My Place, My Fate (Book 1: Fate Series)

Chapter 5

'The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart' – Robert Green Ingersoll.

An hour.

That's how long it had taken to pack up me and Sophia's belongings, huddle into the waiting SUV and leave the sea-side town I had come to call my home.

Even Sophia's excitement could not bring my heart to acknowledge this turn of events.

When we had informed her of our new living situation, she had been so excited that she had toddled off to her room to gather her favourite toys.

I did not intend on selling my house- in case it all goes to hell and I am forced to leave.

Each mile away felt like an added weight on my chest. The feeling so suffocating I was sure to have some sort of permanent breathing difficulty in the future.

Pack life. I spat at the word.

From the short amount of time I had been confined in this vehicle with Sebastian, Sophia, and two other pack members, I had come to realise Sebastian's rank in his pack. Alpha.

The word had left a sour taste in my mouth when I had heard it.

It explained a lot of things regarding Sophia; her ability to crawl, walk, and speak at such early ages. I had simply put it to her being probably a beta or delta.

Never had I considered her to be an alpha; with how protective they are. It's a wonder how her mother was able to get away with her.

It also explained the dominance exuded by Sebastian. I for one should not have been able to challenge him without the pressure of submission. Then again I wasn't some ordinary wolf- at least from what my mother had told me.

'Greatness. That is what you're destined for baby girl. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise', she would say.

I wonder what she would say now, her only daughter reduced to a mere rogue; a far cry from greatness.

It was no secret the hate Were's hold for rogues. It was evident in the wolves who accompanied us, as well as the not-too-subtle glances the two pack members in the front would throw my way.

To them, I was the enemy.

A creature that defies the norm of the werewolf society.

Add the fact that their alpha's daughter calls me a term reserved for their Luna; it was obvious how my stay in this new pack would be. Lonesome, with a touch loathe.

Only a fool would think a simple order from an alpha would change things.

I sighed.

This was not how I had pictured my life when I had found Sophia.

Numerous times over the past couple of hours I had found myself wondering whether it was too late to change my mind.

To simply take the easy way out and leave Sophia with her father, and return to my empty house by the beach.

Numerous times had that thought entered my mind, than the sight of Sophia cuddled against my chest would squelch it.

Be it as it may, I was her mama, and as such, I would not abandon her to have her loathe me later.

Only when she wished me gone, would I leave her side. It was a vow that I had made when I had found her that night. To always be there for her, protect her and listen to her, till the time comes when she is ready to face the world without me by her side.