The Silver Claw

Chapter One: Theo Lawson

My name is Theo Lawson, and my family have a huge secret. We are werewolves, who are a part of the Silver-Claw pack. It's pretty cool, we don't turn on a full moon and all that bullshit, but we do have mates, and on the full moon our... Urges are more prominent. Without our mates, it feels like absolute hell. Our heart slowly collapses, metaphorically and literally, until we die. I have been a werewolf for two years, marking today, my seventeenth birthday the third year.

I transformed at a young age, being only fourteen, and it has been an eventful three years since then. My mother, Cora, is our alpha and I am her Beta. It is a hard job, but I deal with it. I also finally came to terms that I'm gay and am out and proud. My family love me still and haven't disowned me or anything, but I still am afraid. I get the casual, "fag" or "disappointment" from people at school, but I don't care. What I'm afraid of is who my mate is. It's not someone who is at my school. Because when we see our mate, we just know, it's an instinct and you just know. I hoped that id find him, one day, id find my love I so want to have.

Today is my first day back at school, I am a senior, and I'm scared shitless. My older brother, Axel, just graduated and now I was most likely to be picked on and beaten up. My family are very respected in our small town, but I am not, because of me being gay. Axel placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder as I got of the sofa I was seated on, and said "it'll be alright baby brother, you'll be ok without me, I promise plus, you're super popular, not a lot of people would dare do anything, you'll be fine oh and happy birthday baby brother" and with that, I took the little courage I had, and walked outside, after kissing my mother on the cheek goodbye and took the happy birthday she gave me and greeting my dad, Ezekiel, goodbye.

"London! Tatum! Hurry up, we are going to be bloody late" I yelled up the stairs to my sisters' bedrooms as I walked past the staircase. They ran down and asked, "what car" before I said "whichever" and they jumped into the Tesla dad had just brought me. We are kinda rich, because my mother is not only our alpha, so gets commission from the pack, but is also a lawyer, while my dad is a doctor, so they both get good pay. I walked up to the Tesla and opened the driver's seat door. I turned the radio on and London, my twin sister, instantly grabbed the aux cord and plugged her phone in, and in a matter of seconds, Rihanna was playing in my car and I drove us to school.

Tatum said a quick "thanks, love ya, bye" and walked off to her friends, Madelyn and Neveah, who were also a part of our pack. "it'll be ok bro, you might find some hot gay guy this year! You'll be fine, Axel said, and so did Mateo, before he left." she said. Ah yes, our eldest brother, Mateo. He left because his girlfriend got hit by a car and was in hospital.

We walked out of our car, receiving gawks for the choice of car, and proceeded to walked to the administration office. We were told what homeroom to go into and we started the walk to the classroom. "did you see the new kid? That was in admin? he was hot" London whispered into my ear. I nodded and said "I know right? Like how" before we chuckled and arrived at the classroom.

Around 10 minutes into the homeroom, some kid walked through the door. I remembered him as the boy in admin and London nudged me in the rib. I looked at her and glared before repeating "your throat" and she understood. It was of course an open threat, but still, I can be intimidating if I want to be. Our homeroom teacher, Mrs Barns, asked for his name. "I'm Eli, Eli Adams" and the teacher nodded and continued whatever she was talking about.

"Eli, even his names hot, boy he's like a god" "didn't you hear him, he's an Adam, dad said they are spirits Lon, it ain't safe to be near him, he could figure us out" "oh calm down, he wont be able to, spirits aren't like us bro, they cant just discover who you are by your scent, we will be fine" my sister and I continued to argue for the next 3 minutes before Isaiah, River, Lexa and Jace, our best friends, came to us and Lexa was the first to point out Eli. "yo, the new guy, he's bloody hot, if he's straight I dibs, but if he ain't he all yours Theo." She said, I chuckled and nodded before river nudged my rib and hugged me. "hey Riv, how are you?" River and Lexa are brother and sister, and they just lost their parents, making themselves orphans. "I'm better, so is Lexa, but I can tell she misses them, Isaiah let's us stay at his when we aren't with Jace and Hayden" he said as I nodded and continued chatting with my friends.

