Hayley woke with a stare, to a loud banging noise. Disoriented, she sat up in the bed and stumbled off the mattress. Another bang shuddered the walls of the house she was in. Then a loud roar caused her to move faster, dragging her pants on.
There was a commotion. Seconds later, Alpha Kane came in his room, his eyes blazing and almost blue, signalling that his wolf was close to the surface.
"You need to leave."
"What's happening?"
"My brother is going through the shift. He couldn't handle it. I'm afraid that if you stay here, you might get hurt."
Hayley nodded.
She didn't have to be told twice; she saw how her adopted sister was when she went through the change and wanted no part of this one.
"I have school in the morning, anyway." Hayley said. Even though she was trying to hide it, Kane could still see the fear in her eyes and heard it in her voice as well.
"Come, I'll see to it that you get out safe."
Kane followed her outside, to where the night sky was dark, and thundering from the usual storm that brewed over their territory.
"I'll see you around." Hayley told him, slipping out of his hands and jogging off to the line of trees that separated the pack house from the rest of the village.
As Hayley walked the distant home, she kept glancing over her shoulders at every tree and shrub. Thinking that they were people following her.
There was a snapping sound off in the distant, causing her to pick up pace until she was almost running. Not able to see in the dark, she tripped over a fallen tree and took a nasty tumble.
There was a sound as if someone was laughing at her dismay, then the feeling of a presence close to her. She groaned, trying to get her barring, but the place was too dark and she had to admit that she was scared.
The next thing Hayley knew, a shadow hovered over her while her hands glowed.
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Hayley's eyelids fluttered open to the sunlight peeking through her curtains. She shifted her slender frame to sit up in her bed, wondering how she got there.
Then last night came flooding back to her mind. Teeth snapping close to her face, her hands glowing and the burning smell of flesh.
She extended her pale arms to examine her palms; they seemed no different, and she felt no different. Which made her wonder if she had imagined last night. Maybe she was too scared because of what was happening at the pack house with the Alpha's brother.
Just then, her room door was pushed in roughly, with a woman standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips. Her hazel eyes were ablaze, and her thin red lips were set in a firm line. But even with all the light that came through the window, Hayley couldn't make out the look on her round face.
"Get up, get up now or you will be late for school." The woman said, her almond-shaped eyes narrowing and her broad nose flared.
“I’m already up." Hayley mumbled.
"Well, go get ready."
Hayley let out a sigh, but said nothing.
"Don't you hear me?" The dark-skinned woman walked over to her bed.
Hayley got up at that, easily towering over her adopted mother, with her 5'9 frame.
"Get to school now. Can't have any dunce in this house. My own child is already worthless, can't have you turning out as such too. Now hurry before your breakfast gets cold."
At the mentioned of food, Hayley's stomach rumbled with hunger. She hurried to the shower, turning on the cold water and standing under it to help her wake up.
She hissed out when the water touched her back, not because of the coldness, but from the unbearable stinging sensation that came from it. Fighting through the pain, she washed herself, then stepped out of the tub dripping wet. When she turned her back to see what could have caused her such pain, a gasp escape her lips.
"Holy Moon goddess." She stared eye wide at her back.
"What the Zeus are those?"
She tried to touch one of the marks, but her hands couldn't reach that far. She shrugged it off, thinking that it must have happened when she fell last night.
There was a buzzing sound coming from her room when Hayley crossed the floor. She realised that her alarm clock was only just going off.
"Ooh, that woman!" She squeezed the small, hard rectangular plastic in her hand.
"Why did I even woke so early?" She asked herself, crossing her room to her closet where she took out a pair of tight ripped black jeans and a black long sleeve blouse that hung off her body.
After that, she brushed her unevenly chopped black hair, looked in the mirror at her tired green wide-set eyes, then lined her them with two layers of black eyeliner.
She was a self-proclaimed goth, and wasn’t afraid to show it, no matter how much her peers called her freaks.
But she told herself that they were the freak. She was normal and human, which was why they hated her.
"Times up, get out!"
Hayley jumped at the sound of her adopted mother's voice.
