choking on the drink he was drinking. He looked at me incredulously and only believed me when Layla said that I would seriously do it. He even looked slightly scared and looked to Layla for help, but she just shrugged. My mother, Linda, seemed to have pulled her shit together because she was looking better except for the occasional night when she would be up in her room with absolutely no light. She gave off a bad vibe sometimes and it freaked me out. I made Shane sleep with me every night or I would sleep with him. He didn't complain, he just did it. I silently thanked him for that. The chilly wind brought goose bumps to my flesh as I walked down the stone steps of the High School. Not many people were around, just the occasional druggie or person like me- taking my time in leaving. I pulled my hoodie tighter around me as the October wind blew at me. Halloween was only days away. I started my long journey back home. I thought about the night of the party. I couldn't quite remember it. My memories go up until we land on the bed and then I can't remember. It was quite frustrating- my first time and I don't even remember it! I was walking along the pavement when I heard voices. They were coming from the woods. I was going to ignore it when I heard a scream. My bag dropped to the ground and I was running into the woods. My mind was telling me not to go, warning me. I couldn't stop though. What if someone was hurt? I couldn't leave them. I stop just outside of a clearing. I immediately duck behind a tree and slap myself mentally for my stupidity. The scream wasn't even a scream- more of a squeal. From a rabbit. I must have been so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn't differentiate the two before I acted upon it. Four very big -muscular- guys stood in the clearing. They were all tall, very fit. They wore shorts with no shirt- didn't they realize how effing cold it was out here? I stared unbelievingly at the other thing in the clearing. It wasn't even doing anything but snacking on the now dead rabbit in its jaws. A wolf! The big brown furry animal laid on its belly and listened as the four men talked. I decided to listen in too. I didn't recognize any of them. A guy with short brown hair spoke up after a quiet pause. "Alpha needs to say something to his mate." The rest nodded. "Yeah. He needs to do it before she figures it out and overreacts. She may call the authorities and we don't need to be dealing with those types of affairs at this moment." One of the shorter of the four said with a grim expression. "Especially with the threat of war from one of the rogue alphas." I don't know which said that but he had a nasally voice, kind but had a hint of deadliness attached to it. The biggest of them all spoke up, he scared me the most. Not because of how be he was but because of the strange looking tattoo on his back. I couldn't see what it was from my point of view. They all were older looking men and this one had graying short hair. "She smells odd to me." "Who?" Brown hair spoke up. "Our future Luna. I don't know why exactly but she smells...different." "I noticed it too, when I was around her house doing rounds. Her room smelt different than if I was to go up to her..." nasally voice said to the group before running a hand through his short hair. "Well we better get back, the alpha may sense we've been gone too long." The one who hadn't said anything told the group before turning to the woods behind him. I wondered what he was going to do when they all started to shimmer. My eyebrows scrunched together. Suddenly, huge wolves replaced their spots that they were just standing. It was all done in a matter of 5 seconds. They all were way bigger than regular wolves, huge even. Their head could easily tower over me. My eyes widen and my mouth opened. They were quite beautiful I must say. Their coat was a mix of all different colors of the forest. They could easily blend into the night around them. They took off