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be a part of the festivities because I was too young. The age for eligibility to participate was 24. This year, it was finally my year. I'd been traini

acised my entire family and his arrogant son, Louis and the entire pack followed suite, even without knowing who was at fault. But today I would change that. Today I would come out the winner in this Hunt and claim my victory price; a favour from Alpha Roman. I would ask him to publicly acknowledge my family and welcome

stared at him from where I stood in front of my dresser. He was seated on my bed directly opposite my dres

e only way to make sure that we re

atter? Why do you ca

where he's not accepted. We either get accepted into the pack or we chang

s into his palms because that's what he did when he was n

t you to lea

hrough his thick

leave either. So I'

old tank top. I didn't need that much. After all, when I transformed, the clothes would rip. Not that I was planning to transform with them on. You could only rip so

coming w

in this competition

I've trained for this. You tra

have to just to prove something to some

s go serve up s

despite himself. "God, yo

n't run into my father; I couldn't stand getting his disappro

nt starting points so we s

utskirts of our woods, furthest from wher

nd good luck" he leaned in and gave me a p

and varying degrees of disgust. I rolled my eyes, used to it by now, and began my trek to my starting line. When I was h

aring good luck from me?!" Melissa asked. Well

I said about sla

hick blonde hair, baby blue eyes and rosy cheeks, she was the picture of innocence. Too bad she was a mischievous minx. When we were kids, she used to get

it more

or anything so they were in their rights. It just wasn't something I liked doing. For this reason, I was nervous. Plus, the Alpha's arrogant son, Louis was participating in this year's hunt which was alarming in and of itself. He'd turned twenty four three years ago but had never participated in the competition himsel

g to bolster my spirits. She was always good at that and I genuine

orn that announced the beginning of the Hun

They're supposed to send people to m

"I think t

e they blew the horn. All part of their little ways to make my life miserable. Honest

e gotta

oods. Although she also just became eligible to participate, she chose not to des

normal age most werewolves had their first transformation. I dashed deeper into the woods and sniffed the air. I could smell a mule deer nearby. They were pretty common here in Colorado so there wasn't much points attached to them, it was five points at most, some bonuses for skill of kill. Regardless, I was working on an every point counts tactic so I paused and sniffed

him until it was too late. The wolf slammed into me, making me tumble down a slope. Before I could get up, the wolf

eir wolf form for long and had been feeding on raw animals could grow that big. Which meant I'd been attacked by a freaking rogue werewolf! What would a rogue be doing in these parts anyway? Even a ro

d and almost stumbled backwards. This wasn't a

and swiped at him with mine instead. I got its face but regretted it two seco

the wolf through the mind link all werewolves could forge but it was futile. There w

reaking out. I usually kept a tight leash on my wolf because of what happened to the Luna of our pack, Esther, Alpha Roman's wife. It was said that during a Grand Hunt, she lost control of her wolf and became feral. Her link to the pack was severed and she we

rlier and I howled in excruciating pain. And that was when it happened. I felt her taking over and my humanity receding. I felt like I was watching from afar as my wolf scratched an elongated paw down the wolf's face and made a wound so deep that blood spilled out to bathe my chestnut brown fur. Then she du

definitely finish the job the rogue started. So I stood aside and watched as they fought, praying my saviour would survive. From the bond I felt with the wolf, I knew it was a member o

gue wolf laid dead at the black wolf's feet. It looked up to me, lig

ransform so I can t

the sweetest thing I'd ever heard. I almost swayed with the weight of its

form,

e. Second, with the fact that his order came to me as a command my body unwillingly obeyed, this was an Alpha wolf. And since Alpha Rom

Of all the people in the world, it had to be the

he was too. His eyes

can't be

my hand on my neck quickly to stop the bleeding. The rogue didn't hit a major arte

dress your wounds. And not a word of this to anyone" and then he t

crawling around inside of me, I felt her pain that threatened to drown out my phy

jected us. Of a

hunt with the injuries I'd sustained. The animals would smell me coming from a mile away. Plus, with the way my w

an form, werewolves were faster than humans so I got there in under a minute. I climbed up to my window, not wanting to enter thro

o observe the stomach wound and noticed it was already healing. It wasn't as deep as I'd originally thought and it didn't hit

ll hurt. I felt the ache in my chest. It felt like a physical pain

come out triumphant, I was supposed to show them all, I was suppo

into the bathroom to wash all the b

re were times when I felt guilty about that style, never giving the animals a fighting chance, but I thought it was better in the long run. They would still loose, werewolves were at the top of the food chain with the exception of Lycans,

completely, I walked into