Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 20:21:11 -0500
From: Rachel Gebhardt <wolfwriter1492@live.com>
Subject: Your Alpha, My Mate Chapter 1

This piece of fiction contains supernatural themes and eventually sexual
interactions between consenting male adults. Please do not read this if it
is illegal where you are, or you are not of age to do so.

All characters are fictional and any similarities to known actual people
are coincidental, unless otherwise specified.

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Chapter 1

      Being seventeen and in high school is hard enough, but dealing with
the harassment and abuse from my classmates is horrible. To make matters
worse, I'm also a werewolf that has to deal with the same torture from
within my pack. They see me as the weakest member of the pack since none of
them has ever seen me shift. Josh Quibideaux, the future alpha of the Cajun
Red pack thought that my wolf abandoned me and made me weak, a liability to
the pack.

      What they didn't realize was that I could shift, I just chose not
to. A werewolf will typically shift for the first time at sixteen, but
there are exceptions.  The first time is always the most painful, but
there's no conscious thought to it; it just kind of happens. After that we
can shift at will.  This means, I could go days without shifting, and I
could choose the when and where it would be done. I knew that I would be
seen as a piece of property if anyone knew that I was a white wolf. Dad
would use it as a power play and who knows how Alpha Quibideaux would
respond. He's just as bad as his son, a power-hungry bully.

      Why didn't my parents say or do anything? Even though the pack kids
had made my life so miserable? Well, it was simple: they agreed with the
rest of the pack. A werewolf that didn't shift was considered an
embarrassment, a black mark on the family's reputation. Thankfully, my
parents were hardly ever home because they often traveled for work, so I
would just wait until they left before shifting.

      Unfortunately, school would be over in about a month and unless I
moved away, someone would see me in my wolf form.  That was why I was
calling my cousin, Connor. Whenever I had a problem, he would be there
doing everything in his power to fix it, or at least make it better.  I
missed being able to hang out with him like we used to. We always went
camping and hiking together, and no one messed with me when he was around.
That is until he met his mate, Lisa, and moved to Texas to join her pack.
He and his mate were a part of the Lonestar pack.

      That, along with the fact that he was best friends with the Alpha's
son Jackson, meant there was already someone in the pack who knew me, and
could speak on my behalf. Connor being three years older than me worked in
my favor as well.

      Jackson knew I was important to Connor, and he could not believe what
my pack and parents put me through over the last two years.  Connor had
filled him in on everything I'd gone through. I knew my cousin wished that
my parents would take more of an interest in me.  He couldn't understand
why I wouldn't shift in front of them just to get them off my back.  I had
my reasons though.  Still, he had tried for the last eighteen months to get
me to leave my pack and join him.

      He was furious when he learned what Josh and the rest of the pack
were doing. He was scared that one day, one of them would go too far and
seriously hurt me. I think what pissed him off more was the fact that my
parents not only stood by while I was tormented, but also contributed to
it.

      Time seemed to slow down, waiting on someone to pick up the other end
of a phone line. I was walking in circles in the forest waiting for Connor
to answer his phone, I was wearing a trail into the forest floor as I
waited for him to answer.

      "Hey Jamie. What's up?"

      "Hey, Connor," I greeted stopping in my tracks.  "How are y'all
doing?"  I couldn't help but look around as I spoke.  I didn't want anyone
to interrupt my conversation with Connor. I walked over to a fallen tree
and sat down.  This was always where I came to think and just be by myself.
"You sure that your Alpha will let me come and stay there?" I asked over
the phone, as I rubbed my hands over my face.

      "Of course I am Jamie," he assured me. "Alpha Michael will gladly
give you safe haven. It's a packs duty to protect as many wolves as
possible."

      Connor's voice became distant as he yelled something away from the
phone. I assumed he was talking to Jackson, but I couldn't be sure.
Jackson had been Connor's best friend since he moved there 2 years ago
after he met Lisa at a regional convention.

      A wolf pack, was like a large extended family with the Alpha and Luna
as the parental figures. They were the ones who would hand out any
punishments needed. They were the ones to make the important decisions to
help the pack members succeed in life.  I used to think my Alpha and Luna
were this awesome couple who always put the pack's needs first. It wasn't
until the verbal and physical abuse started that I realized I was wrong.
As it turned out, they didn't care as long as their son's position wasn't
threatened and he was happy.

      "So when are you coming?" Connor returned to our conversation.
"Jackson said his parents are gonna be at the Alpha conference and that
he'll remind them that you haven't told your Alpha of your plans so that
they don't accidentally let something slip."

      According to Connor, Jackson was setting it up so that I could stay
with him and Lisa until I felt comfortable enough to move into the pack
house.  The pack house was where most adult and unmated wolves lived.

      "As soon as school's out, I'm heading that way," I told him.  "I
haven't decided if I'm going to stay for graduation or leave the last day
of school."

      I got back up starting to pace back and forth, I heard a twig snap
and started to look around to see who was there. It was stupid of me to not
pay better attention to my surroundings. Some werewolf I am to get snuck up
on.

      "Bye Connor.  I will talk to you later."

      "Bye Jamie. Be safe."

      "Hey stupid," Mary yelled.  "Who you on the phone with? Your
boyfriend?"

      Man does she have a voice that can grate on anybody's last nerve. I
really hoped she didn't hear my last statement; she would definitely tell
Josh just to make my life miserable. Mary was one of those who had no
trouble with sleeping her way into power. She had her eye on Josh, but knew
that he was not her mate.

      I decided to walk away because I knew that responding to her like I
wanted to would just make things worse.  Unfortunately, Josh stepped out
from behind a tree just as I turned to leave.

      "Nah, no one would be dumb or desperate enough to date him," he
sneered. "His mate'll probably reject him if he even has one."

      My heart dropped to my stomach and I could feel my face fall as
well. I always told myself that his taunts and cruel words didn't mean
anything, that he was just saying those words to try to hurt me.

      I knew deep down though how much it meant to me to have a
mate. Someone that I could depend on, protect and love at all costs. I know
I would cherish every moment with them and love them no matter their
faults.

      It's just those words, though that cut right, he said cut me right
through my heart and hit me in my soul. The thought of me being an
embarrassment and denied by my mate was my biggest fear and if that
happened I know it would just break me.

***

I hope you enjoyed the beginning of Your Alpha, My Mate is several chapters
in advance on the website, http://www.wolfwriterga.weebly.com and I will
post them on Nifty as fast as I'm able.

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Wolfwriter