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The Unwanted Pack Daughter

The Unwanted Pack Daughter

Short Story · Werewolf
By:  EternityCompleted
Language: English
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Remorse Family

Familial Bond

Counter Attack

Inspirational

Alpha

Luna

Bias

Regret

Countdown

After our parents ended their marriage, my sister and I became the children they passed back and forth between two packs. Every August, the leaders of the two packs sat down to decide where we would live for the coming year. Both our names were on the agreement, but there was only one daughter they ever fought to keep: my younger sister, Lena. Mom wanted to take her to the coast for the winter. Dad had already promised to spend the next full-moon celebration with her. In the end, they agreed to go together so Lena wouldn’t have to choose. When it was my turn, Mom suggested a school dorm. Dad reminded her that I wasn’t his responsibility that year. Neither of them asked where I wanted to go. For years, I tried to be the easy daughter. I carried messages between them, broke up their fights, and made excuses every time they failed to show. They still missed my competitions, my awards ceremony, and my graduation. They didn’t even finish reading the college acceptance letter I sent them. So I stopped waiting. I accepted a full scholarship three thousand miles away, filed the paperwork to leave my mother’s pack, and bought a one-way ticket. By the time my parents sat down for our yearly handoff lunch and finally wondered where I was, I had already gone beyond their reach.

