Chapter 2

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As I entered Alpha Demari's office back at the pack house I suddenly became nervous. The only ones in the office were me, Ms. Quint, Alpha Demari, and Zeta Kartier.
"Please have a seat" Alpha Demari said. I nodded and sat across from him. Zeta Kartier sat on the edge of the desk.
"Am I in trouble sir?" I asked quietly.
"Not at all but where you are 16 our packs require you have a legal guardian until you find your mate. We held a meeting to find you a home within the park but" Zeta Kartier said before looking down.
"The fact is nobody would volunteer and we can't force it. Everyone deems you cursed. Since that is the outcome we have a few choices you can either leave the pack and join another if they'll take you, find someone to care for you so you can stay in the pack or you can become a rogue and be banished" Alpha Demari said bluntly. I couldn't help the tears as they began falling down my cheeks.
"Do you have any other family or any friends who would take you in?" Kartier asked. I shook my head.
"I only had my parents and my friends have been banned from speaking to me because of a bullshit curse" I said angry that this was happening to me.
"Do you guys mind giving us a minute?" Kartier asked. Ms. Quint and the alpha stood and walked out giving us the room.

"First I'm unbelievably sorry about your loss, I've been where you are right now. My parents died and I was banned from my pack. I do not wish to see that for you. If you would be interested I would like to take you in. My wife and I have failed to have children and she's lonely at home. We will provide things you need and I have a driver who can take you to school and back or wherever you need to go. We live 9 miles from this pack on the mountain so we can make sure you can stay in this pack or we can homeschool you. I'll hire personal trainers and teachers for you. I know it's a lot to think about and process but you don't have long to decide." Kartier said placing a hand on my shoulder. I cried more because he's the only one who's been nice and cared about me since this happened.
"Yes. Please let me stay with you guys. I have nobody else." I said teary eyed. He nodded before stepping out of the room. He returned with the alpha after about 10 minutes.

"Ms. Solace, Zeta Kartier has told me your decision he is going to take you to retrieve all of your belongings but I need to know if you would like to stay in this pack and school while you stay in his house or if you would like to be homeschooled and leave the pack. If you leave you'll be gone forever unless it's deemed that you can return by the pack. If you stay then when you find your mate or turn 18 you can move back without a guardian." Alpha Demari said.
"I would like to stay in the pack sir if I can" I said quietly.
"Of course you can" Demari said. I nodded my head.
"Sir can I ask one more thing?" I asked quietly. He nodded.
"Can you save my house?" I asked.
"It's in your name dear. Your parents left you everything including the house. The lawyer is sending everything to Kartiers house." He said and I nodded. Zeta Kartier stood and was waiting for me by the door so I made my way towards him following him to the car. He had the driver take us to my house, outside my house was a suv in the drive with a driver and a woman. When the car came to a stop Kartier and I both exited the vehicle and approached the woman, she was beautiful.
"Hi I'm Zariyah, Zeta Kartiers wife, but I go by Zari! It's wonderful that you decided to live with us!" Zari said smiling.
"I'm Cassiopeia but I go by Cassie. Thank you for taking me in. I don't know where I would've gone had you not." I said quietly as I stuck out my hand. She ignored my hand pulling me into a hug.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry about what has happened to you. Come with me I'll help you gather your things." She said pulling me with her into my house.

"You just need essentials to get you by or things you want tomorrow we'll go shopping in the human world, it'll be so much fun." Zari said. I nodded. We began packing a few things. We carried down 8 bags loading them in the suv and got in the vehicles and left. I was sad to see my home in the rearview but at least it was mine. We drove for about 15 minutes before arriving to huge gates, as the gates opened it was beautiful. There were woods all around the property inside the gates and the property was huge, it was twice the size of our pack territory. There was 1 house and it was a mansion. As we entered Zari took me straight to the back yard.
"We have a pool, hot tub, patio, kitchen, bathroom all back here feel free to use any of it at any point. The woods within the gates are for running after we shift, you can go out just be mindful of other wolves. Tomorrow I'll take you to the back of the property and show you the waterfalls. You'll be out of school the rest of the week as I have made arrangements for you to be out. Tonight we will have a burial service for your parents in the graveyard on property so they'll be close to you whenever you want to visit them." She said wrapping an arm around my shoulders with a light squeeze. It was comforting.

"Now this way I'll show you the room that is yours. It is down the hall from our room so we'll be close by if you need anything but not too close so you can have privacy. If you need anything at all ask any of the staff or us and we will be happy to help." She said as we walked up the grand stairs. As we reached the top she pointed at a door.
"This is our room on the left. This is your room on the right." She said walking down to the end of the hall.
"There's only 2 rooms up here?" I asked.
"Yes both are ginormous so we didn't have room for another room but they're beautiful, look for yourself." She said as she opened my door. My mouth dropped. The room was a light grey and white with mahogany wood floors, there was a huge grey rug that laid over the floor. There was a chandelier that hung beautifully in the center on the room. There was 2 windows on each side of a California king bed with white and blankets. At the end of the bed there was a white foot stool the length of the bed, of to one side was a giant vanity with a giant mirror and full of makeup with a beautiful chair. There was lights all around the mirror. Next to the vanity was a huge bookshelf full of books.
"I wasn't sure what books you liked so I got some romance, some young adult fiction and some non fiction. If you don't like some grab them and we'll return them tomorrow and grab you more." Zari said. Again I nodded. On the other side of the vanity was a hanging long chair, it could be used as a bed but it had lights wrapped down the bars that hung the bed above the floor. It was decorated with pillows and blankets.

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