Chosen By Four Alphas

a El

in our world

at will pin you in the dark

ught ever since The Reckoning years

ember it like it

through the entire village, crushing towers an

the day and dimming at night. Like it too ha

's waiting." Mother's soft sig

-like form in the mirror to s

he shadows just outside the halo of the

hard, staring back at me from the mirro

e all the other wolves in Shadows Pac

this up. Everyone's here." She pressed insistentl

as I pushed away from the mirror, jumping a

rically before Mother's dead fish

e most important night in any maiden

o my barely existent waist and bony hips, dragging along the

and dark green bamboo fence was the same as a

e front yards that had already s

ed the air like diarr

s the open night's air stabbed

d hard at my back, pushing me behind the long line of ma

lue moon to witness the dawn of a new generation!" One of

m look almost sinister, and my breath caught in m

staring

ept past and I stared at the circle

them would be

eeling a blush rise to my cheeks when one of t

an B

hadow Pack. His shock of strawberry-white hai

ven under the loose white shirt and pants h

ing? Stupid girl...wh

nd be mated and here I was

en the first maiden's harrowing

ttendants hissed angrily, his voice too close to my ear a

lready t

d when I saw the large form of the maiden's wolf

men on the other side as his wolf burst f

, my jaw trembling as I backed up a st

t you dead." the blond girl in front of me hissed over her

anding solemnly on the walls, thei

em? Would he shoot

anged ever since the n

colder...qui

a." I chided myself, digging deep inside fo

t be pa

dried when the long-nosed elder towered above

exively and the field suddenly fell deathly si

Eldwood?" The elder's rancid

me when I twisted my neck up, my ey

it in the stifling silence as the

r wolf already." Mother rattled, draping her arms arou

as hap

iece of shit is my mate." the silver wolf's snide remarks mad

eran speak t

tly turned to ash when I saw the

on the grass beside me when I li

the men in the line. The most ha

might have treated me dif

to be another way!" Kieran screamed, but his desperat

e until my shoulders hun

through clenched teeth, digging dee

e...no

Knogt tutted, his f

mouth falling open when Mother s

ing?" I stammered, hating the way my voice

ders circled me like sharks, their be

rses in Shadowville." Elder Knogt spat coldly, face tight with deter

me like she was seeing a ghost and

a mate." He deadpanned, nodding to the barrel-chested s

n't shift would

t the pack, and yet, I never ima

oddess playing

until it was imposs

m take me away! You can't do this!" I screamed, tearing off the veil

get

to the grass and blood filled

s behind me sounded like they

at my ear before pain made me scream when his claws t

te was chasing

ghtmare I was beg

et, the man effortlessly kept up with me, his

ng into the back of my dress

y thighs burned and reaching for the edge of darknes

pack to enter The Darkness was

a's green earth I was get

y were on fire as the elder's distant bark echoed and I sl