates on my social demise but nothing.


    Hoping and wishing for someone to at least take my side on things but nothing, not one person thought


    it would be a nice thing to do, no. I was being crucified for something I did not do.


    Jaxon should be the one getting all the me. Azuri and I are just the victims here! She fell for the


    school bad boy and I''m just the girl in his sights. He''s ying all of us but sure, me the new girl.


    It was only 5am and my rm won''t ring for another 2hours but I decide to make my bed and shower, I


    can try keep myself busy by straightening my unruly hair after my shower since it''s got to be in a


    ponytail and I never got to wash it since the yogurt incident.


    My phone pings as I''m getting dressed and I quickly open the app to see if there''s any changes.


    In chatpax is Jaxon''s response to all of this.


    ''Stop this. We all know I''m the one to me here, so stop bullying Hailey because I wanted to be


    around her. Azuri is not my girlfriend and never was, nothing was wrecked. Azuri knows it but chooses


    to deny it, for reasons I don''t know. I don''t want to hear anyone call her a wrecker today, zero gossip


    about her and no bullying on Azuri''s behalf. Let the new girl settle in before viinizing her.'' Jaxon said


    on text.


    I had to read it over and over again. He said he''d fix this and here it is, not sure if it will fix anything but


    if anyone was confused about their rtionship, they can have rity now. Jaxon, probably the


    school''s hottest boy just confessed he was single.


    The short giddy girl barges in to my room again.


    "Oh my god! Boundaries!" I shout out loud and she just rolls her eyes at me.


    Sitting on my bed, she whips out her phone and starts reading Jaxon''s message on the app.


    I stay quiet, pretending not to care as I fix my hair.


    "So now you''re going from wrecker to his new fresh meat because people think that''s why he''s so into


    you. He has been with other girls while doing whatever he and Azuri were doing and now, you." She


    says, this time, I was rolling my eyes.


    "First of all, could you stop walking in to my room like you own it? And secondly, have manners.


    Introduce yourself before making yourselffortable on a stranger''s bed!" I say, pulling her off of my


    bed and using my hand to fix the crease on the duvet cover where she was just sitting.


    "Oh my bad! I forgot about that, I''m sorry. My name is Reba and I stay like four doors down from


    you. The other girls are either too scared to talk to you in fear of social suicide because queen Azuri will


    annihte anyone that befriends you or they are envious of Jaxon''s clear interest in you but not me. I


    couldn''t care about either, I''m in to girls anyway." Reba tells me.


    Wow what a mouthful.


    "I don''t care for friends, I just hope this text will have people off my back. That''s all I want, to attend


    school, graduate and go to college not to y social hierarchy on a pyramid scale based on


    rtionships and stepping on toes. It''s better if people stay away, I''m a loner anyway." I say before


    applying mascara. I finish applying and get to packing the books I''ll need for today.


    "Whoa, you''re the emo kind?" Reba asks and I scoff.


    "I have too much to deal with, not sure if I fit in to any box because I just said I''m not interested in


    ying the social status game but sure, if myck of interest in making friends makes me an emo, by


    all means, put me in a box. Now, can you get out?" I ask and Reba chuckles.


    "I like you! Anyway, you might not want my opinion but I''ll give it to you anyway. If anything, this


    message from Jaxon made things worse, people might not bully you or call you names out loud, but


    they will still despise you because of who is in your corner. You''re the new girl who has Jaxon Ger


    defending her, making you instantly popr and at the top. Something everyone here could not


    achieve in a day, so sharpen your knives naive little Hailey. Don''t say I did not warn you..." She says


    before walking out.


    I huff out loud as I throw myself on my perfectly made queen size bed.


    "Oh and I hope after a few stares and whispers, you''ll rethink the disinterest in the social status game


    and join me during school hours. I may not be popr but I can have your back when Jaxon is not


    around because trust me, he won''t always be around and you''ll need it." She says then disappears off.


    Why did I thinking to this school was such a good idea? Oh yeah!


    Getting away from my father and his evil wife is worth getting my head smashed in I guess.


    "Is this a bad time?" Jaxon''s voice echoes in my not so furnished dorm room.


    "You''ve already made things worse for me so I guess it can''t get any better now anyway." I say sitting


    up on my bed.


    "What do you mean? Nobody will bully you now. I put a stop to it." He says to me and I scoff.


    "Yeah they won''t bully me but they will still feel something for me and not the good kind of feelings.


    You''re the popr guy and I just wanted to be the loner girl, left alone to focus on school so I can


    graduate and go to college where none of this poprity bullshit exists. At least not where I n to go.


    Everyone is a nerd where I want to go so it will be a breath of fresh air." I say and he chuckles.


    "You may be a nerd but your beauty is striking. There is no way you''ll be left alone Hailey, take it from


    me. I just risked my social status to defend you and I''ll dly do it until you graduate." He says to me.


    "Oh gee thank you for tarnishing your gleaming and oh so spotless reputation and social standing


    because you could not resist my striking beauty. Whatever will you do if you lose your ranking?" I


    sarcastically say.


    He falls on his back on my bedughing. Hisughter fills my room, making me blush. I look away,


    secretly smiling that I was able to bring such a handsome man to a tear staining fit ofughter.


    "That was a good one. I thought you were the shy kind but you open uppletely in closed quarters


    don''t you? Or do you just feelfortable with me?" Jaxon asks and I roll my eyes, getting up from my


    bed to grab my bag but he beats me to it.


    "Felt like walking you to the school grounds today and I''m not taking no for an answer. Azuri may be


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    expelled but there''s no telling if her parents won''t try to fight for her toe back to school. There''s not


    another school for miles and miles so I''m here to make sure she knows her ce and that she notices


    that I mean business." He says and I mentally groan at his words.


    Azuri coulde back from an expulsion. What in the craziness is that!?


    "Do I need to get a restraining order to keep her away?" I ask. This makes him chuckle lightly.


    "I guess that could work." He says before he opens the door to let me out. A brown haired girl falls


    down as the door opens


    I look up to see a few girls standing at my door and I gasp.


    "Get to hear anything?" Jaxon asks but all the girls try to pretend they were doing something else.


    "Oh don''t get all shy on me Susan and don''t worry, I''m the perfect gentleman with Hailey here. I will


    marry her first before we get to third base." He says grinning from ear to ear as he walks away.


    All the girls gasp at his statement.


    Yip, he just made things worse for me and he knew it. His big ass smile was proof of that and I am


    pretty sure Azuri is going to hear of this. I wouldn''t be surprised if they were calling her right now to give


    her the tea. I was now stuck with Jaxon because my coward ass will not be fighting Azuri or any of her


    minions if I decide to keep my distance from Jaxon and who was I kidding?


    His statement made the butterflies to erupt in my stomach and my inner self was dancing to the


    repetition of his words over and over again as we walked to the school grounds.


    I can''t deny that I''m drawn to him, i likey like him and if I''m being honest with myself, this is worse than


    dealing with Azuri. I know I am in trouble...


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    Chapter 4


    Everyone was looking at us.


    After the hair pulling incident yesterday and now this, there was no way I was going to be left alone. I


    agreed to walk with this tall, dark haired boy who was a total dream for every girl, well almost every girl


    in this school, me included.


    "I can tell what you''re thinking... but don''t worry, they will have something else to talk aboutter, I''ll


    make sure of it." He says before his arm snakes it''s way around my shoulder.


    My body instantly heating up, blush creeping up my neck to my cheeks. Having Jaxon''s arm around


    me, this close contact made me feel things I''ve never felt before.


    "Jaxon.." I try to say but we stop in front of his two friends from yesterday in the cafeteria.


    "Hailey, this is Brett and Caiphus, my only friends in this school but I hang out with other people. If I''m


    not around, they will make sure you don''t get bullied." He says and I nod  my head in understanding.


    "That''s great and all but I think I should make my own friends. I mean, no offense but I usually get


    along with girls." I say making them all chuckle.


    "Yeah, good luck with that after walking around with Jaxon''s arm around you. Besides, you''re better off


    with us for your social status." Brett says, making them all chuckle once more.


    "Brett is right Hailey. You probably won''t be making any friends after this, your overnight step up the


    believed them although I''m not one to listen.


    I look around the school, looking for Reba because I hate being the joke and I find pleasure in


    proving chauvinistic little boys wrong.


    "Actually, I''ve made a friend already. One who doesn''t care about this stupid social status, one who


    couldn''t care that Jaxon''s arm was around my shoulder two seconds ago and I think I''ll go hang out


    with her. See you around Jaxon." I say, catching them off guard.


    "Everybody cares Hailey." Jaxon says and this time, I chuckle as I walk away from them.


    The walk to Reba was not that long but it was the longest 25 seconds of my life with everyone


    staring at me. I kept praying I don''t trip and fall on my face because that''s what happens when


    everyone is looking at you. Not forgetting Jaxon''s gaze burning a hole on my back. I could feel his eyes


    on me because my body was heating up again, igniting a fire inside of me thatpletely confused


    me.


    I''ve had crushes before in my life but it usually starts at imagining a life with the guy first then day


    dreaming and feeling all giddy before my body reacts in this sexual manner. The need to have this boy


    take me was slowly overtaking my senses and I hate something I can''t fight off in my body.


    "Finally taking me on my offer?" Reba asks as all the other students she was sitting on the grass


    with start to get up and walk away at my arrival.


    "Don''t worry about them. Now that Jaxon is sort of iming you, no boy wants to be anywhere near


    you." She says to me and I groan out loud making her giggle.


    "I can''t believe this is my life. This ce was supposed to be my escape. I just wanted to be left alone,


    focus on my studies and graduate but I failed at that, dismally. Jaxon won''t leave me alone and now the


    whole school won''t either and I hear Azuri will try toe back so there goes my luck at feeling safe." I


    say.


    Reba looks at me with pity.


    "Don''t worry about Azuri. Jaxon handled her and I''m sure she won''t want to lose her queen status


    because she couldn''t let go of Jaxon. It was never going to go anywhere with them anyway. I have a


    feeling Jaxon is not toying with you.. he seems different and he has not taken his eyes off of you since


    walking away from him." Reba tells me and I look down trying to hide a blush.


    "What did you mean Jaxon handled her?" I ask because that text did not scold Azuri in any way.


    This question makes Reba seem nervous as she looks around before looking back at me.


    "I''m going to tell you this once because you need to understand this. Jaxon is from the Ger family.


    His family built this town, this very school. They are old money and old moneyes with traditions


    normal families don''t follow. Jaxon here will soon be the heir to take over the family business and


    control the fortune and Azuries from a normal family in this town. The Ger men believe in fate


    when ites to the woman they end up, the other men have also adopted that too but we are focused


    on the Gers here okay?" She asks and I nod my head in agreement.


    "Jaxon won''t end up with Azuri because if he was, he would''ve imed her already. They believe that


    one day they will meet the woman made for them and they will know it then that she''s the one. Azuri


    knows it but I guess like every girl that''s been with Jaxon always hopes to be that girl, stupid wishful


    thinking. My guts telling me you''re that girl for Jaxon but I could be wrong." Reba says and I roll my


    eyes at her.


    "It''s crazy to hear that men believe in love at first sight. That''s usually what happens in your typical


    romantic movies but in real life? That''s called lust." I say confidently.


    "We don''t usually get new students but I can understand how that can be difficult toprehend


    especially when it''s about men but that''s the case here in our small little town." Reba says and I just


    nod my head to end the conversation.


    I couldn''t possibly be Jaxon''s love at first sight. He just wanted to add me to his list and I had to admit


    that he had game. I mean he was ying my hero, risking his rtionship with Azuri to make me feel


    special but after hearing that he''s done this plenty of times before and going back to Azuri right after is


    reason enough for me to not entertain him.


    I will ignore the need to feel his touch, the constant wonder of how soft his lips are or what he''ll taste


    like when we kiss. Gosh is this what bing an adult feels like? Constantly thinking about sex?


    "How old are you Reba?" I ask and she smiles at me.


    "I''m 18 and you''re still 17." She tells me and I nod my head yes.


    "I''ll be 18 in a few weeks.." I say sadly and Reba gets excited.


    "Oh we have to celebrate! I''ll n everything, you leave that to me." She says but I shake my head no


    frantically.


    "My mom and I used to always go for ice cream in the morning as breakfast and steak for lunch then


    we would have bacon and eggs for dinner. We always did things backwards on my birthday but now


    that she''s gone, I won''t be doing anything. I don''t want to do anything without her." I say as I try to gulp


    down a sob stuck in my throat, forcing a way out.


    Reba gently grabs my hand and squeezes it.


    "I''m so sorry Hailey. Do you want to talk about her?" She asks.


    "What can I say? A drunk driver hit our car killing my mother instantly because she swerved the car to


    her side trying to save me. I didn''t even get a chance to say goodbye or tell her that I love her. He''s in


    jail now but he will get out and find life again but my mother is gone. And don''t get me started on my


    deadbeat father who is livingrge on my trust fund because he''s a prick." I say feeling hot tears on my


    face.


    "I came here because it''s far away, far from my evil stepmother and her toy, my dad. He does


    everything for her but nothing for me. This ce was supposed to be my escape, where I can focus on


    things important to me but it''s just another horror show in my life. I ran away from my problems


    because of the coward I am only to run in to more problems with a bunch of teens who have no worries


    except for their social status." I say chuckling through the tears.


    I wipe away my tears.


    "Wow. I''m so sorry Hailey, things will get better. You won''t always be the new girl, maybe Jaxon''s girl


    for now but you''ll get used to the way things work here and you''ll be one of us soon." Reba assures


    me and I force a smile.


    "I just want to be Hailey. Not the new girl and definitely not known as Jaxon''s girl, I''m not his girl." I say.


    "Ouch, that actually hurt." Jaxon says before sitting next to me.


    "Reba." Jaxon says without a smile but Reba smiles at him which was unsettling. She had a


    look of longing when she looked at him and that confused me.


    "Jaxon." She says before grabbing her phone and getting up.


    "I''ll see you around Hailey." She says and I wave back at her.


    "You need to stay away from her." Jaxon says to me.


    "Why? She''s nice to me." I say and he smiles at me, making my heart flutter.


    "She''s only nice to get her way. Just stay away from her. Come on, let''s go to ss." He says getting


    up and holding his hand out for me to hold on to.


    Once I''m up, without his help my phone pings and so does Jaxon''s.


    We both get our phones to see it''s a notification of a new post on chatpax that everyone was tagged


    on.


    I open the post to hear my voice, my voice talking about my mother and horrible father. The caption of


    the post read, wrecker girl to Jaxon''s girl orphaned and all alone.


    Reba had recorded me..


    I felt my phone slip through my fingers before it hit the grass but I couldn''t care. I just opened up to this


    girl and she betrayed me.


    I find her looking back at me, grinning from ear to ear before winking at me and turning around, walking


    away.


    I thought I heard a growl but I pay it no mind.


    I could feel my body getting cold, closing off. Jaxon assuring me he will handle it but I couldn''t even


    care what he was saying. My brain pushed the pain to the back of my head, this is not my first rodeo


    with bullies. I''ve been here before, plenty of times and the only way to survive such attacks is to keep it


    moving.


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    I picked up my phone, my backpack and I walked away from Jaxon, heading to my first ss.


    I may be hurting but there''s no way I will break down and cry. I did that already and I''m paying the price


    for it now, my sob story out for the whole school to listen to and judge,ugh or pity me. I will keep an


    expressionless face and that I am good at.


    Reba may have slipped past me but that''s the lesson I needed to learn to keep everyone at arms


    length, there''s no way I''m letting any of these kids in to my life.


    Not even Jaxon, Reba made sure of that.

 Chapter 5

    Chapter 5


    Jaxon''s POV


    She was beautiful.


    Goddess, she was breathtaking and I have to make her mine but how?


    My dad said he just walked my mother to the woods and shifted in front of her to introduce her in to our


    world but that''s just wrong. I mean, it worked for him but I doubt that would work on Hailey.


    Besides, she''s dealing with a lot now. Her horrible father and her mother passed away, I can''t add on to


    the trauma. I will have to gently pull her in to my world but Azuri.


    "Hey Jax.. want to hang out in my room?" Azuri asks and I shake my head no.


    "What''s your deal?" She asks me and I chuckle.


    "I found someone else Azuri. You knew this when we started, why are you making it difficult?" I ask her.


    "No. I knew things would end when you met your mate but you haven''t so what''s your deal?" She asks


    again.


    "Look, we had a good run but the fire is out and I can''t force myself to be with you. Don''t make me


    have to use my authority to get you to stop ying my girl, you''re not and you''ve never been. We


    agreed on this when we first got together so what changed?" I ask her and she looks down before


    looking up at me.


    "I fell in love." She blurts out and I let out a growl.


    "It is forbidden Azuri!! Why would you allow yourself to do that?! Fuck!" I shout out.


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    "It just happened okay? I had no control over it." She says to me.


    "Brett told me this was a bad idea. Now even if I meet my mate, your wolf will want to kill her and she''s


    only human. I''d have to have guards all around her to protect her from you! All because you couldn''t


    wrap your head around the fact that we can never be together, not in the way you want. Fuck." I say


    before walking away from her.


    "Are you going to tell your father?" She asks which has me stop in my tracks.


    "No. It is forbidden for a shewolf to fall in love, especially with a male wolf who has a human mate


    somewhere in the world. If you are truly in love, you''ll expose yourself to him and he will have to kill


    you." I say before walking away.


    Azuri and I have always been friends but one drunken night we hooked up. One drunken night led to


    other nights and now this.


    Now Hailey''s life is in danger and that''s all because of me. To save Hailey, I''d have to kill Azuri but


    she''s my friend before anything else.


    "What''s wrong son?" Mother asks me as I throw myself on the couch next to her. My father was sitting


    on the opposite side.


    "I found my mate." I say.


    "Well that''s great news! When do we meet her?" My dad asks and I look down at my feet.


    "It''s Hailey isn''t it?" My mom asks and I nod my head yes.


    "Who''s Hailey?" My dad asks and my mom let''s out a sigh.


    "Hailey is the new girl at the school. Hasn''t had the warmest wee to the school either." My mom


    says throwing me a re.


    "I fixed all of that but now I have a bigger problem. A problem that has me drained and helpless." I say


    looking between both my parents.


    "I''m going to walk away because I think as alpha, I don''t need to hear this." My dad says, mom and I


    both nodding our heads in agreement.


    We wait for the car to start and drive away before we both blurt out in unison,


    "Azuri."


    "She''s in love with you, isn''t she? Mom asks and I nod my head.


    "If she finds out that Hailey is my mate..." I say but my mother interrupts me.


    "She will kill her. Oh poor Hailey.." Mother says.


    "I don''t have a choice. I''ll have to kill her, she''s already making Hailey''s life miserable." I say, making


    my mother gasp out loud.


    "No. Azuri will make a wonderful warrior, you can''t afford to lose her." She tells me.


    "Then what do I do? I have to keep Hailey alive!" I shout out, frustration getting the better of me.


    "You befriend Hailey to keep the boys away but you keep her as a friend and only as a friend to keep


    Azuri''s wolf from killing her. In six months, Azuri will be stationed at the border and that''s when you will


    be able to be with Hailey." My mother tells me and I growl.


    I am not good with patience but my mother is right. Azuri will be leaving soon to go live by the border so


    Hailey will be safe from her.


    "Then you have to make sure Azuri neveres back to the school. She remains expelled." I say and


    my mother nods in agreement.


    "Very soon, the mate pull will take over Hailey''s senses, keeping Azuri away is the best decision." My


    mom says and this time, I nod in agreement.


    I kiss my mom on the cheek before making my way to my room. It''s going to be a very long and hard


    six months without iming Hailey.


    And when the mate pull kicks in on her, how will I resist her?

 Chapter 6

    Chapter 6


    Hailey''s POV


    "Hailey, how are you?" Reba asks me as I''m walking to the cafeteria.


    I ignore her but she keeps up with me.


    "Look, I''m sorry for what I did to you." She says to me, making me roll my eyes.


    "You are just sorry because Jaxon and his friends won''t leave you alone. They have turned you in to


    the school joke. So much for  climbing that socialdder." I say, leaving her at the door.


    "You won''t always have him around. One day, he will turn his back on you and you''ll know what it feels


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    like to be on his receiving end." She shouts out but I keep walking.


    "Hailey Ferguson please report to the office." The inte calls out.


    All the kids in the cafeteria look at me as if I was some naughty kid about to get the scolding of my life


    but that wasn''t me.


    I turned to walk out of the cafeteria, getting grumpy that I would miss lunch and I wanted that froyo so


    bad today.


    Walking in to the office, the receptionist  smiles at me before walking up to me to give me a side hug as


    she walks me to Mrs. Ger''s office.


    "Hailey,e on in." Mrs. Ger says to me and I do, ready to get out of this woman''s tight embrace.


    I sit down on one of the chairs facing the headmistress.


    "Hailey, I just received a call from your stepmother. I''m so sorry to be the one to tell you this but your


    father passed awayst night." She says and I chuckle.


    That man did not die.


    "Is this his ploy to orphan me? I''m almost 18, I don''t need him as a parent." I say.


    "Hailey, this is not some game. Your father is gone." She says to me, her eyes filled with tears.


    I don''t believe it. I can''t believe this.


    My phone vibrates in the inside pocket of my zer and I react without thinking, taking it out and


    looking at the caller id, Aunt Tara.


    The zero phones on school grounds rule flying out the window in front of the headmistress.


    "Hello?" I say as I answer the phone.


    "Hailey, sweetie I''ve booked you on the first flight home. Check your email okay? Your father, oh my."


    Aunt Tara starts tearing up over the phone.


    "What''s happening?" I ask.


    "I still don''t know what happened. I just flew back in from a business trip. Your flight is in a few..." Aunt


    Tara says but is quickly interrupted by a loud crashing sound.


    The call gets cut off and I look at Headmistress Ger in panic.


    For a second it looks like she zoned out but quickly snaps out of it as she jumps out of her chair to sit


    on the chair next to me.


    I try calling Aunt Tara''s phone but it keeps sending me off to voicemail.


    I try her eldest child, Vincent''s cell and he picks up.


    "Hailey. I''m so sorry about.." He tries to say but I interrupt him.


    "Vince, I think your mom just got in to an ident. She called me and then there was this loud crash


    and the call got cut off. I can''t reach her right now." I say without catching a breath as the panic sets in


    to make a home inside me.


    "Wait, slow down. Mom? An ident?" He asks and I nod my head yes.


    "Hello? Hailey?" He asks.


    "I heard a loud crash Vincent. You need to find her, please." I say.


    "Her flightnded an hour ago. I''ll go find her Hails. I promise." He says before the line goes dead.


    "That... that sounded like a car crash right?" I ask looking in to headmistress Ger''s eyes.


    Jaxon barges in to the office, his eyes wild with panic looking around the office until his eyes settle on


    me. He immediately kneels down in front of me and gently grabs my hands.


    His touch soothing me instantly, which takes me by surprise but I don''t pull away. I feel slight tingles on


    my hands, where his hands are wrapped around mine.


    "I''m so sorry Hailey. I''ll take you to the airport if you want." Jaxon offers and I nod my head yes as my


    whole body starts to feel warm. Jaxon stands up before helping me up and walking me out of the office.


    "She''s all packed. I put her bags in the car and yours just in case." Brett tells Jaxon but my mind is still


    on that phone call with Aunt Tara that I did not catch what Brett actually said.


    We walk to a ck SUV, with tinted windows and ck rims. Something definitely from a bad ass


    action movie but I''ll gush over this car some other day.


    Jaxon opens the door for me, helping me in and strapping me in safely. Safety first I guess.


    I didn''t even hear him get in to the car and start driving, when I came to, we were arriving at the airport


    with Jaxon''s hand holding mine.


    "Can you pleasee with me? I don''t know.. I don''t know how but somehow with you around, I''ve


    managed to keep it together. I''m confused by it but you keep me calm and that''s what I need right


    now." I say as Jaxon puts the car in park.


    "Anything you want." He says as he gets out of the car and walks to my side, opening the door to let


    me out.


    The airport was busy with people walking or running around. Announcements made, people shouting,


    crying and hugging each other. All the chaos around me couldn''t match the inner turmoil that''s waiting


    to erupt but for some reason, Jaxon was the lid keeping it all in.


    "I need to buy a ne ticket. Can you wait here?" He asks and I nod my head yes, before sitting down


    on one of the chairs ced around the airport about to regret letting Jaxon go.


    As soon as Jaxon walks away, the panic rises up again. Reminding me that it had settled in some time


    ago,ying low but now it came in hard. I tried to breath but it was getting harder and harder.


    The sound of the car crash ying over and over in my head as if I didn''t hear it well the first time.


    Every time I''d hear it, images of Aunt Tara would sh through my mind. I was way past worry right


    now but a deep and strong yearn for Jaxon had me at my feet walking around looking for my source of


    Maybe I''m using him but if I''m not with him, I don''t even know what will happen.


    "Hey hey.. I''m here. I''m here." Jaxon says to me as he pulls me in for a hug. I allow it because I need


    him to calm the storm brewing inside me.


    "Come on, let''s go catch that flight." Jaxon says to me and I pull away. He gently grabs my hand as we


    walk.


    Seconds ago, I was a volcano about to erupt and then Jaxon hugged me, taking all of the fire from


    deep within and putting it out.


    "How do you do it?" I ask him and he looks at me with an eyebrow raised.


    "Do what?" He asks.


    I look at him, trying to see if he was ying me but his face held no emotion. His eyes however, looked


    at me with warmth and maybe that''s what kept me sane but deep down, I knew.


    Deep down I knew that Jaxon knew more about this but for now, I''ll settle forfort. For now, that is


    all I need.

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    Chapter 7


    Hailey''s POV


    We arrive at my father''s big old mansion which looks worn down and under kept. What were they using


    my money for?


    There was a lot of cars parked around the house, some familiar and some not. Jaxon goes to the door


    to knock but I beat him to it and open it, walking in to the house I once called a home before my


    parents split.


    We were happy once, just us three and nothing else to worry about but my father happened to get


    greedy and almost cost my mother her business no thanks to his lifestyle.


    She left him, breaking up the perfect family I had in my head. My mother tried to exin to me why she


    left my father but I spent my days just showing her how angry I was at her and my dad enjoyed it. He


    relished in seeing her so miserable because her little girl hated her.


    When I became a teenager, my father''s habits showed themselves fast and I couldn''t hide behind the


    dream of the happy family. I had to be the adult and baby my father, my own dad.


    In this very house, I cooked for him and cleaned for him because he couldn''t afford to hire anyone


    anymore. All the girlfriends he had wouldn''tst three months because he couldn''t keep up with the


    lifestyle. I would use my own allowance to pay for the cleaningpany and the gardening services


    until my mom found out and took me away from my dad but that would only make me worse.


    I''d sneak out to visit him and make sure he is taking care of himself.


    That was until he met his now wife. The woman who quickly revealed the evil side of my father and


    used him to get a hand in to my inheritance.


    Now he was dead, she had no other card to y as I''ll be put in the system and my inheritance put


    away until I''m 18. What will she do then?


    "Oh Hailey, I''m so d you could make it." Evil stepmother says as she pulls me in for a hug.


    "Hug me back stupid! People are watching." She whisper yells in my ear but I push her away from me.


    "I want you to stay far away from me. I''m just here to bury my father." I say before walking away from


    her as people watch.


    I couldn''t care.


    They all knew or had an idea of what my dad and this woman did to me and they didn''t do anything


    about it.


    I see my father''s friend and possibly hiswyer David in the kitchen and I grab a bar stool to sit next to


    him.


    "So, did he leave her the house?" I ask.


    "Hello to you too Hailey and no. She only agreed to a prenup because he promised to take care of her


    no matter what. The house and everything in it, is yours." David says to me and I smile.


    "Is he in debt?" I ask and he shakes his head no.


    "Your grandmother paid it all off. She wouldn''te here of course because she disowned him but she


    asked me to ask you to visit her. There are some things she would like to talk to you about." He says


    before handing me a piece of paper and walking away, whiskey in hand.


    I open the envelope to see bank statements of my father, which were on zero. The prenuptial


    agreement and a letter from my grandmother.


    I decide not to read it now but after the funeral. I just have to get through all of this, with Crue.


    Speaking of Crue....


    I get off the bar stool and walk out of the kitchen, in search for my dad''s widow. Now that I know the


    house belongs to me, I will give her an hour to get her possessions and leave my house.


    I find her sitting outside by the pool with some people. Her arms linked with Mr. Balwin, who was newly


    single after his drama filled divorce.


    "Stacy, can I talk to you?" I ask and she looks at me and then looks back at her friends.


    "David can you exin to Stacy what you just told me in the kitchen." I say to my dad''swyer and


    friend.


    Stacy looks at me and then at David, visible scowl on her face. I feel Jaxon stand behind me, giving off


    the courage I thought I had but I needed to carry this out.


    "You signed a prenup so the house and everything else belongs to Hailey. I''m not drunk enough for this


    family drama and I will not be put in the middle of it." David says before walking away from me, again.


    "No. This house is mine and you are just one stupid little step daughter." Stacy says to me and  I


    chuckle.


    "I read your prenuptial agreement, the bank statements and all. You''ve racked up some debt but


    whatever. I want you out of my father''s house in one hour before I call the police." I say before grabbing


    Jaxon''s hand and walking away.


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    "This is my house!" Stacy screams out but I ignore her, wrapped up in Jaxon''s scent. I felt warm, calm


    and within arm''s reach of peace when I''m around him. I know it shouldn''t be like this because I don''t


    even know him but with everything going on, I''m so d he came along.


    Everyone was looking at me now with Stacy screaming profanities.


    "Fuck you and your father! No wonder your parents were killed, time to kill you too!" Stacy says to me


    before storming past me.


    "What did you just say to me?" I ask, pulling her arm to stop her from getting away.


    "Don''t be stupid. Your parents were murdered little girl, think about it! Or ask your mother''s best friend if


    you don''t believe me." She says before yanking her arm out of my grip.


    I let her go, watching her storm out of the house.


    People started whispering around me, looking at me with pity in their eyes. They had no shame as they


    talked about my family in front of me, whispering and gossiping.


    "Get out of my house." I say, everyone going quiet but still in the same position.


    "I SAID, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU ALL GOOD FOR NOTHING, NOSY GROWN ASS FOLKS


    WHO HAVE ZERO SHAME! GET OUT! ALL OF YOU!" I scream out and they all fly out, grabbing their


    purses and running out.


    "Well, I''m drunk now and this is the drama I signed up for. Good for you kiddo, but take it down a notch


    on saturday okay?" David says to me before walking out and closing the door.


    Silence follows after the door closes and my legs give out. Ind on my knees, shocking Jaxon as he


    kneels down to look at me.


    "Were my parents murdered? Who would do that? Why would they do that?" I ask myself but Jaxon


    pulls me in for a hug.


    "If they were murdered, we will find out who did this." He promises but my head was stuck on my


    mother being killed.


    My poor mother, killed for what? And if they were killed, what happened to my aunt Tara?


    What was going on in this town and what did it have to do with my parents? Or everyone that I loved?

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    Chapter 8


    Hailey''s POV


    After everyone had left and it was just Jaxon and I, I decided to clean up. Someone had to and I''m


    pretty sure Stacy was hoping I''d do it anyway.


    Jaxon helped out, not saying a word but staying close to me. As if he knew what he was doing to me,


    how he was manipting how I felt. I didn''t feel like crying, I felt strong and capable.


    He gave me warmth and calmness. At the moment, I was addicted to it. He was helping me avoid the


    feelings of losing both my parents and as much as I want to hate my father, of which I thought I did, I


    still love him.


    I me myself for going so far away from him just to lose him. He was my onlyst living parent and I


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    left him to fend the world on his own, when I was perfectly aware how incapable he is. The man


    couldn''t take care of himself and I still left.


    All because he said a few nasty words here and there. I should''ve been strong, should have endured


    his verbal abuse as long as he stayed alive.


    "Hey hey hey... you know none of this is your fault right? I know I shouldn''t say this but people die. It''s


    always the ones we love the most that we lose first and we can''t help but me ourselves but this was


    beyond your control." Jaxon says to me as he pulls me in for a hug.


    His scent enveloping me in his warmth.


    "I love your cologne. What is it?" I ask, not failing to notice Jaxon go stiff.


    "I forgot the name. My mother chose it for me, I''ll ask her yeah?" He quickly responds and I nod my


    head.


    To be honest, what do I care about a man''s cologne? As long as he kept wearing it, he would receive


    noints from me.


    We pull apart and I immediately feel empty without his closeness.


    "How about you go lie down and I can finish cleaning up?" He offers and I immediately panic.


    If I go to my room, if it is still my room, I''d be far from him and I''ll start to feel all the sadness.


    The front door opens, pausing my panic as Jaxon and I turn our heads to see who just walked in.


    Vincent.


    Vincent was wearing blue faded Jean''s and a tan Jersey, his face holding so much sadness as he


    looked at me. I quickly run to him, afraid of what he was going to tell me.


    Jaxon following close behind, my insides thanking him for remembering how much I still needed him,


    even though my childhood crush just walked through the door.


    "Hey Hailey, I hope it''s okay I just drop by like this." Vincent says to me and i just pull him in for a hug.


    He hugs me tightly, taking his time as I was ready to pull apart but he holds on to me for what felt like


    minutes. We eventually pull apart after Jaxon coughs out loud, signaling his presence in the room.


    "Uhm Vincent, this Jaxon. From my school and Jaxon, this is Vincent. A childhood friend and Aunt


    Tara''s son." I say.


    They both eye each other up before shaking hands. The room growing a little tense, which was


    confusing because well, why would there be tension?


    "Mom is fine by the way. Just a weird bite on her neck but doctors are keeping her in the hospital to


    monitor her as she''s pretty shaken up. " Vincent tells me, which has Jaxon perking up.


