I was born 10 minutes after my sister Lily and that is what unfortunately set my fate. You see my mother only wanted one pup, instead she got two. My twin sister Lily was the princess to my mother and I was what she called the spare. That is my name "Spare". Spare Williams.
My sister had sunny golden hair, golden tan skin, bright green eyes and a body to die for. I on the other hand had dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, pale skin and a body not so much to die for. My father said that he got a daughter like his mother and one like his mother in law. I took after his mother; I never knew my grandparents on my father's side; they both died before we were born. My mother's parents, on the other hand I wish I did not know. They were mean, cruel, and judgmental.
My father Erick, is the younger brother of our current Alpha Michael. He is always gone on business trips, checking on allies, and the various businesses that the Pack owns. My mom was on several committees and everything had to be perfect. Well that is except for me, no matter what I do or how well I do it, it is never enough. As I got older, I started to care less and less about mothers perfection.
Mostly I just stayed away or in the shadows, I wasn't allowed to eat with the family. When I was younger I would wait for them to go to bed, so I could steal food from the kitchen. Now with my job, I can just buy the things I needed.
My bedroom was in the attic, I had a mattress for a bed, a blanket, and a pillow. An old dresser for what little clothes I had. Over the years they would put all their old junk up here, so I added things as they came along.
I went to the same school as all the other pack members, I was pretty much invisible, except when Lilly wanted to show off to her snobby friends. We turned 19 last month.
I kept my grades a secret from my family; I am a junior because my sister flunked the 9th grade, my mother had my sister and me redo the 9th grade. She told everyone that I was the one that was too stupid to pass, Lilly the saint that she was had stayed back with me for support.
I will be graduating with the seniors, I take advanced classes with the help of some of my teachers. I have completed my entry level classes for college. I want to be a doctor.
As soon as graduation is over, I am leaving. I have enough money saved up from my job, I have to keep that hidden as well or Lily will find it. God only knows what she would do with it. I worked my tail off cleaning hotel rooms for every penny I have, the thought of her getting it makes my skin crawl.
Lily gets three hundred dollars a month to spend on frivolous things, not that she pays for her clothes or anything else like gas for her new car. I know I sound like I'm envious, well maybe a little. It's because she gets all the love and attention, while I'm not even allowed to use the front door.
That reminds me "The Grandparents" are coming over tonight for dinner. It doesn't matter anyway it's Friday, I picked up an extra shift at the hotel. I would like to say that work at least gives me some friends to talk to, but it doesn't. It's just me and the cleaning cart.
Every day I tell myself, soon. There is one girl I am friendly with, she is an Omega and is kind of invisible like me. We used to chat almost every day but she just disappeared a week ago. I tried to look around and ask a few pack members, but I don't want or need any extra attention, I just hope she is ok.
Thank the goddess for my one and only true friend my wolf, Artemis. She is so beautiful, a white wolf with black on the tips of her paws. Her eyes are even darker than mine. She is fast, very fast. She has kept me sane growing up and is my motivation when I sometimes feel like giving up.
So here I am pushing my cleaning cart from room to room, you really don't understand how nasty dirty people can be till you work as a maid in a hotel. It truly makes me wonder what their houses look like. I knock on the door, there is no answer, so I knock a little louder. nothing. I use my key and open the door just a little to say, "Housekeeping, any one here?" again nothing. So I grab some supplies and head on in.
The bathroom is first on the left, so I start there. I turn on the light expecting the usual carnage, I am surprised when it is neat. I clean everything and restock the extra's. I then turn on the light for the main room and I gasp, there on the floor is a naked man, I think he is unconscious. I sigh, just what I need another drunk.
I grab a towel off the cart and cover his unmentionables. Then I reach down and shake his shoulder, that was when I saw the blood running down his face. Oh, god, he is hurt!. I shake him gently one more time and he moans.
"Sir, can you hear me?." he moans again, this time he is starting to move. He rolled over on his back, I was thinking of going to the front desk for help. I can't afford a phone, so I couldn't call.
He is a big guy, very tall, well-built tan skin, dark hair and when he opened his eye's they were so unusual, they were a bright gold that seemed to have a life of their own. His scent was intoxicating a combination of the deep woods and rain. She could tell that his wolf was looking back at her to. She backed away a little.
"I'm sorry if I was too close, you were unconscious. Are you ok? Let me get a cold wash cloth for your forehead."
Duncan woke to the sweetest voice, he almost thought that he was still dreaming. Then he remembered how he ended up on the floor naked. His wolf, Apollo assured him that he was healing. Nothing to worry about.
That is when she came back with a cold wash cloth, it took the sting out of the cut, her scent hit him it was a strange combination of roses and peppermint. She was gorgeous, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Both Duncan and his wolf spoke at the same time. "MATE!".