"Two second." Hayley held her hand up.
"One, two. Out!"
Hayley hurried from her room, then head downstairs where she grabbed a pancake from a plate before running out the door.
When Hayley made it to school, she was just in time for her first class. Leaving her confused to what the time really was.
"Alright, so here’s how it is going to work. I am going to allow you all 1 hour to write a paper on the shifting process. I don't want any complaining. Head to the library and get started." The teacher said.
Hayley raised her hand, ''what if you can't-''
''There is no is can't in my class, Ms Blackwater, you know better than that.''
''Loser.'' Someone tried to pass their stupid remark off as a cough.
''Go on, get to writing.''
Hayley groaned as she followed her classmates to the library, with their teacher following behind them to make sure they made it there.
The minute he left them, the antics started.
Hayley sat by herself, trying to avoid the tom foolery that was going on around her, but mostly trying to hide from her all-time favourite hating group, Davina and the back up clowns.
As she sat there, she found it hard to even think about the shifting process, and was struggling to put pen to paper. It's not like she had under go the change as yet, so she couldn't speak, or write from experience.
All Hayley could do was blasted Ed Sheeran's Bloodstream on repeat, drowning out the chatter from everyone around her, with her hands behind her head as she relaxed in the chair. It was also killing the thoughts that had been floating around her mind. Thoughts of Alpha kane, which she didn't want, because the more she thought of him. The more she fell deeper for his charms.
''Write!'' A loud roar came, that caused everyone to sit down and act as if they were busy doing their work all along. Everyone except for Hayley. No wolf had command over her, which she normally used to her own advantage.
But what could she even write about? It's not like she knew what it felt like when her bones were cracking during the first change, or how violent one normally got when their beast takes over.
Leaving the pack was the only thing that stood out to Hayley. She didn't want to stay where people defined who she was. Sure, she had a few friends and all, but she didn't feel like she belong. Especially when those around her weren't afraid to point out her flaws and make fun of her. (The wolf not wolf, they would mock.) Hayley hated that everyone around her could shape shift. Everyone was in tune with their wolf, and knew the pain of the first shift, or the effects of the full moon on them. They only had to worry about their mates. (Should I reject him or not, would she reject me?) And to make her matters worse, there was the fact of not having her actual parents around to help her through such a rough patch in her life. She didn't know which was worse, being wolfless or not having parents. She got bullied about both. (Go find your parents,) they would say. (Homeless girl,) they would call her. Like she didn't have feelings too. Hayley hated how most of them treated her. Th
Hayley sighed as she walked along the path to the forest, with her hands behind her head, watching the birds as they fly above. Wishing that she could be free like them, especially the yellow and blue one. She could tell he was a character among its flock, and had a personality from the way he flew, looping around the others. He even sung loudly, just like her. But no, instead she was trapped under a dome. (It wasn't a dome, but it sure felt like it.) Somehow, the weather was being controlled. It was winter all around them, but for whatever reason, it was always summer, spring, or raining inside her prison. But little did they know Hayley found a way to leave, a weak link in the so called almighty barrier. It was all because two different territories crossed, it sort of weaken the spells. Normally at any other point in the town, it would be hard to cross over, unless the Alpha was there, or a court guard to let you through. Hayley didn't quite understand how it worked. She didn't
Hayley wanted answers, but for now that had to wait, because her stomach was rumbling, and her frozen fingers were protesting. Hayley took one last look at the spot that had showed the weird vision, and one last look at her freedom, then went home. She cursed herself for being so dumb and unprepared. But next time she won't. A new life was in her grasp. She was thinking about something else now. What was that vision she just saw? And what was with that pendent? Hayley stopped just outside of the house she grew up in, looking up at it. Despite the feeling she had of wanting to run away, she was still grateful to the Blackwater’s. The Alpha didn't know what to do with her when he found her. Even though everyone warned them not to, they thought it would be good to have a sister for their daughter to play with, so they never listened and raised Hayley as their own. Their affection and love towards Hayley never changed. It was like she was truly their child and was always present in