    "A bite on the neck? I thought she was in an ident?" Jaxon asks.


    "Yeah she was driving and a pack of wolves came out of nowhere, knowing my mother she was driving


    past the speed limit. She tried to swerve around them but ended up spinning and hitting a tree,


    apparently in her unconscious state, a wolf bit her." Vincent says to Jaxon as he rubs the back of his


    head.


    "Hailey, would you like to go and see her? We can finish cleaning upter or I could order a cleaning


    service while we are there?" Jaxon asks me.


    "Yes, I''d love to check on aunt Tara. Vincent, you''re driving?" I ask him and he nods his head yes.


    "Okay great. Let''s go then.." I say as I grab the house keys and follow the boys out.


    We hop in to Vincent''s car and drive down to the hospital. The whole car ride was awkward.


    Jaxon barely said a word and Vincent kept stealing nces my way, trying to talk in code but I was


    failing miserably at understanding exactly what he was trying to tell me but I know for a fact it has


    everything to do with Jaxon.


    I mean Jaxon was huge. Very tall and definitely notcking in the muscles department. He was also


    very edgy looking, from his messy hair to his leather jacket and ck boots. He had this bad boy drift


    going on and I''m sure he is but he has been so amazing to me, how could I think any differently?


    Vincent puts the car in park as Jaxon hops out of the front seat. He opens the door for me as Vincent


    does the same in the backseat, making this a lot more awkward as I didn''t know which door to get out


    of but Jaxon decides for me by gently grabbing my hand, helping me out. I thought I heard Vincent


    mumble something before banging his car door but I decide to ignore it.


    We are here to see aunt Tara and not have to deal with bruised egos.


    They put me in the middle as we walk in to the hospital, each boy on each side. Vincent directs us and


    within minutes, we are in aunt Tara''s room.


    She was awake and smiled as she saw me walk in. She eyed Jaxon suspiciously before pulling me


    down for a hug.


    "Oh my sweet, sweet baby!" Aunt Tara says to me as she hugs me tight.


    First thing I noticed when I saw aunt Tara was the big bandage on the right side of her neck, no other


    bruising.


    "What happened to you?" I ask and she let''s out a sigh.


    "These wolves came out of nowhere and blocked the damn road! I tried to move around them but they


    just wouldn''t budge and I just lost control. Apparently got bitten too which is a crazy story because I


    don''t remember that happening." She says to me.


    "Where was this ident?" Jaxon asks and aunt Tara takes a second before answering him.


    "On airport road. I had just left the airport." She said and Jaxon nodded his head.


    "Who are you young man?" Aunt Tara asks Jaxon.


    "Oh this is..." I try to answer but I''m quickly shot down by aunt Tara.


    "I asked the boy." She says to me and I shut my mouth.


    "I''m Jaxon Ger, I attend a few sses with Hailey and we sit together during lunch." He says proudly.


    Aunt Tara looks at me before looking back at Jaxon.


    "Well, I need a few minutes with my girl. Do you boys mind waiting outside? Vincent close the door


    after you." She says and the boys listen, Vincent doing exactly what his mother asked him to do.


    "Well, he''s cute.." She says to me and I just roll my eyes.


    "I get it. I get it! You don''t want to talk boys with me and that''s fine. We have one important thing we


    need to talk about though." Aunt Tara says to me.


    "What is it?" I ask. She gently squeezes my hand as her eyes fill with tears.


    "Hailey, I need to tell you the truth about your mother. " She says to me.


    My panic returning and boiling over. Was Stacy right? Was my mother murdered?

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    Chapter 9


    Hailey''s POV


    "Hailey, your had been receiving death threats for some time before they actually acted upon those


    threats. It was letter after letter of someone promising to end her and in detail. I don''t know who killed


    her but I have been trying to find out and I think they tried to kill me too." Aunt Tara said to me.


    I blink my eyes once. Trying to digest her words. Blink again, as if I could hear my own heart shatter.


    "I think I was getting close. I found a name in one of the letters, a Theo. Something about she belonged


    to him and she rejected him." She says and I hear her but my head is still stuck at the fact that my


    mother was murdered.


    "I believe he wanted your father dead too but that man beat him to it. Theodore Young is the name I


    found during my hunt for your mother''s killer and I seem to remember her having a brief rtionship


    with a Theodore at summer camp in our high school days. Of course the rtionship had to end


    because they lived so far away from each other but they tried to keep it alive by writing letters and calls


    through the telephone. I just wish I could find those letters." Aunt Tara says.


    "I could try look for them back at the house?" I ask but she shakes her head no.


    "Your mother moved out remember? She would''ve taken them with." Aunt Tara says to me but I shake


    my head no this time.


    "We left in such a rush, we couldn''t pack everything. There''s boxes of my mother''s stuff back at home,


    I''ll take a look at them." I say and Aunt Tara smiles at me.


    "Good. I''m sorry we lied to you about your mother. To tell you the truth, the police wrote it up as an


    ident and found someone to me but your mother had left me voicemails the day before about


    being followed so I never believed it to be an ident." She says and I nod my head in understanding.


    "Then how does the widow know my mother was killed?" I ask which has Aunt Tara bulging out her


    eyes.


    "You need to get home now and get me those letters! And keep that boy around you all the time, you


    hear me? He looks like he can pack a punch." Aunt Tara says to me, scaring me.


    I kiss her on the forehead before walking out the door.


    I find Jaxon and Vincent sitting just outside the door.


    "Ready to go?" Jaxon asks me.


    "Wait, I still need to talk to my mom." Vincent says to us.


    "That''s fine, you''ll find us at Hailey''s house." Jaxon responds as he gently grabs my hand and we walk


    away, not sparing Vincent another second.


    "My mom was murdered. Aunt Tara said that someone killed my mother." I say with a shaky voice.


    "I heard. We are going to find out who did this and they are going to pay for hurting you." Jaxon says.


    "You heard?" I ask and he just nods his head without looking at me.


    We walk out of the hospital to find Brett waiting outside in front of a ck SUV. When did he get here?


    Jaxon opens the car door for me and I hop in. He closes the door and they talk for a few minutes,


    unable to hear anything they were saying. They eventually get in to the car, Jaxon sitting at the back


    with me as Brett drives us.


    "Did he fly down with us?" I ask Jaxon.


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    "Nah. He drove down here, actually just arrived in time to fetch us from the hospital." Jaxon says to me.


    I nod my head.


    I know Brett drove us to the airport and we arrived before him but a drive here takes forever, not half


    the day. Especially in this big SUV, he would''ve had to vite so many speed limits.


    Although now is not the time to question any of that right now, I have to think of my mother.


    The letters.


    If she was indeed murdered, then my dad''s widow knows about it. Maybe my dad got threats too and


    she knew about them?


    Maybe the killer sent letters boasting about how he killed my mother. If that''s the case then my father


    did not tell me about it, instead he went on with his life, spending my mother''s hard earned money.


    Jaxon pulled me closer to him as he gave me a side hug. It helped, as if he could read my thoughts


    and know just when to give mefort. My head was nk now, thanks to him. My anger dissipated in


    seconds with his touch.


    Jaxon was quickly bing my drug and if I continued to use him like this, I won''t be able to let go


    once we get back. I don''t even know if I have the strength to let him go, I need him close to me at all


    times.


    "I''m right here." He says to me before kissing my head.


    Once again, as if he could read my mind.


    The cares to a stop and I look out, realizing that we have made it to the house. Jaxon jumps out


    and helps me out after him, together we walk to the front door of the house.


    The door was wide open.


    My heart starts to beat really fast as my bulged out eyes search Jaxon''s eyes for a fix, some safety and


    assurance.


    Brett races past us and in to the house as Jaxon walks in before me.


    "Stay behind me." He says and I nod my head yes as the coward in me takes center stage. There was


    no way I was going to face whoever it is that broke in to my father''s house.


    Jaxon stops walking and I hit his back, my two left feet losing bnce and gravity pulling me down as I


    let it take me to the cold ass floor. I close my eyes, waiting for the fall, weing the fall with


    everything in me because that''s just who I am but I never make it as two strong arms catch me in time.


    "I''ve got you. Always." Jaxon assures me.


    I smile sheepishly, his voice sending shivers down my spine and his promise warming my heart.


    Brett walks back to us, killing the moment.


    "It''s the dudes wife. She''s in the master bedroom packing her clothes." Brettes to tell us and I huff


    out loud before storming my way up the stairs to my daddy''s room.


    "You have some nerve!" I shout out, as Ie face to face with the gold digger.


    "Oh put the attitude away. I''m here to take my stuff and get the fuck out of here. I did my part now that


    your good for nothing daddy is dead, Theo will focus on us. Get out of my way you little human." Stacy


    says to me, shoving me out of the way. I stumble on my feet and fall, the strength of that woman!


    "Did you say Theo?" I ask and she doesn''t even stop to answer my question.


    I stay rooted on the floor. My head spinning as question after question runs through it. There was more


    to my mother''s death and my father''s death. Theo was a person of interest but now it has just dawned


    on me that Stacy was at the center of it too.


    Stacy was part of the story and the gold digging brat behavior was just an act. She was in fact, a


    person of interest who knew Theo very well.


    Stacy could very well be behind it all.

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    Chapter 10


    Hailey''s POV


    I ran after her but I wasn''t fast enough. The time I took thinking she could be the one behind the death


    of my parents, gave her enough time to leave and I may never see her again.


    "You okay?" Brett asks me as I walk in to the kitchen. I look up at him and around the kitchen.


    "Where''s Jaxon?" I ask as I feel the panic begin to build up in my body from not seeing him. I sit on the


    bar stool as I start to feel dizzy, sadness overtaking me and shocking my system. With Jaxon here, I


    don''t feel, it''s as if he drains me of all feelings and I remain calm but now, now I have to feel. My body


    is forcing me to feel and I can''t, I just can''t.


    "Jaxon?" I call out in panic. Brett runs around the Ind to stand next to me.


    "He ran after Stacy. He''s on his way back." Brett tells me but that doesn''t help and I try to stand to run


    after him. Now I don''t even take two steps before my legs give out but Brett is quick with his hands and


    he catches me.


    "You want Jaxon? Fine." He says before helping me up and allowing me to hold on to him as we walk


    out the door.


    Jaxon was standing on the driveway, talking to a man that was standing next to Stacy. They all turn to


    look at me and I hold on tighter to Brett.


    This man looked exactly like my father and I know my dad does not have siblings. A rush of anger


    takes over, every other feeling taking the back seat as I stomp my way towards my dad. He was my


    father, the man was not dead.


    "What is this? You faked your own death?" I ask out loud.


    "No idiot! This is Theo!" Stacy shouts out and I chuckle at her dumbness.


    "No you idiot. This is dad and what you are both doing is wrong! I almost cried for you! I''m trying so


    hard not to cry, so so hard not to break down and yet here you are being the shitty dad I know you are.


    Well done! Job well done on being so insanely petty and criminal!" I say in anger.


    "Youngdy, I am not your father. I am his twin brother but we were separated at birth." Dad says.


    "Wow! So you still want to y dead huh? Okay I''ll humor you then. Who are you then?" I ask, folding


    my arms and tapping my foot as I wait for an answer.


    "I''m Theo." He says so calmly. I step back from them but Jaxon holds my hand.


    "You hurt my aunt." I say, making him chuckle.


    "Wasn''t it a wolf that hurt her? How could it have been me?" He asks and I bite my lip, he made sense.


    "I dont know what game you two are ying but if that''s they way you want to y it, then you won''t


    get a funeral. I''ll just burn you in to ash and sprinkle them in the backyard." I say, hoping that would


    anger him.


    My father loved attention and he would die for real if he thought I would not give him a proper burial. He


    would want to see people cry for him and talk about him as if he was a good man.


    He was not, my father is not one of the good ones. He knew it and I knew it but if I came from him and I


    was decent then he could be too, he had to be.


    I know he was no good to my mother and he will never again get the chance to right the many wrongs


    there with my mother gone but he could at least be good to me, to the world. He can amend   the


    rtionships he ruined with his selfish ways. I prayed every damn day for my dad to at least try to be a


    dad.


    To attend all of my prize giving ceremonies and even though I suck so bad at sports, I wish he had


    made the effort to be one of the parents on the bleachers chanting my name and cheering me on.


    Instead it was my mother until it wasn''t anymore. Until I was the only kid out on the field without a


    parent and that is why I don''t y any sports.


    He couldn''t even take the time out of his not so busy life of justying around with Stacy in the house


    and take me to my new school, help me settle in. He was my only parent and here he was trying to rid


    himself of me, to get rid of me for good because he didn''t want me.


    "I''m not your father, I''m sorry." He continues to deny me.


    "Am I that bad of a daughter that you''d need to kill yourself so I could let you go? I didn''t ask anything


    of you! You were barely a father then so what makes you think I''d ask you of anything now? All you''ve


    done is spend my money and leave me a half wrecked house that''s probably going to cost me a


    fortune to revive!" I say as the tears fall down my face.


    "Oh don''t be dramatic. I swear your daddy died, he really stopped breathing. This man is not him, he


    wishes that he was Theo." Stacy says to me.


    "Enough! Stop torturing the poor girl, she has lost enough as it is and she does not even know the full


    story. Theodore, handle your bitch." Grandma says. We all turn to face her.


    "Grandma Ferguson?" I ask. It''s been a long time since Ist saw her. I was probably 6 when Ist saw


    her but she has not changed or aged one bit.


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    "Yes, it is I." She dramatically says, holding up her cane that she doesn''t really need.


    "Have you read my letter little Hailey?" She asks me and I shake my head no.


    "Well then, I''ll have to tell you the story myself. Theo, you''ll want to here for this. If anything, you might


    just be this little girl''s father." She says before walking past all of us.


    Wait what? This is Theodore?

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    Chapter 11


    Hailey''s POV


    "I gave birth to twins many years back but your dad and Theodore''s biological father and I went our


    separate ways, taking one kid with us. I took your father because he was more like me in the physical


    sense and Theo was just like his father." Grandma Ferguson said.


    "How could you tell? Physically, this man looks like my father in every way." I say, confusion eating at


    my brain, trying to piece everything together.


    "A mother knows darling." She responds to me. Not answering my question, but grandma is too scary


    to call out.


    "And you, you never wanted to be with your mother?" I ask my dad''s twin brother.


    "I did but I quickly came to understand that some things should just be left alone. I got the upbringing I


    needed to thrive, to be who I needed to be to get here and I owe that to my father, my parents for


    making that sacrifice." Theo says to me.


    Also failing to get in to detail about all of this and the more they gave vague answers, the more


    confused I got.


    Grandma Ferguson spent the remainder of the day arranging my father''s funeral, taking the load off my


    shoulders and I couldn''t be more grateful.


    At night, I couldn''t sleep.


    How does one sleep after you meet your father''s twin brother, whom I''ve never heard about. I quickly


    remember the mini mission aunt Tara gave me and I jump out of bed and run to the garage, hoping to


    find my mother''s things that she never got the chance to take with her.


    Fifteen spiderwebster and hairpletely covered in dust, I find the box marked ex-wife in my


    father''s handwriting.


    "Wow. So pretty!" I say to myself.


    I immediately find the letters, hidden inside my old photo album filled with my baby photos. My heart


    breaking as it dawns on me that my father never cared to keep any of my memorabilia, he put my


    pictures, of me as a baby with my mother''s things. This man did not care about me at all and the stupid


    child in me found every excuse to excuse his behavior towards me.


    Now he was dead and I could not tell him how I don''t want him in my life. I never got the chance to tell


    him to go die and to actually just die, like right now. I could never really hate him, even though I


    constantly reminded myself of the hatred I felt for him, deep down I loved him. Deep down, I still love


    him and I always will but he has hurt me for so long.


    Over what? I don''t know. Maybe for being born oring from the woman that left him with nothing. He


    hated my mother, that much I knew and it was passed down to me even when she was alive and I


    never understood what broke our happy home.


    My mother was probably just sick and tired of his toxicity that she finally found the courage to leave


    him.


    I take the letters and the photo album but right before closing the box, I find a sealed red envelope. It


    had no name on it but I took it anyway. Both my parents were dead now so reading their secrets was


    not going to get me in to any trouble.


    I leave the garage and walk back to my bedroom. Memories of my mother fighting with my father as I


    pretended to be asleep as they fought found their way in my head. I don''t even remember what they


    were fighting about but I know my father was drunk and my mother was probably upset over it.


    I find Jaxon sitting on my bed, holding a mug of something hot inside and my heart warms. God knows


    this man came in to my life at the right time, I might not have thought this in the beginning but look at us


    now...


    "You are too sweet." I say, making myselffortable on the bed. Jaxon ces my mug on my


    nightstand before sitting back on my bed.


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    "What do you have there?" Jaxon asks, pointing at the photo album of my baby photos.


    I excitedly open it to show him the happy times in my childhood. I don''t remember most of them but I


    remember my mother telling me why each photo was taken and that''s exactly how I told it to him, the


    way my mother would have had she had the chance to meet Jaxon or any crush that I had over at the


    house.


    She had a soft spot for Vincent. The fact that I was crushing on him, excited her so much and I knew


    she had our wedding day nned in her head. Vincent and I have had our moments, like those quiet


    stare in to your eyes moment where the world stops but we quickly acted as if nothing happened and


    that is why today I''m still a virgin in every sense.


    Pictures of me and my father were still in tact, him being the loving father that I grew to love, the hate


    he suddenly had was a shock to the system and I don''t think I ever digested it. I figured things were


    tough and parents separate, a bunch of kids at school had divorced parents, I wasn''t the first and


    definitely not thest but my father made a spectacle of the whole thing.


    "This is when I had my first ice cream apparently. It gave me such a shock that I stayed frozen for a few


    minutes and my mother was panicking trying to take me to the ER but my dad was calm saying it was


    expected." I say to Jaxon, who listened attentively, not interrupting me one bit.


    It wasn''t until I felt his hand on my cheek, his thumb wiping away a tear that I knew I was crying. Crying


    over the memories that I had long forgotten.


    "I don''t know how it feels to lose a parent and here you are, having lost two but you are holding up


    okay. You are truly amazing Hailey." Jaxon says to me, pulling me in for a hug that has me breaking


    downpletely and letting it all out.


    Letting all the hurt, the pain, the neglected feeling, the insecurity of feeling unloved by the one man


    that''s supposed to be my first love.


    The tears just kepting out anding out, every feeling that I have been bottling up just erupting


    in me and causing me to just cry a whole dam of water.


    My body felt heavy, overwhelmed with so much feeling, so much sadness.


    After a fully soaked shirt, no more tears to let out and finally just one feeling left in me- anger, I pull


    away.


    The anger refused to be let out. It stayed inside me, to fester and grow. To make a home inside my very


    soul, where love should be but what do I know about that? Do I even know what love looks like?


    Could I see it if it was sitting right in front of me? Is Jaxon love or is he just here because it would be


    cruel of him not to be there for me after iming me in the school that he runs when nobody wanted to


    be my friend?


    Jaxon looks at me, at a loss for words and just kisses my forehead. I pull away again to pull out the


    letters my mother had hidden in my photo album.


    Most were a bunch of teenage letters about how they miss each other and were hoping to see each


    other again at the next camp. Each letter either had my mother''s names or a Theo.


    It couldn''t be the same Theo right? I mean my mom would not date the one twin and then run off to


    marry the other right? No ways!


    Eventually the letters stopped.


    Just returned letters written by my mother, which means Theo never got them, maybe because he


    moved or whatever.


    Finally I got to the red letter. I slowly opened it, to find a letter addressed to me from my mother.


    ''Hailey....


    If you are reading this then that means I''m dead. I wish I had the courage to tell you everything but I''ve


    always been chicken shit abouting clean with this but to better protect you, I need to tell you the


    truth.


    Your father and I separated because of me. I was untrue to him and he found out, taking it all out on


    you. He became physically abusive and that''s when I realized, I had to leave. I don''t know if you


    remember this but when you were very young, he hit you and I knew I that I had to get you out of there.


    The truth is, I have been untrue to you too and I''m so sorry. I hate that I put you through all of this but


    here we are and this needs to be said. Hailey, your father found out that he isn''t your biological father


    and that is why we moved out.


    He kicked us out.


    The man you thought was your father, is really not and I know what you''re thinking, why do you look


    like him? Well that can be exined.


    In my teenage years, I met a Theo. He was and still is the love of my life but he disappeared and I lost


    contact until a year before you were born. Theo is your father, that is the man that left me all that


    money that I put away for you because it belonged to you.


    Theodore has no idea about you, I never got to tell him. I don''t know if you will ever cross paths with


    him but maybe you will and I need you to know that he had no idea at all about you.


    Hailey- Theo is your father''s twin brother. Estranged brother and they hate each other. If you see him,


    tell him what you know and because you are reading this, the person that has been sending me death


    threats has finally seeded in killing me, tell Theo. Tell him I was killed and he will find out who did


    this, for his own closure and for yours as I never got the chance to find out who it is.


    I''m so sorry my baby. I''m so sorry for doing this to you.


    Love you forever, Mom.''


    Jaxon takes the letter away from me to read it before he looks at me in confusion. I was confused too


    because all this time, my father was under this roof and finally I understood.


    I understood the hate my father had towards me.

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    Chapter 12


    Hailey''s POV


    "Good, you''re still here." I say when I see my dad''s twin in the kitchen with my grandmother.


    My anger was the only thing keeping me from breaking down, keeping me from losing itpletely.


    Anger was the only thing keeping me on my feet right now to demand some answers.


    "Yes, I''m still here." He says.


    I ce the letter on the kitchen counter and slide it over to him. He eyes it suspiciously before looking


    at me.


    "It''s for you. Well for me but for you too." I say, giving him a nod to go ahead and read it.


    Grandma Ferguson looks between us before grabbing the letter and reading it first. It was then that


    Jaxon walked in to stand next to me.


    "Oh my.." Grandma says, clutching the Pearl''s around her neck.


    She hands the letter back to Theodore, who looks at his mother curiously before reading the letter. He


    takes his time, probably reading it over and over again. I see him steal nces at me as he reads the


    letter, grandma crying already.


    With Brett holding her up, she was hysterical. As if her son just died and I wanted to join in, I mean my


    poor father. The man was betrayed by his own brother and my mother.


    Everytime he looked at me, he saw himself, his brother. Every damn day I''d call him daddy, it would


    stab him in the heart because I was not his child. I was never his to begin with and my mother did this,


    they did this.


    "My mother was with your brother! Now I know why he treated me the way he did." I shout out at


    Theodore, who was taking a little too long with reading the letter.


    "Oh honey, your father had his demons. He was never good to you." Grandma Ferguson says through


    sobs.


    "Oh what do you know? You were never there!" I say in frustration. I hear Theodore sort of growl.


    Probably groaned, humans don''t growl.


    "I know plenty. From the moment your mother knew she had you in her womb, he did not want you but


    your mother was not having it. I guess now I understand why she wanted you here on earth, you were


    made from love." Grandma says and I chuckle.


    "From love? I''m a product of betrayal!" I say as the tears pool around my eyes.


    "My mother, you biological father, betrayed my father! You all betrayed him and who can me him?" I


    say, the tears finally staining my face, one after the other.


    "Nonsense! I loved your mother and she loved me. You may never know that kind of love but it exists


    and now that I know she was killed, I will find out who did it, even if it ends up killing me." Theodore


    says.


    "Oh just great! Another parent has to die. I guess you all just can''t wait to get away from me.


    Everyone''s dream is to leave me orphaned! You find out that I''m your daughter but all you care about is


    my dead mother." I shout out before running away, to my room.


    I lock my door and fall to the soft carpet on my floor.


    I let it all out. Losing my mother, losing my father and finding out he wasn''t really mine. I cry over the


    fact that they all lied to me, they didn''t care that I deserved to know the truth when they were both alive.


    Instead of telling me that he hates me because I''m his brother''s child, he abused me verbally every


    chance he got. He berated me whenever I didn''t get anything right and everything was my fault, I was


    the bad luck he didn''t need and I still loved him. I found the room to forgive him and keep him in my


    heart.


    He hurt me so many times, day by day and now I knew why. How was I to know that I wasn''t his? We


    look alike and I had no idea he had a brother!


    ''Guess that''s why he never mentioned him.'' A voice in my head says.


    I sit up quickly, looking around the room to see if anyone walked in but I was alone.


    I was alone.


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    "How are you her father? It''s impossible!" I say. This couldn''t be happening.


    Male wolves don''t mate with female werewolves! It''s always been like that but now here was Hailey''s


    family tree. Her father, staring back at me, a werewolf and an alpha.


    "Is she one too?" I ask looking between the grandmother and the alpha.


    "We don''t know. She was raised human so there was no way of knowing. We all thought she was his


    child." Says the grandmother.


    "Why do you care if she''s one or not? If she is then I''ll take her to my pack as I have no heir." Theodore


    says.


    "I care because she''s my mate." I say, making the olddy gasp.


    "Impossible!" Theo says banging his fist on the counter.


    "On her first day of school I knew it. I''ve been with her ever since. I know she''s my mate because my


    wolf says so, because I feel it in her touch, in her voice and that I can read her thoughts." I say.


    "That''s unheard of..." Olddy tells me and I chuckle.


    "Your father won''t allow it. If she is indeed a wolf, she won''t be able to give you children. You need


    children." Theo says and I nod my head, because he was right. My father would never allow me to


    mate with her.


    "Well, I believe we have some time before any of that. Besides, your twin brother came out human


    didn''t he?" I ask looking between the gran and the dad.


    "He was born a wolf too but his wolf was dormant. He would''ve never survived life in a pack as an


    alpha''s child. He would''ve been challenged all the time so my mother and father decided she would go


    live with him in human territory to protect him. They had to sort of break up for this to happen." Theo


    tells me, I look at grandma.


    "It still hurts to this day. We swore to never see each other again, for his protection. He had to take a


    new mate and it nearly killed me but it had to be done to save my son and to make sure Theodore has


    the chance to be respected and to rule after his father without constantly worrying about his weaker


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    brother. Although he was not weak, no. The anger, the outburst, that''s the making of a werewolf but he


    would not shift." Grandma says and I sit down on one of the bar stools to actually let it all sink in.


    "What I don''t get is, how is she my mate? She is definitely not human and now that the wolf inside her


    has met you, her real father, it might just push her to shift and we all know she''s not ready for any of


    that." I say.


    "Also, even if your twin brother was her father, then she was going to be a wolf anyway. Why keep her


    here, with the humans?" I ask.


    "His wolf was dormant. There''s no way, she would''ve been born one and when she was born, she did


    not have hair covering her skin which is what happens to every pup that is born so we believed she


    was human but now that Theo is her father, you might be right in keeping the two apart." Grandma


    says and I nod my head in agreement.


    "Then it is settled. Tomorrow, after the funeral, Hailey and I will make our way back.'' I say.


    "You also have to keep your distance. Until she deals with this revtion, she cannot find out that she''s


    a wolf or that you are her mate." Grandma tells me.


    I wanted to fight her on that but what she''s saying makes perfect sense. I can''t bombard her with any


    more revtions, I will have to keep my distance and the only way to do that is to bring back the one


    girl I swore I''d keep away from her.


    It was time to go back to my old ways.

 Chapter 13

    Chapter 13


    Hailey''s POV


    Getting dressed for my dad sh not my dad felt like a drag. I mean, don''t get me wrong, I want to go


    say goodbye to the man I thought all my life was my father but did I deserve to? Did any of us deserve


    toy him to rest?


    My mother and his twin betrayed him in the worst possible way. I''m the product of a betrayal, a


    permanent reminder of what my mother did. I couldn''t even look at myself in the mirror, who could?


    Yes, I look like my dad but I also look like his twin. Looking like him was probably the worst thing


    because then it told him I looked like the brother. Every time he looked at me, he saw it over and over


    again.


    A knock on the door brought me out of that dark ce, a head simr to the man I''m to bury today


    popping through.


    Just great.


    "Can we talk? After the funeral that is and then I''ll leave you alone. If you don''t want a rtionship with


    me, I will understand and keep my distance but please give me a few minutes to say a few words to


    you. I just need you to listen." He says to me and I nod my head, not even sure why I did that but I did.


    He smiles, it feels weird and I think he feels it too because he quickly closes the door, taking me back


    to that lonely dark ce where I me myself again for my father''s pain.


    ''You are innocent from all of this.'' That voice in my head goes again.


    Startling me, I run out of my room quickly to look for Jaxon who was surprisingly keeping his distance


    from me and I need him more today.


    "Hey Hailey. Figured you''d need a friend today, sorry I haven''t been around much." Vincent says to me


    and I pull him in for a hug.


    "You''re there when it counts. Thank you." I say before pulling away from him.


    "Come on, we were all waiting for you." He says, gently taking my hand in his. We walk out of the


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    house, where everyone was waiting including Jaxon, who smiles when I look at him. I guess a smile


    does the job too..


    Grandma Ferguson takes my hand and leads me to her car, where a driver opens the door for us to get


    in and we do. The entire ride to the church was a blur as the reality creeped in, reminding me of what


    I''ve lost. The whole church service was a blur too, I wasn''t even paying attention as my dad''s casket


    was all I could look at.


    The good memories yed over and over in my head, they weren''t many but I had some and I will


    never forget them. He was my dad, he will always be because I loved him and I choose to believe he


    did too in his own twisted way or he loved me before he found out about the betrayal and that''s


    enough.


    That little bit of love is all that I needed to choose how I would remember him. He was hurt in one of the


    worst ways and who could me him?


    "Hailey?" The priest called to me.


    We were now at the cemetery and how we got here, I could never tell you. I didn''t even realize we had


    left the church until I was called out of my thoughts.


    "It is your turn to say something." Grandma Ferguson whispers in my ear and I stand up, Jaxon looking


    at me to see if I needed him but I shake my head no.


    I will find the strength to deliver this eulogy. I was all that was left of him even though biologically I was


    never his. He raised me for a time and that was enough. It should be enough.


    "My father, was not a nice man. He made a lot of enemies, even in the family. I''m sure some of you are


    probably asking yourselves why I''m even here, or why I''d even bother saying a few words to the man


    that told the whole world that I was not his daughter in a drunken outburst. Well, nobody is perfect and


    if I don''t do it, I don''t think there''s anyone capable enough to say kinder words. Right now, My father is


    in a world now that harbors no hate or room for resentment so what''s the point? All there is in his new


    world is light and I''m hoping he gets to work his way towards it. I''ve learned much from that man, might


    not be the usual teachings of a father that adores their child but it''s because of him I''m so hardworking.


    It is because of him that I know unconditional love and that I possess such a trait, to love him even


    when some thought he didn''t deserve it, when he truly believed he did not deserve it. I loved him, I


    cared about him and I wish him the safest passage to the after life. May he finally know peace, know


    true love and find a family that will be true to him because he deserves that. Go easy dad, we will meet


    again." I say. I look at my grandmother, who was crying her eyes out and then at my new dad, who


    looked like he was in physical pain as he sat there.


    I walk back to my seat, next to my lovely grandmother.


    "That was beautiful." She says to me and I nod my head, quickly going back to that numbness and


    thanking it, going back in my head and not listening to a thing they said after me.


    It was only once we made it back home that I felt present in the moment. With everyone dropping off


    sympathy bakes or grills, drinking coffee or alcohol, whatever they fancied.


    Jaxon was nowhere to be found, his sidekick had disappeared too and I found that odd.


    "Can we talk now?" Theodore asked as I followed him outside, reminding myself to find Jaxon and ask


    him why he was so distant.


    "Just one question, were you born with a birthmark?" He asks me and I nod my head yes.


    I pull down my cor to show him the crescent shaped mark on my breastbone.


    "It can''t be.." He says, touching his chest.


    "Why can''t it be?" I ask him and he pulls down his shirt to show me his birthmark and it looked like


    mine, in the very same ce.


    "So I''m guessing that''s the proof you needed?" I ask him.


    "No. I can feel that you are mine, I felt some closeness to you before, when I kept my distance but I


    thought it was because my brother and I were twins. Now I know you are mine and I want to be a


    parent to you, if you''ll have me. I will keep my distance but I''ll be there for you when you need me. I will


    always be close by and you will never truly be alone. I won''t force a rtionship with you, just know


    that whenever you are ready, I''ll be there to start the journey with you." He says to me, pulling me in for


    a hug before kissing my forehead and leaving me to my thoughts.


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    Jaxon''s POV


    She was his child and now it was confirmed that she was indeed a wolf. It was only a matter of time


    before she shifts, her wolf should be awakened by now.


    There''s no word for the pain I feel right now. This is what we live for, finding a mate and experiencing


    the joy of a lifetime but now there''s no way I could ever be with her, no way I could ever experience


    true joy that woulde from her.


    The only joy that matters.


    I deserve it but if I want to be alpha of my pack and give my pack a future, I''d have to leave her behind.


    Leave our love here and live out my life hoping she never gets to experience the pain of loving


    someone you can''t have.


    The daughter of the crescent moon. She was never mine to keep in the first ce and very soon, she


    would have to be with her kind.


    "Everything is set. We have to go now." Brett says to me, patting my back asfort while we both


    look at my one and only.


    I steal onest look at my beautiful mate, who stood there crying and my body aching to run up to her


    andfort her but I promised to keep my distance.


    "Goodbye Hailey, hopefully one day you''ll forgive me." I say before running off in to the woods.....


    If only she knew she had my heart already.

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    Chapter 14


    Hailey''s POV


    Theodore decided to drive me to the airport, fly with me and drop me off at school. He flew us private


    and I''m not sure if he was showing off or trying to impress me but I was too troubled to try think of how I


    felt about being in a private ne with somedy serving me endless cups of ice cream.


    My thoughts were consumed by one boy.


    Jaxon.


