Betrayed by her Alpha

a's

nse, like something deep within me wants to burst free. Everyone around me appears so regu

feel th

, I get that odd feeling again, like a knot pulling tighter within me. I shake my head, pushing the feeling aw

ways offered me peace, but tonight, it seems different. As I near the tre

s happening to

ing like my bones are breaking. I call out, but no one is there t

hands change into claws, my skin burns, and hair start

ished, I'm no

is strong. My heart races, and all I can think of is leaving, going far away. But my legs...

foots

gs out, deep and st

just any man, a werewolf- stands before me. He's big a

t as more of a growl than I meant. Fear grabs

ds lifted as if to soothe me. "It's okay. I'm not

fore, yet there's something familiar

"but you need to trust me. You've just

Was this why I've always felt different? But how could I not know? I

ords calm but serious. "You'll only hu

ge to say, though it sounds

t it. You're scared, but I've gone

e you?" I snap, taki

s softly. "You're not just anyone. You're

What did yo

mine. "You're special, Maya. You belong t

at can't be true. You must be wro

lways known something wasn't right, that you didn't fit in with the people. This is why. You'

heard of the Lunar Pack, much less that I'm related to it. This is some type of

I say. "I didn't as

You're in danger, Maya. The enemies of the Lunar Pack will com

ho is this guy? How could he know so much a

ing me?" I ask, m

with something unreadable. "Because I swore an

he's not saying. Before I can push him more, a howl echoes across t

kens quickly. "T

sk, my hea

," he answers, grabbing my

ack. "Why shoul

es meeting with mine, "I'm the o

ranger who claims to know everything about me. But before I can make a c

han yells, grabbing my ha

on't know who these people are or why they're chasing me, but I

of the shadows comes out of nowh

, my senses ta

inking, I spring at the

ld strike, every