A Chosen Daughter

Chapter 1 *E

The car speeds down the road.

The scattering of trees along the road side marks the invisible boundary line.  All the occupants in the car feel the quick shiver going through them simultaneously as they cross over.  The surrounding forest area becoming more dense now they were in the Eclipse pack territory.

Leah sighs as she rests her head on the window & surveys the area, remembering back to the excitement that they all felt, when Alpha Marcus first notified them; they were granted permission to go pack hopping.  The smiles.  The cheers.  The adventure of traveling, visiting new packs, making new friends & of course the chance to finally find their elusive mates sending thrills along their nerves.

Their group was made up of everyone from the Balsamic pack who were in their early to mid twenties, those who so far hadn't been lucky enough to find their mates amongst their pack, neighbours or even the packs that frequently visited .... & oh how lucky those had been!

That hadn't been as apparent until this "adventure".

Leah considers the disheartening truth as colours blur outside her window.  All packs were taught the same lessons about mates .... but not all follow those lessons.  It seems to Leah that it came down to the pack from leader to each individual pack member, to how each generation treated the subject.  For example in the Balsamic pack where her pack mates & herself grew into adulthood, these teaching were near enough law!  Similar with their neighbouring packs.  However that wasn't the case in the slightest with these packs further a field!

While Leah and her pack mates were taught the importance of mates, the mate bond, waiting & cherishing them, just the same as their neighbouring packs, the packs they have visited so far are aware of mates, aware of the exact same facts, but party, date and sleep around regardless.

This was the third pack they were visiting and it was becoming heartbreaking!  In the last two packs some of her friends had found their mates; but always in undesirable & often painful situations for her friends.

The car finally pulls up in front of a massive pack house.  The Alpha of the Eclipse pack along with some assembled members form a welcome committee awaiting them. Taking a deep breath Leah steps out of the car & stands alongside her pack mates a smile pasted on all their lips as their future Alpha Arron leads the introductions to Alpha Stephens.

Leah really hoped that this one would be different.  They needed it to be.  Her pack mates were in desperate need of restoring some faith in their fellow wolves!