    He left on the day of the funeral without saying goodbye. He did not even tell anyone he was leaving,


    he just left. Leaving behind all of his clothes behind and having me travel back with all of it. I don''t know


    why I didn''t have his number in my phone and why he didn''t think to reach out and apologize for


    leaving me on such a hard day.


    When it was time for Theo to leave, he left me with a credit card, a stack of cash and an address to


    some house just close by in case I need him.


    Did I need the money? No. Did I fight him on it? No.


    He wants to find a way to my heart, maybe buying me is his way and if I was in a better state of mind


    then I''d tell him that this was not the way to do it but I''m not in my right mind.


    I won''t pretend for his benefit that I am. I won''t even try force a smile on my face because I''m hurting, I


    have to digest so much and also deal with the pain of losing the only parents I knew.


    Many would say, well you have one more father! Why not use the opportunity given to you to build a


    rtionship with him?


    I just can''t.


    Not right now. Not when I must first deal with the fact that my mother lied to me, my mother, who can''t


    even exin the letter and the big secret she kept from me all these years. Every damn day she would


    wake me up and shower me with love, cook me breakfast. Make memories and watch me cry for a man


    that was not my father. Yes, she pleaded with me to see him for who he was and how he treated me


    but maybe if I had known that he wasn''t really my dad, maybe I would''ve been more open to seeing his


    true self.


    I wouldn''t fight for that non existent rtionship.


    "Lights out!" The matron calls out. I hear feet running around as the girls run to their rooms to sleep. A


    beep goes off on my phone, notifying me of a post on chatpax and I sit up to see what was news today.


    Upon opening my phone, I didn''t realize I''d have to hear the pieces of my heart break to nothing. I felt a


    strange pain hit me and then nothing.


    Numbness.


    I felt nothing as I saw a picture of Jaxon with Azuri, the caption saying that she would be back at school


    with her long term boyfriend. Did I read thements? Naturally.


    One after the other they would talk about me. About how I feel seeing this picture or just when I''m back


    and still mourning the death of my parent, I have to deal with being the girl Jaxon used. Yes, I''m like the


    others, the other girls that Jaxon apparently toyed around with and when he''s done, he runs back to


    Azuri, who will always wee him back with open arms.


    I was numb to theughing emojis or heartbreak emojis they tagged me on. I honestly wanted to feel


    something but I couldn''t. Everything they said I was feeling, betrayal or used I didn''t feel. That I should


    be feeling some added grief from seeing this picture and the fact that everyone knows that Jaxon


    traveled with me to my fathers funeral but once it was all over, he ran to the arms of the one he truly


    loves.


    I put my phone back on my nightstand and force myself to sleep. Hopefully tomorrow, I''m this numb


    from all that''s toe from this post.


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    The next day...


    I wake up way before my rm, switching off my phone and covering myself with my bed covers. Yes,


    everything came tumbling down on me the minute I woke up and I felt like something heavy was sitting


    on my chest.


    I thought Jaxon and I shared something and if we didn''t, we were at the very least friends.


    I hear my door open and close before I feel someone sit on my bed.


    "I know you saw the post. There''s no meaning to it." Jaxon says to me, which makes me throw back


    the covers and sit up.


    "I don''t even care about the post! I want to know why you left without saying anything! I want to know


    why you broke the promise you made to me about being there for me? On the very day that I needed


    you, you just leave." I whisper yell.


    Jaxon looks down as I berate him. His shoulders falling before looking back up at me.


    "I''m sorry." He says to me.


    "Exin yourself!" I demand.


    "Your family asked me to stay away from you. That a rtionship with me is something you shouldn''t


    be doing right now with all that''s happening and I actually agree with them." He tells me.


    "Then why are you here? To get your clothes? Take them and get out!" I shout out.


    "Hailey,e on. I''m not here for a pair of Jeans." Jaxon responds making me groan out loud.


    "Decide what you want right now because I will not be your toy. Maybe Azuri allows it but not me, I will


    not fall for your charms." I say, pulling the covers towards me as he eyes me curiously before he moves


    closer to me, his hands cupping my face.


    "Well, I fell for you Hailey and as much as I want to stay away, I can''t. Not until I do this..." He says to


    me before pulling me in for a kiss.


    I freeze, as expected..


    His soft lips on mine spark a whirlwind of feelings that are quickly reced by sparks going through


    me. As if fireworks are going off and this was meant to happen...


    I could hear our hearts beating as one, beat after beat and not one going off tune. My lips were doing


    their own thing when they part for him, giving him way with his tongue. He takes the lead and I follow,


    as if that''s the way it should be. My body was reacting to his touch, it felt right feeling his hand on my


    lower back pulling me closer to him. I wanted my brain to turn to mush, I needed him to trail down his


    kisses and bite in to my neck.


    I quickly pull away, shaken by my thoughts.


    "Stop confusing me Jaxon!" I say getting out of bed to grab his suitcase and open the door.


    "Go before I say something I''m going to regret." I say and he stands up.


    He walks up to me, cing a loose strand of hair behind my ear.


    "I''m falling for you Hailey and I hope you''ll give me a chance to be good to you." He says, kissing my


    forehead before taking his clothes and walking out. I close the door, resting on it to gather my thoughts.


    What bothered me was that he felt right. Like the one for me, for life and if that was not weird from just


    one kiss, I wanted him to bite in to me.


    I needed him to bite my neck and leave a mark. Walking to the bed, that''s the only thought that


    confused me...not the fact that I saw clearly in the dark when Jaxon came in to my room or now as I


    walk to my bed or that I could hear his heart beating.


    No.


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    That wasn''t a thought until sleep started to creep in and my brain picking now as the time to figure how


    I was able to see inplete darkness...

 Chapter 15

    Chapter 15


    Jaxon''s POV


    "I need you to understand that I don''t want you anymore. The luna let you back in school because you


    need the education but don''t think that you and I will ever go back to the way things were." I say to


    Azuri.


    I invited her over to my house to talk.


    I needed things to go back to normal after finding out about Hailey''s family lineage and her father


    keeping a close eye on her.


    She sat on my couch, wearing shorts that barely covered her bottoms and a top that showed her


    stomach.


    I wish I could tell her that no matter what she does, that she could''ve walked in here naked and it would


    not affect me. I''m actually repulsed by her obvious y here but she was my friend before any of this


    and I just want my friend back.


    "Wait, why am I here then? Dressed like this?" She asks me.


    "To be honest, I''m not sure what gave you the idea toe dressed like this after thest time we


    spoke." I say, taking a sip of the water in front of me.


    "I''ll tell you then. We always do this, we bicker and fight then stop talking for a little bit but then we


    always get back together." She says, standing up and walking towards me.


    I growl to stop her funny walk towards me and it works.


    "Get back together to what? We were never exclusive Azuri and I made my intentions known from the


    beginning." I say before letting out a sigh of frustration.


    Azuri continues her awkward walk towards me, my wolf growling in anger at the show of disrespect


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    when we have already rejected her.


    "Not this time Azuri. I''m here because I want my friend back not this.." I say pointing at her outfit.


    I stand up, pull her in for a hug.


    "You are a beautiful girl and I wish life was different for you and all the female wolves in the world but it


    isn''t. I''m changing my ways now Azuri and because of that, I can''t mess around with you anymore. I''m


    going to be the alpha soon which means I need to save whatever that''s left of me for my mate, who


    deserves better than me." I say before pulling away.


    I see the tears pool in her eyes, guilt flooding my heart as I remember her feelings for me.


    "I''m sorry. I don''t want to hurt you and we shouldn''t have tried whatever this was because it may have


    ruined our friendship but I hope we can work on repairing it because I need you as my friend. As alpha,


    I''ll need people I can trust and despite our recent fight or past, I still trust you." I say before walking


    away from Azuri.


    I was just about to walk out the door.


    "Jaxon wait!" Azuri calls out, making me turn around.


    "Fine. Let''s work on being friends again, I want that too.. Just friends." She says to me and I nod my


    head.


    The look in her eyes spoke a different tune. One of mischief, her eyes told me she had a n and I


    won''t like it but for now, I''ll ept her words because one day when she acts on her devious n to


    make me fall in love with her, I''ll call her out and use her own words against her.


    Azuri was far gone, hopelessly in love with me and failing to see reason. Deep down inside her is a


    wonderful girl that a lot of guys would fall for and I was that guy for only a minute until I had her.


    I had a taste and I still wasn''t satiated. It was when I met Hailey that I realized that she was enough for


    me. Not her body or sex that we didn''t even have yet. Just being in her presence was enough, enough


    to face anything in life and to try find a way around my father allowing her to be my mate.


    I kissed her yesterday.


    I have kissed so many girls that Azuri marked as enemies, I have kissed Azuri but nothing in my short


    teenage life could have prepared me for what that would feel like.


    Just meeting Hailey had me change my views on women. I shouldn''t have used Azuri or any other girl


    like that because I can''t imagine another guy doing to my sweet Hailey, what I''ve done to these girls. It


    made sense to me when she bumped in to me on her first day why my dad insisted I wait for her.


    Her kiss, even though her first, felt like heaven.


    It felt like new years eve excitement paired with the 4th of July fireworks. I needed more, I need to take


    in her scent and look in to her eyes once more.


    Hailey was a goddess, is a goddess. Her beauty is like no other and maybe I''m bias because she is my


    mate but even my friends can''t deny the fact that she''s the most beautiful girl to ever walk this school.


    To also get in to this school, if not a wolf and from my pack, as a human one has to be very smart so


    there''s that too.


    The fact that she doesn''t even know the world around her, a world that also belongs to her makes her


    so innocent, fragile and I want to protect her from anything and everything. Her life is yet to unfold and I


    have no idea how she will take this, how it will affect her in the long run. I can only hope that even in


    harsh adversities, that she findsfort in my arms, in my presence. I can only hope that after all is


    said and done, once my world is revealed to her that she will still want me in her life.


    And just like yesterday, I find myself at her door. I knock this time, hoping she will open and kiss me


    but...


    "Oh you''re back." She says after the door opens. She walks away from the door and I enter, closing the


    door behind me.


    "Yes, I''m back." I say. She turns around to face me. A glint of excitement shines through her eyes but it


    was gone all too quickly.


    "Why?" She asks.


    I make my way closer to her, with every step, I''d take in her scent. Her scent getting stronger and


    stronger the closer I got, stirring up the electricity inside me.


    I wonder if she feels the same way now knowing what I know about her true father.


    "I want you. I like you Hailey and I want you to be mine." I say, her lips parting just a little bit. Shocked


    at my straight shooting, not prepared for what I just said and I did not give her time to respond because


    as quickly as I said those words, I pulled her to me and kissed her.

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    Chapter 16


    Hailey''s POV


    For the next few weeks, Jaxon and I have been inseparable. Stealing kisses in empty ssrooms or


    writing each other love notes and leaving them in secret ces where only him and I would know to


    find them.


    During the two weekends, he had taken me to his family''s cottage in the mountains so we could have


    some private time together. Away from prying eyes in the dorm rooms.


    We both insisted the rtionship be a secret because the school queen had returned and we both


    didn''t know how she would react to the news. I know for a fact she would''ve had my head but Jaxon


    just thinks she wouldn''t take it that far.


    So far, Azuri has kept her distance. We don''t even acknowledge each other at all. I''m just some girl that


    goes to the same school as our queen bee.


    I don''t mind it though.


    I''ve been too preupied with Jaxon to actually pay anything to mind. I have even made a few friends


    to eat with since I can''t sit with Jaxon anymore and he''s back to chilling with Azuri and her posse.


    Dread fills my heart as I think about school and not having Jaxon by my side. Every time I am with him,


    I feel whole,plete. Sometimes this feeling scares me as I think it makes me feel dependent on him


    and I can''t afford to be, not with both my parents dying on me.


    Besides, we are kids. Who knows where we will end up after high school graduation? If we go to


    different colleges, can we go the distance?


    Just relying on him so much scares me but I love it because I forget about all of the hurt that still pangs


    my heart from time to time when Jaxon is not with me.


    "Sunday today. Back to reality for us." I sadly say to Jaxon who was making us breakfast in the


    beautiful kitchen his mother decorated.


    "Yeah but don''t despair my love. This brings in that lovely room of excitement for the next weekend and


    I''ll see you before you go to bed every night." He tells me. Yeah, hees to my room to help me


    sleep but he''s not there when I wake up. I appreciate his care because without him, I can''t sleep but I


    feel so empty in the morning.


    I nod my head, just agreeing with him. Yes, he''s right. He is always right but there''s also the fact that


    we stay in hiding and I hate that my first rtionship has to be in secret.


    I want to scream out loud that I am dating Jaxon Ger! I want everyone to know that we are so madly


    in love but I guess we all can''t have what we want, no matter how bad you want it.


    "You figure out why your dad wants to see you?" Jaxon asks me and I shake my head no, looking at


    him in wonder at how he always seems to get me out of my thoughts, especially the negative ones.


    Theodore has been trying to see me since I got back but I''ve been ignoring him so on Thursday he just


    popped by the girl''s dorm to see me and I had no choice but to agree to dinner with him today.


    "He''s just trying to y the dad role. Get to me and all that. He has lillies delivered to my room every


    Tuesday and I think he had the school fill him in on all my interests and what I''m busy with." I say as I


    think about him asking me about all my subjects.


    "Oh okay. That''s not a bad thing, if anything, you both deserve that. You were both kept in the dark


    about each other so in my opinion, give him a chance. Please." Jaxon pleads with me, again being the


    voice of reason.


    I just shrug, waiting for Jaxon to fill my te up with food.


    "Here you are mydy. Scrambled eggs on toast with smashed avocado and bacon bits." He says. I


    kiss his cheek as a thank you.


    Jaxon only throws in some bacon and eggs in his te. The way our tes are filled up, I never


    thought I''d eat this much in my life and just for breakfast. I mean, usually I''d eat one slice with


    everything on it but now? I was on 5 slices of toast with eggs, bacon and avo.


    To make it even more weird is that Jaxon knew I had a big appetite. He always gives me more and at


    first I''d tell him that it''s too much but I''d empty the te without feeling bloated or heavy and now, I''ve


    epted the fact that I can gobble some food down.


    My mom would be mad impressed.


    "Eat up. I have a surprise for you upstairs." Jaxon tells me and I immediately feel nervous just after


    noticing the quick interruption by him before I feel mncholy from thinking about my mom.


    I don''t know how he does it but he reads my mind and saves me just in time. I wish I could do that for


    him, I never know what he''s thinking.


    ''Girl, forget that! He has a surprise up in his bedroom.'' The voice in my head pops out. I''ve gotten so


    used to this voice but I have not shared it with Jaxon just in case he thinks I''m a nutcase and breaks up


    with me before sending me to a doctor.


    Jaxon wanting to go back to his room after breakfast isn''t new but saying he has a surprise? that''s new


    and I don''t know how to feel. I''m a virgin in every way and even though I''ve read up on going all the


    way, just the idea of going all the way has me sweating.


    See, all we have done in all this privacy is kiss. We have not gone any further or seen each other


    naked and I knew this day wasing.. I mean I want him, damnit I want him badly but I''ve always


    said I''d decide when to lose my virginity after I turn 18 which is in a week but would I be able to resist


    him if he tried his luck?


    I find this boy insanely attractive. Why would I even think of saying no besides the fact that I''m not 18


    yet?


    "Hailey rx and eat your food. We will only go all the way once our parents know about each other


    and your father has given me his blessing to be yours in every way. So rx, we have some time


    before then. I am in no rush to get you in to bed." He assures me. I amforted by his words for a


    few seconds.


    I love that he wants to do right by my dad but wait...


    "Why are you so patient?" I ask him and Jaxon breaks out inughter, making me blush.


    I mean I love hisugh but he needs to answer me right away. Does he not think I''m sexy? He''s a


    teenager and every teenage boy wants to get naked, that''s just how it is so besides the fact that he


    respects me, why the long wait?


    I mean asking Theodore for his blessing means marriage. Hold up....


    My eyes bulge out as I assess his words.


    "Hailey, I find you attractive. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life and in my eyes,


    there will never be one more beautiful than you. I want to do right by you so please allow me to do


    that." Jaxon says to me with a serious face,ughter long gone.


    "Ask my dad for his blessing?" I ask, making him smile before setting the tes in the sink and taking


    my hand, leading me up the stairs to his room.


    "I say that hoping we can go the distance. You are a very special woman Hailey and I''d be a fool to not


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    do things right with you." He says as we go up the stairs.


    We make it to his room and I throw myself on his bed. Jaxon reaches for his side of the bed, opening


    the bedside drawer and pulling out a sealed box.


    He rips open the seal and hands it to me. I excitedly grab it from him and open it, seeing a beautiful


    ne.


    It was a moon, shaped like my birthmark but the letter J engraved on it with diamonds. He helps me put


    it on and I squeal in delight before hugging him tight.


    "I love it. Thank you Jax.." I say.


    "Keep it on always and you''ll be fine because I will always be with you. I know I can''t be with you at


    school but I want to change that soon so if after your birthday you still want to be with me, I''d very


    much like us to be exclusively public." Jaxon says to me.


    "Why only after my birthday?" I ask him.


    "Just trust me on this? I need it to be after your birthday. You have been through a lot and I just want to


    be there for you without anyone causing any trouble on your special day. It is a day you used to spend


    with your mother, and now, you''ve lost your dad so there will be a lot of emotions. Let''s deal with one


    rollercoaster journey at a time." He says and I smile, loving how wise and sweet my boyfriend is.


    "After my birthday it is then and I will still want to be with you right after. Nothing can change how I feel


    about you." I say and heughs nervously but I shrug it off.


    I will not spoil this beautiful day, I''m sure Theodore will do that. For now, I will enjoy the romance that


    hangs in the air.

 Chapter 17

    Chapter 17


    Hailey''s POV


    Saying goodbye to Jaxon is always so hard. I know it''s healthy to give each other space and I like


    sitting in my room just daydreaming about him but nothing beats being in his presence.


    Nothing actuallypares to his warm hugs that make everything better. How his smile makes me all


    giddy and I just want to dance around knowing he is smiling like that because of me.


    "So, this is it..." Jaxon says to me as he parks the car. We were right outside the restaurant I agreed to


    meet Theodore.


    "Come with me." I say and Jaxon''s eyes grow wide.


    "I don''t think that''s a good idea right now. You two need to bond and build a rtionship together,


    without him giving you rtionship advice. Dad''s will always think that there is no man in the world that


    deserves their daughters heart." Jaxon tells me.


    "Okay okay fine. After some time then you''ll meet him." I say. Jaxon groans before kissing my lips.


    Seconds pass and I feel my body reacting to him. Excitement building up, a tingly feeling down south


    that has me wishing we could go further but Jaxon pulls away once again. As if he read my thoughts


    and knew to pull away..


    "I''d also like to keep my head thank you. Your dad is one scary man, sorry babe." He jokes but I roll my


    eyes at him. I don''t know how he does it but I feel like he''s in my head constantly.


    I get out of the car and wave back at him. Like a true gentleman, Jaxon waits for me to get inside..


    once I''ve lost sight of him, I focus on what I''m here to do.


    Speak to Theodore.


    What about you might ask?


    How I hear growling in the school grounds after lights out. When I ask the teachers, I''m told there are


    no wild animals around here. I also hear growling sounds at Jaxon''s family cabin but when I ask him


    about it, he gives me a funny look and changes the subject.


    I had made a friend, Thomas. He and I shared the same dream, get good grades and get in to the best


    college. We spent every day together, sat together in every ss and took part in the same extra


    curricrs.


    The other friends I had couldnt really care about Thomas and that worried me. We were all a group,


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    enjoying each other''spany but the way they just so easily forgot about Thomas, weird.


    Thest time I saw Thomas, was two weeks ago. He sent me a text saying he''s gone to a new school


    just closer to home. Did I believe it? No!


    Thomas would''ve sent me a text in code. Also, this was Thomas''s dream, the school provided him the


    tools to make it to his dream college because of it''s history of learners and teachers. Now, he goes to a


    school close to home that probably doesn''t have the extra curricrs offered here.


    "Hailey.." Theodore waves at me. He was sitting at a corner table and the restaurant was suspiciously


    empty.


    "Hi. Thanks for meeting with me." I say, sitting down.


    "I''m happy you called to meet." He says.


    A waiteres to our table and ces a bottle of still and sparkling water on the white linen table. He


    also ces warm bread with 3 different spreads on the table.


    Once he''s gone, I dig in to the bread.


    "Hungry?" Theodore asks with a smile and I nod my head yes because I couldn''t exactly answer him


    with a mouth stuffed with garlicky bread.


    We enjoy our food just making small talk. Me, telling him about my grades and how I need to improve


    and Theo, offering to get me tutors. I epted the help, I''d be stupid not to.


    When dessert came, I figured it was the right time to bring up my suspicions about this ce.


    He listens to me, without making any funny faces or cutting me off. I also show him the texts with my


    friend before showing him thest message I got from Thomas. Theodore admits it is a little weird for


    someone as dedicated to leave just like that but he also gave me a different exnation.


    "Maybe something drastic happened in his life, requiring him to make a drastic change or to put his big


    college dream on hold. Who knows, maybe his family need him and for them, he can just put in double


    the effort at the new school just so he can be closer to his family." Theodore exins.


    I get that. I really do because it''s the first answer I got that makes sense but I just can''t shake the


    feeling that it''s more than that. That something happened to him and my gut is telling me to find out.


    "Yeah you''re right. That could be it actually. To be honest, you have given me an answer that makes


    perfect sense. Everybody else just looks at me like I''m crazy." I say and Theodore grabs my hand


    gently.


    "I don''t like the word crazy. You are different, very different and people don''t like different. I have a


    feeling you will still struggle for eptance with you being so different but being different is good for


    you. It means you''re a cut above the rest, the one that stands out. Your presence can''t be ignored so


    dream bigger. That''s why you are different, to create a world unknown to others because only you see


    it. Only you can do it." He says, his eyes holding the warmest sincerity.


    "Thank you." I say, enjoying the feel of validation.


    I probably shouldn''t be so hard on him since we were both robbed of this rtionship. I should see how


    far this goes and if he will be a better parent.


    Although, my mission continues. To find out about the growling noises I hear and to find my friend


    Thomas.


    "I will have someone find some stuff out about this town. If there''s indeed growling, we will find out." He


    promises and I smile.


    I''m also not going at this alone.

 Chapter 18

    Chapter 18


    Hailey''s POV


    School was weird today. I mean it started off okay but there was this tension around the school that I


    couldnt shake off.


    Everyone felt it.


    I know they feel it because we are all just quietly observing, minding our business. Nobody wants the


    tension aimed at them, definitely not me.


    I am not one for confrontations or fights. I am a proud coward who will bury her head in a book to avoid


    whatever violence that wants a piece of this.


    "Hailey?" Wendy calls out to me. I look up at her, waiting to hear what she has to say.


    "Thomas is outside and he''s asking to see you." She says to me and I don''t even pack my bags, I just


    run out of the cafeteria, to see my friend.


    I run through the corridors at a speed I never knew I had and I was not even out of breath. Must be too


    excited to see Thomas that my body has me thinking I''m fit and fast.


    There he was.


    Sitting on one of the benches outside. He was slouching, his hands covering his head and  the closer I


    got, I could hear low sobs.


    "Thomas?" I say and he looks up immediately.


    Thomas jumps up and pulls me in for a hug. I oblige, jumping right in as well. His scent throws me off,


    making me pull away from him to search for any injuries and right on his face was a busted lip and a


    ck eye.


    I could smell blood.


    How I know that this was blood is something I will deal withter, but now this, his bruised face, was


    saddening and I have to make sure that my friend is okay first before anything else


    "What happened to you?" I ask, my eyes all bulged out, scanning his body for more injuries.


    Thomas just shrugs.


    I hear footsteps approaching, Thomas quickly steps away from me and I look behind me to see Jaxon


    and his crew walking towards us.


    "Heal yet weakling?" Brett asks looking at Thomas. I could feel the fear radiating off of him, his erratic


    heartbeat was thumping so loud that even my ears could hear it. I throw Brett a re but it seems to


    amuse him even more.


    They stop right next to me, their eyes though, only focused on Thomas.


    "Clearly that beating wasn''t enough. Here you are, back at school." Brett says to Thomas.


    I look between Thomas and Brett. Trying to find a link to them but nothing.


    "I thought I told you to stay away from this school." Brett says to Thomas, who stays behind me as


    Brett tries to get closer to him. I remain rooted in my spot, unmoving.


    I won''t give Brett another chance to hurt my friend.


    "What did he do to you that was so bad that you had to hurt him like this and make him drop out of this


    school?" I ask Brett, who chuckles as he shares a knowing look with Jaxon.


    Thomas takes this chance to run, making me turn quickly as I hear his feet hitting the ground. Brett


    runs after him, which has everyone else follow after him but Jaxon stays behind.


    I look at him, shocked that his bully behavior has resorted to violence. Even if he was not the one to


    hurt Thomas, but standing here makes him just as bad.


    "Well if you''re not going to stop your friends, then I will." I say before turning my back on him. He grabs


    my hand before I get to run after my friend.


    "What will you do when you get there? Stop the fight? You''re not exactly strong Hailey. Brett is a big


    guy." Jaxon warns me but I yank my arm out of his hold and run after my friend.


    Somehow, I could still smell him. His blood stench was so strong that I knew exactly where he was right


    this moment and my heart hurt for him. Being bullied is extremely hurtful and the trauma stays with you.


    I could feel Jaxoning after me, he would catch up but I''d run even faster, eventually getting to a


    clear field where Brett was throwing punch after punch to apletely still Thomas. Who wasn''t


    fighting back, just taking the punches. I run to Brett and throw him off of Thomas, picking my dear


    friend up and walking away from the crime scene.


    I hear a low growling from Brett but he''s probably feeling too animal right now so I''ll ignore him. My


    main focus is getting my friend the help that he needs.


    "Where are you taking him Hailey?" Jaxon asks but I ignore him.


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    "Hailey, I''m talking to you!" He shouts out. I stop walking and Thomas falls to the ground.


    I stomp my feet as I walk towards Jaxon, stopping right in front of him and pping him hard on the


    face. I turn to walk away, the angry side of me wanting to do more than just p him. After all, he''s the


    boss of his crew and he allowed this, he sat back and watched this happen.


    A sick feeling rises up and I fight my body from vomiting in front of Jaxon and his friends. I help


    Thomas up and we make our way back to the school.


    "I made it clear that I don''t want that boy back in my school." Jaxon shouts out.


    "I''m sure he will stay away but right now, he needs to see the nurse. There''s just too much blood." I say


    without stopping my movements or turning to face Jaxon.


    This was the guy that promised to be good to me and protect me. This was the boy that said he


    respected me and wanted to take care of me. This is what he does to other people, not me. This is


    what they do for fun.


    We make our way inside the school, headed directly to the headmistress but of course, Azuri steps in


    front of us.


    "This one is not allowed back on the school grounds." She tells me.


    "You weren''t either not so long ago. Things change." I say, walking past her and in to the office, past


    reception.


    I barge in to Mrs Gers office, throwing Thomas on the chair. He winces in pain, making me regret


    being so rough with him but it was either that or he falls to the ground.


    "What in hell?" Mrs Ger says in shock.


    "I''m sorry to just barge in here but your son and his friends did this to him. They made him drop out of


    school and when he came to see me today, they attacked him again." I say.


    The headmistress just nods her head, not surprised at all or angry. Her face held no emotion as she


    looked Thomas over.


    "You go back to ss and I will handle this." She sternly says to me. Out of fear, I nod my head and


    walk out.


    I know deep in my gut that she won''t punish her son but I can''t do anything about it now. After school,


    I''ll have to find my friend and figure out what it is that these people get up to.


    That tension I mentioned earlier? Oh it was still there. The weather was not helping at all with it''s dark


    clouds and strong wind. Everyone was quiet, noughing or joking around.


    It was like we all knew something bad was going to happen.


    I knew it too.


    I felt it too.


    Something bad was going to happen and none of us can escape it.

 Chapter 19

    Chapter 19


    Hailey''s POV


    Having to calmly walk back to the dorms and change in to morefortable clothing, like I do every


    day and then calmly walking back to the school grounds, books in hand was the act of the day.


    Today was not an ordinary day.


    Today was the day I find out a few things but one of them, the most important of all was to find out if


    Thomas was okay.


    The day was especially draining.


    The teachers didn''t even give us much work to do, most just had us read for learning. The bad feeling


    and heavy tension was weighing everyone down. Clearly the teachers too.


    To be honest, my intuition was screaming at me to take cover. Protect myself by staying in my room


    and waiting for whatever this feeling is to go away but Thomas. I am worried about him and after he


    risked getting beat up by Jaxon''s friends, I owed him plenty.


    Walking in to Mrs Gers office, I find it empty. The entire school was actually empty, which was


    terrifying and definitely unusual. Mrs Ger was always in her office and students would be running


    around acting like fools.


    Today, not even school security was present.


    If a pin dropped, I''d hear it. That''s how quiet it was, in a school filled with children. Was there a meeting


    I did not know about? But Thomas''s bloody stench was still in this office.


    Definitely stronger but it ended here. I could not smell him anywhere.


    "Also, how am I smelling him right now?" I ask myself. Chuckling to shake off the weird feeling in my


    gut.


    I hear distant sounds, choosing to follow them quietly and I see Jaxon. He was talking to Azuri, holding


    hands as they stare in to each other''s eyes. I felt a pang in my heart, followed by a stab and then the


    entire thing falling to pieces as they hug each other.


    My insides wanted tosh out at them but the coward in me stayed rooted in ce. What would I say?


    What if he denies me in front of Azuri? I''d die of embarrassment. He denied her before, why wouldn''t


    he do it to me?


    Oh damnit!


    Why am I even dating this asshole?


    I hear another growl, which gains the two lovebirds attention and they pull apart minutester to chase


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    the sound. I wait for them to get out of sight before I follow them. If anything, following them will lead


    me to the animals and hopefully Thomas.


    I was not following them out of curiosity and jealousy. No, this was all for my friend.


    Thomas was more important than finding out if my own boyfriend is cheating on me, right? He''s hurt. I


    can deal with Jaxonter or right now, everything could reveal itself to me.


    The growls got louder and louder, as sses broke. My feet moving faster to really find out what was


    going on, until the growls stopped. Secondster, I hear them on the other side again, confusion


    clouding my brain as I try to grasp how the animals could move from one side to the other in less than


    a minute.


    I turn around and start running to the new location, feeling like a clueless agent that has not had any


    field training orbat training. If I actually find the wild animal growling, what would I do? Why did I


    even think this was a good idea?


    "I smell her! She''s here. Someone find her right now!" I hear a voice say.


    Something inside me tells me they are talking about me and I run back, looking for a ce to hide. That


    form of fitness and stamina, long gone as I start to breath heavy and the fear growing, soon it would


    cripple me.


    I find a door and I open it, shutting it before checking what kind of room I''m in. Upon inspection, I


    realise I''m in a broom closet and there''s no way out.


    Smart.


    Like I said, an agent with zero training and even if I had a lock pick, there was no lock to pick. The


    thought of being stuck in here had me breathing heavy, my heart beating faster and faster as fear


    begins to have me seeing ck spots. The growling sounds get louder, my brain immediately thinking


    the animals areing for me and I think I ck out for a minute beforeing back.


    "You listen here. Thomas is in more danger than you. Find a way out of here or you won''t be able to


    find your friend." I pep talk myself.


    Didn''t work as my heart continued to beat erratically. Although, I was breathing fine so I looked around


    for any signs of getting out.


    Why did I have to be so curious? Is it really important to know everything and make sense of it all?


    ''''Now look at me! Stuck in a broom closet at school because I had to follow Jaxon. Just great!'''' I say to


    myself. Scared to death and definitely moments away from pissing my pants from all the growling going


    on outside.


    I honestly knew something was weird with Jaxon but animals at school? Did he have a secret pet or


    some weird science experiment gone wrong?


    Oh no....


    He was the type to torture animals by doing twisted experiments on them. If that is the case then I can''t


    just hide in here and let the boy I am secretly in love with do this to those poor animals, probably dogs


    or whatever.


    Maybe I need to stop watching crime documentaries, especially with ones of serial killers and people


    with weird fetishes.


    I need to find that courage I had when I stood up to my father and his vile wife. He is just a boy, what


    could possibly go wrong? Thomas needs me!


    The broom closet door swings open before I could talk myself in to pointless bravery to reveal Azuri,


    looking at me with deadly eyes. I could''ve sworn her eyes changed colours.


    "Pointless hiding in here. You were made the minute you arrived little human girl." Azuri says to me as


    she drags me out. She throws me on the floor as Ind on a pair of white sneakers that look a little too


    muddy, even for me.


    Little human girl? Guess I''m not dog enough to be tortured but I thought she was human too.


    "Why did you follow me Hailey?" Jaxon''s voice echoes through the school. He sounded different, a little


    deeper and it scared me.


    I look up toe face to face with Brett. He smiles at me but it looks more evil as his incisors look


    strangely longer and pointy, and his face contorted in disgust. I look away, feeling a chill run up my


    spine just by his look alone.


    Azuri yanks me up with so much force that I lose my bnce and fall back down. On my way down


    back to the floor, I lock eyes with Jaxon.


    He looked at me differently, not like the other times when we were together. He looked at me with so


    much anger, my heart sank. Why is he angry? He''s the one torturing animals. Speaking of animals, I


    realize I don''t hear growling anymore. My cowardice cost me the truth and judging by the looks they


    were all giving me, I was not about to get my way.


    Jaxon sighs out loudly before storming his way towards me and that fear I felt in the broom closet


    creeps back in, finding myself cowering away from him. My action has him stop in his tracks for a


    second and then slowly walking to me. That does not ease the panic that rises within, as I start to


    calcte my way out of here.


    "Stand up." Jaxon says to me but I am rooted to the floor, my legs reacting to the fear that has a made


    a home in the pit of my stomach, my whole body feeling like jelly. Why can''t I just be tough for once?


