The Girl Who Cried Wolf

chapter one

"I will always love you"

My breath quickens. This dream i've had for the past 12 years. 

"Even when were not here we will always watch over you"

I feel my face get wet. 

"Mother! Father!" I call after them.

But no matter how far  I run, or how close I get to them, they always...

        disappear......

Suddenly I jolt up out of the terrifying nightmare. I realize that someone is crying. I look around the entire room to see who is stupid enough to cry this loud at night after the Beta has went to sleep. 

Do they know what will happen?? They better be quiet or we will all be punished. 

I realized then, its me.

I quickly close my mouth and muffle the whimpers coming out.

Its okay Harper. I will always be here. You are strong. Lets go back to sleep now.

I'm sorry Naya. I didn't mean to wake you. I'm sorry for everything Naya. 

I feel more tears fall from my cheeks.

Harper none of this is your fault. As soon as our birthday hits we will leave. Its okay.  We have each other and thats all we need. 

I still sniffle but start to put my head down and get comfortable on the cold floor.

Mom and Dad are always watching us as well. Remember, if he comes in let me take control. I love you.

Okay Naya. Goodnight.

I feel like my bond with my wolf is different than everyone else. Naya is my best friend and wants to protect me all the time. Me and Naya have opposite personalities but our connection has grown stronger in the last decade because she is the only one who will talk to me.

In my kingdom I am basically shunned everywhere I go. It started out as everyone blaming me for my parents death saying things like 

If you were a boy they wouldn't have died.

But I know that my parents were sad because they couldn't have more children. I knew they were sad but anytime they were around me they always tried to do fun things and smile.

But I knew that there smiles were fake.

Now since I was the only one born and was female, their Beta took over till I was grown up enough. But the Beta was always power hungry. Him and his son Joseph want me to marry J, so that he will become the Alpha. 

AS FUCKING IF

I would never do that. I would only wait for my Mate. My mother told me that. My father told me that. But even though I wanted to wait, I couldn't help the fear of meeting him. I couldn't help that everytime I thought about having a mate, my stomach clenched, and fear rose through me. I couldn't help but think that he would be like the others. 

Naya always tried to assure me that he would love me no matter what and that he would never hurt me but I could feel her unease as well. Her feeling to protect me trumps everything. Unlike usual wolves, that also trumped my mate. I could tell that she already loved him. But she was scared of the person, not of the wolf. 

I felt kind of bad for Naya. The first time that I shifted was the day that my parents died. I was going home to tell them that I had met Naya and shifted but I got there and was immediatly moved out of my own home.