The Runt and the Alpha

Chapter One

Chapter One- Leah (six years later)

Beep beep! I awoke from my horrible nightmare; it was the same reoccurring nightmare that I had every night. I would go back to that dreadful day when the wolf hunter came and killed all of my family and what did I do? I ran. I won't ever forgive myself for running and not turning back, my aunt tells me not to worry and that my parents would have wanted me to be safe and not to dwell on the past but I can't help feeling guilty and it haunts me every day and night.

I reluctantly removed the covers away from my body and slid out of bed. It was 7 o'clock on a Monday morning and I was not looking forward to going to school or seeing the members of the black pack, me and my family used to have our own small pack and that's how we liked it. We had hardly any land to call our own and we never fought any other packs. We kept ourselves to ourselves and nobody bothered us.

As the rest of the Wilson pack had died I had two options; to either become a lone wolf or to join another pack and the only pack which was near me was the black pack. I didn't want to become a lone wold as that would mean anybody could easily kill me if I trespassed on their land accidently, which could easily be done. Also, wolves are meant to be pack animals and I knew that I would have been very lonely if that was the option I had chosen.

After taking a quick shower and drying my hair I hurriedly got changed into my school uniform which consisted of a black pleated skirt, white blouse and black blazer with the school's emblem of a golden eagle on it. I didn't mind the school uniform, I know lots of schools whose uniforms were ten times worse and this way nobody stood out as we all wore the same thing. I then shovelled down some cereal and gave my Aunt Beth a kiss on the cheek before grabbing my bag and running out of the door to catch the bus to school.

No matter how hard I try I somehow always end up being late so I had to run for the bus to school. This morning I was late because I had dozed off after my alarm went off. Other days it could be because I spent too long in the shower and sometimes I think it is just the fact that I am always late and so I cannot break the habit.

When the bus came I sat down in a vacant seat in the middle of the bus by the window. Which was how I liked it, it meant that I could watch the world as we zoomed through it.

When the bus finally pulled up near my school I gave my thanks to the driver and jumped off. There was a short five minute walk from the bus stop to the school and once I had entered the school gates I headed straight to my locker to put away some of the heavy books that were weighing me down.

When I reached my locker I found some of the females in the Black Pack, they were gathering around a locker which was a few down from mine. I smiled warmly at them when I reached my locker but the gesture was not returned.

I do sometimes feel like an outcast because the humans don't accept me because they know I hang around Aaron and his group, he is the Alpha of the pack and he used his power to intimidate the humans. However, the pack doesn't fully accept me as I haven't changed yet. Whenever I asked my Aunt why I was 16 and I had not shifted and she said it might be due to the stress of watching my family die at a young age or because I was small for my age. Most normal werewolves shifted when they hit puberty and so their bodies were already going through changes.