How long have I been running? I don’t remember. However, I can’t stop now. I have to keep going. I have to get as far away from there as possible.
My paws pound on the forest floor as I dash around a tree and over a fallen log. With each step, my legs cramp a little more, but I can’t pay attention to it now. I have to get away.
With sheer determination in my eyes, I focus my attention on the terrain ahead. My escape almost came to a crashing halt a few minutes ago when I took my eyes off of the path ahead and I almost slammed into a tree trunk. Good thing my wolf has good reflexes.
I still can’t believe that I could be this stupid. What was I thinking?
Oh, yeah. I was hoping that when my mate turned 18 and could finally sense my presence that he would love me and claim me. What a joke?
I’ve known since my 18th birthday, which has been two years now, that the one person that I’ve hated for these last few years is my mate. However, being the coward that I am, I didn’t tell him. Well, it didn’t help that he would continuously tease and belittle me.
Plus, I didn’t have enough courage to walk up to the alpha’s son and announce that he is my mate. Everyone would have laughed at me, so I kept my mouth shut.
However, I never would have expected what happened a few days ago. My heart aches just thinking about it. No. I have to forget. I have to move on.
My wolf whines. Even though my mate didn’t mark me, my wolf already knows who our true mate is and still wants him. However, that will never happen now.
Ugh… I have to keep going.
As I dash over a crest of a hill, my eyes suddenly lock onto the glow through the trees on the horizon. Yes. I have finally made it to a big city. They should have a bus station here and I can go as far as the bus will take me. Now, I just have to blend in with the humans and not be discovered. I can do this.
I suddenly have a spring in my step, and with a renewed energy, I bolt ahead. I should be able to make it to town before morning. All I need to do is to find something to eat and a place to clean up. Then I will start my new life.
***
I settle down into the back seat on the bus. For the first time in the last two years, I finally have hope. My heart still aches, and my wolf still wants to go back to our pack, but I know that that isn’t possible now. However, I’m sure that my father is looking for me, and that is why I have to get as far away from my pack as possible.
I’m sure that my father has tried to contact other packs, but I can’t have them find out my real name. From now on, Kane is gone. He died the moment I left my pack.
The only person that is left is the new one that I have created. Welcome to my new life, Blake.
I sigh as I turn my head and look out the window. There are so many uncertainties about the future, but I can’t let that control my life. For once, I need to live for myself. Not for my parents. Not for my mate. Not for the family name. No. I will only live for myself now.
I hope the Moon Goddess is on my side now. If she is, she will guide me to the place that I need to be and to a place where I can heal. Someday, I will be 100% again. Only then, I will be able to come out of hiding, but not before.
I don’t even know if there are werewolves where I’m going. My father has never talked about this area before. Well, it is rather far from my pack, but my pack has never dealt with any werewolf packs in this area. So, I can only assume that there isn’t any out this direction, which is why I’m heading there. From now on, I will live as a human.
I have gone to college for a couple years. However, now, I won’t be going back, which surprisingly, I’m fine with that. Well, I’m sure the fact that my mate is starting there this next semester is helping with me not wanting to go there.
Ugh… I have to stop thinking about him.
As the bus begins to move and head down the road, I continue to watch the scenery as it slowly begins to blur past, and for the first time in my life, I think about what I want to do with my life. I have nothing holding me back now.
First thing is that I have to get a job, and then I can maybe think about going back to college. Is there even a college around this area? I’m sure there is. I will have to look into it when I get there.
As I continue to think about the possibilities, my eyelids slowly close and sleep quickly consumes me.
***
“Hey. Sir. You need to wake up. We are at the end of the line.”
What? Someone nudges my shoulder as my eyes slowly flicker open. Oh, my body is stiff. How long have I been sleeping?
SHIT!! Did I miss my stop?
I whip my head up and look at the bus driver. “Where are we? I was supposed to get off….”
The older gentleman smiles and interrupts me. “You looked so tired that I didn’t want to wake you. Even now, I let you sleep on the bus for several hours, but it is time for me to go home. You need to get off now. I have gotten your bag out from the luggage compartment and put it next to the bus.”
Wait! I missed my stop. I don’t even know where I am.
I don’t know what to say. However, my mind seems to suddenly begin working as I mumble, “Is there even any place to find a job here or eat? I don’t even know where I’m going to sleep tonight.”
The bus driver gently begins to pat my shoulder, as he softly replies, “Don’t worry about that. You can come with me to the pack house, and we will figure things out. I’ll talk to the alpha and see if he will let you stay with us.”
Did he just say pack house and alpha?
