The Wolf Girl

Chapter 1

I stared out the window, and pressed my hands against the smooth, cool glass. Dawn was breaking across the eastern sky, turning the low sitting clouds pink and purple. I sighed, and watched the my breath fog the window. He wasn't here yet. I had already counted all the heart beats in this waiting room, but only one held the familiar strong beat of a werewolf. She stood next to me. Giving me the occasional glance.

I let my gaze slide wearily over to her. "Are you enjoying scrutinizing me?" I murmured, too low for the humans to hear below the din in the hallway. I had been able to tune out most of the low roar of human voices and the sounds of the suitcases rolling across the shiny airport floor. She rolled her eyes.

Come on Lavine, she spoke to me through mind link. Aren't you at least the slightest bit worried that we will be attacked here? We've been standing here for far too long. We are like sitting ducks, just waiting for them to find us, she retorted.

I shook my head. No Igi, I don't see it happening. We haven't been America long, and besides, this time we are breaking the cycle. We haven't left any trails, they won't know where to look, I reassured her. We hadn't been ambushed in a month, so it was only natural that we became restless. It wasn't the norm to go so long without violence, yet we had spent most of our lives in Europe, escaping to a new country everytime the attacks became more frequent...but we never left the continent. Not until now.

I had almost been killed seventeen times in the last year. I had been counting. This was much more than expected. I knew that if I came here, my wolf pack would have more strength and we'd at least be hidden a while until the bastards showed up again. I had to give them credit. However long it took, they always eventually found us. As leader of my pack, I had the very vital responsibility of keeping us alive, and I had to sacrifice my own personal needs to do it. I ground my teeth together, trying desperately to keep the furious scowl from my features.

It was against my entire instinct to run and hide, but there were too many of them...I had learned that the hard way. One day, I had once promised myself. One day I will stand and fight for my right to freedom, my right to live and thrive in this world.

"Lavine?" Igi called my name with wary brown eyes, waving a hand in front of my vacant face. I shook myself. "What? Did you say something?" I mumbled. She pointed over my shoulder, and I heard a faint chuckle and the heart beat of a very familiar wolf. I folded my arms and faced Milo from across the hall with a smirk.

He approached us, a small amused smile spreading across his face. I met his playful gaze, his green eyes, so much like my own, twinkling. I took those few seconds as he strode towards us, to take him in.

His blonde hair was signficantly lighter than the last time I had seen him. It was longer too, and fell around his ears and into his eyes in short shaggy waves. His body was still the same. It held the grace and strength of a lion, his button down shirt and dark jeans didn't do very much to hide the beautiful powerful body of a male werewolf. His familiar scent washed across my face before he could reach me, nearly making me sigh in comfort.

The wolf in me howled in excitement at the presence of a male wolf. This isn't the first time she had bothered me around Milo. However, my human half saw him as nothing more than a friend. He was practically my brother. I keep trying to tell my wolf that she will recognize her mate when we see him, for now she should just be patient and keep her paws off Milo. Regardless, when he folded me into the saftey of his strong protective arms, she purred in satisfaction.

"Welcome to California. I missed you" he told me, his breath tickling my ear and I reveled in the lilt of his faint scottish accent. "Thanks Milo. I missed you too" I replied and pulled back to look at him, and I touched his cheek. "Alright love birds" Igi snickered, shaking her head in mock dissapointment. Milo grinned at her and caught her up in a much less serious hug. "Hey Igi, long-time-no-see" he laughed and released her. She placed her hands on her hips. "Your damn straight. It's been far too long" she chuckled.

Only when he got us in his sleek black car, on the way to his apartment, did the easy banter between fellow werewolves dissapear and the atmosphere became tense. "So what have you two fugitives been up to this year?" Milo asked, trying to keep his tone light, but his fingers tightened on the wheel as he expected a rebuff.

The car filled with an ominous silence and I kept my eyes trained on the car window, gazing at my reflection in the glass. My straight pale hair fell to my shoulders like silk. My fair pink lips were set in a frown and my and my creamy skin lost its glow in response to his words...and my eyes. They were glowing green flames, all the fear and anger that I had gathered over the years settled there.

"That bad, huh?" he murmured after a minute.

Igi let out a shaky breath. "You know how Lavine is Milo. It took alot for her to board the plane in Paris" came her low voice from the backseat. He reached across the console to squeeze my shoulder and I met his sympathetic gaze in the reflection of my window. I quickly ducked my head, refusing to let him see how hard I was really taking this.

"Don't beat yourself up about this, Lavine" he demanded gently. "You'll be safe...for now. I promise I'll do whatever I can to protect you two" he vowed, his voice becoming stronger, and I knew that Alpha blood was running in his veins. He may be a lone wolf, but that didn't make him the son of an Alpha any less.

"I'm giving you permission to rejoin our pack" I mumbled. With my permission, we could share our mind link once again. I expected his voice to fill my head with millions of questions, but he remained silent. It had been six years since I he had last been in my pack and I was happy to have him back, I just couldn't bring myself to be happy that I was here, and not home. Even with my bestfriends within five feet from me, while their steady heartbeats filled my ears, I still felt lonely.

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okay so my story line is a little complicated so please tell me if you can't understand it! The plot is kind of vague right now, but I will be doing some explaining and character development in the next few chappys. :D Votes, silent readers, and comments make my day and fanning- oh do you really want to make me faint with happiness? xD

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