Chapter 2

Once Sonya reached her room, she realized she needed to take a shower before she could even lay down. Sonya gathered her clothes and headed into the bathroom. She stripped and then stepped into the hot water of the shower. She stood there for a few minutes wondering what the smell was when they were on their way to the packhouse. Sonya started washing with her favorite body wash.

She dried off her body with her towel and then wrapped it around her hair while she was getting dressed into some comfortable clothes to nap in. She had some black shorts with a white tank top on. She towel dried her hair and then brushed it out.

Sonya curled up under the covers of her bed and fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow. When Sonya woke up, she grabbed her phone to check the time only to realize she had been asleep for about four hours and it was after dinner time. When she went to sit up, she found her best friend Cam there with a tray of food for both of them.

“Have a good rest sleepy head.” Cam teased causing Sonya to jump slightly.

“Yes, I did. Thank you! You are the best friend a girl could ask for bringing me food.” Sonya gushed with a smirk on her face.

“Yeah, you know I take care of my girl. You snore really loud too by the way.” Cam added nonchalantly while giggling.

“Whatever it’s not as loud as your snoring though.” She retorted. “How is your new man by the way?” Sonya asked.

“He is like a dream.” Cam said sounding in a dreamy daze. He continued “Brent makes me feel like the only man in the world. I know we just found out we were mates but I swear I would follow him to the ends of the earth and back again.”

“Awe I’m so happy for you! I hope I find my mate at some point and we have a relationship like you.” Sonya added.

“You will! And who knows maybe yours will be even better.” Cam exclaimed. “I know that you haven’t had the easiest time with dating. You just have to be patient. You start the new job downtown tomorrow and before long you’ll have an apartment and you’ll find your mate. Not to mention you are still super young.”

“I know you are right. I am just really excited but very nervous as well for this job. It’s everything I have worked for in school. This is why I took the extra college classes while I finished high school so I could jump into this job and work my way up. Starting as an executive assistant at 18 leads to a crazy amount of pressure. Alpha Jake looks intimidating too in all the pictures I’ve seen. And don’t even get me started on the stores I’ve heard about him at work. I’m hoping we get along at least enough that it doesn’t make my job horrible.”

“If anyone can put him in his place it’s you girl!” Cam laughed.

“Geez I hope so! You have more confidence in me than I do.”

“You can do this Sonya. Don’t doubt yourself.”

“I am going to miss seeing you every day when I move into the city.” Sonya said sadly.

“Knock it off! You know I will come see you all the time and maybe I’ll even move in with you if you get a big enough place. Of course, you know me though it has to be super fancy.” Cam added with a loud laugh.

“You would do that for me?”

“Duh girl! I would even bring Brent with me & we would all be one big happy family.” They both hugged and laughed.

“Thank you, best friend! I don’t know what I would do without you.” Sonya exclaimed

“You would be miserable and hungry best friend. Come on let’s eat.” Cam laughed

They continued to talk and gossip while they ate in Sonya’s room for the next few hours. Sonya finally told Cam she needed to get ready for bed so she was well rested for her first day. They bid each other good night and Cam wished her luck for the following day.

“Text me as soon as you’re back tomorrow! I want to hear all about it.” Cam yelled from down the hall.

“Of course. Talk to you tomorrow!” Sonya yelled back.

Sonya slipped back into her room and started scrolling through social media as she laid on her bed. She got up a little while later to make sure she had her outfit ready to go for the following morning. She set an alarm on her phone and turned on her alarm clock.

Then realized she did not get the necklace or book back from her parents after their run. When she looked around to find a sweatshirt to slip on, she realized they were both on a dresser in her room. Sonya sat down, pulled out the necklace, and put it on. She felt a rush of energy when she put it on but did not know what it was from.

‘Wahoo what was that?’ Sonya thought.

‘Must be nerves about the job starting tomorrow.’ Lola added.

Sonya wasn’t super tired yet so she figured she would read a little out of the book she got before laying back down. She opened the large heavy book to the table of contents looking at what was contained in the book. One subject jumped out to her “legends of pendant powers”. She turned the pages to the chapter and started reading through it. The chapter made an indication to a pendant that was blessed by the moon goddess that sounded and looked a lot like the one she was given by the Alpha and Luna.

The legend says that whoever wears the pendant will be not only protected by the moon goddess but will be a guardian to the goddess. The legend went on to state the guardian would be able to pull power, when necessary, from the goddess Selene herself. Sonya was very intrigued but assumed the legend was just that a legend of folklore. After reading for another 30 minutes, she laid back down on her bed and fell asleep.