Damon walks around to the back of the diner and sees Mary standing there nervously waiting.“Hi.”he says softly, trying to put her at ease.“Hi,” Mary returns “come inside and you can say what you need to say and leave okay?”Damon follows her into the little house out back. Mary closes the door and leans against it. Damon can tell it is taking all of her courage not to bolt through the door. “Okay,” Damon says sitting on a chair at the little kitchens table. “Where to start.”“At the beginning is usually a good place..” Mary blurts. Damon chuckles… she is firey. “Yes the start… okay for starters let me say I would never, ever harm a single hair on your head so you have nothing to fear from me.”“So you just kill and make other people, but it’s okay because you won’t hurt me? Is that really what you want me to believe?” She snorts and shakes her head.“Kind of.. well no…I mean… I was trying to protect you that’s all..” Damon stammered trying to find the right words…. This had been
Mary brings the two cups of tea to the table and sits down across from Damon. “Okay, I am going to tell you the truth, but I need you to please, please listen to the whole story and try your absolute hardest to keep an open mind.” Damon says looking Mary in the eyes trying to get a read on what she’s thinking.Mary nods her head in agreement. “Okay, go ahead.” “I wasn’t lying when I said I turned into a wolf… I do. It”s not like you think though. My wolf is always wake inside me and sometimes I let him come forth. The night those guys were after you, I honestly just wanted to protect you… I only reacted when they attacked. If they had of just run away I would never have hurt them. There are rules, and wolves are not allowed to attack humans… I could get my pack in massive trouble if I did that.”“Your pack?”Mary interrupted “ so there are more of you?”“Yes my pack, and yes there are many more like me… there are many packs. Truth be told, between the 4 packs in the surrounding areas
Mary came to and found herself lying on her bed.“Take it slow” Damon said softly “you almost hit your head.” Mary looked at Damon. ‘He looks confused!, what does he have to be confused about?’ She thought.“What? Why do you look confused? Excuse me if I haven’t seen men turn into wolves before, excuse me for not knowing that there are things out there that look human but are actually animals in disguise. How in the heck was I supposed know that?” Mary huffed angrily.Damon tilted his head slightly,” not just wolves you know.” “What? Why do you mean not just wolves? What else is there?” Mary looked at Damon as though he was truly insane.“Well vampires, witches, warlocks and elves… mind you most of them are almost extinct except for those damn vampires… those ones just multiply quicker than we can exterminate them.”Mary laughed and laughed. “Oh and my fairy-godmother is going to swoop in and turn me into a princess to right?” She shook her head… ‘he really must be crazy” she thought
“I will come with you, but I have to leave flora and Phil a note at very least. I owe them that much and more for everything they have done for me.” Mary says to Damon.“You write them a note and pack your things. I will call the pack house and have a room made up for you. Greg is waiting in the car I will get him and he can help load your stuff in the trunk.” Damon smiles and puts his hand on Mary’s shoulder.“Pack my stuff? But I can’t just leave for good…this is my home.” Mary feels panic setting in at the thought of abandoning the wonderful people who took her in and treated her so well.“Love, I know you feel like you owe these people, and maybe you do, but I promise you, when you first turn it is going to be painful and you do not want them around for that. You are doing them a favour. Once you adjust, if you want to come back, it will be up to you, but I promise you, I will make sure they have help and won’t hurt for money for all they have done for my mate.”Mary knew he was b
Greg drove for what felt like hours. Mary stared out the window trying to keep track of exactly what roads they took, just in case.Damon watched Mary spellbound.“You are gonna love the pack.” Greg offered. He smiled in the rear view mirror. Mary looked and briefly smiled back. She didn’t know what to think or say. Her head was spinning and going a million miles at a time. ‘What am I doing? Why am I agreeing to this? Am I crazy? I don’t even know these people…they could be serial killers for all I know, and here I am willingly getting in a car with them, packing up my only home and leaving with them!’Greg finally turns a corner and heads down a long driveway. “We are here.” Damon says calmly. Mary watches as they pull up to the biggest house she has ever seen. As soon as the car stops the door is opened by a young girl. “Welcome home alpha, beta.” The girl says happily. She looks at Mary and smiles. “Hi! My name is Sarah. Welcome to the pack. Can I show you to your room?” Sarah
After Mary”s things were all put away she followed Sarah down stairs. The house was so big it was more like a palace. As they walked down the stairs Sarah pointed out where her room was.“If you need me anytime, you just come knock on my door ok? Sarah said kindly.Mary nodded her head happy to have a friend. And she could feel it. Sarah truly wanted to be her friend. Mary felt like she was walking on clouds she was so excited.They continued down to the main floor where Sarah took Mary down a hallway. They passed set of double doors that Sarah explained housed the library. They passed a glass wall where she could clearly see an enormous gym on the other side of the glass. There were lots of people in there so Mary quickly walked by trying not to attract any attention.They then came up to a door near the end of the hall. Sarah knocked on the door and then opened it.“Alpha, we are here.” Sarah said loudly.What does she mean alpha? What the heck is an alpha? Mary thought to herself.
Mary turns the corner running at top speed, “Come on, I need a place to hide” she thinks to herself. Behind her she can hear the pounding footsteps of the two men chasing after her. “Why did I have to stop in that restaurant, I didn’t need food that badly.” She thought to herself.“Come on little lady, we just want to play.” One of the men yells out.”“Yeah, play” chuckles the other one. Mary picks up her speed and turns another corner looking behind her to make sure they haven’t caught up yet. “Ouch” Mary spams into something solid and nearly falls to the ground, but a strong hand grabs her and keeps her from falling. “Oh my god they caught me” Mary thinks in a panic and tries to pull away.“Hey, it’s okay, I am not going to hurt you.” The voice is deep and rough and Mary feels a chill run through her body. She looks up and finds herself looking into the bluest eyes she has ever seen. “I am sorry for running into you” she says while trying to catch her breath. “ There are two men
Damon’s povI was just leaving the local human bar after a meeting with some other pack alphas. There has been trouble with rouges and all the packs decided to have a meeting at a neutral location. I was walking down an alley towards my car happy that a pact had been made to work together to rid the area of rouges when around the corner came a little wisp of a girl. She crashed into me and I barely had time to catch her before she fell to the ground. The instant I touched her, I felt my skin tingle and the second I caught a whiff of her scent my wolf screamed out “our mate!”It took everything in me to restrain my wolf and I tried to calm this beautiful little creature that was fated to be mine. When the two men who had the nerve to even think about harming my mate turned the corner i wanted so badly to tear them to pieces, but there were rules and hurting humans was against those rules. Everything happened so quickly, i put my mate behind me to protect her and warned the men to g