Connection

Lily Pov

I walked slowly with heavy steps through the trees, feeling the weight of frustration and self-doubt with each step. Those teenagers, already shifting into their wolves, were relentless in tormenting me. They taunted my late blooming, making me feel like an outsider in a world where strength came from a primal connection with the wolf inside. Making me feel like an outsider as if I were not part of the royalty.

I finally reached the pack house on foot. They had gotten there an hour before I did because they all were able to speed off in wolf form.

They continued to mock me and I could not fight back because I knew their wolves were stronger than my human form. I saw Katie stare down from her window.

Katherine, stuck in her room, witnessed it all from her window. She was obviously hurting for me, and I could almost taste and sense the anger burning within her.

I am seen as a mere human until I am able to turn full wolf. Mother experienced the same late blooming and she ass