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.

kills me to make this decision, but we don't have

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be happy to let us join his pack, my

see the place I have grown up in without pictures on the walls, or any signs of my family

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 country, go to places I never got the chance to go because of the pack. Pretending to be a human just sounds like my best shot at a

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 that haunts me every day. Forget about how I lost everything.

It's quite fancy, surrounded by green grass and trimmed bushes. Soon we get

long for someone to answer.

a tall, lean guy; I sensed power radiating

into the pack house and down a hallway till we came up to white double

Entering into the dark-colored room, I sat down on one

you so much for letting us join your pack, especially under these conditions." Frank thanked while I just continued to study the room. My eyes landed on the Luna, she was pregnant, at least seven months. Like many people say

"Congratulations," I say to her trying to focus on the present and not my escape plan.

you." She sweetly smiled. "Only two

where we would be staying. It's a lovely house, close to the pack house. The inside is spacious and modern,

us privacy to unpack, I went upstairs and picked out my room, well

the middle of the room, after I finished bringing my suitcases upstairs. Getting up, I sat on the floor in

unzipping it, I lifted the top, inside was my packed duffle bag full of clothes, food, water, and other essentials. I pre-packed so I would

and I quickly zipped the suitcase back up and answered it.