The wolf within her

The wolf within her

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Born into a werewolf family but believing she was ordinary-until her father is framed and exiled for a crime he didn't commit and she is forced to step into the limelight as an alpha for her pack. What ivy doesn't know is that her entire life has been built on lies , from an ancient prophesy tied to her birth to the closest people hiding truths sharp enough to shatter her . Would she be able to fulfil destiny or fall prey to the forces determined to break her?

The wolf within her Chapter 1 One

Born beneath a veiled star, the masked one will wake the dormant storm.

Three carved from truth and terror;

One forgotten, one forsaken, one foreshadowed.

When the bloodline awakes, kings will fall,

And the lost shall rise,

To deliver or doom.

IVY

"Don't you ever say that again.", something shattered downstairs.

I jolted awake, heart slamming against my ribs. For a split second, I thought I'd dreamed it.

My parents didn't argue.

Ever.

I lay still, listening. The house held its breath.

Then my mother spoke again, her voice lower this time. "She's not ready."

"She has to be," my father snapped.

I didn't understand the words, but they sank into me anyway, heavy and cold. I swung my legs out of bed before I could talk myself out of it.

The hallway was dim, the early morning light barely slipping through the windows. I had just reached the top of the stairs when a sound ripped through the house.

"Ivy."

My mother was there instantly, faster than I'd ever seen her move. Her hands settled around my shoulders, warm and comforting, turning me back toward my room before I could even look down the stairs.

"What's the matter?" I asked. They looked tense.

"Everything's fine," she said, smiling too broadly. "Go back upstairs."

Behind her, my father stood at the foot of the stairs, his broad shoulders blocking my entire view of the living room. He wouldn't meet my eyes.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Nothing, my dear," he said. His voice was calm, but his jaw was set the way it only ever was when something drastic was happening.

My mother smoothed a hand over my hair. "We're leaving earlier than planned," she said gently.

They didn't say where they were going. They never did. They didn't have to.

Today was the first red moon in the last six months, and wolves never took superstitions lightly. Mum and Dad would be out leading the others through the Ceremony of Lights, and as their tradition demanded they were to be away the entire weekend. Everyone was.

Well, except me.

I tried not to let the emptiness seep in again. I should be used to it by now, but it never gets better.

I nodded my head stiffly, and my mum gave me a sad smile.

"Stay safe, Ivy. Have fun on your trip, we'll call you," Dad said.

I watched them leave through the front door and go out into the street.

Turning my back to the door, I knew that once I checked again, they would have vanished.

I took my time going up the stairs to my room. The moonlight shone with an intensity I'd never experienced before, giving the mundane objects here an odd tint. The room stood still as if it could tell I was observing it slowly and it was all I could do not to run downstairs, though I knew it was in vain.

They were already gone.

My phone buzzed on the nightstand. Talia.

"Ivy, you up?" I heard her ask.

"Unfortunately."

She chuckled slightly; she was used to me now. Several years of friendship and I never understood why she stuck with me. Born into wealth and power, Talia's lineage ruled in every single US state. Her father and mother were heads of state in Washington DC, her cousins owned massive companies in California, and her grandfather was the alpha of the Chicago wolf pack. Even in person, Talia had an air of dignity. She was never bothered about anything-everything was under her feet.

The bus leaves at 6. You'd better be there, I'm not sitting next to Townsend. He's been drinking since earlier today," she complained.

It's not like anyone else was going to sit next to me. I was quiet, and besides Talia and a few of my mother's friends, no one really spoke to me. My father loved me, and my mother pampered me, but I was always overlooked by everyone else in my father's pack. They respected me because of his position and would never dare to even breathe the wrong way next to me. But I felt the prejudice in the words that weren't spoken, in the pitied looks they sent my way. I grew up that way, in a bubble of self-consciousness and shyness. No one ever really knew me, some days I wasn't sure if even I did.

"Yeah yeah, I'll get ready now. I wouldn't want you to inhale vodka the entire ride to Los Angeles," I told her. "I would actually kill you if that happened. I'll send you a text when I'm at your house to pick you up." she said.

Such an angel.

"Thanks, Talia. Love you" I said. "You would be crazy not to," she responded.

I rolled my eyes.

