Amelia kept throwing stones at the lake. She was sitting at the end of the bridge and her feet were in the water. She likes sitting there and killing out her time. Especially when she knew that her pack members had shifted to their wolves and ran off through their territory together. Amelia? She was always left alone.
Her seventeenth birthday will be tomorrow. It should be a joyous day. But for Amelia, it's just the same ordinary day for her. Most wolves meet their mates on their seventeenth birthday. But a wolfless like her would be impossible to find a mate. Amelia had heard about the wolf bond and pairing together of the fated mates. The bond pull is unlike anything else. They will be the better half. Without her wolf, Amelia would never find her mate. And it would be funny if she really thought that her wolf would come out.
Amelia’s eyes watered. How she wished that she could talk with her mother again. She wanted her to explain why she was like that. But it would be impossible too. Her mother died protecting her from the rogues that attacked them. Seven years had already passed but it still felt like yesterday. She witnessed everything. How her mother was slashed in the throat. How she slowly loses her breath while staring at her eyes directly. She could never forget about it. Everyone was blaming her because of it.
Then when she turned sixteen, her wolf never came out like the others. Since that happened, Amelia had been called weak, pathetic, disgraceful, and so many hurtful words. Just because she couldn’t shift to her wolf. They were even saying that was the reason why she couldn’t save her mother. And she didn’t just lose her mother, even her friends. It was like her packmates used it as an opportunity to show what they really felt about her. And it hurt her because even her older brother hadn’t spoken to her since that incident. Well, she could say that not everything left her. Bea was still there for her. She was her best friend. She never left her, despite what their other packmates were saying about her.
Her day would be basically peaceful and lovely at times like that. She could only find peace when her packmates were on pack runs. No bullies. No glaring. She was happy.
Amelia heard footsteps behind her. She turned her head and saw Nicolai, their future alpha. With his girlfriend and friends. She immediately stood up as she saw them approaching her. If there were people that she didn't want to meet, it was their group. She was almost at the end of the bridge when one of the guys grabbed her on the shoulder and pulled her. They all laughed when they heard me groaning in pain. They all have their own wolf. They might be in human form, but their strength was unlikely for humans.
“Where do you think you're going, you stinky wolfless human?” John said. He was a subordinate of Nicolai in bullying Amelia. He was holding Amelia tightly in his arms. His nails were almost piercing through her skin. “What should we do to her now?”
Amelia looked at Nicolai, frowning. She was trying to see and find at least a little pithiness in his eyes. But it just broke her more seeing this man, their future alpha, doesn't care about her. What does she expect? She was an outcast in their pack. Amelia saw Nicolai nod. Then, the next thing that she felt, her body was slowly falling off the bridge.
Amelia tried to crawl above using her hands. But she was no swimmer either and the lake was deep. She gasped for air every time her head was above the water.
“Help!” Amelia shouted. But no one even saved her. They were just laughing at her and looking like she was a pathetic being. Amelia's breathing was becoming hard already as the water filled her throat. She still tried to crawl to the top surface to save herself. Fear was already filling her mind because she knew those people would never help her. Even if she drowned in this water, no one would care.
“What the– Amelia!” Bea, who had just come from the pack run, saw Amelia in the water. She pushed them away and jumped into the water without thinking twice. She took out Amelia and pulled her onto the land.
Amelia then coughed and almost vomited as she filled her chest with some air. She was pounding her chest hard to relieve her feelings.
“What is wrong with you?!” Bea said. She glared at the group and growled. Ready to fight everyone because of what they did to her friend.
“Easy, Bea. We're just having fun with this wolfless stinky loser!” John said. Then they all laughed except Nicolai. “And are you even trying to disobey our future alpha's orders?”
It just made Bea's blood boil more. She was about to say something again but Amelia held her hand.
“It’s okay, Bea. Don’t mind them. I’m okay,” Amelia said. Even though she was still breathing hard.
Bea looked at Amelia like she said a curse word. “You are okay? In that state of yours?”
“Girl! You are really boring like her,” Vera said, the girlfriend of Nicolai. She clung to Nicolai’s arms. “Can we go now, babe? It stinks here.”
