Under A Blue Moon

Chapter 1

Marina

        Tacoma, Washington. It was the place that I had been calling home for the last 4 years while I attended college at the University of Washington Tacoma after the death of my parents at the hands of a rogue wolf pack that had been hunting me down. I had finally managed to lose them once I fled California and finally ended up in Washington. The wilderness surrounding the cities along with all the waterways allowing me to hide my trail for a good amount of time and give me 4 years of peace. It was 4 years that I was hoping to remember fondly as I looked through the photo album on my lap that was full of pictures of me and my family along with me and her friends. Along with a few of me and my boyfriend from the past year and a half. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that she didn't hear the sound of the door to my dorm room open as my roommate entered until I heard the other speak.

"Looking through that thing again Marina?" My dirty blonde haired roommate asked as she plopped down in the chair across from the couch.

"Cut me some slack Kara. You know this is the only thing I still have left to keep memories in." I replied as I closed the photo album and looked over at Kara.

"Yeah yeah I know. Still hard to believe that's all you have left of your parents. Especially after everything that you told me." Kara said as she leaned back in the chair and crossed her legs. "Still can't believe my best friend and roommate is a werewolf and that I'm the only one who knows about it."

"Trust me it's only because you've literally been there for me since we met when we were younger before losing touch till I ended up here. That's the only reason why me and Winter trust you enough to let you know." Marina admitted as she looked down at the photo album for a second then back at Kara. "We also worry about you and what that info could do if they find me."

"I'll be fine. I can handle myself in the case of something like that. You've helped make sure of that." Kara said with a smirk while thinking back on the last few years of training we did in secret together. "My question is how are you gonna explain to Vincent all of this? I know you guys love each other but I still get bad vibes from him."

"That's very true that we did. He's not gonna know. And even with his attitude changing lately I doubt he's gonna do anything reckless. And I wouldn't really say love. I like him a lot but not to the love point to be honest." I wasn't lying with my words. I did like Vincent but my heart still belonged to another even if 14 years have passed now. "Honestly the only one I would say I ever loved is the person I can't see anymore right now. And with how long we've been apart I don't even know if he would accept me back easily without the mate bond."

"You've mentioned the mate bond to me before. What's it like for you guys anyways?" Kara asked a bit curious since she had heard me mention it before.

"It's like finding your other half. Your soulmate. The one made just for you by the Moon Goddess. We wait all our lives to find our mates. Sometimes they come and sometimes they don't. Those of us who are lucky get to live happily with the one meant to complete us. Other times there's those who decide to pick chosen mates and the bonds are as strong when they are completed under the full moon. That also severs the link of their fated mate bond. I don't know of anyone who completed a chosen mate bond. Most I know are fated mates." I was explaining it the best I could since that was how it was explained to me by my parents. "Fated mates are held to be sacred since chosen mates can be forced. Especially for power or the sake of the other person's pack. But that's just what I've heard."

"Well hopefully you and your childhood friend are fated mates and that can help you guys reconnect after so many years away from each other. I have a feeling that he is waiting for you after all. Especially with what you've told me about the bond you two had before you were taken away from him." Kara said with a grin. "Plus I really don't trust Vincent with the fact that I know all of this. I feel like he's gonna do something terrible soon."