I stood up from my bed and walked to the bathroom. Reaching for the light switch - I froze.

I could see. Perfectly.

I was probably just overthinking it. Talia would be here in a few hours and I didn't want to die for letting her sit next to Townsend.

My bathroom looked like any random one. Flowery tiles decorated the walls and pink towels and toiletries lined the edge of the bathtub. A large sink held my brush and skincare products, and a floor to ceiling mirror was stationed on the far right. Cracks ran down the corners of the wall, and pots of aloe vera hung on my windowsill to ward off 'evil spirits.

Did I mention that wolves were superstitious?

The only thing that was out of the ordinary was a golden charm that hung at the center of my door. Many like this one were placed in specific spots around my house. At the entrance of the house, on the dining table, in my parents' room, my mother even wore one on her finger whenever she was around me.

She placed this one on my bathroom door when I was about three years old. I remember my mother crashing out when I had climbed a stool to check it out, removing it in the process. To this day, I've never understood what that was all about, it wasn't that anything particularly bad had happened. In fact, right at that moment, I remember feeling significantly stronger, it felt like my world had turned right side up after being at an angle all this while. But my mum looked so frightened that I never asked about it.

I showered quickly, already dreading agreeing to go on this tour to Los Angeles with Talia, but I knew the main reason I did was so that I wouldn't be alone again while my parents were out.. I wanted to feel like I had a life too, that I didn't feel left out from the culture of my family.

Like I wasn't an oddity.

I emerged from the bathroom and started tossing random clothes into my backpack. I packed for two days although I had a strange premonition I wouldn't stay that long.

Ignoring the strange tingling sensation that ran down my spine, I put on the pair of jeans my mom got me last summer and paired them with one of my father's flannel shirts; I wasn't getting glammed for a trip where half the students would be asleep or doing the immoral.. It was a student organised trip so no adult would be there to supervise.

Humans have too much faith in their offspring.

Well, technically I am human. Just one living amongst monsters.

Placing my fully packed luggage on the ground, I looked around my room to see if there was anything I'd forgotten.

Talia didn't like sharing.

There was a vibration in the atmosphere that made it hard to focus on any one thing, the world felt stretched, like the night was holding its breath. I patted down my shirt and was about to blow off checking the mirror when I felt compelled to look at my reflection. But there was nothing out of the ordinary, just my oversized shirt and terrible bed hair.

"This mirror is so dirty," I said moving to wipe the smudges off with my shirt. I was doing so when I realized something was amiss.

My reflection didn't move.

"What the fuck?"

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“Born into a werewolf family but believing she was ordinary-until her father is framed and exiled for a crime he didn't commit and she is forced to step into the limelight as an alpha for her pack. What ivy doesn't know is that her entire life has been built on lies , from an ancient prophesy tied to her birth to the closest people hiding truths sharp enough to shatter her . Would she be able to fulfil destiny or fall prey to the forces determined to break her?”
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Chapter 2 Two

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Chapter 3 Three

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Chapter 4 Four

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Chapter 5 Five

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Chapter 6 Six

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Chapter 7 Seven

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Chapter 8 Eight

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Chapter 9 Nine

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Chapter 10 Ten

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Chapter 11 Eleven

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Chapter 12 Twelve

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Chapter 13 Thirteen

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Chapter 14 Fourteen

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Chapter 15 Fifteen

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Chapter 16 Sixteen

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Chapter 17 Seventeen

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Chapter 18 Eighteen

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Chapter 19 Nineteen

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Chapter 20 Twenty

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Chapter 21 Twenty one

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Chapter 22 Twenty two

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Chapter 23 Twenty three

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Chapter 24 Twenty four

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Chapter 25 Twenty five

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Chapter 26 Twenty six

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Chapter 27 Twenty seven

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Chapter 28 Twenty eight

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Chapter 29 Twenty nine

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Chapter 30 Thirty

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Chapter 31 Thirty one

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Chapter 32 Thirty two

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Chapter 33 Thirty three

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Chapter 34 Thirty four

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Chapter 35 Thirty five

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Chapter 36 Thirty six

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Chapter 37 Thirty seven

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Chapter 38 Thirty eight

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Chapter 39 Thirty nine

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Chapter 40 Forty

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