Bea growled. She wanted to pull Vera’s hair and pushed her into the water too. But Amelia was still holding her arms. She tried to calm down because she thought that anytime she would shift into her wolf and she didn’t know what she would do anymore. She would gladly let her wolf put everyone in their places. Well, except for their future alpha.
Luckily, the group decided to leave the two of them because of Vera’s whining. Oh, how Bea hated Vera’s voice. She looked at Amelia.
“Come on, Amelia. Let’s get you to clean up your house.”
Amelia let Bea help her stand up. She was already shivering as she was wet from head to toe. When they reached Amelia’s house, Bea stopped in the living room and started sniffing.
“Do you smell that?”
Amelia frowned. “What smell?” She sniffed herself and she instantly regretted it because she just smelled the mud from the lake water. “I guess I really stink.”
“No. Not you.” Bea stared at the door near the kitchen. “Mate.”
Amelia just stared at Bea. Then the door opened and her brother went out, Marcus. She was surprised to see her brother going out of his room. She didn’t know that she had already come back from his training.
“Mate,” he also said while staring at Bea.
Amelia sighed. She finally understood what was happening. Apparently, her brother and best friend were mated to each other. She looked at the two that were now facing each other. She could see the bond from their eyes. Like they instantly fell in love with each other. A thing that she could never feel.
“I-I will leave you two,” Amelia said and ran upstairs to her room.
Amelia rushed to her room and left the two of them to talk with each other. But she hadn’t even gone to the bathroom when Bea suddenly went inside her room. “Bea? What happened?” Amelia asked. Her eyes widened when she saw that Bea’s face was red. She looked furious and agitated. “Did you just reject him?” Bea took a deep breath. “No! I wouldn’t do that.” “Then what happened? Why are you like that?” “I don’t know. You know I hated your brother because of how she treated you those past years, right? Instead of helping you out of your trauma. He pushed himself in training. Well, it’s not wrong. But you needed him. He is your only family.” Amelia scratched her head. She remembered how Bea always nagged her brother because of ignoring her. That was why Bea was always at their house too. Because she felt sorry for her. She remembered how her brother focused on his training as a Gamma in their pack. Most of them go through the neighboring pack to train. He was the future Beta of th
Amelia didn’t know how long she was on the ground crying herself out. She was lucky because no one had come into the woods at that time. She could at least try to cheer herself up but she couldn’t. The rejection really caused her too much heartbreak. It was already dark when she decided to go home. There she found Bea had already finished cooking for her. And they were waiting for her. Amelia tried to be happy for them. At least that time, she was happy even though it was fake. But seeing how in love her brother and best friend were just made her more heartbroken. That was what she could never have. As the day passed, Amelia was like a zombie. She woke up every morning to fix their breakfast. While Marcus and Bea went on their run. Yes, Bea was already living with them when she turned eighteen. She was three months older than Amelia. And yes, Marcus and Amelia finally became okay because of the help of Bea. After their breakfast, Amelia fixed herself for her school. She managed
Amelia screamed in terror as she felt her body slowly fall off the cliff. She closed her eyes waiting for her body to feel the cold water and hard rock below. But instead, she felt someone grab her hands. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was hanging on the cliff. Amelia gasped as she saw deep down under her. “Oh my god!” she cried. Then she grabbed her other hand to whoever was holding her. “Don’t let go!” he shouted. Amelia’s heart was already pounding. Suddenly, her sadness went away. She was ready to end her life earlier, but she was terrified now. Seeing how deep the river was below made her knees tremble. The man slowly pulled her up. Amelia was relieved and crawled away from the cliff when she was finally safe. “Oh my god! I thought I was going to die already!” The man chuckled. “Wasn’t that what you were doing earlier?” Amelia held up her head. She saw a tall man smiling at him. He was covering the moon. That was why it looked like it was shining from beh
Before Marcus and Bea woke up, Amelia decided to go. She left a note at her study table for them. She was giving her blessings to them and telling them that she'd be okay and to not find her. The whole pack was still sleeping and the sky was still dark. Amelia inhaled the morning breeze as she walked outside. “I’ll be fine,” she whispered. She doesn’t know what will wait for him in the human city. But this was the best. She doesn’t want to cause any harm to their pack. ‘You are crazy, Amelia! You can’t go!’ Amelia sighed. Her wolf–beast had been telling her not to go. Lily was saying that she could sense their second mate was just near. But Amelia’s decision was already firm. She wanted to go. ‘This is the best, Lily. Just support me, please.’ ‘But you have me, okay? You are not a human!’ ‘But I am a Lycan, and it is still the same.’ Lily growled. ‘Then let’s go find our mate.’ Amelia shook her head. She decided not to answer Lily anymore. She kept on whining in her head.
