Home Bound

Chapter One

Chapter One - Where I Am

It has been three years, THREE YEARS since I was torn away from my mate. I was naive back then, a human turned werewolf by her mate. I was silly to think the binding ceremony and wedding would go without a hitch.

Of course a changeling wouldn't be able to simply live with an alpha as a mate, conspiracies would spring up, and they did. Kenzie, I growled inwardly at the thought of the bitch. I was reminded of her every day I looked in the Mirror. Why? Because I was her, to the pack I was Kenzie, but I wasn't. I'm not Kenzie. My name is Isabella and that's what I tell everyone.

There were days where I wanted to tear out my own eyeballs just from looking at my-her reflection. My eyes glowed a bright yellow, I sighed. I hated her with all my being, if one of us was to die it WILL be her.

I lay in bed at my apartment thinking. Did I really want to go back? My wolf of course said yes and my heart did also. But, my brain had its doubts. It told me I could be free, free from criticism of Ryders' pack because I was once a human. I was once a slave to them, yes that's right a slave. Then again what human wasn't? But I wasn't human anymore was I? No, I'm not.

I sighed once again as I rolled over on my bed as the dinging of my apartment doorbell sounded off. I groaned as I got up to answer it. If it was who I thought it was then I have to answer it.

ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong Sounded off in rapid secession.

"Gahh, what do you want!? Seriously every time you come over...." I immediately said as I opened the door and faced a tall bulky male who I had come to know as Marc. He gave me a large smile and walked in. "What? I can't visit the girl I saved all those years ago? I could have just left you to die you know."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah right, we've had this conversation before you wouldn't do that. You'd do anything to get in a girl pants even if it meant risking your life against rogues."

He shrugged. "It didn't work on you though so I guess my efforts were wasted." He pouted. "And to think I could have gone out with a hot girl that night instead." 

I rolled my eyes again. He was right though, he could have been doing a million other things instead of saving me. Hell he didn't even know if I was a rogue or not either that night, yet he saved me anyway.

Suddenly Marc burst out laughing as if something hilarious was said. "I also remember when you wouldn't talk for a week because you were scared that we would hurt you if we found out you were a changeling and because you were in our territory."

I glowered. Oh yeah that... Ugh. I was so stupid.

-Flashback-

Once I felt like I had gone far enough away from the two who had taken me away I had to stop and take a breather. My front leg that would be my right arm if I was human right now hurt worse than it did before when I twisted it. It was probably a full on broken wrist by now the way I had ran with it.

I felt myself getting weak as sleepiness started to wash over my body. I had to lay down for a while but I couldn't go back to being human again, I wasn't stupid enough to be a lone human walking through the woods at night with goddess knows what lurking in the shadows.

I lay on a soft bush with barely any branches and it was comfortable enough that I could close my eyes to try and take a nap. The throbbing in my wrist, my pounding heart, and the mind racing with all different thoughts was keeping up though.

Then I decided I wouldn't be able to sleep and had to keep moving. I got up and pick up my front paw to try to stay off it. I limped through the woods. Everything was fine and all the animals seemed to be leaving me alone. Then again they all were probably more scared of me than I of them.