I can tell you the exact moment my life changed. Everything I knew was turned upside down. Being a kid left in the world without parents is daunting. It all started the day after I turned 13 and my little sister Ava, was 11. My father was the Alpha and my mother was his Luna. The Ice Moon pack wasn’t the largest one but we were formidable.
One day, my father was challenged and had no choice but to accept. I remember how worried my mom was. The wolf that challenged my father was Davien Stockholm. He wasn’t from our pack but he was massive in size even before he transformed. His dark hair fell to his shoulders and I remember wondering if he was a giant. My dad wasn’t as big but he was fast. Not many could rival his speed. As the giant lunged, my dad ducked and landed a blow to his stomach.
“Yes!” I fist-pumped the air.
“Go Daddy!” Ava screamed while copying my movements.
Davien grabbed his stomach and his head came down and my dad uppercut him in the face. There was a crunch as Davien’s nose broke and blood gushed out.
“Ew Mom!” I said in disgust. I looked at my mom to see her worried expression. “Don’t worry, Mom. Daddy can’t lose,” I reassured her.
She smiled but her eyes never left my dad. Davien fell to the ground and put his hand on the ground. My dad looked up and saw me staring at him. He smiled and winked at me and Ava.
I smiled back and my mom let out a scream. I looked up at her and then looked back at my dad. Davien had lunged at my dad and had pinned him to the ground.
My dad struggled against his hold but couldn’t break through it. Davien cocked an arm back and punched my dad in the face. Over and over again. I stared in shock as my dad’s face became unrecognizable.
“Stop it! Stop it, please!” I screamed. Ava was crying hysterically. Davien stopped and turned to me and my mother. He looked down at my dad. “Give me the title and I will spare you and your family.” My dad’s eyes were covered with blood.
“I, Eduard Biscoff, step down as Alpha from the Ice Moon pack and declare Davien Stockhom as the new Alpha. In exchange, Davien Stockholm has promised my family and I, our lives.”
After that day, my parents and I were cast out from our pack. We were declared rogues. I’d never lived anywhere but with the pack and the same could be said for my parents. My father didn’t know how the human world worked but he grew up building the pack up along with his father.
He was determined to save us from going rabid. So, he decided to move us to a human city where they both could try to get jobs. It wasn’t easy but with what we were able to salvage. They bought a small house.
We had a roof over our head and they both searched for jobs and put me and Ava into human school. It was hard for all four of us to adapt. We weren’t used to the eerie silence now that we weren’t a part of the pack.
We couldn’t even link each other. I honestly think if we didn’t have each other, we would have gone insane, or rabid like other rogues. Thankfully, we could almost fill the void with our little family.
It was quiet without a pack but we made it work. My dad got a good job as a contractor and my mom eventually got a job as an accountant for a small company.
He’d come home and tell us about the newest house or business he was working on. Mom would be cooking in the kitchen and I’d listen to him go on and on. When he finished a project, he’d drag us out of there and we’d marvel at his work. Every day went by filled with dad’s stories and mom’s food.
We couldn’t go for runs or be a part of the forest because we lived in the city. I think that killed mom and dad the most. Their wolves suffered and they were easily irritated but we were able to make it work.
“Just wait until you see this one!” he told us one day after work. We were going out to check dad’s latest project. He’d been working on an internet cafe packed with the latest PCs and equipped with a small coffee section where baristas would make beverages.. He was excited to show us the section where customers would order fresh hot sandwiches when they would get hungry. He was excited to be working with something tech-related.
On the way to finally see this new place in person, we were hit by a semi-truck and I woke up to a room with machines beeping and an oxygen tube down my throat.