    Stand up for myself instead of being saved by everyone I considered a friend once in my life.


    The rest of the group around me start tough and I am not annoyed one bit.


    See, I want to be brave but I can also findfort in shying away from confrontation. Especially from


    an angry secret love who is pretending right now that I mean absolutely nothing to him. What did I think


    was going to happen though? He is a bully with all his friends and they prey on the weak, the likes of


    me but I convinced myself I will never get to experience his cruelty.


    Ha! Jokes on me now for being stupid enough to have been so na?ve.


    "I won''t repeat myself Hailey." Jaxon says my name with such disgust, such malice and hate. The same


    way he says the names of all the other victims that suffered in this school. If my mom was alive, she


    would have been here saving me and making sure that they get detention all year but she is not here


    and I am on my own.


    So with my mother in mind, I will stand up and look Jaxon square in the eyes.


    I stand up slowly, trying to gather all the strength that I do not have at all and I eventually get on my


    feet. Surprise takes over me as I don''t feel my legs try to give out on me, throwing a victorious grin at


    Jaxon before giving him my deadliest re.


    Half of my conscious begging me to look down but the other half was cheering me on. Our secret


    rtionship, something he asked for holding zero weight to his cold demeanour, Being my first kiss and


    first boyfriend. He knew this, knew that I am struggling to let people in because of my dad letting me


    down as a parent and my mother dying so suddenly. His constant reassurances that he will take care of


    me were obvious tant lies and now I get why he asked for our rtionship to be on the low, he used


    me.


    "Last I checked, this school was for everyone and I happen to be a schr here, you being here is just


    a mere coincidence." I say without a stutter. My focus on Jaxon so I don''t falter.


    "Then why were you hiding in the broom closet?" Azuri asks me and I look at here curiously. She stares


    back at me and I look back at Jaxon, who was still looking at me.


    "Did you guys not hear the growling? And don''t tell me I was hearing things. I''ve been lied to enough." I


    say still looking at Jaxon. He looks away, having a staring contest with Brett before walking away from


    me, they all follow him leaving me alone with Caiphus, who was actually the nicest in that group.


    "I am sorry about all of this Hailey.. but you have now made yourself a target and game for them"


    Caiphus says to me before walking away from me. I was all alone now and my legs finally gave out


    before the tears.


    Jaxon was supposed to be my boyfriend...


    He is supposed to be the one to take care of me but I''m learning once again that I am on my own and I


    need to stop believing people when they tell me otherwise.

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    Chapter 20


    Hailey''s POV


    "What were you thinking?" Jaxon says barging in to my room and banging the door closed.


    "I''m thinking about my friend! Or the crazy animal growls I hear nonstop!" I say making him chuckle.


    "Why couldn''t you just stay in your room and stop being so curious?" He asks and this time, I chuckle.


    "Oh because you were going to give me all the answers?" I ask.


    Jaxon sits on my bed. Letting out a loud sigh and rubbing his face.


    "Yes, in time I was." He says.


    "In time? In time? What about now? I have so many questions and now I''m starting to wonder about


    us." I say which has him getting to his feet and pulling me to him.


    "What do you mean?" He asks and I pull away from him.


    "I saw you today. I saw you with Azuri, alone together." I say looking down.


    Jaxon''s finger touches my chin and pulls my face up to look at him.


    "There is nothing going on with Azuri." He says but I shake my head no.


    "How can I be sure of it? When you''ve been with other girls when you were with her. You practically


    denied me in front of your friends with the way you spoke to me today." I say, feeling the tears fill up in


    my eyes.


    Jaxon tries to grab my hand but I step back.


    "I''m starting to question why you wanted us to be private. I mean, the way you said my name. It was as


    if I disgusted you or I was a nuisance to you." I say, this time the tears wereing out like a waterfall.


    "That''s not true." Jaxon tries to defend himself.


    "But it is and you know it. You let Azuri push me around and your friendsughed at me. You then went


    on to speak to me like I''m some low life that''s beneath you. I have never felt so humiliated in my life


    and trust me when I say I''ve seen enough humiliation in my life." I say, wiping the tears off my face.


    "Get out Jaxon. Get out and leave me alone. I want nothing to do with you in private because you don''t


    care about me in public." I say to him. The pain hitting me hard this time as Ie to the realization


    that I was just a secret love affair that meant nothing to him.


    "Hailey, I care about you." He says to me.


    "No, you don''t. I''m just one of your conquests that you dated in secret. How many others are there?" I


    ask.


    "You''re the only one Hailey, please." He says, trying to grab my hand and this time seeding.


    I feel a calm warmth take over my body upon his touch which almost makes me forget that I am angry


    at him.


    "Don''t." I say, yanking my hand away from him and creating a safe distance from him.


    I need to feel this pain. I need to understand my anger and why I feel so betrayed.


    "Jaxon, today I saw the real you. The bully you and cheater you. I saw my secret boyfriend holding


    another girl''s hand. This was no ordinary girl, no. Your ex girlfriend or fuck mate. I also got to feel how


    other kids must feel when you bully them and I can tell you right now that it is no fun, not on my


    receiving end." I say, feeling the tears start up again.


    "I have so much on my te right now that I don''t even know why I decided to date you and how in the


    world I agreed to be some secret girlfriend! I may not be popr like Azuri but I know damn well I can


    challenge her in the looks department but one thing I won''t do is be a bully like you, which she is


    and I think that''s where every other girl, like mees to the realization that you and Azuri are


    probably meant to be together. You are not a nice person and I am, I have such a good heart that you


    took advantage of. My innocence entices you. The fact that you get to be my first in every way, excites


    you. You are a male so it is expected and it''s quite clear that I give off virgin energy with myck of


    friends or social skills but I will not be fooled by you again. Get out of my room and from this day, you


    leave me the fuck alone." I say, storming my way to the door and opening it to let him out.


    "Hailey, I really like you. I care about you, a great deal! Please don''t do this." He pleads with me.


    "After your true disy of disgust earlier today, nothing can change my mind. You want to be a


    womanizer right? You yed me, well done but this ends now. Get out before I scream profanities and


    gaining attention." I warm him.


    "You want me to tell the world about us? Fine! I can do that." Jaxon says to me, fishing out his phone.


    "It''s toote now." I say.


    "It''s not over between us." Jaxon says to me before storming off and I close the door, falling to the


    ground crying.


    It hurt.


    It hurts so bad right now. Standing up to Jaxon took so much of me.


    Every fiber in my being begging me to run after him and make things right. My heart aching to forgive


    him and forgetting about today but I couldnt. He hurt me, allowed his friends to humiliate me and then


    I stand up to brush my hair for bed, staring in to the mirror, the tears stilling out as the pain grows.


    Looking at myself, internally asking myself how this happened. With all the pain I still had to deal with, I


    immersed myself in to boy drama and yed around that pool. Look at me now, wet and damaged.


    Imagine I had given in to my body''s desires, the itch I have for him. Did he really use me if he didn''t


    take advantage of my need for him to go further? Or is he so evil that he actually wanted me to believe


    he cared, toying around my body as a game to really enjoy the prize?


    I feel my blood boil as my pain turns to rage, my hair brush falling to the ground as I hear my heart beat


    erratically, almost out of my chest.


    My pupils dting and turning to a golden color.


    I step back from the mirror in shock before my heart calms down but my eyes still golden.


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 Chapter 21

    Chapter 21


    Jaxon''s POV


    Walking away from her door proved to be difficult. I wanted to stay and make things right, make sure


    that she is okay. After today, I don''t me her but why follow me? The answers are right in her face but


    the fact that she believes she''s human prevents her from seeing them.


    I wish she would shift. The idea of running in the forest with her, without anyone knowing would be


    great. My wolf is excited to meet hers and even though there''s a high chance she won''t shift, I can still


    be optimistic. I can''t have her already so while I still do,  I want all of her. I want to see just how


    beautiful and majestic her wolf will be.


    My wolf wants to meet her. Mark her and mate with her. He wants to love her the way only he can, in


    his own way and that can only happen if she shifts and when she does, her wolf will try to find us. I


    know she will sniff me out and find me because she knows who I am to her.


    What will I say if she does shift andes to find me? Will I go nk like I do everytime I try to tell


    Hailey how I feel?


    When I''m with her, I can''t even find the words. I can definitely make conversation but putting my


    feelings on the table is a different matter.


    I want to tell her that I love her but I can''t. I''ve never been in love before and I''ve never had to utter


    those words to any girl. Being a yer has made me such a loser to the point where I''m such a wuss to


    the only girl for me.


    My coward ass couldn''t say those words to her and now I''ve lost her. I lost the one girl that belongs to


    me and if she finds out about Thomas then she won''t want anything to do with me ever again.


    But I''m an alpha and no wolf makes a pass at my mate! I warned him the first time but he didn''t get it,


    he had toe back to the school to see her again, talking about her wolf called out to him.


    Her wolf should call out to ME!!!


    Punching the wall on my way out.


    "What''s with you?" Azuri asks me. It takes me a second to answer her because firstly, my mind


    wondered why she was here on the school grounds when I told everyone to go home.


    "Just a fucked up day. Did you follow me?" I ask her, getting a little annoyed with her undying love.


    "Yeah. I wanted to see where you disappear to and now I see you go to the dorms. Anyone there I


    should know about?" Azuri asks me.


    I chuckle for a bit and then my face turns serious before I answer her.


    "Is it any of your business?" I ask her and she shakes her head no before looking down.


    "Look, it''s going to take me a long time to get used to your idea of us just being friends. I''m not used to


    that anymore so be nice." She tells me and I groan out loud.


    "Are you even trying?" I ask her.


    "Probably not. I know I could be better but why bother? I know what we could be, you just don''t and


    since you still don''t have a mate, I don''t see why I shouldn''t try my luck." She tells me.


    "And what will happen when I do meet her?" I ask, looking right in to her eyes.


    "I will ept what is and move on. Maybe that''s the push I need to move on from you." Azuri answers


    but I don''t buy it.


    "That won''t happen and we both know it. Your wolf will want her dead and we both know she''ll be


    human. I''d have to kill you if you hurt her, you know that." I say. I know Azuri and she''s not one to take


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    things lying down.


    "Okay then. Let''s not have this mate talk because she isn''t in your life yet. Don''t ruin this for me. I can


    still be hopeful." She says and I growl.


    "Azuri, if we start off where we left off, there''s no telling what will be of you. You have a promising


    future as head of the warriors but if my dad finds out that you have feelings for me? He will have your


    head and if not, you will disgrace your family in not taking over as head of all the warriors. Is that what


    you want? You''re willing to gamble on that?" I ask her.


    Azuri doesn''t answer me so I walk away from her. She follows in silence and even when we shift, she


    doesn''t say another word until we get back to our pds.


    "What if I go to my first war and die without experiencing true love? I know you don''t love me and you


    never will. I have epted that much but I want to explore my feelings for you and see where it will go.


    I can''t be the only girl hoping to fall in love before we take over from the older women in the pack. It''s


    not fair that the men get to experience true love and we don''t. How did the moon goddess deem it okay


    to have the one gender grow up without love? I ask myself if this is some sort of punishment from her.


    Like did we do something so vile that we can''t even bring life in to this world? Why can''t we be given


    human mates then because they seem to be the only animal specie that understands when a woman


    can''t have kids. At least that, a reason to fight to stay alive because right now, if a war was to break


    out, you''d be sending us to fight for a pack of males and their human mates. We have nothing to fight


    for, nothing so yes. When you ask that I''m willing to risk all of that, even bring shame to my family I say


    yes. I am willing to because I am not as lucky as you for love to be thrown at my doorstep. My fate is to


    end up alone so tell me anyone you know that would kill to swop ces with me because I can''t think


    of a single person. I could lose everything, sure. I will still be a warrior, just not the leader and if it


    means I lose that just to experience a little bit of love, then that is a worthy sacrifice." Azuri says to me


    which has me pause in my tracks.


    My heart broke hearing her words. It was so insensitive of me to ask such a question when I have a


    mate. When I''m in love already and she has to spend the rest of her life alone and miserable.


    "I''m so sorry Azuri. That was a dick question." I try to apologize but she walks past me.


    I let her walk away. Being alpha born, I''m sure it took a lot out of her not to punch me in the face.


    "Get your head out of your ass for just a second okay? For once just think before you spurt nonsense.


    You are going to be an alpha soon and I bloody well hope your mate will throw some manners at you.


    I''m going home because I can''t stand the sight of you right now. I''ll be fine tomorrow so until then."


    Azuri says to me before walking away


    I nod my head in understanding as I watch her disappear in to the night.


    Azuri is a beautiful girl and she deserved better. A better friend and a better fling who didn''t try to make


    it seem like she was worthless. I should have never gone further with her but we did and now it was my


    turn to make things right. Try and be a better friend.


    I can''t even get being a good mate right. My mate and my friend both hate me. I clearly suck at this life


    thing when I thought I had it all figured out.


    Why did I even suggest we date in secret? Is it because I was sparing Azuri''s feelings? Is it because


    I''m not even sure if she will ever shift and even if she doesn''t, if my father finds out about her, he won''t


    let me mate with her and that will drive me wild.


    Is that the reason I could not go further with her? Because goddess knows I''m dying here.


    No.


    It''s because I want her to know that I love her when we go further. I want her to have no doubt in her


    mind that I am all for her and not Azuri or anyone else. I want her to believe that my heart , my soul and


    body all belong to her and there will be no one else.


    That''s it!


    I fish my phone out and tap in to Chatpax. I type in my status and post it. If that does not get her


    attention, get the whole school''s attention, I don''t know what will.

 Chapter 22

    Chapter 22


    Hailey''s POV


    My eyes, still golden through the mirror, I close them and open them again and they were still golden.


    I step away from the mirror, hoping the distance will fix things but nothing.


    I feel a stabbing pain on my chest, making me fall to the ground, scratching at my chest. Nothing helps


    so I crawl to my bed and climb on it, throwing myself on it andying on my back wishing the pain away


    but it only grew from my chest to my limbs. It was as if someone was stretching my bones and pulling


    away, then starting again. I couldn''t find my voice to scream, my mouth wide open and dry but nothing


    ''Just rx. I know it hurts but allow your body to go through this.'' The voice in my head says to me and


    I start to panic.


    I forget how to breath, having to forcibly breath through my mouth as I talk to myself, saying breath in


    my head over and over again.


    Just as I start to breath normally, my leg twists itself before being stretched again. Trying to scream


    again but nothinges out of my dry parched mouth. Every second, a bone breaks only to repair


    itself and to break again. The feeling of wanting to die now began to grow, trying to forget how to breath


    but my body fighting against me.. how can I go on? Breaking bones one after the other, I want this to


    stop and if I die then so be it because this is beyond excruciating. My jaw begins to ache and I feel like


    my teeth are about to fall out.


    I don''t even know what''s going on with my body, there is no scientific exnation to make sense of all


    of this and how am I still alive with all this pain?


    A white noise ys around my room and then it stops.


    Everything stops. The pain disappears and I feel my heart beat a little slower as I catch my breath.


    I run my tongue over my teeth to make sure everything was still intact and it was. I quickly stand up to


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    look in the mirror, only to look back at my normal self.


    I shake my head in disbelief, grabbing my phone to call my new dad only to realize it was almost 4 in


    the morning.


    This would mean, I''ve been in pain for hours and hours, unable to scream for help as the rest of the


    students sleep peacefully unaware of what was going on in my room, with me.


    I dial his number nheless, hoping to get him to take me to a doctor. I must have every bone and


    muscle checked out. A dentist too.


    "Hello?" He answers groggily.


    "Theo. I don''t know what happened but a minute ago, my bones were breaking and my jaw felt like it


    was about to break. I have never felt that kind of pain before and itsted for hours." I ramble on. Theo


    silent on the other end.


    "I''m on my way." Is all he says to me before hanging up.


    I decide to change out of my sweaty damp clothes and in to a fresh pair of leggings, a sports bra and


    my oversized cardigan. My body felt fine, no after pain or muscle pain. It was as if nothing happened


    and I imagined it all.


    Did I? Did I fall asleep and have a nightmare so believable that I actually think is true? No. This


    happened and I I awake through it all. The pain was too real I convince myself as I button up my


    cardigan and grab my phone.


    I walk out of my dorm room to try meet Theo outside the building and as soon as I walk out the door,


    his car pulls up. Running to it, I open the door and jump right in.


    "A doctor has to make sense of all of this. The one minute my eyes took a golden color and the next


    my bones were breaking. Please don''t say I''m crazy, I''m not. I swear this happened and I need a doctor


    to exin what is happening because I can''t make sense of it, I can''t make sense of anything right


    now." I say, tears streaming down my face.


    A sense of relief flooded my body when I got in to Theo''s car. Maybe just being around a parent,


    stranger or not brought some sort offort to me. Some normalcy.


    "It''s okay. We will get to the bottom of this." Theo says to me before driving away. I look up at the


    building as we drive away and a pair of ice blue eyes looking back at me through a window. I


    immediately look away, having seen enough.


    I watch the car pull away from the school, the clean school grounds so inviting as the grass glistens in


    the night, the statue of an ancient Mr Ger shining through as one of the street lights hang over him.


    I think of Jaxon and what transpired before the crazy. I broke up with him because he hugged Azuri.


    What did he do to me that made me trust him less? It can''t be that because he''s a bully he''s a cheat.


    No.


    Maybe it''s because he wanted us to be secret that put us here but I agreed to it in fear of Azuri''s


    actions. I look at Theo, seeing him focus on his driving as we drive through the fog. He was a man of


    few words so making up conversation was pointless as it would die down as quickly as it started.


    So, we drive in silence, through the misty darkness that was this weird town. Theo looked to be so


    deep in thought now, even though he was focused on the road..


    Ha! Probably asking himself how he got himself in to this mess. A crazy daughter who said she had


    broken bones and a broken jaw but seeming just fine.


    Theo looks at me curiously before looking away and turning on the radio. The way his eyes scanned


    over me, his eyes told me something. I get this idea that he knew what I was thinking, making me kind


    of believe that I am going crazy.


    I look away, trying to look out the window to see something else, think of something else and a pair of


    golden eyes reflect on the window, snapping me out of my thoughts as I close my eyes and pray the


    golden color away.


    I open my eyes and they were still there. I close my eyes again, this time a little longer but when I open


    my eyes, they were still golden.


    Although, what I didn''t think about at first is that I could see clearly in the dark. I could see past the


    foggy night as we drive and I could see further than I could before.


    In the night, I could see color as if someone switched on the light but I knew it was dark, too dark to be


    able to tell that a car we just drove past was navy blue.


    Too dark to be able to see that we had driven past civilization and were now driving past a forest with


    very tall trees with no street lights. Was Theo sending me away to crazy camp? Did he think I''ve lost it?


    Could I actually me him?


    No.


    I''d think I was crazy too if I didn''t experience this myself.


    It was confirmed, to him, I had lost it. How do you exin you had broken bones if your bones aren''t


    broken at all? Oh bugger.


    The cares to a halt and I look through the window, past my own reflection and the golden eyes to


    see a wooden mansion in the woods. I turn to face Theo, to exin why we were in the middle of


    nowhere and he gets thr hint.


    "This is my house. We will stay here until sunrise until we can see a doctorter." He says to me and I


    shake my head no, with my eyes closed.


    "We can go to the ER! I am not going through this again. I need to see a doctor!" I shout out.


    Theo ignores me and steps out of the car. He walks around and opens my door, stepping aside so I


    could get out of the car. When he sees me still seated and buckled in, he reaches in and unbuckles my


    seatbelt and carries me out.


    He throws my ass on the cold wet grass before closing the door and turning to face me. His demeanor


    changes and I feel some sort of power radiating off of him as he walks towards me, stopping at my feet.


    His eyes change to a golden color, the very same one I looked in to through the mirror. Golden, my


    golden color and then he somewhat roars at me. I''m taken aback for a second, wondering what was


    happening and then it starts again.


    The pain erupts in my body, all over my body this time as I feel all my bones break at the same time. I


    find my voice this time, releasing a scream to match the pain I was feeling.


    Theo walks around me, never taking his eyes off me.


    My bones begin to stretch again, pulling at each other and the pain taking it''s toll on me, as I start to


    see ck dots around me.


    "Allow me." The voice in my head says to me and I feel as if I have been pushed to the back seat but I


    could still see as if I''m in the front.


    I can feel that I''m not in control anymore. That the voice in my head is actually real and it has taken


    over my body. Trying to digest what was happening, the pain dissipating the more I lose control, I see


    Theo starting to undress himself.


    I can''t move as I''m not in control anymore and all I can do is watch as my biological father stands


    before me, stark naked. I can''t even close my eyes but in less than 10 seconds, what was once my


    father, where my father was standing, stood a tall all powerful ck wolf.


    The ck wolf, that held so much power, keeping me rooted in ce walked around me, checking for


    injuries and how I knew that, I don''t know.


    Once satisfied he steps aside and I start to move towards the car. Excited that I will be running away


    from this animal. Hoping Theo left his keys in the ignition, Ie face to face with another ck wolf.


    There was no reflection of me, just a big ck wolf but when the other ck wolf stands beside us, I


    see how small this one is.


    Wait, where am I? What am I? Hold on!


    ''He is the alpha, our father. He is bigger than you because he holds the power but you will soon be just


    as powerful if not more soon.'' The voice goes again.


    ''I''m sorry for freaking you out. My name is Adira and I am your wolf. What you see in front of you is us,


    you and me in animal form.'' Adira exins but I''m really not listening as I look at my own reflection.


    Adira gets the message and I feel my bones break again, but thissts only a few seconds and I find


    myself on my knees. Looking back up to see what happened, I see my eyes, my normal eyes looking


    back at me and I let out a sigh of relief.


    I look to the other ck wolf and it changes back to Theo. I watched the hairs disappear in to the skin


    and Theo reappearing where a wolf once was.


    "What the?" I say before cking outpletely and hearing Theo say, "I got you." Before I''m


    <ppletely engulfed in to the darkness.

 Chapter 23

    Chapter 23


    Hailey''s POV


    "What happened?" I say when my dad wakes me up from what feels like a long sleep.


    I sit up from my bed and he hands me a cup of tea before sitting on the chair beside the bed I slept on.


    "You don''t remember?" Theo asks me and I shake my head no. To be honest, I do remember. I just


    need him to confirm that these shes ying in my head aren''t made up and that he was there, with


    me when all of animal to human shifting happened.


    "Hailey, I need you to know that had I known you were my daughter, I would have been in your life from


    the beginning." Theo confesses.


    "You wouldn''t have been so confused aboutst night or early this morning. You would have been born


    in to it instead of wrecking your brain trying to make sense of it all right now, at your age. I''m so sorry


    this is your reality right now but I''m here and I''m going to help you through it." He says to me.


    "So, you really turned in to a wolf? I''m not going crazy?" I ask him.


    "So did you." He tells me.


    "How? I mean we read about werewolves, watch movies about them but how is this my reality? How is


    this even real?" I ask him, Theo chuckling at my questions.


    "Werewolves have always been around. We just hide in in sight, as humans but we make sure we


    don''t live amongst them. We have our ownmunities, far away from humans." He says.


    "Like this town for instance. It''s a werewolf town and you, my dear, are attending a werewolf school."


    Theo tells me and I gasp.


    "Wait. You mean the.." I say before snippets of Azuri calling me little human y in my head.


    "Are they all, you know, like me?" I ask him.


    "There are some humans but I mean not a lot but there are some. Mostly boarding school students, no


    humans live around these parts. We make sure of that. The only humans you will find at your school,


    will be girls not boys." He says to me.


    "Why is that?" I ask.


    "Oh man." Theo says before drinking up his coffee. He takes a second to answer me, trying to find the


    words.


    "We call our females, Sheras. Female wolves are born to be warriors of themunity they live in.


    They fight the wars and protect the children while the males find their soul mates in human girls.


    Female wolves also can''t have children, we don''t know why because a normal wolf animal can but our


    women can''t and that is why we find love with humans to create the next generation." He exins.


    "Will I have to be a warrior?" I ask him.


    That would be devastating for whatevermunity I have to fight for. I''m the number one coward. I


    don''t fight and now I''d have to protect people?! Oh no.


    "No. You are alpha born and my only child. It has never been done but if you seed, you may take


    over from me. However, because you are indeed a wolf, that means you can''t have children and you


    may never find your true love." He says, emphasizing his words.


    "Oh..." I say, Jaxoning to mind. The memory of me breaking up with him ying in my head.


    "Hailey, you have a wolf inside of you. You need to connect with her and form a bond because she''s in


    you for life. From now on, you''ll be living with me here because I''ll be training you and your wolf. Being


    alpha born means you possess a strength far greater than any female warrior but you needbat


    skills to truly put that strength to use." He says before standing up and walking towards my door.


    "Combat skills?" I ask and he just smiles at me.


    "This is your room. Feel free to do whatever you want with it but for now, please freshen up. I have


    brought some people from mymunity that will help me get you ready for the outside world." Theo


    says to me, my eyes bulging out at the thought of seeing strangers right now.


    He walks out and without giving notice, a young woman walks in and closes the door.


    "Hi. My name is Miriam, I am the beta''s daughter and I am 16." The girl stranger that just waltzed in to


    my room says to me.


    "Beta? As in second inmand?" I ask and she nods her head yes right before I break out in


    Years and years of reading about these creatures and now one stands before me to tell me they are


    actually real.


    "I''m sorry. I just, this is too much." I say betweenughs.


    "The alpha needs you to go shower and change clothes. Today you will meet the important members of


    our pack, including the future beta that will be your second inmand." Miriam says to me. I stop


    "Who will be my second inmand?" I ask Miriam.


    "My brother. He is not allowed in your room at this moment so I am here to help you freshen up before


    you meet anyone." She says before cing ck clothes on my bed and walking towards another


    door, which is now my bathroom. I hear water running and see that as my que to get out of bed.


    Miriam walks out of the bathroom as soon as I walk in, closing the door too.


    "Okay Hailey. Clearly this is serious." I say to myself..


    I look around the bathroom, going through drawers and drawers, seeing that Theo got all my toiletries


    in bulk and the realization hit me.


    The minute he found out I was his daughter, meaning I''d be this, he had to prepare for it.


    Did my mother know? Was she aware that she was sleeping with a wolf? And now here I am, breaking


    real bones to turn in to an animal?


    "A werewolf. We are very special species.'' The voice in my head goes off again.


    ''Hello once again. I''ve been waiting ages to be unlocked and let out of the cage I was in. So I will be


    here, talking to you most times of the day and goddess willing, you will shift and let me have a run in


    the woods from time to time or I will take over myself. I need to run so let''s meet these creeps and get it


    over with.'' The voice in my head says.


    "Adira right?" I say out loud forgetting there''s a girl in my room waiting on me.


    ''Yes!'' She responds.


    ''''How long have you been locked inside my body?'''' I ask.


    ''Since you were born. Being away from our father prohibited us froming in to our wolves but after


    the death of your other father, we met our real father. His wolf called out to mine and I was sort of


    woken from my permanent slumber but I was sort of awake thanks to our mate.'' Adira says to me.


    "Mate? We share friends?" I ask in shock.


    ''No silly! Our soulmate!'' She says as if I knew.


    "What?" I ask in confusion.


    ''We met him and he like revived you. The sparks that you feel when he touches you or you touch him.


    The need to risk it all for him even though you don''t know what tomorrow holds. When he messes up


    but you want to apologize and make everything right because you can''t imagine life without him. You


    know who I''m talking about.'' Adira says to me.


    My eyes bulge out as Jaxones to mind.


    ''Yip! That''s the one! You owe him a thank you for letting me out.'' She says.


    "Hold on. Wait a minute." I say but Adira interrupts me.


    ''Yes, he is a werewolf. He just couldn''t tell you maybe in fear, thinking you''re human but he doesn''t


    have to hide now. I want to meet his wolf!'' Adira says loudly in my head, my hands flying up to cup my


    head.


    "How?" I say but not really needing an answer to just one question.


    How is this happening?


    How am I breaking bones without actually breaking any bones?


    How is my real dad turning in to a wolf too?


    How do I have another voice in my head?


    How is it, that the shows I''ve been watching for as long as I can remember,  shows about vampires and


    werewolves, how did I be one of them?


    ''Girl, take a shower. You''re going to be confused for a real minute so just go ahead and do the normal


    things first before giving us a damn headache.'' Adira tells me and somehow that makes sense to me.


    A shower is something normal that I can do, that I''ve been doing for years. I can do that, for now, that is


    all I can do and all I will focus on.


    I take the oversized shirt off that smells like Theodore and throw it in to theundry basket. I check the


    temperature to see it is just fine and hop in.


    I take my time washing up the forest smell and dirty spots, making sure to properly inspect my body of


    any changes afterst night.


    The fact that my body could break and turn in to an animal, with a tail? And I wake up feeling fine?


    "Snap out of it Hailey!" I say to myself. I quickly wash my hair before turning the water off and drying


    myself. I walk out of the shower, I see the clothes Miriam left on my bed, were now ced just in


    between the double basins in what is apparently, my new bathroom.


    I get dressed and decide to leave my hair to air dry so I just brush it with a wide toothb.


    Walking out of my room, Miriam was sitting on the chair next to my bed ying on her phone but


    immediately dropping it once she sees me. She stands up,


    "I will let the alpha know you are ready. My brother will be here toe and get you." She says to me. I


    just nod my head, for the first time in my life, I had no words to utter out.


    Miriam leaves my room, leaving the door open and I throw myself on my bed. Miriam had given me


    short ck biker shorts and an oversized in ck shirt.


    This wasfortable but a little underdressed to be meeting people in.


    "Mmhmmm" goes a male voice, having me quickly sit up to see who made a sound.


    Standing at my door, as tall as my door, was a boy. He looked to be my age, with blonde hair and green


    eyes. His big muscled arms were on disy, as well his his chest and abdomen, with him being


    shirtless but I quickly looked back up to his face.


    "Hello Hailey. My name is Cayden, future beta of your father''s pack, your pack." Cayden says. I get off


    the bed and on my feet to shake his hand, immediately feeling like an antpared to this giant. My


    hand beingpletely swallowed by his but pretending it doesn''t affect me.


    "Please, follow me." He says and I nod my head to agree. He turns around and I follow him out, down


    the stairs and out the door.


    As soon as I step out from behind him, I''m greeted by so many faces, including Theo''s.


    Theo stood tall, the tallest of them all.


    "Hailey,e stand by me." Theo says to me and I walk to him, epting his hand as he pulls me


    closer.


    "People of Blue Crescent, I introduce to you, my heir." Theo says proudly.


    "How do we know she''s one of us? Where has she been all along?" One of the men circling us asks.


    "Do you question me?" Theo retorts and then silence. I could feel the mood shift and a cold feeling on


    my back, as if I''d known what''s toe.


    Theo storms over to the guy that questioned him and grabs him by the neck. People stepping back to


    make way for him.


    "I''m your alpha. I invite you to my home, to meet my daughter and you choose to insult me by


    insinuating that she''s not mine, she''s no wolf?" Theo asks raising the man high up with his one arm!


    I look up in awe.


    How strong is Theo to just use his one, just one arm to lift up the man''s entire body weight with so


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    much ease.


    "I did not mean to upset you Alpha. I only ask because we thought you had no children and that the


    elders paired you with a human so that she could give you children of your own." The man tries to


    exin.


    "Have you forgotten I rejected the pairing? I knew my mate. Before she died, I shared some time with


    her and thanks to the moon goddess, she gave me an heir." Theo says, looking right in to my eyes.


    He throws the man on the ground.


    "Make yourself scarce. I don''t want to see your face today." Theo tells him and he runs off, in to the


    woods, not wasting a second.


    "Alpha, with due respect. We all heard the whispers of your brother''s inability to shift. How do we know


    that your heir, clearly hidden from this world, will be able to take over from you and lead us if she


    cannot shift." Cayden speaks.


    Adira growls and my hands quickly fly up to cover my mouth. I was so annoyed too but I had no idea


    Adira could do that!


    All eyes are on me now after that animalistic sound.


    "Did you all hear that?" Theo asks and people answer yes.


    "My question still stands Alpha." Cayden says, his eyes also on me.


    "My daughter has nothing to prove to all of you. In fact, instead of greeting her and weing her in to


    this new world, you quickly question her capabilities, my parental capabilities. I should y you all for


    the disrespect." Theo tells them.


    I feel a sense of pride growing in me by Theo''s words. As he continued to defend me, I feel Adira


    ''Let me show them an alpha''s daughter." She tells me beforepletely taking over and shifting in


    seconds, shredding the only clothes I had but standing tall in front of the crowd.


    Adira growls out loud, I quickly understand it was a show of power as the entire crowd, except for Theo


    shifts in to their wolves to bow their heads.


    Theo looks at us in awe, nodding his head in approval.


    He was proud of us.


    I look towards the crowd, with their heads still down and I take this moment to enjoy it. I''ve always been


    the girl in the shadows, hiding from everyone. Just trying to get through life, past the mean girls at


    school or bullies but here I was, an entire crowd of people bowing down to that very same girl.


    Although this time, things were different. Yes, I am still that girl that cowars away from confrontation or


    a fight. I''m sure I''m still very much a coward, somewhere inside me but with all of that, the girl was of


    importance.


    Today, was my day to shine and if someone had told me this would be my life, I would''veughed. My


    meek self is still in shock and I don''t think I''ve had time to digest it all, dissect it all but one thing I know


    for sure is that with Adira, this was just the beginning.

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    Chapter 24


    Hailey''s POV


    "And now that she has proven herself to you, it is time to do the same. Submit to my daughter and


    pledge your lives to her." Theo demands, his eyes flickering between colors.


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    Everyone was quiet, not a sounding from one of them. All I could hear were their calm heartbeats


    and breathing sounds that were in some way synchronized, all following the same rhythm without


    faltering.