‘Amelia, wake up!’ Amelia gasped and sat down as she came from drowning. She filled her lungs with more air as she looked around. “Where am I, Lily?” she asked. She was in a room it a big window. The room looked beautiful and very organized. She felt like no one was using the room. Her bag was on a big couch at the end of the bed where she was lying down. ‘We’re in the room of our mates! You passed out when you saw them!’ Amelia frowned. Yes. She finally remembered it now. She smelled the scent of her mate earlier. And to her surprise, she doesn’t have only one mate but two! Amelia gasped and touched her mouth. “Was it true? Do we have two new mates? Was it even possible? Lily! Answer me!” she asked. Amelia was already panicking because she had never heard of anyone having two mates. ‘Calm down, okay? Yes. Some wolves or Lycans can have two mates. Especially if they’re twins. Like our mates,’ Lily explained. ‘I can’t wait to see them again!’ “They are twins? Seriously?” ‘
The twins were silent as they were riding the car getting to their pack. Amelia kept on praying to the Moon Goddess that these two wouldn’t do anything when they arrived. She could see how it angered them to hear what they had just said. Grey was driving and Blue was in the passenger seat. Amelia was on her back, looking down and thinking about what she should do. ‘I should’ve told them about it,’ Amelia said. ‘Why not? Now, that Alpha's ex-mate of ours will know the consequences of what he did to you.’ ‘But, Lily. You know the reason why he did that. And I understand it, I am wolfless.’ Lily groaned. ‘Because I am not a wolf!’ ‘I know. But I should tell them about it.’ ‘Fine.’ Amelia cleared her throat. “Ahm. Blue. Grey. What are you doing with our pack?” Blue looked at Amelia from the rear-view mirror. “We were supposed to check out your pack and attend the appointment of your new alpha. But it looks like your new alpha was not capable.” “What do you mean?” “We wi
Amelia and Bea went home to their house. Marcus was there already waiting for them. Inside, Amelia explained to them what happened to her earlier and why she was with the twin princes. And how she ran away from their pack. “Never do that again, Amelia! You don’t know how much you made us worried!” Marcus said. His face was red already and they could hear a growl coming out of his throat. “I-I’m sorry, Brother. My mind was clouded. I just want to run away from this place.” “But why, Amelia? What did your bullies tell you? I swear I will report them to Alpha Chase now!” Bea exclaimed. “Yes! So what if you’re wolfless? We don’t care! You are my sister and you should be here!” Amelia looked away. She still had yet to tell them about what Nicolai did to her. She was thinking twice because Nicolai would be their next alpha. “Yes. I’m wolfless, brother. Because I am a Lycan. Do you know about this? Was our father a Lycan?” Amelia said. She couldn’t tell Nicolai. Marcus frowned.
Amelia tried to remove her hand. She could feel Vera’s nails slowly piercing her skin. It was also making her breathe hard and slowly, her vision went blurry. But she saw a familiar figure behind Vera. It was Nicolai, standing firm with a brimming authoritative aura. He looked at Vera’s friend who was holding Bea. The two immediately let go of Bea. “Let her go!” Bea shouted. “Vera,” Nicolai called his chosen mate. Vera turned her head and saw Nicolai. Her eyes widened and she immediately let go of Amelia. “N-Nicolai!” “Amelia!” Bea went to Amelia and helped her. She was coughing. “It’s okay now. Breathe.” “What is going on here?” Vera bit her lips. She looked at Nicolai and she saw that he was staring at Amelia. She frowned and went to Nicolai’s side. “Babe! They are being mean to me! They said I am not capable of being Luna because I am not your fated mate.” Vera pouted her lips and held onto Nicola’s arm. Nicolai growled and glared at Amelia. “Did you say that?” “No