What Doesn't Kill You

Chapter Three

Leaves crackled under my feet, twigs brushed against my body and wind rustled through my fur as I ran through the woods. Running in wolf form was so freeing; to be completely at one with nature and my wolf spirit.

Contrary to popular belief my wolf and I were not two separate entities. She wasn't a voice in my head that argued with me over things. She was me and I, her. We were one.

She gave me an animal instinct that helped me survive. This instinct is what took over when I shifted or when I was in danger. Which for the past month that I have been in touch with this instinct it has been very hard to suppress. Due to the fact that that every time I was bullied my instinct kicked in and begged me to shift. The past month has been a major test of my self control.

But at the moment I was able to fully let go and be free. I could feel the stress and the pain roll off me. It was the most amazing feeling and the pleasure I get was indescribable. Nothing could beat running in my wolf form.

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The school parking lot was unusually quiet as I walked through it. It seemed like no one was there which was odd. It gave me an uneasy feeling like something bad was about to happen.

When I got to my locker I noticed Cara and her minions gathered a few lockers down.

"Yeah he got back this morning. He's in the office sorting out his classes right now. He texted me this morning saying we need to talk. I think he's going to ask me to be his Luna," Cara babbled as the girls held on to every word she said.

I snorted and they all turned toward me. I found it ridiculous that she thought Jeremy would make her Luna even though she wasn't his mate.

"Do you have something to say, chubby Chase?" Cara sneered at me.

"No, not at all," I stated with my head down.

"No you obviously have something to say. Say it," she seethed in my face.

"I just don't think you should get your hopes up. You aren't his mate," I tried to word what I was thinking as politically correct as I could.

"Just because you have no parents and no one will ever love you doesn't mean you can go around trying to make everyone else as loveless as you!" She spat in my face.

I gasped. No one had dared mentioned my parents in this context to me before. Cara had just mentioned them and that was the last straw. I couldn't lie down and play dead as she took them into this.

"At least I'm not some whore warming the future alpha's sheets until he finds his mate," I glared fiercely.

Cara widened her eyes at me and yelled, "You B¡TCH!"

For a second I felt a sick sense of pride for finally standing up to Cara and then I felt guilt maybe I shouldn't have been as harsh on her.

Before I could say sorry she grabbed the back of my head by my hair. She pulled me back roughly then she pushed me and my body fell into the lockers. My head hit first and I felt blood start to ooze down my face from where my brow bone had hit the combo lock on the locker.

"Stay down there where you belong," Cara sneered down at me.

"Come on, sis, there's no need to waste anymore time on virgin Terri," Jack called.