"Oi, Looky there, Eli got himself in a fight" Jace said and I whipped my head and we all walked to the circle surrounding the fight. "ok, ok leave the poor boy alone Hayden, he's new, whatever he did, he probably didn't know what you'd do." I said as I pulled Hayden, who was on-top of Eli, trying to punch his face. "he's a dick Cus, he tried to steal my fucking pudding" he said. I sat there and just chuckled before I turned to Eli. "don't mind him, just next time, leave his pudding alone, oh and I'm Theo" and with that he nodded, and I walked off, pulling Hayden by the collar of his shirt.

"what the fuck Hayden, we have been back at school for no longer then an hour and you're already fighting a new kid, not to mention a hot one, over fucking pudding" I yelled, and he stumbled back and whimpered. I was doing it again; I was using my beta abilities. As a beta, I can control the pack, apart from the alpha, and I can tell them what to do, assign them duties and so on, and I had just used my beta demeanor towards my cousin, Hayden. "fuck, I'm sorry, Hayds, I-I didn't mean it" he patted my shoulder and said "it's alright" before we all left and went to first official class of the day.

We all had most of the same class today, except me and London had trigonometry when everyone else had pe. I also had Eli in a few of my classes, and he asked to sit with us at lunch, as he didn't have a lot of friends here yet. I of course said yes and myself, London, Isaiah, Lexa, River, Jace, Hayden and Eli all sat together for lunch. "So, Theo, have you heard anything from your mum, about the you know, thing" Jace asked. Right the thing, the murders. Over the past 10 days, 7 murders have been taken place, all have signs that it was a Werewolf or Vampire, or both. "she said it wasn't one of us, but someone like us, but we shouldn't talk about it right now, Cus, it is private business" and with that we all nodded and continued on our food.

"what did you mean back there, by someone like us, is there another pack?" "yes London, there is another pack, bigger then the Silver-Claw, and they are a big threat, but we couldn't talk about that in front of Eli, id rather be friends with him before I even think about telling him I turn into a wolf" she nodded and tried to lighten up the mood, "he was looking, no, starring, at you all lunch, and you two where obviously flirting." I chuckled and looked at her "even if he was, I doubt it for the reasons I wish Lon, and what can I say, I am a naturally flirty person" she chuckled and nodded once Tatum and her little group of friends came up and asked for a ride to the reservation we lived on. Everyone in the pack lived there, and all of our friends were in the pack so we all knew each other really well. This is also the reason I am popular, most kids from the reservation go to my school and being their beta, they are all friends with me and respect me, and kids who aren't apart of the pack and don't know about us know we are not to be messed with.

Our pack is something everyone is kinda scared of, and they respect us out of fear and respect. We help the police station and fire department a lot, so people respect us, and kids at school do, but we do get the occasional kid or adult who, pushes our buttons.

Once we arrived at the reservation, we had wolf training, which was my favorite part of my day. I loved combat training, both human form and wolf form training. Today we were doing wolf form, trying to control our anger. I led the younger pack and made sure we all knew what we were doing. We had to do more training then usual, now with the murders going on. You could tell the younger kids were more scared, because they weren't as focused and at school, they were all afraid. My mother doesn't like to hide things such as murders, because she believes it brings the pack together, and I agree with that.

After the training session, everyone nodded and bid their goodbyes, some needing to rest due to the tiredness, just ran straight home. Once I arrived home, my father, mother, Axel, Mateo, London, Tatum and a family I didn't recognize were sat at the dinner table we usually sat at. "ah, son, sit, sit, I want to introduce you to the Adam family". I looked around the table and there I saw him. With his beautiful ruffled black hair, and his bright yellow eyes. Eli.

A/N: Did you like the story? what do you think about the murders, do you want me to explain the pack better and the murders? and what do you think Eli's family is at Theo's for?

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