Hayley stared up at the ugly brown stone building they called a school, but she called it the worst 6 years of her life. It was the place they bullied her the most, the place she felt more alone. A slow smile creeped onto her face. It was almost summer, which means she was almost at the end of the school year and won't have to set foot back in it ever again. "Watch it loser." Someone said, bumping into her, as if they couldn’t just walk around. "Wolfless." Someone else came up to her saying. "Flea bag!" She shot back. "That's it, I'm gone." Hayley decided, making a beeline with the duffle bag she had. She once again found herself in the forest, ready to make her great escape. But all she saw was a heated make-out session between her adopted sister, Carrie, and a different guy from last night. Hayley was about to turn around, but her need to leave was much greater. So she tried to walk as quietly as possible. As she got closer to them, she stepped on a branch, then froze. She di
"As sweet as I thought, not like any other wolves' blood I have tasted." He grabbed Hayley by the throat, pulling her closer to him as his mouth opened wide. He sniffed at her neck. “Don't worry. It will be over before you know." But before he could bite her, there was a roar with a large furry body crashing into them. After the hold broke, Hayley was on the ground. If it wasn’t for Carrie who pulled her to her feet, she would have been crushed under the hissing and roaring battle between the vampire and the bear. "Run you two." The bear said. The vampire used his moment of distraction to run full force into the bear, hitting him to the ground. The vampire then ran towards Hayley and Carrie, but by that time, they have already crossed back to their territory. "He's not chasing us." Hayley said. “That’s because he can’t cross the border." Carrie said. "Go you two!" The bear yelled, before rearing up on its hind legs then sunk his teeth into the vampire, who gave a cry. Black
Hayley dragged herself to school the next morning, and through the halls, where her other school mates were milling around, waiting for the gym to open. "Sorry." Hayley said. After bumping into someone, when she didn't hear a response, she glanced over her shoulder to see that no one was there. "Must have been the wall." She mumbled to herself, then continued on. Making sure to stay at the back so that no one picked on her. Even though it was Saturday, all the teenagers that were between the ages of 16 and 18 had to gather in the gym for an endurance training. This was so that the teen wolves in the pack, that included Hayley, could show case any skills and abilities they might have. 'Why do I always have to do this?' Hayley asked herself. Blowing strands of hair out of her face, the only thing she could do was run her mouth and somehow finish the obstacle courses they set up. Other than that, she couldn't go wolf, and she had no powers. "The changing room is open." Someone said
After a long afternoon in the boiling hot gym, they were finally done with their training, and Hayley followed behind the crowd to take a shower. "Seems like you took a beating." Josie said, falling into steps beside Hayley. "I am sore in places I never thought possible." Josie gave a laugh. "I feel just great." "Yeah, you're a wolf. I'm not. So, can you maybe help me? I took a pretty nasty fall back there." Hayley said, pointing at her side. "Sure.'' Josie removed her glasses. After seeing all the places Hayley was hurt, she laid her hand on the areas and healed her. Also, secretly trying to heal her broken core, but it didn't seem to work. Hayley felt a slight shock and jumped. "Sorry, but you are all healed now." "Thanks." When Hayley pushed the locker room door open, all eyes turned to her, in the same time Davina threw a towel in her face. "There, much better. Now we don't have to worry about turning to stone from that ugly face of yours." Hayley removed the wet towel
Hayley stood when she saw Kane and Conrad. Kane looked annoyed about something as he didn't look her way while entering his office. "I want to go first." Davina said, basically pushing her friends out of the way, racing to the office. "Knock yourself out," Hayley mumbled. "I'll just sit here, like I have been doing." Hayley waited in the hall to speak with Kane, but it was a long wait. All because Davina wanted to go first, no doubt to mix and twist the story her way, to make herself look good and make Hayley seem like the bad guy. All Hayley could hear was crying, as Davina told nothing but lies. Then there was a pause, followed by laughs and a round of applause. Hayley leant over to see through the open door, then sighed. "Leave it up it you Davina.'' She said after seeing what was going on in the office. Davina and her friends were the town's whores, so they were actually now doing less talking and more flirting. Davina was that type of girl that would do any, and everythin