Chapter 1 Chapter 1
When you have status in a wolf pack then your life is set. You have privilege, you have pretty much everything you can ask for. I used to have that. Until my father, the head warrior, died protecting the Alpha and then all of a sudden we were nothing to the top pack leaders.
My mother had never really had a job before. She met her mate when she was 18 and had me, which meant she stayed home with me and dad was the worker.
That was 5 years ago now. I still wonder how my mother managed to live through the death of her mate.
She’s the strongest woman I know. Especially after having our house taken off of us, our car, our entire life taken away.
We are now ranked lower than omega’s. My mother works endless dead end jobs just to pay the overpriced bills that the Alpha has given us and to put food on the table.
But I’ve noticed the decline in my mother since my father died. She doesn’t eat as much, she works too much, she doesn’t take care of herself, and the Alpha has since passed the reins on to his son who is just as ruthless and arrogant as he was as an Alpha.
My mother just wants me to get the hell out of this pack and find my own way in life. So I don’t have to suffer the same fate.
I woke up one morning and I looked out the window from the couch that I was sleeping on and it was pouring down rain. It was going to be a really crappy day.
I rolled off the couch and stumbled to the kitchen to get a coffee when I saw some hand picked flowers sitting in a vase and a note was sitting in front of them.
Happy Birthday Morgan,
I’m sorry I can’t be there to celebrate with you. But you have a good day. You’re finally 18. I can’t believe it. You’ve grown up so quick. I love you.
Love Mom.
“Wow. Mom really loves us.” My wolf Bella said in my head.
“We already knew that.” I said.
“I know. Are you going to have anything more than just coffee?” She asked.
“Yes, actually.” I said, opening a drawer and grabbing a packet of cigarettes. And I stood next to the kitchen window of our trailer as I lit it up.
“I still can’t believe you stole those. If you get caught then you are screwed. The Alpha will throw you in the dungeon.” Bella said.
“Would you relax? No one saw me.” I said.
“Yeah. You were lucky.” She said.
I went to the bedroom where the only closet was and I started going through my half of it and I grabbed a pair of frayed jeans, a black t-shirt and black boots.
I grabbed my bag and put a raincoat on and I left the trailer that my mother and I shared.
It took us half an hour to walk to school because everyone wanted us as far out of the way as they could. So we were in the middle of nowhere, just inside the tree line with no neighbors and in an area that doesn’t get patrolled much.
When I finally got to school I felt like a drowned rat.
I took my raincoat off and put it in my locker and I started getting my books for my first class.
There were only a couple of minutes to go before I had to be there.
I heard a group of people walking down the hall towards me.
I turned to look at them and I knew all of them. Some of them were old friends of mine and some I had never wanted to be friends with at all.
Now, they all hated me since we were looked down on by omega’s. Which is a rare thing.
As the group walked past me, I was still going through my locker when the guy at the front threw his shoulder into me and I hit the side of the locker with my face.
Him and his friends started laughing as they all kept walking, but I pulled my head back and felt a little bit of blood next to my eye.
“Asshole.” I said. And the group stopped and turned back to look at me.
“What did you just call me?” Ryan asked me.
“You heard me.” I said. And he gave his bag to his friend and walked over to me. He wanted to look down on me, but since I was unusually tall at 6 foot 1, no one could really look down on me.
“You really should be careful who you talk to like that. Or maybe we could go behind the gym and see what all the fuss is about. I heard that you’d give it up to anyone just for something to eat.” He said, moving a piece of hair out of my face.
I slap his hand away and he grabs me by the arms and he slams me back into the lockers.
That’s when I noticed a crowd starting to gather around us.
“Don’t ever lay a finger on me tramp, I outrank you.” He said.
“Go to hell.” I growled in his face.
He then slapped me across the face and when I pulled my face back, I wiped my hand across my mouth and saw a little bit of blood on it.
“You little slut.” He said.
“You know your problem right now?” I asked.
“And what’s that?” He asked.
“You’re standing too close.” I said. And I headbutted him in the face and he stumbled back a few steps, letting go of my arms as he did it.
I was able to move away from the lockers and Ryan lifted his head up with blood pouring out of his nose.
“You’re in for it now.” He said, rushing me.
But I quickly stepped off to the side and grabbed him by his hair and slammed his head into the locker and then I kneed him in the stomach. As he was crouched over, I kneed him in the face and he was flat on his back after that.
His friends looked like they were going to start advancing on me, and I was ready for that. Afterall, they are wolves. And wolves hunt in packs.
“What the hell is going on down here?” A booming voice came from the other end of the hall.
Suddenly all of the onlookers scattered and it was just me and Ryan left there with a couple of Ryan’s friends.
I looked up to see Principal Grayson storming towards us.
“Shit.” I muttered to myself.
“I asked a question. What the hell is going on here?” Grayson asked again.
“Isn’t it obvious? That piece of trash attacked Ryan.” Quinn said. Ryan’s girlfriend and my ex best friend.
“Would you please get him up and take him to the nurse? He’s bleeding all over the floor?” Grayson asked his friends. So they helped him up and they got him out of there and then Grayson walked over to me and tried to stand over me as well. Trying to intimidate me.
“What do you have to say for yourself?” He asked.
“Are you going to believe anything I say?” I asked.
“Get to my office.” He demanded. So I closed my locker and I went to Grayson’s office.
I was surprised when I opened the door and Beta Levi was standing there in his three-piece suit.
Grayson walked in behind me and he bared his neck to Beta Levi out of respect. Something that I never did because I don’t respect anyone in this pack anymore. I had no reason to.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“You’re coming with me.” Beta Levi said.
“I have class.” I said.
“Are you disobeying a direct order?” He asked.
I followed Beta Levi out of the office and we got in his car that was waiting at the front door for us.
We drove through town until we got to the packhouse and when I got out of the car I was suddenly very nervous.
I was shown inside and the packhouse looked pretty much the same as it did five years ago. The living room was off to the right, but Beta Levi took me through a couple of rooms to the left and down a hallway until we came to a large mahogany door.
He knocked on it and I heard a deep voice sing out for him to open it.
So he opened the door and I walked inside the office first, but Beta Levi shut the door behind me.
It was a pretty large office with a massive desk and Alpha Logan was sitting behind it in his finely pressed three-piece suit.
As soon as he looked up at me and I saw the firm sculpture of his face and his slicked back brown hair and green eyes staring at me, I started to feel dizzy.
The aroma of his scent finally hit me and Bella started going crazy in my head and I had to grab onto a chair to steady myself.
“Mate.” I said, shocked.