Chapter 1

Anna

The breeze in the air felt denser than normal. I didn't know but I think it was because of the Alpha's son's birthday. Sean White, the next Alpha in line, was finally turning eighteen, and that meant he would finally find his mate. The whole pack was in a frenzy, wondering who would end up becoming his mate, because automatically that person would become the luna of the pack. Mothers were busy dolling their daughters up and getting them ready for the night, just in case their daughter becomes Sean's mate.

I really felt like they were making too much of a fuss about it, because this was Sean White we were talking about. He was the most notorious player in the whole of the pack. He changed girls like he changed his stinky boxers. He didn't go out with a girl for more than a week and mostly used them for sex. Why would anyone be happy that the Moon goddess would mate them to such an asshole? I really didn't understand. 

The Alpha had made the ceremony compolsury for every young girl over the age of eighteen to attend, so there was no avoiding it. Even my uncle and his wife, Wendy had told her to be there when it was time, because they didn't want to disobey the alpha, when normally they would have locked me up in my room. 

My uncle Justin, who was my mother's younger brother had taken me in to live in the Blue moon pack with him after my parents had died in a car accident when I was still very young. I had been happy that someone was kind enough to take me in, but that feeling quickly changed. My uncle's wife, Wendy hated me because they had no children. She said that seeing me reminded her of her inability to bear children and would sometimes hit me just to let out her anger. That feeling quickly changed as she later felt that I was a witch or cursed. She would say that I had killed my parents and had made her infertile. A wolf being infertile was a very rare situation. It was something that didn't often happen, so there was no solution or cure. My uncle loved his mate very much, and because he uncle loved her, he treated me badly to satisfy her. I never held their maltreatment against them, because I felt like I just had some really bad karma, that was why bad things kept happening to me.

I had gotten three part-time jobs to take care of myself because they never spent a dime on anything concerning me apart from my education. Sometimes when I was paid, Wendy would collect the money from me saying that it was what I had to pay to live freely in her house. I always let it go without any fight. 

I was at one of my part-time jobs at a popular diner in town where I worked as a waitress, when a group of girls walked in. I rolled my eyes as I sighed, already knowing who they were from the sound of their laughs. They were loud and sat at a corner in the diner, but didn't stop giggling and disturbing the other customers. I walked over to them to take their orders when I finally noticed who they were. 

They called themselves the Blue and Blonde sisters. I knew because we all attended the same school. I just called them the B and B sisters, which stood for Bimbo and Bitchy sisters. They were a group of five friends who all had blonde hair and blue eyes that made them look like quintuplets. I'm not even joking, they practically all looked alike because they even dress the same way. Among them was Cherry Adams, the snobbiest of them all and the apparent leader of their group. Her long blonde hair fell over there shoulder, doing nothing to cover her breasts that were practically pouring out from her dress. She was the best example of a bimbo. Like if you searched bimbo online, her picture should be what should immediately pop up, I'm not even joking. 

She dresses like a walking traffic light.

What's with all the bright colors?

What made her attitude worse was the fact that all the young boys in our pack were all after her because apparently boys nowadays think with their dicks and not their brains. They were all stupid. She didn't pay any mind to them because she was too busy taking Sean's dick all the time that she had little to no space in her head for any other thing. This sole reason made her the worst, most annoying person to be around, and her friend encouraged it.

"What would you like to order?" I asked in a very bored voice as I stood there waiting for them to make up their minds.

"Wait a minute, aren't you Anna, Clumsy Anna?" Celine, one of them asked and my gaze turned into a glare.

Stupid bitches.

"That's true. It's so nice to see you again, clumsy. We had such good times together, with you falling all the time. I always wondered why you were so clumsy." Cherry chipped in, giving me a fake bright smile, while the rest of them laughed.

I clenched my fist at the mention of the nickname I was given in high school. I wasn't clumsy. They called me that because they had always tripped me in the hallways of our high school whenever I passed by them, especially Cherry, and thus the birth of the stupid nickname.

I ignored them because I hated them.

After laughing amongst themselves and taking what felt like an eternity, they finally made their orders, but not without confusing the hell out of me with their annoying voices.

I walked past Cole and Avery who gave me a knowing look, my co-workers and went into the kitchen to gave their orders to Dave, the chef and owner of the diner and sighed as I rested on a table. Dave was a man in his late fourties and had been nice enough to give me a job at his diner after he noticed the situation with my uncle and his wife.

"What's wrong?" 

"Nothing much, just tired." I smiled weakly at him.

"You sure?" He asked and I nodded, thinking of how I would handle the problem that was the B and B sisters waiting outside.

I knew for sure that it wasn't going to end well. 

I went back outside with some of their orders in my hands to drop at their table when I heard their conversation.

