Chapter Two

I wake up in my bed where I lay there smiling, Ryan must have carried me upstairs. This was when I realised it's my 16th birthday, I can find my mate today! I sit up straight looking around rubbing my eyes, before I start hearing a voice.

"Okay, what is that?" I say out loud, looking around trying to find the source of the voice.

"It's me your wolf," the voice says, it takes me a second to resistor but I soon smile.

"I forgot I'd be able to talk to you today, what's your name?" I ask, in my head this time. 

"Sky," she says, which makes me smile again, at least I know I'm not going mad.

I get up and start getting ready before Sky starts going crazy in my head, telling me to hurry downstairs, I finish my hair and quickly make my way downstairs as an amazing smell fills my nose.

"Hurry!" Sky says in my head again, as I get to the bottom of the stairs,  I start to make my way to the kitchen, I don't know why she's doing this, maybe it's her first time seeing a kitchen.

I stand outside the door looking in but the only person in the kitchen was Ryan, why's she getting so excited about Ryan?

"Mate, that's mate," my wolf said happily, making me just stand there in a state of shock, this dude is my brother! I can't physically be mated to him.

"Dude that's my brother, that isn't my mate you've made a mistake," I say, still staring into the kitchen, he hadn't noticed me yet, luckily.

"I have not made any mistake, that is definitely mate," she says, with a hint of anger for me saying she was wrong.

Before I could think anymore my feet do their own thing and walk into the kitchen, making Ryan turn to look at me.

"Morning" he smiles, his voice sending shivers down my spine, okay this is weird!

"It's happening cause you're mates, like I've been telling you," sky says smugly in my head.

Instantly my eyes go to his where we both just freeze, our parents walk in a few moments later but it felt like hours had past.

"Savannah we can explain," my father says, making me finally look away from Ryan who was now pacing a little, did he know about this and never told me?!

"I know this must be so confusing but um," my father say,  but stops looking at my mum for help, who takes my hand in hers sighing.

"You're adopted," she says, which makes me stare at her in disbelief, no way this can't be real, this is some sick joke they're playing which isn't funny. I start taking steps back slowly inching my way out the kitchen, as they continued talking.

"We've wanted to tell you for years but we didn't know when the right time would be, then Ryan found out that you two were mates so we had to tell him," my father says, putting his hand on Ryan's shoulder.

"You knew," I say looking up at Ryan, who was following me slowly out the kitchen, I had a feeling he's known all along but I didn't want to believe it, he kept this huge secret from me.

"I'm sorry Savannah, I was told I couldn't tell you, that's why I left," he says ,still following me out the kitchen, wow so everyone knew before me, the person who should have been told first!

"But just because you're adopted doesn't mean we love you any less," my mum says, walking out the kitchen quickly trying to take my hands, but I bolt up the stairs leaving them all in the kitchen, I lock my bedroom door and start pacing tears just rolling down my cheeks. I've been lied to my whole life, my brother is really my mate, he found out 3 years ago and has never told me.

I stay in my room alone for hours before my door starts knocking, I put the blanket over my head going into the fetal position.

"It's me" Gabbie's voice comes through the other side, I sigh pulling the blankets tighter around myself, I wasn't in the talking mood "I'm not leaving until you let me in, so you might as well just open the door"

I stand up slowly walking over and opening the door, pulling her inside with me before locking it.

"What's going on? your parents told me you're upset and won't come out your room" she says, which just makes me cry again hearing her call them my parents, they're not, my actual parents didn't want or care about me enough to even want to keep me.

"I'm adopted," I say crying, she stands there shocked taking the information I just gave her in while I fall on my bed crying, she finally moves pulling me to sit up where she wraps me in a hug, telling me it was all gonna be okay.

After I calm down a little she walks me over to the bedside table taking a bag off it, before joining me on the bed again.

"Why have they only just told you, especially on your birthday," she says, sounding annoyed at them, I mean they could have told me before, not break the news to me when they had no choice.

"I just found out, Ryan's my mate," I say, which makes her mouth hang open in shock "yeah tell me about it," I say looking down at the floor, what a great birthday I'm having.

"Is that way he left a few years ago?" She asks, I shrug my shoulders I didn't know for sure but I guess that was the reason.

We don't talk for a few minutes, I think she was trying to take in everything I told her.

"Come on I've got you a present" she smiles, picking up the bag that was on the floor handing it to me, I open it to see a bracelet with my name on it, it was beautiful.

"Thank you" I smile wrapping her in a hug tightly.

"Now are you gonna sit there on your birthday all sad or show them that they haven't got to you," she says smiling, standing up with her hands on her hips.

"But Ryan's gonna be there," I say, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to face him right now, he's lied to me for 3 years!

"So what? Show him that he can't keep things like this from you, make him jealous to prove your point" she says smiling, walking towards my wardrobe placing her hand on her chin thinking.

"How am I meant to make him jealous?" I ask, as she starts pulling clothes out throwing them on the floor, great I'm gonna have to pick them up!

"I'm gonna make you look drop-dead gorgeous, all the guys at the party won't be able to resist looking at you, which is gonna make Ryan so jealous," she says, pulling out a really short grey dress which makes my wolf let out a little growl in my mind.

"We shouldn't make mate jealous" she growls, but I ignore her looking to Gabbie.

"I can't wear that, I think you're forgetting who's gonna be there," I say, standing up taking the dress from her.

"The more guys there the better, now come on," she says, pulling me over to my dressing table to do my hair and makeup.

It's been around three hours, Gabbie finally said I'm ready, my butt went numb cause the amount of the time I had to sit on that chair for. I walk over to my full-length mirror where I stand shocked. I didn't recognise myself, I was wearing the short grey dress that Gabbie picked with a jean jacket over the top, my hair was curled so it hung just above my shoulders, my makeup was done beautifully.

"The outfit won't be complete without these," Gabbie says holding a pair of white dolly shoes "I was gonna make you wear heals but I don't want you breaking your neck on your birthday," she smiles,  handing them to me.

"Thank you," I say, wrapping her in a hug before sliding shoes on. She wore kind of the same dress as me but in white with a black leather jacket.

"Let's go and make your mate jealous shall we" she laughs linking arms with me, before we both walk out and down to the party, where some people had already arrived.

Here goes nothing!