Rejected By The Pack, Desired By The Alpha

amuse Jim more-or maybe i

tter than most of the

ey're wrong. It just slows them down and creates more weak spot

on to myself: they d

nst the wall, laughing so har

ot a mouth on you, and it's sharp. No

at the clock.

old trainer, I'd had to squeeze my

next we

s locker room, which wa

n hair into a high ponytail, letting a few strands esc

e other girls, especially the freshmen, probab

or the time. And at this p

uldn't match the speed of my family or the rest of the p

my pace as I headed for

d into my seat just a

ility to sense movement, to anticipate a pre

nd of instinct, a gift

. almo

alked in and st

course, and fran

me think. But so far, nothing I was being taught went beyond what the

e to a screeching halt the day I turned eighteen. Since then, he'd

uited me j

hat I was managing

nymore. Not completely free, no, but

d left were to the pack.

as Thalia

randfather was the old Alpha's Beta. But that Alpha was ki

y took one scandal for ou

a proud

r had repeated to me over a

mother from vanishing for a

, she had to face

enough, they soon found

er's name. Naturally, everyone

I was a mista

pha had demanded I be treated like any other member... at le

lly happened between the age

ful the wolf. That was not necessarily true, but it didn't sto

d

teen. Nothing. No

speed, the strength, the heightene

ly being part of it. I wasn't huma

een two worlds, be

was. Maybe she was afraid of my grandfather

ver got th

ent during her pregnancy-it crushed her. She to

endant. She had asked that it be g

ed her wish. If it had been up to my gra

s wife, Eve. They had two sons who always treated me like the

ly would have been simpler. I was pretty

me. He drilled it into my head that I mu

on me. No public school with my

tial arts, ballet, boxing, fencing, foreign languages, m

to shift before I turned eighteen, marry into an inf

rthday came and went. And with

ft. No wolf. Just an anomaly. Someth

ttend pack gatherings, obey the Alpha's orders, and bare my throat to

on the fringes. The most prominent families looked a

always changed in the final few minutes. I pulled myself from my thoughts l

onth ago, and I still hadn't foun

eal interest. I just hoped it would eventually get more

, huh?" a guy's voice called

least try to pay attention fo

id, her voice soft as she ta