Miss Independent (COMPLETE) **SAMPLE**

Chapter 1

Picture of Kaia above^

Fire. It was everywhere. Consuming all that it touched with no exceptions and it grew taller by the second. The blood curling yells of people around me drowned my thoughts as I looked around me. Men, women and children alike all ran frantically either carrying the wounded or grieving the fallen. Some were charred from the fire or covered in ash from the smoke but they shared one thing in common; the look of fear in their eyes.

A rough series of coughs shook me but I still pulled myself to my feet. "Saige! Elios!" I screamed out for my siblings in hopes to find them in the chaos. But all I got in return were more screams of pain from other members in my pack.

"SAIGE! ELIOS!" I screamed louder, holding my throat in support. It felt dry as desert and the hot atmosphere brought tears to my eyes. I wobbled forward and scanned the people around me to find them but they were nowhere in sight. "Fuck. Where are they?" I asked myself.

I hit the ground suddenly when I felt a great weight hit my back and two loud thuds hit the ground beside me. I grunted in pain from my injuries and slowly brought myself to my knees to at least see what hit me.

Looking over to my side, I let out my own ear-splitting scream as my eyes took in the sight of the heads of my siblings; their eyes are lifeless and they skin paled. Hysterical sobs shook me as I crawled to them and held them tight to me.

"Why are you doing this?!" I cried to no one in particular but hopefully the person who did this heard me.

"All hail Luna Kaia" a dark, deep voice growled behind me. I gasped within my sobs and whipped my head around to look at this monster in the eyes. But all I can see was a muscular, tall figure of a man; the only features I can make out were his glowing red eyes but he appeared as a shadow.

"Who are you?!" I screamed, holding onto the heads of my siblings tighter; their blood dripping down my body.

He smiled. He fucking smiled and threw another head at me. A head of a man. But he had no face. A faceless man but one look at his head broke something in me. As if my body was catching from the inside, destroying every organ in my body.

"WWWHHHYYYYYY?!" I howled into the air.

I sprung up in my bed, breathing heavily as I tried to calm my rapidly repeating heart. I quickly looked around me and almost cried with joy when I realized I'm safely in my room. I sighed in relief and looked at my clock beside me. It read 6:30 am.

"It was just a nightmare Kaia" I chanted to myself repeatedly until the wolf within me calmed enough for me gain feeling back in my limbs. I threw the comforter off of me and quickly walked out of my room to check on Saige and Elios. I walked down the hall and slowly poked my head into Saige's room. Another wave of relief washed over me as I saw her peacefully sleeping beside her mate in her bed.

I closed her door and walked across the hall to do the same with Elios. There he was sleeping soundly in his outer space bed sheets. Finally, with my heart at ease, I can go on knowing my family is safe. I smiled at his sleeping form and closed his door gently and made my way back up the hall towards the stairs. Jogging down the stairs, I heard below the front door open and a bunch of hushed voices and obnoxious giggles. I rolled at my eyes in annoyance with what I know I will be facing once I reach the bottom.

I slowed my pace to a stalking prance so they wouldn't notice my presence right away. "Shhhh! Guys, we need to be......super........quiet" a male wolf slurred in between burps to his friends as they practically crawled in the pack house. There were 5 of them; two girls and three guys. All drunk off their asses.