My Werewolf Protector

Legacy's Beginning

Legacy's leg bounced up and down in her chair as she looked up at the clock again for the 50th time and swore it was going backwards. The camping trip she had been planning for months was only an hour away but she felt as if time was all but coming to a stop. She could feel a mental breakdown creeping up on her from the heartbreak, anger and stress the last couple of weeks of her life had thrown at her. Her asshole of a fiancé had dumped her on her birthday three months ago and her life had pretty much gone downhill from there... her so called "friends" from the city had disappeared as soon as she got dumped, she didn't get the promotion at work she was sure she was going to get and now there was no way she could afford that new apartment she had been looking at... she had stupidly already started packing her little studio apartment up she was so sure of herself and now she had to unpack all of it again with a broken heart... On the bright side of all this, she had saved three weeks of vacation time off work for the honeymoon she thought she would be having but since that was a no go, she decided to use that time instead to go on a little vacation by herself and remind herself that she was strong and independent and capable of anything and didn't need any man in her life or so she hoped that's how it would go. What better way to do that than to go back to her roots and do what she used to Love doing before she moved to the city and go camping for three weeks all alone! She had picked an idyllic forest that had a serene lake where she could fish and go for swims just like she used to do. It wasn't a well known Forrest so she knew she would have it all to herself and she could hardly wait.
She had been all packed for two days and had loaded everything in her truck this morning so as soon as that clock hit 5 she could clock out and hit the road. Finally she only had ten minutes left and thought to herself "Fuck it... I'm leaving.." She shut down her computer, said a half assed goodbye to her colleagues and rushed to the bathroom to change out of her work clothes. She put on her newly bought khaki pants with about 168 pockets on them and equipped a couple pockets with her pocket knife, compass and lighter, she shimmied into her blank tank, put her favorite hiking boots on and threw on her daddy's old plaid jacket taking a second to inhale and think back to all the good times she had with him on their Montana farm. She felt right back at home in the comfortable outdoor clothes and felt herself already starting to feel much better. She left the stall and walked over to the sink turning on the warm water, cupping it and splashing it all over her face. She took the small makeup remover wipes out of her bag and scrubbed off her makeup. Once it was all off she lifted the bottom of her tank and dried her face off. Then she grabbed her favorite old ball cap, pulled her ponytail through the back and pulled it slightly to the left just like her daddy used to do. She looked up to see her natural olive skin again, her long dark hair untamed and her stormy gray eyes staring back at her in the mirror and started laughing aloud, if only her city friends could see her now they wouldn't even recognize her. When she moved to New York she wanted to shake the small town girl persona off and start fresh. None of her friends, including her fiancé, knew the small town outdoor side her. If they did they probably wouldn't wanted to give her the time of day let along be friends with her. She had tried to refine herself so much to fit in she had ended up losing most of who she really was. The night her ex fiancé took her camping was when she finally realized how much she had changed and how truly unhappy she was. The week after he broke up with her was a very dark time for her. She decided to return to her hometown of Laketown Montana and there she began to find herself again and build up her confidence with the help of those she loved and who actually loved her surrounding her. She realized she had really dodged a huge bullet by not marrying her billionaire ex fiancé because what truly made her happy was the small town girl life. She had wanted to stay in Montana forever, unfortunately she had to go back to her job in the city but she decided to plan an adventurous camping trip to test her skills and go back to that girl she once was who had taught many youngsters in Montana how to survive in the wilderness with what Mother Nature provided you with.