Love and fear

Lucy lived in a small town on the river's edge, along a winding river on one side and dense green forest on the other. She had been in foster care since her parents died when she was 3. Her foster parents weren't bad people just did it more for the monthly cheque than enriching an orphan girl's life. She had been with Frank and Lois since she was 12, the longest placement she'd had. They let her do what she wanted, never really caring if she came home at all. They'd never notice if left until the cheques stopped coming. Lucy's only friend was a boy named Axel, also in foster care. Although his family adored him and he had everything a 17-year-old could want his foster parents Kade and Laurel, couldn't have children of their own and Axel was placed with them at age 5. They were in their senior year of high school. Lucy was just waiting to turn 18 in 6 months so she could leave this small town and try and find her family, find out why they never came for her when her parents died. She had a grandfather in Montana and Aunts and Uncles; the social worker said they didn't want her, but she couldn't figure out why. The social worker found out that they had money and means maybe they just didn't like her.

Lucy stood 5 feet 3 inches tall, medium length blonde hair the colour of ash. Her eyes were fiercely blue but had swirls of green that seemed to change with her emotions. Lucy learned early on to keep everything inside emotions meant weakness, and she couldn't let anyone know she was weak. When Lucy turned 13, she met her wolf, Astrid. Astrid was wild and unruly,  always trying to surface and take over. Lucy couldn't have that with her human foster parents that would not end well. Her only source of comfort was Liam Axel's wolf. He was the only thing that calmed Astrid.

Axel and Lucy thought maybe the moon goddess made a mistake making their wolves mates and not them. But perhaps they were just kindred souls. They wouldn't know until they both turned 18. They did not feel that way about each other anymore, they became more like family than anything romantic. Axel was a favourite with girls at school. He was tall, 6 feet 3 inches tall chestnut coloured hair, short on the sides longer and loosely tousled on top, eyes the colour of emeralds. A strong square jawline, broad shoulders, your typical athlete where Lucy preferred to keep her nose in a book and out of sight at all costs. Total and complete opposites except that they were werewolves living in a human town with no one but each other to lean on.