Stalkers and Saviors

1 - Abrupt Adaptations

******FAIR WARNING******
Before you read this story you should know this was the first story I ever wrote so it is filled to the brim with tons of grammar mistakes, misspelled words, and is just all around badly written...in my opinion. So read if you dare. I will not be editing this story at all. I was actually going to delete it but for some reason all you crazy people on Wattpad love reading it ;)************

First of all I'd like to say how excited I am about finally writing my first story on Wattpad!

Ive been reading everyone else's stories on here for quite some time now and I just decided that I'd like to give it a try.

So without further adieu, I give you my very first chapter of my very first story! Enjoy!

Scout's POV

"I'm so tired of this shit! I can't do this! At least not now! It's too soon!" I said while slamming the pile of paperwork down on the kitchen counter with excessive force. Ever since my father told me that I will be taking over the pack from him in less than two short months, my temper has been through the roof. I guess you could blame it on all the stress that is soon to be droppped on my shoulders, or the fact that I still haven't gotten over the death of my uncle/dad's beta yet. That's the reason my dad has to step down. He no longer has a beta and to have a strong pack you need strong leadership. That's where I come in. All hale the prodigy of the best alpha these lands have ever seen. psssht yeah right. I mean, it's not like I'm even fully ready to take on the responsibility of being the Alpha wolf of a 300 + member pack. I'm only 19 for heaven's sake!

"Well, honey, you were born for this purpose. I know you are going to adapt just fine. And watch your mouth around ladies. Even if it is just me." My mother said while patting my cheek. "Your father and I have all the faith in the world in you. You have very strong alpha blood running through your veins. Don't ever doubt yourself, sweetheart. You're just like him, you know." She said with a smile playing on the edge of her lips. "I've been told that before your dad found me, he was a wild one just like yourself. You just wait until you find your mate. She'll have you wrapped around her pretty little finger the second your eyes meet." She said while showing me a cheeky grin and a wink. My mom always knows how to calm me down. She says just the right things to soothe me and my inner wolf. But sometimes she says things that unnerve me even more, like what just left her lips.

"Sorry about the language mom but you know I DO NOT want a mate. I've seen the way Dax and Sawyer have gone soft after finding their mates. I'm lucky Nash hasn't found his yet. Hahaha that'll be the day!" My beta, Nash, and myself have always been known around town as the players. I just call it being friendy to all the nice ladies who want my attention...but can you blame me? I'm a wolf. The thrill of the chase is part of who I am. Besides, these girls can't resist me. I'm 6 foot 5 inches and solid muscle. All werewolves have good looks. But none of that matters anymore. I have to act like an alpha now and I can not afford to get all googly eyed with any girl, escecially my mate if we happen to meet. I have a pack to run! That's all I need to focus on. "I have to be a strong alpha, with a strong pack, mom. I refuse to be all lovey dovey when I have bigger things to focus on." Ok i'll admit, I've been dreaming of finding my mate for as long as I can remember but there is no way in hell I would admit that to anyone. Not even my own mom.

"Scout, you have it all wrong. Mates make you, as well as your wolf, stronger. Much stronger. Why else would packs need Lunas? Lunas build the very foundation of packs. They build it on love and nurturing alone. Alpha's keep it together with guidance and leadership. Running a pack without a Luna will suffice for a while but without her this pack will eventually fall. And with her, wow, this pack will precedent no other.That's why as soon as you and your mate find each other, this pack will be the strongest pack in all of the United States. Maybe even the world." She wrapped me up in her arms in a tender embrace. "A wolf without his mate is missing half of their being. You'll see one day, my son."

River's POV

"Mom! Have you seen my Lilly Pulitzer umbrella? It's raining and I can't find it anywhere!"We just moved from Wilmington, NC to this hole in the wall town and all my stuff is still in these big old brown boxes.

"No, River baby! Maybe if you'd stop moping around and unpack every once in a while you'd find something!" My mom said as she yelled up the stairs to me. I don't particularly like unpacking, much less unpacking when I didnt want to move in the first place! Granted, I'm still in the same state but I grew up in Wilmington. It's about a 4 1/2 hour drive one way to go back there. All my friends are there. The ocean is there! Well atleast there's a lake here I can swim in and atleast I got to finish high school and graduate with my friends before we had to leave. It was nice getting to graduate with all my friends. Most of them were moving away to college anyways so it wasnt so bad. My best friend, Cammy, is even going to a college about an hour away from where we live now and about 15 minutes away from where i'll be at school so I get to see her anytime I want. Which brings me back to the reason we had to move so fast...

Ok, here it goes, I had a boyfriend, Brody, who I dated for almost 3 years. We met at our high school. He was a year older than I was and he was the captain of the football team. Yeah, it sounds perfect and believe me, it was, up until about a year and half ago when he started being a possessive and emotionally abusive jerk! Over the last 16 months It gradually got worse and worse until there near the end he followed me everywhere I went. He once followed me to my aunt's house in Virginia from Wilmington. I had no idea he was following me until he practically rammed me off the road on highway 97 so we could "talk". We tried and tried to get the police to do something about it but Brody's dad was the Sherriff's deputy and he kept getting him out of it. That's where my mom drew the line.

Mom told me that we were leaving late-summer and that she would never let a man do that to me again. But things changed and before we could leave, Brody snuck into my room through the window one night after drinking himself silly and beat me black and blue because I wouldn't ever have sex with him. It's times like that that make me wish my dad was still around. I like to think he would have helped me in that situation, even if he did leave me and my mom to fend for ourselves when I was 4. So here I am, just barely a high school graduate, in this tiny town in central NC, surrounded by woods, woods, and more woods. Atleast Brody has no clue where I am. And thank God there's a huge lake or I'd go crazy. The nearest mall is an hour away. My new college is an hour away. Now that I think about it, anything worth getting to is an hour away. Lord help me, I'm gonna die.