My heart was beating rapidly as I slowly lowered myself to the floor, I was folding laundry as a sudden pain to my chest started to slowly spread. I know this feeling, my heart ached it was all too familiar not only do I have nightmares about my mate claiming another I relive it every damn day. Wiping the tears from my face I painfully rose snatching my phone from the floor where I had dropped it earlier I quickly dialed my best friend Zena.
I sighed in relief as she answered on the first ring. "Naia? What's wrong? You hate calling" came Zena's panicked voice.
"Its Theo he's at it again" I managed to say between the painful pants. I immediately heard a deep growl on the other end- Riah Zena's wolf was at the surface she was pissed.
"That mother fucking bastard!" I heard Zena on the other end. "I'm on my way!" The call ended.
I was slowly making my way to my emergency bag stored in the hallway of Alpha Theo's luxurious home, this had never felt like home to me. I was Luna to The silver forest pack all members were kind to me, possibly out of pity. I had never received my wolf like I thought I would at the age of 18. Both my parents were werewolves my grandparents were werewolves, when I received no wolf on my eighteenth birthday at midnight, I caught the look passed between my parents and grandparents who were eagerly awaiting, expectant of a new arrival of thier own. Nothing but encouraging words came from my family, support and love. But that gnawing feeling remains until this day, that there is somthing wrong.
Two years prior:
On my eighteenth birthday Alpha Billy's son;Theo came to the party Zena had thrown for me. Theo immediately came to my side and exclaimed "Mate!" The look in his eyes were of joy and confusion. I could see it on his face, he knew. The only people who knew I had no wolf were my parents, grandparents and Zena, only my closest loved ones could detect that I had no wolf and I was expecting a rejection but instead he takes my hand gently and whispers "You will be my Luna and bear my pups but never my mark".
I was dazzled by his charming nature having always been a secret crush of mine since first starting school at a young age. His hand in mine felt hot and sweaty, I felt no sparks like every other couple had described, no tingles or pull to Theo. His handsome eyes stared into mine and then I was reminded that we weren't alone Kyla's sweet sing song voice came into the kitchen where we were standing and I immediately jumped back and started pouring myself a drink, I could drink anyone in my pack under the table except my own family and Zena due to practice.
"Hey baby, there you are". Kyla came to wrap her arms around Theo's waist and leaned into him.
Kyla was gorgeous beautiful long blonde hair sky blue eyes and a tiny waist compared to my voluptuous hips and thighs and breasts. Standing at 5.5 I was an average size female in my pack. Kyla on the other hand was a delicate porcelain doll.
Zena, Kyla and I used to be best friends growing up, throughout high-school things changed she started taking an interest in Theo and became obsessed with becoming Luna, even spending time with his parents. She was still so kind I couldn't imagine ever hating her, she may just hate me after finding that Theo is "apparently" my mate.
Theo standing at 6.5 leaned into Kyla and whispered into her ear. I looked away in embarrassment feeling awkward. There was much to discuss between Theo and I, I had not accepted this fate and had barely enough time to talk. Kyla glanced at me curiously then smiled warmly and then proceeded to move towards me she wrapped her arm around me and said " Naia come let's dance like we used to!" Kyla pulled me into one of the many rooms in Zenas fancy house where the music was blasting. The party was in full swing, I have to admit Zena did a phenomenal job at party planning. There were couples hooking up in corners and strong drinks and smokes passed around. We stopped in the middle of the room and started to dance, I felt eyes on us from everyone in the room as we were moving to the beat. I was dressed in a deep red dress if you could call it a dress it was showing off my entire right thigh up until it reached the frangipani birthmark sitting at my hip and came down in a V shape just past my groin.
It was a beautiful piece that Zena had begged me to wear just for tonight.
Thinking of Zena I felt her presence nearby, I then felt her hug me from behind. She looked radiant, glowing even, smiling at Kyla we danced to Cardi B' song 'like what', I found it amusing that we all knew the lyrics after some giggles and outrageous dance moves the vibe changed. Zena and I caught a look from Kyla we understood immediately, Theo was approaching. We unknowingly moved at once towards the patio, the party was overflowing enough that our scent would be covered. I took a deep breath of fresh air enjoying the cool breeze, my long dark hair reaching to my hips bristles in the gentle wave of the wind.
I glanced at Kyla expecting an explanation for the sudden change in mood. She stared at me looking nervous she was biting her nails.
" Look we don't have long Theo will be out looking for us, I just needed a minute with you he asked me to dance with you- that sick bastard! Look I heard and saw, your his mate." She quickly rambler off.
I stood there in complete shock that Theo would ask us to dance together not expecting my old friend and I to get along, or possibly to entertain his wild thoughts. I felt disgusted, this couldn't possibly be the man I was mated to.
Kyla continued " What I really wanted to understand is why you have the same mark as mine in the exact same spot? I mean I have my theories but I have never seen that birthmark on anyone else". She looked deep in thought, then pulled her own dress up a little to show me the identical mark to my own sitting just below her hip almost at her inner thigh.
I gasped in shock, looking from the birthmark to her eyes and then to Zena's worries expression. I couldn't say anything about Zena, that was up to her but I knew Zena also had the very same mark in that very spot.
I just thought it was because we were best friends and grew up together from the age of two, Zena was blessed by the Moon Goddess with her wolf Riah at the early age of 16, on Riah's first transformation she immediately recognised me as a sister and our bond was strengthened, although we both have our own parents they are very close . In The silver forest pack everyone has the arrival of thier wolf on thier 18th birthday, we'll that is except for me.
Zena looked at Kyla took a deep breath and lifted her own dress. " I too have the exact same mark, I'm unsure why but it's always been there".
Kyla look deep in thought still " come to think of it we are the same age, I have asked everyone I know about this mark and have found nothing-"
"There you are! Baby I was searching for you! Dont leave me like that again!" Theo rudely interrupted Kyla and went straight to Kyla embracing her.