Rejected.

A note from me to you:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Hope you guys have an awesome holiday and enjoy this chapter!!!!

- princesswho.

The next morning was brutal. I hadn't slept at all last night and I had an excruciating migraine and to make matters worse today would be spent hiking. I was in no shape or mood to hike but I knew I had to if I ever wanted to confront my father. At first I had wanted to confront him because Will had made me feel like I had nothing left to loose but now I realised that I was on this journey for a completely different reason, I wanted to move on but I could never do that if I didn't confront my fears and seeing my father after years would be the first step to moving on.

Once I had mustered enough motivation to get of bed, I rushed to the mirror in the room I was occupying. It was safe to safe that my reflection was horrifying. I went to my bag full of clothes which Will must have placed in my room in the middle of the night. I pulled out a three quarter, navy blue shirt and a pair of skinny jeans and headed to the bathroom. An hour in the shower, felt amazing after the week I had had, my shoulders didn't feel as tense, my hair was grease free and my teeth were minty fresh. I let my wet blonde hair lay lank on my shoulders and pulled on a pair of my knee high, platform boots. Once again I glanced in the mirror and had to suppress a sigh, no amount of showers could get rid of the sadness in my deep blue eyes, it was obvious that I was going through a tough time but I would get through this, even if I had to do it alone.

"You done checking yourself out?" I didn't have to turn around to know that Will had arrived at the door of my room

"Are you done being self-conceited?" I shot back in annoyance

"Are you two done flirting?" I glared at Jared who had decided to join me and Will's childish banter

"We were not flirting" I informed him

"Good" Jared replied with a smirk whereas Will simply turned around and left the room

"Hurry up we need to leave" he informed us as he walked away. I picked my bag up of the floor and walked out of Jared's house with my bag in my hand, Jared and Will were both carrying their own bags and seemed much more prepared for a day of exhaustion then I was.

I let out a breath of air

"Alright let's go" Will nodded his head, leading the way whereas Jared lagged behind with me, completely by my side

"I just want to say that I know this is a tough time for you but I want you to know that I will be there for you every step of the way" I looked up into his chocolate, brown eyes

"I appreciate that but you shouldn't make promises you can't keep. You barely know me and things are going to get really dangerous and I won't hold it against you if you decide to leave me" secretly there was a part of me that hoped he would stay true to his word and not leave my side. I needed someone I could talk to, who I could lean on. All this stress just seemed too much for one person but the sad truth was that I knew I couldn't count on anyone but myself and even then I had doubts about my own strength, would I make it through this all?

"You can do this" Will said, I thought he had read my thoughts and was responding to them, I foolishly thought he was comforting me but when I looked up I knew he was talking to himself because around were dozens upon dozens of wolves, with only one goal; to destroy us.

"You ready to fight, Shannon?" Will asked me, I thought about his question. Was I ready to fight?

"Will I'm as ready as I'll ever be"

"Good because we are going to have to fight like our lives depend on it" Jared said, Will shot him a weird look

"Our lives do depend on it" Will told him, right no pressure.