Chapter 101

The taxi arrives a bit late from the time they said they were coming but I wasn't in a rush. I was just eager to leave this place and this pack. It was never mine and the people would never like me. I saw it pointless to stay here any more longer than I have.

Getting into the car, I give out instructions to stop by the Alpha's house to drop off the manila envelope. I was hoping to find Claire but she was not at home, neither was Aiden but I knew this. I knew he was going to be out at work. But I did find an elderly looking woman who was happy to deliver the documents to my soon to be ex-husband.

I would have liked to leave a note for him, but what would I possibly say to him. I just needed to be out of this place and started with my new life.

I ask the driver to drop me off at the bus stop. When he does I pay him and watch him leave. The decision of where I was going had finally come. I had to make this quick if I didn't want to be questioned why I was leaving the pack.

At this moment changing states did sound like the best solution I would come up with so I took it. I was changing states. At the moment we were in Oregon the only place I have ever known. Werewolves from these parts are not known for traveling a lot. So the only werewolves I have ever known have been from here.

Thinking of joining a pack was hopeless, I didn't know how they were going to receive me but I didn't want any surprises. Sticking with myself was the way to go. It would also be helpful in a way that no one was going to guess where I was. They would never even think that I was mingling among the humans when we have a really threatening situation involving the humans in the town.

Finally making a decision, I patiently wait for the bus to arrive so that it could drive me out of this place, my past.

It was funny how automatically I identify this place, this pack as my past and not the life I have lived with my mother. Of course I have only stayed here for a minimum of three months but that was enough to make me consider this life my whole life. To me it made sense and I was leaving it behind.

I kiss Rafe and Raven's foreheads and whisper words of encouragement to them but I was addressing myself. It was going to be hard for me to forget the life I had here. I know it was going to be hard to adapt to the new environment but with time I know that it was going to be okay. I was going to get used to it like I did this place.

This was going to be a long journey since I was changing states. I was about to get to the train station to board the train that was going to get me across state to the other. I do finally get my ticket for the train and was lucky that the train was set to leave soon. I didn't have to wait.

Aboard the train, I drift in and out of sleep while I think about our new lives, I take note to visit the doctor as soon as I got there in good time. on the ride I did get nauseous a few times and s spinning head. Maybe I was just too stressed and tired, but I had to be sure.

I didn't know if the doctor I found would allow to see me with no appointment or what so ever. I just hoped he had a kind heart to see me anyway.

Time passed on like this, me getting in and out of worries as the land scape passed in a blur. I didn't even notice any of the places we were passing. It was like I was in a mirage. On the other hand, my babies were so interested in the new things they got to see out the window.

Caressing their hair as I softly massage their scalp, I smile at them "My little scientists aren't you." I say unknowingly. Rafe's head picks up as he looks with interest at me, like he was trying to ask what scientist means.

Fluffing his head, I laugh and explain in the easiest way I could come up with. "Well Rafe, a scientist is a person who likes to find out stuff" I say. As if that was explanation enough he drops his head back to watching the fast moving objects out the window.

We finally arrive. California. So typical of me to run to this place right. Its like every girl who runs away first thinks of this place, especially if you want to hit it off in the arts department. But I wasn't here to get famous, I was here to hide and start afresh.

California was a big state, I would have chosen to go anywhere here but I chose San Francisco. I wanted to be in a city that was very close to the water. In Oregon, we used to stay more east of the state that I never really had the chance to see the water.

Navigating my way around the city was a whole different story, this was a big city and I was not used to such. But I did find my way eventually. I was looking for an apartment that would suit my budget and was clean enough for me and my pups.

I made that mistake of calling my toddlers ‘pups' in front of a person I was inquiring from. I had to learn to call them human if I wanted to get away with this whole thing. I was alone now with no pack to protect me, I had to be more careful.