    As Theo spoke, his voice was holding so much power that even I wanted to kneel. One could not go


    against his words, they held so much promise. A promise to cause harm if one is to go against him. A


    promise to inflict pain if one even tries to utter a word at this very moment that disagrees with him.


    The people from hisnd, the pack were all still bowing down but one by one they all shifted back to


    human form. I could see their bones break in half, I could hear each bone, the crunch sound going off


    in numbers as if it was some musical number, my body shivering at the sound but to them, it seemed


    not to affect them. Their bodies contorted and moved in ways one would find traumatic but just as they


    were wolves, they were human and as normal as ever.


    On their knees they went, slowly moving from one bended knee to the next they went on the dirt. One


    by one they would tilt their heads to the side, showing their necks to me, heads still facing down.


    I look up to Theo, he smiles before looking back at me.


    "Rise my loyal soldiers. Your pledge of loyalty has been noted and from today, your most important job


    as my most important officials is to protect my child. Her life over yours until yourst breath." He says


    and my heart skips a beat.


    I don''t want anyone sacrificing themselves for me. If I''m to die tomorrow then so be it! Why would I


    want anyone else jumping in the line of fire for me? As poetic as it sounds, I would never forgive


    myself.


    "But.." I try to disagree only to have the crowd rise from the ground to finally look at me and say the


    following words,


    "From today, we will dly give our lives to our alpha and his blood." They all say... but what scares me


    was not them saying these words. It was how they were said.


    I heard them all speak.


    All at the same time, making that grave promise not knowing what tomorrow holds and saying it all in


    my head. Their lips unmoving as they utter those words to me and Theo.


    Theo caught on to my confusion and gently grabbed my hand.


    I had read enough books to know that mind linking was a thing between werewolves but it''s still creepy.


    When it actually happens, when one hears it, it shakes you and not in a good way. It is just scary to


    think someone can just get in to your head and speak to you..


    "Thank you all family. You may now introduce yourselves to Hailey. Let''s get this day going." Theo says


    and every body runs to me.


    I am immediately overwhelmed by the people surrounding me. Their smiles were warm and they all


    had lovely things to say but I did not even know who to listen to first.


    Looking to my left, looking to my right and turning around just to acknowledge everyone was really


    taking a toll on me but the time quickly passed even though it did not feel that way at the time.


    I spent the day training but barely because I''m that unfit. They trained me how to properlymunicate


    with my wolf. How to call her forward when needed and what to do when she tries to take power.


    Trained how to shift quickly and effortlessly.


    Shift after shift the pain lessened until I didn''t feel it anymore. It went from agonizing to nothing in one


    day.


    All of this was too much to take in, my body was not doing that great and to be honest, I was


    emotionally drained from trying so hard not to be affected by all of this.


    Eventually my brain forced me to deal with past events so I can move forward in life. It''s funny really,


    how ones life cannot truly take a pause but the mind can by being stuck in one ce. To force you to


    deal with the events that got us here and as life goes on, the body moves, normal activities are done,


    the mind remains stubborn in its aim to finally get out of whatever rut it is in and as much as we try to


    lie and lie, there''s only so many lies you can tell yourself until you break.


    Maybe it''s because I''m not just human. Maybe because I''m superhuman, because my body goes


    against any biological exnation for all humans, my head decides at the end of the day that enough


    was enough.


    That this was too much to take in by just simply lying my way through. This was a new life, a new me


    and if I did not deal with my old self and the events that led up to right now, I''d be stuck here or maybe


    go crazy.


    So I excused myself after dinner and locked myself in my room.


    "Adira?" I call out my wolf.


    ''Yes Hailey. This is a lot to take in and I''m sorry you spent most of your life unaware of the life meant for


    you. We could''ve bonded from the time you were a little kid and right now we would''ve been the best of


    friends but that''s not our case and we have to take whatever n the moon goddess has in store for


    us. There must be a reason why I was locked away inside you. Maybe it was to keep you alive or


    what''s toe will be easier dealt off this way and with the past that you have. You are still human, still


    very much human.. just with a wolf inside of you and no way to get rid of me. Knowing the human side


    of you is still a good thing, it means you acknowledge that side of you and now it''s time toe over to


    the other side. We are in this together Hailey and I will protect us both.'' Adira says to me.


    Her words bringing me to tears at the truth of it all. I felt her sincerity, the passion in her promises to


    me.


    Adira was me and I was her.


    Inseparable and at the time where I wished for friends, I had one inside of me all along. Loneliness is a


    thing of the past and I choose to ept my new reality as scary as it is.


    I''m human. We are naturally scared of the unknown and that''s why we findfort in habitual living but


    it''s time I epted change. My life was not working out then.


    I tried so hard to fight for my fathers love until the day he died. I held on to my mother even in her


    death. Dreaming of a past, wishing it in to my reality but there is a future that needs me to let all of that


    go and now was the time to stop fighting my demons but to embrace them.


    I have a painful past, granted.. but holding on to the past means I have to hold on to the pain, making


    my reality a miserable one and that needs to change.


    The Hailey I knew yesterday is not the same one today. We are strangers to each other now and if I''m


    to have a painful future, may it be a different kind of pain. May it be the only pain I feel as I let go of all


    that I was carrying with me daily.


    I have been made anew and the worries I had yesterday hold no weight to my today. From today, I will


    fight new unknown battles and with the new support that I have, I will ovee them.


    "Thank you Adira. You''ve got a friend in me too." I say to My wolf.

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    Chapter 25


    Jaxon''s POV


    "Mom, it''s been two weeks since she disappeared. I''m losing it." I say, throwing my whole body weight


    on the couch in my mother''s office.


    I''ve been a wreck.


    I hid it well but I''m a wreck. I need to see Hailey, smell her but even the dorm room she slept in was


    cleaned so well that all I can smell is heavy cleaning products. Probably to cover up her scent, as if she


    was never there but she was. I know it.


    "I''m sorry son. There''s nothing I can do right now. If she was one of us, one of our own, I''d have a


    search party looking everywhere for her. All we can do now is let the police do their job." My mom tells


    me.


    "There must be something I can do." I say.


    "You can take your friends and go sniffing around. Hopefully some part of her calls out to you, but don''t


    hold out hope." She says.


    I sit up, trying to understand my mother''s words.


    "What do you mean?" I ask her.


    "I mean, this is wolf territory. If she is out there on her own, I doubt she''s even alive right now." I hear


    her say.


    "I would feel it. I would''ve felt it." I say


    "Honey, you need to mark her to be connected to her and you didn''t get there." She says.


    "I was just trying to get her to trust me! What was I supposed to do? Just introduce myself and then bite


    her neck?" I ask out of frustration and guilt.


    If I had marked her, nobody here would''ve touched her. She would have had my scent all over her and


    that would''ve kept her safe, at least from the wolves in pack.


    I have zero control over the lone wolves that live outside our territory. They have been exiled for


    whatever reason and forced to live on their own, finding ways to survive. They generally wouldn''t get in


    to much trouble for killing a human but Hailey isn''t just some human.


    She''s my mate.


    "I know that. I know you didn''t want to scare her away but there''s just some things that are beyond our


    control." She tries to calm me down but my wolf won''t calm down.


    "That''s it. I''m taking my friends and we are searching the packnds and border until we find


    something." I say as I get to my feet.


    "That won''t be necessary son." My father says, walking in followed by Theodore, Hailey''s biological


    father.


    I sit back down.


    "Theodore here has your missing student and he has a few things to say to us." My dad tells my mom


    and I stay to hear him out.


    I look over to Theodore, he looked calm and collected which would mean Hailey is alive and well.


    "Hailey is not human." Theo starts to say.


    I knew that already.


    "She shifted in to a werewolf two weeks ago. I have taken the two weeks to train her and teach her our


    ways so she can be better equipped for this world. I would take her back to my pack but she insists on


    finishing her final year of school here so I''m asking you to allow her to finish her studies and we will be


    gone after that. I promise not to start any troubles." Theo tells us.


    She shifted! This is great news right?


    I smile, relief flowing through my veins at the thought of my mate in wolf form. She was indeed safe.


    She was alive.


    "I''m sorry. If she is your daughter that means she''s of your pack, we can''t allow her to stay here." My


    dad tells Theo.


    My smile quickly fades and Theo throws me a look before opening his mouth.


    "Hailey,e on in." He says and I look to the door to see the most beautiful woman in the world walk


    in gracefully.


    Her hair bouncing as she walks, a little golden and shiny through the sun''s rays. She was dressed in all


    ck with ck high heels.


    I did not know this Hailey. She looked different.


    She has make up on, red lipstick. She looked to have gained some muscle too.


    "Good day everyone." Hailey says and my smile returns, the fire in me returns as my wolf howls with


    joy inside me.


    "My daughter can''t leave this pack." Theo tells my father but I''m still looking at Hailey, who''s also


    looking at me.


    She''s smiling back at me.


    "And why is that?" Father asks.


    "She can''t leave because your son Jaxon, is her mate." Theo says and I look away from Hailey to my


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    dad.


    "Impossible! There is no way!" My dad refuses.


    My mom''s eyes plead with me to jump in and I do.


    "It''s true dad. She is my mate and I was scared that she''d shift and we wouldn''t be mates anymore but


    for some crazy reason, I still feel the same way I felt about her when we met on her first day of school


    here." I confess.


    My father''s hands ball in to fists.


    "This is the girl you found? A wolf? And you didn''t think I''d need to know that she''s a werewolf?" My


    dad asks, his face getting red from his anger.


    "How could I tell you? I knew the minute I told you, you''d send her off and get the next human girl to


    mate with me so she can give me the next alpha. I wanted to spend some time with her, get to know


    her and I haven''t even done a good job of that too. I messed up, messed things up a great deal and


    missed the biggest milestone of her life because I''m the biggest asshole! So I''m not sorry I didn''t tell


    you. I would do it again.. I would hide her from you again so I could be with her." I say before standing


    up and walking towards my mate.


    I grab her hand and thr electrical sparks tingle their way up my hand and to my heart. She looks at me,


    rmed and confused at the intense feeling.


    She now felt what I felt everytime I was with her. Every time we touched.


    "I missed your birthday." I say.


    "I know. I missed you too." Hailey says to me. Turning to face my parents, Hailey straightens her


    posture and looks them in the eyes.. my alpha born mate.


    "Mr and Mrs Ger, I''m no ordinary werewolf. Yes, my dad is alpha which means I carry the alpha gene


    in me but that is not all." Hailey says.


    "What else is there?" My dad asks sarcastically. My mom punches him on the arm to get him to act


    better.


    "My daughter, Hailey is the one we have all been waiting for." Theo tells us. Now, I was even more


    confused.


    "The moon goddess came to me a few days after my first shift. She told me of the new world that starts


    with me and your son." Hailey says, grabbing my hand and holding on to it a little to tight.


    "She called me, Selenian." Hailey tells us and my mom gasps, her eyes bulged out.


    "Impossible!" My dad shouts but Hailey is not discouraged by this. She just simply smiles, and pulls


    down her shirt to reveal a crescent shaped moon on her corbone.


    "You know what this means..." Theo tells my dad, who for the first time in my life, is left speechless.


    What is a selenian?

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    Chapter 26


    Hailey''s POV


    "It can''t be!" Mrs Ger says, walking over to me.


    I look back at her, trying to figure out if it was a good or bad thing his son is mated to me.


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    "How? How could we not sense it?" She asks my dad.


    "I could not sense it either.. until now." Theo responds.


    "Hailey, do it again." He tells me.l, nodding his head.


    I look around the room, at my handsome mate Jaxon. Then this father and mother, who looked at me


    curiously. My eyesnd back at my father and I nod my head back at him.


    ''Okay Adira, let''s try this again.'' I say to my wolf, who perks up and the chance to impress her mate.


    I close my eyes and try to rx.


    Taking deep breaths as I center myself. Canceling any noise that is distracting like heartbeats around


    this room and footsteps just outside the building.


    A long time ago, the moon goddess came to earth to visit her children. She saw that the women were


    unhappy but the men were doing just fine and realized that this divide was not good for her people.


    Soon, the women will take matters in to their own hands and leave pack life due to loneliness, watching


    the men find love and have families.


    Some men took on female werewolves to be mothers if their mates died during childbirth or from


    human diseases. Many of the female warriors here were born from the womb of a human but raised by


    the warrior unit to be the future that would be needed.


    They did this in the Hope''s that from birth, the girls would only know of one purpose in life, to be a


    fearless warrior and nothing else but that is not working as the eyes will see what they want to see and


    interpret what was seen, to the extent of their understanding.


    I feel my body light up, it''s like when an idea pings in my head but this time, throughout my body. I feel


    illuminated and it feels amazing!


    I open my eyes to see the shocked faces of my mate and his parents.


    I am the girl that is to change the fate of the werewolves. I will be the first female werewolf to be mated,


    have children and start a new world where female wolves can bring children in to this world.


    It will all start with me.


    With Jaxon and I, together and I can''t wait to finally be with my Jaxon, in public for the world to see.


    "You look beautiful, Hailey.." Jaxon says to me. I smile before grabbing his hand,  thus illuminating his


    body as well.


    "We have been chosen to be the ones to create a new world for our kind. This is all so new to me but I


    will embrace this, as long as I''m with you." I say to Jaxon. His eyes swell up with tears, a big smile on


    his face as he turns to face his parents.


    "Please don''t fight me on this." He tells them.


    "I don''t know anything about this legend or what is going on right now but I want to be with Hailey. I am


    willing to lose my alpha title if you won''t have her." He says, holding my hand a little tighter.


    "That won''t be necessary son. Your mate is convincing enough and we have no reason to doubt her."


    Mr Ger tells his son and the whole room rxes.


    We sit down, to all get to know each other. Mrs Ger telling me stories about Jaxon as a kid and how


    she almost died giving birth to him.


    Jaxon and I spent the entire time close to each other, hands together and stealing kisses from time to


    time. Nothing crazy, just a quick peck on the cheeks.


    We finally decided I''d be back at school and we said our goodbyes to the Ger family.


    Walking out, I remember something and decide to ask him.


    "Dad?" I say.


    "Yeah?" He answers, looking down at me.


    "My stepmother.. she said some really hurtful but confusing things to me." I say, avoiding Theo''s eyes.


    "What did she say?" He asks me, I could hear the anger in his voice.


    "That both my mom and who I knew to be my dad at that time, were murdered and that it was time to


    kill me too." I say to him.


    "Stacy has always been a problem. She is one of the female wolves who have gone mad from love. I


    didn''t want to tell you yet as we just caught her in this town after looking for her for so long. We believe


    she actually came here to kill you but we still need a few answers before I end her." Theo says to me.


    "Why would she want to kill me?" I ask, the human side of me growing with fear.


    "Because once again, there is someone keeping me from her. First it was your mother and I don''t know


    how she found out that she was my mate but she did and when I wanted to make things right with my


    brother, she killed him before anything coulde off the reunion I had nned. I trusted her... I wasn''t


    too upset about her breaking up your family because I was jealous myself that my own brother could


    have what was meant for me so I let that go. When my brother died and she told me we can finally be


    together, I started investigating her." He tells me.


    I stay quiet on our way back to the house. The thought of someone wanting me dead took me back to


    being human. I was scared, ready to shit my pants.


    "She won''t get to you." Theo reassures me but that does not help me.


    Stacy is so obsessed about Theodore that she wants him to herself and everyone close to him must


    die.


    ''See what this loneliness is doing to our shewolves? Just 2 seconds of a man showing affection and we


    want to blow up the whole world.'' Adira says to me.


    Thoughts of Azurie to mind.


    If Stacy is this crazy for my dad, how would Azuri react to Jaxon having a mate?


    ''She''s going to fight you, that''s for sure.'' My wolf says.


    Just when I thought I had Stacy to worry about, there was one more person and that girl did not work


    alone. The entire school stood with her but I have Jaxon, future alpha.


    He will protect us. He has to.

 Chapter 27

    Chapter 27


    Jaxon''s POV


    "Azuri, hey. Think you coulde over?" I say over the phone.


    "What did you have in mind?" She asks me, a little too excited and it hurt me that I was going to hurt


    her.


    Hailey.


    The one person I really don''t want to hurt and that means making sure Azuri is out of the picture, for


    good.


    Hailey is my mate and I can''t wait to show her off to the world and tell them she''s all mine but first, I


    have to tell Azuri. She is my friend, even before this... she deserves to hear it all from me before it gets


    to anyone.


    I''ve hurt her enough, that much I know and this will be a blow but there''s no better way to do this. It will


    hurt now and for some time but I have to tell her, as my friend.


    "Hello?" Azuri calls out.


    "Yeah sorry. No, I just have something to tell you. Actually, let mee over. I''ll be there in 5." I walk


    out of the house as I say this.


    "Cool. See you soon." Azuri says excitedly.


    Damn.


    Walking to her house, I keep trying to rehearse on how I''ll break this down to her. I mean, I know for a


    fact that she will be hurt but I just, I''m just not sure how she will react.


    As a warrior, she understands how things work and Hailey is of alpha blood, meaning that she is and


    will be valued more than a simple warrior.. Hailey is also my mate which will soon make her the Luna of


    this pack, trumping Azuri once again. I am hoping she thinks of this before trying anything.


    Hailey may not be well trained yet, she has a lot to make up for and Azuri could use this to her


    advantage but why would she stand against a woman, a female wolf that is to bring the first pup in to


    this world, this pack.


    For the first time ever, my mate and I get to have full blooded wolves in the pack, this world! Rendering


    them the strongest children ever. A future alpha that not one person will ever dare to cross.


    I find my way to Azuri''s house pretty quickly with all these thoughts swimming in my head and I don''t


    even get to knock because she answers the door in a silk robe.


    I mentally groan.


    She pulls me into the house and slips the robe off. Standing before me, all naked but with high heels


    on.


    "Azuri, please get dressed. I''m not here for sex." I say but she doesn''t listen, as she walks around me


    trying to taunt me but it doesn''t work.


    Azuri starts feeling me up, from my shoulders and down my chest until she gets to her goal, realizing


    she''s not having the desired effect on me.


    "What''s this?" She asks annoyed.


    "I told you I want to talk. I''m not here for any of this, not now not ever so get dressed. I''ll be on the


    couch." I say, picking up her robe and handing it to her.


    I walk away from her, making my way to the couch and she follows, finally dressed.


    "Azuri, I found my mate." I say and sheughs.


    "No you didn''t." She says and I look down at my crotch then back at her.


    "Then exin this?" I ask, which she ys off.


    "I''ve known my mate for some time actually. With human mates, we never know how they will react so I


    had to act cautiously but also remove you out of the picture." I say.


    "So it''s Hailey. I knew when you stood up for her that she was different. All the other girls you denied,


    you humiliated for my benefit but not her. You changed the entire school system for her." Azuri says,


    hands balling in to fists.


    "Yes. It is Hailey and I''m telling you this because people don''t know yet but they will soon find out. We


    are together now, she knows about this life and is ready to go public with me." I say and Azuri gets to


    her feet, facing me.


    "I will kill her!" She says and I growl, also getting to my feet.


    "You do that, I kill you. What makes you think that you''ll be able to put any hands on her now that the


    pack will know who she belongs to?" I ask Azuri, who sits back down to think.


    "I''m in love with you Jaxon. I''m bound to think of killing any girl that gets in the way of that." Azuri''s


    eyes brimming with tears.


    I gently take her hand in to mine, sitting down next to her.


    "I''m sorry for pulling you in this. It was selfish of me to have all this fun with you knowing I''ve got


    someone out there for me. I am sorry for hurting you, as a friend too. I should''ve been more


    considerate with all of my actions." I say sincerely. She chuckles, looking right in to my eyes.


    "You think I fell for you when we started having sex? Jaxon... I''ve been a mess since I knew that you


    were a boy and I, a girl. Our friendship means a lot to me but I''ve had feelings for you for the longest


    time." She confesses, confirming something my friends have told me but I refused to believe it.


    "I''m sorry for ying with your heart then." I say, kissing her cheek. I stand up, making my way to the


    front door.


    "So she gets the good side of you and I got the bad one. Youe here, to clean up your mess so she


    won''t have to deal with any girl iming to be yours when I''ve had to deal with all of that? Why does


    she deserve the good side of you? Your respect? I''ve shown you nothing but love, respect and loyalty.


    She''s just a stranger to you and a human who could change her mind about being with you!" Azuri


    screams out, I stop walking to turn around and face her.


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    "Azuri, she''s my mate. I can take ountability for ignoring your feelings during our thing and getting


    what I wanted from you but I won''t let you forget that we agreed going in to this that this was purely


    sexual. I believe I told you this a million times but you still wanted exclusivity. You had the entire school


    think we were together when it wasn''t like that, even put hands on any girl that I made a move on. Iid


    everything on the table going in and you didn''t, you kept your feelings for me hidden all these years


    and then expect me to just figure it out? Oh I did. I figured it out when I went for other girls and you''d


    still stay but even breaking up with you is hard. You won''t let me, knowing full well what will happen to


    you. Go ahead, gamble with your life Azuri but I didn''t ask you to. If my father banishes you, don''t put


    that on me. You want what I can''t give you and I''m sorry for that but I won''t apologize for doing right by


    Hailey. I put everything I want from her and all that she will get from me on the table and she epted


    it, just as I did with you but you don''t get topare. I value the two of you differently and I see the two


    of you differently. Hailey is the one I love, I''m not sorry for that." I say, watching the tears fall out of her


    eyes.


    Running my hands through my hair and growling, I turn to walk again.


    "She''s still human. A very weak human." Azuri says and I chuckle, turning one more time to face her


    again.


    "Now that''s where you''re wrong. She''s very much not human." I say, walking closer to her.


    "Hailey is every bit a wolf like you and I." I say.


    "That''s impossible!" She says but I just smile.


    "My father will be having a pack meeting soon to introduce my mate. If you want to see for yourself,


    don''t miss it." I say, making my way out and back to my house.


    It sucked, it really sucked having to break my friend''s heart but I''m relieved I finally told her.


    I could have let her find out at the pack meeting like everyone else, I could have let her see us at


    school be together or in public spaces but I care about Azuri, as a friend and hopefully one day we can


    go back to being that.


    Now, all that matters is my mate.


    My Hailey.


    That''s the work I''ve got to put in and I don''t want obstacles I could have dealt with before,ing in


    between and disrupting my work on the rtionship one waits their whole life for...

 Chapter 28

    Chapter 28


    Hailey''s POV


    I couldn''t sleep.


    I keep seeing Stacy''s face every time I close my eyes. She wanted me dead, although she had many


    chances to kill me when my not so real dad was alive, she picks now the perfect time to want to kill me.


    It''s like torture.


    I don''t feel safe, with I don''t know how many men in this house. I still don''t feel safe. Stacy is a cunning


    woman and if she really wants to end me, she will find a way.


    That''s the one trait I sometimes wish I had. The ability to just get my way no matter what or even who.


    The world is such a cruel ce with not enough chances for people like me.


    My innocence will almost always be taken advantage of and my irrational fear will always prevent me


    from taking what''s mine or what I believe I deserve.


    I have long epted who I am. I can''t be humiliated by what I know to be true. People can call me


    weak or a scaredy cat but if it''s true, why fight it?


    ''You have me now.'' My wolf responds to my thoughts.


    That''s beside the point.


    ''No. Your father would berate you and diminish your feelings. He did this so many times that the only


    way to make him stop was to cower away in to a corner and cover yourself until he was satisfied. He


    fed on your fear of him and as we now know, felt the need to punish you for your parent''s actions. So


    when you say that this scared and innocent little girl is who you are then that''s where you are wrong.


    You have the chance to find out who you really are, healing from your father''s treatment of you. You


    can''t be that girl and be given a task so great, being the first werewolf girl to ever have a mate and to in


    future bring full blooded pups to life. You are royalty Hailey and I''ll keep saying it until you believe it."


    My wolf says to me.


    A tear escapes my eye from her words of encouragement before we are rudely Interrupted by my


    father waking me up to train.


    "Yes, I''m already awake." I say.


    "Good. It''s raining so it is the perfect weather for some hardcore training. Cayden will be joining us


    today and for all of your future trainings. He will also go wherever you go, being your guard until I''m


    ready to step down and you can take over." Theo says to me as I get dressed.


    "Won''t I automatically be the luna of Jaxon''s pack?" I ask.


    "That''s entirely up to you and Jaxon. You can also choose to merge the two packs together, as my


    pack will only choose to follow you once I step down." He says as we descend down the stairs and out


    of the house.


    "Good morning beta." Theo greets Cayden.


    "Good morning alpha. Hailey." Cayden greets back and I nod my head at him.


    "Right then, follow me my lead." Theo tells us and he starts by running.


    We run for some time, surprisingly my body able to handle it as unfit as I am.


    ''You''re a wolf now. Keep up.'' Adira says to me and I chuckle.


    Cayden throws me a look and I just point at my head, getting it, he looks back ahead.


    "Do you miss home?" I ask, trying to make conversation with the boy.


    "Not so much. I got to travel out of the pack and I needed that." Cayden answers.


    "May I ask why?" I say.


    "My mate was killed by a rogue during an attack. I.. I told her to stay home but because of the mate


    bond she couldn''t stay away and I was working border patrol. She arrived and within seconds a rogue


    was tearing her apart. I just, everything reminds me of her and this helps me ease the pain. There''s


    nothing here that reminds me of her. I just needed to get away for some time." Cayden says.


    I was shocked he actually told me this story. It is private and usually told to people that mean


    something and I was still a stranger to this boy, not yet at the ce where we can share how we really


    feel but he beat me to it.


    "I''m sorry. I think we will be here a while so you will get sufficient time to clear your head." I say and he


    chuckles.


    "You found your mate. I think we will be heading back pretty soon seeing that he''s an alpha." He says


    to me.


    "Keep up you two!" My dad shouts out and we run a little faster.


    "I have not decided if I will be his luna. I''m also not sure if I am strong enough to lead a whole pack,


    especially after so many years living as a human." I say in all honesty.


    A shera alpha.


    I have never heard of any and I know there''s a first time for everything but being the first of something


    "You are the alphas only child. Right now, whether or not you are capable is besides the point. That''s


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    why you have a beta, the second inmand to aid you. I was raised all my life to serve an alpha and


    even though you are a shera, you are of alpha blood and I will respect that. The pack will stand behind


    you, especially if you choose to lead." Cayden says to me.


    I nod my head, just to confirm I heard what he said but it''s a lot to take in. Two minutes ago I was just a


    girl looking at my own reflection in the mirror and seeing my eyes change color.


    Before that, I was a girl that wore hoodies to hide away. To feel invisible and now I had to stand tall in


    front of many and lead?


    After training, I head to my room and freshen up. My dad said not to make ns for the day so I stay in


    my bathrobe and paint my nails.


    Spending the part of my morning pampering myself with nothing else to do. I had a lot to think about..


    I''ve always wanted to be independent. Run my own thing and maybe that was the alpha blood talking, I


    can never know but I also have to keep in mind that in wolf culture, the woman follows the man. Jaxon


    is the alpha of his pack and he needs a Luna, he needs me to help him run the pack and I can''t be that


    for him if I choose to be the alpha of my own pack.


    Oh man.


    How do I choose between independence or love? In most cases, with the current times one can have


    both.


    "We are wolves Hailey. We don''t move the way humans do so yes, the men make all the decisions that


    affect the pack but you get to change things so nothing has to stay the same." Cayden says to me as


    he stands by my door, some young girl walks in carrying a tray of food.


    She ces it on the table and runs out.


    "Your father asked me to bring this up for you. He will be with you in a minute and we will be going out,


    so eat up and get dressed." Cayden tells me before closing my door.


    How can he know what I was thinking? How does everyone know what I''m thinking?!

 Chapter 29

    Chapter 29


    Hailey''s POV


    "We have a meeting to attend with the alpha of thisnd." Theo says, walking in to my room.


    "What about?" I ask.


    "About you. About their son finding his mate and the future you two will bring to the werewolf world." He


    says.


    Sitting on my bed, Theo let''s out a sigh.


    I see the worried look on his face and I sit beside him, gently taking his hand with mine and squeezing


    it.


    "To be honest, I''m not sure if you will be well received there and I don''t have enough men to protect


    you." He tells me.


    "Why would they reject me? I am a wolf too." I say.


    Suddenly sadness floods my heart and the excitement of making things official with Jaxon dissipating,


    leaving nothing but hurt to dwell in there.


    "Hailey, people don''t trust the unknown. They don''t like change and we are all guilty of this... everyone.


    Yes, you may be a little excited about this love story because it means you get to be with that boy and


    you want everyone to share in the joy but this is a first for many, even for you my human pup. I just


    want you to make sure you stick close to Jaxon." He says and I nod my head, his words rang true.


    I can understand how people will reject  my union with Jaxon. They can''t fathom a union between two


    wolves, it has never been done but he is their soon to be alpha and for that, they may have to respect


    it.


    "I know I''ll be fine. I was not chosen to be harmed along the way, yes it won''t be easy but nothing in my


    life has ever been. I know true rejection and the one that hurts is not from strangers but from the ones I


    hold dear. So, if they don''t ept me, that''s their decision based on what they know and what they


    have been taught to believe for thousands of years. I can''t force that upon them, in time they will learn


    to deal with me and I am a patient girl, so bring it on." I say, hoping I''m convincing enough for my


    father.


    He smiles at me, shaking his head in disbelief before going back to his serious face.


    "I am sorry that your first heartbreak had to be a man you knew to be your father. I promise that


    whatever happens in this life, as your father, I will never intentionally hurt you. I will never reject you,


    you will always be my daughter and I will love you unconditionally." Theodore says to me, pulling me in


    from the side for a hug and I hug him back.


    His words sealed a door in my soul that hides the wreckage I try to bury deep within me.


    It sucks that a man I called dad would continously hurt me over and over again, making sure to cut


    deep but I soldier on and I harbor no hate. I will not be vile like him, I refuse to be. I will not grow up to


    be that angry at life and everyone around me because that makes for a miserable life and I want a


    fairytale.


    "With what you''ve been through, you deserve one and I hope me being in your life, makes you feel like


    it is just the beginning." Theo says and I pull away to look at him, curiously.


    "How do I block you out? I can''t read your thoughts." I say, a little annoyed.


    "Hailey your thoughts are loud. It''s like a TV ying in the background" He teases and I smack his


    shoulder.


    "Close your eyes and imagine building a big wall around you. Now, make sure to build the highest one,


    without a gate to enter and then once you''re done, open your eyes." He says and I follow his


    instructions.


    Taking my time, carefully cing each brick, one after the other until I feel I''ve reached the stars. I


    inspect my own work and once satisfied, I open my eyes.


    "Now think of something, anything." He says and I oblige.


    Popcorn.


    He looks at me, smiling. Theo was actually really handsome, if he smiled more often.


    "Hailey, you have to believe you actually built a wall and thank you, I''ll smile more often then." He says


    and my stomach sinks.


    "Okay wait let me try again." I say, closing my eyes once more.


    Breath in and out, calm yourself Hailey. You can do this.


    Building the wall again, I feel Adira''s presence. She helps me, building on the one side as I do the other


    until our walls meet. Sealing us in, Adira nods her head at me and I open my eyes.


    I sit up more confidently and look in to my father''s eyes.


    Popcorn. Caramel popcorn.


    "Good. Now, I can''t hear a thing." He says, standing up and walking to the door.


    "Wear something formal. Look nice, as my pack''s future alpha, you have to represent. I put a new outfit


    in your closet, put that on." He says and closes the door behind him, leaving me to excitedly open my


    closet to find a beautiful ck dress.


    Miriam walks in, dressed in ck as well.


    "So, excited that your bae is going to show you off?" She asks, plopping herself on my bed.


    "I wish. That excitement died when my dad told me that they could reject me." I say, putting the new


    dress on.


    "They won''t reject you as Hailey if it does happen. They just won''t understand how two wolves could be


    mated. It has never been done, I mean we fool around with each other but in the end, the Mera''s


    always end up with humans and we, well die alone." She says, her tone changing towards the end.


    "I can''t imagine what that must feel like. To actually know that you are destined to spend your entire life


    all alone, with no significant other to look forward to old age with? That sucks." I say and Miriam perks


    up.


    "Well, you will change the game and that''s why if anyone tries anything, I will kill them. I know I won''t


    find a mate in this life but I''m happy to know that in the next, I''ll have a man waiting just for me. To love


    me the way our own love their human mates." She says and I smile.


    "Mera''s?" I ask and she giggles.


    "You know how we are Shera''s?" She asks and I nod.


    "Well the men are known as.....?" She asks and it hits me.


    "Mera''s!" I shout out and we both giggle.


    I finish getting dressed, putting on my sandals and Miriam helping me with my makeup, we walk out of


    my room and out of the house, to find everyone waiting for us.


    "You look good Hailey." Cayden says to me, forgetting topliment his own sister.


    "Thank you. I think Miriam looks beautiful too, don''t you?" I ask and Miriam scoffs.


    "Don''t bother with this one. He goes blind everytime Ie in to view." She says before hopping in to


    the car.


    Cayden rolls his eyes before opening the back door for me. I get in and he closes the door.


    He gets in the back, seated next me as a boy I don''t know, jumps in to the car by the driver''s seat.


    "Future alpha, this is Ronald. Gamma prospect." Cayden introduces and I smile at Ronald who nods


    his head at me.


    "Gamma prospect?" I ask Cayden.


    "Well to be a Gamma in most packs, you have to sort of like audition. He is currently in the auditioning


    stages." Cayden says to me.


    "And who decides who the new Gamma will be?" I ask.


    "You." Cayden answers me and I look at Ronald as we drive out.


    "How many prospects are there?" I ask.


    Miriam sts the stereo, heavy metal ying. Cayden just shrugs and res at his sister.


