Delinquent (Book 1 of The Athens Wolves Series) [complete]

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I have been locked in this hell hole for three years... just because I attacked my Alpha. I hate the stupid Juvenile system. I had to wait here until some other Alpha either accepted me or took down my other one. I talked to at least three alphas so far, some who come to try and help reform the men and also see if their beta's had a mate here. But for me, I have had no such luck.

But today is my 18th birthday... and I am being set free because I can officially become a rogue and my past is now behind me. Two years ago when I first shifted they gave me an hour to run around in my wolf form. I was a light brown and had an all-black muzzle and two black paws diagonal from each other.

"Prisoner 003234, Alpha Greg of the Full Moon Pack is here for you."

"I get to decline Hunter, I am out and a free wolf in about, 2 hours." I smiled at the guard and he glared.

"Until then Paxton, you are still in here. Now get up, get dressed and come with me." He threw some jeans and a white shirt at me and I glared at it before complying. If I fight back now I might not be released today.

I flipped the light in my room off and knocked on the door signaling that I was done. Hunter opened it and slammed the silver cuffs on my wrists and pushed me towards the visiting area. I walked in saw an Alpha and his Luna and felt confused. No one had ever brought another female here, especially a Luna. "How can I help you?" I asked sitting so they would feel free to as well.

"We want you to join us... our daughter is going down a bad path. I heard about you, how you stood up to your other Alpha. I have also heard you are the most disciplined around here." Alpha Greg spoke and I was about to speak when the Luna came towards me.

"Please. Reese, I know today is your birthday, and I know you are going to have a clean slate after you are released but wouldn't you like to know that a pack excepts you knowing who you are? We are ready to do that with just a little bit of your help." She begged and it was always hard to refuse a Luna who is begging you.

"I accept." I tried not to mumble but I hated the thought of being under another Alpha.

"Thank you." The Luna hugged me tightly and my hands were still restrained so she pulled back when the cuffs touched her. "They have silver cuffs here?" She asked appalled. Honestly I don't feel the pain anymore, regardless of the red rims around my wrists right now.

"Get these off of her!" Alpha Greg shouted in his Alpha tone and I just looked down while they explained that until he officially claims me into his pack they can't take them off.

"Alpha if I may," I waited until he was done glaring at Hunter. "In two hours I am being released anyways. If I promise to come to your pack on my own, in doing so, I gain your trust, can you leave me here and expect me?" I asked knowing this might be my only shot to be free, even for a moment. If they claim me now I will be held here until they have the ceremony prepared for my pack acceptance.

"Paxton! You can't ask that of an Alpha!" Hunter shouted at me and I bit my lip from shouting back.

"She can ask that of her future Alpha." The Luna shouted at him and I hid my smile. I think I am going to like this Luna.

"Reese, we live quite a way away... we would feel better if we could just take you once you get out." The Alpha set a hand on his mate and addressed me.

"I have been here for three years' sir, I really only got an hour in my first and only shift... I was hoping that a small journey would be good for me." I told him politely but I think I just angered the Luna more.

"You have only shifted once!? What kind of prison is this! That is inhumane! Well sort of! Every wolf must get the privilege to shift a day!" I winced when I heard the other guards coming through the door thinking that I must have done something to anger the Alpha and Luna. I was suddenly pushed to my knees and I knew I had had enough.

I snapped.

I stood back up as quick as I could and turned around slamming my fists into the guards face and he screamed and the others turned to grab me but I used the cuffs to burn them. None of them were wearing their special gloves.

I growled lowly and heard a gasp from behind me where the Alpha pair was. "They said you were the most behaved."

"I am. Sorry for wasting your time." I nodded and looked towards Hunter who was peeling himself off the ground. "Come on and take me back." I told him and went to wait by the door. He glared at me and I shrugged not looking back as I stepped through the doors.

An hour later I was told I was still being released because I was only defending myself against the guards and also since the Alpha and Luna demanded it of the 'alpha' of this place.

Instead of waiting another hour they released me then and there and gave me 100 dollars for food and a pat on the back, not really. I had a bag of clothes as well and once I was outside I shifted, not caring about the ripped clothes. "Oh and Paxton." I heard Hunter shout and I turned back to him in my wolf form.

"That Alpha pair still wanted you... they said that they were located over 120 miles east. If you were still interested." He told me and I contemplated it. I stopped for a minute and just relished in the feeling of being in my wolf form.

"Hey! Pup! Where are you going?" I heard someone whistle behind me but I kept running through the woods, finally free.

After about 80 miles I was feeling tired and hungry, not to mention it was getting dark out. I stumbled on a small town and dressed myself before heading into a small diner. I ordered a coffee and a small sandwich. I paid and then went back into the forest and shifted before curling up in tall grass and fell asleep.

I woke up again and headed east still. If they really wanted me then I would try and make it work. I knew that I could never make it as a rogue unless I did something about my past. Maybe if I gain the trust of the Alpha he can help me take down my other Alpha.

I made it to the border of their land and looked for a patrol or someone but when no one came I knew I couldn't just step on their land. I laid down and waited. It was still sunny out and it was making my fur warm. I was taking a nap when I heard a deep growl and I jumped up and got down in a defensive stance.

The wolf was older than me, by at least 20 years. He wasn't that much bigger than me, but just as any male wolf would be, he had some grey fur around his face giving away his age. He growled again and then snapped his teeth, I knew he was telling me to stay where I was. He went behind a tree where I noticed a basket had been put and shifted and clothed himself.

"Shift Rogue!" He shouted at me and I bowed my head. He was the Beta. I showed him a bag that I had when he was about to throw me a shirt and shorts.

I walked behind a tree myself and took deep breaths. "Alpha Greg and his Luna came to the Juvenile center two days ago, they said that I was still welcome here if I wanted. Is that true?" I asked coming out and looking him in the eye. I wouldn't submit unless it was.

"So you're the little girl who took down five guards with silver handcuffs?" He asked and looked me up and down not believing it.

"They weren't wearing their special gloves... it burned them just as much as me." I told him honestly and waited for him to answer the question.

"You are still welcome, come with me." His voice was gruff and he waved me across the border.

I walked behind him and saw that there were other wolves running around with things in their hands and smiles on their faces. I kept my head up and met everyone's eyes. Everyone started to stare and whisper, asking who I was, what I was doing here... why I looked like I did.

But I kept my head held high and walked through the lands towards the pack house. I knew I reeked of being an outsider, and that is how I drew a lot of people's attention.

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