"You're so definitely going to be Sean's mate, I can feel it." One of the sisters said, demonstrating her excitement with her whole body.

"Oh, I know. When he walks up to me, I'm just going to act shocked like I didn't expect it. We should hurry up and get back so we can get ready." I held back my laugh.

You both would be a great match, an asshole and a bitch. The perfect couple.

"I can't wait to see the look on the other girls' faces when I become his mate " I couldn't hold back my laugh. 

It came out without my consent.

"Did you just laugh at me?" Cherry accused.

"I'm really sorry, I just happened to hear someone say something quite ridiculous, that's all."

"And what's ridiculous about what I said?" 

"I never said it was you, but if you insist, be my guest." I shrugged. "You sound so stupid giving yourself so much hope when you actually know deep inside that you're just a cum dump for Sean. Even if he had the chance to choose his mate, trust me when I say he would never, ever choose a bimbo bitch like you."  

I knew I had hit the right spot and I was proud of myself.

What I didn't know was what she would do next. I watched her as she picked up her cup of chocolate milk and poured it on my head. 

I stood there shocked, but kind of expecting it as I watched Cherry walk out of the diner, the rest of the sisters following behind her, while glaring at me.

I turned around to see Dave standing there, arms crossed. I smiled mischievously at him and he sighed.

It's not my fault they can't take a joke.

"Just pack your bag and go home. It's almost time for Sean's ceremony, go get ready." He shook his head and walked away. I stick my tongue out and licked some of the chocolate milk that had gotten on my face.

What a waste.

I looked around to see the other people in the diner staring at me, some confused, some disgusted and a few, amused. I just shrugged and strutted back to the locker room to get my bag. 

"What did you do?" Avery said, shocked when she saw the state I was in.

"Well, I was just trying to advise someone, but they just didn't get it and got angry." I shrugged.

"You always get yourself in trouble one way or the other. Get home safely." She said, walking out of the locker room.

I packed my bag and walked home, with the chocolate milk dripping from my hair and clothes. Even though my house was quite far, I couldn't afford to spend any money on the bus, that's why I chose to walk. People stared at me weirdly, and tried to stay away from me, but I didn't care, it was just chocolate milk.

Haven't you guys seen anyone drenched in chocolate milk before?

When I got home, Justin and Wendy weren't at home, so that was one good thing that had happened that day. They were probably already at the ceremony. I rushed into the bathroom. I really didn't know how long it would take for me to get the chocolate milk smell out of my hair and I had to wash my clothes so Whiny Wendy wouldn't scream the house down when she got back.

I laughed at my own joke. I had made up the nickname for her because she always whined and sounded like a dying fish whenever she screamed.

I don't actually know what dying fishes sound like, but it didn't matter.

I put my clothes in the washing machine, before leaving to take my bath. I scrubbed and scrubbed my hair with shampoo, but the chocolate smell still wasn't coming out. I eventually gave up and walked out of the bathroom to check my clothes in the washing machine. I quickly put them in the drier and went to my room to dress up. 

I didn't have many nice clothes, so I just wore the only short dress that I had. I quickly made my blonde, almost white hair and stood in front of the mirror after getting my clothes out of the drier, trying to make myself look presentable. I didn't look all that but it was basically the prettiest I had ever looked.

It not like I'm going to see the Moon goddess or something.

I quickly left the house and locked the door behind me. I walked as fast as I could because I didn't want to be caught disobeying the Alpha's orders. I already had too much on my plate. 

When I finally got there, I saw that the entrance was beautifully decorated with fairy lights. It looked so beautiful. I heard a lot of noise coming from inside the pack square, so I went in, curious as to what was going on. 

I looked to the side and sawcrying in her beautiful red dress, the rest of her B and B sisters, comforting her. I was surprised at first, but I quickly guessed what was going on. She wasn't Sean's mate. I let out a guffaw.

Well deserved, bitch.

I scoffed and moved farther into the group of people gathered. Instead of happy faces, all I was seeing were confused, shocked and sad faces. 

"Please could you tell me what is going on?" I asked the lady that was standing next to me.

"It seems like Sean didn't find his mate." 

I was shocked. I had expected everything but that. How was that possible? The people would be shocked and might revolt, because it was a bad omen. 

All of a sudden, a sweet smell reached my nose, and my normally quiet wolf, Adelaide started whining in my head, trying to force her way out. I was really confused as I looked around. Through my confusion, I noticed that all the people around me had moved away and we're looking in a particular direction. 

I looked there too, and then I noticed Sean walking towards me, his eyes set on me. The sweet smell was getting stronger with every step he took, and my heart was pounding faster. I wanted to step back, but something held me in place. 

When he reached where I was and stood right in front of me, he brought his face closer, sniffing me. He shocked with his next words.

"MATE."