    The noise was too much for my newly sensitive ears and I feel them ache. I touch my ears, feeling


    some liquid I look at my hand to see blood. Cayden jumps to switch the music off.


    "Hey! What was that for?" Miriam screams at her brother.


    "The alpha is too sensitive to the loud noise Miriam! Have you forgotten how sensitive the body is in the


    beginning?" Cayden asks in an annoyed tone and Miriam quickly scans me, her face falling.


    "I''m so sorry Hailey, Ipletely forgot. Oh shiny moon, The alpha will have my head." She starts to


    panic.


    "I just need wipes or something to clean myself up." I say and Ronald hands Cayden a wet wipe,


    Cayden hands it to me and I clean myself up.


    We drive in silence the rest of the trip, an awkward vibe in the car and I did not feel like breaking it. The


    silence was amazing as my ears began to heal and I just wanted to avoid the pain.


    Which is weird because I''ve listened to music before.


    ''Your body is on alert since hearing that the pack might reject you. The sudden loud noise just shocked


    the nerves.'' Adira tells me.


    Well can I please be notified when the body goes on alert? For fuck sakes that was painful!


    ''You have to feel it. It is your body girl.'' Adira says before going back to her corner.


    We eventually make it to Jaxon''s part of the town or so I think. We are asked to exit the car as two men


    inspecting the car upon our arrival.


    "Whatever you do, don''t touch this girl." Cayden says to the two guys as they begin to search us for


    weapons.


    "We have to follow procedure." The one guy answers.


    "Your filthy hands don''t get to touch an alpha blood. If you have to follow procedure, find someone of a


    higher ranking to do that and make sure it is a woman." Cayden says, the guy eyeing me up and down


    before saying something on the radio.


    "He was sniffing you out to make sure you reek of alpha blood." Miriam whispers in my ear.


    "She will be searched when you arrive at your destination. Our head warrior will do the honors." The


    one guys says and we jump back in to the car and drive off.


    I look back to see my father''s car stopped and Theo walking out as they search the car. The two guys


    avoid Theo, clearly he reeked worse than I because they didn''t even want to look in to his eyes or his


    direction.


    I lose sight of him the further we drive, turning to look ahead, I see plenty of houses and apartments. It


    was a whole city of people ruled by one family.


    Cars driving around and coffee shops, clothing stores all around. It was life as normal as it can be and


    not one wolf running about.


    We drive past a big hospital that looked modern with doctors in their jackets.


    As we drove, the houses got bigger and bigger. The cars looked more expensive and there was no


    bustle in this area. Everything was still, as if time froze and we were driving in the gatedmunities of


    the rich or famous.


    We stop at a magnificent house, ss house to exact that stood 3 stories high.


    The lush manicured green grass carefully cared for and maintained. Rose bushes that go on forever as


    the colors change and I''m immersed in to a fairytale.


    "Good afternoon. I am head warrior Dunnam and I will be escorting you to the alpha. I ask that we wait


    for your alpha''s arrival before I do so." She says.


    The woman looked mighty, looked powerful. This woman could fight off lightning if it attacked and she


    was scary, I know a girl who is almost as scary as this woman.


    "I hear the alpha has a daughter? And one of you refused to have her searched at the gates?" She


    asks and I shivered.


    Cayden stepped forward, looking confident and in no way intimidated by this force.


    "That is correct. Our future alpha can not be touched by lower ranking wolves, something all wolves


    know ." Cayden says and the scary woman nods her head once, looking me over before walking


    towards me.


    "You smell like an alpha." She says before patting me for any weapons.


    "How do I not sense your power?" She asks and I look at Cayden for help.


    "Have you ever been around a Shera Alpha warrior?" Cayden asks and the woman is taken aback by


    the question but she shakes her head no.


    "Then I will tell you this, her scent is enough to alert you of her ranking. She was not raised to be a


    warrior like yourself or any other woman in any pack. She is of an alpha lineage which means she does


    not have to do much other than smell like a higher ranking. Is that enough for you?" Cayden asks and


    the scary woman eyes me for a second.


    "You would be wise to look down. You may be a head warrior but you are of even less ranking than a


    Gamma. Your ce is not to look in to the eyes of an alpha." Cayden says, diminishing that women''s


    power in seconds as she quickly apologizes and steps back.


    The whole exchange had me so enthralled that I did not notice my father arrive and see him watch the


    entire thing.


    "Tell your alpha I have arrived and tell him you have insulted my daughter." He says as he stands next


    to me, her demeanor falling as she bows her head and runs off.


    There is much to learn about wolves and the power an alpha exudes is the one I want to learn first.


    Minutes go by without anyoneing to us, to get us out of the sun. We were practically melting away


    in the all ck attire but keep us waiting, no matter.


    No it matters. The make up will soon melt and all the effort will go to waste.


    "Perk up. They areing." My father says.


    I look up to  see Jaxon and his father walking towards us, their faces clear of any emotion.


    My heart leaped as his face came in to view, from my feet to my fingers I felt tingling sensations and an


    aching to be in his arms. I want to run to him and kiss him passionately, to hug him so tight and never


    let go.


    My whole body began to fight me, the need to run to him so strong that I was going crazy and I won''t


    be able to hold it off much longer...e on walk faster, run to me.


    Jaxon and his father slowly descend the stairs, seconds feeling like hours as they carefully put one foot


    down after the other. Jaxon was following his father''s lead but his eyes never leaving mine.


    As soon as they reach the final step, my body screamed to run to Jaxon but I freeze when Azuries


    in to vision.


    She walks up to Jaxon and takes his hand, whispering something in his ear. Jaxon''s face, showed no


    emotion so I could not know what was said but Miriam gently grabs my hand and whispers for me not


    to do anything.


    Reminding me that we are outnumbered and the girl was probably doing this to get to me and I should


    not give in.


    I decide to listen to Miriam, after all, I know Azuri.


    They walk hand in hand towards us, Azuri eyeing Miriam in a very nasty way. She didn''t even look my


    way.


    "Alpha." Jaxon''s dad greets and my dad greets back.


    "I apologize for my warrior. She did not know." Jaxon''s father says and my dad looks at Jaxon with


    Azuri.


    "It seems the people in your pack know nothing. If your son will not respect my daughter in my


    presence, I don''t see why we should be here." Theo says, his eyes burning in to Jaxon and my heart


    breaking.


    Azuri feels the stare, letting go of Jaxon and stepping back she bows her head.


    Jaxon''s eyes plead with mine, for understanding but I am boiling with rage. I can''t understand this, I am


    his and he is mine, there is nothing to understand.


    "Azuri, run to your post. This is a very important meeting and you do well to remember your ce." Mr


    Ger says, not looking in her direction.


    Azuri still doesn''t look my way, walks away with her head dejected.


    I know deep down she loves Jaxon, that she would risk it all just to be with him and I can''t hate her


    because of that. She probably fell for him before I arrived and shook his world. I shattered whatever


    dreams of a fairytale ending she had with him.


    Even though he probably would not have ended up with her had I note to this school, it was still


    her dream and if I know anything, a man can be swayed if he really wants to be.


    "My people are waiting. I believe once the introductions are done, there will no longer be any


    disrespect from my side." Mr Ger tells my dad before looking my way.


    We walk in side the house, to make our way outside and I don''t have enough time to look around the


    majestic house and every ornament inside.


    I could hear the loud chatter outside, people gathering in the thousands to hear what is to be said by


    their alpha and the nerves kick in.


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    The thought of having to stand in front of so many unknown faces and dere my love for one of their


    own is starting to make me feel small. How can I possibly stand tall in front of them all and tell them


    that I am the first of their kind, my kind to be mated to a Mera, one of theirs?


    ''I am with you. Fear nothing dear Hailey, this is your destiny.'' Adira reminds me and that consoles me a


    little.


    A thousand faces will need much more than that. Much much more than that but for now, as I''ve


    always done, I will soldier on and face this damn crowd.

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    Chapter 30


    Hailey''s POV


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    The crowd went silent upon our arrival. Their alpha, Mr Ger not needing to raise his hand in order to


    silence them, his presence alone was enough.


    They all looked on, curiously. Eyes scanning all us, avoiding my father and Mr. Ger''s eyes for


    obvious reasons but they looked on. This was a very big pack but I did not know any others topare


    it to, so even in their hundreds or thousands, I could not say it''sthe biggest I''ve ever seen but if this is


    the norm then what a world!!


    I don''t even know how many people are in my father''s pack...


    Something I need to learn if I should one day decide to take over, if I wake up and feel worthy of that


    title but today, I do think there is someone better than me. Someone my dad can trust to make sure his


    pack does not go to shit... I''m not even a little bit sure it won''t crumble a day in to my ruling.


    So, maybe Jaxon can unite the packs or someone from my father''s pack can take over..


    There has to be someone better.


    "We have very important guests today. Guests that will change our lives today." Mr Ger says to the


    crowd, building enough suspense..


    He looks on, as the crowds whisper among themselves. Many were pointing at Miriam, probably


    thinking what Azuri already assumed and I could feel the poor girl shift around ufortably.


    Cayden grabs her hand tofort her and it seems to help with the crowd as well.


    Now, I was confused. If I reeked of alpha blood then why were they solely focused on Miriam? Did she


    hide her scent from them so they think she is human?


    I''m obviously a wolf right now.


    "My son has found his mate." Mr Ger announces, the crowd erupting in cheers and pping of hands


    for their future ruler.


    "That''s right! My son, your future alpha has found his mate and today we introduce her to you." He


    says, the crowd getting excited but I catch Azuri, looking down as everyone watches on.


    "Now, this girl is like no other, the first of many toe. I will call on my son to do the introductions, as


    this is his moment after all." Mr Ger tells the crowd and they cheer on for Jaxon.


    Jaxon steps up, giving me a quick look before facing the crowd. He felt different, looked different and


    not to me but by just standing there. His posture and demeanor was different, in likeness to Theo. He


    This was not the Jaxon from school. No, he was the alpha Jaxon. I could feel his power radiating off of


    him,ing off in waves and making everyone feel not too small but not big enough to dare challenge


    him.


    This whole power y was captivating. It made me curios and the desire to be able to do the same,


    walk up to people and have them immediately respect me. I am alpha born, it shouldn''t be hard....right?


    "I have been lucky, like my fellow brothers in finding my mate. We all look forward to such a day but


    nothing in this world or the next could prepare me for that one morning when I bumped in to her. It has


    not been easy and I''m not gonna lie to you and say white picket fences.... because at first, she had no


    idea who I was or of my world. A problem verymon to every male in this pack... for me though, it


    was different. She is different." Jaxon says, his voice sound and clear.


    You could not misinterpret his words. He spoke so eloquently, every word rang through as the crowd


    listened to their future leader.


    "Before I exin to you how different she is, I need to first introduce her. I also need you all to


    remember who she is fated to, to me and to remember to give her the same respect as you give me."


    Jaxon goes on. His words more of a threat than anything else, there was no way he meant anything


    other than ''I''ll harm anyone that dares to disrespect my beloved.''


    The crowd start to whisper among themselves again, probably wondering what Jaxon meant by


    different.


    "I, Jaxon Ger would like to introduce my mate, Hailey Ferguson. Please join me Hailey." Jaxon


    announces and the crowd cheers..


    The pping dying down as they realize what I am. One by one they all looked on, shock on all of their


    faces as Jaxon grabs me by the waist to pull me closer to him.


    I was surprisingly not nervous. I felt great, ready to take on the world as I confidently looked on to the


    crowd, their not so happy faces not deterring me one bit.


    "Now, I know what many of you are thinking. How is this possible?" Jaxon says and the crowd agrees


    in murmurs.


    I look at Azuri, who''s eyes were trying to intimidate me but not today. I smiled at her, genuinely so.


    Today is bigger than her. Bigger than anyone alone.


    "Yes, she is a wolf. An alpha born wolf." Jaxon says as loud gasps could be heard around.


    "Why insult us like this?" Someone from the crowd shouts out. The crowd agrees with him as low


    growls were heard.


    "I am not." Jaxon says, the crowd bing unsettled now.


    "Then how can this be?" One shouts out and somehow I feel that this is my time to answer.


    I step forward, getting out of Jaxon''s grip.


    "I am a wolf, yes. As much as this is a shock to all of you, this is all new to me too. For most of my life, I


    thought I was human and wolves were just some fantasy drawn up by someone trying to escape reality.


    Never in my wildest dreams did I think this could be true and that I would be in the center of it all! Out of


    anger, after a bad fight with Jaxon, I shifted for the first time. I was not raised in a pack but with humans


    so you can understand that I was never prepared for any of this. My father, alpha Theo, whom I just


    recently met too, was luckily there to help me a little." I say, my voice surprising me as it reaches the far


    end of the people.


    Not a crack in, not a shake. My usual coward self was checked out and I felt different. Everyone was


    listening to me, without interruption, without a growl.


    "When I met Jaxon, I was lost in his eyes. I did not understand the obsession, the need to constantly


    be around him or to smell him. I could not understand why I felt like death when we were apart and why


    I felt the most alive when I was with him. It was foreign to me, nothing made sense. I couldn''t


    understand how I could not really be mad at him and hold any other feeling for him besides love." I say,


    the women catching on to my word and understanding.


    They were humans mated to wolves and they probably went through what I went through in the


    beginning.


    "When I was told of who I am. That I belong to a pack and that my father is an alpha, I was in major


    disbelief! There was no way, absolutely no way this was real. Even though I saw myself shift, I felt


    every bone break and felt every pain, I did not want to admit to myself that this was real but it is and I''m


    here. I''m here because I was chosen to walk this life with Jaxon and start a new world for my kind, our


    kind. Yes, it has never been done before. A shera could never be mated to a mera but here we are,


    living proof that the goddess has heard your prayers. She knows of the pain every shera goes through,


    while looking on as their mera brothers find evesting love. She too, wants to end the loneliness you


    all feel. To gift the future of our kind the ability to bring life in to this world and it starts with me. It starts


    with Jaxon and I bringing full alpha born wolves and create a new world." I say, losing them once again


    at the mention of the moon goddess.


    "I know. I asked myself too.. why me? I''ve been a wolf all of 5 seconds and now I must do this? Why


    not choose a shera that knows the pain and has seen it on many others like herself? Why choose


    someone that really wasn''t of this world and doesn''t really understand the full culture, the ways of this


    world? Because let''s be honest, how am I to really appreciate this gift if I don''t really know the pain?


    How could this possibly be a blessing for me? I''ve asked myself these questions over and over again.


    Yes, there are more deserving shera''s right now but the goddess answered me right away by allowing


    me to feel your pain. She shared with me your cries of loneliness and hurt as you watch on public


    disys of love and take in children that aren''t yours...yet you love them and raise them as your own.


    She overwhelmed me with all of that pain, your pain and I understood the gravity of this situation and


    why it needs to change. If the moon goddess believes that I am the perfect one for the job, I will not


    reject it, I refuse to insult her like that. In fact, I know many of you have heard of the prophesy and with


    that, I will prove it to you." I say, this time it doesn''t take me too long.


    I immediately light up, floating up to mid air for the crowd to see. The prophesy said this is how the


    shera would prove herself, showing them that the moon goddess has not forgotten about them and that


    she has heard their cries.


    Ie back down, Jaxon taking my hand as women around us start to cry. Many of them walking


    towards me and kissing my feet as they thank the goddess of such a gift. Azuri stays seated, her face


    stained with tears but the reason unknown to me...be it of joy or hurt or maybe both, I''ll never know.


    "I know for all of you it is toote. You will die lonely, without apanion and it will take some time


    before we find mates within our kind but it starts here, within this pack. Generations toe will not


    know the pain that follows you every day... they will only hear stories of a painful past and it is because


    of all of you, the ones before you that made it happen. I am honored to be mated to Jaxon and to be


    chosen as the one that breaks this cycle. Jaxon and I are fullymitted in seeing this through." I say,


    with the shera''s still crying, so not many p or cheer.


    The shock was still hanging in the air but they all knew now. They have no choice but to believe in


    Jaxon and I, no choice but to ept our union.

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    Chapter 31


    Hailey''s POV


    Jaxon''s mother had put together a celebration of some sort, to celebrate her son finding a mate and the


    pack kind of epting me.


    "You will sit with Jaxon and his family to show unity." My father tells me but I ignore him and walk over


    to where Cayden was seated with the rest of our pack.


    I sit next to him and my father follows, eyeing me curiously before taking a seat.


    "He has not imed me yet so I don''t see why I should leave my pack to sit with his and besides, I


    have not decided if I''ll be leaving this pack to join his. I am your only child, which means I am your only


    heir. If they expect me to drop everything to join them, well then.. they are in for a surprise." I say.


    My father smiles warmly and it takes me back to my old father... the one that hated me.


    When he smiled, all of our problems faded away and it made me the happiest girl. Maybe because he


    rarely smiled at me or anyone really...


    "You did the right thing." Cayden says to me, nodding his head in approval.


    The festivities began.


    There was dancing and a little y fighting here and there. Jaxon kept stealing looks my way but I


    ignored him. Although I could not ignore the little flutters my heart would make every time our eyes


    connected.


    I can''t seem to get over the jealousy of seeing him with Azuri and I keep wondering what they get up to


    when I''m back at home and they are left here, their home by themselves.


    Just looking at him brings upon all sorts of insecurities.


    "Who is that girl?" Cayden asks me, pointing at Azuri, who was seated next to Jaxon.


    Not surprising...


    They seemed to beughing about something, as Jaxon was lost inughter and this time, not even


    looking my way.


    "That''s Azuri. Jaxon''s ex girlfriend." I say right before I let out a sigh in defeat. Once again, Azuri was


    with my man.


    "Ex? Girl, are you sure?" Miriam asks me and we both look at them.


    Azuri''s wasughing, her fingers holding on to Jaxon''s arm for what seems to be support so she


    doesn''t fall off her chair.


    "I can tell you one thing.. girl is not shameful." Miriam says and I chuckle as I remember what I''ve been


    through with that girl.


    Minutes pass by and Jaxon still doesn''t look my way. His entire attention shifted to Azuri and friends... it


    has me feeling a little bit small. Like an intruder and finding somewhat of afort that I chose to sit


    with my family as I could not know how I would be treated, had I sat next to Jaxon.


    I didn''t miss when they locked eyes before bursting in toughter without saying anything, I also didn''t


    miss the fact that Azuri''s hand stayed firmly in ce, holding on to Jaxon''s arm.


    "I seem to have lost my appetite." I say, pushing my food away.


    My father, who was talking to the older pack members looks at me and then at the table in front of us,


    then back at me.


    "It is uwful for a shera to fall in love with a mera. Whatever you do with this information, I will stand


    by you." Cayden says to me.


    Miriam smiles warmly at me, sitting across the table, she takes my hand and squeezes it.


    "Is it uwful for me to dance with a mera from my pack?" I ask the table and they all say no.


    So I turn to look at Cayden, who rolls his eyes but gets the message loud and clear before standing on


    his feet and holding out his arm for me to take.


    I stand up and we make our way to the dance floor. Our other pack members join us, all coupled up.


    Cayden takes the lead as the band begin to y a song.


    The song takes me back to the time my dance teacher hosted a father and daughter dance. The one


    time my dad showed up and showed off.


    Cayden was just as good, holding me like the delicate flower I was years back. He moved fluidly with


    each step and was dominant enough to lead.


    "You''re really good." I whisper in his ear.


    "Does that surprise you?" He asks, I could somehow feel him smiling and that brought a smile to my


    face.


    "Yes. Yes it does but I''m notining. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you." I say and we


    dance on quietly.


    Not noticing the fact that the crowd had dispersed to watch us dance. Everyone enjoying our little show


    as we move to the music unaware.


    Maybe Cayden was aware, he was just being the dutiful beta I''m sure. Although right now, I felt a


    friendship growing.


    The song ends and we pull apart as the crowd erupts, bringing me back to reality. We turn to face the


    crowd, Mrs Ger running towards me and pulling me in for a hug.


    "That was exceptional! I could ask you both to go on again but I feel my son is about to have a heart


    attack trying to keep it together." Mrs Ger says,ughing right at the end.


    Cayden excuses himself and heads back to the table as I turn to face Jaxon. My eyes found his looking


    right at me, all theughter had died down and I had finally caught his attention. Azuri, still next to him,


    huffing and puffing in anger.


    "Excuse me ma''am, but I need a ss of water after this." I say, walking back to my table. Actually


    running away from Jaxon''s burning gaze.


    My dad stands up to hug me before we both sit down.


    "Did you guys enjoy the show?" I ask.


    "Oh we did. The way you both moved, it''s like you guys have been practicing together for years and


    brother! I see mom''s dance sses paid off." Miriam says, we all look to Cayden for a reaction.


    "To truly be a good fighter, one must learn to move." Was all he said. The ever mysterious...


    "I''ll also tell you that the jokes died down the minute you two started dancing. So well done!" Miriam


    tells me before stealing my te. I allow it since I told everyone I had lost my appetite.


    My eyes find Jaxon''s again and this time I don''t look away. We stare at each other for what feels like


    minutes, still feeling so jealous and angered by the two lovebirds sitting next to each other that I could


    not return his smile. He looked at me, rmed and worried probably because I was not as warm as he


    was being.


    "Excuse me. I need some air." I say, standing up and running out of the room.


    The fresh air hits my face and it calms me. The amount of anger I was feeling was starting to scare me


    and I needed to get away.


    "We meet again." I hear Azuri say. I don''t even turn to face her, I won''t give her any reaction. I was


    outside to escape her disys but she followed me out.


    "Ohe on, you''re not happy to see me little new wolf?" She taunts and I still remain quiet.


    Azuri walks around me and we face each other. For the first time, I looked her dead in the eyes, feeling


    no need to cower away.


    "You dishonor me." I say, catching her by surprise and myself, as we stare at each other.


    "What do you mean little wolf?" She asks me.


    "You are beneath me and yet you carry the audacity to look me in the eyes even when I ignored you." I


    say.


    Azuri growls lowly, probably trying to intimidate me but my wolf refuses to back down.


    "You are nothing to me. I don''t owe you any respect." She responds, stepping close to me to be mere


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    inches to my face.


    "As you have seen, Jaxon will always keep me close by. You may be his baby making factory, but he


    alwayses back to me." Azuri says and I chuckle this time.


    For the first time, Iugh at this. Azuri, growls a little louder and I stopughing to really look at her. On


    my first day, this talk scared me shitless but not today.


    Today, I was the alphas daughter. Today I was the future alphas mate. Today, I had a few above her


    and this little talk did nothing to me.


    I take a lose strand of her hair and put it behind her ear.


    "I can understand your obsession with Jaxon. He is handsome and obviously strong, hemands


    respect and has some crazy sex appeal but he isn''t and will never be yours. You know it and I know it,


    heck the whole pack knows it but you continue to embarrass yourself over and over again for a love


    that will never be reciprocated. Sit by him all you want, grab his hand baby and force things but deep


    down you know where his heart is and it is with me. From my first day of school, to your expulsion and


    return, I hold his heart in my hands and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it." I say before


    turning around and walking away from Azuri.


    Jaxon was standing at the door watching and listening. His hands balled up in to fists, his eyes ring


    at Azuri.


    I walk past him too, surprising him before he quickly reacts and pulls me back to him.


    "Hailey?" He says and I look up at him.


    "You disrespected me more than once today. I need you to know that I''m a new wolf and I won''t be able


    to control my jealousy any longer. If you intend on sitting next to that bully,ughing with her as she


    holds on to your arm, I will lose it. Don''t ever put me in a position where I feel threatened by your past,


    ever. Anyways, I need to cool down." I say and I walk away.


    I hear Jaxon chuckle behind me but I don''t turn around. I want to p him and kiss him at the same


    time, probably p him first but I also want to be mad at him for that stupid disy.


    I make it to my table and join in on the conversation. Jaxon makes it back to his, with Azuriing in


    after him. She still sits by him and he allows it.


    I look away, deciding to join my pack''s banter as we joke about andugh until I hear Jaxon''s


    I could hear it in a club full of people and loud music. Hisughter was infectious, it will make anyone


    smile or join in the cackles. So I look on, to see my mate in conversation with Azuri and only Azuri.


    Her hand was back on his arm and they looked to be having a good time. Never running out of words


    and as sheughs, her hand would squeeze his arm.


    I could feel my whole body heating up, if I was a cartoon character, steam would make it out of my


    ears. I could feel the jealousy growing more and more, my wolf angered by what was in front of her.


    I waspletely consumed in rage, having warned Jaxon but he didn''t take me seriously as he clearly


    continues to engage his ex.


    Azuri picks up a grape from the fruit tter in front of them and without knowing my own power or that I


    that I have any, I set the tter on fire.


    Bursting their little bubble, everyone on that table moves back. I close my eyes, which kills the fire and I


    stand up.


    "We are leaving." I say out loud, the whole room looks at me before quickly looking down.


    My pack stands up and follows my lead as I stomp my way out of that room and to the car I came in.


    There is no way I''m going to sit there and watch the tant disrespect.


    My father catches up and walks beside me.


    "Want to tell me how you did that?" He asks.


    "Did what?" I ask.


    "The fire." He says grimly and I just shrug.


    I stop walking and my dad stops too.


    "I was angry. I am angry! I told him I can''t control the anger but he justughed at me and went back to


    his table to do the one thing I told him not to do. I don''t know how I did it, I can''t tell you that but I can


    tell you that when I saw the fire, I knew it was me so I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. I''m sick


    of this stupid mate shit. Wolves are no different to humans, stomping on each other''s hearts. Always


    picking the option of toying with someone''s emotions!" I say, my whole body shaking in anger.


    "Hailey..." Jaxon calls out to me. I feel his hand touch my shoulder and I quickly move away.


    "Don''t touch me!" I say, turning around to face him.


    "Hailey, I meant nothing by it. Azuri is just a friend." He tells me and I scoff at him.


    "I challenge Hailey to the death." Azuri blurts out. The crowd gasps, Jaxon turning to face his so called


    friend.


    "What are you doing?" He asks.


    "I am fighting for what is mine." She says, the crowd gasping once more.


    "Hailey, you don''t have to do this. You are not part of their pack yet so the challenge cannot be


    envoked." Cayden tells me.


    "There will be no challenge. How can there be a challenge now that we know of Azuri''s actions?"


    Someone from the crowd shouts out.


    Mr Ger looks at his son, clear disappointment etched on his face.


    "She must pay!" The crowd goes, everyone ming her for falling for the alpha.


    Nowhere do I hear them calling out Jaxon for the role he yed. Azuri looked on in fear, having blurted


    out the challenge without thinking, now she was in real trouble.


    I''m sure people knew of her transgressions, the whole school knew they were a thing but to publicly


    challenge me, to fight for what she believes to be hers is a public deration of her love for Jaxon.


    Which could get her killed.


    "Was she alone when she fell in love? Or did she get used for her body for selfish pleasure?" I ask out


    loud.


    The crowd going silent.


    My dad tries to silence me but I will have none of it.


    "Oh trust, I am appalled by Azuri''s challenge. She would ruin the future of the shera''s because she is


    hurting? Jealous? Think beyond your own pain for once. Many have been in your shoes Azuri and I am


    to bring the end of this struggle. The struggle of being used continously because they know you cannot


    have children, teenage pregnancy averted. Jaxon can''t be the first wolf to use a woman for his needs


    at the time and toss her away when he has no use of her." I say, some of the women start to nod their


    heads at my words.


    "How many of you have fallen prey to the smooth words of the Mera''s around you? Throughout your


    youth and in to old age, most of you have been in Azuri''s shoes but obviously weren''t foolish enough to


    endanger your lives but can you me her? She is promised a life of loneliness. Only death can save


    her from such a life and I don''t want to hear that being a warrior is an honor, oh save me the bullshit


    story. Love is everything! We all want it and why should the men be the only ones to get it? This is why


    I''m here Azuri. I know you love him but he was chosen to walk this path with me. I''m to give him


    children, I''m told many. He was never yours from the start.... I''m sorry you are hurting but I won''t fight


    you for what I know is mine. My body knows it because when he touches me, I feel these sparks tingle


    my body. My heart beats to his and I know this because his heart is the one that beats the loudest right


    now. I know he is mine because even in my jealous rage, I want to kiss him so badly and do other


    things. Don''t kill yourself for a man that won''t do the same? I can promise you that he will cry for you in


    my arms. Tell me how you were a great friend but move on as quickly as your death happened,


    because I am his reason for breathing. If I die, so will he and you will never have him." I say.


    The shera''s p their hands, my words ringing true for all of them.


    "I know I am not part of this pack as yet but it would not be fair if you killed Azuri and not Jaxon. How


    can it be a crime to love? Something thates so effortlessly? Spare her please. The shera''s have


    been through enough already and if this was her n, to die then let her use her own hands." I say,


    looking at Mr Ger.


    He nods his head at me.


    I walk up to Jaxon, cupping his cheek as I look up at him.


    "I am still angry even though I saved your little friend. Never make me feel like that again." I say before


    kissing him on the lips and my whole body calming down at once.


    "I''m guessing you will all spend the night then? It is far toote to drive out now." Mrs Ger says.

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    Chapter 32


    Hailey''s POV


    "So how did you do it?" Azuri asks me. Startling me in the guest room the luna told me to sleep in.


    "I thought I was alone." I say in annoyance.


    "Tell me. How did you do it?" She says, standing right in front of me this time.


    "Do what?" I ask her.


    "Fool everyone, fool Jaxon in to thinking that you''re his mate? How did you have everyone think you


    were human?" She asks.


    "I did not fool anyone. If anything, I''m the fool for thinking that being Jaxon''s mate, that being his alone


    will keep you away from him but that''s not the case." I say and Azuri smiles.


    "We have a connection, him and I. We also have a history, as friends first so he will always care about


    me. To keep us away, you''d have to kill me." Azuri tells me.


    "Trust me, I''ve thought about it but I''d rather have you annoy me in real life than haunt me." I say,


    turning around and getting in to bed.


    "Well? Are you going to leave?" I ask her.


    "Sleep with one eye open." She says and jumps out the window, just before Jaxon walks in.


    He looks out the window and frowns before looking at me.


    "What did she want?" He asks me.


    "She thinks I have you all fooled. That I''ve known all along that I''m a wolf and now I''ve used some kind


    of power to woo you in to thinking we are mates." I say and he let''s out a sigh.


    Xander joins me on the bed, making sure to stay on top of the covers.


    "Well then, I''m a happy fool." He says trying to make me smile but I don''t.


    "Jaxon, this isn''t funny." I say.


    "No, it''s not. She''s insulting me too here if you didn''t know. Thinking I''m incapable of knowing whether


    you''re mine or not." He says to me with a smile.


    "Hailey, I''m with you right now and I just want to be happy around you. I can deal with Zuri tomorrow. I


    want our time to be ours, not spent worrying about others unless we absolutely have to." Jaxon says to


    me.


    "Deal with Zuri?" I ask and he rolls his eyes.


    "That''s all you heard?" Jaxon asks me, his mother opening the door to call him out.


    "Let the poor girl sleep. Her beta says he has people outside her window to protect her now so she''ll be


    fine all night. Besides, nobody would want to deal with her father if anything happens to her, not even


    your father." Mrs Ger tells her son.


    Jaxon kisses my forehead before he reluctantly gets off the bed and walks out with his mother. Mrs.


    Ger winks at me before closing the door and I lie down, with Jaxon''s scent now on the sheets, sleep


    finds me and I close both my eyes...


    -----------______-_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_____------------


    I wake up just as the sun rises, with a little bit of light in the room, I see a red rose on the bed and a


    note tied to the stem.


    ''I think it''s only right I tell you that I love watching you sleep. I have been doing it from the day I met you


    and I''ll do it all the days of my life, even when we get to share a bed together. Even after an argument


    and for some reason, I find myself angry with my love, I will still watch you sleep. You seem to find


    peace in your sleep and one day, I will give you that peace ..in this world and the next.- Jax''


    The note read.


    I read it over and over again, my smile growing bigger and bigger everytime I read through it.


    I hear a knock before Miriam walks in holding a dress.


    "I was told to give you this in the morning and to meet a certain gentleman outside in 10." She says and


    I jump out of bed to snatch the dress out of her hands.


    Miriam giggles before jumping on my bed and smelling the rose.


    "Lucky girl!" She says and I smile my way to the bathroom to wash up.


    The dress was cute.


    White in color and just a little above my knee. An off the shoulder type with a littlece detail that came


    with a white crystal beaded headband.


    I put all of it on to show my only female friend right now and she approves. Miriam chases me out of my


    room, rambling something about time running out. As soon as I walk out my door, red roses were


    carefullyid on the floor, leading me out of the house, where a very handsome mera stood waiting for


    me in his white buttoned shirt and khaki chino pants.


    Jaxon looks up and his eyes brighten up when theynd on me, making me smile as I make my way


    towards him. Red roses still on the ground, leading me to him.


    He holds out his hand and I ce mine in his.


    "Good morning beautiful." Jaxon says to me, kissing my lips.


    As we pull away, I notice there''s people around us going about their lives and some watching on this


    clear disy of romance.


    "What''s the asion?" I ask.


    "The asion is that you are my mate. I''ve known it all along and today, I''m going to show you around.


    You are their future too as much as I am theirs, without you, I can never have a future. Hailey, you are


    mine and I want the world to know." Jaxon says to me.


    He picks me up and swings me around as I giggle before a car pulls up in front of us and he ces me


    down to open the back door for me.


    I get inside and he closes the door, running to the other side and getting in the back of the car with me.


    "Good morning luna." Caiphus greets me.


    I just smile at him...


    The term luna catching me off guard, reminding me that I had a big decision to make regarding my


    pack and Jaxon''s.


    The Mera''s and Shera''s stop to look on, as the car drives past their homes or on the street.


