Raven POV
It's been a few months since my mother collapsed and I'm not sure how I should be taking things. I feel numb. A part of me should be happy about this because of the way she has been treating me the last 6 years, but she's my mother. I have been going through the motions of my days and putting all my effort into becoming the best warrior this pack has ever seen especially after all the rogue attacks we have been experiencing. I would love to be on the battlefield helping out my fellow warriors, but the Alpha doesn't deem females to be worthy of fighting alongside him even if I am the best female warrior we have here. The Alpha announced we have the Top Warrior and future Alpha of the Opal River Pack coming today to assist with training and appoint a new Top Warrior for us so that we are more prepared for the next attack. My only focus is hoping they notice my skills as a warrior and either help me improve or report my skil
Raven POVI got pushed out of my thoughts by Maximus, the Beta's son, who bumped into me on the walk back to my house. I'm not sure what his problem is, but since he turned 18 he has been an absolute dick to me. Maybe he's upset because Heather didn't turn out to be his mate, but that doesn't explain why he's so cruel to me. I've never done aything to him."Move out of my way slut." he sneers in my face. Why he calls me a slut and all other derogatory remarks is beyond me. Last I checked I'm a virgin who hasn't even been kissed before, but not like I'm gonna tell him.I've learned the best way to get through this is to stay quiet and that way he will get bored and leave me alone. I have Penelope with me and I know he won't do anything to her, but she will definitely do something to him or say something that could get her in trouble so I give her the 'don't do anything' look and hope she listens.I dropped my he
Allistar POVI,ve been walking the packgrounds in search of my mate for the last couple hours and haven't been able to catch her scent yet. Right as I was about to give up I'm able to catch that amazing scent of Peaches and Honerysuckle. I don't think I could ever grow tired of that smell. It smells like love and comfort. I'm practically jogging at this point following her scent. I can't wait to meet her and spend every moment of my life making her happy. All the waiting is finally worth it because I found my mate. Nothing could ruin this moment.Weird, I'm going towards the packhouse, but I was told no one lives here except the Alpha and Beta families. That doesn't make sense, I already met everyone in the Beta and Alpha families and there weren't any daughters. Maybe it's the Gamma's daughter, but why is she at the packhouse when they don't live there. If I had taken the time to really think then I would've remembered that
Allistar POV I jolt awake after hearing my alarm. I had a few moments of peace before the memories of what happened yesterday came rushing back. I sit up in bed and take just a minute to prepare myself for today. We came here for a reason and that's what I need to focus on, I can't let my personal issues effect our mission. All I can do at this point is try and get this over with as soon as possible and hopefully leave earlier than expected. Leave this pack and the pain of the rejection behind. I'll never have to see Heather again which is the best I can pray for at this point. I finally get out of bed and throw on some grey work out shorts, no need to shower since I'll be sweating all day and I already showered last night. Let's get the first day over with. I have a feeling the warriors are gonna test my authority all day and strong chance they won't respect me, but I'm not here to earn respect. I'm here to do my job an
Raven POVSo, this is the Top Warrior from the Opal River pack. I don't even know his name and yet he calls me to the front to show me "basic moves'. If only he knew how well trained I actually am then he wouldn't be choosing to embarass himself right now. As far as I'm concerned his ignorance needs to be taught a lesson. This is going to be the most fun I've had in awhile. It is taking everything in me to keep a straight face instead of smirking like I would love to do."You know my name, but I don't know yours. I don't think that's very fair, do you?" I ask with the most innocent voice I can muster."You're right. It's not fair. My name is Allistar, I am the Top Warrior of the Opal River pack." No shit Sherlock. Goddess, men are so aggravating. "I was told she-wolves don't train in this pack so I'm wondering why you are here. I personally think all she-wolves should be trained and I'm hoping you can help me change t
Raven POV Today is the day I turn 18 and am able to find my mate. I'm not sure how to feel about the whole mate thing. It would be amazing to find my mate and be loved for the rest of my life, but at the same time I don't want a mate becasue he might be a bad person. I know that the Moon Goddess makes our mate the perfect other half of us so it would be crazy to think I'd have a horrible mate, but looking back on my life I don't seem to have the best luck. All I can do at this point is hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Penelope slept in my bed last night with me because she didn't think I should sleep alone the night before my birthday. She assumes my mate will be the one sleeping in my bed with me. She is so optomistic when it comes to love, but she doesn't realize how bad some mates can treat eachother. It's not all happily ever after all the time. She is so innocent and I hope for her sake that she gets a c
Allistar POVAfter finishing training I decided to just head back to the guest house and just take some time by myself. i know I put on a good front today looking like everything was ok. Like I wasn't being ripped apart from the inside, but you can only pretend for so long before you get tired. I wanted a chance to break down before Dimitri got back. I know I have to tell him when he gets back so for now I decide to shut my door and lock it. I take my workout shorts off and hop in a cold shower to cool down from the exhausting day I had. After probably only a couple minutes my first tear slides down my cheek, at this point I just let it all out. I'm not the only one feeling the lost hope, my wolf has been howling in my head since the rejection yesterday. He is more effected by the rejection than I am because the mate bond is through our wolves so they feel things 10 times worse than their human counterpart. Considering the pain I'm
Raven POVThe second I step out the front door, I freeze. All I can smell is mint and chocolate which I know belongs to my mate, but if I'm beeing honest it's not as appealing as I thought it would be. Isn't your mate's scent supposed to be irresistable? There's only a moment where I question why he doesn't smell as good as I thought he would, but once I look up I understand why. Why he doesn't smell amazing to me, why he's been an asshole, why for some reason it hurt more when he would call me names like whore and slut. I get it now and I'm prepared for what's about to come. A part of me is still sad about it, but I'm sure that's my wolf or maybe it's because of what the future holds. Once my eyes meet his blue ones I hear my wolf yelling 'Mate'. Fuck."Well well well, I was told you turn 18 today so I thought I would come over and wish you a Happy Birthday." He has a sinister smirk on his face. He's known all along and sti
Allistar POVI wake up even more exhausted than the night before. I need to figure out a way to get some sleep or this is just going to get worse and I won't be any help in training the warriors. Waking up after a night plagued with dreams about the black wolf and its piercing green eyes is a nice change from the dreams about Heather. I'm not sure what to make of my new dreams or this wolf. I've never come across a wolf that looks like it so I'm assuming it's not someone I know or atleast not someone from my pack. I wonder who it is and why I'm dreaming about it. Usually an unknown wolf would put me on high alert, however this one almost makes me feel at peace. Like I've known it my whole life.I'll have to think about this later because right now I have training to get ready for. I focus back on reality and quickly throw on some black shorts and head to Dimitri's room to wake him up. He is almost always late waking up, neve