a's

black jeans and a brown hoodie. I am out of place, but I stand right behind so that no one notices me. The gi

se of what's happening in the middle of the room. Everyone is so quiet, I wonde

some man I saw! He is easily the tallest person in the room, his mother looks so small beside him. He has a buzz cut and his eyes are a kind of piercing brown. The girls are rig

oke dances around– she is blessing him."May your reign be greater than your father's." Sh

oesn't want to be there. Quite a strange boy. S

. Sherry owes me one for this. I concentrate on ma

, and inhales dramatically. "Oh, the moon goddess

reason why he is tolerating this. His mother bites

say, great se

so widely that I fear

in the room with us." T

fingers and their daughters run toward them. They adjust their hair and dresses. The young Alpha rolls his

s words not understood by any of us. She is barefoot, her dr

I see the way the faces of the girls fall with disappointment as she passes them. Who

re I stand. I focus on the video, I want to captur

us the chosen one!" The seer

e someone bursting with relief. A girl has been picked. She is shaken with un

asks in a shaky v

you." The seer shakes

e way immediately and boom, the spo

ne into my pocket. I look behind me, but there is

I touch

e moon goddess has chosen her, she is

ause they don't even know who I am. I'm not an

t to run out of here, but my legs won't move! I am standing there

e. He doesn't like me, I can tell immediately. This has got to be a bad dream

ay

olding our cleaning equipment, she looks b

*

an hour. My mother has been staring at the wall, she hasn't spoken to me,

r hand, begging h

he is pretending lik

." I croak with built-up t

a." She looks at me with pain. "W

ever happened. Another girl would have probably been picked, we would hav

gend around here, seeing her up close makes me shake. She is very beautiful, she is the Luna of this pack, and she

pposed to go straight to the car, w

just being a normal teenager." Mrs Blood

t this woman would have never touch

uches. "I've kept you here too long,

ther as we sit gingerly. The pre

d. We should appoint a new one." She chuckles and waves off

ale c

of the pack, Naya here gets a scholarship till she is done with school, and I will give you a n

w the way the young Alpha looked at me, he didn't like me even a bit and

s the best day of my life! Me and my

with a smile on her face,

e accepted this offer already? She sighs

mistake?" She asks. "If it's a mistake, that means

ods, that's not important. This is a wi

t my daughter won't

rs Bloodt

My heart

ut? Is she crazy? "Mum, what

le this." Sh

he is vexed that my mother is rejecting this offer. "You d

ank you for everything, I will be back to c

ts me to my feet. I try to protest, but

slightly. "May your husband rest in peace

*

e money, and she knows that I need the scholarship, so why did she do something as foolish as rejecting it? She has taken my

, but not after she has warned me not to speak to a

oms off. I inhale deeply, gathering m

s normal, they all hate me. I have barely gone to my locke

you doing, Sh

of my texts or my calls?" She fl

hit her shoulder. "What's up w

the look on Sherry's fac

the texts I sent." She sighs. "Don'

king about?" I narrow m

ms her face. She can

ced a bounty on your head. Anyone who can get you to a