    "I have a surprise for you. It''s something I have been working on since I found out about you and I pray


    to the goddess you love it because it took me forever to bring to life because it is my first gift to you, to


    signify mymitment to you." Jaxon says to me.


    I didn''t notice it before but he looked nervous right now and it was the cutest thing.


    "I''m sure I''ll love it. We are mates after all and if it''s from the heart, how can I not?" I ask and he


    chuckles nervously before the cares to a halt.


    He pulls me to him before I could turn around to look outside.


    "I need to cover your eyes with this.." Jaxon shows me a ck scarf.


    I excitedly close my eyes and he ties the scarf around my head to cover my eyes. I hear the car open


    and Jaxon taking my hand to help me out.


    I get on my feet and we walk around the car, walking slowly to make sure I don''t humiliate myself by


    falling blindfolded.


    "Okay. I''m going to take the blindfold off now and I need you to keep your eyes closed okay?" He asks


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    and I nod my head yes.


    He takes the scarf off and as promised, my eyes stayed closed.


    "Hailey, I want you to know that no matter what you see or hear, that I will always choose you. I want


    you, I need you. I can''t imagine a life without you, I couldn''t bear it! I wish I could show you how I felt


    when I firstid eyes on you on that first day of school, how I wanted to kill Azuri forying a hand on


    you and being conflicted because you are human and I can''t act out in fear of scaring you away. I care


    for the people in my pack, I also need you to understand that but I care about you just a little bit more


    and it will always be that way. When you open your eyes and turn around, I need you to see the


    genuine love I have for you and that this is only the beginning." Jaxon says to me.


    I could hear the sincerity in his words, as he turns me around I keep my eyes closed a little longer to


    enjoy the suspense.


    It is the build up that is most enjoyable and to get to this, with Jaxon makes it so much sweeter.


    "Open your eyes Hailey.." Jaxon says and I open my eyes to see a field with roses of every color, a


    path in the middle and I walk on it to look at the beauty that is in these nts. Starting at white, then


    yellow then white again. Jaxon waits at the car, looking back at him to see if he''lle with but he


    hangs back and watches me.


    I continue my walk, admiring the hard work Jaxon had to put in to keep these flowers alive and for them


    to grow. How he stayed dedicated even after our big fight and when I disappeared and he didn''t know


    where I was, he didn''t give up on me, or on this gift he was working on, trusting that I would one day


    see it.


    I feel the waterworks begin...


    Pink roses, red ones and altogether.. right before Ie to a cute little wooden house. I mean, not little


    but it was no mansion. It was just right, romantic and cozy. An intimate ce that was away from the


    buzz of the city.


    A fairytale kind of book, hidden by trees and thousands of roses that seem to circle the house. I walk


    up the wooden stairs and make my way to the door, where a key with a note was inserted.


    ''Inside is my heartid out for you to do with as you wish. This is the life I intend to have with you. I will


    build you a thousand more houses if you wish and I will burn none for they will each hold memories I


    know I will treasure forever. May this be the first of many or the only that you and I will share for the


    time toe. May this be the first page of our long story that the world will continue to tell even after


    we are long gone.- Jaxon'' I read.


    I unlock the door and I push the door open. It makes that little creak but goes all the way, finding Jaxon


    standing in the middle of a room that was decorated in lit candles and white flowers. With a smile on his


    face, I walked in.


    "From the first time Iid eyes on you, I knew that I would do this. When I''d get the chance or how I


    would do it, that I didn''t know but I knew you were mine and I gave you my heart then, even though you


    had no idea. I built this house, with help obviously but I put in the work, every day I did thebor too


    and designed it. I know it is not the big majestic houses you or I am ustomed to but it''s just us for


    now and this is enough. As we grow, as our family grows, so will the house but for now, this is ours.


    This is my gift to you." Jaxon says to me.


    He takes a box out of his hand and my hands fly up to cover my mouth. He goes on one knee, his eyes


    on me still as he open the box and shiny ring is shown to me.


    "I, alpha Jaxon Ger, am deeply in love with you Hailey Ferguson. I love it. I enjoy thinking about you,


    I love the fact that I have you in my life and I don''t ever want to change that. You bring me so much joy,


    so much excitement. I get excited knowing I will get to see your smile every day of my life and I get to


    hear your voice for the rest of my days and I pray to the goddess I am blessed with you once more in


    my next life. You are perfection, made perfect and I don''t deserve you. I really don''t and this is not to


    talk down on myself, I''m not. You are so pure, so sweet and I''m me. I''ve done some things that I am


    shameful for which I wasn''t before I met you. I''m also very happy that I get a shera as a mate. I don''t


    know what I did in my past life to deserve such a gift but I promise to never take it for granted and that


    if I ever fail to show you my love and it makes you doubt if I still love you, smack me stupid." He says


    and I break out inughter, tears staining my face butughing.


    "Hailey, as the humans would say it, would you please make me the happiest man in the world? I know


    our kind doesn''t really get married but I will bite you and leave a mark on your neck for life! And I


    honestly can''t wait to leave marks all over you...But for that to happen, I''m asking for your permission.


    Don''t worry, I followed all the human rules and we have your dad''s blessing. So, with that said.... Will


    you be my mate? Share a bond with me until myst breath? and just so you know, if you say yes,


    which you will, you are stuck with me for life so think about this okay?" Jaxon jokes and Iugh again


    before kneeling down before him to kiss him passionately.


    "Yes. I will be your mate, as I am already but this... this! Yes!" I say before kissing him again...

 Chapter 33

    Chapter 33


    Hailey''s POV


    The day started off perfect..


    With Jaxon''s romantic gestures, the proposal and now we were headed back to his pack, for another


    surprise. He said this one needed his entire pack to be attendance....


    A wedding? Perhaps.. I would have liked to n my own thing but I know Jaxon can do a good job with


    all the help at his disposal. The car slows down and we see that some houses plus some buildings


    were on fire, hearing screams that go on for miles and Jaxon jumps out of the car, running towards the


    screams as he shifts midair in to his big wolf.


    It was something of a movie how he just ran off. In my head, everything happened in slow motion...


    kind of majestic, magical to see him shift as he runs. Something really cool.


    Caiphus looks at me, eyes in rm.. His wolf begging for a shift as his eyes flicker from one color to


    the next and back.. I nod my head for him to go and he runs out, just like Jaxon, shifing in to his wolf.


    I step out of the car to undress like a normal person and shift calmly, unlike the others.. They are good


    at this and I can never see any of them bing shy from being naked in public but for me, as I once


    was human, shredding clothes I will needter seems a little crazy to me.


    "Oh you don''t need to do that. I have you where I want you.. let''s skip the shifts and the snap, crackle


    and pops.." Stacy says to me. I feel my body grow cold as her eyes.


    Stacy was not supposed to be here. My father said that she was locked up and that I was safe... I was


    so rxed. I had forgotten about her for a minute and I trusted my dad... I thought I''d be safe and


    now....


    She looked about the same, hair in ce and dressed head to toe in somebody else''s money.


    "I thought about this you know, if I shoulde back to the pack and ask for forgiveness, your dad


    would pardon me if he takes in to ount the history we share and I can be your new mother! I mean


    once again I have to deal with you, just can''t seem to get rid of you.... but your new daddy rejected me,


    multiple times and even locked me up! Even after I told him that I will find a way to like you but I guess


    he saw right through my lie and well, here we are." She says to me. Voice a little to chipper for my


    liking but I guess she was about to get her way with me....


    I get dressed quickly as she talks on and on, using that moment to cover up and hopefully in time, have


    Jaxon return to me.


    "What do you want with me Stacy?" I ask trying to stall.


    "I want to kill you. With you dead, your father will be all mine and I can be the luna of our pack. I know it


    is unheard off but before you, I was in the running for that position... you killed all of that and now I am


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    here to correct things." Stacy rants. My heart leaps from out of my chest in fear...


    "You do know I am mated to an alpha right? I will be luna of this pack soon so you won''t have to worry


    about me.." I say and sheughs at me.


    "Why do you think your father is still here? To watch her daughter mate for the first time? Don''t be silly.


    He is here to secure his daughter''s alpha status by bringing the two packs together and there is no way


    I would allow that, not after all my hard work." She says to me before pulling me by the hair and


    dragging me away from the car and in to the woods.


    I feel Adira get annoyed, her anger taking over me and before I know it, my wolf has pushed me back


    and she takes control. Punching Stacy with brut force, she goes flying butnds on her feet a few feet


    away from us. Growling at me, she charges for us and Adira quickly shifts in to her wolf and runs in the


    same direction.


    My panic rising as we approach a fast running Stacy, who seems to be quite angry... happy to be


    watching and not participating because I would not know what to do, even after the manybat


    training and exercises, danger just brings out the sheer dumbness in me as I freeze every damn time.


    A wolf jumps in front of us, barring her teeth at an angry Stacy. Adira stops running, giving me back the


    controls and we shift back, kneeling on the ground because... we are naked.


    The two wolves fight, biting in to each other but our savior wolf gaining the upper hand with each blow


    until Stacy is on the ground, bleeding out. They both shift back in to human form, Stacy still on the


    ground but quickly healing already.


    The wolf that saved me shifts back in to the one person I never thought would evere to my


    rescue..in fact, I had always believed she would be one of the people to kill me if I was ever to be killed


    but here she was, fighting Stacy to keep me alive.


    Azuri has just saved my life, knocking Stacy out and dragging her away from me, she leaves me alone


    to collect my thoughts. I watch her disappear with Stacy in tow, never looking back at me.


    I stand up, having shred my clothes, I had no choice but to walk back to the car and hopefully find


    something to cover up and pray that I don''t bump in to anyone on the way, looking for me.


    The walk isn''t long and I get to the car.


    The screams have stopped and all I can hear are grunts, growls and whinesing from straight


    ahead. I jump in to the front seat, happy that Caiphus had left the keys in the ignition and I start the car.


    I drive past many houses, most of them torched or still burning and people crying or hugging each


    other with relief. They look on to the car that drives past, thankful that my body is well hidden, I drive


    on.  I keep driving hoping to find my father or Jaxon, anyone really that I can feel safe with... even my


    beta.


    I feel my insides twist at the thought of Cayden... I was worried about him. I arrive at the house,


    everyone just standing there in a circle. I see Azuri in that circle, nobody turning to face me as the car


    approaches until I open the door and they all turn to look at me, Jaxon looking at me in horror before


    running up to me.


    He looks me up and down, puling me out of the car to inspect for any injuries until he finds none. I pull


    away from him, slightly annoyed at the way he was handling me in public and that I was stark naked.


    Poking at his shirt, he chuckles first before taking it off and putting it on me.


    I open my mouth to protest but Adira begs me to hush.. something about his wolf needing to do this


    and I allow it. We walk to join everyone and I finally see them all surrounding Stacy and the men she


    brought with her. I look up at Azuri, our eyes meet before my feet move themselves and I walk up to


    her, pulling her in for a hug. She is stunned, not feeling her body move to hug me back but I needed to


    do this, for me. She saved my life when she did not have to, I owe her so much more.


    Pulling away, I turn to face everyone.


    "Azuri saved my life before Stacy could take it. I was no match for Stacy but Azuri handled that pretty


    well." I say, turning to face her once again, "Thank you. You and I don''t get along for reasons well


    known but you saved me when you did not have to. I am not your luna yet and yet you saved me, I can


    never repay you." I say.


    Jaxon walks up to us, taking Azuri''s hand and looking at her with so much warmth, almost feeling


    jealous, Jaxon pulls away to stand next to me. Azuri blushes, which rubs me wrong way before shaking


    it off..


    "Thank you Zuri." I hear Jaxon say, hugging her again for whatever measure.  Everyone starts pouring


    in to give thanks to her, everyone except for my dad and our pack.


    I feel someone stand next to me and it us Cayden, my heart finding relief to see him alive and well,


    even dressed.


    "She did what she was supposed to. As a warrior, it is her job to ensure your safety. She was trained to


    put her feelings aside and to fight, can''t reward someone for doing their job." My beta, Cayden says to


    me.


    I somehow feel that as a way tofort me afterst night''s disy from Jaxon and his Zuri but I''ll take


    it. Just happy to hear his voice...


    My dad nods in agreement to what Cayden just said as we walk away from the crowd. Dad pulls me in


    for a side hug and Miriam takes my hand as we all walk back in to the house.


    They were all happy to see me...and I them...


    I rush to the guest room I slept in to freshen up again, my heart refusing to part with Jaxon''s shirt but it


    is needed and I think I can still wear it right after I have showered. Doing just that, I take my time to


    carefully rid myself of Stacy''s scent and the dirt I seem to have picked up along the way... once


    finished, I dry myself with a fresh towel. I leave my hair to air dry, putting Jaxon''s shirt back on and


    walking back in to my bedroom.


    "You need training." Is the first thing Jaxon says to me as I emerge out of the bathroom.


    He was lying down on the bed but quickly sits up to look at me, he had a serious expression on his


    face.


    "Training? I am doing that already." I say, sitting on the bed too but with a little distance.


    "Had you been trained properly, you would not need Zuri to save you. I would not have to worry about


    you if there is ever any trouble..but now, I can never leave you alone and I had no idea you were the


    one in danger. " Jaxon says to me.


    "I did not ask Zuri to save me. In fact, I was just told that it was her duty to protect me so I don''t know


    why you''re on my case right now." I say, getting annoyed with him.


    "Hailey, you are not part of the pack yet and she saved you because.." He says but I interrupt him.


    "Because of you? Oh I am fully aware that was her main reason..  I am not stupid." I say.


    "You don''t get it." He says to me and I chuckle before responding to him.


    "Oh I get it. Trust me I get it... I am so sorry I''m such an inconvenience to you. I mean I was human not


    so long ago, this whole world is new to me and you expecting me to be able to fight a werewolf who


    has had years of training is a little insulting. I have been a werewolf all of 5 minutes and I am honestly


    sick of all the crazy expectations. Sorry alpha, I am such a disappointment... had I still been human, I''m


    sure I would not be expected to fight another animal." I say.


    Jaxon opens his mouth to say something but closes it again.


    "You were born in this world and were trained to fight or possibly even kill since werewolves don''t care


    about taking someone elses life but you need to understand that I am still right at the beginning like a


    fresh new pup. Give me a break will you? Go be with Zuri, your strong werewolf girl. I don''t need this


    from you right now." I say standing up and opening the door for him.


    He stands up and walks out the door without protesting. That hurts me a little but I don''t show it and I


    make sure not to bang the door as I close it, Cayden''s foot stops me from doing so and I let him in.


    I throw myself on the bed, my beta joining in on the action and we just sit in silence... afortable


    silence.


    Something I wee right now, especially since it is with Cayden. Somehow, he is the only person I


    seem to want to be around except for Jaxon...

 Chapter 34

    Chapter 34


    Hailey''s POV


    Today was ourst day here...


    It has been a few days since Ist saw or spoke to Jaxon, who left my room without a word or fight.


    Part of me med myself, that had I been less of a coward, maybe I would have put up a fight with my


    evil stepmother but I could never be brave enough. I am not there yet and even if my wolf is as brave


    as my alpha father, I am just not there yet.


    Maybe the animal and human side has not connected yet, making me confident and fearless... maybe I


    listen more to my human side since it is all I have known all my life. I may never know...


    Another part of me is angry. I am angry that Jaxon would think even after two minutes of training, I


    would stand a chance against a shera that has been a wolf all her life. The audacity to even say it out


    loud, the audacity of having such unrealistic expectations of me.... and to spend days not talking to me


    oring to apologize for being so insulting.


    He has continued to keep his distance from me...


    I know he is spending time with Azuri because she has note to bother me at all. She has also kept


    her distance, never bothering me and god knows I have tried to sniff her out around the pack house or


    anywhere near me and I could not get anything, not in the morning or at night and during the day...she


    has been away. My heart aches, I won''t lie. It aches for Jaxon, I have to fight with myself not to look for


    him and apologize on his behalf just to have him close to me and not that damn parasite.. Something


    about being a shera and justpletely acting a fool just to keep the peace.. this is when I can be d


    to still be listening to my human side because I can also be stubborn as hell. Stubbornly a coward, a


    stubborn girl all around and I will proudly remain...


    Cayden knocks on my door before walking in to drop off fresh clothes and walking right out. I have


    been cranky since Jaxon, since our little fight and Cayden was smart enough to keep away after I


    decided he deserved to get the short end of my very moody stick instead of Jaxon, who went awol so


    somebody had to get it... I felt bad but I could not help it.. Jaxon was not speaking to me because I


    could not protect my own life and the shame just goes past him and I clearly can''t face anyone from my


    pack right now. I mean, how can I? because what if they thought the same thing? Their future alpha an


    open coward who admitted publicly that another shera saved her from doom and she failed to save


    herself, never mind the fact that as an alphas daughter, she is responsible for the protection of the lives


    of her people.


    He walks out without saying a word, like Jaxon and I let him. Usually I would ask what is stuck up his


    ass and he would not answer but it is always worth a try.. just not today, today I let things go. If Jaxon


    wants nothing to do me then everyone else can follow him. Every one except for my father who is hell


    bent on teaching my lovely mate a lesson on appreciating mates while they are still alive and not being


    aplete ass to them when they need you the most.


    I obviously cannotpare my mother to myself but my father hates the fact that Jaxon is letting his


    feelings win.. feelings he allows to cloud his judgement over the fact that I almost died get the better of


    him. My dad wants Jaxon to appreciate that he still has me, I am still alive and able to fulfill the


    prophesy with him.


    I get dressed quickly to get this farewell breakfast over with. I can''t sit with Jaxon another minute if he


    chooses to be childish and to ignore me. Even his dad has taken notice of the tension brewing between


    us... I would be ignorant to say the entire pack or everyone around us does not feel it. It is as thick as


    cake and we would need the biggest butcher knife to cut it, making shit easier for everyone around us.


    Jaxon was stubborn like me and if we can not work past this little mishap of poormunication, I


    worry of our future.


    Although even I choose to be childish. Years have gone by and I pride myself in being able to confront


    my feelings.. hence I can easily detect my cowardice and ept it but with Jaxon, my stubborn nature


    has taken a new turn. Something about not letting him win and to be honest, it was costing me.


    Jaxon proposed to me not so long ago and now we were not enjoying premarital bliss with each other,


    we were barely arguing. We just refused to speak to each other, to Azuri''s amusement.. possibly


    pleasure. I know she was enjoying this, ready to say to my face how she is much better at keeping


    Jaxon happy than I am. The only thing she was missing here was that, she was the only one sacrificing


    happiness to keep the other. Jaxon, given the choice would choose me every damn time even in his


    anger but Azuri would rather lie to herself and believe that Jaxon will soon see the error of his ways


    and choose her atst.


    That is what I tell myself, that is what I say to myself when I try to make sense of why she would save


    me. I don''t understand the werewolf love life as yet but I know that if I was eliminated, she would stand


    a better chance with Jaxon. So why save me?


    I walk out of my room, my hair straightened and with a little make up on thanks to Miriam before I


    undeservedly chopped her head off. I can say that I looked great... The pair of leggings and crop top


    given to me was showing off the new muscles I was attaining slowly from just merely being a werewolf


    and a little bit of the exercises I was doing. My legs were super toned, my arms too and my abs were


    screaming washboard over 6 times but who is counting? To say my glutes were singing praises to the


    moon would be bragging.


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    I paired my outfit with my new Nike sneakers and I hop my way down the stairs to the dining hall where


    Jaxon sat with his beautiful Azuri and friends. My father stood sneering at an oblivious mate, the mates


    parents sat ashamed of their son''s actions and I pretended to walk in with my head held high. Today, I


    choose to be a different person.


    I will do better in fighting for my pack and getting stronger for them. Not just for myself, but for


    everyone. Whoever''s life depends on me staying alive, whoever that was born in the pack that I am


    supposed to rule. Nobody knows that I have been secretly running to the woods to train... they don''t


    know that I had a helper. Someone that hated seeing me ignored and forsaken. My father, just like me,


    has had enough and this time, we made a promise to each other... I would make Jaxon work hard for


    my love this time and father will do everything in his power to make me the strongest shera to ever


    walk this.


    I chose to trust my father and believe in myself.


    Why would he lead me astray? The man I am supposed to love and trust has left me to my own


    defenses. In the time when I needed him the most, choosing to spend that time with his ex, the girl he


    promised I should never worry about.


    Well, this is when they all learn a very important lesson.


    Never mess with a girl hellbent on change and a consistent father, backing her up.

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    Chapter 35


    Hailey''s POV


    I won''t lie, the farewell breakfast took way too long and it hurt my heart to see Jaxonughing and


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    enjoying his time with his friends surrounding him when we were not on speaking terms. I was not


    sight and I did not miss a thing, from the whispers in to Azuri''s ear, to jokes andughs with everyone


    else.


    My wolf missed him... even though I could still feel his wolf calling out to mine, he remained stubborn to


    the core and ignored me. I did the same and decided we will be childish together. I mean, I almost lost


    my life, he should not have left me and yet he did.. I actually can''t believe he did.


    I see Cayden get up to leave and I follow him out, we walk to the car and he turns to face me, his


    eyebrow raised at me. Cayden was growing on me and I was hoping that he would forgive me for


    snapping at him and offloading my mood swings on him because Jaxon decided to be an ass,.


    "I wanted to apologize." I say, toying with my fingers nervously.


    Cayden, for some reason, awakened something in me since being here... I seem to always want him


    close to me and with us being at odds because of me, I had to fix things before my heart explodes at


    me for ruining such a wonderful friendship. Cayden, did not me me for not being able to defend


    myself but because Jaxon nted this seed that I was an embarrassment for not being able to defend


    myself, I could not look him in the eyes out of fear of seeing the same disappointment in his eyes.


    Cayden pulls me in for a quick hug before looking back in to my eyes.


    "I can handle mood swings and there was no need to apologize, I can see female mood swings from a


    distance.. I have a sister remember? I was just waiting for word that you were over that little hurdle you


    call a mate and that I was in the clear. I am your beta and you are my alpha, we will have much bigger


    problems in the future... besides, I owe you one after questioning your ability to shift." Cayden says to


    me and I smile, relieve flooding my body.


    I pull him in for a hug, squeezing him tight before I begin to question his words in my head, making me


    pull away from him.


    "We are much more than just alpha and beta! Aren''t we?" I ask and Cayden''s eyes bulge out, feeling a


    presence behind me.


    I turn around to see Jaxon standing behind me with my father and his father, the alpha. He tightens his


    jaw when we lock eyes but I pay him no mind, my father breaking the awkwardness with a few words


    goodbye.


    "Thank you for taking care of us during our stay. I can''t say we arepletely satisfied with everything


    but maybe a break away is necessary." My father says to Jaxon''s dad, who nods in agreement.


    Jaxon''s dad throws an angry stare Jaxon''s way, Jaxon making sure to not meet his dad''s eyes.


    "Hailey, we hope you have fallen in love with our pack and that at least most of the pack members were


    nice to you and hospitable." Jaxon''s dad says to me. I force a smile on my face..


    "Oh with the trouble that followed us to your door, we owe you more than our gratitude. I owe your


    future warrior, Azuri more than my life for saving me and my pack is forever indebted to her, for her act


    of kindness." I say, with Cayden right next to me and knowing he held zero disdain for my actions when


    I was attacked by my evil stepmom, so I grew a few pairs of audacity and confidence.


    Even if Jaxon threw his thing with Azuri in my face, she was only ever going to be a warrior. He or the


    damn side chick can never change thews. Especially now that I have been introduced to the pack as


    Jaxon''s mate.


    I look at Jaxon, who had a pained look on his face.. fighting my stubborn human side and listening to


    my wolf, I walk up to him and hug him. Judging by his stiffness, I surprised him by this action but I may


    not see him for a couple of days or we may stay in this funk for god knows how long... I want to


    remember our parting and that he knew I held no anger at him.. even if he chose to remain stubborn.


    I pull away from him, waving at the rest of the pack members who havee to see us off. I hop in to


    the back seat of the car and Cayden follows me in, he sits next to me. All the people from my father''s


    pack get in to the cars we came with and we drive away. I look back, to see if Jaxon was looking but he


    was long gone and only the unknown crowd remained to watch us disappear. I feel my body feel a little


    uneasy but the feeling quickly disappears and I rest my head on Cayden''s shoulder, forcing my eyes


    closed to sleep the rest of the trip.


    This fight between Jaxon and I was draining and the hurt, the pain from Jaxon not returning my farewell


    began to stir inside me. The doubts were well forming in my head and the fact that he was okay with


    seeing me off without barely saying a word troubled me. Why would he allow that of himself? How can


    his wolf be okay with just leaving things as they are?


    Before our fight, I would wake up to lingering scents of him in my room. Telling me that he came to


    watch me sleep, as he would say but in his angry state, he has note to see me. He has not


    checked in on me at all and it was beginning to feel like a break up and I did not have the chance to tell


    all my friends about out beautiful engagement.


    It is like he was embarrassed to be mated to me, to be mated to such a weakling and scared little girl.


    Maybe it would have been better for him if I had stayed a human but to him I was now a wolf, with


    enough strength to defend myself. He has finally figured out who I really am and that as a human, I was


    prettyfortable with staying out of fights and always needing to be saved. Yes, I want to start


    defending myself but more for my pack and the ones who just like me, fail to fight their way out of


    danger. Not many have been able to walk out of a fire and be able to tell a story about it, I have that


    chance and I will change for the better. I will be the strong girl Jaxon so badly wants and be the mate


    he wants but what wille right after? Right now, this is the one thing he hates about me but we have


    the rest our lives ahead of us and there will be many more annoying traits that he will try to get me to


    change and just how much changing am I to do for the soon to be alpha?


    Will I ever be enough? Will his love alwayse with terms and conditions? The silence he has forced


    us in to, the distance even in close proximity.. the ignoring me.. will this continue when he is upset or


    will he change? What will happen when I don''t want to just be his Luna? I had other dreams when I


    was human and I n to be something bigger than the life I have faced. What will happen when I tell


    him that I want to be alpha of my pack? Will he step down and y Luna because that is what is


    expected of me or will he think clear and ask that we bring our packs together?


    With what he is putting me through right now, will my pack ever ept him or look down on him? My


    father is not exactly a fan and he will set the tone for the rest of the pack..


    One thing I can say is Jaxon had this idea of me, this idea of my alpha blood and I killed his view of me


    as his perfect little girl who held insane strength but is naive enough to follow him to the ends of the


    earth with no questions asked. Jaxon put me in a box of his favorite qualities in a woman, he ssified


    me and to him, that should be how I carry myself and I can try. God knows I want to try just so we can


    be happy but should I stretch myself to make him happy, killing myself in the process whereas he can


    that after one apology?


    I am starting to believe this mate bond shit is a bloody scam and especially for women..

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    Chapter 36


    Hailey''s POV


    "You want me to be honest?" Cayden asks me.


    "Please.'' I answer him and he smiles at me, my knees just about ready to buckle and send me to the


    ground, no thanks to those pearly whites.


    "I think you are the most beautiful woman to ever walk this earth and that dimwit is lucky to have you, if


    only he could start acting like a real one." Cayden says to me. Hispliment does not surprise me, it


    is the amount of anger filled in his words when he talks about Jaxon. Truth be told, I wholeheartedly


    agree with Cayden on Jaxon being a world ss A hole but the conviction in his words? Wow.


    I did not expect that from him and I like that he is upset about Jaxon''s treatment of me.


    "Thank you." I speak.


    "No, I mean it, Hailey. You deserve so much better and considering the shit you were born into, the


    truth being kept from you and that shit bag expecting you to be able to hold your own against a Shera,


    who might I add, was trained to be a warrior when you are as newly born as a baby wolf? He insulted


    you." Cayden says to me.


    The pain that came with Jaxon''s words returns tenfold and I feel my body drain of whatever energy that


    was left. Cayden catches me, not noticing that my body was ying its dramatic y again, trying to


    faint from extreme hurt or possible heartbreak since I have not heard from Jaxon since leaving his


    pack.


    Cayden carries me in to the house and I enjoy being in the arms of a strong man for a little bit, even if


    they are not the arms of the man I have fallen in love with, Cayden is doing a good job at somehow


    I find myself drawn to him and his scent, it warms my soul just being in his presence and when he


    speaks, the whole world shuts down for a second and I get to listen to him speak.


    "Are you crushing on Cayden?" My wolf asks me and I feel my cheeks heat before I open my eyes to


    realize I am in bed and my rm has not even gone off yet. Once again, the person my subconscious


    decides to dream about is Cayden. I feel the judgementing from my wolf who is against all these


    warm and fuzzy feelings we feel for Cayden.


    "Oh rx! Not like I am going to act on those feelings." I say out loud but my wolf just grunts and


    disappears to the back of my mind. I decide to get out of bed and get ready, beating my dad and


    Cayden to the training fields today.


    They arrive not soon after me, apuding my early arrival and I curtsy, feeling proud of myself too.


    Cayden came to training once again, shirtless and day by day, it was getting to me just a little bit more.


    We can''t deny he is sculpted to perfection but also his training days have paid off, the body was a work


    of fine art and steel.


    We spent most of the morning teaching mebat skills, taking no breaks on my orders and doing


    some gym exercises. I am sticking to my n on awakening the strength deep with me that is of an


    alpha and I need to make sure I am never put in the position for someone else to save me.


    "Alpha, it is time." One of my dad''s men say to my dad. He looks at me first before heading out and


    leaving me with Cayden.


    "You do know why he was called away right?" Cayden asks me and I shake my head no.


    "Well, your father has to get ready for the execution of all the people we apprehended at your mates


    pack that tried to hurt you and those that attacked the pack." Cayden tells me. The thought of killing


    someone has my stomach turning, good thing it is not up to me yet but I sort of understand the ways of


    the wolf... it is just that I am more in tune with my human side than my wolf side. It could be to my


    detriment if I don''te to terms with the ways of life now and being the daughter of an alpha, I am


    expected to be just as brutal and unforgiving as my father, which I am not. I do not have the traits of


    being aplete heartless monster...


    See what I said there? I called my father a monster just because he is a wolf and now, deep down,


    maybe I believe us all to be monsters. All the insane strength, the ability to break bones and shift, the


    way we heal and just the way of life... this is aplete 180 turn to the life I was raised in and what I


    am used to.


    "Do we have to watch them be executed?" I ask Cayden, who nods his head yes.


    "Actually, you are required to stand with your father during the execution, which gives you front row


    view of the action. They will lose their heads and die human, not allowed to shift in to their wolves and


    rejoin all our fallen. Blood will fall on you and it is your duty to not scream or wipe it off, you are to


    spend the whole day drenched in their blood... sort of like a brag to all those that seek to harm or fight


    you, that this will be their blood if they ever try." Cayden tells me, speaking in excitement as my body


    begins to dread the day.


    Why did I even bother waking up so early if this is the day, I have to be barbaric? I can pretend to be


    watching an execution but to go about my day drenched in someone''s blood? Why me?


    "Do I really have to walk around all day covered in someone''s blood?" I ask Cayden and he chuckles.


    "That is our way. If your mate was in a talking mood, he would say the same thing. In fact, I think they


    will be in attendance to watch the whole thing since it was their pack that was attacked. Let me find out


    from my father just who ising to watch." Cayden says to me and he runs off towards the house. I


    feel the blood drain from my face....


    It was already bad enough that I have to watch people be killed, even worse that I will be sitting front


    row to watch it all. Oh, let us not forget the fact that I have to parade myself bathed in blood of the


    deceased, around the pack all day... no. That is not all, I will have to endure all of that in front of the boy


    that is supposed to be the love of my life and universe, maintaining a straight face not just for my pack


    but to act tough in front of Jaxon so he does not have anything else to hold over my head!


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    What am I to do?

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    Chapter 37


    Hailey''s POV


    I love being on time. I want to be on time for everything and back when I was still human, or thought I


    was, school was something I would always be on time for.


    As I sit on my shower floor, contemting my life and what has be of it, I start to cry. The thought


    of someone dying in front of me, just their head chopped off and their blood sttering all over me, I


    just want to curl in to a ball until the puke rises up and finds its way out. I know for a fact, that I will not


    hold it together when I see a dead body and with everyone expecting me to just go with it?


    I want to fit in. I want to make my father proud, he has been there for me way more than the man I


    called dad for the longest time but to sit there with him, to watch and then walk away proudly as their


    blood coats the ces I would rather stay dry, I just don''t know if anyone is taking in to consideration


    just how all of this is making me feel.


    A knock on my bathroom door, more like a bang has me standing up abruptly and covering myself,


    barely with just my hands.


    "Come on kiddo. It''s time, we all can''t wait for you." I hear my dad speak. Groaning, I switch off the


    water, wondering why I had the shower anyway if all I am going to be is a crimson mess.


    I dry up, putting on a simple ck dress and sandals before opening the door for dearest dad.


    "Ready?" He asks me and I nod my head yes. I can''t say it in words because then he would know I am


    a liar and I honestly can''t have someone else think of me as coward. Werewolves hate a coward and in


    the human world, I would get teased but at least I can justfort myself by saying I am human, what


    do I have now? Forced to quickly rise up to being an alphas daughter and epting everything they


    have known all their lives as bible.


    We walk out of the house, people waiting in line for us and we lead the way to where the prisoners


    were held. As soon as we get to the front, I see a few dead bodies already on the floor, headless and I


    did not want to look around for their heads. They had saved Stacey for me, her body battered and blue


    right in front of me as she kneels on the ground.


    I pick up Jaxon''s scent, to my left and I barely fight myself to not look his way, this was something I


    needed to focus on, the beheading of my stepmother. I don''t know what looking at Jaxon will do to me,


    I have a few ideas on how I will react but those feelings will stay underground for now, keeping me


    steady on my feet is of the utmost importance right now...


