Lost Heir of the Pack

Leo - 17 years laterIt’s lunchtime, the dreaded hour where I’m left in a mostly uncontrolled environment without much supervision. At least when I’m in class the teachers are there, and I’m left alone. But lunchtime, that's open season.I hand my lunch voucher in and get in line, keeping my head down and just holding out the tray at each station. I don’t even care what they put on it. I’ll eat whatever is there because it’s the only meal I’ll get each day, so I’m not picky. Grabbing a carton of milk I lift my head up enough so I can see to navigate to an empty table in the corner of the vast cafeteria and before I can sit down I see him coming from the corner of my eye. I start to walk faster, but he speeds up and pushes me hard in the back, and I nearly hit the floor. I stumble, somehow holding on to my tray, and just keep moving forward until I’m at the table. I sit down and Donavon and his squad of assholes sit beside me.“Can’t you take one day off from making my life hell,” I as

Elise“Elise, we aren’t supposed to be here. Your mom is gonna kill us if she finds out. My dad will kill us. You dad will go insane! We will be double killed! I mean being late for school is one thing, but leaving the territory is an entirely different level of punishment... and without security? I’ll be grounded for life!”“Calm down Sammi. She isn’t going to find out.""She's your mom and our Luna! She knows everything." Sammi is flipping out."We’re only going to be gone for an hour, they won’t even miss us. We will be back before school even starts. Besides I’m eighteen now!” I pull the car into the lot and we hop out. It is definitely not in the best neighborhood, that's for sure.“You have been eighteen for all of two days, and that doesn't mean you don't have to follow the rules. Are you sure this is where the shop is?” Sammi asks and I look around doubting myself and the information I was given, but this has to be it. It simply has to be.“Come, I think it’s this way.” I grab

Elise“Elise, honey, you've barely touched your dinner. Is something bothering you?” My mom asks as I push my food around my plate. How do I tell her that I think I found my mate and that he is in human territory? If she finds out I went there on my own, Sammi's right, I’ll be grounded for life. Not to mention that my mate may be human. That’s an entirely different problem. I am the Alpha’s daughter, to be fated to a human is unheard of. But I can’t get him out of my mind and my wolf is screaming at me to go back to him.‘We need to see him, Elise. We need more time with him to try to see if he truly is our mate.’ My wolf, Lily, nags at me for the hundredth time. She wants to see him again as much as I do.‘Sunday, after the party we can go.’ I tell her and she finally quiets down and is settled with the answer. I just need to figure out how to go back without getting caught.“I’m good, mom. I'm just excited for the party tomorrow is all.” It’s not a lie, I am excited to see my friend

Elise's POVI smile uncontrollably and I study him for a minute. He’s listening to headphones, but they are old ones, the kind my parents had, and he has a cassette tape player on the table. He’s flipping through papers and taking notes. I walk in and the little bells go off over the door. I notice him look up, but I go to the counter first and grab two coffees before I walk toward him. He’s in a grey hoodie that looks fairly tattered, his raven hair is a mess of wavy and unruly curls on top of his head, and he has a pair of Oakley's on.'Those damn sunglasses. I want to see his face!' Lily pouts and curls up in the back of my mind.As I make my way over to him a slight smile cracks on his lips.“Mind if I sit?” I ask, hoping that he accepts my company. With those sunglasses on I can’t tell if he’s even looking at me.“Uh, sure, yeah.” He says cautiously and he pulls the chair out and motions for me to join him.“I saw you in the window and I just wanted to thank you for the other day

Elise's POVThe room is buzzing after the meeting and I’m feeling sick to my stomach. I stand beside my mom and dad as we shake hands with the exiting council members, and once the last one is gone we head up to our quarters.“Mom, Dad, I need to talk to you.” I can hear the shaking in my voice, I’m so nervous to tell them.“Everything okay peanut?” My dad comes in and gives my mom a peck on the cheek. “I know it was a long meeting, and it is a very serious issue. Eric has been a nightmare all these years, but endangering other packs and territories isn’t something we can tolerate. I hate to get us involved in this, but I don’t see much choice.”I follow them into the kitchen and my mom can tell that I am extremely upset. “Let me make some hot cocoa,” she says and my dad gives her a thumbs up and gestures for me to join him on the couch in the living room.“Now, what has you so upset?” my dad asks and I'm not sure how to tell them. I need to confess that I left pack grounds without es