Chapter One- My longest anticipation

QUEENETH’S POV.

Morning came too fast and I woke up very early and got up immediately. I was very excited. Tomorrow is my birthday. Not just that it's my birthday, I’ll be meeting my wolf tomorrow because I’ll be eighteen. The elders of the pack always tell us that to shift is very painful but I don't mind since it won't take much time.

I just wish my parents were here to see me shift for the first time. It had been eight years since they died and it has not been easy.

They were killed by a rival pack attack.

Rival Pack/Packs are enemies of a pack. Every pack has rivals and they do everything possible to protect themselves from their rivals. Mostly, the contest amongst rivals is for them to dominate and take over the other pack. They normally launch ambushes against one another, just to take the other pack down. It was in one of these rival attacks that my parents were killed. I was just a little but could distinguish between good and bad.

On the night of the attack, they tried to kill our Alpha's son. He was just eighteen but his father protected him and they ended up killing our Alpha and leaving his son. There was no pre-information that such an attack was coming. Even the spies in that pack did not bring any information that something like that was coming. It took the pack unawares and resulted in a huge loss that shook the pack. Most of the warriors were also killed. It was this particular attack that taught me as little as I was to live ready because you don't know when your enemy would strike and I started growing with that mindset.

My father was Alpha Robbins’ Beta(The late Alpha's Beta). He and my mother died protecting Alpha, Luna and their son. That was their job.

 After their deaths, there was nobody to take care of me but the Alpha and my friend, Reuben and his family were very good to me. They took care of me. Reuben and his family took good care of me and took care of my responsibilities.

Because of the incident that made the current Alpha, Alpha, he made a law that not only will warriors be trained but everybody. Every wolf must go through high school. Once bitten, twice shy. He wouldn't want what happened to his father to happen to him. That is why he chose to live ready and one of the ways he wanted to achieve that is by making every single wolf in the pack a warrior to defend his pack.

In high school, a lot is being taught and experimented. They teach werewolf and pack history, pack laws and everything needed to help the pack function properly.

As soon as he started this, the pack took another shape and it made every single wolf to be on alert

For example, if a wolf is interested in agriculture, he or she will learn about plants and our crops to help sustain our food supplies. It's like a human school where you choose a course to study. I chose pack laws so I learnt all about pack laws and everything else needed to successfully run the pack.

The passion for pack law came after our pack was attacked and my parents killed. I swore to defend the pack even though I don't belong to the Alpha's lineage, if there was laxity before, our rival may lay an ambush and attack the pack and I may be taken out so to avoid that I decided to defend the pack.

We train everyday but tomorrow I have a day off because it's my birthday and my first shift. I’ll be eighteen and it's a very special occasion. It's very much important because I’ll get to meet my wolf and mate.

Mates are very important in the world of werewolves. Just the same way in the world of humans, they don't joke with marriage which consists of a man and a woman, that's the same way it is in the werewolf kingdom. They don't joke with their mates.

Our Alpha has not yet found his mate which he has been waiting for a long time looking unto the Moon Goddess to find her. Her mother continues occupying the position of a Luna until Alpha Collins finds him. This is how serious we were waiting for our Alpha to have a mate.

Because it was my first shift and it's a special occasion, you choose people you want to be around during your shift and you don't inform the others. I already pre-informed Reuben and his family that they would be with me as I shift. It's just Reuben, his parents and his younger sister. After I told them, they were so excited for me especially, Reuben.

I couldn't wait for me to shift and maybe I may be lucky more than any other, including Reuben who has shifted but has not found his mate, to find my mate. I checked the time and I have a few hours for the day to break and I can't wait. I also found out I was late and needed to leave for training immediately.

I quickly freshened up. Since I was taking an off tomorrow, it won't be nice for me to go to training late today. I quickly searched for my black tights, my training bra, hoodie and sneakers and quickly wore them. As I was putting on my black sneakers, which was my favorite, I found out that the sole was almost off. I thought it's something I could manage but just as I was putting my feet on the ground, it went off totally. I felt so bad because it was my favourite and searching for another might make me go late. I searched for the brown, quickly wore it, packed my hair into a ponytail and left for the training.