The Gift

Unexpected Meetings

      Briiiiiiing! Briiiiiiing!! Briiiiiing!!!! Oh my god why does it sound like my alarm clock is raising its voice and yelling at me. Sheesh, I thought while I pressed the button alarm thingy off. Ouch, I tripped over my slippers. This is why I need more sleep. I put on my slippers tiredly before getting up. I wonder why I decided to get up early. Oh, right. School. As I'm getting ready I remember it is the girl's birthday. I grab my phone and text them a happy birthday. I hate the day of their birthday because it is the one day where I have to act professionally towards them for the whole school is in their pack and claims that they must honor them. They hate it as much as I do. That is why we celebrate the day before their birthday where they aren't being constantly bothered. I don't change into a simple tracksuit and go downstairs. Since I live alone and can't cook for my life, with a few exceptions I grab a protein bar and hit the road. I'm driving when a car turns the corner fast. I push my breaks. They didn't even stop at the stop sign. I was about to yell at them when I recognised them as the elder's goons. Great. I have multiple tricks for escaping them. This time I turn off my car and roll down the window like I'm going to cooperate. When they both come out the car I get my hand ready. The second their standing point lined up with the front of my car I turned on the car and took off swerving around the car in front of me. But, not before I stuck my tongue out at the people who fell for yet another trick. As I'm parking I get a call. Oh. It's dad. I sigh and brace myself for the sweet and overly nice version of him he uses to try and convince me to come back.

     "Decilia! I have great news!" He said excitedly. Uh oh. Last time he called to tell me this way he wanted me to enter a contest that completely traumatized me. I can't even think about what happened, just my reaction.

     "What is it now?"

     "So you know the contract I signed with the White Shadow pack?"

     "Dad, I already told you, several times. I'm not go-"

     "Yes. I know. That is not what I was going to say."

     "Okay fine, continue." I said grumpily.

     "The alpha has found his true mate's scent. He said that he wanted to meet you so we can sign another contract. The contract states that if we help him find his mate then you don't have to follow the obligations of the original contract!"

     "Really! I am so happy! I would come but I can't. And, since you signed the other contract for me it shouldn't be a problem right?"

     "No, he said only with your cooperation. This is so both packs don't have the conclusion that you guys are mates and that you were working together to find his. How genius is that?"

     "I'm not coming."

     "Yes, you are. And, if you don't, not only will I sign the contract for you but, I will tell everyone about you being a rogue." I know my dad means well. He really is a sweet guy and a great father. But between all of his children not wanting to take over and the elders controlling him since we are the 3rd most populated, 1st most skilled, and 1st strongest, he has gone kind of loco.

     "Fine." I say giving up. I need to at least be grateful. I might not get another chance to escape this predicament.

     "Great, isn't it! Now you can come back home and have a normal routine for alpha training!" with that he hung up. That generally pissed me off like always. I huffed my anger out and rolled my eye. 'Great isn't it!' I mimicked in my head. Eskie just laughed in my head like she always does.

     I turn around and go home. I will need to change and put on a lot of perfume so he doesn't recognise me. After all, he was chasing me in the forest yesterday. Luckily we haven't met since we were children. Like 4? 5 years old? I doubt he recognised me in the forest so now I just need to make sure he doesn't conclude that the person in the forest was me. I of course am going to head out today though my pack is the next one over. My parents claim that it is better to be early than on time. I put on a light hoodie since I normally wear darker shades when I'm not pretending to be part of a pack. I put on white baggy seats, grab a pair of shades, douse myself in perfume. All ready. I get in the car and speed off. I am driving for 6 to 7 minutes when I see a familiar car trailing me. Dammit. Can't they just leave me alone for a day? Is that too much to ask?! I keep going when they speak out on their radio telling me to stop. I get onto the forest road and start the windy road home. It is about 30-45 minutes from here n out so I put on blaring sound music to tune out the voice speaker of the car behind me. My window still down from earlier showed them that I just didn't care. I would be in trouble because of that but who cares? I yawn as I finally make it towards my pack. The truck went away because the rules state that if I am returning to my previous pack people in authority cannot cross the border without permission. I other words they no longer contain authority over me, at least until I leave the Serenity packlands. Yeah, you guessed it. The name of my pack is Serenity Circle. Yes, it is lame and that is part of the reason why I don't want to lead it. Well it is the what, 100th on the list? I park my car and hop out. Looking around I notice other cars are here. When I walk in everyone notices me. They all get super excited and bombard me with questions. I didn't relatively mind. I was close with everyone in my pack except for one little group. But, that. That is a story for another day. I spray on a lot more perfume just in case. If he finds out that I'm a rogue this whole deal is off. The White Shadow Pack would claim war on the Serenity Circle PackI walk towards my dad's meeting office and open the door without invitation.

    "Ah, future Alpha Decilia. What a pleasure to make your arrival for us." I hate it when people call me that. I get he is being formal, but I only let people really close to me call me by my real name. I go by Celia when it is strangers or something and Cece for really, really close friends. Lucky that I don't mind him and he used to call me that when I was around 4 years old.

     "Same here Alpha Conner." Alpha Conner is a really nice dude. I remember him from my childhood. He always supported me when it came to my dreams and played with me all the time. He really watched over me a lot, until that day came.

     I sit down ready to get this over with, "So, what clues do you have of your mate? Because I'm not signing anything unless we have proof that we aren't going on a wild goose chase. What if you smelt something that actually smells really good and isn't your mate?" I make sure to keep my head down and avoid eye contact in case the shades weren't enough to hide me.

    "What is that supposed to mean? Do you not trust my son's word? Maybe I should break the alliance between our pa-"

     "Dad, stop. I got this. After all, we would say the same thing in their position, no? I am just elated that we have someone clever and smart helping us. Here her scents on this." He said smiling. He then slides something across the table to me.

     "Thank you for that..." uh what was his name? "Alpha." I say nodding my head trying to make it like I left his name out on purpose.

     I look at the object that Alpha, whatever his name is, gave me. It was small, blue, green, and was nearly transparent. It was one of those glass and silicone infused cubes. It was on top of a bag filled with stones. I took out the stones with utter shock. I lined them up counting them one by one. I was absolutely terrified to see these again.

     "There is a stone missing! Where is it?"

     "What?" Almost everyone at the table says in unison.

"What makes you think there is one missing?" Green eyes asks unsurprised. Yes, his name is now green eyes. Maybe they should be frog eyes cause frogs are green. But frogs aren't necessarily the cutest or prettiest things but, still! Which is better? Oh oh, maybe tadpole eyes. Wait, off topic!

"Because they're mine! Now where is it?" I demand pissed....

A/n: Ayo peeps, wake up! How are you. Tired I bet! Good job pushing through this chapter cause I  know I published this at 10pm for Pacific coast zoners.

So my Pawsome Wattpaders I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Also look out for an update on Mythical Creatures, Elementals, and possibly a new book... huh? What do you guys think? 

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