The Beast And The Blessed

Chapter 1

One: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

I felt uneasy as soon as I entered the pack house. The way my pack mates were smirking at me, laughing behind their hands… I knew they were up to something. Their pranks and bullying had been getting worse and more painful each time they managed to get me alone. My bruises still hadn’t gone away from the last time.

My body ached from the beating I had taken two days ago, but I was only a few hours away from it all ending.

I just needed to get to Jake before they set their plan into motion.

Jake was my boyfriend of four years. He was the only one that cared for me, and the only one I could trust.

We were high school sweethearts. He was also the next in line to become the Alpha of our pack. That didn’t matter to me, but it did matter to the other women in the pack. They hated that he was with me. They felt that they deserved a stronger Luna than I would be, and they all wanted to be his chosen one.

I hadn’t even shifted yet. To them, I was no more than an omega…a runt as they liked to call me, the weakest of the litter.

It should have happened three years ago when I turned sixteen, but it didn’t. Now I was nineteen, the age at which we could recongize our mates as our wolves should have matured by then. Had I shifted, I would have known Jake was my mate already, but we had to wait the extra two months until today, his nineteenth birthday, for him to recognize me as his mate.

Jake didn’t care that I hadn’t turned. We had been together since before either of us were old enough to shift, and we were both positive that we were mates. He stood by me and protected me from the cruelty of the wolves around us when I failed to shift with the others.

He didn’t have the authority to use the Alpha command yet to get them to leave me alone all the time, but he made sure to be there for me and defend me every chance he could.

Everything about being with Jake made my shitty life feel like a dream. He made all of the bad disappear when he held me, and I always knew that I was going to be okay when I was with him.

Today would be the day that would change the rest of my life.

He would probably be looking for me too. We had talked

Where are you?’ I asked through

have a lot of guts to show up here right now. Do you have any idea how happy the pack is? Having you here will just ruin it. This party is for pack wolves only.” Savannah, my sister’s best friend, said as the crowd parted for her and the music stopped. All of the party guests stopped dancing and talking to watch as the biggest bully

flashing lights of varying colors continued in the

hour would see the disruption and step forward to my side, but he didn’t. As I glanced around at all of

could feel the heat building in the back of my eyes as they all laughed again. Something was going on, and it was more

at me widely. “See for yourself. Where is Jake, hm? I think he went up to his room. You should go

tighter as I narrowed my eyes. She was up to something, but I wanted to get to Jake more than I wanted to

stepped to the side, and I could feel everyone watching me

behind double doors, and I rushed toward it. I could hear people coming up the stairs behind me, no doubt being led by Savannah,

soon as I got in his room, I could close the door and act as if none

would just be the two of

mind as I wrapped my hand around the cold door knob. It was a warning, telling me not to go inside. It wanted me to turn around and run, knowing this was

stared wide-eyed at the

spark of light in

lifted his head, meeting my tear-streaked face, but not seeing me as his wolf was in control. His canines extended just before he

My sister.

my hand covered my mouth. Jake pulled back snarling at

want you,” Savannah whispered into my ear, and my sister laughed from beneath my boyfriend as she reached up and ran her hand through Jake’s short blonde

but the malicious look in her narrowed eyes showed she was pleased by her victory over me. Not only had she stolen the love of

Mate.

mean she was toward me and resented her. Now, he was

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