THE ALPHA'S PROPHECY

VIL'S

grassy floor, several th

passing day. Her inner wolf stirred within her chest, pacing anxiously beneath

igail communicated throug

a whimper than a command. She longed for freed

Their world is difficult to understand. I

missed her friends: Aiden, Lupus, Maxin. They would play, laugh, and transform freely, chasing each other th

e, everything

rits weren't. Transforming was forbidden. Showing their true nature was dangerous.

uman world is like hiding

fur," Abigail growled

round. The woods were quiet,

... but jus

rom disuse. Bones cracked, twisted. Her skin rippled, fur sprouting in streaks of oxbl

il wa

trees with a low, happy growl. But the joy of freedom

wounded

es raised. Following the sound, she darted through

, a wolf. He looked sick-his fur matted, eyes sunken, ribs

y shifting back to her human form. She crouched beside

ans again. Always caging what

nd Abigail's to lift the latch and pry ope

ggered out a

ned. His body shifted into that of a young man-around 5'6, lean but

hing into a small smile.

inked. "R

ange passed between them-an odd

u doing here

a lie. You're a wolf too. It's been years sin

rowed. "How long h

et's say... five years

d in disbelief.

prised. My parents... they broke the Circle's law. Dad marr

Circle was the highest law among all

Soro continued. "Then came threa

ena whispered. "

But listen, Rowena. Learn to blend

tried. I really have. But

t yet," he said cryptically, hi

d, "It's late. I should go," then tran

ke that...

Soro lingered. Som

-

Her mother hummed quietly in the kitchen, but her father sat stiffly

lace "home," but it

inted windows. Its eerie architecture made people uneasy-and Rowena too. Kids

things were

r or stared too long. Whispers a

ir's so..

ke she's from a

Fre

ed genes gave her slightly sharper features, eyes too brigh

rticular-Ella-

every jab, w

Rowena

n purpose, laughing, "

the las

She grabbed Ella's arm and

IVORA

ed being. It caused fever, halluci

pread like

ipal's office. Her father cam

principal said coldly. "This isn't the first complaint. F

ce the first day," the as

he office, listening t

weary but composed. "It's

ithout an

he end of her tim

em knew was-Ella's

nly the