4. Learning

Annalise POV

"Oh yea, no, that's true. The sooner, the better. Well, not to cut the convo short, but I do have my new sister to hang out with now, and she's here, but congrats, girl. I'm so happy you're mated and marked. I'll talk to you later." They hang up, and she looks at me and smiles. I don't know what my face looked like, but she asks, " Are you ok? You look. I don't know if you are confused or like maybe you have questions. I was wondering if you grew up with humans, and if that's what happened, it's fine to ask questions."

I sigh and start with the big one." This may not be my business, but what was that phone call about? Sorry, I just have a lot of unfamiliar terms in there for me and concepts, too, I guess." Nodding, she says," Ok, sooo I was talking to my best friend Tammy she had called earlier, and I missed it because we were busy. So I just thought I'd call her really fast. She was excited because she found her mate earlier today, which can happen on or after our 18th birthday. Then they mated and marked each other. I guess the best way to explain that is the moon goddesses made each of us with a special person that was made just for us. That is our mate, which is not just made for us, but they complete us like one soul in two bodies. My mom and dad described this as love at first sight but 1000 times stronger. Everything about this person makes you want them. Not just in a sexual way but that too. Then, when you touch them, it's electric like you feel the sparks literally tingles everywhere they touch. Oh, and there smell there scent that is one way you find them it calls to you. You smell it and can't help but follow to your mate. Anyway, she found hers, and they have mated, which is just sex and it's important for the bonding process. The marking, it usually occurs at the almost end of mating, and it's biting eachothers necks, which is a claim from your wolves for the world to see. "

I think for a few and say, " So we would want to be marked and mated?" I hear my wolf growl and whine as she yells yes, and Brianna is saying," Yes, a mate is everything to us. They never hurt eachother they will literally die for each other, and some will die If they lose their mates, only ones with kids can sometimes hang on after their mate dies, but even that isn't guaranteed. Think of it as the one person who will never hurt you that would do absolutely anything for you, and that's your mate. The best part is that it never changes the sparks. the love the sex it's all perfect always when it's with your mate. At least this is what I’ve been told."

I nod. "That does sound nice. I've never really had anyone like that." She looks at me and gets serious and asks." Is there any chance you can tell me anything about your life, your family, or your up bringing. I'd also like to know how you became homeless if you don't mind sharing some. It will help me convince people your trust worthy and not dangerous." I sigh, take a deep breath, and then I start." So, umm, I don't know anything about my dad. My mom brought me up, and she refused to talk about him at all. She used to tell me he left me, and she said he never wanted to see me again. That's just the beginning she also said that it was my fault he left us, and I was just a baby. Anyway, I lived with my mom she made it pretty clear I wasn't wanted or cared about. She told me I wasn't worth wasting her money on and bought me as little as possible to get me by. I was fed but only because she feared children's services. Umm, as a werewolf, you may not understand that. It's a place that looks into abuse and neglect to children they take kids away from unfit parents. So I was fed and clothed but not as much as I should have been. She told me the moment I turned eighteen, I'd be out, and she wasn't kidding at 11 pm the night before my birth day she told me to pack and be gone before midnight. So I did as I was told I took what little I had, including the small amount of money I'd hid away, and I left. At midnight, I thought I was going insane because I started hearing a voice in my head. She told me her name was Nova and soon I would turn into her, which she called my wolf form. I thought I'd lost it from depression being alone and homeless on my eighteenth birthday. Then I was walking, not sure where i was going. That's when I kinda saw my neighbors garage open and snuck in. I was thinking I'd sleep there but I found his tent and umm I took it. I felt bad well worse. I felt awful, but I told myself he was older and didn't leave home often. I always said I was just borrowing it. I had the sheet in my small bag it was all I ever had to cover up with at home.

I was walking through the woods, starting to feel off, and my body was kinda weak. It wasn't normal how I felt i started to feel nauseous and dizzy, then came the pain. I couldn't breathe. I was panting and screaming. I bent down in the woods, and my body was so hot, that's when Nova said to relax. She soothed me told me to just breathe and stay calm to just let it happen. I listened to her because that voice was all I had, and I watched as my body became fury and four-legged. She talked me through it and explained everything as it happened. It was painful, and she comforted me and said it wouldn't hurt much anymore after we got through our first shift. I laid for a while, panting looking at my legs, and she took over control. It was nice because she knew how to move her body.

We ran for a while it was all so natural for her and was so amazing. She held my stuff in her mouth, and she found that small clearing you found me in. Since that night, we've been living in our stolen but borrowed tent and eating from trash cans or food we catch whatever we can find. She's been my only friend for almost a year, and I'd have given up without her. I don't know if my mom had any of my important papers like birth certificates or anything because she never gave me any of it. Without them, I couldn't get an ID or find a job, and without a job, I couldn't earn money for the papers. So I've just done what I could to live, and that's all I could do."