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13 Chapters
Chapter 1
I replied to the admissions counselor’s email.[I’ll attend the interview. If I receive the scholarship, can I enroll this fall?]She asked whether I had my guardian’s permission. I stared at the screen for a moment before typing back.[I’m eighteen. I don’t need it.]At the other end of the dining table, Lena was folding her napkin into a neat little square. “Does Nora not want to live in the dorms?”Mom paused with her fork halfway through picking the bones out of Lena’s grilled fish. Lena had never needed anyone to do it for her. She was simply used to someone always being willing.“If she doesn’t like it, that’s her problem,” Mom said. “The clinic is signing a long-term contract with North Ridge next month. I can’t drive home every day just to hear her snap at me over every little thing.”Dad pushed his glass aside. “Last year I missed one phone call, and she sulked for a week. Maybe dorm life will teach her how to get along with people.”That call had come on the first new-moon ni
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Chapter 2
Dinner ended with Mom wrapping Lena’s scarf around her neck while Dad texted his driver to bring the SUV around. They were still arguing over who should handle Lena’s training before tryouts.“My school fees still haven’t been paid,” I said.Mom pulled out her keys. “Your father is handling school expenses this year.”“She’s registered with your pack,” Dad said. “Don’t dump the bill on me.”“She’s your daughter.”“Funny how you remember that when you need my credit card.”The manager hurried over to open the doors for them. Two patrol officers watched through the glass as I stood between my parents with the overdue notice in my hand. Neither wanted to take it, as if the first one who touched the paper lost.Dad finally transferred the money. “Competitions, applications, one thing after another. Why do you sign up for so much? Good grades don’t mean you know how to live in a real pack.”“The scholarship application was free. This is my regular school bill.”He glanced at his phone. “The
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Chapter 3
The school held its annual awards night at the end of November. The student with the highest academic record was supposed to walk into the auditorium with their family and receive a medal onstage.Josie straightened my collar. “Your parents are really coming?”“They said they would.”I didn’t tell her how many times I’d heard that before. She could smell my nerves anyway, but she let it go. She slipped a peppermint into my palm and hurried off to claim a seat in the front row.Every other student had someone beside them. A grandmother held her grandson’s hand. One father was still wearing his paramedic uniform after a night shift. Just before my name was called, I saw Mom and Dad come through a side door.Someone recognized them and smiled. “You made it. Nora’s still waiting.”They hadn’t come for me.Lena’s patrol coach was evaluating her in the building next door. Mom had rescheduled a clinic meeting, and Dad had postponed a border inspection. They could both clear their calendars fo
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Chapter 4
On the last afternoon before fall break, Dad’s SUV pulled up outside the school. The medal from awards night was still in the front pocket of my backpack. Neither of my parents had asked to see it.Lena’s skis and a brand-new set of snow gear filled the back. Mom was adjusting her goggles while Dad freed a strand of her hair from the zipper of her jacket and promised they would inspect the slopes as soon as they reached the cabin.Their smiles faded when they saw me, as though I had interrupted a family moment that was never meant to include me.Mom recovered first. “You don’t enjoy snow training. Staying here to study makes more sense for you.”“I never asked to go.” I held out the overdue notice. “The cafeteria froze my account. You said you’d transfer my living expenses last week.”Relief flashed across her face. “We need to get on the road. Grant, send her enough to cover it.”Dad shoved his hands into his coat pockets. “It’s Sea Cliff’s year. You deal with it.”“She’s your daughte
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Chapter 5
Before the winter solstice, Sea Cliff and Black Pine hosted a joint dinner at a downtown event hall. Dad oversaw border patrol. Mom ran Sea Cliff’s pack clinic. Their territory and business interests had been tangled together for years, so whenever they fought in public, someone inevitably came looking for me to smooth things over.This time, they were fighting about Lena’s spring internship. Mom wanted her at the clinic. Dad wanted her with patrol.“She’s trained for almost six months,” Dad said. “You want her sitting at your front desk checking patients in?”“Better than dragging her up a mountain at midnight and bringing her home injured.”“Are you saying I can’t protect my own daughter?”The conversations around them died. The banquet manager approached with a pitcher of water, took one look at their faces, and turned to me. “Miss Hart, perhaps you could—”“Get Lena,” I said. “They’ll listen to her.”He stared at me in surprise. In previous years, I would have stepped between my pa
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Chapter 6
As the plane climbed, a sharp ache pierced the spot behind my ear. The bond didn’t snap with a sound. It simply vanished the moment we crossed the edge of Sea Cliff territory.My fingers tightened around the armrest. For a long time, I didn’t move.I’d imagined instant relief. Instead, the emptiness felt like walking through a house after all the furniture had been taken away and seeing its outlines on the walls. My wolf paced inside me, searching for the pack scent she had known since birth. When she couldn’t find it, she curled up and refused to come out.A flight attendant offered me water. I took two sips and emailed Ms. Bennett.[Everything is going according to plan. I’m on the plane.]I didn’t contact my family. They had received my acceptance letter, my graduation invitation, and copies of my transfer paperwork. Mom had responded to the request about clearing her storage room. Dad hadn’t responded at all.I had given them enough chances. I couldn’t turn the pain of leaving into
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Chapter 7
I landed in Portland to seventeen missed calls: eight from Dad, seven from Mom, and two from Lena. For the first time in my life, the family group chat was blowing up because of me.Dad wanted to know where I was. Mom demanded to know why I hadn’t discussed leaving the pack with her. Lena had written one message.[You could at least tell us you’re safe.]I answered her privately.[I’m safe. I’m already at school.]I wrote and deleted half a dozen replies to my parents before settling on one.[My withdrawal from Sea Cliff became official today. I sent both of you my acceptance in March. My scholarship will cover school, housing, and medical expenses from now on. If you need to reach me, text.]Dad responded almost immediately.[Call me. Now.]I didn’t.Ten minutes later, Mom sent a voice message warning me about the risks of living without a pack. Her tone was level and authoritative, the same one she used when a member ignored safety rules. She had no idea that I had already arranged t
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Chapter 8
Two months into the semester, Dad sent me an old picture. I was nine, grinning through the gap in my front teeth while holding a map booklet Black Pine patrol gave to young wolves.[I remember how much you loved patrol when you were little. I guess your research grew out of that.]I stared at the picture for a long time. I had found that booklet in a box of discarded supplies. Dad remembered seeing it in my arms, but he didn’t know I had read it until the cover came loose.He was finally searching for pieces of my childhood. He was years too late.Mom mailed me a box of clothes with a note that said, [It gets cold there.]Most of the clothes were things Lena had outgrown. One sweater still had her name written inside the cuff. I texted Mom that I would sort through what I’d left at Sea Cliff in the spring and she could donate everything else.[I’m not cleaning out old clothes,] she replied. [I’m trying to take care of you.]I didn’t argue. Care shouldn’t arrive in a box and leave the r
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Chapter 9
After New Year’s, Redwood received a formal request from Black Pine. The pack wanted to license our rescue model and map the communication dead zones along its mountain patrol routes.The request itself made sense. The problem was on the last page, where Dad ordered that I attend the training “in my capacity as a member of Black Pine Pack.”Dr. Miller forwarded the document. “You may take the job or turn it down. Your scholarship doesn’t depend on it.”“I’ll train them, but I’m not one of their members.”She sent the contract to legal, who rewrote it as an ordinary agreement between Redwood and Black Pine. The pack accepted the change immediately. Dad messaged me in private.[It’s one line in a contract. Do you really need to make a thing out of it?][Yes. You and Mom used lines like that to decide where I lived, who paid my bills, and who didn’t have to show up. My name is mine now. No one fills in that box for me.]The training took place over video. Black Pine’s deputy commander, se
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Chapter 10
Spring fieldwork began in a steady rain. Redwood, the county rescue service, and two nearby packs each sent a team into the mountains with portable radio repeaters. Our goal was to test the dead zones predicted by the model before another rescue went wrong.I was assigned to the eastern route with a research assistant named Callum. He could repair almost any piece of field equipment, but an old knee injury made him slow when he shifted. He had no problem admitting it.“Give me the equipment pack,” he said. “You can handle the sprinting.”I shoved a spare battery into his hands. “If you fall behind, I’m leaving a trail of granola bars.”“Make them chocolate, and we’ve got a deal.”We gave each other a hard time all morning, but we worked well together. That afternoon, one test segment produced results far outside the model’s range. I checked the coordinates and discovered that our map still treated a recently opened construction tunnel as solid rock.One of the partner representatives l
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