Just A Tick Behind

Hi, my name is Willow Sterling, I'm 19 years old and I'm the daughter of the Alpha in our pack, and I have unfortunately been through a lot of trauma and shit in my life.

My mom wants me to go to the decade ball to find my mate, but I can't even love myself how will I love someone else?
It's not fair. I've gone to all the parties before that I'm required of, so why can't
they just give me a bone this one time.

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Love is such a complex thing
Do i deserve something so intriguingly difficult?
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Nevertheless The Royal family, the Kaldors, will be hosting it as they do every time. Once upon a time the Sables were in charge, until the Scandal started. It came out that The King was trading kidnapped pups with rogues and other kingdoms, all of the luxuries that the queen wanted and bought, put them into deep debts that they owed to the Kaldors. They would have gotten away with it if it wasn't the Kaldors, but it was. Everyone knows not to cross them especially not break deals with them, the family of Warriors. One of the main packs in our kingdom and they took down the Sables in a heartbeat when they found out about the blood money they were giving them.

I'm not sure that I'm ready for a mate yet, though. I'm still too broken from my past experiences to even think about loving someone. This is bullshit.