For the first time after waking up, I finally look at the bus driver’s face. This is the first time in years that I’m actually met with a warm a smile. The few grey hairs that are scattered around his dark brown hair seem to give him an air of experience, but also a sense of wisdom.
As I continue to stare blankly at the bus driver and think about what I should do, the bus driver gently grabs my arm and chimes, “Let’s go. It is about supper time and if we don’t get there on time, those rascals may eat everything.”
I still don’t know what is going on, but I don’t protest. I let the older gentleman pull me out of my seat and guide me out of the bus.
We grab my one bag, and he guides me to a car in the parking lot next to the bus station. I still don’t know what is going on, but the thought of having a meal at a pack house warms my heart.
An image of me when I was younger suddenly pops into my mind. I was only about 10 at the time and I had gone to another pack for several weeks to visit my aunt and uncle along with my cousins. I was so excited to finally be back home and with my parents, that I went running into the pack house. I didn’t care that it was mealtime.
When I dashed through the doors and into the dining hall, I was met with my mother’s joyous smile and her open arms. I ran across the room and threw myself into her arms. Her soft voice happily hummed, “Welcome home, baby. I’ve missed you so much.”
Within seconds, my father was also hugging me and my mother. His warm voice whispering in my ear, “Welcome back, son.”
My father was never a person for a lot of words, but I felt so loved in that moment. I never wanted to leave that spot.
As I get into the vehicle, a lone tear slides down my face as the realization finally hits me. I will never see my parents again.
The older gentleman gets into the driver’s seat, and as he starts the vehicle, he softly chimes, “By the way, I’m Gus. I don’t know what you have gone through, but clearly you are running from something or someone. I hope that you aren’t too mad at me, but that is why I let you sleep through the whole bus route. You looked so tired, and I can only imagine that you have been running for a while.”
I slowly nod my head as I look down at my lap. How can he figure that out? Do I look that bad?
I softly reply, “I’m Blake.”
The vehicle begins to move, and I shift my eyes to look out the window.
Gus continues, “I have already linked with the pack and asked for you to take shelter with us. I just can’t let someone so innocent and pure suffer. Plus, you are an omega, and it isn’t safe to have you roaming around without a pack.”
Shit. I didn’t even think about that.
Another lone tear slides down my cheek as I bite my lower lip and hum, “hmm.”
As we pull out of the parking lot and head down the road, Gus lightly pats my arm. “Don’t worry. Our alpha is actually an omega. His mate was killed in a fight a few years ago. We have always been hiding thus the reason why many of us have jobs in neighboring towns. We have also learned how to hide our scent, so other werewolves can’t detect us. They think that we are just another human.”
Oh, so that is why I didn’t realize that he is a werewolf.
I continue to stare out the window as Gus continues. “Our alpha, Wyatt, is excited to meet you. Besides our alpha, all other omegas are female. You will be the first male omega that he has ever met.”
I nod my head. Well besides my best friend Ben, who is also a male omega, this will be the first time that I’ll be meeting another male omega too. However, I’m not that excited. My heart is still aching, and now my body is too.
Right now, I just want to eat, take a bath and get some rest.
As I watch the scenery whiz past, I can’t help but to wonder if they will let me stay. I have nowhere else to go and Gus even said that the pack stays hidden. Would they allow me to stay hidden there too?
Is this where the Moon Goddess wants me to be?
