Chapter 1

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"We're under attack."
I sat bolt upright. My mom was panting and shaking me awake.
"Madison! Get up! We need to get to the bunker! NOW!"

I jumped out of bed and slipped on my shoes.
"Logan and your father already went to the boarder. The rogues are attacking again." she said in between breaths. We sprinted towards the bunker. Suddenly, shrapnel shot outwards from the bunker. It stung my skin and left red marks. Silver. My mother stopped in her tracks.
"Madison, you have to go. Run to the woods. Shift and don't stop. They've gotten inside the borders."
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I ran out to the woods and shifted into my small light brown wolf. I got to the small emergency bunker in the woods. I ran inside and was greeted by a shriek.
"Maddi. Is that you?"
I turned to see my best friend. Charlotte.
She handed me clothes.
"Go shift. I'm really sorry that you had to spend you birthday like this, by the way."
My birthday? Then I remembered. July 31st. My birthday. I'm seventeen. I can find my mate. I quickly shifted and put on the clothes. I looked at myself in the mirror. I had dark, chocolate brown hair that fell in waves to my waist, and dark blue eyes. I was ridiculously short. Five foot nothing. My mate was going to be disappointed. I had a few curves, but I didn't have many. My bust was small, and i wasn't particularly pretty. I sighed and exited the bathroom.
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'Do you hear that? Charlotte mindlinked me.
It was a padding. Like someone was trying to sneak up on us.
'Rogues' i said. My heart was beating wildly.
'They're towards the front. We should run out the back.' she replied.
We crept to the back and opened the door slowly. We heard a growl. We both shifted and sprinted into the woods. Since females are faster than males, we lost them easily.

I felt a shift in the air. We had crossed into another pack's territory. We slowed to a trot. Suddenly we heard a thuderous growl.

We turned and a large wolf was standing. He looked like a beta or gamma. He locked eyes with Charlotte and they started walking towards each other.

Charlotte? Charlotte! I started frantically mindlinking her.
'Mate.' she replied.

Oh.

Charlotte had turned seventeen a few weeks ago. It made sense. Her mate turned to me. He beckoned me to follow. Charlotte trotted happily next to him. I felt like a third wheel.

Charlotte's mate (I don't know his name) turned and started speaking through the wolf link.
'We're off to see Alpha Damon.'
If I was in human form, I would have paled.
'A-Alpha Damon?' i stuttered. 'You mean-'
'I mean we are in the Blue Moon Pack territory.'
I almost ran in the opposite direction. Alpha Damon is something older brothers tell their little sisters to scare them. He is said to be the 'alpha of the alphas'. He is the most ruthless, and his pack is the largest in North America.

We came to a path. We followed it, and saw a little town. We went deeper, and came to a large square. In the center, there were three large houses. The middle one must have been the pack house. It was huge. White with grey stone, and many flowers in a garden in the front. It was beautiful.

When we got to the front door, Charlotte's mate said, 'Wait here.' Charlotte and I obeyed and sat on the steps. He came back a few minutes later in human form. He handed us clothes he was tall, with ginger hair and light blue eyes.
He handed us clothes.
"Shift and meet me back here." He said. We took the clothes in our mouths and went to the side of the house. When we came up, he sighed. I didn't blame him. With her curly blond hair, curvy physique and bright green eyes, Charlotte looked beautiful.

He turned to me. I'm Hunter. Gamma of the Blue Moon Pack. I shook his hand. When I looked at my best friend, she was looking at our hands and frowning.

I rolled my eyes.

"It was just a handshake. Chill." I said.

He put his hand on the doorknob. He asked, "Ready?"
We nodded our heads.

Time to meet the alpha.
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