The Girl With Werewolf Blood

"Sorry about the eggs."

"It's not your fault. I just get scared easily I guess." I throw the paper towel covered in egg yolks into the garbage and turn back to Frank. "What's up?" I ask, leaning on the counter.

"Anna, the pack, is going under, people are joining new packs, even becoming rogue. I don't know how much longer we can go without an Alpha or Luna. There's barely anyone left."

I stay quiet, absorbing the non-surprising information. People are going rogue? Maybe that's not such a bad idea.

"How many are left exactly?" I question, curious.

"Around thirty."

"Then what's the point, let's just close down the pack, give up."

"Are you crazy! Your grandparents built this pack on their own!" He shouts, taken back by my disturbing decision. "How can you just throw that all away?"

"Three-fourths of our people died in the attack almost a year ago, and the ones that survived are leaving," I say calmly. "You said it yourself; the pack is going under."

Frank sighs and rests his head on the counter. "Where will the thirty of us go?" He lifts his gaze to me.

wrong it kills me to make this decision, but we don't have a lot of options left."

~•~

let us join his

It was weird to see the place I have grown up in without pictures on the walls, or any signs of my family at all.

lot about joining the new pack or becoming rogue. At first, I figured I was crazy to think I could become rogue and survive alone, but now it's all I want to do, to be free. I could travel the

I didn't tell Frank about my plans because if I did, I'd get locked in a cell so that I couldn't leave him. So I decide to escape when we arrive at the new pack and head south to California. Having a fresh start will be good for me, maybe I will forget about the gory attack

and trimmed bushes. Soon we get out of the car and make our way up the front steps and towards the grand looking doors.

take long for someone to answer.

It was a tall, lean guy; I sensed power radiating off him, he must be the Beta.

we came up to white double doors. He pushed them open revealing the Alpha at his desk and the Luna sitting on one of the couches

dark-colored room, I sat down on one of the leather chairs in front of his desk

landed on the Luna, she was

on the present and not my escape

smiled. "Only two more months."

finished discussing joining the pack and other details they showed us where we would be staying. It's a lovely house, close

When they left to give us privacy to unpack, I went upstairs and picked

finished bringing my suitcases upstairs. Getting up, I sat on the floor in front of my bag.

packed duffle bag full of clothes, food, water, and other essentials. I pre-packed so I would be ready to go and not waste

door, and I quickly zipped the suitcase back up and answered