I feel something start to burn on my lower back, I pull up my shirt and twist so I can see the mark. It grew... Now looking at my mark there is a flower inside of the crescent, I look at the guy I ran into and he looks back at me.
"I'm sorry." I mumble and pull my shirt back down.
"No, uh no need to apologize. I wasn't looking and I was in a hurry, so I am sorry for running into you." He says
"You look, um familiar, even though I have never seen you before, I swear it." I step closer and look in his eyes, they are brown with small gold flecks! The image of the dog that crushed me flooded my head, I step back and look away.
"I get that a lot, but I really have to go." He gestures toward the clearing and I nod.
"What's your name?" I ask before he leaves
"Ashton, nice to meet you Rowen." Then he's gone.
"I never told him my name, what the?" I mumble out loud.
I continue my run, but more careful for random people. When I get back mom is still sleeping? That's weird she never sleeps in this late unless she drank wine or something. I walk in through the back door and slide it shut slowly, I walk downstairs and into my room. I get in the shower and scrub my body, I feel gross and sweaty.
After my shower and getting dressed back in comfortable clothes, I go up to my mom's room. When I open the door she is fast asleep, I creep in and shake her a small bit.
"Mom? Wake up please." I whisper
"Wha?" She asks
"I need to talk to you." I push her over and sit next to her, she lifts up her body slowly and looks at me.
"What does this mean?" I stand back up and lift my shirt to show the mark.
"Oh my goodness!" She screams
"What?" I ask in a panic
"You met him!" She yells again
"Who?! Who mother did I meet?" I ask worriedly
"Your mate dear." She says as if I know.
"Um, hello? Still very clueless over here." I point at myself and wiggle my finger.
"I never told you?" She asks
"No"
"Oh honey sit down, I am so sorry." She pats the bed next to her and I sit down.
"Talk" I demand
"So your father and I where mates, he passed away from cancer, which lupines rarely get. I was eight months pregnant with you and I didn't know if you where a lupine or not, but either way you would still have some abilities. Like to run fast, grow hair and nails quicker and have strength.. Each lupine has a mate, someone who you will be with to the end of time. Seeing as you already have a mark, means you already have met your mate, and you have a flower inside of the crescent means you have seen him twice. Your mark will grow until you are married, mine covers my back, but yours will go down your hip and up your side." She explains the whole thing and at the end I feel like I can't breathe.
"Ashton's my mate!" I yell
"Ashton?" She asks
"I don't know his last name, mom I got the first mark when that dog broke my arm." I say
"Oh my god, Rowen that wasn't a dog, it was a lupine." She says with an eye roll.
"So what's a pack?" I ask
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Seems Like Yesterday
WerewolfA girl named Rowen lived alone with her mom, no other family just them. They live in the woods, deep in the woods. No one around for miles, they never go into town. They have animals, vegetation, and wolfs? Or big big puppies as 10 years old Rowen c...