    "As we reach the final beheading of the day, we ask that our alpha do the honors." Cayden''s father


    says out loud, the crowd cheering him on and I stay still. trying to keep a straight face and with all the


    blood oozing out of the neck and painting the grass green, the smell of it, I was dying inside and I was


    not about to add on to the torture by being a good sport.


    "I will hand this great honor to our guests, as it was their pack that took a harder hit." Dad says and I


    sense movement from my left, until I see Jaxon standing behind Stacey.


    Jaxon looked fresh, freshly cut hair and he looked great, more than how I was doing if I look anything


    than how I feel. I mean, I did not even bother to dry my hair and all I did was put on a simple dress, with


    matching color sandals. No earrings or painted nails. I was just a mess and before I walking out here


    and seeing Jaxon look so good, it didn''t really ur to me that I should have made an effort.


    "Future alpha Jaxon, may this action bring peace to your pack and further close the alliance between


    our packs." My dad says, Jaxon nodding his head as his eyes remain focused on my father. I watch


    him raise both his arms before he barbarically mauls over Stacey, who takes the animal attack like a


    boss by not releasing even a whimper. The crowd erupts as her bloodnds on me and my dad, Jaxon


    went on to give her a painful death by his hands.


    Death by w.


    Caydenes to stand next to me, softly taking my hand and I feel my body find the ease it has been


    searching long and hard for, his warmth radiating off of him and giving me thefort that helps to


    keep my vomit at bay.


    Jaxon takes his time, enjoying the moment way too much and I am taken back to the days where


    Stacey was just another one of my father''s girlfriends, way before she was ever the wife. How she


    pretended to care for my father or the man I thought was my dad. She would make him happy and


    even though she was so evil to me, seeing her be so good to a man that seemed to carry so much


    anger on a daily basis, that warmed my heart.


    Her crazy notion that by killing me she would have my dad, the alpha all to herself all because she


    loved him. She was just on the wrong side of love, probably strung along for the ride but that is all she


    was, just a ride and that drove her crazy. Just so she won''t end up alone, the same kind of crazy that


    should be knocking on every Shera''s door but some are stronger than others. Can I actually survive a


    life without love? Growing up wanting to create a better life for me, I can''t lie to myself and say that I


    don''t want to be someone''s forever, even before Jaxon... we all want love. We are iplete without it


    and just growing up to watch the men find such a blessing and to end up alone, unloved, used...


    "Stop!" I shout out and that seems to work because everyone stops cheering to look at me and Jaxon


    stops his muttion to look at me. I walk up to him, pushing him away from Stacey''s body. She was still


    alive, that much we could all tell with our wonderful hearing but I was not about to allow this to go on


    anymore.


    "I know what you are all thinking. Why would I stop what is clearly deserved? Well, it is not deserved." I


    say and the crowd starts to talk among each other, Jaxon walking up to me to finish what he started but


    I stand in his way.


    "I want to reach out to the core of every woman here. You tell me you are not on the verge on losing it...


    are youpletely sane up here? Does watching all these men y with every one of you? Maybe


    some of you have stayed pure and never falling for the men that surround you but I can feel Stacey''s


    pain. She was in love, which is forbidden because well, that is only for the Mera''s, right? You allow


    them to touch you, whisper false promises in to your ear all just to escape the reality that awaits you...


    loneliness." I say, looking straight in to Jaxon''s eyes.


    I take the big de that had killed the others and find the strength to stomach what I was about to do,


    chopping off her head and giving her a quick one out. She was punished enough.


    "I don''t even know the pain you all go through; I will never know it because I can carry life. I can love


    and be in love. I have a mate but none of you do... so, to stand here and cheer on for the killing of the


    woman who was not strong enough to fight off the crazy that scratches at you all so constantly... I


    mean, gosh! I have a mate and he drives me insane... you all do! I was a human all of five minutes and


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    you want me to quickly pick up wolf tradition and to forget all that I have known, all my life. My own


    mate left me to save his people but still expected his once human mate to protect her own life and


    because I could not, he decided to not talk to me or love me. That is the reality of our lives. The men


    are spoilt, always getting their way but I am here to change all of that and now, I realize that I am more


    than just the girl that will carry Jaxon''s little pups, no. I am here to offer peace to every Shera, in this


    pack and the next. So, the next time one of us goes a little crazy, have a littlepassion. Yes,


    imprison them but this, the crazy barbaric killing was undeserved and if anyone deserves to be


    mutted like that, are the Mera''s that have taken the purity of a Shera, knowing full well that they have


    someone out there. We need to do better!" I say, throwing the de on the ground and stomping off to


    my room to wash off the blood that was now all over me.

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    Chapter 38


    Hailey''s POV


    After my shower, I dress up in all ck to respect the ones we have lost today but most importantly to


    show respect to Stacey. I will not deny that she was the meanest person to me and I can never excuse


    her for it, but I am here, alive and she isn''t.


    Her life was cut short... by people who maybe should not be making these decisions.


    I walk out to go join everyone outside, as they sat by the table and enjoying a feast prepared by the


    cooks in my pack. The pack my father and I will soon have to return to, to better run it and I have a few


    ideas on how this will be done. Simply put, out with the old and in with the new... me.


    I sit next to my father and sitting right opposite me was none other than, Jaxon and his silly crew. He


    was still bathed in the blood of one of our own and he looked at me, zero emotion in his eyes... zero


    shocker there. I think the only thing to shock me was the fact that his look did nothing to my insides and


    I fear that that could be a risk in our nonexistent rtionship.


    I look away, someone brings me a te and I start to dig in without greeting anyone. I could not talk to


    anyone that decided to stay in the blood of a woman who we could have used different ways to punish


    for her weirdly violent mind.


    Luckily, my father listened to my speech and freshened up. The pack seemed to also get the memo,


    everyone from Cayden to the cooks were all cleaned up real nice. I smiled at my dad, making sure he


    knows that his gesture has not gone unnoticed.


    I clink my water ss with my fork and I stand up to say a few words.


    "Today has been an eye opener for many, including myself. To our visitors, I hope you have received


    your closure and can return to your homes, pleased with yourselves." I start to say but Jaxon jumps in,


    interrupting me.


    "It would have been more enjoyable had we not been told that our way of life is barbaric and that we


    should not have killed the person responsible for an attack on our pack." Jaxon says and I smile at him.


    "You think I want to change your way of life?" I ask him. Everyone looks at him, waiting for an answer.


    "How can I not? You berated us on how we were so cruel to kill your evil step mother." He says to me. I


    feel a little anger pass through me, but just as I said, it passes through me and I find the little peace on


    reserve within me.


    "I would expect a male to react this way. I would have been surprised if you did not feel that way and if


    you think I am here to change your way of life then you are right. That is why I am here, a whole wolf


    that seems to be mated to another wolf. That is my whole entire existence! To change how things are


    for the Shera''s of the future and if you, the man that was chosen to walk this path with me is reluctant


    to walk this journey with me, then the future of all wolves should not be left in your hands." I say and he


    growls.


    "You seem to have forgotten your role in all of this. We don''t have to like each other Jaxon, but it is your


    job to put your seed in me and to bring forth a new breed in to this world but if you are not up to the


    task, I don''t mind finding someone that can handle a little change. I am not the one asking for it but it


    will happen with or without your approval." I say and people are taken by surprise with my choice of


    words towards their alpha.


    "You say you have been a wolf all of five minutes but look at you finding the balls to talk to me like


    that?" Jaxon says to me and I chuckle.


    ¡°Is this your way of asking where this confidence was when Stacey attacked me? Somewhere lost


    between my mate leaving me when we were obviously under attack and dealing with the fact that I


    have to fight for my life when I don¡¯t know the first thing about fighting a trained warrior.¡± I say to my


    handsome mate. Jaxon¡¯s mouth opens and closes, trying to find a response to my words.


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    "You were invited here out of courtesy. Stacey and the others, attacked your pack in search of me and


    that is the only reason you are here. Don''t fool yourself in to thinking otherwise. I did not ask for you to


    be here, your father is the alpha that was invited, as you are not alpha yet, I owe you no special


    respect. You and I are equals when we look at the position, we are both in and I will remind you every


    chance I get." I say and Jaxon growls before storming off and his little doll, Azuri runs after him after


    ring at me for a few seconds.


    I sit down to enjoy my food,pletely aware of the eyes on me. I could feel that some eyes were


    unfriendly but I paid them no mind. I was still mad about the way we handled Stacey and too furious to


    care about how I should really feel.


    Once done, they take my te and I stand up to walk away.


    "Alpha, thank you foring. I will now excuse myself and my father will see you off." I say to Jaxon''s


    dad, who nods at me without saying anything.


    I walk away and my future beta. Cayden, follows me. I walk in to the house to pack up. It was time to


    go back to our pack. Maybe some distance will have Jaxon thinking differently and maybe the human


    side of me will force the wolf side of me to let go of Jaxon and forget about this mate business.


    "Unlikely!" My wolf says to me.


    I make it to my room to find Jaxon sitting on my bed, holding on to my pillow. When Cayden and I walk


    in, he drops the pillow and stands up.


    "So, this is the guy you want to rece me with?" Jaxon asks. Cayden walks out and closes the door,


    refusing to entertain Jaxon out of respect for me.


    "What do you want in my room, Jaxon?" I ask my mate.


    "How can you leave without saying anything? Fixing things?" He asks me and I pause first before


    "Are you kidding? I hugged you and you did not even hug me back!" I say and he sits back down,


    running his hand through his hair.


    "Before then." He says and I turn around to open the door.


    "Jaxon, youshed at me for not being able to fight a woman that has known she has been a wolf all


    her life. You berated me and made me feel so useless, leaving me to fend for myself after telling me


    you want to spend the rest of your life with me. For you to walk in to my room and expect an apology


    out of me is insulting and I suggest you go home and think about how to better approach this matter. I


    will not tell you again that you are on the verge of losing me... like on the verge, okay? I am tired of


    your stupid childish games. The silent treatment and now the me game... just grow up and man the


    fuck up!" I say before using my head to signal for him to get out of my room.


    Cayden was at the door, seems like he had never left and Jaxon notices, walking to the door and


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    If Jaxon and I were human, we would be silly teenagers arguing about just a girl in ss. This kiss, his


    lips on mine and the effect the kiss was having on me would have us sneaking off to my room or even


    his, while the parents were at work and we would probably find ourselves lost in euphoria and his hand


    in my pants.


    Jaxon would have it easy and all would be forgiven because what''s one girlpared to the mountain


    of problems that we will have to face, problems that were too big to ignore plus his big ass head? His


    stubbornness was going to be a big problem but I would say he is human and turn the page but we


    were wolves. I can''t hide behind the fact that he is alpha born and his word is gold or bible.


    Fighting my wolf, fighting myself, I reluctantly push him away. As much as I want to dive right back in to


    how we were before the attack, we have so much to talk about.


    "Why did you push me away?" Jaxon asks me and I walk to my bed, sitting on it and I pat the side for


    him to sit.


    Jaxon lets out a sigh but walks up to the bed and sits down.


    "Jaxon, I want nothing more than to get back to kissing you and being happy again." I say to him.


    "Then, don''t stop me." Jaxon responds and I roll my eyes.


    "That''s the thing, we can''t. I am hurt Jaxon, by you. You have hurt me and I can''t just allow you back in


    to my life as if you did not walk out of it yourself. You need to stop getting angry at things I have no


    control over and going back to Azuri every time you and I don''t get along. That shit hurt and it was


    childish of you to do that." I say and he chuckles.


    "I did not get back with Azuri." He says to me.


    "You know what I mean." I say, getting up and walking away from the bed. Everything in me wants to


    go back to the kiss, to have his lips on me again and forget about all that he has put me through. It is a


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    little sickening just thinking about it... so I had to create a little distance to get my mind right.


    The need to forgive him, to just forget everything because here he was, sitting in my room telling me


    not to stop. This mate of mine gave me the silent treatment for the duration of the time I was in his


    home after our argument and even after I left, and all I want to do is have my body in his arms...


    "Hailey, I am here, aren''t I? Here, because I still want you and I will want you always. I agree, things got


    out of hand but why should we argue over it? Let us just make up already." Jaxon says to me.


    "You are asking me to deny my pain. To forget about how useless you made me feel, how weak I was.


    You ridiculed me, getting angry over something I had zero control over and then insulting me right now


    by telling me to get over it." I say and Jaxon stands up, taking my hands into his and looking into my


    eyes.


    "I am not saying that. All I am saying is that we can just move on. Let us not dwell on what we could


    have done differently and just be in love again." He says to me and I smile, in pure disbelief.


    "I know you are used to getting your way with many girls and I am no different because here you stand,


    finding the audacity to say something like that to me and I am sure in most cases, you would get your


    way... I mean, what is so bad about a little neglecting and a few words that make you an ass? I am


    Jaxon fucking Ger. I am the future alpha and I punish people, not the other way around. Just,e


    on baby, let''s not talk about how I am wrong, just kiss me." I say in a makeshift voice of a man.


    He steps back, annoyed by what I said and how I said it but he says nothing, just looks at me funny.


    "I am hurt, Jaxon! You made me feel small and I need you to understand that you are the cause. The


    man I said yes to spending the rest of my life with, hurt me to the core. I need you to understand that


    not hugging me back was insanely painful and it broke me. I need you to understand that me loving


    you, does not excuse you of such asshole behavior and I refuse to just let things go unless I know you


    are aware of just how wrong you were and how your actions and words made me feel. You can''t ever


    put me through that again and if having such a conversation about my feelings, clearly putting you in a


    bad spot is ufortable for you and you don''t want to have it, then we will not make it. Why should I


    still be with you if this is the way you handle things? We are supposed to be partners... your love for me


    should have no conditions but here we stand because you want me to be some sort of doll that moves


    in your direction and I am ready to do that for you, if you are willing to do the same for me." I say, tears


    falling out of my eyes and the relief that I feel from finally being able to voice out my frustration and


    hurt.


    "Hailey..." Jaxon says my name, holding his hand out but I shake my head no.


    "You are one world ss asshole and I will not kiss you or be with you until you understand what you


    did to me and how you made me feel. Get out of my room and go back to your pack, your Azuri, who


    you throw in my face every chance you get." I speak.


    "Hailey, Azuri and I are over and I was upset. I am sorry, I was not thinking straight." He says to me.


    "Your head was screwed on so straight, that you were able to use her to try get a reaction out of me.


    The fact that you gave her all your attention and ignored me, that was you thinking straight. You knew


    what it would do to me and you went ahead with it..." I say, chuckling as I remember that night.


    "I could say the same thing about you and your beta" Jaxon says to me and Iugh.


    "Are you serious? Cayden is my beta. He has to stand by me no matter what. Azuri is just a warrior in


    training... her ce in your life is suspect and she should not be ying this close to the future alpha.


    You can neverpare the two. Her ce in this pyramid scheme, is way at the bottompared to


    Cayden. Cayden is from an important family in my pack, can you say the same about your ex?" I ask.


    Hating the fact that I was now speaking low of another girl but I need Jaxon to understand how I am


    close to Caydenpared to his rtionship with Azuri.


    "She is my friend. We grew up together." He tries to exin but I cut him off.


    "You are the future alpha and you have met your mate, asked her to be yours. The level of disrespect


    to your position now that you are growing up and to me, that needs to stop. Azuri is a big girl; she can


    handle the shift in ces... what she cannot handle is your hot and coldness. Stop messing with us


    both and if I see youughing and being too close to her, I will have my father demand your father to kill


    her." I say but it was really my wolf speaking, which shocks Jaxon as his mouth hangs open.

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    "Hailey, you don''t mean that..." Jaxon says to me and I chuckle at that.


    "I do actually. I am sick and tired of this love triangle I did not ask to be on and neither did Azuri. You


    have enjoyed this long enough and it is time you stopped pulling our strings. Just grow up and ept


    that it is now time to be with just one woman, just me and if you are not happy with that, well then, pray


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    to the moon goddess to be more generous to you in your next life because I am telling you now, you


    are mine and mine alone. Now, get out of my room and go back to your pack, sort out all of your


    problems and the next time I see you, it will be our ceremony, where I will not tolerate any bullshit, from


    you or anyone else." I say and I walk out of my room before Jaxon, where Cayden joins me and we


    walk to the kitchen,


    "You hungry?" Cayden asks me and I shake my head no. My mind was still stuck on the threat I made


    to Jaxon just a few minutes ago. I felt the powering out of me as I said the words kill... the thought


    of having Azuri killed has never really crossed my mind in the sense of actually going through with it but


    there, I said it and I meant it.


    "Don''t steal any of my food then. I asked if you wanted food and you said no." Cayden says to me and I


    brush him off, still thinking of my encounter with Jaxon.


    He was jealous of the rtionship I have with Cayden, and I don''t me him. Cayden is good-looking,


    always by my side and mateless. He was the perfect guy to whisk me away and not have to prepare for


    the nightmare that is a boy I like finding his mate...


    Wait...


    Did I just say, a boy I like?


    Shaking my head of such a thought, my mind goes back to Jaxon and the argument we just had...


    Which I am sure Cayden heard all of it but here he was, acting all cool like he didn''t just get the world''s


    hottest tea. Why is he not as opinionated on it as the other things that gue my life?


    "Are you going to ask me why I told Jaxon to leave?" I ask Cayden, who was making himself a snack in


    the kitchen.


    "Nope." He says to me and I grow irritated.


    "Does it not bother you that I said I would have the other girl killed?" I ask and he shakes his head no.


    "Why not?" I ask him and he stops making his food to look at me.


    "I think you have every right to react the way you did. Besides, I am just your beta... I am to stand by


    you through it all and trust me, thest thing I want to find myself in is in the middle of love and war.


    Shit can get messy." He says to me and then moves to pick up his te, nodding his head at me before


    walking out of the kitchen. Somehow his response hurts my heart.


    He does not want to find himself in the middle of love and war... which means whatever it is that I am


    feeling, he is not feeling at all... right?


    My father walks in, huffing at the mess Cayden left on the counter before calling for one of the


    cleaners, I believe they are called the omegas and I don''t even want to get started on how they are


    treated in the pack, this pack or even Jaxon''s. I have so much to change when ites to a werewolf''s


    way of life and I can''t voice my distaste for everything just yet... I may not be allowed to be alpha if they


    know I n on changing every little thing about them.


    I havee to learn that werewolves are not used to change and with me still being so weak, and new


    to this game, they will not blindly ept my new rules. I have to figure out a way to win their hearts but


    once I have the women in my corner, everything else will be smooth sailing.


    I clean up Cayden''s mess just before my dad arrives with one of the young omegas. They look at me


    dumbfoundedly, a worried look appears on the little girl''s face after seeing that I have done her job and


    she runs to take the cloth I was using to wipe the counter from me.


    "Hailey..." My father says to me.


    "Look, I was human before I knew about all of this, and as much as I am trying toe to terms with


    my new way of life, some things are just habits," I say and walk out of the kitchen before my father


    could lecture me on forgetting about my past life.


    I make it to the lounge where I thought Cayden would be sitting because he likes to watch his sports


    and I find him there, with the TV off and our two special guests from the pack I am fated to join.


    "I think we should all talk," Jaxon speaks, looking at me first and then his eyes moving away from me,


    to Cayden and finally resting on Azuri.

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    "What did you just say about your alpha and luna?" Jaxon asks Azuri, his face had suddenly contorted


    to one of anger and Azuri trembled in front of the man she just bared her heart out to.


    "You forget your position and I let it slide because we are friends before any of this happened," Jaxon


    says pointing at the two of them.


    "I now see how that was a big mistake on my part. Allowing you to speak freely to me has allowed you


    to disrespect my mate, my parents... generally the people way above you in ranking, and with your


    training, that is a little disappointing." Jaxon scolds, Azuri sitting back down and pouting like a child.


    "Jaxon..." I try to say but it seems he had a lot to say to Azuri as he didn''t even turn to face me when I


    called out to him.


    "Azuri, I could have you killed for spewing such nonsense!" He says and Cayden sits back down now


    that I was in no danger.


    "Oh go ahead! That would be better than having to live through a lifetime where I get to watch the love


    of my life sail off into the sunset with somebody else. To hell with this, to hell with you and your weak


    ass mate!" She screams out loud and stands up to walk away but Jaxon grabs her by the elbow and


    she stops, her face softening.


    "You don''t get to just walk away." He says through gritted teeth.


    "We are clearly here to watch the lovers fight. Nothing you have said or done right now has helped you


    and Hailey in any way... It has only ignited a fire Hailey and I can clearly see is very much alive in the


    both of you... A fire that you seem to be addicted to. You could have just let her walk away because


    your main priority is Hailey but that is not the case is it? She knows the right buttons to press to have


    you choosing her every time over your own mate." Cayden says, standing next to me this time.


    Jaxon let''s go of Azuri, angry once again but this time, it was at Cayden.


    "What are you saying, beta?" Jaxon asks, walking closer to Cayden.


    "You heard me. Yourck of respect for My Alpha is very evident to anyone willing to pay enough


    attention and I cannot allow it, not in her ce of residence. You speak about having a conversation


    that will not be had again but look at where we are, back to square one where Hailey questions your


    priorities and kicks you out... You go weeks without talking to each other and therefore dying the


    prophecy." Cayden says to him without flinching, even though Jaxon''s wolf was the one looking back at


    him.


    Cayden moves over to face Azuri, who stood happy with her actions.


    "And you, I ought to kill you for the disruption of bnce in this meeting. Your alpha will not be able to


    stop me because of your ranking and he can mourn you alone for the trouble you cause my alpha in


    her home." Cayden says, grabbing her by the neck and raising her up. Jaxon growls, but as Cayden


    said, he can''t save her.


    Azuri looks to Jaxon for help but he stays quiet and she finally looks at me, just as time was running out


    for her and I ce my hand on Cayden''s shoulder. He throws her to the ground. Jaxon had a pained


    look on his face and that set me off.


    I felt a fire burning inside of me, a fire that was growing, and before I knew it...


    "You continue to humiliate me in front of this warrior. Her ce in your world holds nothing to my


    position and yet you continue to ache for her somehow. I have done nothing to deserve this kind of


    treatment from you." I shout out and he fails to meet my eyes but his body was turned to face me.


    Somehow I had released my alpha power, I had finally tapped into it and it was strong.


    "You do not deserve the gift of being my mate. You don''t deserve me at all. I take back every endearing


    word I ever said to you, I take back all my kisses and hugs. I take back all the fucken time I wasted


    spending with you because for what? I have been so good to you and for what?" I say, not noticing the


    crowd that was forming in the house once people felt a surge of power in the house.


    Jaxon tries to grab both my hands but I step back...


    I feel my father''s presence behind me, he touches my shoulders and I recoil, my power going back


    inside of me.


    "Cayden, take Azuri and lock her up. The damage has been done." I say and Cayden picks Azuri up


    and my pack makes way for him.


    "What are you doing?" Jaxon asks me and I wipe away my tears to finally look up at him, the fire still


    burning deep within me. Together with my wolf, we speak these words to him.


    "I warned you. I told you I would have her killed and you did not heed my warning." I say and Jaxon''s


    father growls at my words.


    "You are just a pup. That is the future warrior who will fight enemies to protect your offspring!" He


    shouts and I chuckle.


    "Have you been deaf and blind to the actions of your son?" I ask.


    "Watch it, little girl..." He says to me and I walk closer to him to show zero fear. The crowd gasps in


    surprise.


    "You think I want to give your son any of the children now? I am not the woman for him. If you both


    think that straying is an offense that is easily forgiven, you have not met the real me." I say and I walk


    away, walking past a smug smiling father and out the door.


    Somehow the crowd knows to follow me and they walk outside with me.


    I take my clothes off, getting ready to shift, releasing my alpha power once again in pride. Jaxon and


    his father make it out, standing next to my father.


    "I am Hailey, future alpha of this pack and if you think an alpha will bow to another simply because he is


    a mera, you are sadly mistaken. A warrior is receable... not a mate but I guess that is a lesson both


    you and your son must learn." I say.


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    My pack grows by numbers and they all walk to stand behind me, my father included. Taking their


    clothes off, to stand in solidarity with me.


    "Killing one of my own is an act of war!" Jaxon''s father says to me and I smile.


    "Be sure of what you speak off, because if killing the woman my mate was once intimate with is an act


    of war then let us go to war. Just know this, it will be the end of Jaxon and me." I say, their eyes bulging


    in surprise at my words.


    "Jaxon, the prophecy requires a womb toe to fruition. I don''t recall any Shera''s that carry the same


    gift as me and I also don''t recall the male wolves unable to give children... You can go and fuck as


    many women as you want, just know that I only need one toplete what I was tasked to do." I say


    before shifting into my wolf and running to the forest, where Azuri waited for the ending of her life.


    My pack shifted into their wolves and followed me.

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    We were now gathered in an open field, Azuri tied to a tree with chains of silver. She was in pain,


    stripped bare of any clothes. Her eyes were closed but her tears made their way out somehow, face


    wet from I''m sure are tears of a broken heart.


    In all of my anger, I felt pity for her. She did not choose to love this mate of mine. Her heart decided for


    her and yes, they should not have fooled around with each other and created a bond that would


    eventually only affect Azuri, while Jaxon gets away unscathed by love.


    I shift back to my human body, the bones snapping back always seem to shock me every damn time...


    The one thing I doubt I will ever get used to...


    With that said, I was now one with my wolf.


    Her feelings were mine and my feelings were hers... she agreed with me on feeling bad for the girl


    chained up in front of us.


    This was the result of a boy who could not keep it in his pants long enough to wait for his mate. He


    rushed life and one thing I could not do is punish Azuri alone for this. Jaxon deserves just as much of


    my wrath as Azuri.


    Jaxon needs to pay for his actions, maybe some time alone, without Azuri, without me. Maybe then will


    he grow into the man his pack needs, the man I will need to father our children.


    "Jaxon, Azuri will be transferred to my pack. If she is as good of a warrior as you all say then I will use


    her as my personal guard. She will in the future be the one to guard and protect any children we have.


    So, she will not die today." I say and I hear Jaxon let out a breath that he was holding, waiting for his


    friend''s death.


    "This is a matter that should be discussed by all alphas present." Jaxon''s father says but Jaxon ces


    his hand on his dad''s shoulder to quiet him.


    "Don''t make her change her mind. Zuri will live, that is all that matters." Jaxon says and my heart aches


    at that nickname. He has not given me one yet, not one pet name.


    Jaxon looks at me, he takes one step forward but quickly steps back.


    "I know, I have not acted ordingly and for that, I apologize." He says to me, making Cayden chuckle.


    "An apology will not cut it this time. You have failed to save yourself for me and I forgave you for that.


    You continue to protect your friend even at the expense of my feelings, it''s like I have topete for


    your affection which makes me question this mate bond. How real is it for you? How real is it for any


    Mera in any pack or is it an excuse to take on a human mate because the Shera''s cannot reproduce? I


    question if you are being genuine... if you mean what you say because you go on to do the opposite.


    Maybe she is the love of your life, who knows?" I say and he shakes his head no, enthusiastically.


    "I only have feelings for you, Hailey," Jaxon says to me and we all hear Azuri let out a whimper.


    "Do you really? Or is it something you tell yourself every day so you can keep yourself from going after


    Azuri the way your body wants to?" I ask and the crowd starts to whisper among themselves.


    "I am a virgin and you are not. How is it fair that Ie to you in all my purity and you get to walk


    around with a smug smile on your face, telling the world you found a mate?" I ask.


    "Oh stop with the dramatics, he was a curious boy but has seen the error of his ways. Can we move on


    from this already?" Jaxon''s dad says to me and I smile.


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    "Oh, we are moving on. Your son will go home a single man. I choose to take some time away from


    him, however long it takes me and he will not bother me. This is the time I need to figure my life out


    after finding out I am a werewolf and not only that but one that will lead a pack one day. I also need to


    allow the idea of being forced to mate with a man that was chosen for me by some unknown and


    unseen force to grow on me, changing religions and a different god to pray to. I have big tasks to finish


    and since your son has some growing up to do, I will put some distance between us until I feel like he is


    good enough for me." I say.


    "Hailey..." Jaxon says to me.


    "I will not be the girl that just forgives a man any time he says he is sorry. Jaxon, you have seen


    firsthand how my life was. My father was one mean-spirited man and there is no excuse for what he put


    me through... because of that, I will never let a man treat me however he likes. Not from you or anyone


    else. I don''t think I was blessed with such a task to just blindly follow when I am the one that holds all


    the power. I am to bring life into this world, I am the one that will carry out the prophecy, you are


    nothing but the seed that needs to be nted. I am the soil, the water, and the sun... I deserve some


    respect and because your little head cannot grasp the change of power, I will leave you here. Do as


    you wish, fuck Azuri or the list of girls at your school... or help yourself by doing some self-


    introspection... However you choose to spend your time will determine the oue of our future. If you


    stray, just once, I promise I will not be a forgiving woman. You will find out just how quickly I can move


    on." I say and I nod my head at Cayden, who removes the chains from Azuri.


    "Say goodbye to your ex, may this be thest time you will every eyes on her or exchange words


    with her. Make it count but also remember that my pack is watching and listening." I say and as I was


    just about to walk away...


    "Why not end it now?" Somebody from the crowd shouts.


    "Choose someone from our pack. At least we will know you will always be respected." Another follows.


    "I say take Cayden. He will always put you first through everything and we know because of his


    position in the pack, he will put his life for yours and after some time, he willy down his own life for


    his children, just as he does every other day for his pack members." My father says and the pack


    agrees with him.


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    every day and one that has not been loved since the death of his beloved.


    Cayden would make a fine mate, I just know it. Considering the warmth I feel when I look into his eyes.


    How my heart starts to beat erratically when we are in a room alone together...


    He looks like a model cut out of a magazine and put right in front of me, brought to life by the very air I


    breathe. I think he is a god of a man by just his looks and every muscle that covers his entire body. If I


    was not melting for the other man that makes my blood boil both by anger and what I believe to be


    some form of love, I''d question my thoughts on Cayden.


    "I will kill him," Jaxon says so calmly it scares me.


    Cayden walks over to me, to stand by my side, and Jaxon''s nose res.


    "The very thing you did not want me to do to your warrior..." I say and Jaxon visibly rxes but his eyes


    held onto that anger.


    "If heys one hand on you, I will kill him." He repeats and I nod my head in understanding.


    I feel my whole body erupt in anger, my mind wishing my wolf would take full control after hearing


    Jaxon speak and spew those very words to our faces and react within seconds, shifting into a wolf.


    Wishing my wolf would have full control, as she charges for Azuri, who reacts quickly by dodging our


    attack but is still weak from the silver chains so she is unable to shift into her wolf and my wolf would


    take that opening to charge again and this time, sessfully ripping her head off clean.


    I would dly watch Jaxon fall to his knees as my pack cheers on. I would then drop Azuri''s head on


    his feet... Looking into his eyes with my fur covered in her blood. I would enjoy that moment very much.


    I blink away my murderous thoughts andugh out loud.


    "Come on, let''s get out of here," I say, taking Cayden''s hand and walking away. Leaving a growling


    Jaxon with his father.


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    It was my day back at school. Yes, the very same school. The one where I will have to see Jaxon,


    smell Jaxon. So, I take this as my very first day, the way t should have happened.


    Things were going to be different now, things were looking up. I was not the shy, meek little girl


    anymore. Yes, there are moments when I just want to cower away and disappear but I have quickly


    learned to shove that feeling away and face my fears, it is a day-by-day thing.


    Wearing my school clothes, Ipliment my look with mascara and eyeliner, not forgetting to gloss up.


    Just a few more months of this and I will be free to start my life however I want.


    Rushing out of my room, I make it outside to find Cayden, who had buttered toast in his hand, holding it


    out for me and I grab it and rush into his Jeep. It was a nice car, with no doors and all ck everything.


    His leather seats were nicely stitched up. There was no other color and judging by how clean his car


    was, I rethink eating this toast in his car. Hopping out, I gobble it down quickly, dusting myself off and


    getting into his car again.


    This makes him smile.


    "Make it down for breakfast tomorrow." He says to me, using his free hand to wipe away some bread


    crumbs on my face. This creates a burning knot in my stomach and I feel a blush creeping on me.


    I quickly sit back and fiddled with the radio to avoid whatever was brewing inside of me. The drive was


    surprisingly quick and before I know it, we are driving into the school''s parking lot. I catch his scent


    pretty quickly and my eyes scan the lot for the source of the smell...


    Finding him, we lock eyes for just a second before my wolf reminds me of the pact I made with myself


    and announcing our separation to the whole world a few days ago.


    Cayden opens the door for me and I mumble a thank you as I try to gather myself from the wobbly legs


    to my fast-beating heart. Cayden and Jaxon were both going to be the death of me.


    The rest of my pack finds us as we are walking into the school, Azuri included.


    She ignored all the stares and her old friends calling out to her. I make sure to check if her eyes find


    Jaxon''s and I immediately reel myself in. I will not be the cheating police.


    If Jaxon takes this time to still make the same decisions, and same actions then I will know that we are


    not meant to be and that it is okay to look past this mate bond and choose myself over a man.


    "You''ve got an entourage now," Reba says to me. She had no shame walking up to me after what


    she did to me just to gain some points on the poprity meter. I vividly remember opening up to her,


    thinking I had just made a friend who was in my corner but all she wanted was to find something about


    me that she can use against me.


    I was not just the new girl anymore. I was more than that now.


    "Yes, I figured if I was not going to find my ce in this darn school then I will make one for myself. The


    perks of having alpha blood." I say to her and her eyes bulge out, her nose reacting by sniffing my


    scent out anding to the realization that she messed with the wrong one.


    "You''re in trouble now..." I say before walking away and my pack following me into the school.


    This was my moment to take up space and I felt every eye in the school on me, they too could feel the


    power shift... They could see it too, their very own queen bee was following right behind me.


    Nobody could have predicted this...


    Azuri, the girl that made my life hell was now my minion, and boy was I enjoying this.


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