Chapter 1
In the middle of a storm in the middle of the night, in a house in the middle of the woods in Organ, watching the wind and rain out the living room window sits a girl with nothing to do, so she pulls out her phone and headphones and puts on music.
Her mom runs through the house, trying to find her. When her mom finally finds her at the window, she pulls out one of her headphones and tells her to run to her room and grab whatever she wants to keep because a tornado warning was sent out. Her daughter runs to her room and grabs her favorite blanket, pillow, laptop, charger for her laptop and phone, her top three favorite books, and all her writing journals, then heads to the basement with their dog Cece.
After a couple of minutes, her mom comes down, grabs a flashlight, and turns on the portable radio and another lantern.
After a few hours, her mom had fallen asleep, and she didn’t hear anything outside. She got up and went upstairs. She opened the door on the walkway, and so far, everything looked fine. She walked to the kitchen and looked out the window, and everything still looked fine; the sun was shining as if nothing had happened. She was calm and about to walk away when she heard what sounded like a wolf but also said it was more significant.
Oh well, she thought to herself, better go wake mom up.
She went back down to the basement and woke her mom up. Her mom cleaned all the blankets up off the floor of the basement and took them up to the laundry room.
The girl made breakfast, and she and her mother sat down to eat. She looks over at her mom and says, “I heard a sound in the woods earlier. I would go on a run and check it out later.”
Her mom looked at her and was scared for a moment, then replied, “No, you can’t go into Alpha’s territory!”
She looks at her mom like crazy and says, “Alpha? Who's that?”
Her mom looks at her and then says, “Katie, there’s something that I need to tell you that I’ve been keeping from you since you were little.”
Katie clears the table off and sits back down as her mother pulls out a photo album and flips to a page that shows a couple of wolves in one picture than a picture of her mom and dad.
Her mom points to the wolves and says, “That is what I’ve been keeping a secret. That is your father and me. We are none to humans as werewolves.”
Katie looked at her like she was a mad woman.
“You can’t be a serious mother, that's crazy.”
“It’s not, I assure you. Your father and I were the second in command to the Alpha. That was until your father died after you were born. We were at war with a neighboring pack. After your father died, Alpha made us go to the bottom of the chain. We are now known as Omegas.”
“Now, why would he do that?”
“He thought a lady couldn’t do a man's job as second in command.”
Katie started questioning her mom, and one of her last questions was, “Does he have a son that can try and take his place as Alpha? Also, when will I get my wolf?”
Her mom looked at her and said, “Yes, he has a son; his son was born the day before you. And your wolf comes on the night of your 16th birthday. That’s also when you find what I already explained to you as your mate.”
“Oh, ok. Well, I’m going to get ready for a run.”