Fear slowly begins to consume me as my mind won’t stop asking question after question. Will they like me? Are they a peaceful pack? Will they really let me stay?Then my mind slowly turns to darker questions. Will they make me work like a slave? Shoot. Will they try to sexually assault me? NO!! I’M STILL A VIRGIN! They can’t do that.Shoot. I still haven’t had my first kiss. I have been waiting for my mate, but that won’t ever happen now. He has already claimed and mated with the alpha’s daughter from another pack. Oh, I have to stop thinking about this.I’m sure that everything that I’m thinking about surely won’t happen. I need to have faith in the Moon Goddess.Gus stops the car in front of a huge house. No. This isn’t a house. It is a freaking mansion. A very huge mansion. W
What have I gotten myself into? I follow Wyatt to his area of the mansion. I don’t even know where my bag is.Shortly after I sat down for the meal, one of the pack members took my bag. She said that she would put it in my room, but I don’t know where that is. Now, I’m following Wyatt through the various halls, which feels more like a maze than a house. Wyatt did tell me as soon as we met that omega males need to stick together, but what does that really mean?Wait. Does that mean that I have to sleep in the same room as Wyatt? I have never shared a bed with anyone. I have been planning on doing that only with my mate. Dang. Why did I have to think about him?With my head lowered, I bite my bottom lip as I try to keep my tears from forming yet again. Over the past few days, I think that I have cried enough for that idiot. I know that my wolf is yearning fo
Where is Kane? I have tried repeatedly to get someone to try and search for my best friend, but everyone seems to just ignore me. Well, not everyone is ignoring me. Kane's father, Beta Malcolm, has sent search groups out, but they keep coming up empty. How could Kane just disappear like that? I know that he has to be miserable and in pain right now. I could see it in his face as Alpha Marcus announced that his son, Mike, has finally found his mate. I wanted to stand up and scream that the girl isn’t Mike’s mate, but I can’t. It isn’t acceptable for someone like me to stand up against Alpha Marcus. Now, Kane could do it, but I know that he won’t. He has kept the identity of his mate secret from everyone except me for the last two years. He only has a couple more months before Mike turns 18 and Mike would then be able to find his mate on his own. However, that all has come crashing down in an insta
I can’t believe that I’m actually learning to fight. I made a simple comment to Wyatt that I wish I could be more like him and bam. Ford and Mason are teaching me to fight. I think I could have handled just one teacher, but with both of them, it is like an intense lesson. When one has to leave to take care of something, the other one comes in and continues with my lesson.Usually, Mason is my main teacher since he is the lead warrior and is the one leading all the training sessions while Ford is Wyatt’s Beta. Between the two, they have taught me in an extremely intense training session every day. I don’t even get Saturday or Sunday off.However, if this is going to get me to the level that Wyatt is at, then I’ll gladly work all these hours and more.Well, I don’t have much else to do, so I might as well train.If I was back at my old pack, I would be getting ready to
Oh, Blake, he is too cute when he is thinking really hard. I should say Kane instead. I know that he gave us a fake name when he first got here. We have given him so many hints to try and slowly let him know that we have special abilities. As the alpha of the pack, even though I’m an omega, I can see people’s abilities. My father, who was the former alpha, has the ability too. We have passed it from each generation to the next one. Other members of the pack have special abilities too. However, everyone in our pack has the ability to see into other people’s minds and see their thoughts. We still don’t understand how we have formed this ability, but it is also one of the reasons that we have secretly hidden ourselves for many generations. According to our elders, other packs learned of our abilities and began to try and use them for their benefit. However, it didn’t take long for us to run in ord
I still can’t understand what has happened. How can someone, who has never met me before, know who I am? As I sit on the bus, I can’t seem to take my eyes off the bus driver. My mind keeps trying to figure it out. However, the only thing that I can think of is that Kane somehow knew that I may be coming to him, and he showed them a picture of me. Nothing else explains what is happening.I finally tear my eyes away from Gus and look out the window. My mind is still trying to grasp the events for today, but what I keep jumping to is the fact that I will be seeing Kane in a few hours. Just the thought of finally getting to see him has me smiling. I also can’t stop trying to think of all the things that I want to tell him. There is one thing that I’m positive that I won’t say to him. No matter what, I’m not going to tell him anything about Mike and that witch. Oops, I mean Bambi,
I still can’t believe everything that has happened today.First, I get to go back to school and get to study what I want to study. Never in a million years would I have thought that something like this would happen to me. Then Wyatt tells me all about the pack and of the secrets associated with the pack.I’m still shocked. He has also told me that Ben has abilities which is why he can sense where I’m at. If the elders work with him, Wyatt is sure that Ben will be able to sense and locate anyone when he really wants to find them.But one of the most shocking things that he has told me is that most of the pack can read people’s minds. That blows my mind away, but then it suddenly clicks why Wyatt always knows what I’m thinking. I don’t have to even say it because if Wyatt wants to, he can just read my mind. He promises that they try to keep it to a minimum, but they do
Wyatt leads us to the head table. The pack has set up another spot for Ben at Wyatt’s table. Luckily, Wyatt’s head table has several vacant seats already. Only Beta Ford and Warrior Leader Mason have been able to sit at the table. If they have mates, then their mates would have been able to sit next to them. Then of course, Wyatt’s mate has a seat at the table right next to him, but since his mate’s death, the seat has been vacant. However, that is the seat that I’ve been using since I’ve gotten here.However, since Ford and Mason don’t have mates, Wyatt rearranged the seats a little so Ben is sitting next to me while Mason and Ford are on the other side of Wyatt.As we sit down, my mind finally begins to work again. I look around the dining hall, but I don’t see Mason or Ford. We have been able to introduce Ben to Mason when we were in the backyard earlier