Growing up alone is never easy.... Especially not when you're a werewolf like me. My names Leah Redwood and I'm the youngest daughter of the most important werewolf in the world, the king. He leads not only our pack but ensures all of the other ones follow the rules and that no wars break out. I bet you're thinking that it must be great to be me, right? Having such an important father must ensure that I get a bunch of attention and treated like a princess, right? Wrong. You see theres one thing I forgot to tell you; I'm a runt. My entire pack hates my living guts, but I guess I don't mind, not many of them are out right rude to me like they would be if my father wasn't the alpha, but they ignore me. I'm always picked on and bullied by kids my own age and I only shift into my wolf on full moons when its mandatory. You see, unlike most people changing into my wolf doesn't help me release stress. I tend to avoid it as much as possible. My wolf sometimes resents me for not shifting more often, but she understands. I think that being a runt affects her more then it does me to be honest. After all, children of alpha's are almost never runts. It doesn't help either me or my wolf's confidence that my older sister is perfect and supposedly showing signs of being one of the greatest alphas in werewolf history because of how powerful she is. That's why as soon as I got the chance I moved away from my pack to stay with my aunt Lora in L.A. for three years. You see, shes studying to be a doctor at a big medical school there and offered for me to come stay with her. I was supposed to be staying there the entire time I was in high school, but I suppose I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I just finished grade 10 and star forward of our soccer team, and, believe it or not, I'm actually quite popular. Me and my wolf have finally started comming out of our shell and letting people get close to us without wondering if we're going to get hurt. It just sucks that it wont last....
"I have to go back?!" I was frozen in horror, me and my wolf couldn't believe this, "What happened to staying to the end of high school?!" I could hear the pleading in my own voice, I felt like I was about to cry. She couldn't be serious.
"Leah I'm sorry but it's for your own safety. Theres been an increase in rogue attacks and he wants you to be somewhere safe." my aunt sighed. She didn't have to say who she meant by 'he', it was obviously my father.
"Since when has he given a damn about me?!" I demanded, and my aunt answered with a hug.
"Leah I know you don't want to go back.... but it's really for the best. How will you find your mate if you're in LA?"
At the word mate my wolf seemed to get nervous. You see, most of the time wolves reject their mates if they're runts like us. We were terrified of that happening and both me and her secretly wished we would never find our mates. My aunt obviously wasn't thinking or she'd have realised this.
"Theres nothing I can say that will allow me to say, is there?" I wanted to run up to my room and cry. This just isnt fair...
"Leah I'm sorry but I argued on the phone for hours on your behalf, he just wont allow you to stay," I nod in understanding, my aunt has never lies to me before and theres no reason she would start now.
Your just going to lie down and accept it?! My wolf asked in my mind, obviously upset. Leah! Please we can't go back there!! she whimpers, pacing around in my head.
look I'm sorry, but do you really think that I can disobey? He's the alpha, I have to listen. I try to reason with her, I know that she understands why we have to go back, but that doesn't mean either of us likes it.
"You should go pack," My aunt says with a tone implying the discussion is over, "You're leaving tomorrow."
"TOMORROW?!" My voice seems to rise three octives
My aunt merely nods and I run out of the room, upstairs and into my bedroom, slamming and locking the door. I shakily pull out my phone and call my best friend Cassie, who happens to be human.
"C-Cass?" I can hear the quivering in my voice, I feel like I'm going to cry.
"Leah?? Whats wrong??" The worry in her voice makes me want to cry even more, nobody's ever cared about me as much as Cass does since I was five.
"M-M-My dad's making me move back.." I closed my eyes, a tear dripping down my cheek
"What?! When?" Cassidy seemed in complete shock.
"T-Tomorrow.... I... I just found out.." I was having trouble not sobbing.
There was silence on the other end for a minute.
"I'll be right over LeeLee." She sounded determined
"Can you-" I started before she cut me off
"I'll bring everyone who matters." She assures me before hanging up. I wipe my tears and walk downstairs.
"Aunt Lora, Cass and the gang are comming down, can we order chinese?" She nods and picks up the phone to start ordering as I walk out and grab my suitcase from downstairs, bringing it up to my bedroom and tossing it on my bed. I sat down, and started to cry silently until my friends could come and say their final goodbyes.
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Runt Of The Pack
Kurt AdamBeing the runt, Leah doesn't fit in well with her pack, even though she's the alpha's daughter. That's why she moved to LA to live with her aunt while she's in high school. But when rogue attacks start getting more frequent, Leah's whole world is qu...
